24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Bindings. A collection of fine bindings ex libris John H. Fawcett CMG
Bindings. A collection of fine bindings, including:
1) Poems by Thomas Gray, Eton: Eton College Press, 1894. Small folio, contemporary Eton College prize-binding of tan calf gilt, gilt edges, frontispiece offset onto title-page,
2) Charles Baudelaire. Les fleurs du mal. Ving-sept compositions par Georges Rochegrosse gravées à l'eau-forte par Eugène Decisy, number 1015 of 1020 copies on vélin d'Arches, from the total edition of 1200, Paris: F. Ferroud, successeur, 1910. 4to, contemporary quarter morocco, spine gilt with floral morocco onlays, photogravure frontispiece and plates, hand-coloured woodcut vignette to title-page,
3) C. Sallustii Crispi, Opera, quae exstant, omnia, Leiden: Franciscus Hack, 1649. 8vo, later vellum, gilt spine, engraved title-page,
4) The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, London: Henry Frowde, 1906. 8vo, contemporary quarter vellum, Art Nouveau design gilt to spine,
and 26 others similar, English and French literature, all in leather bindings with gilt spines (mainly calf or vellum), not collated and sold as a collection of fine bindings (qty: 30)
Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat, a few works containing his armorial bookplate.
Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking, 24th Nov, 2021
To include the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Eric Hosking is a name which will require little introduction for ornithology enthusiasts. The first professional bird photographer, he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. To complement his library, Eric Hosking also built a fine collection of pictures by leading 20th century wildlife artists including Archibald Thorburn, Keith Shackleton and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The sale of his photographic equipment provides an unmissable opportunity to own a remarkable array of high-quality cameras, lenses and other apparatus by manufacturers including Contarex, Hasselblad and Zeiss, and will give skilled users the chance of recreating his photographic feats.
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