Lot #1064 - Books Literary Classics (3)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1064
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Lot Description:Books Literary Classics (3)
BURTON, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy... by Democritus Junior. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer.London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. Two volumes.115 ,85 illustrations, several used more than once, xv,591pp. in two volumes, all edges untrimmed, 4to., 1/4 parchment and Italian printed paper boards, some slight pale spotting/foxing to spines, minor shelf wear to lower corners. Edition of 750 numbered copies. Dreyfus 28. A nice copy; [ PLUTARCH ] NORTH, Thomas (Translator) The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes compared together by that grave learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke [Plutarch] of Chaeronea. Translated out of the Greek into French by James Amyot: and out of French into Englishe by Thomas North: The Illustrations by T.L. Poulton: With the Fifteen Supplementary Lives of 1603. London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929-30. Five volumes complete. Portrait illustration in an elaborate decorative 'frame' to each life, Vol 1- xxviii,(2),431,(1)pp. Vol 2- (8),442,(1)pp -
Estimate:A$450 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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