29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
28
Vanity Fair.
The Vanity Fair Album: A Show of Sovereigns, Statesmen, Judges, and Men of the Day ...
'Vanity Fair' Office, 1869-1899, twenty-one volumes (numbers 1-5, 7-17, 19, 24-26, 31), folio, colour lithographic plates including W.G. Grace, Giuseppe Verdi, William Holman Hunt, etc. advertisements, original green cloth gilt, gutta percha binding perished on majority, spines faded, bumps and scuffs, generally clean and bright internally with very occasional spotting. Sold as a collection of plates.
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £500 - £800
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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