Lot 268 , SCOTLAND: Skene, James. A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverley Novels, 63 etched plates after drawings by James Skene, near contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece, Edinbur

° SCOTLAND: Skene, James. A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverley Novels, 63 etched plates after drawings by James Skene, near contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece, Edinburgh, Cadell & Co., 1829, 8vo. Sold with Adam de Cardonnel’s ‘Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland’, 2 vols, 1788, and Robert Chambers’ ‘The Pictures of Scotland’, 2 vols., 1828, and seven more related to Scotland (12).
£50-70

Condition:
Skene- name-plate of ‘Mary Addington’ to front pastedown, illegible ink name to initial blank, heavy spotting to first and last plates thereafter gen. light to moderate spotting, firm hinges, rubbing to extremities; Cardonnel- 50 engraved vignettes within text, some loose leaves, heavily rubbed, spine panel split to vol. 1, spotting to pastedowns.

Sold for £65