28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
Lot 36
 

36

Davis (J. Scarlett). Twelve Views in Lithography, of Bolton Abbey,. Wharfedale, Yorkshire, 1st...

Davis (J. Scarlett). Twelve Views in Lithography, of Bolton Abbey,. Wharfedale, Yorkshire, 1st edition, London: Charles Frederick Cock, 1829. Oblong folio (293 x 455 mm), contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper wrappers, 5 pp., 12 lithographic plates (mounted as issued), title-leaf and final 2 plates remaining attached to binding, all other text and plates detached but remaining integral, variable dust-soiling and spotting, marginal nicks and repairs to text-leaves and mounts, together with: [Holderness]. A Series of Seventeen Views of Churches, Monuments, and Other Antiquities, originally engraved for ''Dade's History of Holderness.'' Now first published, Hull: J. Greenwood, 1835. Folio (450 x 280 mm), original printed wrappers (rear wrapper perished, front wrapper nicked), letterpress title-page, 15 engraved plates (containing 17 images), toning, damp-staining to first few plates (qty: 2) Library Hub traces five copies for Davis's work and none for the second.

Sold for £220
Estimated at £50 - £80


 

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