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Lot 155
Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020
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Lot Description
[Americana] Braght, Tieleman Jans van Der blutige Schau-Platz
Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1748-1749. Two volumes in one. First edition. Folio. Frontispiece, (1)-56, (1)-478, [4]; [14], 1-949, [11] pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece. Original calf over wooden boards, rubbed and worn, front joint split but holding, with metal corner ornaments on front and rear boards, brass clasps on front board, lacking the leather straps; frontispiece detached and moderately toned, with some dampstaining and dust-smudging in margins, some chipping at edges. Ex-library with card sleeve on rear paste-down, remnants of printed label and manuscript library annotations to front paste-down. Evans 6256.