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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Jul 15, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 374

87 Leatherbound Books, French and Italian Literature

Estimate: $600 - $900

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

87 volumes total, including: The Works of Alexandre Dumas, Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1893-1895, Edition de Medicis, number 197 of 1000 limited copies, text in English, 23 volumes total, bound in full blindstamped and gilt leather, four raised bands, teg; The Works of Charles Foley, Paris: Leopold Cerf, 1897, text in French, 15 volumes total, bound in half leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, morocco spine labels, five raised bands, marbled edges; Opere di Pietro Metastasio, Mantova: Co' Tipi Dell' Erede Pazzoni, 1819, text in Italian, 18 volumes total, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, morocco spine labels; Classiques Quillet, sous la Direction de Raoul Mortier, Paris: Librairie Aristide Quillet, 1928, text in French, 18 volumes total, bound in half leather over marbled boards, blindstamped spines with gilt lettering, morocco spine labels; and others

Provenance: Private Collection, Brookline, Massachusetts

Condition

wear to extremities, bumped corners, scattered areas of staining throughout, some chips, flaking, rubbing, and losses to leather; all Dumas with hinges tender, some cracked hinges and boards starting, six volumes with front and/or back boards detached