18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2062
Beattie (William)
Scotland, Illustrated in a Series of Views ..., George Virtue, 1838, two quarto volumes, engraved plates, all edges gilt, calf gilt (joints split);
Scott (Walter), The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland ..., Longman Hurst ..., 1814, two quarto volumes, engraved plates, half calf (rubbed);
Foster (Birket), Beauties of English Landscape, 1874, Routledge, quarto, engraved plates, all edges gilt, gilt-tooled morocco binding;
with three others.
[Although there is no obvious evidence of loss, the books in this lot have not been collated] (8)
Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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