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Dear  Customer

Welcome to the July edition of Piccadilly Notes.

 
 

Another busy month at Sotheran's sees us delving into our holdings of the estate of the bird book entrepreneur John Gould, with a major display of work by Elizabeth Gould, his unsung wife and collaborator, and a watercolour workshop based on his uncoloured plates. As if that wasn't enough, we are also presenting an art and architecture catalogue, and, of course, more beautiful books and prints. We're breathless just thinking about it!

 
 
 

The Bird Woman

an Exhibition of Prints
by
Elizabeth Gould 

11th July – 1st August

A display of works by Elizabeth Gould with women who have been overlooked or undervalued across the disciplines of literature, illustration and science.

More information here.

Private view on Wednesday 10th July with a talk by Maureen Lambourne.

If you would like to attend, please see this link.

 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Gould book
 
 
 
 

To accompany the exhibition we are also publishing a hardback book of the prints with a biographical introduction.

Only 100 numbered copies available, price £20

Pre-order: books@sotherans.co.uk

 
 
 
 
Architecture catalogue
 

Watercolour Class


Add colour to an original 19th Century Lithograph.


As part of our Gould legacy, we still have many uncoloured lithograph plates. You can learn part of the process of how these magnificent books were produced 150 years ago and take home your own finished print.


Saturday 13th July, 12:30 – 3pm

Book Here


 
 
 
 
 
 

Art & Architecture
Contact Rebekah for more details


“The Mother Art is Architecture” – Frank Lloyd Wright.


Hot on the heels of the London Festival of Architecture, and with 2019 marking the centenary of the founding of Bauhaus, we have put together a fascinating list of almost 200 Art and Architecture books for you to enjoy. Find them in our online-only catalogue.

View on our website or download.

 
 
Architecture catalogue
 
 
 
 

Children’s and Illustrated Books Contact Rosie for more details

 
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
 

POE, Edgar Allan 

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

£698

 
 
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My Goodness! My Gilbert and Sullivan!
 

[GUINNESS]

My Goodness! My Gilbert and Sullivan!

£78

 
 
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Peacock Pie. A Book of Rhymes
 

DE LA MARE, Walter 

Peacock Pie. A Book of Rhymes.

£98

 
 
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Science & Natural History  Contact Chris for more details

 
Radiation Guide.
 

U.S. ARMY

Radiation Guide.

£800

 
 
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BEWICK, THOMAS. Vignettes
 

BEWICK, THOMAS

Vignettes

£7,000

 
 
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Super Jiu-Jitsu and Karate
 

ROBINSON, Jack.

Super Jiu-Jitsu and Karate.

£200

 
 
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Prints Department Contact Richard for more details

 
 
 
Frank Dolphin Exhibition
 
 
 

In the gallery we have the last few days of our Frank Dolphin prints exhibition which ends on Thursday 4th. 

You can also see the prints on the website

 
Sardinian Starling
 

Print of the month


John & Elizabeth Gould

Sardinian Starling

£490

 
 
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Aloha Hawaii
 

Poster of the Month


KAUFFER, E. Mcknight.

Aloha Hawaii

£1,450

 
 
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The Road from London to Buckingham continued to Banbury
 

Map of the Month


OGILBY, John.

London to Buckingham

£195

 
 
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Modern Firsts & Literature Contact Rebekah for more details

 
The Handmaid's Tale.
 

ATWOOD, Margaret.

The Handmaid's Tale.

£998

 
 
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An Heroic Effort
 

HAGGARD, H. Rider.

An Heroic Effort.

£2,000

 
 
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History of Western Philosophy
 

RUSSELL, Bertrand.

History of Western Philosophy

£500

 
 
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Travel Books Contact Georg for more details

 
 
 

To welcome July the travel department moves slowly south in three books. From an early 19th-century British embassy to China, which was not very successful but resulted in a beautiful book, to India with a splendid and very rare publication. The last move south - as far south as possible at the time - offers the book that stands at the very beginning of Antarctic research.

 
 
Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China
 

ELLIS, Sir Henry.

Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China
£2,250

 
 
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India. Photographs and Drawings of Historical Buildings. 100 Plates Reproduced By W. Griggs. From the Collection in the Late Office of Curator of Ancient Monuments in India
 

GRIGGS, William 

India. Photographs & Drawings…

£8,995

 
 
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A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43.
 

ROSS, James Clark.

A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Antarctic

£4,750

 
 
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