Lot 268
Ramsay, Allan - Gray, Thomas
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Ramsay, Allan The gentle shepherd... Glasgow: printed by A. Foulis for A. Dickson, 1788. 4to., engraved portrait, 12 engraved plates and 18 sheets of music, later calf with gilt spine and gilt doublures, very occasional internal soiling; Gray, Thomas Poems. London: Chiswick Press, 1887. 4to., engraved portrait and 3 engraved plates, 1895 presentation copy from Eton College to James Eric Drummond, gilt edges, contemporary calf gilt, occasional internal spotting; [Idem] Elegy written in a country churchyard. London: The Etching Club, 1847. Folio, 18 engraved plates with words of poem printed in red, later morocco gilt, internal foxing, some very slight soiling to covers. Murray, Amelia Sophia, Lady. Mary's dream... set to music by J. Relfe... London: printed by London and Brodie... [ca. 1794] Folio, contemporary tree calf, slight rubbing to covers, pages a little darkened, joints splitting; Pindar, Peter A commiserating epistle to James Lowther... London: J. Evans, 1791. Small folio, engraved frontispiece, contemporary tree calf, some rubbing to spine, spotting and dust soiling to frontispiece and initial few pages; 18th century red morocco blotter, gilt tooled panels with gilt tooled foliate design, 280x390 mm, some rubbing and slight ink staining (6)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire