Lot 187
Graphic Illustrations of Warwickshire, first edition, large paper copy, Birmingham, Beilby, Knott, and Beilby, 1829.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Graphic Illustrations of Warwickshire, first edition, large paper copy, engraved frontispiece and 31 plates on India paper, some plates marginally browned and stained, others with some foxing, additional suite of the 32 plates, all proofs before letters on India paper, bound in at end, modern blue half morocco, gilt, folio, Birmingham, Beilby, Knott, and Beilby, 1829.
⁂ A most handsome and special copy on the largest paper, measuring 480 x 285mm. (dwarfing other so-called large paper copies of 365 x 265mm.).
Description
Graphic Illustrations of Warwickshire, first edition, large paper copy, engraved frontispiece and 31 plates on India paper, some plates marginally browned and stained, others with some foxing, additional suite of the 32 plates, all proofs before letters on India paper, bound in at end, modern blue half morocco, gilt, folio, Birmingham, Beilby, Knott, and Beilby, 1829.
⁂ A most handsome and special copy on the largest paper, measuring 480 x 285mm. (dwarfing other so-called large paper copies of 365 x 265mm.).