Audsley, George Ashdown & William James
£313
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
Polychromatic decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles. London, 1882. First edition, folio, 36 chromolithograph plates in colour and gold, original brown cloth gilt, rubbing to edges, chipped at head and tail, tear to backstrip, gutta percha perished [leaves loose], foxing to half title and contents page but plates clean; Byron, G.G.N., Lord The prisoner of Chillon... London, 1865. 4to, illustrated by W. & G. Audsley, 20 chromolithograph leaves decorated in colour and gold, original decorative cloth gilt, boards loose, backstrip torn, gutta percha perished, leaves loose, some foxing; Audsley, W. & G. Handbook of Christian symbolism. London, [1865]. Small 4to, frontispiece, 7 chromolithograph plates, original decorative gilt, rubbed, hinges split, backstrip torn, foxing; [Idem] The sermon on the Mount. London, [1861]. Folio, illustrated by W. & G. Audsley & Charles Rolt, frontispiece, chromolithograph throughout, orginal decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, worn at corners, gutta percha perished, leaves loose, tears to some edges (4)