Apr 08, 2021 - Sale 2563

Sale 2563 - Lot 236

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Russell, William Howard (1820-1907)
The Atlantic Cable.

London: Day & Son Ltd., [circa 1866].

First edition, folio, illustrated with twenty-six chromolithographs (including the title and chart), each mounted as issued, ruled and titled in gold ink; bound in original publisher's embossed cloth covers, worn, lacking spine, sewing perished, pages detached, corners bumped, marginal damage to pages,16 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.

Hook and Norman 189; Sabin 74396; Sterling and Shiers 6-197; Wheeler Gift 1622.



Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.