Costume, Art and Travel
7 volumes
£400
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
comprising:
Hope, Thomas. Costume of the Ancients. London: W. Miller, 1812. New edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 300 engraved plates, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt, rubbed, one cover detached;
Halliday, Andrew. A General History of the House of Guelph, or Royal Family of Great Britain. London, 1821. 4to, inscribed 'from the author. W. Seymour Esq.', with pencil annotations and corrections as if for a revised edition, probably by the author, bookplate of Lady Seymour, contemporary maroon calf;
Wright, Rev. G.N. The Shores of the Mediterranean. London: Fisher & Son, [1839], 4to, additional engraved title, double-page map, and 63 engraved plates, tissue guards, contemporary calf, neat repair to head of spine;
Hogarth, William. The Works, with descriptions by John Trusler. London: Jones, 1833. 4to, engraved portrait and 96 plates, contemporary black half calf, spine gilt;
Fox, Charles James. A History of the early part of the reign of James the Second. London; W. Miller, 1808. 4to, engraved frontispiece offset onto title, contemporary tree calf, red morocco label upper cover detached;
Naples. Monuments principaux du Musée National de Naples. Naples: Ferrante, [n.d.] 4to, 110 engraved plates, original pictorial wrappers, the wrappers somewhat soiled (7)