24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Montfaucon (Bernard de). L'antiquité expliquée, part set (6 volumes), 1722-4, & others
Montfaucon (Bernard de). L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures, Paris: Florentin Delaulne [and others], 1722-4. 6 volumes only (of 15), large folio (430 x 270 mm), contemporary mottled calf, edges dyed red, numerous engraved plates, bookplates of Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart, wear and loss to spines, together with Joseph Halfpenny, Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of York, 1795-9 (1 volume bound in 2, 4to, 20th-century cloth, numerous etched plates, some in colour, original wrappers for each part bound in (inscribed 'The Dean of York' in a contemporary hand), and 3 others including the 1894 facsimile edition of Halfpenny's work, the lot not fully collated and sold as a collection of plates (qty: 11)
This part set of Monfaucon's work comprises volume 2 part 1, volume 3, volume 4 part 2 and volume 5 part 2, all from the second edition of 1722, and volumes 2 and 4 of the supplement, each dated 1724.
Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300
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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