Lot 35
Glasgow
Glasgow Illustrated in Twenty One Views
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
… with Explanatory Remarks, Plan of the City, and Several Vignettes. Montrose: J. & D. Nichol [and others], 1841. First edition, large folio (54 x 36.5cm), 20th-century buckram portfolio, tinted lithographic vignette title-page, 2 pp. lithographic text, 20 loose tinted lithographic views on 13 plates, engraved map, tissue-guards, title-page with dampstaining around margins, a little spotting on other leaves, portfolio worn and slightly torn at head and tail of spine;
Annan, Thomas. University of Glasgow Old and New Published under the Sanction of the Senate of the University. Glasgow: T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1891. One of 50 deluxe copies on large paper (in addition to 350 standard copies), large folio (44.5 x 30.7cm), original green quarter morocco lettered and decorated in gilt, bevelled boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 77 photogravures (including 35 views of the Old and New Colleges, most printed two to a single sheet, and 42 portrait plates), all on india paper, mounted, tissue-guards, binding rubbed, contents leaf unevenly toned from laid-in newspaper cutting;
Drummond, James (RSA). Ancient Scottish Weapons &c. A Series of Drawings With Introduction and Descriptive Notes by Joseph Anderson, Custodier of the National Museum of Antiquities Edinburgh. Edinburgh: George Waterson & Sons, 1881. Folio (41.5 x 33cm), no. 409 of 500 copies, half morocco boards, sword and shield impressed on spine, top edges gilt, 54 chromolithographed plates, occasional transfer from plates to facing blank pages, some foxing on edges and dust staining, spine and boards worn with light staining on front board, edges and corners bumped, owner's embossed stamp on endpaper, owner's label on front pastedown (3)
Provenance
The estate of the late Eric Sloane.
Footnote
‘Glasgow illustrated in twenty one views' uncommon: not in Abbey, only 3 copies listed in JISC Library Hub Discover.