29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
69
Tait (A. F.).
Views on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, drawn from Nature, and on Stone by A.F. Tait; With a Descriptive History by Edwin Butterworth.
Published for A.F. Tait by Bradshaw and Blacklock, 1845, first edition, large folio, [4], 34 pages (5 & 6 reversed), additional tinted lithograph title with vignette, and 19 tinted lithograph plates. Original cloth gilt (spine slanted).
[Abbey Life 411, Ottley 6197]
Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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