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November 17, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Early Books, Eight.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2687BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 17, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Early Books, Eight.
Small-format French book of psalms, c. 1630, lacking the title page;
Milton's Paradise Lost, illustrated, 1711;
Les Avantures de Telemaque, 1751, two volumes bound as one, illustrated, map;
Emblem book, Spain, 16th century, defective, lacking pages, badly trimmed;
Langley's The Builder's Jewel, 1746, frontispiece, many plates;
Paradise Lost, illustrated with texts of scripture by John Gillies, 1793;
Cicero's De Officiis, Amsterdam, 1691;
[and]The Life of William III, 1703, second edition, frontis, plates, large folding plate torn, front board detached; all books are small format, varying bindings and condition, sold as is, not collated. (8)

Provenance: Estate of Charles Paine Fisher.
Estimate $200-300


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Keywords

Spain, John Gillies, Amsterdam, William III, Charles Paine Fisher