Lot 218
Australian binding
The Holy Bible ... with Illustrations by Gustave Doré
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c.1880. 2 volumes, large 4to (36 x 27.5cm), contemporary purple morocco gilt over thick bevelled boards by William Detmold of Melbourne (his stamp gilt to rear boards), cruciform red morocco onlays to spine compartments, onlaid red morocco strapwork frames to boards, guilloche roll gilt to turn-ins, all edges gilt, numerous wood-engraved plates, scuffs to joints and extremities. Together with 2 other items (Thomas Scott, Commentary on the Bible, edited by Professor Symington, Glasgow: William Mackenzie, c.1860, 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary purple calf gilt, numerous steel-engraved plates, a little surface wear to spine; and a miniature glass-fronted wooden bookcase containing a set of Religious Tract Society and related books, c.1850, 30 in total, 12mo, the RTS books in uniform contemporary quarter roan and numbered 1-25 on spines (number 10 duplicated; without numbers 19 and 21-23), titles including The Careful Nursemaid: Hints on the Management of Children, Annals of the Poor by the Rev. Leigh Richmond (with engraved frontispiece and additional title-page) biographies of Hannah Meek, John Newton, and John Howard, and similar
Footnote
Note: William Detmold (1827-1884) was born in Hesse, Germany, and emigrated to Australia in the 1850s, establishing himself in Melbourne as a highly successful bookbinder.