Estimate: | £70 - £100 |
Hammer price: | £110 |
JOHNSTON, Alexander Keith (1804-71). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1869. Folio (493 x 330mm). 48 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline (some very light browning, spotting and staining, some maps separated at lower fold without loss). Modern buckram with part of the original wrapper lettered and decorated in gilt laid down on the upper cover. Provenance: from the Collection of the late John Anthony Benjafield (1938-2023).