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Alexander von Humboldt 'Cosmos' and 'Views of Nature'

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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Alexander von Humboldt ‘Cosmos’ and ‘Views of Nature’ Book Collection

(6) volumes comprising early English translations published by Henry G. Bohn, London 1850-1860, including (5) volume ‘Cosmos’ and ‘Views of Nature: or Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation’; uniformly half-bound calf over marbled boards, all edges and end-papers marbled; ‘Views’ having a color frontispiece; together with Ovid’s ‘Epistolarum Heroidum Liber’ published by Bonwick, Nicolson and Newborough, London, 1702 having full paneled calf binding

Height: 7 inches, Width: 4 3/4 inches, Depth: 1 1/4 inches (each Humboldt)

Condition: Good, overall moderate wear consistent with normal use and age; all spine titles darkened but readable; ‘Cosmos’ having chips to spine ends, splits to hinges, losses to spines volumes #1 and #4, a detached portion present #1; ‘Views’ having a pulled spine top; rubber stamps of name; Ovid having detached front board and end-papers; losses to tooled tulip designs at corners of blind stamped panels on boards; name to end-paper

Disclaimers: not subject to individual page-by-page inspection for completeness

Category: Collectibles > Books

Estimated Sale Time: 2:00 pm CST

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Sales Tax: Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Condition: Good, overall moderate wear consistent with normal use and age; all spine titles darkened but readable; ‘Cosmos’ having chips to spine ends, splits to hinges, losses to spines volumes #1 and #4, a detached portion present #1; ‘Views’ having a pulled spine top; rubber stamps of name; Ovid having detached front board and end-papers; losses to tooled tulip designs at corners of blind stamped panels on boards; name to end-paper

Dimensions: 7 x 4.75 x 1.25 in