$36
Bound Portrait Collection (c. 1830), Collection of approximately forty-three engraved portraits, all printed by Harding and Lepard in London (ac. 1826-1836, associated with seventy-three portraits). Portraits begin with the court of Henry VIII, members of the royal family, important ministers, literary figures and others: Lord Nelson, Cromwell, Locke, Sidney, Bacon, Thomas More, et cetera; bound together in full gilt green morocco, a.e.g., the work of a Toledo bindery, with their label; interleaved throughout with blank sheets. The engravings, all done after paintings, were engraved by Cochran, Cooper, Freeman, Holl, Ryall, Scriven, and others; binding rubbed, with rubbed areas colored in with a green marker, head and tail bumped, corners bumped with loss.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-09-12
