Sales catalogue: Salkeld

Date:
23rd February 1880
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/19/2
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Salkeld. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WA AINNYVOMN A/F PZ LONDON. (Feb. 23rd, 1880, ei » en = = vty [a he Aa ee es Rap a FRO aa ———— = Agi SaaS = ‘ — Bewick—frinted from the Original Wood block. A OATALOGUH OF BOOKS, IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES, Gare, Curions, Pearned, and Ont-of-the-tway, Beng RECENT PURCHASES from Various Sources, ‘Works in or having Reference to History, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Drama, Old Medicine, Law, Bibliography, Fiction, Poetry, Finance, Political Economy, Genealogy, Classics, Philology, Antiquities, London, The Counties, Theology ; Ireland, Social, Political, & Commercial; &c., PERFECT & IN FAIR CONDITION, UNLESS OTHERWISE DESCRIBED, WHICH ARE OFFERED FOR SALE FOR CASH ONLY at THE Low PRICES AFFIXED BY JOHN SALKELD. No. 1, ORANGE STREET, RED LION SQUARE, W.C. LIBRARIES & SMALL COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS PURCHASED FOR CASH EITHER IN TOWN OR COUNTRY. MONEY ORDERS TO BE MADE PAYABLE AT THE OFFICE, RED LION STREET. ‘LODGE (Edmund) Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Gt. Britain, with Memoirs of their Lives and Actions. Brine THE First IssuE, containing 129 Portraits, PICKED IMPRESSIONS ON INDIA PAPER, and about 150 ILLUMINATIONS ON VELLUM of the ARMORIAL Brarines of the Subjects of the Portraits, with the QUARTERINGS (in some instances over 200) of EVERY FAMILY with whom they were respectively Allied (all richly emblazoned in gold and colours), Larcr Paper, 2 vols, Royal Folio, blue morocco super extra, the sides elabo- rately tooled, broad morocco joints (also tooled in the most tasteful manner) and Silk Linings, a SupeRB Copy. Price 500 Guineas. Not half the cost of the Drawings alone. 1821 This Copy was the PRopERTY of Mr. Lopcr himself, who has CAREFULLY SELECTED EACH PORTRAIT and ADDED the ILLUMINATIONS, MANY OF WHICH ARE PERFECY GEMS oF HERALDIC ART and could only have proceeded from the hand of a master. The volumes may be said to be UNIQUE and form an HERALDIC REcoRD of the highest InrEREST and WORTHY of a PLACE in any LIBRARY to which they would form a SUMPTUOUS ADDITION. They are in the Finest State, each having an external wrapper Leather Covering with flaps. ,