Live auction - Lot 525
[Great Britain - Castles]
Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales. By the most eminent British artists. With a description of each seat.
London, Harrison & Co, [1786-1788]
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
Obl. 4to; engr. title and 100 pl. protected with tissue guards (some foxing or spotting, some text ff. sl. browned).
Contemp. marbled calf, marbled paper boards, gilt-ruled flat spine with leather label (some sl. traces of use).
100 nice steel-engravings depicting: Belvedere House, Clare Mount, Baily Park, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham Meadows, Wimbledon, Bolesworth Castle, Chirke castle, Trevor Hall, etc. The captions indicate the owner's name. Engraved title showing the shop front of publisher Harisson.
Prov. Baron Surmont (arm. bookpl.).