Lot 220
Sets of bindings
comprising
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London, 1791. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, slightly worn;
Prescott, William Hickling. The Works. Philadelphia, 1874-1878, 15 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spines gilt;
Fielding, Andrew. The Works. London, 1785. 10 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked;
Pepys, Samuel. Diary and Correspondence. London, 1854, 6 volumes, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spines gilt, one board detached;
Motley, John L. History of the United Netherlands, 1870, 4 vol.; The Rise of the Dutch Republic. 1871, 3 vol.; The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, 1874, 2 vol; Correspondence. 1889, 2 vol., contemporary half calf, spines gilt;
[Addison, Joseph, Sir Richard Steele et al.] The Spectator. London: Printed by H. Hughes, 1789; 8 volumes, 8vo, engraved title vignettes, contemporary calf rubbed, one volume rebacked, a few joints splitting;
Scott, Sir Walter. Novels and Tales. Edinburgh, 1819, 12 volumes, 8vo, engraved title pages, contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., spines faded;
Mitford, William. The History of Greece. London, 1829. 8 volumes, 8vo, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt; sold as a collection of bindings not subject to return