The Canada Auction Series: Canadian Arts, Culture & History

May 27June 01, 2023
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LOT 404

Lot 404

William Notman and Fennings Taylor

William Notman and Fennings Taylor
Lot 404 Details
William Notman and Fennings Taylor

PORTRAITS OF BRITISH AMERICANS

3 vols. 8vo., the set containing a total of 84 tipped-in albumin prints of early notables each with biography including; John A. Macdonald, George Moffat, George Etienne Cartier, J. William Dawson, Joseph Howe, René-Édouard Caron, Lt. Colonel Irvine, Thomas Talbot, Isaac Buchanan, Samuel Wentworth Monk, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Sir John Michel, Alexander Tilloch Galt, John Hamilton Gray, Colonel John Prince, George Brown, Jospeh Ulric Tessier, William Hamilton Merritt, Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Peter McGill, Sir John Beverly Robinson, Charles Tupper, Frederick Auguste Quesnel, Francis Hincks, Robert Baldwin, John Hamilton Hawkesbury, Louis Joseph Papineau, Rev. John Strachan, William Molson, James Cockburn, & Colonel C.M. de Salaberry, etc., in newer red faux leather boards with gilt title to spines, Montreal, Published by William Nottman, Printed by John Lovell, 1865 & 1867
8.75 x 6.5 in — 22.2 x 16.5 cm

Estimate $300-$500

Realised: $1,845
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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  • William Notman and Fennings Taylor

CONDITION DETAILS

All in good rebound condition. Bindings tight, with clean pages. Vols. 1 & 2 gilt edged.

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