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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 661

Three Titles on Italian History

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

18 volumes total, including: [Histoire des Revolutions Arrivees Dans Le Gouvernement de La Republique Romaine] by Vertot, Paris: Nyon, 1797, three volumes, bound in full leather, spines with gilt lettering and decoration, morocco spine labels, marbled edges and endpapers; [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] by Edward Gibbon, London: T. Cadell, et. al., 10 volumes; [The Greatness and Decline of Rome] by Guglielmo Ferrero, London: William Heinemann, 1909, five volumes

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

Condition

wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and scratches to leather, toning, foxing, and scattered staining throughout, some boards starting