18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2169
Breton de la Martinière (Jean-Baptiste)
China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, etc., 2nd edition in English, London: J. J. Stockdale, 1812. 4 volumes in 1, 12mo (176 x 100 mm), 19th-century cloth, rebacked, [15] 6-128, [9] 6-125, [9] 6-135, [9] 160 pp., half-title to each volume, 80 engraved plates, contemporary ownership inscriptions ('Henry Blanshard Junior, 1826' to half-titles), text-leaves spotted, volume 2 D3 with closed tear extending into text, marginal repair verso and lower margin excised, together with 1 other (Lamartine, Voyage en Orient, 2nd edition, 1837, not collated) (qty: 3)
Sold for £130
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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