Lot 147
Fine bindings
A collection of 62 volumes
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Milton, John. The Poetical Works. London: W. Tegg & Co., 1847. 8vo, red calf gilt with foliate border, a.e.g.;
Lord Macaulay. Lays of Ancient Rome. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, [n.d.] 8vo, impressive crushed green morocco with decorative gilt panelling, a.e.g.;
Book of Common Prayer. London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, Limited, [n.d.] 8vo, red morocco with gilt fleur-de-lis tooling to covers, a.e.g.;
Spenser, Edmund. The Fairie Queene, 1869. 8vo, red morocco gilt with foliate border, a.e.g, bookplate of Blanche Airlie;
Ninon de Lenclos. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 8vo, contemporary red half morocco gilt by Hatchards;
Auger, M. Mémoires du Chevalier de Grammot. Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres, 1851. 8vo, contemporary half calf with delicate gilt tooling to spine;
Balzac, Honoré de. The Novels, Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, [1900]. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blue half morocco gilt with red morocco gilt onlays to spines in fleur-de-lis pattern;
La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de. Maximes et Réflexions Morales. Parma: Bodoni, 1812. 8vo, contemporary tree calf with title in gilt lettering to upper cover, delicate border and floral decorations to spine, ownership signature of Blanche Airlie;
Black, Robert. The Jockey Club and its Founders. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1891. 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, a.e.g.;
Hore, J. P. The History of Newmarket… London: A.H. Baily and Co., 1886. 3 volumes, 8vo, red half morocco gilt with horse and bridle motifs to spines; and 49 others (62)
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie.