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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 659

Five Titles on English History

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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11 volumes total, including: [Memoirs of Count Grammont] by Anthony Hamilton, London: Printed for William Miller and James Carpenter, 1811, two volumes (complete), bound in full red leather, covers with blindstamped borders and gilt ruling, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, aeg; [Original Letters...] by John Fenn, London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787, five volumes, bound in full leather, covers with gilt meander borders, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, marbled endpapers; [A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second] by Charles James Fox, London: Printed for William Miller, 1808, bound in full red leather, cover with gilt borders, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, aeg; [The High Court of Justice] by James Caulfield, London: John Caulfield, 1820; [L'Histoire D'Angleterre] by M. Guizot, Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1877, two volumes

Provenance: James Cummins Bookseller, New York City, NY (Memoirs of Count Grammont); Harrington Bros, London (Fox title); The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and scratches to leather, scattered staining, toning, and foxing throughout, some bumped corners