Lot 138
English School (19th century) Presentation scrap album with over 60 prints and drawings, [circa 1825-1835].
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
English School (19th century) Presentation scrap album with over 60 prints and drawings, including numerous pages of manuscript prose, poetry and verse, black chalk studies, watercolours, engravings and lithographs, various sizes, neatly presented on album leaves, some album leaves watermarked with dates '1827', many pages interleaved with tissue, contemporary straight grain burgundy morocco, elaborately gilt tooled and blind-stamped, spine gilt, upper cover with gilt lettering 'Presented/ to/ David Philip Dacosta/ by/ His Mamma.', folio, [circa 1825-1835].
Description
English School (19th century) Presentation scrap album with over 60 prints and drawings, including numerous pages of manuscript prose, poetry and verse, black chalk studies, watercolours, engravings and lithographs, various sizes, neatly presented on album leaves, some album leaves watermarked with dates '1827', many pages interleaved with tissue, contemporary straight grain burgundy morocco, elaborately gilt tooled and blind-stamped, spine gilt, upper cover with gilt lettering 'Presented/ to/ David Philip Dacosta/ by/ His Mamma.', folio, [circa 1825-1835].