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  • MORE THAN A LIBRARY AT JAMES ADAM IN DUBLIN

    An Irish Library – the sale at James Adam in Dublin at noon next on April 17 – reflects the sort of weird and wonderful idea of the library in an Irish country house.  This is as repository for all sorts of exotica.  This  interesting sale offers a range of books, furniture, art, taxidermy and militaria. Ten coloured engravings by Giovanni Ottaviani of Raphael’s Loggia, an outstanding pair of celestial and terrestrial globes, a pair of Irish carved side tables, a magnificent George II secretaire and a Killarney davenport are among the prime lots  There is art by Richard Carver, Edwin Hayes and Erskine Nicol and taxidermy includes  antlers, a wild boar, a lion and a bear cub. The catalogue is online.

    A pair of George IV celestial and terrestrial globes by Newton UPDATE: THESE MADE 30,000 AT HAMMER

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