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Auction archive: Lot number 68

KING'S LYNN -- The Case of the Navigation and Trade of King'...

Estimate
£600 - £900
ca. US$966 - US$1,449
Price realised:
£625
ca. US$1,006
Auction archive: Lot number 68

KING'S LYNN -- The Case of the Navigation and Trade of King'...

Estimate
£600 - £900
ca. US$966 - US$1,449
Price realised:
£625
ca. US$1,006
Beschreibung:

KING'S LYNN -- The Case of the Navigation and Trade of King's Lynn in Norfolk . [?London: 1777]. Small 8° (170 x 107mm). Folding engraved map by T. Kitchin and J. Barber. (Map with closed tear through cartouche and small hole at fold.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards (spine repaired at head and foot, joints cracked, covers darkened, corners worn). Provenance : 'The gift of the author to L. Gillam 1777' (inscription on half-title).
KING'S LYNN -- The Case of the Navigation and Trade of King's Lynn in Norfolk . [?London: 1777]. Small 8° (170 x 107mm). Folding engraved map by T. Kitchin and J. Barber. (Map with closed tear through cartouche and small hole at fold.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards (spine repaired at head and foot, joints cracked, covers darkened, corners worn). Provenance : 'The gift of the author to L. Gillam 1777' (inscription on half-title). PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY KNOWN EDITION . A criticism of 'the works of the adventurers who, in consideration of ninety-five thousand acres, undertook the draining of the fens, now called Bedford Level'. VERY RARE. ONLY ONE HOLDING RECORDED IN ESTC (California State Library).

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
15 November 2013, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

KING'S LYNN -- The Case of the Navigation and Trade of King's Lynn in Norfolk . [?London: 1777]. Small 8° (170 x 107mm). Folding engraved map by T. Kitchin and J. Barber. (Map with closed tear through cartouche and small hole at fold.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards (spine repaired at head and foot, joints cracked, covers darkened, corners worn). Provenance : 'The gift of the author to L. Gillam 1777' (inscription on half-title).
KING'S LYNN -- The Case of the Navigation and Trade of King's Lynn in Norfolk . [?London: 1777]. Small 8° (170 x 107mm). Folding engraved map by T. Kitchin and J. Barber. (Map with closed tear through cartouche and small hole at fold.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards (spine repaired at head and foot, joints cracked, covers darkened, corners worn). Provenance : 'The gift of the author to L. Gillam 1777' (inscription on half-title). PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY KNOWN EDITION . A criticism of 'the works of the adventurers who, in consideration of ninety-five thousand acres, undertook the draining of the fens, now called Bedford Level'. VERY RARE. ONLY ONE HOLDING RECORDED IN ESTC (California State Library).

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
15 November 2013, London, South Kensington
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