£5,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. London: printed for the author and sold by E. Ellis and Co., 1823-40. 8 volumes, 8vo (24.2 x 14.5cm), 770 hand-coloured engraved plates, later crushed green half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, some fading to spines, some light offsetting from plates, some very occasional light foxing and spotting, neat corner repair to one plate in volume 7 not affecting image [Nissen ZBI 1000] (8)
Provenance:
1) Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scottish-American industrialist and benefactor (bookplates).
2) Sir Alexander Stone (1907-1998), Scottish financier and benefactor.