Lot 128

A MAUCHLINE 'TARTAN WARE' BOOK BOX, WITH VOLUMES BY SIR WALTER SCOTT
LATE 19TH CENTURY






Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
£600
Description
the rectangular box covered in Prince Charlie tartan paper, enclosing 'Poetical Works'. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, [not dated but circa 1870] 6 volumes, 16mo, 'Select edition', each bound in black quarter morocco gilt with Tartan Ware covers (Prince Charlie, Stuart x 2; McLean; McBeth & McPherson), clasp broken, paper chipped from box, a little internal damp-staining and foxing to books
Dimensions
Width of box 19.5cm, height: 11cm, depth: 16cm





