Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part III

Condition generally good. Complete list of works in the lot:
1. ASQUITH, K.G. et al. Memories and Reflections. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half morocco by the Monastery Hill Bindery. Provenance: James Davis (bookplate); sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (description laid in).

2. MACAULAY, Lord. [Works]. L: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. 11 volumes, 8vo. Later half calf stamp-signed by Morrell Binder, London. Provenance: Marshall Field (bookplates). Later editions.

3. The Holy Bible with Illustrations from the Vatican Library. Atlanta et al: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1995. Folio. Original brown calf. FIRST EDITION.

4. RANKE, Leopold. The Ecclesiastical and political History of the Popes of Rome. L: John Murray, 1840. 3 volumes, 8vo. 19th-century calf stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Provenance: sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (description laid in). FIRST EDITION.

5. BUMPUS, T. Francis. The Cathedrals of England and Wales. L: T. Werner Laurie, 1907. 3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Provenance: G. Darley (signature). Second edition.

6. [The Medici Art Series]. Wonders of Italy. Florence: G. Fattorusso, 1937. 4to. Modern calf gilt. Seventh edition.

7. The Reign of Terror. L: Leonard Smithers, 1898. 2 volumes, 8vo. 20th-century half calf.

8. PALEOLOGUE, Maurice. An Ambassador’s Memoirs. F.A. Holt, translator. NY: George H. Doran Company, n.d. 3 volumes, 8vo. 20th-century half morocco. Sixth edition.

9. THIERS, M.A. History of the Consulate and the Empire. L: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1870. 12 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half sheep. “Illustrated edition.”

10. [Memoirs of the Court Series] MIRABEAU, Count. The Secret History of the Court of Berlin. -- The Courts of Europe at the Close of the Last Century. -- The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud. -- Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark. -- The Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. -- Memoirs of the Court and Aristocracy of Austria. L: H.S. Nichols, 1895, 1895, 1895, 1895, 1895, 1896. 10 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 copies.

11. GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. L: T. Cadell et al, 1839. 8 volumes, 8vo. 20th-century half calf by The Monastery Hill Bindery Conservation Studio (laid in description). Provenance: sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (laid in description). “New Edition.”

12. PLUTARCH. Lives and Writings. NY et al: The Colonial Company, Limited, 1905. 5 volumes, 8vo. Modern calf.

13. LAMARTINE, A. De. Histoire de la Turquie. Paris: Victor Lecou et al, 1855. 8 volumes, 8vo. 19th-century calf backed boards. Provenance: sold d’Alex: Paya & Cie (ticket); Frank Marble Pray (bookplate).

14. BELSHAM, William. History of Great Britain. L: Richard Phillips, 1805. 12 volumes, 8vo. Later half calf.

15. BOADEN, James. Beaux & Belles of England. L: The Grolier Society, n.d. 11 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 507 of 1000 copies of the “Imperial edition.”

16. HUME, David and T. SMOLLET. History of England. Edinburgh et al: Peter Hill & Company et al, 1818. 3 volumes of Hume (of 8, lacking I, III-V) and vol. V of Smollett only (of 5). Contemporary calf blind-stamped.

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