Bindings
Collection of fine bindings
£693
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Ruskin, John. Sesame and Lilies. Three Lectures. Orpington: George Allen, 1883. Fifth edition, 8vo, contemporary red crushed morocco for Douglas and Foulis, spine and covers decoratively tooled in blind, all edges gilt;
Aurelius, Marcus. The Thoughts of the Emperor. London: George Bell and Sons, 1897. 8vo, contemporary pigskin gilt for Bumpus;
Ritson, Joseph. Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots. Edinburgh: W. and D. Laing, 1828. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, c.1900 purple crushed half morocco by V. Champs, morocco book-labels of Robert Hoe, section old adhesive-staining to front free endpapers (possibly from removal of bookplate);
Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. London: John Murray, 1863. 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt over bevelled boards, vellum doublures hand-painted with vine motifs (signed ‘AS.'), ownership inscription ‘Anthony George and Mary Agnes Murray, Bath, 1893’ to initial blank, a little wear to tips;
Bloomfield, Robert. Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs. London: for Vernor and Hood, 1802. 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece;
Milton, John. Paradise Lost; a Poem in Twelve Books. London: for John Sharpe, 1809. 12mo, contemporary straight-grain blue morocco gilt, ownership inscriptions including ‘Georgina Murray, Mt Vernon, March 28th 1858’ to title-page, wear to extremities, joints rubbed;
and approx. 32 others (the lot not collated and sold as bindings) (approx. 43)
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.