Valuations are by appointment only. However, you no longer need an appointment for viewing or attending our auctions.
LOT 3032
15th May 2018
1/1
Previous Lot Next Lot
Place a bid
You’ll need to sign in to place a bid or add this to your wishlist
Not yet registered? Click here
Share this lot X
http://www.tooveys.com/lots/349811/head-richard-the-french-rogue-or-the-life-of-monsieur-ragoue
Condition Report X
Request further information for LOT 3032
Request additional details:
Request a condition report:
Your email address:
Your name:
Your telephone:
 
LOT 3032
[HEAD, Richard]. The French Rogue: or, the Life of Monsieur Ragoue de Versailles… containing His parentage, Monstrous Birth, Early Rogueries, pleasant and witty Pranks, not only in France but in divers other Countries. London: printed for J. Clarke, 1740. 12mo (142 x 82mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Some paper reinforcement to frontispiece and to several leaves.) Later blue morocco with elaborate gilt borders, titled and repeating gilt motif to spine. Provenance: Walter Wilson (bookplate to front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. Note: Copac suggests the book is often wrongly attributed to Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de Mouhy, but more likely to be by 'Richard Head'. - And thirteen volumes, mostly miniature books. Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection (14).
Hammer price: £380
( Plus
Buyer’s Premium
Buyer’s Premium is an additional charge on each lot sold, currently this is set at 24.5% plus VAT (29.4% including VAT) of the hammer price.
)
All sold prices shown exclude Buyer’s Premium
Condition Report
There is no condition report for this lot.
© Copyright Toovey’s 2017-2024. All rights reserved.   Rupert Toovey & Co Ltd T/A Toovey’s.   Registered in England and Wales.   Company Registration No 2994075