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Lot 72
Sale 5465 - The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Part III
Jan 30, 2020
5:00AM ET
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$4,688
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[Law] [Magna Carta] Blackstone, William The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, with other Authentic Instruments: to Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1759. First edition, large paper copy. Large 4to. (4), lxxvi, (4), 86 pp. Illustrated with engraved dedication leaf, engraved initials illlustrating buildings at Oxford, and large engraved tailpieces. Contemporary full Russia, decoratively tooled in gilt, front joint starting, small spine end losses, light wear to corners, abrasions and soiling to front and rear boards; marbled edges; matching marbled endpapers; in modern brown linen-covered slip case. Slight offsetting from initials and tailpieces; minor foxing to front free endpaper verso and first free leaf; darkening to edges of rear free leaf. Book-plate on front paste-down. Rothschild 406, ESTC T143723.