Valuable printed books, illuminated and other manuscripts, drawings, fine bindings, autograph letters, etc
Publisher: Sotheby's
Published: 1925
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Art collections
Notes: Sale code: Dares.

Comprising works on ornament and architecture selected from the library at Blair Adam, Kinross-shire, the property of Lieut. C.K. Adam, R.N.; original drawings, engraved works, &c. by William Blake, including Songs of innocence, finely coloured; Little Tom the sailor; The man sweeping the interpreters parlour; and the autograph manuscript of the unpublished portion of Blake's poem "The everlasting gospel," the property of G.I. Shaw, esq. of Walsall; Blake (W.) The gates of paradise, the property of Miss Boothby Heathcote; early printed books and armorial bindings, the property of a gentleman; Milton's Poems, 1645, the property of the late Thomas Chapman, esq.; a very fine copy of the second folio edition of Shakespeare's Works, 1632, the property of Henry Boddington, esq. Pownall Hall, Wilmslow, Chesire; presentation copies of works by Lewis Carroll, the property of Miss Minna Quin; rare works of early geography, travel and exploration, &c. and the important collection of autograph letters, drawings, &c. by Randolph Caldecott, the property of the late William Clough, esq. of Knutsford, Chesire; other autograph letters, &c. include a fine poem in the hand of Robert Burns, the property of Dr. Mary F. Annetti, of Toon, Ayrshire; etc.

Priced.

Place of sale: London.

Date of sale: July 29, 1925.