$369
Decorative Bindings, Sets, English Literature, Sixteen Volumes. Including: Alexander Nisbet's An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories , Edinburgh: Mack-Euen, 1718, quarto, illustrated with armorial engravings, in contemporary calf; Junius Stat Nominis Umbra , London: by Bensley for Vernor & Hood, 1797, two octavo volumes, Junius may be a pseudonym for Sir Phillip Francis, illustrated with nine plates, ESTC locates one copy, in full straight-grain dark blue morocco, a.e.g., joints weak, some boards detached; Cicero's Letters , London: Dodsley, 1772, with remarks by William Melmoth, three octavo volumes, second edition, in contemporary gold-tooled calf with fancy spine labels; [and] Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain , London: for Clarke, et al., 1807, in ten 12mo volumes, illustrated, bound in uniform half green sheepskin and marbled paper boards, good. (16)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
