Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

149 www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 1 st May 2024 296 A MAHOGANY SLOPEFRONT DESK ORGANISER, enclosing a fitted interior 30 cm high, 38.5 cm wide, 21.5 cm deep € 120 - 180 298 HOGARTH, William The Works, from the original plates restored by James Heath, (the text) by John Nichols Esq F.S.A, large folio (650 x 500mm), Lon- don: (Baldwin and Cradock), n.d. mezzotint and line engravings, frontispiece and the 115 plates (some double-page) as called for, half red morocco over marbled boards, spine profusely gilt in com- partments, somewhat worn, internally good, some foxing, losses to edges of paper, plates good € 1,000 - 1,500 299 AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF NOVELTY LIBRARY STORAGE BOXES, EARLY 19TH CENTURY in mahogany and parcel gilt, the front formed as a run of leather bound books, with compartmented spines and let- tered in gilt Roman numerals I-VII and VIII-XIV, with con- cealed vertical slides and key , vacant interiors 40cm wide, 23cm deep, 24cm high €500 - 700 300 THE CHRISTIE’S DUMFRIES HOUSE CATALOGUES, A rare pair of House Sale catalogues dating to 12th of July 2007. Volumes I and II within a hard case sleeve ‘ A Chippendale Commission’, 31cm, 6cm, 6cm *The dispersal of the collection was prevented at the last minute by due to the intervention of His Royal Highness King Charles, who raised the funds to acquire the entire collection for the state. Dumfries House and contents became part of The National Trust and remains open to the public*