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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 667

Eight Leatherbound Books, American Genealogical History

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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: [Armorial Families of America], New York: The American Historical Society, n.d., Edition de Luxe, number 10 of ten numbered and registered volumes, bound in full leather, cover with gilt ruling, scrollwork borders, and central armorial decoration, spines with gilt lettering and decoration, five raised bands, black, green, and white leather interior boards with gilt ruling and central rose decoration, ivory moire endpapers, aeg; [American Families], ed. L. Effingham de Forest, New York: National Coloniana Society, n.d., bound in full blue leather, cover with elaborate gilt ruling and central escutcheon decoration, spine with gilt lettering and decoration, five raised bands, red and dark blue leather interior boards with gilt dentelles and scrollwork borders, blue moire endpapers, aeg, in slipcase; and six other volumes

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

light wear to extremities, scattered scratches and scuffs to leather, some wear and losses at spine ends, scattered light staining throughout