Lot 78
D'Oyly (Charles) Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, first edition, 1828.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
D'Oyly (Charles) Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, first edition, 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, half-title, 10pp. advertisements, light offsetting, some scattered foxing to text, bookplates to front pastedown, original boards, paper label to spine with slight chipping, neat and expert repairs to spine, preserved in custom drop-back box (rebacked preserving backstrip), [Abbey, Travel 450; Bobins 1333; Tooley 186], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1828.
⁂ The Leeds-Moore Stevens-Hely-Hutchinson-copy in original boards. Watermarks dating 1825-26-27.
Provenance: Duke of Leeds (armorial bookplate to front pastedown and frontispiece recto, with pencil library marking and "Carmarthen" ink inscription to front and rear pastedowns); R.N.H. Moore Stevens (bookplate); John Hely-Hutchinson (bookplate).
Description
D'Oyly (Charles) Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, first edition, 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, half-title, 10pp. advertisements, light offsetting, some scattered foxing to text, bookplates to front pastedown, original boards, paper label to spine with slight chipping, neat and expert repairs to spine, preserved in custom drop-back box (rebacked preserving backstrip), [Abbey, Travel 450; Bobins 1333; Tooley 186], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1828.
⁂ The Leeds-Moore Stevens-Hely-Hutchinson-copy in original boards. Watermarks dating 1825-26-27.
Provenance: Duke of Leeds (armorial bookplate to front pastedown and frontispiece recto, with pencil library marking and "Carmarthen" ink inscription to front and rear pastedowns); R.N.H. Moore Stevens (bookplate); John Hely-Hutchinson (bookplate).
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