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British & Continental Auction | June 26, 2024

Wed, Jun 26, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 194

28 Leatherbound Books on English History

Estimate: $300 - $500

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28 volumes total, including: The Complete Works of Lord Macaulay (History of England, Miscellaneous Works), New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, n.d., 20 volumes, bound in three quarter tan leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, marbled endpapers, teg; The History of England by David Hume, London: T. Cadell, 1792, eight volumes, bound in full tan leather, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers

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, most hinges tender, some bumped corners