28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
Lot 39
 

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Richardson (Joseph). Furness Past and Present: its History and Antiquities, 1st edition,...

Richardson (Joseph). Furness Past and Present: its History and Antiquities, 1st edition, Barrow-in-Furness: J. Richardson, 1880. 2 volumes, 4to (267 x 207 mm), contemporary red morocco gilt over bevelled boards, gilt edges, [4] xxii 261 [4], [4] 316 pp., volume 1 with photogravure portrait frontispiece, chromolithographic additional title-page, chromolithographic dedication-page, 2 maps (one map, 'Morecambe Bay', described as a 'two-page illustration', the reason unclear), 5 plates of arms heightened in gold and silver, 28 further plates (mainly tinted lithographs; the two plates listed as facing p. 189 are in fact on a single sheet), volume 2 with photogravure portrait frontispiece, chromolithographic dedication leaf (without the additional title-page), 32 plates (apparently of 34: without plates 'Western Window, Furness Abbey' and 'Barrow in 1844 and 1863' facing pp. 139 and 197; the two plates listed as facing p. 141 in fact on a single sheet), volume 1 rebacked with original spine laid down and inner hinges strengthened, final leaf laid onto rear pastedown with consequent paper-disruption along gutter, together with - Hutchinson (William). The History of the County of Cumberland, and Places Adjacent, 1st edition, Carlisle: printed by F. Jollie, 1794. 2 volumes, 4to (276 x 210 mm), recent maroon quarter morocco, 2 engraved additional title-pages, 54 engraved plates and maps (of 57), several folding, spotting, folding maps with splits, tears and repairs, folding map facing volume 1 p. 42 silked, text not collated - Nicolson (Joseph, & Richard Burn). The History and Antiquities of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes, 4to (270 x 210 mm), contemporary diced half russia, 2 engraved folding maps, bindings worn, marbled paper covering entirely perished from volume 1 front board, text not collated - and 3 others (not collated: Whellan, The History and Topography of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 1st edition, Pontefract, 1860, modern cloth; Whiteside, Shappe in Bygone Days, 1st edition, Kendal, 1904, original cloth; Index to Nicolson and Burn, reprint, 2011, original wrappers) (qty: 9) ESTC T139564 (Hutchinson), T56128 (Nicolson). Most of the plates in Richardson's work are dual-tint lithographic views of country seats. Despite the absence of two listed plates from our copy, it contains in total 69 plates (including the frontispieces and maps), whereas Library Hub calls for 62 only.

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