11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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Mixed Lot, Four Volumes:

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$215$175
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Mixed Lot, Four Volumes: John Le Neve's Monumenta Anglicana, 1719, three parts in one, contemporary boards, rebacked, rear board detached; James Howelle's Epistolae Ho-Elianae, 1645, later binding, rebacked, without the engraved title; John Hopkins' Amasia, 1700, three volumes bound as one, lacking at least ten text leaves, bound in full contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, spine tooled in gilt compartments, marbled pastedowns, a.e.g., corner damage, rear board rubbed, split in leather at foot of spine but overall flexible and intact; and E. J. Trelawny's Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron. London: Moxon, 1858, in full deep blue morocco Harcourt binding, with gilt moons and stars all over both boards.
Estimate $400-600

Keywords

John Le Neve, James Howelle, John Hopkins, London