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Auction archive: Lot number 21

A collection of copper-plate scientific engravings

Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$348 - US$488
Price realised:
£180
ca. US$250
Auction archive: Lot number 21

A collection of copper-plate scientific engravings

Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$348 - US$488
Price realised:
£180
ca. US$250
Beschreibung:

A collection of copper-plate scientific engravings Covering pneumatics, geology, chemistry, astronomy, and drawing amongst other disciplines including an almost complete volume of Chambers, E. and Rees Abraham CYCLOPEADIA, OR AN, UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY, OF, ARTS & SCIENCES (title page and front board lacking) circa 1780; a group of four mounted engravings by Lodge for ...C. Cooke, 17 Peternoster Row depicting hydraulic engines, Quadrants, Sextants and an Improved Equatorial, or Portable Observatory... by George Adams dated 1788 measuring 33.5 by 21cm (13.25ins by 8.25ins) to margins; numerous loose engravings by Wilson Lowry for The Cyclopedia and inscribed Published as the Act Directs, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown 1808-19; and others by A. Bell Prin. Wals: Scuptor fecit dating to circa 1797, (qty).

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A collection of copper-plate scientific engravings Covering pneumatics, geology, chemistry, astronomy, and drawing amongst other disciplines including an almost complete volume of Chambers, E. and Rees Abraham CYCLOPEADIA, OR AN, UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY, OF, ARTS & SCIENCES (title page and front board lacking) circa 1780; a group of four mounted engravings by Lodge for ...C. Cooke, 17 Peternoster Row depicting hydraulic engines, Quadrants, Sextants and an Improved Equatorial, or Portable Observatory... by George Adams dated 1788 measuring 33.5 by 21cm (13.25ins by 8.25ins) to margins; numerous loose engravings by Wilson Lowry for The Cyclopedia and inscribed Published as the Act Directs, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown 1808-19; and others by A. Bell Prin. Wals: Scuptor fecit dating to circa 1797, (qty).

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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