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Auction archive: Lot number 317

BRITISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- WILKINSON, Robert Londina il...

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,757 - US$7,929
Price realised:
£9,375
ca. US$14,867
Auction archive: Lot number 317

BRITISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- WILKINSON, Robert Londina il...

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,757 - US$7,929
Price realised:
£9,375
ca. US$14,867
Beschreibung:

BRITISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- WILKINSON, Robert. Londina illustrata. Graphic and Historic Memorials of Monasteries, Churches Ancient Playhouses, Modern Theatres and Other Places of Public Amusement . London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25. 2 volumes, 4°. Engraved titles and plates throughout. (Some spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco (some wear). First edition in book form. Upcott II, pp.897-904. -- COURBOLD, Henry & John RUSSELL Sixth Duke of Bedford. Outline Engravings and Descriptions of the Woburn Abbey Marbles . [London: Printed by William Nicol,] 1822. 2°. Engraved plates by Canova and others after Courbold, on india paper. (Some mainly marginal spotting). Finely bound in contemporary brown morocco gilt (some wear). FIRST EDITION, the front blank signed 'John Flaxman' -- the sculptor's copy. Flaxman had made an allegorical frieze for the Duke of Bedford's sculpture gallery. 1 of 180 copies only. Lowndes I, 145; Martin pp.291-5; Michaelis p.156. -- SMEATON, John. A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse . London: by H. Hughes, 1791. 2°. Engraved plates and maps. (Some spotting). Contemporary cloth (worn). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes 2415. -- WILLETT, Ralph. A Description of the Library at Merly . London: by John Nichols 1785. 2°. Engraved plates, some folding (some tears, some repairs.) Later burgundy half leather (spine defective, boards nearly detached). Provenance : Henry Brouncker (bookplate). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, documenting this short-lived masterpiece of Georgian architecture. With 40 others of similar interest, including Camden's Britannia, Kip's Views of Gloucestershire, Grose's antiquities of England and Wales, Nash's mansions, etc., most folio and quarto, most in worn contemporary bindings. The lot sold as viewed not subject to return. (45)
BRITISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- WILKINSON, Robert. Londina illustrata. Graphic and Historic Memorials of Monasteries, Churches Ancient Playhouses, Modern Theatres and Other Places of Public Amusement . London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25. 2 volumes, 4°. Engraved titles and plates throughout. (Some spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco (some wear). First edition in book form. Upcott II, pp.897-904. -- COURBOLD, Henry & John RUSSELL Sixth Duke of Bedford. Outline Engravings and Descriptions of the Woburn Abbey Marbles . [London: Printed by William Nicol,] 1822. 2°. Engraved plates by Canova and others after Courbold, on india paper. (Some mainly marginal spotting). Finely bound in contemporary brown morocco gilt (some wear). FIRST EDITION, the front blank signed 'John Flaxman' -- the sculptor's copy. Flaxman had made an allegorical frieze for the Duke of Bedford's sculpture gallery. 1 of 180 copies only. Lowndes I, 145; Martin pp.291-5; Michaelis p.156. -- SMEATON, John. A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse . London: by H. Hughes, 1791. 2°. Engraved plates and maps. (Some spotting). Contemporary cloth (worn). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes 2415. -- WILLETT, Ralph. A Description of the Library at Merly . London: by John Nichols 1785. 2°. Engraved plates, some folding (some tears, some repairs.) Later burgundy half leather (spine defective, boards nearly detached). Provenance : Henry Brouncker (bookplate). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, documenting this short-lived masterpiece of Georgian architecture. With 40 others of similar interest, including Camden's Britannia, Kip's Views of Gloucestershire, Grose's antiquities of England and Wales, Nash's mansions, etc., most folio and quarto, most in worn contemporary bindings. The lot sold as viewed not subject to return. (45)

Auction archive: Lot number 317
Auction:
Datum:
18 Sep 2013 - 19 Sep 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
18-19 September 2013, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

BRITISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- WILKINSON, Robert. Londina illustrata. Graphic and Historic Memorials of Monasteries, Churches Ancient Playhouses, Modern Theatres and Other Places of Public Amusement . London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25. 2 volumes, 4°. Engraved titles and plates throughout. (Some spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco (some wear). First edition in book form. Upcott II, pp.897-904. -- COURBOLD, Henry & John RUSSELL Sixth Duke of Bedford. Outline Engravings and Descriptions of the Woburn Abbey Marbles . [London: Printed by William Nicol,] 1822. 2°. Engraved plates by Canova and others after Courbold, on india paper. (Some mainly marginal spotting). Finely bound in contemporary brown morocco gilt (some wear). FIRST EDITION, the front blank signed 'John Flaxman' -- the sculptor's copy. Flaxman had made an allegorical frieze for the Duke of Bedford's sculpture gallery. 1 of 180 copies only. Lowndes I, 145; Martin pp.291-5; Michaelis p.156. -- SMEATON, John. A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse . London: by H. Hughes, 1791. 2°. Engraved plates and maps. (Some spotting). Contemporary cloth (worn). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes 2415. -- WILLETT, Ralph. A Description of the Library at Merly . London: by John Nichols 1785. 2°. Engraved plates, some folding (some tears, some repairs.) Later burgundy half leather (spine defective, boards nearly detached). Provenance : Henry Brouncker (bookplate). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, documenting this short-lived masterpiece of Georgian architecture. With 40 others of similar interest, including Camden's Britannia, Kip's Views of Gloucestershire, Grose's antiquities of England and Wales, Nash's mansions, etc., most folio and quarto, most in worn contemporary bindings. The lot sold as viewed not subject to return. (45)
BRITISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- WILKINSON, Robert. Londina illustrata. Graphic and Historic Memorials of Monasteries, Churches Ancient Playhouses, Modern Theatres and Other Places of Public Amusement . London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25. 2 volumes, 4°. Engraved titles and plates throughout. (Some spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco (some wear). First edition in book form. Upcott II, pp.897-904. -- COURBOLD, Henry & John RUSSELL Sixth Duke of Bedford. Outline Engravings and Descriptions of the Woburn Abbey Marbles . [London: Printed by William Nicol,] 1822. 2°. Engraved plates by Canova and others after Courbold, on india paper. (Some mainly marginal spotting). Finely bound in contemporary brown morocco gilt (some wear). FIRST EDITION, the front blank signed 'John Flaxman' -- the sculptor's copy. Flaxman had made an allegorical frieze for the Duke of Bedford's sculpture gallery. 1 of 180 copies only. Lowndes I, 145; Martin pp.291-5; Michaelis p.156. -- SMEATON, John. A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse . London: by H. Hughes, 1791. 2°. Engraved plates and maps. (Some spotting). Contemporary cloth (worn). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes 2415. -- WILLETT, Ralph. A Description of the Library at Merly . London: by John Nichols 1785. 2°. Engraved plates, some folding (some tears, some repairs.) Later burgundy half leather (spine defective, boards nearly detached). Provenance : Henry Brouncker (bookplate). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, documenting this short-lived masterpiece of Georgian architecture. With 40 others of similar interest, including Camden's Britannia, Kip's Views of Gloucestershire, Grose's antiquities of England and Wales, Nash's mansions, etc., most folio and quarto, most in worn contemporary bindings. The lot sold as viewed not subject to return. (45)

Auction archive: Lot number 317
Auction:
Datum:
18 Sep 2013 - 19 Sep 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
18-19 September 2013, London, King Street
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