Lot 412
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
£425
Description
A description of the new docks at Great Grimsby... Manchester: Bradshaw and Blacklock, n.d. [1852] 8vo, 3 folding maps backed onto linen, blue cloth gilt, steel clasp, g.e., occasional dust-soiling and foxing, covers and spine slightly dust-soiled, spine and corners a little bumped; De La Fontaine Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: n.p., 1764. 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait, 79 (of 80) engraved plates, contemporary green calf, spines gilt, some occasional slight darkening and spotting, a couple of ink spots to edges, two covers detached, spines rubbed and cracking (3)
Footnote
Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh