Lot 222
Bindings
A large collection of leather-bound works
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
The Peerage of England: or, an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Present Nobility. London: Abel Roper and Arthur Collins, 1710. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt;
Shakespeare, William. The Plays. London: F.C. and J. Rivington..., 1805. 8 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, many covers worn and detached;
Bourne, John. A Catechism of the Steam Engine. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865. 8vo, modern half calf;
Egan, Pierce. London: Reeves & Turner, 1887. 8vo, hand-coloured plates by Cruikshank, modern half calf;
Elegantiores Praestantium viorum Satyrae... Lyon: Joannis Maire, 1655. 12mo, 2 volumes only bound together, contemporary vellum;
Raffald, Elizabeth. The Experienced English Housekeeper... London, 1794. 8vo, contemporary calf rebacked with modern spine, frontispiece portrait lacking;
Johnson, James. Pilgrimages to the Spas. London: S. Highley, 1841. 8vo, contemporary half calf, rebacked;
Creech, William. Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces... Edinburgh: John Fairbairn, 1815. 8vo, modern quarter morocco;
Lever, Darcy. The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor. London: John Richardson, [n.d.] 'New edition', large 8vo, title-page laid-down, modern quarter morocco.
Johnson, Samuel. Rasselais. London: William Miller, 1805. 4to, modern quarter calf over original boards;
Lancret - Boucher - Eisen - Pater, etc. - after. A Series of Thirty-Eight Plates...illustrating the Tale of La Fontaine. Proof impressions on Japanese paper. 37 plates only, 4to, original cloth, morocco gilt spine;
and 92 others, sold not subject to return