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Lot 63
Sale 5372 - Rare Books & Manuscripts
Apr 10, 2014
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$250 -
400
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$750
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Lot Description
1 vol.
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1 vol.
(Cruikshank, George, illus.) [Combe, William, imitation.] The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem. London: T. Tegg, 1817.
2nd issue. 8vo, late 19th-century full gilt-paneled crushed green niger morocco, field of gilt Napoleonic bees on back cover, gilt bees & other Napoleonic emblems in spine compartments, gilt Napoleonic turn-ins, a.e.g., embossed deep rose silked doublures & endpapers, by Walters; spine faded to brown, very minor, very occasional scuffing to edges. With 30 hand-colored plates incl engraved title, tissue guards. Scattered light foxing. Tall (untrimmed?) copy in tight, bright bdg.
Tooley 151; Cohn 153.