29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Viollet-Le-Duc (E.).
On Restoration be E. Viollet-le-Duc and A Notice of his Works in Connection with the Historical Monuments of France, by Charles Wethered.
Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1875, 110, [2] pages + 40 page publisher's catalogue. Portrait frontis on mounted India paper with guard, half title present, free of inscriptions, some light foxing to preliminary leaves, heavier foxing to rear catalogue, top edge a little dust marked, original cloth gilt with bevelled boards (backstrip faded).
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200
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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