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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 658

Five Titles on English History and Peerage

Estimate: $500 - $700

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16 volumes total, including: [Portfolio of Fragments Relative to the History and Antiquities Topography and Genealogies of the Cony Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster] by Matthew Gregson, London/Manchester: George Routledge, et. al., 1869, signed Riviere binding, bound in full leather, cover with gilt ruling and decorative borders, spine with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, six raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg; [Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain] by Edmund Lodge, London: Lackington, Hughes, et. al., 1821, four volumes, bound in full black leather, cover with gilt ruling and scrollwork, spines with gilt lettering and decoration, aeg; [Portraits of Eminent Conservatives and Statesmen], London: George Virtue, n.d., two volumes, bound in full leather, cover with gilt lettering and elaborate scrollwork, patterned endpapers; [Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain], Leeds: D. Banks, n.d., four volumes; [Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain] by Edmund Lodge, New York: The London Printing and Publishing Co., n.d., five volumes

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

all with light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and scratches to leather, scattered light staining throughout; Portfolio of Fragments with most plates with areas of staining or foxing; Portraits of Personages most plates with scattered staining or areas of foxing