Nov 29, 2007 - Sale 2130

Sale 2130 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
SALMON, WILLIAM. Polygraphice; or, The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying, and Perfuming. 18 (of 19) engraved plates. [10], 407, [15] (of [17]) pages, including engraved additional title (trimmed and mounted). 8vo, contemporary panelled sheep, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional soiling, scattered stains and scrawls, a few plates mounted, lower portion of plate facing page 17 torn and restored with missing area of image crudely supplied in pencil, lacks portrait and final index leaf. Wing S447A. London: M. White for John Crumpe, 1681