London, and other subjects
including Papworth, John B.
£378
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Select Views of London. London: R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition. 8vo, 76 hand-coloured plates, contemporary diced calf, joints rubbed, spine chipped, erased ownership signature from paste-down endpaper;
[Bookplates] 130 bookplates laid into a 20th century vellum album, including: Charles Tollemache Scott, Edward Tighe, Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, H.S. Thorne [being a woodcut design after Bewick], John Webb Singer, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Colonel Colin Campbell, Herbert Jekyll, May Gaskell, and others;
Thornbury, Walter. Old and New London. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [n.d.] 2 volumes, 8vo, modern red half morocco gilt;
Randell, J.O. Pastoral Settlement in Northern Victoria. Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1979. Volume 1 only, original quarter morocco, inscribed by the author with accompanying letters (5)
Provenance
Select items from the estate of the late Lady Penn.