Sunday, June 26, 2022
LOT #127

Book Illustration Plate Assortment

Over (100) items including etchings, copperplate and steel-faced engravings, many Biblical, and a clamshell boxed “Original Leaves from Famous English Books” published by The Folio Society having (8 of 12) typographic specimen leaves in paper mats

Estimate: $150 - $300

Hammer Price: $400

Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000

Dimensions: Height: 22 inches, Width: 16 1/4 inches, Depth: 1 1/2 inches (clamshell box)

Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear; items disbound from books, most having edge wear; overall moderate wear to clamshell box, contents having mat burn from paper mats; may have edge wear, chips, damaged corners, trimmed margins, creases, short tears, thins, paper toning, foxing, discoloration, water stains or accretions; clamshell box contents counted but not inventoried

Disclaimers: not all items individually inspected for condition; please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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