Lot 36 , Ayling, Stephen - Photographs from Sketches by Augustus Welby N. Pugin. First edition, 2 vols, mounted

Ayling, Stephen - Photographs from Sketches by Augustus Welby N. Pugin. First edition, 2 vols, mounted frontis, 500 numbered small photographs mounted 2 on each page, coloured and decorated titles, dedication leaf and 8pp letterpress index; contemporary half morocco and cloth, gilt decorated and panelled spines, gilt edges, 4to, London: published by S.Ayling, 493 Oxford Street, 1865
Estimate £400-600

Slight binding wear only (mostly spine ends), gilt device on upper covers, back endpapers little marked, Vo. 2 has heavier black marking verso of final plate and head of p.1 of index, a little slight spotting elsewhere-but mostly clean. Note: these are almost all continental sketches of buildings, architectural details, etc., not of his own designs; photo size average is 10 x 6.5cms. ; including half titles (as volume numbers)


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