Lot 103: [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland comprising specimens of the Architecture, Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages. London: Longman [and others], 1814-17.

Name: [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland comprising specimens of the Architecture, Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages. London: Longman [and others], 1814-17.
Brand: Christie's
SKU: vy12i5cn1i

Est: $1,000 USD - $1,500 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 05, 2008

Item Overview

Description

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland comprising specimens of the Architecture, Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages. London: Longman [and others], 1814-17.

2 volumes, 4o (278 x 215 mm), 2 additional engraved title-pages and 92 plates by Grieg after Clennell. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt extra, all edges gilt concealing FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS of Warksworth Castle, Northumberland and Carrick Castle (scuffed at the head of each spine, hinges weak). Provenance: William Hartmann Woodin (1868-1934), Industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury 1933 (bookplate); Carl I. Wheat (1892-1966), author of 1540-1861 Mapping the Transmississippi West. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press for The Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957 - 1963 (bookplates, initials dated 1942); Harold Douthit (bookplates). FIRST EDITION. (2)

Artist or Maker

? (1809) Walter

Provenance

Property from the Collection of Harold K. Douthit

Notes

Property from the Collection of Harold K. Douthit

Auction Details

Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana

Christie's

December 05, 2008, 10:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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