Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 193

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BROCKEDON, WILLIAM. Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps. 96 etched plates by William Finden after Brockedon, all mounted India proofs in 2 states (before and with letters); 13 engraved maps. [6], 14, 15, [1], 16, 16, 16, 14; [4], 16, 12, 16, 16, 16, 28 pages. 12 parts in 2 volumes. 4to, 414x284 mm, publisher's gilt-blocked burgundy sheep, spine ends, joints, and cover corners worn, Volume 1 rear cover detached; owners' inscriptions on Volume 1 front free endpaper, occasional heavy foxing on text leaves, ink stain in outer margin of first leaf in part 4, plates generally quite clean part from foxing on a few plate mounts in Volume 1 and dampstain in lower margin of a few plate mounts in middle of Volume 2. Bookplates of Alexander F. Ormsbee and Mary Corning Winslow Black. London: Printed for the Author and sold by Rodwell et al., 1828-29

Additional Details

first edition, bound from the original parts; imperial quarto issue. Neate B170; Lowndes, page 279.