112 • July 11-12, 2014
0421 Fifty-Three Assorted Leather-Bound Books some partial sets, mostly individual volumes, most three-quarter leather bindings, includes a full set of the Universal Dictionary of the English Language, New York: Collier and Son, 1902, four volumes and a partial set of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, seven volumes, 8-1/4 x 6 in. to 11-1/2 x 8-1/2 in., all in good condition Provenance: Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina Estimate: $400 - $600
0423 Biblia, 1660 Amsterdam Bible, Staten Bible with Vischer Maps the Dutch so-called “Staten” Bibles, published between 1637 and 1760, containing five maps: “The World”, “Paradise”, “The Peregrinations”, “The Promised Land Canaan”, “The Travels of St. Paul” and “A Plan of Jerusalem”, original tooled leather and wooden boards with center medallion, 19 x 121/2 in., replaced spine, engraved title page and first few pages badly repaired (title page almost illegible), still retains metal corner pieces and clasps Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
0422 Twenty-Six Leather-Bound Books Including History of England and Irving’s Works History of England, Hume, Smollett and Hughes, London: Cadell, 1841 and London: Bell, 1855, 17 volumes total (complete), three-quarter leather over marbled boards, some wear at the extremities and some loss on top edges; The Works of Washington Irving, New York: Putnam’s, 1867, six volumes, missing Volume II, and Irving’s Life of George Washington, three volumes, missing the last two volumes, three-quarters leather over marbled boards, all edges marbled, some wear at extremities, 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. to 8-3/4 x 6 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina Estimate: $300 - $500
0424 Biblia, 1720 German Martin Luther Bible Published in Nurnberg Biblia, Nurnberg: Endters, 1720, Martin Luther Bible, red and black title page, frontispiece portrait, several portraits, maps and illustrations in the text, some double-page, period full heavily tooled leather over beveled boards, metal corner devices and corners, 18 x 11-3/4 in., good only, leather straps without clasps, some restoration to a few pages (not well done), front board loose but still attached Estimate: $500 - $1,000