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Lot 145

Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020 4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020 4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$300 - 400
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$250
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[MINIATURE BOOKS]. A group of 4 miniature books, comprising: 


ROHLFS, Matthias. Hamburgischer nützlicher Schreib Calender aufs 1781 Jahr. Hamburg: Heinrich Christian Grund, 1781. Contemporary olive cloth gilt. -- COLLOT D'HERBOIS, Jean Marie. Almanach du Père Gérard, Pour L'année 1792. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1792. Contemporary marbled calf, spine in 4 compartments with 3 raised bands, gilt decoration in 3 compartments, red leather gilt-lettered spine label. -- BRUTUS, Marcus Junius. Lettre de Brutus a Ciceron. N.p., n.d., [ca 1793]. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt. -- WESLEY, John. A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists. London: John Mason, 1838. Contemporary calf gilt. Provenance: Martha Downs (signature, 1841); Eleanor M. Harthew (signature, 1907). -- Together 4 works in 4 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS except Wesley, 48mo, condition generally fine.


Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

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