Macon Bros – Rare Books & Maps Online Auction
Closes June 11, 10am pacific
MaconBrosAuction.com
509-529-7770

WALLA WALLA, WASH. — A unique hand colored version of The Sacred History of Raphael Urban in Vatican Terraces, The Miracle of the Picture Expressed, by Nicolas Chaperon (1612-1656), published in 1649, engravings of Raphael’s 52 frescos of Biblical scenes for the Vatican, will be sold by Macon Brothers Auctioneers on June 11. The coloring is attributed to James Northcote and/or Prince Hoare II, who had papal dispensation to “copy the pictures in the Vatican” circa 1777 to 1780. All records of sales of the 52 engravings, in book form or individually, are intaglio printed in black as originally published.

The book was presented in his own handwriting by Prince Hoare II “To The Rev’d Charles Townsend of Preston April 25, 1825.”

The book was discovered this year in the collection of Dr Vernon H. McFarlane (1904-1978) with documentation that he purchased it in 1952 from a bookstore in Preston, Lancashire, England.

Dr McFarlane’s collection also features rare maps dating back to the 1600s, including Dutch cartographer Johannes Blaue’s The New and Most Accurate Map of the World, circa 1664, plus maps by Carel Allard, Henry Popple, Matthaus Seutter. Willem Blaeu, Gerardo and Leonardo Valk.

Other highlights include the rare books New Memories of the Present State of China (1696) by Father Louis le Comte and Florida del Inca (1723) by Garcilaso De La Vega. There will also be fine art paintings from the Sixteenth Century to contemporary and a rare find — an 1876 Muller baseball clock.

For additional information, www.maconbrosauction.com, 509-529-7770 or 509-520-1035 (cell).

KPM painting on plaque by O. Dietrich, “Jesus in the Temple,” after H. Hofmann (German, 1824-1911) 71⁄2” x 91⁄4” sight view.
Richard Ernesti (American, 1856-1946) “Shot In the Eye” Sioux, Oil on Board, 191⁄2” x 151⁄2” sight view, plus portrait paintings of “Curley,” “Buckskin Charlie,” “Battle” and “Thomas No Water.”
Johannes Blaeu Twin Hemispherical Map, “Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula,” 16” x 211⁄2” sight view, c. 1664. Plus Maps
by Carel Allard c. 1696, Willem Blaeu c. 1645; Henry Popple c. 1775, Matthaus Seutter c. 1730, Gerardo & Leonardo Valk c. 1705.
Rare book collection
Nicolas Chapron (1612-1656) “Sacra Historia Acta a Raphael Urban in Vaticanis Xystis ad miraculum Pictvrae Expressa”, 1649, Rome. 52 engravings
by Chapron of Raphael’s frescos
in the Vatican c1509-20. Each engraving painted in color, the only colored edition known to exist.
Navajo 1890s Germantown Blanket 44” x 54”
1876 Muller Baseball Clock, a rare baseball antique