29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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The European Magazine.
A collection of engraved portraits issued with The European Magazine.
Printed for James Asperne, no date [c.1807], 259 portrait plates. The majority of the portraits and views (550 subjects) which were originally issued with the first fifty-four volumes of the magazine, were subsequently issued in two volumes by James Asperne following his purchase of the magazine in 1806. Each volume contained upwards of 250 portraits and views. This collection contains only the portraits, variously dated from 1782 to 1807 (some staining and watermarking in places). The first leaf (only), from a printed list of the plates, forms a title page. Recent full calf binding.
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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