Sales catalogue 631: Maggs Bros

Date:
1936
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/168
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 631: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    283 TYPOGRAPHY. CAXTON (William). BLADES (W.). The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer, with evidence of his Typographical Connection with Colard Man- sion, the printer at Bruges. With facsimiles of woodcuts and types. 2 vols., 4to, half roxburghe, uncut. London, 1861. £18 18s 284 ISAAC (Frank). English and Scottish Printing Types, 1501-1535; 1508-1541; 1538-58; 1552-58. Collected and annotated. With numerous finely executed facsimiles of early types. 2 vols., 4to, half buckram, uncut. London: Bibliographical Society, 1930-32. £2 18s 285 Of the Just Shaping of Letters by Albrecht Durer. Trans- lated by R. T. Nichol from the Latin text of the edition of MCXXXV. With engraved title-page, 9 full-page plates, and numerous illustra- tions in the text. Folio, half vellum, uncut. New York, 1917. £25 One of 215 copies printed. PRESENTATION Copy FROM QUEEN VICcTORIA. 286 [VICTORIA, Queen]. HELPS (Arthur). Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861. To which are prefixed and added extracts from the same Journal giving an account of earlier visits to Scotland, and tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions. Edited by Arthur Helps. With 8 full-page plates, 2 chromo-lithographs, and numerous vig- nettes. 4to, original cloth gilt, g.e. London, 1868. &5 5s Presentation Copy from Queen Victoria, with a signed inscription in her autograph:—‘ To the Marquis of Lansdowne from Victoria R.I. Balmoral, Sept. 19, 1883.” PRESENTATION Copy FROM QUEEN VICTORIA. 287 More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, from 1862 to 1882. Illustrated with 13 portraits and views. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1884. &3 10s Presentation Copy from Queen Victoria with inscription in her autograph on fly-leaf:—* For Selina Tuck from Victoria R.I. Osborne, Feb. 10, 1890.” 288 WARD (William) and WARD (James). Their Lives and Works, by Julia Frankau. The Large Portfolio, containing 40 examples of Stipple and Mezzo- tint Engravings, Printed in Colour and Monochrome. Together with the 8vo Vol. of Text. Original buckram. London, 1904. £10 10s 289 WHYTE-MELVILLE (G. J.). Works. Edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Cecil Alden, H. M. Brock, etc. 24 vols., 8vo, half morocco gilt, uncut, t.e.g. London, 1898. £27 10s 290 WILDE (Oscar). Works. The Finely Printed Library Edition on Hand-made Paper. — 14 vols., 8vo, original white buckram, uncut, t.e.g. London, 1908. &12 10s 291 WOODCUTS. HODNETT (Edward). English Woodcuts, 1480- 1535. With numerous facsimile illustrations. 4to, original half buckram, uncut, t.e.g. London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1935 (for 1934). £3 3s 292 A Series of 38 interesting early Dutch Woodcuts (74 by .5 ins.), illustrating the Life of Christ, with quotations from the Evangelists beneath each cut, printed in red gothic letter. C. 1540. 4to, half bound, uncut. Reprinted from the original wood blocks, about 1800. &1 10s [ 32:] MAGGS BROS. LTD. LONDON,
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