24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking

 
  Lot 31
 

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Rauthmell (Richard). Antiquitates Bremetonacenses, 1st edition, 1746, & others

Rauthmell (Richard). Antiquitates Bremetonacenses: or, the Roman Antiquities of Overborough, 1st edition, London: Henry Woodfall, 1746. 4to (232 x 172 mm), contemporary vellum (rebacked), 5 engraved plates (3 folding), contemporary marginalia in red and brown ink, together with 6 others (not collated) including: The Lives of the Eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony à Wood, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1772 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, engraved plates, volume 1 front cover detached); Harley, The Harleian Dairy System, 1st edition 1829 (8vo, original boards, engraved plates); 5 photograph albums containing approx. 200 original snapshots (albumen and gelatin silver prints) of family and travels round the British Isles, c.1897-1901, pencil annotations 'Ulick 9th Earl of Mayo' to front pastedowns (2 backstrips perished); New Robinson Crusoe: an Instructive and Entertaining History: Altered from the French, London: J. J. Stockdale, 1818 (8vo, contemporary half calf, woodcut plates); and 3 volumes of The Farmer's Magazine, 1834-45-45, with numerous engraved or lithographic plates; and A Few General Observations on the Principal Railways ... in the Midland Counties and North of England, 1st edition, 1838 (with 3 maps of 4) (qty: 14)

ESTC T92860 (Rauthmell)

Sold for £380
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

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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