Lot 159
£1,008
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
particularly Rembrandt, Ostade, Cornelius Bega and Van Vliet. Accompanied with Sundry Miscellaneous Pieces and a Few Original Designs. Edinburgh: David Deuchar, 1803. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, contemporary straight-grain red morocco gilt, decoration including broad roll-tool frame in diamond pattern with interstitial floral tools to covers, spines gilt-lettered ‘india proofs’ at foot, all edges gilt, etched title-page to each volume, 357 etchings on india paper (3 of which folding), mounted (in many cases more than one to a leaf), various dimensions (approx. 6 x 5cm to 19.5 x 17.5cm), a hint of rubbing to extremities, title-pages spotted, volume 4 with damp-staining to title-page and first plate (bound as frontispiece) and to foot of a few other mounts
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
The number of plates in sets of this works seems to vary.