English Literature and History
Lot 142
[BINDINGS / ENGRAVINGS - A GOOD COLLECTION]
[BINDINGS / ENGRAVINGS - A GOOD COLLECTION]HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (EDITOR)THE ROYAL GALLERY OF ART, ANCIENT AND MODERN: ENGRAVINGS FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT London, Virtue & Co, [circa 1860]. Two volumes (complete), folio, numerous fine steel-engraved plates, a very good copy internally in the original publisher's red cloth, gilt boards, cloth faded/worn in parts, new end-papers. Plus: THE ART JOURNAL Published in London by J S Virtue & Co, 9 volumes for the years 1873-1875, 1885-1886, and 1889-1892, folio, numerous full-page engravings and other illustrations throughout, good copies attractively bound in half-leather (bindings not uniform). Plus: THE ARTIST. Four volumes for the years 1896-1899, small folio, plates, profusely illustrated, 19th century half calf, rubbed with some wear (15)
Estimate: £300 - 400