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Lot 286

[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. The New Gallery of British Art... New York: D. Appleton and Company, [n.d., ca. 1880s].

Estimate: $250 - $500
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$130

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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. The New Gallery of British Art... New York: D. Appleton and Company, [n.d., ca. 1880s]. Folios. Illustrated with 121 steel engravings. With descriptive text pages. 2 volumes. Publisher's lovely binding of full brown morcocco over thick boards, boards and spines elaborately stamped in blind and gilt, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marble endleaves, all edges gilt.

Condition

Bindings edgeworn and scuffed, hinges reinforced, text and plates lightly thumbsoiled in places though generally bright and clean. Near fine. PRESUMED FIRST EDITION OF THIS HANDSOME COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED PLATES OF BRITISH ARTWORK. 

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