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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 699

Five Leatherbound Martin Luther Bibles

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

including: [Biblia, Das ist Die gantze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments, Nach der Ubersetzung und mit den Vorreden und Randglossen D. Martin Luthers], Tbingen: Cotta, 1730, bound in full leather over heavy wood boards, brass hardware; [Biblia, Das ist Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments, Nach der Leuchten Ubersetzung D. Martin Luthers], Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1763; and three others

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

Condition

wear to extremities, scuffs, scratches, and losses to leather, scattered staining, toning, and foxing throughout; 1730 missing leather straps; 1763 missing one clasp, likely in later 18th/19th century rebinding, some scattered tears at page edges; three others in poor condition

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