Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 906
  • 906

Gibbon, Edward

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Gibbon, Edward
  • Accounts for carpentry work ("Compte Douvrage fait pour Monsieur Gibbone")
  • paper
Including a bureau in walnut wood and 177 feet of shelving for the library, altogether eleven items, 10 January to 27 April 1786, in French, with an autograph subscription ("Bon pour le montant sur le quittance generale £114.1.1 EGibbon a 1 Julliet. 1786"), Lausanne, 1 July 1786; in a red custom-made folder.

Provenance

acquisition: James Cummins, 1998

Catalogue Note

Accounts for improvements to Gibbon's retirement home. Gibbon had moved to Lausanne in 1783 after George Deyverdun, a friend of thirty years standing, had inherited La Grotte, a mansion with ample room for both men.