Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 81

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
GROSE, FRANCIS. The Antiquities of England and Wales. Volumes 1-4 (of 6); lacking the 1787 Supplement in 2 volumes. 48 engraved plates, including frontispiees and titles; over 300 engraved text illustrations. Printed on heavy paper. Together, 4 volumes. 4to, 323x233 mm, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, first 2 volumes rebacked retaining original backstrips with lettering pieces replaced, third and fourth volumes with spine ends chipped and covers detached or starting, small hole in third spine; dampstaining in gutters at beginning and end of Volume 1, occasional browning or marginal foxing elsewhere. first edition. London: S. Hooper, 1773