25th Mar, 2025 10:00

The March Auctions 2025

 
  Lot 301
 

301

Herefordshire and Hereford

Herefordshire and Hereford to include Duncomb (John), Collections toward the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Hereford: E. G. Wright for John Allen, 1804-1812, two volumes, 4to, aeg, full calf, marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate, lacking part 2 of volume 2, vignette title and multiple plates; Robinson (Charles John) The Mansions of Herefordshire and their Memories, London: Longmans & Co., 1872, large 8vo, later half leather and marbled boards, retaining original front cover bound in; Malcolm (J.P.) Excursions in the Counties of Kent, Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1814, large 8vo, additional engraved title, 21 engraved plates, original boards with later cloth spine; Rees (W. J.) The Hereford Guide, Hereford: T. B. Watkins, 1827, engraved frontispiece and further plates, 12mo, full calf blind stamped and gilt ; Price (John) An Historical & Topographical Account of Leominster, and it's Vicinity, Ludlow: H. Procter, 1795, 8vo, frontispiece, multiple engraved sepia plates including one fold out, later roan; Dix (Thomas) A New Map of the County of Hereford, n.d., London: Darton & Sons, 12mo cloth binding with gilt stamped board, folding hand-coloured map, 38cm x 46cm (7)

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Herefordshire and Hereford to include Duncomb (John), Collections toward the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Hereford: E. G. Wright for John Allen, 1804-1812, two volumes, 4to, aeg, full calf, marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate, lacking part 2 of volume 2, vignette title and multiple plates; Robinson (Charles John) The Mansions of Herefordshire and their Memories, London: Longmans & Co., 1872, large 8vo, later half leather and marbled boards, retaining original front cover bound in; Malcolm (J.P.) Excursions in the Counties of Kent, Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1814, large 8vo, additional engraved title, 21 engraved plates, original boards with later cloth spine; Rees (W. J.) The Hereford Guide, Hereford: T. B. Watkins, 1827, engraved frontispiece and further plates, 12mo, full calf blind stamped and gilt ; Price (John) An Historical & Topographical Account of Leominster, and it's Vicinity, Ludlow: H. Procter, 1795, 8vo, frontispiece, multiple engraved sepia plates including one fold out, later roan; Dix (Thomas) A New Map of the County of Hereford, n.d., London: Darton & Sons, 12mo cloth binding with gilt stamped board, folding hand-coloured map, 38cm x 46cm (7)

A Gloucestershire book collector


Fine Books & Manuscripts

Chorley's bi-annual auction of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes a wide variety of works including a page from the Gutenberg bible. 

Auction: The March Auctions 2025, 25th Mar, 2025

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