Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2526BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 14, 2010 11:00AM
Description:
(Gems and Intaglios, Ancient),Spilsbury, John,A Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Engraved Gems..., London: John Boydell, 1785, gilt-tooled and lettered crushed black morocco, with fifty engraved plates of gems, 4to, (spotting to plates, hinges weak).
Note: Presentation copy from Maxim Karolik, a prominent art collector from one of Boston's wealthy families.
Estimate $300-400