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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 641

Five Books on Classical Studies

Estimate: $500 - $800

Bid Increments

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including: [Civilii Caesaris Rerum Gestarum Comentarii XIV], Francofurti ad Moenum (Frankfurt): C. M. Privilegio, 1575, bound in full vellum; [Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists with Morals and Reflections] by Sir Roger L'Estrange, London: Printed for R. Sare, B. Took, et. al., 1699, bound in full leather; [Antiquae Inscriptiones Quum Graecae Tum Latinae], Leovardiae (Leeuwarden): Heredum Francisci Halmae, 1731; [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines], London: Richard Field, 1612; [Bell's New Pantheon], London: Printed for J. Bell, 1790 (in two volumes, only one volume present)

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

Condition

wear to extremities, scattered scratches, scuffs, and losses to leather, most boards starting, one board detached, scattered staining, toning, and foxing throughout, cracks and chips to spines