24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
190
Yorkshire. Collection of documents on vellum, 16th-18th century
Yorkshire. Collection of documents on vellum, 16th-18th century. 30 in total, mainly relating to Warley near Halifax, and environs (e.g. Bingley), from the reigns of Elizabeth I (1), James I (4), Charles I (2), Charles II (5), James II (1), WIlliam and Mary (1), Anne (2), George I-III (14), various genres of deed and indenture including a number of Wakefield Great Court documents (these 18th century), surnames of parties including Smith (of Coldedge), Tattersall, Oldfield, Bower, Sunderland, etc., together with some 10 related paper documents (2 of these framed), housed in a japanned metal deed box (lock broken) (qty: -)
Provenance: Stock Lane House, Warley, Halifax.
The lot sold with copied research including Hugh P. Kendall, 'The Story of a Local Feud' (from Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society, 1923), referring to several of the parties mentioned in the documents.
Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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