Bindings
Collection of finely-bound library sets
£2,268
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
8vo (various dimensions), engraved plates, titles comprise:
Burke, Edmund. The Works and Correspondence. A New Edition. London: Francis & John Rivington, 1852. 8 volumes, 20th-century crushed half morocco by Ramage;
Fielding, Henry. The Works. With an Essay on his Life and Genius. By Arthur Murphy. A New Edition. Edited by James P. Browne. London: Bickers and Son, H. Sotheran and Co., 1871. 10 volumes, contemporary tan calf gilt by Mansell, all edges gilt, volume 1 with short split to head of rear joint, bookplates effaced;
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The Works. With a Memoir, by James P. Browne, containing Extracts from the Life by Thomas Moore. London: Bickers and Son, H. Sotheran and Co., 1873. 2 volumes, contemporary tan calf gilt by Mansell, all edges gilt, joints slightly rubbed, bookplates effaced;
Macaulay, Thomas Babington. The Works, Complete. Edited by his Sister Lady Trevelyan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. 8 volumes, contemporary tan calf gilt by Carss of Glasgow;
Trevelyan, George Otto. The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1876. 2 volumes, contemporary tan calf gilt by Carss of Glasgow uniform with the preceding work;
Shakespeare, William. The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere. Edited by Charles Knight. Revised Edition. New York: George Routledge and Sons, c.1860. 8 volumes, contemporary tree calf gilt, bookplates of Robert William McCowan of Glasgow, Comedies volume joints split
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Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman