27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Lancaster (William T.).
Abstracts of the Charters and Other Documents Contained in the Chartulary of the Cistercian Abbey of Fountains in the West Riding of the County of York.
Leeds: J. Whitehead & Son, 1915, two octavo volumes, one of sixty copies printed for private distribution, author's presentation inscription on half-title, ink inscription and library pencil shelfmark on front free endpaper of vol. 1, library bookplate on front pastedown of both volumes, a few marginal annotations, original cloth, slightly rubbed, small library shelfmark label to each spine;
Grainge (William).
Annals of a Yorkshire Abbey; a Popular History of the Famous Monastery of Fountains...
Harrogate: R. Ackrill, no date, contemporary cloth gilt.
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Sold for £220
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 27th Nov, 2024
Highlights include a first edition of an important work on the English colonies in America and the West Indies published in 1687, a collection of watercolours depicting landscapes and ancient sites of Egypt and the Middle East, and a selection of mid-19th century albumen print photographs of Rome. Further notable lots include plates from a mid-18th century plan of Paris by Michael Etienne Turgot, a Victorian autograph album and a copy of Eugene Grasset's 'Plants and the Application to Ornament'.
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