Lot 130

Parkinson, John





Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£300
Description
Paradisi in sole, paradisus terrestris. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. Folio, facsimile of the 1629 edition, 20th century blind-tooled calf in diamond patterns with initials E.K.S. to upper cover, spine gilt, blind-tooled doublures, bookplate of Tysoe Manor, a few annotations in pencil, some very occasional light foxing, lower cover very slightly tarnished; Redouté, Pierre-Joseph Roses. London: The Ariel Press, 1954. Second edition, folio, 48 coloured plates and two facsimile title pages, bookplate of Tysoe Manor, red half morocco, spine gilt, spine a little faded, some slight bleaching to cloth and fading to lower cover (2)




