Lot 220
Antiquarian literature and bindings
Collection of works
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Scott, Sir Walter. Tales of my Landlord, Fourth and Last Series, Collected and Arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1832. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary purple half calf gilt by J. Tate of Belfast, without half-titles;
Idem. Guy Mannering; or, the Astrologer. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 3 volumes, 12mo, near-contemporary blue half calf;
[1745 Jacobite Rebellion]. An Account of the Behaviour of the Late Earl of Kilmarnock, after his Sentence, and on the Day of his Execution. By James Foster. London: for J. Noon, 1746. 8vo, 20th-century quarter calf, lacking half-title and final advertisement leaf [ESTC T144578];
Warton, T., & others. Essays on Gothic Architecture. London: J. Taylor, 1808. Third edition, 8vo, contemporary tan calf, engraved folding frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, loss to head and foot of spine, front joint cracked, spotting;
Southey, Robert. Roderick, the Last of the Goths. London: Longman [et al.], 1815. 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary purple half calf, damp-staining to contents;
Simson, Robert (editor). The Elements of Euclid. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1762. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, red morocco label, lacking front free endpaper, small tear with loss to A3 [ESTC T145346; Gaskell 407];
Cunningham, Allan. The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern. London: John Taylor, 1852. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green half calf;
Thicknesse, Philip. A Year's Journey through France, and Part of Spain. Bath: R. Cruttwell, for the Author, 1777. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled quarter sheep, 7 engraved plates (of 8: lacking plate facing volume 1 p. 84', 3 pp. engraved music [ESTC T85368, 9 copies in UK libraries];
and 51 others, English literature and some French, leather bindings, 18th-19th century