24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking

 
  Lot 164
 

164

Dibdin (Thomas F.). A Bibliographical Tour in France and Germany, 1821, & 8 others

Dibdin (Thomas Frognall). A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1821. 3 volumes, 8vo (247 x 156 mm), contemporary green morocco gilt, all edges gilt, all plates and text-illustrations as called for (the latter all on india paper, mounted), mainly engraved, several hand-coloured, contemporary engraved bookplates (Georgiana Richards), bindings rubbed, plates offset, marginal damp-stains to plates in volume 3,
Watson (John). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, 1st edition, London: T. Lowndes, 1775. 4to (262 x 206 mm), contemporary diced russia gilt, crest of the Barons Suffield gilt to spine, bookplate of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield (1781-1835), marbled endpapers, 10 etched or engraved plates (several folding), rear joint cracked but remaining firm, a very good copy,
[Byron, Lord]. Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: Thomas Davison, 1821. 8vo (230 x 142 mm), later quarter sheep, untrimmed, half-title, spotting,
and 6 others (not fully collated),
including Memoirs of the Marshal Duke of Berwick, 1st edition, 1779 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, folding map, bookplates of Sir Foster Cunliffe, Bart, worn, volume 1 front board detached), George Cruikshank, Three Courses and a Dessert, 1st edition, 1830, and Joseph Mawman, An Excursion to the Highlands of Scotland and the English Lakes, 1st edition, 1805 (8vo, contemporary half calf, folding map, 3 engraved plates after J. M. W. Turner, without half-title and 'To the Reader' leaf (B2)) (qty: 15)

ESTC T145489 (Watson).

Sold for £250
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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