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Lot 109

STOWE -- Stowe: A Description of the Magnificent House and Gardens of... Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple. London: for John Rivington and others, 1763. 4° (200 x 125mm). Engraved folding plan, and 19 engraved plates of plans and views by G. L. Smith after B. Seeley (short tear in the margin of the folding plan, faint dampstain in some plates, light wear in some margins). Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label, spine gilt (front joint starting, spine head chipped, extremities rubbed). Provenance: John Campbell, third Earl of Bredalbane (bookplate) -- [Sotheran's (small stamp)].

Closed30 November 2010

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STOWE -- Stowe: A Description of the Magnificent House and Gardens of... Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple. London: for John Rivington and others, 1763. 4° (200 x 125mm). Engraved folding plan, and 19 engraved plates of plans and views by G. L. Smith after B. Seeley (short tear in the margin of the folding plan, faint dampstain in some plates, light wear in some margins). Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label, spine gilt (front joint starting, spine head chipped, extremities rubbed). Provenance: John Campbell, third Earl of Bredalbane (bookplate) -- [Sotheran's (small stamp)].