24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Heath (William, & Robert Seymour). The Looking Glass, Vol. 1, 1831
Heath (William, & Robert Seymour). The Looking Glass; or, Caricature Annual, 1830. Vol. 1, London: Thomas McLean, 1831. Folio (412 x 273 mm), 20th-century red half morocco preserving earlier gilt spine, original lithographic front wrapper trimmed and mounted to front board, all edges gilt, containing 12 monthly numbers each comprising 2 sheets of thick wove paper with hand-coloured lithographs or etchings after Heath or Seymour printed on rectos and versos, letterpress text-leaf and hand-coloured lithographic title-page after Seymour to front, text-leaf and title-page damp-stained, a variable tide-mark visible thereafter (obvious mainly in margins), title-page with closed tears to lower margin and along gutter, number 1 with short nick to foot of gutter not affecting plate-mark, number 8 browned, number 12 second leaf with short closed tear at foot, a good copy with bright original hand-colouring (qty: 1)
A total of seven volumes were published, continuing to 1836. Numbers one and eight in this volume both contain vignettes on the slave trade.
Sold for £800
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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