Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
BEATTIE, WILLIAM. Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views. Engraved additional titles and 106 engraved plates after William Bartlett; folding map. [2], iv, [2], 188; [4], 152 pages. 2 volumes * The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche. Frontispiece portrait of Beattie; engraved additional title and 70 engraved plates after Bartlett, Brockedon, and others; folding engraved map. [8], 216 pages. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, first work 269x211 mm, in contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, Volume 1 spine worn at top, text leaves and tissue guards toned, mostly moderate marginal foxing on plates; second work 267x208 mm, in publisher's 1/2 sheep gilt, joints and cover corners worn, contents generally clean. London: George Virtue, 1836; 1838

Additional Details

with: COCKBURN, JAMES PATTISON. Swiss Scenery. Engraved title and 60 plates after drawings by Cockburn. vii, [1], 200 pages. 4to, 274x187 mm, contemporary 1/2 straight-grain morocco gilt, spine faded and scuffed; offsetting from plates onto facing pages, marginal toning and foxing on some plates. Bookplates of William J. Steinert and Vernon Howard. London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820.