A disbound scrap album belonging to William George Benjamin ...

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£1,100

A disbound scrap album belonging to William George Benjamin Bullock Barker, of Shipdham Hall, Norfolk, his initials and dated by him April 1883 to front cover, contents include various mounted etchings, engravings, autographs, m/s pen & ink drawings, some examples of 16th Century printing, including c. 1550 printer's device of Joannes Oporinus (1507-1568), depicting Arion standing, one foot on a dolphin and the other touching terra firma, with a violin, motto above "Invia virtuti nulla est via", plus a frontispiece/wood engraved decorative leaf from a book dated 1540, and another similar Vincentius de Portonariis, etc etc, Henry Irving (1838-1905) signed & inscribed clipped piece, Sarah Edith Wynne (1842-1897), Welsh operatic soprano and concert singer, signed & inscribed clipped piece, Wilhelm Ganz (1833-1914), signed & inscribed piece, several sepia etchings by Wilfred Williams Ball; several pen, ink and wash architectural drawings, Edward John Poynter (1836-1919) signed & inscribed card, numerous other engravings etc; plus a packet containing other assorted 19th Century and earlier ephemera and engravings, including four arts and crafts style decorative bookplates by Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933), some contemporary art related invitations to William George Benjamin Bullock Barker, Fine Art Society, UCL etc; four mid circa earlier to mid 20th Century postcards of Wingfield Castle, Suffolk, of which 1 signed & inscribed to verso by Grahom Baron Ash; Great Eastern Railway 1834 prospectus from London to Norwich, 1 large folding sheet (a/f), etc