9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
Lot 19
 

19

Ware (Isaac and William Kent).
The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk.
London: C. Fourdrinier, 1760, folio, engraved title-page and dedication leaf, 10pp. letterpress description, folding engraved plan of the garden park, twenty seven engraved plates/plans (some folding, numbered 1-35, i.e. folding plates counted as two pages), some damp-staining mainly to blank margin not affecting image, some age-toning mainly to outer margins, page edges somewhat frayed, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earl of Orford on front free endpaper, paper covered boards, worn.

Provenance: The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, ex Fonmon Castle.

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 9th Apr, 2025

The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.

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