$120
A group of 3 books with illustrated plates. Florence: Stamperia Granducale, 1845. 32mo., green cloth boards, yellow edges. Pressed flowers throughout. Fading to backstrip; fading to text; hinges are starting; otherwise a sound copy. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880. Vol. 1 only. 8vo., gilt-decorated boards, gilt lettering to backstrip. Contains 15 folding plates, including maps, diagrams, and tables, ranging in size from 9 1/2 x 13 inches, with 2 folds, to 21 x 27 inches, with 7 folds. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; light fading and light soiling to boards and backstrip; light wear to edges of some folding plates; text clean. by Fernand Bouron. Paris: Librairie Larousse, n.d. (1900). Folio, illustrated green cloth boards, gilt lettering to boards and backstrip. Contains 595 photographic illustrations. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading and soiling to boards and backstrip; otherwise a sound copy.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-03-16
