Our Summer Selection: Catalogue 155!

Hot picks for a heatwave ☀️ 

Catalogue 155 contains just under 320 items, comprising the following subjects:

Satire
Portraits
Mezzotint Portraits
Crime & Punishment
Decorative Items including prints of Vases and Urns
Views Overseas
Views UK including Putney
Sports & Pastimes
Musicians and Actors
Ephemera

Natural History
and a couple of Books.

Highlights include:

[Two watercolours of the Sundarbans.]
[By Hubert Cornish, unsigned.] [n.d., 1794-5.]
£2200
Stock Ref: 68729
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Love & Hope. [&] Love and Jealousy.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delint. C. Knight fecit. London: Published Dec.r 1st 1786 by W. Dickinson, Engraver and Printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street.
£690
Stock Ref: 69298

  

The Overland Alphabet, from Sketches taken ''en route'' by Isabel D_ with 28 Illustrations Coloured.
Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor lithog.rs 36, Walbrook, London. London. William Tegg & C.º, 85 Queen Street, Cheapside, and Sold by Joseph Myers & C.º, Leadenhall Street [n.d., c.1853].
£890
Stock Ref: 69280

 

 

Fox and Rabbit. Proof.
Drawn by Shark. Engraved by C. Turner. Published Feb.y 29th 1812, by R.Ackermann at his Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, London.
£950
Stock Ref: 69374 

 View the whole catalogue here.

Happy browsing!


 We anticipate uploading a listing at lunchtime on Wednesday 16th September.

We're exhibiting at the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair 30th–31st October. Our catalogue featuring bewitching satire will be online from Wednesday 21st October.

 

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