Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2502Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 01, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Brass Hardware Catalogue of John Ratcliff & Son, St. Paul's Square, Birmingham, circa 1834, inscribed on index page Radcliff [sic] & Son/ May 1834, 225 plates, some folding, most printed on both sides, clean and bright copy in original marbled boards with remnants of morocco spine, rebacked in brown calf; one half of plate 46 excised, previous owner's signature on (replaced) front end cover.
Estimate $800-1,200
Replaced front end cover with Ted Crom's name and address in pen, age consistent wear on cover.