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Binding - Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Lays of Ancient Rome. London: [A. Spottiswoode for] Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1847
4to (8 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.; 205 x 162 mm). Wood-engraved illustrations, 2-page publisher's advertisement at the end. Modern mosaic binding, brown levant morocco, on the front cover a sunk panel in which a roman trophy in heraldic manner surrounded by a laurel wreath made of black, red, blue, and green inlaid morocco with fine gilt dots, on back cover the sunk panel of blue morocco with a design of bows and arrows with shield, outer border of gold lines forming columns with floral wreaths, doublure and endleaves of blue morocco, brown morocco turn-ins, spine gilt, original pictorial wrappers bound in, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, in a dark-green morocco drop-box.
4to (8 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.; 205 x 162 mm). Wood-engraved illustrations, 2-page publisher's advertisement at the end. Modern mosaic binding, brown levant morocco, on the front cover a sunk panel in which a roman trophy in heraldic manner surrounded by a laurel wreath made of black, red, blue, and green inlaid morocco with fine gilt dots, on back cover the sunk panel of blue morocco with a design of bows and arrows with shield, outer border of gold lines forming columns with floral wreaths, doublure and endleaves of blue morocco, brown morocco turn-ins, spine gilt, original pictorial wrappers bound in, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, in a dark-green morocco drop-box.
Provenance
Maggs, Catalogue 407 (1921), item 275
Condition
4to (8 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.; 205 x 162 mm). Wood-engraved illustrations, 2-page publisher's advertisement at the end. Modern mosaic binding, brown levant morocco, on the front cover a sunk panel in which a roman trophy in heraldic manner surrounded by a laurel wreath made of black, red, blue, and green inlaid morocco with fine gilt dots, on back cover the sunk panel of blue morocco with a design of bows and arrows with shield, outer border of gold lines forming columns with floral wreaths, doublure and endleaves of blue morocco, brown morocco turn-ins, spine gilt, original pictorial wrappers bound in, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, in a dark-green morocco drop-box.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A handsome, evocative binding.