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British & Continental Auction | June 26, 2024

Wed, Jun 26, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 181

19 World History/Literature Books

Estimate: $300 - $500

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19 volumes total, including: The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1866, Dalziel's Edition, bound in full red leather with gilt ruled boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg; The History of France by M. Guizot, Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d., Illustrated Sterling Edition, eight volumes (complete); and ten others (see additional photos of spines for titles)

Provenance: Private Collection, South Carolina

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Private Collection, South Carolina

light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and small losses to leather and boards, a few bumped corners, some cracked hinges