Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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[ARCHITECTURE]. SMITH, John Thomas (1766?1833).?Antiquities of London and Environs. London: T. Sewell and others, 1791. Small folio (340 x 229 mm). Engraved title?page, 96 engraved plates (3 with borders and accents printed in brown). (Some spotting or browning near margins.) Early 19th?century red straight?grained morocco framed in gilt and with blindstamped foliage borders, raised bands, gilt scrollwork and lettering in compartments, all edges gilt, dentelle turn ins (light rubbing to extremes).?FIRST EDITION, with plates depicting architectural views and monuments in London.