$500
The Life of Mahomet, With Sketches of the Reigns of His Successors Abubeker, Omar, Othman, and Ali. Leominster: John Whiting, 1805. First American edition. 24mo, contemporary calf, tear and puncture to title-page, loss of some lettering on leaf 3/4; blind embossed stamp of a Maine bookseller on rear endpaper. Scarce. Property from the Estate of Joel Scarborough, Payson, Illinois Printed by Salmon Wilder. Excerpted from Gibbon's DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2017-05-04