27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Bronte (Charlotte, Emily & Anne).
The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters - The Haworth Edition.
London: John Murray, 1916-1926, seven volumes, portraits and illustrations, uniform red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, binding and page edges of volume 6 (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) badly affected by damp, [not collated].
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Sold for £420
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 27th Nov, 2024
Highlights include a first edition of an important work on the English colonies in America and the West Indies published in 1687, a collection of watercolours depicting landscapes and ancient sites of Egypt and the Middle East, and a selection of mid-19th century albumen print photographs of Rome. Further notable lots include plates from a mid-18th century plan of Paris by Michael Etienne Turgot, a Victorian autograph album and a copy of Eugene Grasset's 'Plants and the Application to Ornament'.
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