24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Frith (Francis, photographer). The Holy Bible, 1862
Frith (Francis, photographer). The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1862. Imperial 4to (316 x 250 mm), contemporary grosgrain morocco ruled in blind, brass clasp, catch and cornerpieces, gilt edges, signatures 1-66.8 67.1-3 1-15.8 16.2 67.4-8 68-87.8 88.2, illuminated chromolithographic frontispiece and additional title-page, letterpress title-page to Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha, 20 albumen-print photographs of sites in the Holy Land by Francis Frith (mounted as issued, with printed captions to mounts), tissue-guards, binding slightly rubbed, ring-mark to front cover, variable spotting to mounts, quire 2 (including one plate) loose and leaves resultantly nicked and creased along edges (qty: 1)
Provenance: Fleetwood Ernest Varley (1862-1936), British marksman and Olympian (gilt morocco christening plate to front pastedown).
Frith also published a famous deluxe issue limited to 170 copies (see Darlow & Moule, 1903 ed., 1217).
Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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