[LAURON, Marcellus]. The Cryes of the City of London. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Lot Description
[LAURON, Marcellus (1679-1774, illustrator)]. The Cryes of the City of London. [London: no imprint, 1711?].
Folio (330 x 222 mm). 74 unnumbered engraved plates including 2 engraved titles by P. Tempest after Lauron, titles and captions in English, French and Italian. (Some light toning or spotting to margins.) Contemporary paneled calf (rebacked). Provenance: Lady Chester (inscription), bequeathed to; Robert Willis Blencowe (1792-1874), antiquary (engraved bookplate and clipped signature laid in); John Talbot Gernon (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, collecting a series of engravings designed by Mauron, representing the London street vendors of the Eighteenth Century. Brunet III, 882, stating that the first edition of 1711 is without Henry Overton's imprint and with plates unnumbered as in this copy; Colas 1793; Lipperheide GCb1; Vinet 2188.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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