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Auction archive: Lot number 365

A Descriptive Poem, addressed to Two Ladies, at their Return from viewing the Mines …

Auction 17.07.2014
17 Jul 2014
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$512 - US$682
Price realised:
£300
ca. US$512
Auction archive: Lot number 365

A Descriptive Poem, addressed to Two Ladies, at their Return from viewing the Mines …

Auction 17.07.2014
17 Jul 2014
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$512 - US$682
Price realised:
£300
ca. US$512
Beschreibung:

A Descriptive Poem, addressed to Two Ladies, at their Return from viewing the Mines near Whitehaven. To which are added, Some thoughts on Building and Planting, to Sir James Lowther, of Lowther-Hall, Bart, first edition, 1p. advertisements at end, for J. and J. Rivington and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755 bound with Smart (Christopher) Poems on Several Occasions, 2 engraved plates, [Roscoe A562(1)], for the Author by W.Strahan, 1752, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional foxing, mostly light, attractive modern half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label; and a water-stained copy of Somerville's Chase, bound with Oliver Goldsmith's Poetical Works, 4to (2) *** Smart was a friend of Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding and was married to the daughter of the publisher John Newbery.

Auction archive: Lot number 365
Auction:
Datum:
17 Jul 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A Descriptive Poem, addressed to Two Ladies, at their Return from viewing the Mines near Whitehaven. To which are added, Some thoughts on Building and Planting, to Sir James Lowther, of Lowther-Hall, Bart, first edition, 1p. advertisements at end, for J. and J. Rivington and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755 bound with Smart (Christopher) Poems on Several Occasions, 2 engraved plates, [Roscoe A562(1)], for the Author by W.Strahan, 1752, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional foxing, mostly light, attractive modern half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label; and a water-stained copy of Somerville's Chase, bound with Oliver Goldsmith's Poetical Works, 4to (2) *** Smart was a friend of Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding and was married to the daughter of the publisher John Newbery.

Auction archive: Lot number 365
Auction:
Datum:
17 Jul 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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