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Fri, Jul 31, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 596

Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette

Estimate: $100 - $300

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
by Madame Campan, First Lady of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen, second edition, London: Printed for Henry Colburn & Co. and M. Bossange and Co., 1823, London: printed by J. Green (2 volumes), bound in later three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, with bookplates for "Julian Castle Bolton", and labels for "Dennen's Book Shop .. Michigan", 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in., Provenance: Provenance: Property of Twin Oaks Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia

Condition

light wear to extremities with some losses to leather, hinges tender, light toning and foxing, some pencil inscriptions 
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