$3,600
[White, John] Arts Treasury; or, a Profitable and Pleasing Invitation to the Lovers of Ingenuity. London: Printed for W. Whitwood, next the Bible in Duck-Lane; and Mrs. Feltham in Wesminster-Hall, 1688. Fine nineteenth century English olive leather, the banded spine decoratively stamped in gilt, with morocco labels, tulip border on the covers stamped in blind. Turn-ins and board edges decorated with gilt rolls. Side and bottom edges gilded. Six leaves, p. 1 – 154 + 2 leaves advts. Marginal chip to B9 restored, not affecting text; terminal ad leaf remargined; mild browning to D3, scattered lightly elsewhere, else very good. Ex-libris Jessie Harrison, Solomon Guggenheim, John Henry Grossman. Toole Stott 694. Rare.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
