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Auction archive: Lot number 138

COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART. The Rose Garden of Persia, 1845, 8vo, pink paper boards decorated to a Persian design, by Westleys & Clark with their ticket, extremities worn, foxed , printed by Vizetelly Brothers with decoration in red, gold and blue, McLe...

Auction 20.11.1992
20 Nov 1992
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$880
Auction archive: Lot number 138

COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART. The Rose Garden of Persia, 1845, 8vo, pink paper boards decorated to a Persian design, by Westleys & Clark with their ticket, extremities worn, foxed , printed by Vizetelly Brothers with decoration in red, gold and blue, McLe...

Auction 20.11.1992
20 Nov 1992
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$880
Beschreibung:

COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART. The Rose Garden of Persia, 1845, 8vo, pink paper boards decorated to a Persian design, by Westleys & Clark with their ticket, extremities worn, foxed , printed by Vizetelly Brothers with decoration in red, gold and blue, McLean Victorian Book Design , p. 172--CUNDALL, JOSEPH, publisher . A Booke of Christmas Carols, illuminated from Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1846, small 8vo, old half calf gilt, extremities worn , PRESENTATION COPY from John Brandard the artist inscribed "Presented to Madame Jallien with the Artist's best respects", color-printed by M. and N. Hanhart with borders by Brandard, type by Charles Whittingham on thick cards, guarded, McLean, p. 90 (citing an 1845 edition); Songs, Madrigals and Sonnets, 1849, 16mo, red cloth gilt, g.e., a gutta-percha binding by Westley's with ticket, broken, front pastedown stained , printed at Chiswick Press by Whittingham, woodcut borders drawn by Absolon and printed in colors, McLean, pp. 142 and 143 (illustrated); The Babes in the Wood, 1861, 8vo, red cloth blocked in blind, upper cover gilt, g.e., foxed and finger-soiled , 10 stiff card leaves, color-printed on rectos by William Dickes McLean, p. 146--HARRILD, THOMAS, chromolithographer . The Resolutions of Mary Christian upon the Day of her Marriage (April 28, 1740), [184-?], 4to, blue cloth gilt, g.e. , 7 stiff card leaves, color-printed and with added color--Christian Doctrines from the Words of Our Lord of the Apostles and the Prophets, 1850, 8vo, relievo calf, g.e., rebacked, corners worn, offset , 9 stiff card leaves, linen guards, color-printed borders and vignettes.--AUSTIN, STEPHEN, printer and publisher. Sakoontala; or the lost ring; an Indian drama, translated into English prose and verse...by Monier Williams, Hertford 1855, 4to, calf, g.e., by Root, upper cover detached , page borders, vignette borders and other decorations printed in colors and gold, McLean, pp. 172 and 173--STANESBY, SAMUEL, illuminator . The Floral Gift, [c. 1859], 8vo, green cloth, blocked in blind and gilt, g.e., by W. Bone & Son with ticket, extremities slightly worn , 16 stiff card leaves, illuminated borders printed in gold and colors by Thomas Bessent; Shakespeare's Household Words, [c. 1859], 16mo, red cloth blocked in gilt with an arabesque in green on a white ground, elaborately gilt, g.e. , 16 stiff card leaves, illuminated borders printed in gold and colors by Ashbee & Dangerfield, including a frontispiece photograph of a bust of Shakespeare--BOND, A.L. three Gems in One Setting, [c. 1860], 4to, red cloth blocked in blind to an Alhambran design, upper cover gilt with a blue cloth panel, g.e., slight wear , 18 stiff card leaves, illuminated in printed colors, McLean Victorian Publishers' Bookbindings , p. 118--DELAMOTTE, F.G. Mediaeval Alphabets and Initials for Illuminators...with an Introduction by J. Willis Brooks, 1861, 4to, brown cloth, blocked in blind and gilt-lettered , color-printed initials. Mclean 35--LEWIS, E. GOODWYN. Shakespearean Creations...Illuminated by Samuel Stanesby, [c. 1865], 4to, red cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt, lower cover blocked in blind, g.e. , 26 stiff card leaves, illuminated borders printed in gold and colors, 13 mounted photographs of portraits by Lewis--FLEET, ESTHER FAITHFULL, illuminator . Te Deum Laudamus...Chromolithographed by M. & N. Hanhart, Victoria Press: Emily Faithfull [1858], 4to, blue cloth gilt, g.e., corners worn , title printed in red, dedication page, 29 color-printed pages on stiff card, 9 pp. descriptive letterpress at end, William E. Fredeman, "Emily Faithfull and the Victoria Press" in The Library , Fifth Series, Vol. 29, no. 2, June 1974, pp. 139-164--ABRAHALL,, Mrs. H.A. HOSKYNS, illuminator . English Minstrelsy, [186-?], 4to, purple cloth gilt, g.e., 13 stiff card leaves including title, illuminated in printed colors --TENNYSON, ALFRED, Lord . Illuminations from the Idylls of the King, [1862], large 4to, black hardgrained

Auction archive: Lot number 138
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART. The Rose Garden of Persia, 1845, 8vo, pink paper boards decorated to a Persian design, by Westleys & Clark with their ticket, extremities worn, foxed , printed by Vizetelly Brothers with decoration in red, gold and blue, McLean Victorian Book Design , p. 172--CUNDALL, JOSEPH, publisher . A Booke of Christmas Carols, illuminated from Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1846, small 8vo, old half calf gilt, extremities worn , PRESENTATION COPY from John Brandard the artist inscribed "Presented to Madame Jallien with the Artist's best respects", color-printed by M. and N. Hanhart with borders by Brandard, type by Charles Whittingham on thick cards, guarded, McLean, p. 90 (citing an 1845 edition); Songs, Madrigals and Sonnets, 1849, 16mo, red cloth gilt, g.e., a gutta-percha binding by Westley's with ticket, broken, front pastedown stained , printed at Chiswick Press by Whittingham, woodcut borders drawn by Absolon and printed in colors, McLean, pp. 142 and 143 (illustrated); The Babes in the Wood, 1861, 8vo, red cloth blocked in blind, upper cover gilt, g.e., foxed and finger-soiled , 10 stiff card leaves, color-printed on rectos by William Dickes McLean, p. 146--HARRILD, THOMAS, chromolithographer . The Resolutions of Mary Christian upon the Day of her Marriage (April 28, 1740), [184-?], 4to, blue cloth gilt, g.e. , 7 stiff card leaves, color-printed and with added color--Christian Doctrines from the Words of Our Lord of the Apostles and the Prophets, 1850, 8vo, relievo calf, g.e., rebacked, corners worn, offset , 9 stiff card leaves, linen guards, color-printed borders and vignettes.--AUSTIN, STEPHEN, printer and publisher. Sakoontala; or the lost ring; an Indian drama, translated into English prose and verse...by Monier Williams, Hertford 1855, 4to, calf, g.e., by Root, upper cover detached , page borders, vignette borders and other decorations printed in colors and gold, McLean, pp. 172 and 173--STANESBY, SAMUEL, illuminator . The Floral Gift, [c. 1859], 8vo, green cloth, blocked in blind and gilt, g.e., by W. Bone & Son with ticket, extremities slightly worn , 16 stiff card leaves, illuminated borders printed in gold and colors by Thomas Bessent; Shakespeare's Household Words, [c. 1859], 16mo, red cloth blocked in gilt with an arabesque in green on a white ground, elaborately gilt, g.e. , 16 stiff card leaves, illuminated borders printed in gold and colors by Ashbee & Dangerfield, including a frontispiece photograph of a bust of Shakespeare--BOND, A.L. three Gems in One Setting, [c. 1860], 4to, red cloth blocked in blind to an Alhambran design, upper cover gilt with a blue cloth panel, g.e., slight wear , 18 stiff card leaves, illuminated in printed colors, McLean Victorian Publishers' Bookbindings , p. 118--DELAMOTTE, F.G. Mediaeval Alphabets and Initials for Illuminators...with an Introduction by J. Willis Brooks, 1861, 4to, brown cloth, blocked in blind and gilt-lettered , color-printed initials. Mclean 35--LEWIS, E. GOODWYN. Shakespearean Creations...Illuminated by Samuel Stanesby, [c. 1865], 4to, red cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt, lower cover blocked in blind, g.e. , 26 stiff card leaves, illuminated borders printed in gold and colors, 13 mounted photographs of portraits by Lewis--FLEET, ESTHER FAITHFULL, illuminator . Te Deum Laudamus...Chromolithographed by M. & N. Hanhart, Victoria Press: Emily Faithfull [1858], 4to, blue cloth gilt, g.e., corners worn , title printed in red, dedication page, 29 color-printed pages on stiff card, 9 pp. descriptive letterpress at end, William E. Fredeman, "Emily Faithfull and the Victoria Press" in The Library , Fifth Series, Vol. 29, no. 2, June 1974, pp. 139-164--ABRAHALL,, Mrs. H.A. HOSKYNS, illuminator . English Minstrelsy, [186-?], 4to, purple cloth gilt, g.e., 13 stiff card leaves including title, illuminated in printed colors --TENNYSON, ALFRED, Lord . Illuminations from the Idylls of the King, [1862], large 4to, black hardgrained

Auction archive: Lot number 138
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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