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Auction archive: Lot number 37

DYER, G A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Name...

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$613 - US$1,021
Price realised:
£238
ca. US$486
Auction archive: Lot number 37

DYER, G A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Name...

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$613 - US$1,021
Price realised:
£238
ca. US$486
Beschreibung:

DYER, G. A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Names on the Rivers, Hills, Vallies, Plains, and Settlements of Britain . Exeter: for G. Dyer, 1805. Contemporary tree calf, gilt crowned monogram on sides and at foot of spine (spine very slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
DYER, G. A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Names on the Rivers, Hills, Vallies, Plains, and Settlements of Britain . Exeter: for G. Dyer, 1805. Contemporary tree calf, gilt crowned monogram on sides and at foot of spine (spine very slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. GAY, John (1685-1732). Fables . London: for C. Hitch [and others], 1757, 2 volumes in one, 8°. Engraved frontispiece by Scotin after Gravelot and 66 engraved illustrations by Vandergucht after William Kent Wotton and Gravelot (a little discolouration and soiling). Early 20th-century tree calf, sides and compartments of spine panelled in gilt. And 22 other volumes including An Abridgement of the New Robinson Crusoe (London, 1789), Love-Letters from King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn (London, 1714) and William Shakespeare's A Wittie and Pleasant Comedie called The Taming of the Shrew (London, 1631 [but an 18th-century reprint]). (24)

Auction archive: Lot number 37
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
25 October 2007, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

DYER, G. A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Names on the Rivers, Hills, Vallies, Plains, and Settlements of Britain . Exeter: for G. Dyer, 1805. Contemporary tree calf, gilt crowned monogram on sides and at foot of spine (spine very slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
DYER, G. A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Names on the Rivers, Hills, Vallies, Plains, and Settlements of Britain . Exeter: for G. Dyer, 1805. Contemporary tree calf, gilt crowned monogram on sides and at foot of spine (spine very slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. GAY, John (1685-1732). Fables . London: for C. Hitch [and others], 1757, 2 volumes in one, 8°. Engraved frontispiece by Scotin after Gravelot and 66 engraved illustrations by Vandergucht after William Kent Wotton and Gravelot (a little discolouration and soiling). Early 20th-century tree calf, sides and compartments of spine panelled in gilt. And 22 other volumes including An Abridgement of the New Robinson Crusoe (London, 1789), Love-Letters from King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn (London, 1714) and William Shakespeare's A Wittie and Pleasant Comedie called The Taming of the Shrew (London, 1631 [but an 18th-century reprint]). (24)

Auction archive: Lot number 37
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
25 October 2007, London, South Kensington
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