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Lot 94: ROBERTSON, ARCHIBALD.

Est: £600 GBP - £800 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 29, 2009

Item Overview

Description

A TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM LONDON TO BATH AND BRISTOL. .LONDON..: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, 1792.
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (229 x 140mm.), half-title in volume one, 64 aquatint plates (only, of 65), 11 maps, 10 folding, contemporary straight-grained red morocco, covers with double gilt-fillet borders, spines flat in six compartments ruled in gilt, gilt edges, lacking the plate "Approach to Maidenhead bridge", volume 1 L2 with short tear in text, edges rubbed, spines rubbed and faded

Literature

Abbey, Scenery 24

Provenance

The Hon. Everard Primrose (1848-1885) by descent to his younger brother; 5th Earl of Rosebery, armorial bookplates

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