December Online Auction (Sale #322)
Lot 317:
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Antiquarian Leather Bound Book Assortment
(6) items, mostly having full leather bindings and gilt spine titles, including a six-volume ‘London and its Environs Described’ by R. and J. Dodsley, London, 1761 having a fold-out map and engraved plates, an ‘Introductionis in Universam Geographiam’ by Philipp Cluver, Amsterdam, 1686, having folding maps, a vellum bound ‘De Rebuspublicis Hanseaticis Tractatus Generalis’ volume #1, by Johann Angelius Werdenhagen, Lubeck, Germany 1631, having frontispiece portrait and engraved title page, a two-volume ‘The Adventures of Telemachus the Son of Ulysses’ translated by John Ozell, London, 1735, having engraved frontispiece, plates and fold-out map, as well as a half leather ‘Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales’ volume #2 only, London, 1825 and a cloth over marbled paper ‘Scott’s Lady of the Lake’ London, 1887
Property from: an Estate, Huntley, Illinois
Height: 8 inches, Width: 5 inches, Depth: 1 inches (largest)
Condition: overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, most having bookplates or inscriptions to end papers, most having abrasions or small losses to spine ends, many having splits along tender exterior hinges, no detached covers, ‘London and its Environs Described’ map poorly folded and having creases and tears at folds, Philipp Cluver maps mostly appear to have never been opened, ‘Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales’ spine cover detached (present)
Disclaimers: individual pages and plates have not been inspected
Category: Collectibles > Books
Estimated Sale Time: 2:39 pm CST
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Last modified: November 8, 2024, 10:34 am
Condition: overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, most having bookplates or inscriptions to end papers, most having abrasions or small losses to spine ends, many having splits along tender exterior hinges, no detached covers, ‘London and its Environs Described’ map poorly folded and having creases and tears at folds, Philipp Cluver maps mostly appear to have never been opened, ‘Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales’ spine cover detached (present)
Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1 in
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