BUCK SAMUEL NATHANIEL Antiquities; or Venerable Remains of

Sale 2040 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 80,500

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000

BUCK, SAMUEL & NATHANIEL. Antiquities; or Venerable Remains of Above Four Hundred Castles, Monasteries, Palaces, &c. &c. in England and Wales. Mezzotint frontispiece portrait of the Buck brothers; etched additional title by Grignion after Gravelot; 511 etched plates by the Bucks, including 83 double-page panoramic city views; double-page engraved map. 3 volumes. Volumes 1-2 (Castles, Monasteries, Palaces) folio, 452x276 mm, Volume 3 (Cities and Chief Towns) large 4to, 448x470 mm, all in uniform contemporary tree calf, rebacked in the early 19th-century, with crowned monogram of the Earl of Essex on front covers and at top of spines, covers detached or starting; some light browning in Volume 3, occasional toning and offsetting elsewhere, but overall an attractive set. London: Robert Sayer, 1774

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Sale 2040 - Lot 24

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