The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Auction Closed
March 24, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 400 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Mason, George
The Life of Richard Earl Howe. London: C. Roworth for John White and others, 1803
Folio (430 x 288mm.), extra-illustrated and extended to folio format, with the addition of mezzotint and engraved portraits (including a mezzotint portrait of Earl Howe after J.S. Copley and small watercolour of Lady Howe), contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, binding rubbed and scratched
PROVENANCE:
Presumably Louisa Catherine, Marchioness of Sligo (1767-1817), Westport House, engraved armorial bookplate; by descent to Jasper More, engraved armorial bookplate
Louisa Catherine was the daughter of Sir Richard Howe, 1st and last Earl Howe (1726-1799), victor of the Glorious First of June.