An early 19th century lady's illustrated commonplace book, h...

Hammer

£60

An early 19th century lady's illustrated commonplace book, half-filled by Matilda Pain, and predominantly inscribed in ink manuscript with literary quotes and some maxims, occasional well-executed pencil drawings, contemporary red quarter-morocco gilt over orange papered boards, all-edges gilt, 4to, (1); an early 19th century sketchbook, illustrated with four pencil drawings, comprising the heads of two Arabs, a French cavalier, rabbits feeding, and "Gun raised from the wreck of the Royal George", marbled wrappers, 8vo, (1); a 19th century Anglo-German commonplace book, partially-inscribed in ink MS, EPNS-mounted leather binding, 8vo, (1), [3]