18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2126
Miller (Philip)
The Abridgement of the Gardener's Dictionary...., 1763, quarto, frontis, engraved plates, calf (board detached);
Stillingfleet (Benj.), Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry and Physick ...., Dodsley, 1762, portrait frontis, plates, contemporary calf;
Tyas (Robert), The Language of Flowers or Floral Emblems ...... Routledge, 1869, colour plates, original cloth gilt;
Strother (Edward), An Essay on Sickness and Health ..., Charles Rivington, 1725, contemporary calf (joints cracked);
with twenty-two miscellaneous others (26)
Sold for £700
Estimated at £200 - £400
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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