Lot 1279 , Bearcroft, Philip- An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton Esq; and of His Foundation in Charter-House, engraved folding frontispiece, 2 engraved plates including portrait of Thomas Sutton, 11pp. index and 1p. errata to r

° Bearcroft, Philip- An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton Esq; and of His Foundation in Charter-House, engraved folding frontispiece, 2 engraved plates including portrait of Thomas Sutton, 11pp. index and 1p. errata to rear, contemporary calf, London, E. Owen, 1737, 8vo. Sold with [Robert Smythe’s] ‘Historical Account of Charter-House’, 1808, and Mark Noble’s ‘A History of the College of Arms’, 1804, and H.B. Wilson’s ‘The History of Merchant Taylor’s School’, 2 vols., 1814, and four more volumes related to schools (9).
£70-100

Condition:
Bearcroft- browning to plates and pastedowns, spotting to title, gen. clean, rebacked, extremities rubbed, (1), (xvl), 275, (1).; Robert Smythe- frontispiece and title heavily browned and with spotting and pp.69-77 of the Appendix heavily spotted otherwise gen. clean, firm hinges, extremities rubbed; Noble: modern rebind, inscription in blue ink (1971) verso front-free endpaper, light to moderate browning, occasional spotting.

Sold for £340