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Lot 22

Two Rare Francois-Xavier Martin Titles

Estimate: $200 - $400

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
(Franco-American, 1762-1846), immigrated to North Carolina just before the end of the American Revolutionary War, author of an early North Carolina history, including [A Treatise on the Powers and Dutiesÿof Executors and Administrators. According to the Law of North Carolina],ÿNewbern: Martin & Ogden, 1803, bound in leather, morocco spine label, gilt lettering to spine label, 8-1/2 x 5-1/4 in.; and [Martin's Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators. According to the Law of North Carolina, Revised and adapted to the existing Law by a Gentleman of the Profession], Raleigh, Printed by J. Gales, 1820, bound in three quarter leather, 8-1/4 x 5 in., Provenance: Collection from an Important American Family

Condition

both with wear to extremities, bumped corners, areas of rubbing and losses to leather, pages with scattered toning, foxing, and creasing, both with boards detached (but present) or starting but holding
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