Lot 324
Stafford, Elizabeth, Marchioness of - Scottish Corner Square Binding
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Views in Orkney, &c.: 1808. Folio, mezzotint portrait of young woman, 31 engraved plates on 28 sheets and other engarved vignettes, Aberdeen corner-square binding of blue morocco with tooled gilt and blind floral patterned border with gilt thistles, figures of St Andrew and coat of arms of the Earl of Essex, with diamond enclosing presentation: "This work, which was never published, & of which only a few copies were printed, was presented by the noble author, the Marchioness of Stafford, to the Earl of Essex's library at Cashiobury. 1808," yellow watered silk endpapers, gauffered gilt edges, some internal foxing and slight fading to covers
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire