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Thu, Apr 8, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 167

29 Books on History, Most Leather Bound

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
including Histoire de Charles XII Roy de Suède, Voltaire, Basle: Christophe Revis, 1732 (Tome II); Histoire du Prince François Eugène de Savoye, Vienna: Chez Briffaut, 1745, Volumes I-V, with 11 engraved folding maps; Histoire Ancienne des Egyptians, des Carthaginois, des Assyriens..., Rollins, Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne, 1736-1740, (Tomes 2, 3, 5, 6, 7); The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians..., Rollins, Philadelphia: Brown & Peters, 1829 (Volumes I, III, and V); Poesies pastorales.., Paris: Chez Lejay, Libraire, 1774; Lettres Choisies de Madame de Sévigné, Paris: Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1841; and 13 others    - Provenance: Private Collection, Greenville, North Carolina

Condition

wear and losses to extremities throughout, many with wear to bindings, loose pages, bumped corners, toning and stains
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