18th and 19th century albums and workbooks
7 volumes
£1,750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Mathematics workbook of Alexander Allardyce, 1792, containing 172 (of 180 original) manuscript pages, 24.5 x 19.5, contemporary half calf; Commonplace Book of Helen Marshall, of 10 Archibald Place, Edinburgh, dated from the 1840s, 19 x 13cm in green cloth; Vol. of Dr Henderson's MSS:- pulpit preparations from Miss Hay, Galashiels, 1865, notebook containing religious writings, 20.5 x 13.5cm; Sermons by the late Revd. Henry Francis, copied from the original manuscripts in the possession of Samuel Rolleston Esq. by John Bulley, 1799, 400 manuscript pp., with the bookplate of John Bulley and inscribed in pencil to Miss Rolleston; 19th century decorated album, containing poetry, drawings, and several damaged rice paper illustrations, 30 x 40cm, purple morocco gilt; Pendulograph album, containing 62 laid-in pendulograph illustrations and an explanatory guide, 24 x 19cm, green cloth; and another commonplace book, c.1835, containing a few poems and sketches in blue calf gilt (7)