Lot 143

54 Leatherbound Books, Foreign Language and World History

Estimate: $400 - $600

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

54 volumes, including: Chronique de la Regence et du Regne de Louis XV, Journal de Barbier, Paris: Charpentier, 1857, six volumes, bound in tan half leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spines; Scenes et Comedies par Octave Feuillet, Paris: Calmann Levy, 1882, ten volumes, bound in red half leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines; Svenska Folkets Underbara Oden by Carl Grimberg and Aldre Vasatiden, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Sonners, 1923, 15 volumes, bound in green half leather over marbled boards; and 23 other volumes (see additional photos of spines for titles)

Provenance: Private Collection

Condition

some bumped corners, scattered scuffs and small losses to leather, wear to extremities, scattered foxing, browning, and dampstaining throughout

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Private Collection