27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
79
Blome (Richard).
The Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories of America.
London: Printed by H. Clark for Dolman Newman, 1687, octavo, [8], 262, [42] pp., including 6 pp. advertisements at rear, engraved portrait frontispiece, seven engraved folding maps after Robert Morden, one plate of sundials, some mis-pagination but text and register continuous, U5v with horizontal line below text and catchword: 'Books', brown stains to p. 65, N5 with large tear affecting text (two missing words supplied in manuscript) and repairs, maps a little creased mainly to edges, general light age-toning, near contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, corners bumped.
First edition of this important work on the English colonies in America and the West Indies in the 17th century.
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
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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