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Sat, Dec 5, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 761

41 Leather Bound Books on Travel, Natural Science

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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including:ÿVoyages Autour du Monde, et Vers les Deux Poles... by Pierre Marie Fran‡ois PagŠs (French, 1748-1793), Paris: Moutard, 1782, second volume only, text in French, bound in full leather, morocco spine labels, five raised bands and gilt spine decoration, marbled boards and endpapers;ÿNarrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India by Rev. Reginald Heber (English, 1783-1826), London: John Murray, 1828, three volumes (complete), second edition, bound in full leather, cover with gilt ruled edges, morocco spine labels, marbled boards and endpapers;ÿThe Universal Gazetteer by John Walker, London: J. Johnson, Vernor, Hood, et al, 1807, fourth edition, containing 14 maps (all present);ÿJohn L. Stoddard's Lectures, Chicago and Boston: Geo. L. Shuman & Co., 1911, 10 volumes (complete) with five supplementary volumes (15 total);ÿItaly; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal by the Author of "Vathek" (William Beckford, 1760-1844), London: Richard Bentley, 1834, two volumes (complete);ÿThe Nature Library, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926, six volumes; and others - Provenance: Private Collection Asheville, North Carolina

Condition

all with wear to extremities, bumped corners, some scuffs, wear, and losses to leather, some foxing, toning, and dampstaining throughout;ÿTombleson's Views of the Rhine with title page corners cut