Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 689
689. Bowles (Carington) bo w l e S’S po S t-Ch a i S e Co m pa n i o n, 2
vol., second edition, double-page general map, 100 engraved
double-page strip-road maps, light offsetting of some maps vol.2,
ownership signatures on title and front free endpaper, bookplate to
pastedown, contemporary green calf, spines gilt with red morocco
labels, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Printed for the Proprietor, Carington
Bowles, 1782. £400 - £600
Lot 690
690. Cambridgeshire.- Le Keux (John).- Wright (Thomas) and
H Longueville Jones. me m o r i a l S o f Ca m b r i d g e: a Se r i e S o f vi e wS
o f t h e Col l e g e S, ha l l S, a n d pub l i C bui l d i n g S, 2 vol., engraved
frontispieces, additional vignette titles, double-page map and 71
plates, plate-guards, occasional foxing, mostly to margins, original
blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt, spines faded and bumped at ends,
rubbed, 8vo, 1845. £250 - £350
Lot 691
691. Devonshire.- Polwhele (Richard) th e hi S t o ry o f de v o n S h i r e,
3 vol. in 1, engraved map by John Cary and 24 plates by T. Bonnor
(most with some foxing), leaf of Corrections and errata slip at
end, lacks 4pp. Postscript at end of vol.1, contemporary russia,
gilt, g.e., rebacked and corners repaired, folio, Exeter, 1797-1806.
£400 - £600
Lot 692
692. Gloucestershire.- Marklove (H.) vi e wS o f be r K e l e y Ca S t l e,
list of subscribers, 10 plain aquatint plates, advertisement slip for
‘Two Lithograhic Views of the Fine old Church of Berkeley...’ bound
in at end, margins and versos of plates foxed, spotting to varying
degrees to images, original printed wrappers, lacking spine some
creasing and staining, a few tears to lower wrapper with some loss,
[Abbey, Scenery, 409], folio, Nailsworth, 1840. £200 - £300
*** Rare. We can trace only one other copy at auction (1980).
Abbey records an ‘out of series’ 11th plate.
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