15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 66
 

66

19th-century Scrapbook 4to, red straight-grain morocco gilt; c.45 pages of MSS poetry and...

19th-century Scrapbook
4to, red straight-grain morocco gilt; c.45 pages of MSS poetry and similar, c.35 pages of mounted drawings, sketches, paintings and prints (some hand-coloured), with a engineered-paper, pull-tab metamorphic novelty of a house overpainted on a concertina-fold cage enclosing a concealed mouse laid down on final leaf.
The book appears to have been compiled between c.1829-1862 (based on dates of contributions). It is a mix of calligraphic poetry (such as Thomas Moore's "Alas how light a cause may move" and "On Sir John Moore's Burial") and other seemingly unpublished works in other hands. These are likely contributions from the compiler's friends. Similarly, the illustrated pages are a wide mix of mediums and subjects. They include small vignette paintings of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1804, European tourist scenes, a fancy Valentine (with a short poem beneath a central flap) and humurous pencil sketches. An idea of the period of the collecting can be seen by pictures of both William IV and the young Victoria. The highlight is the delightful papercraft novelty, an impressive piece of paper manipulation for a playful end.

Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

. Binding a bit rubbed and scuffed, variable spotting, offsetting etc internally but a fun and colourful thing.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 15th Mar, 2019

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