A small collection of antiquarian, bindings, leather bound w...

Hammer

£200

A small collection of antiquarian, bindings, leather bound works etc, including Tupper 'Proverbial Philosophy', 1860, full decorative morocco gilt by Hatchard & Co, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt; 'Glossary of Architecture', 1850, 3 vols, uniform half tan morocco gilt by R.H. Porter, all edges gilt; plus 1 other early 20th Century prize binding, decorative half crushed crimson morocco gilt, top edge gilt; [Frances Burney]: 'Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress : By the author of Evelina. In five volumes', London, T. Payne & T. Cadell, 1783, 2nd edition, 5 volumes, uniform contemporary calf (worn), vols I & III rebacked retaining parts of leather title labels/backstrip, armorial bookplates "Carton Library" to front pastedowns, later bookplates of Norman Scarfe (1923-2014), of Suffolk, to front pastedowns. Jane Austen seems to have been inspired by a sentence in Cecilia to name her famous novel Pride and Prejudice: "The whole of this unfortunate business," said Dr Lyster, "has been the result of pride and prejudice."; 'Book of Common Prayer', London, Thomas Baskett, 1750, engraved port. frontis + several engraved plates, 12mo, old calf gilt (worn); 'Instructions Theologiques et Morales sur le Symbole', Paris, Desprez, 1740, 2 volumes, uniform full calf gilt, all edges gilt (13)