French line engravings of the late XVIII century / by H.W. Lawrence & B.L. Dighton.
H. W. Lawrence
Category
Books
Date
1910
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 3086612
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxv, [1], 110 p., 81 leaves of plates ; 32 cm. Unnumbered copy of the limited edition of 1050. Provenance: manuscript inscription in pencil on front end-paper: "Maud Russell" [i.e. Maud Russell (1891-1982)]. Binding: twentieth-century red morocco, signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe; gilt-tooled decorative borders on boards; blue silk doublure and fly-leaves; spine: five raised bands, gilt-tooled and lettered; rebacked; top edge gilt.
Provenance
Maud Russell, Mottisfont Abbey; by whom sold as Lot 8, Sotheby's, 23rd March, 1972; purchased by Bernard Quaritch for £11; Lot 37 (part); Forum Auctions, 4 February, 2021 Lot 37 (part), where purchased by the National Trust.
Makers and roles
H. W. Lawrence Basil Lewis Dighton Maud Julia Augusta Russell (1891 - 1982), owner Sangorski and Sutcliffe, bookbinder