05-03-200505-03-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2283
May 3, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
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Five Children's Books

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$235$200
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2283Location: BoltonDate / Time: May 03, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Five Children's Books, early to mid-19th century, four with hand-coloring including The Old Woman and Her Three Sons, J. Harris, London, 1815, hand-coloring throughout; Beauty and the Beast, T. Hughes, London, 2nd edition, with fold-out color plate; Le Jeux de Petits Militaire, Pierre Blanchard, Paris, 1825, with colored plates, (spine loose, some soiling, foxing, title page torn); Old Dame Trot, c. 1830; Little Henri; Munroe & Francis, New York, 1825, from the French, color frontispiece, (covers loose and soiled).
Estimate $400-600

Keywords

London, Paris, Pierre Blanchard, the Beast, Beauty and the Beast