Lot 383

ORKNEY, 2 VOLUMES, COMPRISING BARRY, GEORGE
HISTORY OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. LONDON: LONGMAN, 1808







Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 October 2018 at 12:00 BST
£325
Description
Second edition, 4to, folding map and 11 plates, folding map and title neatly laid down, contemporary blind-tooled black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, owner's name partly erased from title, occasional light dampstain to lower margin, corners rubbed; Eunson, George The Ancient and Present State of Orkney. Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed for the Author, 1788. First edition, 12mo, pp.127, [1], modern period style quarter calf, spine lettered in gilt, title somewhat spotted and fore-margin chipped, fore-margin of [A2]-A4 strengthened (2)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison






