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Auction archive: Lot number 169

An Essay on the Original, Use, and Excellency of the Noble Art and Mytery of Printing , London, for T. Legg, 1752, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title, modern half calf -- [CHELSUM, James.] A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto, Winchester and Lo...

Auction 10.07.1992
10 Jul 1992
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$575 - US$959
Price realised:
£935
ca. US$1,794
Auction archive: Lot number 169

An Essay on the Original, Use, and Excellency of the Noble Art and Mytery of Printing , London, for T. Legg, 1752, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title, modern half calf -- [CHELSUM, James.] A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto, Winchester and Lo...

Auction 10.07.1992
10 Jul 1992
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$575 - US$959
Price realised:
£935
ca. US$1,794
Beschreibung:

An Essay on the Original, Use, and Excellency of the Noble Art and Mytery of Printing , London, for T. Legg, 1752, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title, modern half calf -- [CHELSUM, James.] A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto, Winchester and London, by J. Robins and sold by J. and T. Egerton, 1786, 4°, FIRST EDITION, (lightly browned), contemporary calf (neatly rebacked, extremities rubbed) -- The Perfect Painter; or, a Compleat History of the Original, Progress and Improvement of Painting, London, [no imprint], 1730, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece (title cropped at lower margin and neatly repaired, light soiling and browning), contemporary half calf; and 2 others of related interest. (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 169
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

An Essay on the Original, Use, and Excellency of the Noble Art and Mytery of Printing , London, for T. Legg, 1752, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title, modern half calf -- [CHELSUM, James.] A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto, Winchester and London, by J. Robins and sold by J. and T. Egerton, 1786, 4°, FIRST EDITION, (lightly browned), contemporary calf (neatly rebacked, extremities rubbed) -- The Perfect Painter; or, a Compleat History of the Original, Progress and Improvement of Painting, London, [no imprint], 1730, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece (title cropped at lower margin and neatly repaired, light soiling and browning), contemporary half calf; and 2 others of related interest. (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 169
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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