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Auction archive: Lot number 96

Aphorisms, Epigrams and Maxims.- Aphorisms on Education, 1800; and 4 others, similar (5)

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$279 - US$419
Price realised:
£190
ca. US$265
Auction archive: Lot number 96

Aphorisms, Epigrams and Maxims.- Aphorisms on Education, 1800; and 4 others, similar (5)

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$279 - US$419
Price realised:
£190
ca. US$265
Beschreibung:

Aphorisms, Epigrams and Maxims.- Aphorisms on Education, half-title, small portion of loss to front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription, book label, by A,Strahan, 1800 § The Poetical Farrago: being a miscellaneous assemblage of epigrams and other jeux d'esprit, 2 vol., bookplate of Rev. John Holmes Gawdy Hall and book label of John Sparrow, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, by G. Stafford, 1794 § [Gregg (H)] The Moralist; or a collection of maxims, observations &c., ink presentation inscription "Miss Dod with H.Gregg's affect. respects" to front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to head of title, bookplate and book labels, contemporary calf, rebacked, Liverpool, J M'Creery, 1800 § Palmer (Charles) A Collection of Select Aphorisms and Maxims, engraved frontispiece, all to D1 loose, bookplate and book label, contemporary ink ownership inscription, E. Cave, 1748, 8vo & 4to (5) ⁂ The first mentioned especially scarce, ESTC lists only three copies in the UK (BL, Ireland and University of Kent) and one in Toronto.

Auction archive: Lot number 96
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Aphorisms, Epigrams and Maxims.- Aphorisms on Education, half-title, small portion of loss to front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription, book label, by A,Strahan, 1800 § The Poetical Farrago: being a miscellaneous assemblage of epigrams and other jeux d'esprit, 2 vol., bookplate of Rev. John Holmes Gawdy Hall and book label of John Sparrow, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, by G. Stafford, 1794 § [Gregg (H)] The Moralist; or a collection of maxims, observations &c., ink presentation inscription "Miss Dod with H.Gregg's affect. respects" to front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to head of title, bookplate and book labels, contemporary calf, rebacked, Liverpool, J M'Creery, 1800 § Palmer (Charles) A Collection of Select Aphorisms and Maxims, engraved frontispiece, all to D1 loose, bookplate and book label, contemporary ink ownership inscription, E. Cave, 1748, 8vo & 4to (5) ⁂ The first mentioned especially scarce, ESTC lists only three copies in the UK (BL, Ireland and University of Kent) and one in Toronto.

Auction archive: Lot number 96
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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