Lot 260
Pilkington, M. - Fuseli, Henry
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
A Dictionary of Painters... London: J. Johnson..., 1805. 4to., contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, , slight gouging to covers, joints cracked, spine rubbed, some internal spotting; Winkles, B. French cathedrals. London: Charles Tilt, 1837. 4to., engraved title and 49 engraved plates , contemporary maroon half morocco gilt with embossed floral motifs to cloth, slight fading, rubbing and soiling to spine and boards, occasional internal spotting; Scott, Walter, Sir The border antiquities of England and Scotland...London; T. Davison for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814-1817. 4to., 2 volumes, 2 engraved frontispieces in volume 1, 92 (of 96) plates, green morocco with gilt tooled diamond-patterned border, edges gilt, some fading to spines and covers, joints rubbed, spotting to endpapers; [Gilbert, B.W.] [Hints on the art of oriental painting etc].[ London: Printed for the author], 1832/3?. 4to., 8 hand coloured plates, later boards, boards soiled, occasional interior spotting, title page lacking, list of plates written onto cover in ink; [Croft, Herbert, Sir] The wreck of Westminster Abbey... London: Charles Stalker, [1788?]. Small folio, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints cracked, occasional spotting and offsetting onto title page, first and last few leaves foxed (6)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire