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Auction No 409, Category: Topography

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

G. N. Wright, and Thomas Allom (illustrator) "China, in a series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
SOLD £290
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G. N. Wright, and Thomas Allom (illustrator) China, in a series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire. Peter Jackson, [1850s], re-issue of the Fisher & Son 1843 edition, four volumes bound as two, quarto, half leather, worn, a.e.g.; front board of second volume detached; old library plates to the pastedowns and a single stamp to each title page; the 125 tissue-guarded engraved plates complete plus engraved frontispiece and engraved half-titles. Occasional foxing to the tissue-guards also affecting some plate margins but largely fine internally. 

Selection of reproduction County Maps by Thomas Moule, all set in sunken card mounts. Fine and attractive. (12)

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Selection of reproduction County Maps by Thomas Moule, all set in sunken card mounts. Fine and attractive. (12)

J. Britton & E.W. Brayley "Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom, W.H. Bartlett, &c."

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £62
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J. Britton & E.W. Brayley Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom, W.H. Bartlett, &c. H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson 1832; quarto, half-leather, gilt, worn at corners and at top & tail of spine; engraved title pages, two maps and 138 steel-engraved plates. Occasional foxing, mostly to plate margins. Rear inner hinge cracked, requiring repair.

Samuel Lewis "A Topographical Dictionary of England", 1835, Third Edition, 5 volumes, quarto, contemporary marbled cloth,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
UNSOLD
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Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1835, Third Edition, 5 volumes, quarto, contemporary marbled cloth, gilt titles, some wear, the 116 plates of County and Town maps/plans complete, lacking the general map of England and the London plan; occasional foxing affecting a few of the maps and some pages of the text but largely clean internally; partly unopened along top edge. (5)

L.T. Ventouillac "Paris and its Environs displayed in a Series of Picturesque Views", Robert Jennings, 1829, Vol.1 (of two); quarto, half leather,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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L.T. Ventouillac Paris and its Environs displayed in a Series of Picturesque Views, Robert Jennings, 1829, Vol.1 (of two); quarto, half leather, gilt, worn at extremities, marbled boards; 116pp of bilingual text and 116 engraved views. Browning/foxing to varying degrees, mainly affecting the text and plate margins. (Vol.2 issued in 1831)

"The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain", Virtue & Co, [1842], illustrated by W.H. Bartlett and others

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
UNSOLD
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain, Virtue & Co, [1842], illustrated by W.H. Bartlett and others, two volumes bound as one; quarto, half-leather,gilt, some wear; 130 engraved plates, foxing to periphery of many plates, last eight plates with damp-staining at one corner.

G. N. Wright and Thomas Allen "Lancashire, its History, Legends, and Manufactures", Peter Jackson, [c.1843], quarto, 2 vols (bound as one),

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £56
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G. N. Wright and Thomas Allen Lancashire, its History, Legends, and Manufactures, Peter Jackson, [c.1843], quarto, 2 vols (bound as one), half-morocco, gilt, some wear, frontispiece and engraved title foxed, the many plates generally free of foxing or with some spotting to the plate margins. Lacks maps.  Approx 145 engravings.

"The Beauties of England and Wales: or Delineations Topographical, Historical and Descriptive", John Harris [1810-15],

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £64
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The Beauties of England and Wales: or Delineations Topographical, Historical and Descriptive, John Harris [1810-15], octavo, a bound volume of the plates only; full black morocco, gilt, worn a.e.g. Comprises engraved title page and 172 engraved plates. Variable foxing throughout, generally light or confined to plate margins.

Thomas Rose "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland Illustrated from original drawings by Thomas Allom", Fisher, Son, & Co., 1832;

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £32
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Thomas Rose Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland Illustrated from original drawings by Thomas Allom, Fisher, Son, & Co., 1832; quarto, 3 vols (bound in two) in poor half-leather bindings; VG internally with the many tissue-guarded plates, some with browning (confined to plate margins); appears to lack General View of Windermere Lake. 214 engraved views plus engraved title pages.     

Robert Lloyd Praeger "Belfast and County Down Railway Company Official Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains",

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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Robert Lloyd Praeger Belfast and County Down Railway Company Official Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains, Marcus Ward 1898, First Edition, original pictorial cloth, a little worn, complete with plates and four folding maps. Rear inner hinge cracked o/w VG.