Lot #1137 - Books Scotland, Travel, The Pantheon, Children's Books (9)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1137
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Lot Description:Books Scotland, Travel, The Pantheon, Children's Books (9)
WRIGHT, T[homas]. The History of Scotland from the Earliest period to the present time. Engraved by J.Rogers. No publisher, no date but c. 1829. Two volumes.Pictorial engraved titlepage as above, folding frontis.'Scottish Archery', 127 (of 129?) engraved plates, and xvi,356pp. bound in two volumes, the second volume with a folding map of Scotland as frontis, no titlepage and text continuing in mid-sentence from the first volume. Some occasional minor spotting and offsetting.Small square 8vo., 13x10cms, contemporary diced calf gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original title label of the first volume.Two of the pleasingly naive plates appear to have never been present, but titles on plates do not always correspond to the plates as listed. There is an elegant leather bookplate dated 1829 on the front pastedown of both volumes. The book is uncommon. Copac lists only a copy in the National Library of Scotland, publisher G.Virtue and dated tentatively ca.1835; [Children's Book] ANON. Cur -
Estimate:A$300 - 500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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