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Auction archive: Lot number 10•

CHIVALRY

Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$887 - US$1,141
Price realised:
£8,812
ca. US$11,177
Auction archive: Lot number 10•

CHIVALRY

Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$887 - US$1,141
Price realised:
£8,812
ca. US$11,177
Beschreibung:

CHIVALRY [ANSTIS (JOHN)] The Register Of the Most Noble Order Of The Garter, From its Cover in Black Velvet, Usually Called The Black Book, 2 vol. expanded to 3, THE AUTHOR'S ANNOTATED AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY, with his extensive notes in the margins and on interleaved sheets in volumes 2 and 3, 2 engraved frontispieces and 12 plates (2 folding), engraved illustrations, approximately 8 original sketches by Anstis and 2 letters from Thomas Baker to him bound in, some other printed and manuscript material loosely inserted, some browning (occasionally heavy) and staining and a few tape repairs, contemporary calf gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, rubbed, one joint splitting, folio, Printed by John Barber [for the author], 1724 Fußnoten The author's copy of his major work, fully annotated, presumably in preparation for a subsequent edition, and with additional material inserted, including original sketches and the two letters to Anstis from the antiquarian Thomas Baker of King's College Cambridge.

Auction archive: Lot number 10•
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

CHIVALRY [ANSTIS (JOHN)] The Register Of the Most Noble Order Of The Garter, From its Cover in Black Velvet, Usually Called The Black Book, 2 vol. expanded to 3, THE AUTHOR'S ANNOTATED AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY, with his extensive notes in the margins and on interleaved sheets in volumes 2 and 3, 2 engraved frontispieces and 12 plates (2 folding), engraved illustrations, approximately 8 original sketches by Anstis and 2 letters from Thomas Baker to him bound in, some other printed and manuscript material loosely inserted, some browning (occasionally heavy) and staining and a few tape repairs, contemporary calf gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, rubbed, one joint splitting, folio, Printed by John Barber [for the author], 1724 Fußnoten The author's copy of his major work, fully annotated, presumably in preparation for a subsequent edition, and with additional material inserted, including original sketches and the two letters to Anstis from the antiquarian Thomas Baker of King's College Cambridge.

Auction archive: Lot number 10•
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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