14th Jan, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Bindings. Collection of fine bindings, including:
Mottley (John Lothrop). The Rise of the Dutch Republic; History of the United Netherlands; The Life and Death of John van Barnevelt, London: various publishers, 1856-74. 3 works in 9 volumes, 8vo, uniform near-contemporary crushed tan half morocco by S. Kaufmann,
Whiston (William). The Works of Flavius Josephus, London: Chatto & Windus, c.1880. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blue half calf,
Gibbon (Edward). The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: Frederick Warne & Co., c.1880. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blue half calf,
and 8 others, history, 19th-century, finely bound, including 5 works by W. H. Prescott (Ferdinand and Isabella; Philip the Second; Charles the Fifth; The Conquest of Mexico; The Conquest of Peru); Charles Knight, A History of England, 8 volumes, and similar, the lot not collated and sold as a set of fine bindings (qty: 39)
Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title, 14th Jan, 2022
Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title
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