28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Bindings. Parnaso español. Coleccion de poesias escogidas de los mas célebres poetas castellanos, Madrid: Joachin Ibarra, 1768-78. 9 volumes, square 8vo (158 x 105 mm), contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and relined in the 19th century (tips slightly worn, volume 8 with loss to headcap), 2 engraved plates (including volume 1 frontispiece), 14 engraved portraits, marginal damp-staining - Arabian Nights. The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, London: for F. C. Rivington [and others], 1821. 3 volumes, 12mo (126 x 68 mm), contemporary marbled half calf gilt, twin morocco labels, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title-page to each volume (damp-stained), gift inscription 'George F. Wilbraham, from his affect[ion]ate mother, August 4th 1828' - Manzoni (Alessandro). I promessi sposi, Livorno: G. P. Pozzolini, 1827. 3 volumes, 8vo (229 x 132 mm), contemporary grey calf gilt, some damp-staining to contents - Bettinelli (Saverio). Risorgimento d'Italia negli studi, nelle arti, e ne'costumi dopo il mille, Bassano: Remondini di Venezia, 1786. 2 volumes, 8vo (195 x 120 mm), contemporary vellum, a little damp-staining to contents - and 11 others similar, French and Italian literature, 18th and 19th centuries, various formats, all in leather bindings (qty: 41) The lot not fully collated and sold as a set of fine bindings. Provenance (all titles): George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (bookplates).
Sold for £190
Estimated at £300 - £500
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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