Lot 1274 , Neale, John Preston and Edward Wedlake Brayley- The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, 2 vols., 6pp. list of subscribers, 2 additional engraved titles, 61 engraved plates with tissue-g

° Neale, John Preston and Edward Wedlake Brayley- The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, 2 vols., 6pp. list of subscribers, 2 additional engraved titles, 61 engraved plates with tissue-guards, 20th century red half morocco, London, Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1818-1823, 4to. Sold with John Bayley’s ‘The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London’, 2 vols., 1821-1825, and John Britton’s ‘The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain’, 5 vols., 1835, and Edward Blore’s ‘The Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, Comprising the Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain’, 1826, and ‘Sixty-Two Additional Plates to Smith’s Antiquities of Westminster’, [1809], and a two more volumes (14).
£80-120

Condition:
Neale- spotting to title of vol. 1, occas. light spotting, mainly to plate margins, gen. clean, endpapers and blanks replaced, marginal tear to Hh3 of vol.1.; Bayley- lacking half-titles, 29 plates [only 27 called for], endpapers replaced, red cloth rebacking to vol. 2 with part of original spine laid-down

Sold for £480