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Sat, Sep 13, 2014 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 14, 2014 09:00AM EDT
Lot 664

Napoleonic Library: 42 Leather-Bound

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Volumes including a rare copy of Lieut. G. W. Picton, [The Battle of Waterloo,] London, R. Edwards, [circa 1816,] signed Zachnsdorf binding, three-quarter leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, elaborately gilt spine, five raised bands, brown morocco spine labels; General Count Montholon, [History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena,] London, Henry Colburn, 1846, four volumes, signed Taffin binding, three-quarter leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, elaborately gilt decorated spine with "N" decoration, three raised bands; Scott's [The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte,] Edinburgh, 1827, full leather with elaborately decorated spines, morocco spine labels, "N" insignia on the spines, gilt dentelles, marbled edges, nine volumes; etc., 12-1/2 x 9 in., most in very good to near fine condition; the Picton is very good with slightly rubbed leather; the Montholon is near fine; the Scott set is near fine, probably rebacked at some time. Provenance: Estate of the late Robert H. Hirsch, by descent in the family

Condition

most in very good to near fine condition; the Picton is very good with slightly rubbed leather; the Montholon is near fine; the Scott set is near fine, probably rebacked at some time

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