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Auction archive: Lot number 247

BROWNE, HABLOT K[NIGHT] A large collection of books illustrated by "Phiz," Hablot K. Browne

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,187
Auction archive: Lot number 247

BROWNE, HABLOT K[NIGHT] A large collection of books illustrated by "Phiz," Hablot K. Browne

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,187
Beschreibung:

BROWNE, HABLOT K[NIGHT] A large collection of books illustrated by "Phiz," Hablot K. Browne , for authors other than Dickens. The collection includes about sixty titles, plus some books on his circle (and includes a copy of the auction catalogue of his art). The condition of the volumes ranges from very good to quite worn. Included are copies of Douglas Jerrold, The Handbook of Swindling; G. P. R. James The Fight of the Fiddlers; the "Phiz"-illustrated Works of Shakespeare, with hand-colored plates, circa 1860; "Phiz," Sketches of the Seaside Country; etc. Provenance: Valerie Browne Lester, Phiz's descendant and biographer, frequently with her bookplate. The property of Valerie Browne Lester

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
28 Oct 2009
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

BROWNE, HABLOT K[NIGHT] A large collection of books illustrated by "Phiz," Hablot K. Browne , for authors other than Dickens. The collection includes about sixty titles, plus some books on his circle (and includes a copy of the auction catalogue of his art). The condition of the volumes ranges from very good to quite worn. Included are copies of Douglas Jerrold, The Handbook of Swindling; G. P. R. James The Fight of the Fiddlers; the "Phiz"-illustrated Works of Shakespeare, with hand-colored plates, circa 1860; "Phiz," Sketches of the Seaside Country; etc. Provenance: Valerie Browne Lester, Phiz's descendant and biographer, frequently with her bookplate. The property of Valerie Browne Lester

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
28 Oct 2009
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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