May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, Duke of York and Albany. Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of His Royal Highness, the Duke of York [followed by Catalogue of the Most Extensive and Invaluable Selection of Maps and Charts and Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Prints and Drawings]. [2], 197, [3]; 36; 27, [3] pages * SYKES, MARK MASTERMAN, Sir. Catalogue of the Splendid, Curious, and Extensive Library . . . Part the First[-Third] Engraved frontispiece portrait (foxed, offsetting onto title. [2], 83 [i. e., 50]; [2], 68; v, [1], 93, [1] pages (i. e., with first part bound after second and third). Together, 6 parts in one volume. Large 8vo, 245x152 mm, contemporary 1/2 tan calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine scuffed, with labels removed from top and bottom; Sykes part 3 and 1 titles soiled and stained, the latter rehinged, last page of part 1 soiled. Armorial bookplates of Henry Harris and Trinity College Library, Cambridge (released); A. N. L. Munby booklabel. London, 1827; 1824

Additional Details

Prices and buyers entered in ink throughout the 3 Duke of York catalogues; Sykes part 1 priced in ink throughout. De Ricci, pages 95-96 (for Sykes).