Lot 317

[Pennant, Thomas]

Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST

£350

Description

A tour in Scotland... London: Benjamin White, 1776. 2 volumes (of 3) only, second edition, 4to, 2 title vignettes, folding map and 90 (of 91) plates (plate 4 lacking), contemporary tree calf gilt, bookplates to paste-down endpapers, spotting to title-pages, upper board of volume 1 detached, spines rubbed and chipped, corners bumped [ESTC N27735 ]; Campbell, Alexander A journey from Edinburgh through parts of North Britain... London: John Stockdale, 1811. 2 volumes, 4to, 42 (of 44) lithographs (views of Water of Leith and Edinburgh from the West lacking), contemporary half morocco, bookplates to paste-down endpapers, some spotting and browning, offsetting onto text; Grose, Francis The antiquities of Scotland. London: Hooper and Wigstead, 1797. 2 volumes, 4to, 2 engraved frontispieces, engraved title-pages and 188 plates, contemporary calf gilt, bookplates, some spotting, bindings rubbed, joints splitting, the ESTC records 79 leaves of plates, whilst this copy has more, but lacks maps [ESTC N469342]; Sketch Book - Album 4to, elaborately tooled calf album containing a range of orginal artwork, sketches after David Roberts, paintings, poems and pressed leaves, c.1830-1860, around 38 pages of illustrations, text etc., a little dust-soiling, covers detached, binding rubbed (7)