Estimate € 200 - 300
Sold € 600
Auction: 24 September 2019 at 15:00
HAKEWILL, James (1778-1843) - A Picturesque Tour of Italy from Drawings made in 1816-1817. London: John Murray, 1820. Folio (291 x 231mm). Title and 63 engraved plates by John Pye, George Cooke, George Hollis, J. Landseer and others illustrating beatiful views, monuments and plans of the Italian treasures with tissue guards (some occasional spotting and soling, mainly marginal, some tissue guards detached or missing). Contemporary green straight-grain morocco gilt and with arms of "The society of writers to the Singet" (rebacked preserving original spine, extremities rubbed, some scuffing).
Estimate € 200 - 300