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Emporium Auction - September 14, 2023

Thu, Sep 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 187

13 Volumes French History and Religious Literature

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

13 volumes total, including: Oeuvres de Bossuet by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1890, four volumes, bound in tan half leather over blue boards with embossed foliate decoration, gilt lettering to spines, four raised bands; Histoire de Nancy by Christian Pfister, Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie, 1902, three volumes, bound in tan half leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spines, four raised bands; La Religion Chretienne, Meditee dans le Veritable Esprit de ses Maximes..., Paris: Froulle, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, 1784, six volumes, bound in full leather, gilt lettering and decoration to spines

Provenance: Private Collection, New York
 

Condition

light wear to extremities, some scuffs and small losses to leather and boards, bumped corners, scattered staining and foxing throughout

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Private Collection, New York