13th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Victorian Photograph Albums
A Silver Mounted Bog Oak Photograph Album.
Bog oak boards, the upper board ornately carved in relief with an Irish scene, composed of a sighthound laid before a round tower with a harp and tree adjacent, oak leaves and acorns below ground level, a border of shamrock which enters the image, the upper border with a coronet. Simple shamrock carved lower board. Silver mounted with clasp (opens without key), hallmarked London 1863, maker RK, all edges gilt, morroco spine. Well stocked with carte de visite portraits.
A Victorian photograph album with attractive chromolitho plates depicting flowers and butterflies.
Gift inscription dated 1893, cabinet cards and cartes de visite of a Tyneside family, additional photographs loosely inserted, worn diced calf binding (upper joint split) (2)
Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 13th Dec, 2023
The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.
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Tuesday 12 December 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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