February 17, 2022 10:00 EST

Books and Manuscripts

 
  Lot 72
 


Lot 72 - [Fine Bindings] [Bennett] [Hogarth, William]

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[Fine Bindings] [Bennett] [Hogarth, William]
The Works of William Hogarth; in a Series of Engravings: With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency, by the Rev. John Trusler. To Which are Added, Anecdotes of the Author...

London: Jones and Co., 1833. In two volumes. 4to. Profusely illustrated with black and white engravings. Bound in full scarlet morocco, elaborately gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; text likely washed; enclosed in cloth-covered slip case; by Bennett. A fine set.

A lovely example from The Bennett Book Studios, a fine book bindery in New York City established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett (1884-1968).

From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).

Sold for $2,016
Estimated at $600 - $900


 

London: Jones and Co., 1833. In two volumes. 4to. Profusely illustrated with black and white engravings. Bound in full scarlet morocco, elaborately gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; text likely washed; enclosed in cloth-covered slip case; by Bennett. A fine set.

A lovely example from The Bennett Book Studios, a fine book bindery in New York City established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett (1884-1968).

From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).

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