28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Strawberry Hill Press. Anecdotes of Painting in England ... Collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS. By Mr. Horace Walpole, [volume 1 only, of 5], 1st edition, [Twickenham]: printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, 1762. 4to, contemporary sprinkled calf, 14 engraved plates including frontispiece, bookplate of Edmund Turnor (1756-1829) of Stoke Rochford, antiquary and landowner, together with - Binding. From a Venetian Balcony. And Other Poems of Venice and the Near Lands by Lady Lindsay. Pen Sketches by Clara Montalba, 2nd edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1904. Small 8vo (170 x 107 mm), contemporary hand-painted vellum gilt probably by Giuseppe Giannini of Florence, inset view of a bridge spanning a canal within raised gilt frame to front cover, tawed deerskin tie (with loss), bookplate of Christopher Turnor (1873-1940), annotation 'Given me by Hubert Miller, Aug 7. 1907' to front free endpaper - [Turnor, Edmund, 1756-1829, compiler]. Sammelband of antiquarian pamphlets, 1800-21. 8vo, contemporary half calf (spine worn), texts comprising: 1) Bonney, Historic Notices in Reference to Fotheringhay, 1st edition, Oundle, 1821, with engraved plates; 2) Knight, A Circumstantial Account of the Preparations for the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles the Second, 1st edition, 1820, with aquatint plates; 3) Dodson, The Life of Michael Forster ... one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, and Recorded or Bristol, 1st edition, 1811; 4) Paley, A Short Memoir of the Life of Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle, Re-Printed, 1800; 5) Disney, A Short Memoir of Michael Dodson, 1800) - Blessington (Marguerite, Countess of). Heath's Book of Beauty. 1844. 4t, original green half half, engraved portrait plates, bookplate of Christopher Turnor (1873-1940) (qty: 4) Sold as seen, not subject to return.
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Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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