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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 668

Nine Titles on American History

Estimate: $400 - $800

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

15 volumes total, including: [Picturesque America], ed. William Cullen Bryant, London: Cassell, Peter, Galpin, & Co., 1894, four volumes, first English edition, containing numerous engravings, bound in original publisher's blue-gray cloth, upper covers with gilt title and eagle insignia, aeg; [Picturesque America], ed. William Cullen Bryant, London: Cassell, Peter, Galpin, & Co., n.d., four volumes, containing numerous engravings, bound in three quarter red leather over pebbled cloth boards, spines with gilt lettering and decoration, five raised bands, teg; and seven other assorted titles

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

Condition

light wear to extremities, some bumped corners, scattered scuffs and scratches to leather, scattered light staining throughout; Picturesque America plates and illustrations good overall with some scattered areas of offsetting and foxing

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