18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2099
Yates (William)
The County Palatine of Lancaster, surveyed by Will'm Yates, 1786, large folding map engraved by Thomas Billinge, sixty-four sections on eight linen sheets (eight sections per sheet), black edged, overall size approximately 210cm x 136cm, housed in quarter calf book-form slipcase. Some tanning and damp/mould staining to parts of map, slipcase well worn.
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £500 - £800
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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