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January Premier Auction: Day 1

Fri, Jan 26, 2018 09:00AM EST - Sat, Jan 27, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 470

13 Volumes in Vellum

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
a partial set of The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night by John Payne, eight volumes (from a total of nine), limited edition, one of 500 copies, London: Villon Society, 1882; Tales from the Arabic by John Payne, three volumes (complete), limited edition, 1884; Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp by John Payne, one volume (complete), 1889; and The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris by John Payne, one volume (complete), limited edition, 1892; all bound in matching gilt-decorated and lettered full vellum, teg.; 13 volumes, total

Condition

armorial bookplates on the front pastedowns of each volume, vellum slightly soiled, wear at the extremities, small splits in vellum

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