$330
A group of 13 vols. in 3 sets of leather bindings. Paris: Cazin, 1786. 5 vols. 48mo., full leather, gilt-decorated backstrip, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; bookplate tipped-in front and rear pastedown; dampstaining to first few leaves of vol. 1; otherwise a sound set. London: William Pickering, 1840. 3vols. 16mo., 3/4 green leather-backed black cloth boards, 5 raised bands, red spine label, speckled edges. Light fading and soiling to boards and backstrip; bookplate tipped-in front pastedown; text is clean. Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1838. 5 vols. 12mo., 3/4 leather-backed green marbled boards, gilt-decorated backstrip over 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers. Light wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; bookplate tipped-in front pastedown; text is clean.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-06-14
