Lot 257
Grose, Francis
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
The antiquities of Scotland. London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1797. 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles and 190 plates, lacking the map, contemporary diced russia, neatly rebacked, occasional light spotting; Beattie, William Scotland illustrated. London: G. Virtue, 1842. 2 volumes, 4to, additional engraved titles, folding map, and 118 engraved plates after Thomas Allom, tissue guards, original cloth gilt, g.e., occasional light spotting, spines slightly faded; Grose, Francis The antiquities of England and Wales. London: Hooper & Wigstead, contemporary russia gilt, slight cracking to a few joints, [c.1784-87]. 8 volumes, 4to, 8 engraved frontispieces, engraved title-pages, portrait of Grose & 676 engraved plates [lacking several plates listed, but with others not called for], engraved maps in the text, a little light spotting, one plate in volume 1 torn without loss (12)
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of Charles William Stewart, illustrator.