28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Davis (J. Scarlett). Twelve Views in Lithography, of Bolton Abbey,. Wharfedale, Yorkshire, 1st edition, London: Charles Frederick Cock, 1829. Oblong folio (293 x 455 mm), contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper wrappers, 5 pp., 12 lithographic plates (mounted as issued), title-leaf and final 2 plates remaining attached to binding, all other text and plates detached but remaining integral, variable dust-soiling and spotting, marginal nicks and repairs to text-leaves and mounts, together with: [Holderness]. A Series of Seventeen Views of Churches, Monuments, and Other Antiquities, originally engraved for ''Dade's History of Holderness.'' Now first published, Hull: J. Greenwood, 1835. Folio (450 x 280 mm), original printed wrappers (rear wrapper perished, front wrapper nicked), letterpress title-page, 15 engraved plates (containing 17 images), toning, damp-staining to first few plates (qty: 2) Library Hub traces five copies for Davis's work and none for the second.
Sold for £220
Estimated at £50 - £80
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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