Lot 622
COSWAY BINDING. LAWRENCE T.E.
Auction: 21 July 2004 at 11:30 BST
£8,813
Description
Seven pillars of wisdm: a triumph ... Port. frontis., plates, fldg. maps,Cosway binding of red crushed morocco, upper cover with watercolour portrait of Lawrence on ivorine by C.B. Currie set within a portico design of gilt columns, the entabalture consisting of inlays of beige morocco, the spine decorated gilt within compartments, blue watered silk endpapers, inner doublures, t.e.g., by Riviere, in it original fleece lined slipcase, tear to silk at lower edge of front free endpaper, 4to., London: Cape, 1935
Note: Cosway binding no 961, signed by John Stone House and C.B. Currie.
Footnote
Provenance: Purchased Henry Sotheran Ltd, 2-5 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London, December 1937