12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
  Lot 116
 

116

Poulson, George The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness. Hull: Robert Brown,...

Poulson, George The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness. Hull: Robert Brown, 48 Lowgate; and W. Pickering, London, 1840-1. 4to (2 vols). Half calf over marbled boards, sometime sympathetically rebacked, spines with contrasting morocco lettering pieces in two compartments, all edges marbled; illus. with engraved plates and folding maps with woodcut illus. and pedigrees to text (all plates as called for except Library at Burton Constable Vol. II, however it includes the Dade plate 'Monument of Sir Martin de la See' in Vol. I which the plate list states was cancelled and not included).

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £120


 

Boards a little scuffed and rubbed with a little loss, a little foxing, some offsetting from plates but, generally clean internally, a very good set.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 12th Sep, 2018

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