PINE (JOHN): THE TAPESTRY HANGINGS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, London, by J.Pine, T.Bowles & J.Bowles and Son, 1753, folio, SECOND EDITION, engraved title, 19 double-page plates and charts, including 4 views and plans of the House of Commons, several tinted and engraved from 2 or 3 plates, one partially hand-coloured and heightened in gilt (most with mainly clean tears to the margins and folds, one repaired, some dampstaining to lower margins not affecting images), contemporary roan backed boards (worn); sold not subject to return.

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PINE (JOHN): THE TAPESTRY HANGINGS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, London, by J.Pine, T.Bowles & J.Bowles and Son, 1753, folio, SECOND EDITION, engraved title, 19 double-page plates and charts, including 4 views and plans of the House of Commons, several tinted and engraved from 2 or 3 plates, one partially hand-coloured and heightened in gilt (most with mainly clean tears to the margins and folds, one repaired, some dampstaining to lower margins not affecting images), contemporary roan backed boards (worn); sold not subject to return.

拍品專文

The tapestries were originally commissioned by Lord Howard, Lord Admiral of the British Fleet. They were destroyed by a fire at the House of Lords in 1834, leaving these engravings as the only record.

13 plates, including all the views of the 2 fleets, are dated 1739 (the year of the first edition), 2 of the charts are dated 1740 and the 4 plates of the House of Commons are 1749.