Local Interest - Derby, Lord Belper's Copy, Hutton (W[illiam...

Hammer

£130

Local Interest - Derby, Lord Belper's Copy, Hutton (W[illiam]), The History of Derby; From the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI [...],Printed by J. Nichols [...], London 1791, pp: xiii, [ii], 32, illustrated with full-page engraved plates, fold-out map and fold-out panorama of the city, Regency calf gilt, panelled blind with a frieze of acanthus in a gilt border of scrolling acanthus, later calf lettered spine, repairs to corners and reinforced text block, marbled edges, marbled endpapers en suite, Plain Armorial crested bookplate to recto pastedown: Belper, surmounted by crest and baron's coronet, 8vo; Simpson (Robert), A Collection of Fragments Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Derby, Compiled from Authentic Sources, Illustrated with many Engravings, Printed and Sold by G. Wilkins and Son, Derby 1826, pp: [vi], 876, late 20th century green quarter-morocco gilt and marbled paper board, 8vo, [2] Provenance: Hutton's Derby ~ Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper PC FRS (1801 - 1880); sold Christie's, Printed Books: The Property of the Lord Belper, December 15th 1976, Lot 99 - part lot (1 of 3), £140.