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Auction No 402, Category: Antiquarian

25 Lots (displaying 21 - 25)

Benjamin Pitts Capper "A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom", Richard Phillips, 1808; octavo, rebound in fine 20th Century half-calf

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £54
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Benjamin Pitts Capper A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, Richard Phillips, 1808; octavo, rebound in fine 20th Century half-calf over marbled boards, gilt; title page repaired, with 45 (of 46) hand-coloured Maps, some folding, one with a tear requiring repair, browning to last few leaves o/w VG; xiv, [1076] pp. The frontispiece map of Great Britain missing.

William Tunnicliff "A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster", E. Snelson, Nantwich, 1787, 1st Edn;

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £44
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William Tunnicliff A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster, E. Snelson, Nantwich, 1787, 1st Edn; small 4to, fine modern rebind in half-calf, gilt labels, marbled boards; VG internally, all plates & maps present, the three maps all with tears which have been strengthened, some browning the text generally clean. Endpapers intact. Uncut with large margins.

Edward Mogg "Paterson’s Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Edward Mogg Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales with Part of the Roads of Scotland. Worn contemp. half-leather; clean internally but lacking first few leaves including title page & general map of Great Britain; seven (of eight) maps present with some spotting; burn hole to p.463/4 with loss of few words of text. 

[Josiah Wedgwood] "Account of the Barberini, now Portland Vase", privately printed, c.1786, extra-illustrated with 20 contemp. engravings & drawings,

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £770
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[Josiah Wedgwood] Account of the Barberini, now Portland Vase, privately printed, c.1786, extra-illustrated with 20 contemp. engravings & drawings, with cut autograph of Josiah Wedgwood dated 1770 laid down beneath a fine pencil drawing of him, the book further inscribed From the Author at head of half-title; an alteration to the brief preface and the deletion of 6 lines of text to page 9 are in another hand. A presentation copy to Charles Townley, collector of antiquities, with seven pages of manuscript letters and a quotation from Erasmus Darwin's Economy in Townley's hand bound in at rear. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt ruling and title, showing some wear. Bookplate of Henry Beaufoy; cutting from an old bookseller's catalogue tipped on to reverse of front endpaper. Some light browning o/w VG internally and a unique copy of this book.   

Oswald Mosley and Edwin Brown "The Natural History of Tutbury together with the Fauna and Flora of the District Surrounding Tutbury..."

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £66
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Oswald Mosley and Edwin Brown The Natural History of Tutbury together with the Fauna and Flora of the District Surrounding Tutbury and Burton-on-Trent, John Van Voorst, 1863; 4to, publisher's stipple grained cloth, gilt, a little worn; nine fine lithograph plates, most in colour; the plant section with marginal crayon marks (can be erased). Publisher's catalogue bound in at rear.