10-30-201610-30-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2950BBoston
October 30, 2016 11:00 AMCalender
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Grand Tour, Four Volumes.

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$400$325
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2950BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 30, 2016 11:00AM

Description:

Grand Tour, Four Volumes. Including: Samuel Ireland's A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, London: for T. & I. Egerton, 1790, in two octavo volumes, illustrated with sepia aquatints, bound in contemporary half leather, 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; John Carr's The Stranger in Ireland, London: for Richard Phillips, 1806, large quarto, illustrated, contents good, in contemporary half calf, with marbled paper boards, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.; [and] Swiss Scenery from Drawings by Major Cockburn, London: by Rodwell & Martin, 1820, large octavo, illustrated, in full contemporary red morocco, with a fore-edge painting of Geneva, 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (4)
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

John Carr, Richard Phillips, London, France, Netherlands