29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Photographs.
An Interesting Collection of Photographs, comprising:
York, Masonic Memories of York, A Series of Photographs Illustrating the Antiquities of York ...
Yorkshire Gazette Office, no date (c.1884), thirty-six mounted photographs with descriptions, remnant leather binding;
Yorkshire, Three albums and a folder, containing various photographs of York and Yorkshire, nineteenth and twentieth century, various sizes;
Family Portraits, Three albums of cartes de visite photographs depicting individuals and family groups, many by York photographers. One photograph depicts Charles Dickens, seated with top hat and cane, another is of Queen Victoria (no photographer's details on reverse of either).
[Hugh Murray Collection] (8)
Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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