Lot 155
Grose, Francis
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
The antiquities of Scotland. London: S. Hooper, 1789-1791. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, portrait, engraved titles, folding map coloured in outline, 190 plates, 4to, contemporary morocco gilt, bookplates of James Drummond, spines a little rubbed, edges bumped, tear to last page of volume 2 with loss of a few words; Morton, James The monastic annals of Teviotdale... Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1732. 4to, engraved frontispiece, 18 engraved plates, red half calf, gilt tooled spine, bookplate of George Redman, a little rubbed, some slight spotting; Geddie, John Illustrations of the scenery of the River Tay... Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1891. Folio, 11 plates (of 13, plates 3 and 11 lacking), blue cloth with tan and gilt panel to upper cover, spine faded, cover slightly soiled; Doré, Gustave - Ollier, Edmund Cassell's Doré gallery... London: Cassell & Company, [n.d.] 4to, 4 volumes, original cloth gilt, g.e., spines a little faded and frayed, some slight soiling to covers (8)