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Lot 50
Sale 5183 - Books & Manuscripts
Feb 18, 2021
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$1,386
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[Games] [Chess] Book Box
An eighteenth-century edition of Voltaire made into a traditional secret book box, hiding a miniature fully functional chess set of white and red pieces on an ocean blue and tan leather board. 8vo. Full mottled calf, elaborately tooled in gilt; marbled endpapers.