29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Skaife (Robert H.).
Plan of the Roman, Mediaeval & Modern York.
York: John Sampson, 1864, hand-coloured, linen-backed folding map, lithographed by Day & Son, 730mm x 950mm, nine sections, linen splitting at folds, roan gilt boards (worn and detached);
Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey of York.
Southampton: 1852, twenty-one large hand-coloured double-page sheets, 666mm x 980mm, dust marked, worn half calf. (2)
[Hugh Murray Collection]
Sold for £480
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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