Lot 324
Scotland - Valentine, James
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
An album, c. 1860's, containing 40 views of Scotland [including Edinburgh, Roslin, Abbotsford, Stirling, Loch Lomond, Ayrshire, Oban, Iona, Fingall's cave, Inverness, Perthshire], 29 views of England [including London, Sandringham, Derbyshire, Lake District, Liverpool, Isle of Man], 6 views of Northern Ireland [including Belfast, Giant's Causeway, Carrick-a- Rede], all views captions and initialled in negative, mounted on leaves, contemporary morocco gilt; Frith, Francis The lake district. Ambleside: Mason's art gallery, [c.1860's]. Oblong 8vo, 24 prints mounted on card leaves, original morocco gilt, worn at edges, hinges cracking;Wilson, George Washington An album containing views of Scotland and Europe, including 5 views of Tweedale by G.W.W., Falkland, Ben Nevis, 2 views of St Andrews Cathedral, 8 views of Killarney, 8 views of Hamburg, mounted on leaves [some loose] contemporay diced morocco gilt; [Idem] An album containing a mixture of Scottish views by Wilson and Frith, mounted on leaves, contemporary morocco gilt, rubbed (4)