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Lot 264
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$150 -
250
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$88
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Lot Description
[ALLEN PRESS]. MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592). Essays of Montaigne. Hillsborough, CA: Allen Press, 1948.
8vo. Title printed in green, purple and brown; headpieces and initials printed in colors throughout, initials additionally gilt. Original red brocade-covered boards, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut; original gold dust jacket (some wear to extremities, chipped with small losses, scratch on front panel).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 200 unnumbered copies, with headpieces and initials by Mallette Dean, and bound by William Wheeler.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation