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CAULFIELD, JAMES, PORTRAITS, MEMOIRS, AND CHARACTERS OF REMARKABLE PERSONS... LONDON: 1819-1820
估價
1,000 - 1,500 USD
招標截止
描述
- Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II. London: H.R. Young and T.H. Whitley, 1819-20
- All volumes together: 9 1/2 x 6 x 4 1/2 inches
4 volumes, 8vo (9 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.; 23 x 14.6 cm). Half-titles, 155 engraved plates, woodcut tailpieces; some minor foxing, offsetting. Full contemporary olive English morocco, covers elaborately stamped in gilt and blind with greek key pattern, multiple rules, and fleur-de-lis cornerpieces, spines with raised bands in five compartments, second and fourth gilt lettered, others with repeat overall decoration in gilt, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, violet coated endpapers; spines uniformly sunned, rubbing to joints, some staining to endpapers.
來源
Marquessate of Sligo (armorial bookpates to front pastedowns)
出版
Cohn 125
Douglas 35
Lowndes I:394
Truman 130
Douglas 35
Lowndes I:394
Truman 130
Condition
4 volumes, 8vo (9 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.; 23 x 14.6 cm). Half-titles, 155 engraved plates, woodcut tailpieces; some minor foxing, offsetting. Full contemporary olive English morocco, covers elaborately stamped in gilt and blind with greek key pattern, multiple rules, and fleur-de-lis cornerpieces, spines with raised bands in 5 compartments, second and fourth gilt lettered, others with repeat overall decoration in gilt, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, violet coated endpapers; spines uniformly sunned, rubbing to joints, some staining to endpapers.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
拍品資料及來源
First edition. A colorful Who's Who of sorts, or "rouges gallery," which includes biographical portraits of a notorious bookseller, incompetent criminals, James Poro and his parasitic twin, and Bampfylde Moore Carew, a cross dressing con-man and spurious clairvoyant (just to name a few).