15th May, 2025 11:00
The Oxford Library Sale
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John Speed, “Yorkshire”,engraving, Sudbury and Humble, 39 x 51cm; Robert Morden: The West Riding of Yorkshire, 37 x 44cm; and Samuel and Nathanial Buck: “The South Prospect of Scarborough in the county of York"; etching, hand coloured, 31.5 x 83cm (3)
Sold for £150
Estimated at £70 - £100
John Speed, “Yorkshire”,engraving, Sudbury and Humble, 39 x 51cm; Robert Morden: The West Riding of Yorkshire, 37 x 44cm; and Samuel and Nathanial Buck: “The South Prospect of Scarborough in the county of York"; etching, hand coloured, 31.5 x 83cm (3)
Dimensions with frames -
Yorkshire - 56cm x 45cm
The West Riding - 47cm x 41cm
Scarborough - 87cm x 35cm
Yorkshire - discoloured/time stained. Glazed. With centre fold. Otherwise ok.
West Riding - slightly discoloured, otherwise ok, with any holes or tears etc.
Scarborough - some faint foxing, some thunder bugs beneath glass right lower corner. Light surface dirt to outer edges, and outer borders. Has two folds running from north to south, these around 15cm in from outer edges.
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Auction: The Oxford Library Sale, 15th May, 2025
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