24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

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

 
  Lot 8
 

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Lizars (W. H.). Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas, 1841, with 2 early maps of Texas

Lizars (W. H., publisher). Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas, Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, [1841]. Folio (480 x 300 mm), contemporary black half morocco (date '1841' at foot), 66 engraved hand-coloured double-page maps (of 68: without numbers 10-11, 'England, on two sheets'; no map numbered 32 issued), double-page 'Table of Mountain Chains' sheet including engraved vignette, text/map block detached from binding, title-page creased and nicked, spotting to a few maps (2-3, 24-5, 61), a few with short split at foot of central fold, number 37 also creased, numbers 7-9 and 52 slightly proud and consequently nicked and rumpled along edges (qty: 1)

Contains two maps showing the short-lived Republic of Texas: 'United States & Texas with all the Railways and Canals' (no. 63), and 'Mexico and Guatimala [sic] with the Republic of Texas' (no. 66).

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

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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