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Auction archive: Lot number 43

or Pictures of Virtue and Vice drawn from examples of Men Eminent for their Virtues …

Auction 20.09.2012
20 Sep 2012
Estimate
£150 - £200
ca. US$241 - US$322
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 43

or Pictures of Virtue and Vice drawn from examples of Men Eminent for their Virtues …

Auction 20.09.2012
20 Sep 2012
Estimate
£150 - £200
ca. US$241 - US$322
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

or Pictures of Virtue and Vice drawn from examples of Men Eminent for their Virtues and Infamous for their Vices, second edition, (the first with Bewick illustrations), engraved frontispiece by E. Thompson after Stothard, wood-engraved title vignette and 28 head- and tailpieces by John Bewick including a few repeated blocks, six page catalogue at end, frontispiece and title-page slightly browned, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving spine, portion of upper cover replaced, [Roscoe J94 (2)], 12mo, Vernor & Hood, E. Newbery, and Darton & Harvey, 1796 § [Johnson (Richard)?] Blossoms of Morality, intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Ladies and Gentlemen, fifth edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 45 illustrations and tailpieces by John Bewick tear at foot of T4 repaired, some slight soiling, front endleaf repaired, [G116 (2); Moon 56 (5)], John Harris Darton and Harvey, etc., 1810 § [Berquin (Arnaud)] The Looking-Glass for the Mind, or Intellectual Mirror, [edited by Richard Johnson], eighteenth edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 72 wood-engraved illustrations and tailpieces by John Bewick a few leaves very slightly spotted, otherwise a good clean copy, 4 page catalogue of Henry Mozley and Son at beginning, early pictorial bookplate of Henry Peaps inside upper cover, [G87 (10); Moon 45 (10)], John Harris Harvey and Darton, etc., 1830, the last two in original marbled roan, rebacked, 12mo (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 43
Auction:
Datum:
20 Sep 2012
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:

or Pictures of Virtue and Vice drawn from examples of Men Eminent for their Virtues and Infamous for their Vices, second edition, (the first with Bewick illustrations), engraved frontispiece by E. Thompson after Stothard, wood-engraved title vignette and 28 head- and tailpieces by John Bewick including a few repeated blocks, six page catalogue at end, frontispiece and title-page slightly browned, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving spine, portion of upper cover replaced, [Roscoe J94 (2)], 12mo, Vernor & Hood, E. Newbery, and Darton & Harvey, 1796 § [Johnson (Richard)?] Blossoms of Morality, intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Ladies and Gentlemen, fifth edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 45 illustrations and tailpieces by John Bewick tear at foot of T4 repaired, some slight soiling, front endleaf repaired, [G116 (2); Moon 56 (5)], John Harris Darton and Harvey, etc., 1810 § [Berquin (Arnaud)] The Looking-Glass for the Mind, or Intellectual Mirror, [edited by Richard Johnson], eighteenth edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 72 wood-engraved illustrations and tailpieces by John Bewick a few leaves very slightly spotted, otherwise a good clean copy, 4 page catalogue of Henry Mozley and Son at beginning, early pictorial bookplate of Henry Peaps inside upper cover, [G87 (10); Moon 45 (10)], John Harris Harvey and Darton, etc., 1830, the last two in original marbled roan, rebacked, 12mo (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 43
Auction:
Datum:
20 Sep 2012
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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