Name: Auction: Cruikshank, George, and others A collection of finely bound volumes
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 1200 GBP
Availability: InStock

Our September 2024 Books &amp; Manuscripts auction brings the best of Scotland with an extremely rare, first ‘Kilmarnock’ edition of <a href="/artists/robert-burns">Robert Burns</a> Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 1786.&nbsp;This is accompanied in the sale by an original manuscript copy of the Scottish National Covenant, 1638-9, and a beautifully presented collection of books from a Scottish gentleman’s library, collected in the early 20th century and now being offered for sale after around 100 years with the family. &nbsp;Scientific interest features strongly, with John Snow’s seminal epidemiological work, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, leading the section, followed by an impressive selection of natural history and botanical works.In travel and topography, an extremely rare true first edition of John Webber's spectacular suite of views from Cook's third and final voyage, entitled Views in the South Seas, is expected to draw a great deal of interest, being the only complete copy of the first edition ever offered at auction, depicting scenes in New Zealand, Macao, Krakatoa, Kamchatka, Tahiti, Moorea, and Pulo Condore in what is now Vietnam.Viewing in Broadside, Edinburgh&nbsp;Viewing will begin on Monday 16 September in our rare Books department at Broadside in the Canonmills area of Edinburgh.&nbsp;<a class="ck-btn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/events/books-viewing-edinburgh">Viewing Times &amp; Map&nbsp;</a>Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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Cruikshank. Phrenological Illustrations, or An Artist's View of the Craniological System, of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim. London, 1827. Oblong 4to, half blue crushed morocco gilt; Idem. [Mornings and More Mornings at Bow Street.] 4to, comprising engraved proofs before letters, on India paper, contemporary tan morocco gilt; Idem. [Life of Grimaldi] Small 4to containing plates only by Cruikshank, with a hand-coloured portrait, decorative red morocco gilt by Bedford; Idem. The Humourist. [London:] J. Robins & Co., 1819. Oblong 8vo, containing forty hand-coloured etchings by Cruikshank, red morocco gilt by Riviere; Ainsworth, William Harrison. Rookwood, a romance. London: J. Macrone, 1836. Oblong 4to, set of 12 etchings, red morocco gilt by Riviere; Grimm, M.M. German Popular Stories… London: C. Baldwyn, 1823. Oblong folio, proof plates by Cruikshank, handsome blue morocco gilt by Riviere; Seymour, R.&nbsp; “Phiz”. [Plates to] The Davenports, or three roads in life. London: Chapman and Hall, [n.d.] Oblong folio, comprising proof plates, some foxing, green half morocco gilt; [Maxwell.&nbsp;History of the Irish Rebellion.] Oblong 4to containing 21 artist's proofs by Cruikshank, without text, red morocco gilt by Riviere, a presentation copy from Cruikshank with his signed carte de visite dated May 24th 1862; and one other (Cruikshank's John Gilpin) (9) &nbsp;

A collection of finely bound volumes

Cruikshank, George, and others

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Cruikshank, George, and others

A collection of finely bound volumes

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