Premier Auction - Session I | November 11, 2022
Fri, Nov 11, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 366
An Universal History, 60 Volumes
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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| $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 |
60 volumes total (complete), including: An Universal History, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..., "Compiled from Original Authors", including Sale, George (1697?-1736), Psalmanazar, George (1679?-1763), Bower, Archibald (1686-1766), and others, London: C. Bathurst, J. F. and C. Rivington, 1779-1781, 18 volumes (vol. 1-18); The Modern Part of an Universal History, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..., "Compiled from Original Authors", London: C. Bathurst, J. F. and C. Rivington, 1780-1784, 42 volumes (vol. 19-60); all bound in full tree calf leather, red and black morocco spine labels, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, some volumes with fold out maps and illustrations
Note:A two-part work on a monumental scale, comprising a history of the world compiled from the works of numerous authors. Contributors include George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton, and many others. The Universal History was one of the first Early Modern histories to attempt to, like some of its medieval predecessors, situate the history of Europe in the larger world of Africa and Asia. In doing so, it includes the beginnings of European colonial activity in its historical record.
Complete sets are rare on the market.
Provenance: Collection of a Southern Gentlemen
Condition
light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs to leather and minor chips to spines, some bumped corners, scattered light staining throughout
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