Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(BOTANICAL--GARDENING.) Markham, Gervase; Estienne, Charles; and, Liebault, Jean. Maison Rustique, Or, The Countrey Farme. Woodcut illustrations in text; [18], 732, [22] pages. 8vo, 275x170 mm, early calf with gilt morocco title labels on spine, hinges a little worn; four leaves inverted: Pp2 and Qq2, [Pp5] and [Qq5]; long tear to top of [Bbb5], smalls stains on title and dedication leaf. Extensive annotations to the front and back pastedowns and first blank, many remarking on the book's rarity, onlaid bookseller's catalog entries, and sale details for the library of William Bates offered at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in 1886. Housed in modern cloth box. London: Printed by Adam Islip for John Bull, 1616