Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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STOW, JOHN. 1618 THE SURVAY OF LONDON THIRD EDITION
London topography:- Stow, John. 1618 The Survay of London: containing the Originall Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. Printed by George Purslowe, dwelling at the East end of Christs Church, 1618. This edition with additions by A. M., Anthony Munday. Contemp. calf boards, smartly rebacked with more recent calf & spine label, extremities a little bumped, boards scratched and with some smoke damage, red edges, heraldic bookplate of Frederick Arthur Hawker to front pastedown, renewed endpapers, occasional woodcut initial letters & headpieces. A smart example of Stow's history of the city of London, first published in 1598, this edition preceeding both the Civil War and the Great Fire of London. 8vo.
Sold for £460
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
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