Premier Summer Sale | June 25, 2025
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 141
Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe, 23 Volumes, Illustrated in Fine Bindings
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for
$500
Sold Price excludes BP
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| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
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| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
various authors, Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son Publishers, n.d., gilt stamped full green morocco, 23 volumes (of 24), each volume with gilt emblem and decorative motifs representing court to rear board, aeg, courts include Austria, Berlin, Napoleon, and Marie Antoinette among others
Provenance: Private Collection
Condition
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Private Collection
Lacking Courts of Europe Vol. I, some wear and losses to leather along edges and at corners, toning and losses to spines, bookplates of Harriet A. Ellwood adhered to pastedowns, some toning to text blocks which are otherwise very clean and tight, tissue guards present and in overall good condition, frontispiece gathering of Marie Antoinette Vol. I detached but retained
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