Lot 251
19th-century illustrated books
Collection of works
Auction: From the Library of Professor Roland Paxton | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 221 to 252
Description
Hogarth, William. The Genuine Works. Illustrated with Biographical Anecdotes, a Chronological Catalogue, and Commentary; by John Nichols and the Late George Steevens. London: Longman [etc.], 1808-10. 2 volumes, 4to, near-contemporary cloth, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, all engraved plates as called for, variable spotting;
Elliott, Robert. The Gretna Green Memoirs. London: published by the Greta Green Parson, 1842. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, xix 82 pp., 3 lithographic plates, binding slightly shaken;
Dickens, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: for the author, 1846. First edition, second issue, 12mo, original horizontal-ribbed red cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt, engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title-page, wood-engraved vignettes in text, advertisement leaf to rear, ownership inscription of Lady [?]Lifford to front board, gift inscription from the same to front free endpaper [Smith II 6];
Bry, Theodore de. A New Artistic Alphabet, 1595. Edinburgh: George Waterston & Sons, 1880. Facsimile edition, 4to, later quarter leather, 24 plates, inner hinges cracked;
[Royal Military Academy]. Records of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. London: Parker Furnival & Parker, 1851. First edition, folio, original cloth, lithographic title-page, 10 lithographic plates (4 printed in colours), binding recased with losses to original spine;
Prout, Samuel. Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, etc. as Applicable to Landscape Painting. London: Ackermann and Co., 1838. First edition, folio, original cloth, 20 tinted lithographic plates, binding rebacked, variable spotting and damp-staining to contents;
Robertson, D H. Antiquities of Leith. Leith: Reid & Son, 1851. First edition, 4to, original green cloth, rebacked, tinted lithographic additional vignette title-page, 18 tinted lithographic plates, folding plan, covers cockled and marked, corners worn, spotting and damp-staining;
[Salmon, William]. The Works of Aristotle … A New and Improved Edition. London: for Miller, Law, and Carter, c.1810. 8vo, contemporary boards, printed label to spine, edges untrimmed, 310 [2] pp., repair to final leaf;
and 7 others similar (16)
Provenance
From the collection of the late Professor Roland Paxton MBE FICE FRSE (1932-2025), 'Britain's foremost historian of civil engineering' (Telegraph, obituary, 12th November 2025); Professor Paxton was also a leading conservationist of Britain's engineering heritage, and led successful campaigns to restore two of the world's most important railway structures, the Laigh Milton Viaduct in Ayrshire, the world's oldest surviving railway bridge, and the Union Chain Bridge, the world's oldest suspension bridge still carrying road traffic.