Lot 68
London.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 2 vol. in 6, extra illustrated with c.555 engraved and etched plates, [1791 and later].
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
London.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 2 vol. in 6, extra illustrated with c.555 engraved and etched plates, some folding, some captioned by hand, 3 folding maps, one with short split to fold, all leaves and plates trimmed and window mounted or mounted, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting and off-setting, pigskin endpapers with ex-libris, later decorative red morocco, City of London arms and owner's armorial device to upper covers, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 4to, [1791 and later].
⁂ Provenance: ex-libris of Henry Arthur Johnstone stamped into pigskin endpapers, dated 1899.
Extra-illustrated with an extensive collection of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century engravings. Including many plates from Pennant's 'Some Account of London' and Smith's 'Antiquities of London'.
Description
London.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 2 vol. in 6, extra illustrated with c.555 engraved and etched plates, some folding, some captioned by hand, 3 folding maps, one with short split to fold, all leaves and plates trimmed and window mounted or mounted, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting and off-setting, pigskin endpapers with ex-libris, later decorative red morocco, City of London arms and owner's armorial device to upper covers, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 4to, [1791 and later].
⁂ Provenance: ex-libris of Henry Arthur Johnstone stamped into pigskin endpapers, dated 1899.
Extra-illustrated with an extensive collection of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century engravings. Including many plates from Pennant's 'Some Account of London' and Smith's 'Antiquities of London'.