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Auction archive: Lot number 115

Racine (Louis) Religion, A Poem..., 1754 § Pitt (Christopher) Poems and Translations, 1727 § [Selden (Am.brose)] Love and Folly..., 1749; and 17 others (20)

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$256 - US$384
Price realised:
£420
ca. US$538
Auction archive: Lot number 115

Racine (Louis) Religion, A Poem..., 1754 § Pitt (Christopher) Poems and Translations, 1727 § [Selden (Am.brose)] Love and Folly..., 1749; and 17 others (20)

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$256 - US$384
Price realised:
£420
ca. US$538
Beschreibung:

Racine (Louis) Religion, A Poem..., translated by James Elphinston, for W.Strahan, 1754 § Pitt (Christopher) Poems and Translations, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, also tipped-in slip with handwritten bibliographical details, hinges splitting a little, for Bernard Lintott and Arthur Bettesworth, 1727 § [Selden (Am.brose)] Love and Folly..., half-title, title with engraved vignette, for W.Johnston, 1749 § Lewis (D.) Miscellaneous Poems, by Several Hands, 1729; Miscellaneous Poems, by Several Hands, ownership inscription to front endpaper, 1730, both by J.Watts, first first edition in English, others first edition, contemporary calf or later half morocco, first and last two panelled, last two rebacked, all rubbed, some staining, first loss at spine head, second short split to upper joint; and 15 others, including The Intelligencer by Swift and Sheridan, William Mason's Poems with inscription by John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker (his Eton bookplate to front pastedown), and Carey's The Dragon of Wantley, v.s. (20) Provenance (bookplates): first: Thomas Fitzherbert: second: Esher: last: Fredrick Cornwall.

Auction archive: Lot number 115
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Racine (Louis) Religion, A Poem..., translated by James Elphinston, for W.Strahan, 1754 § Pitt (Christopher) Poems and Translations, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, also tipped-in slip with handwritten bibliographical details, hinges splitting a little, for Bernard Lintott and Arthur Bettesworth, 1727 § [Selden (Am.brose)] Love and Folly..., half-title, title with engraved vignette, for W.Johnston, 1749 § Lewis (D.) Miscellaneous Poems, by Several Hands, 1729; Miscellaneous Poems, by Several Hands, ownership inscription to front endpaper, 1730, both by J.Watts, first first edition in English, others first edition, contemporary calf or later half morocco, first and last two panelled, last two rebacked, all rubbed, some staining, first loss at spine head, second short split to upper joint; and 15 others, including The Intelligencer by Swift and Sheridan, William Mason's Poems with inscription by John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker (his Eton bookplate to front pastedown), and Carey's The Dragon of Wantley, v.s. (20) Provenance (bookplates): first: Thomas Fitzherbert: second: Esher: last: Fredrick Cornwall.

Auction archive: Lot number 115
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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