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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, May 20, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 585

The History of the World in Five Books

Estimate: $400 - $600

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 Sir Walter Raleigh, London: G. Conyers, J.J. & P. Knapton, et. al., 1736, two volumes (complete), bound in full leather, morocco spine labels with gilt lettering, six raised bands

Provenance: Private Collection, North Carolina

Condition

bumped corners, some scuffs, lifting, and losses to leather, wear to extremities, hinges tender with some cracks near spine ends; volume I with exterior hinge repair and reinforcement to interior front board hinge; volume II with some creasing to beginning pages