Estimate: | £300 - £500 |
Hammer price: | £350 |
BINDING - Archibald ALISON (1792-1867). History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV [... from the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII]. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870-76. 2 works bound in 21 volumes including the two index volumes, 8vo (184 x 120mm). (Some spotting and staining.) FINELY BOUND in uniform contemporary polished half calf, the spines gilt with dark blue and burgundy morocco lettering-pieces, marbled boards (some very light rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Sir Thos. William Boord of Wakehurst Place in the Co: of Sussex, Baronet (armorial bookplate). (21)