9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Adam (Robert).
Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia.
[London:] For the Author, 1764, folio, list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece and 60 plates, damp-staining to majority of leaves at inner margin, dust-staining, few plates with closed tears, leaves and plates loose, very worn boards, [sold as a collection of plates].
Provenance: The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, ex Fonmon Castle.
Sold for £900
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 9th Apr, 2025
The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.
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