Lot 130
Birch, Thomas
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
£275
Description
The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain engraved by Mr. Houbraken and Mr. Vertue. London: John & Paul Knapton, 1743-1751. Folio, large paper copy, 2 volumes in one, vignette titles, 108 plates, contemporary mottled calf gilt, a.e.g., marble endpapers, worn at edges, some dustmarking to edges
Footnote
Provenance: John William Burns of Kilmahew, bookplate.