24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Aelfric of Eynsham. An English Anglo-Saxon Homily, 1st edition, 1709
Aelfric of Eynsham (fl. c.955-1010). An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-Day of St. Gregory: Anciently used in the English-Saxon Church. Giving an Account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity. Translated into Modern English, with Notes, etc. By Eliz[abeth] Elstob, 1st edition, London: W. Bowyer, 1709. 8vo in half-sheets (228 x 134 mm), contemporary panelled calf (rubbed, craquelure to covers, wear to extremities, joints cracked at ends), engraved frontispiece, title-page vignette, 4 headpieces and 5 historiated or portrait initials, Anglo-Saxon and English text in parallel column, light toning, frontispiece slightly offset, occasional marginal damp-staining (extending into headlines and texts towards rear) (qty: 1)
Provenance: George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (bookplate).
ESTC T86163.
Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking, 24th Nov, 2021
To include the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Eric Hosking is a name which will require little introduction for ornithology enthusiasts. The first professional bird photographer, he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. To complement his library, Eric Hosking also built a fine collection of pictures by leading 20th century wildlife artists including Archibald Thorburn, Keith Shackleton and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The sale of his photographic equipment provides an unmissable opportunity to own a remarkable array of high-quality cameras, lenses and other apparatus by manufacturers including Contarex, Hasselblad and Zeiss, and will give skilled users the chance of recreating his photographic feats.
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