28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, London: William Bowyer, 1736. Folio (442 x 268 mm), 19th-century half calf, rebacked, 60 engraved maps and plates, many double-page (including 2 maps, hand-coloured, and a pictorial title-page to part 2), numerous engravings in the text (many full-page), very occasional light spotting, old marginal repairs to plates facing pp. 524 and 527, the 2 coloured maps (at pp. 36 and 380), and text-leaves 4E1 and 7Y1 (qty: 1) ESTC T65433. First edition, large-paper issue, one of 100 copies; there were also 700 copies printed on crown paper. Provenance: James Worsley Pennyman (1856-1924), of Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough (bookplate).
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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