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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Wilkie (Sir David)

THE WILKIE GALLERY

Embellished not only with the best pictures of Sir David Wilkie who had passed away in 1841 but the remarkable engravings of Francis Holl [1815-1884] who became a successful and fashionable engraver, working for book as well as print publishers.

Published: George Virtue & Co, London, 1845

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $90

Approximately:

Estimate: $260-280

Bidding opens: 16 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 23 Jan 16:30 GMT

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1 volume. First edition 1845.

Including his Spanish & Oriental Sketches

with notices biographical and critical.

Blind-stamped with embossed gilt vignette.

Gilt title with vignette to spine.

Colour endpapers, triple gilt page-blocks.

Portrait frontispiece with overlay sheet.

Half-title vignette.

65 full-page plates with overlay sheets.

[1], 96 numbered pages.

80 unpaginated pages.

Plates in lovely condition.

Recorded shipping weight 4000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 35.5 x 27 cm


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