Sunday, January 24, 2021
LOT #187

Architectural Book Assortment

(9) folio volumes, half leather over marbled boards, including “Histoire Archeologique, Descriptive et Graphique de la Sainte-Chapelle du Palais” by Decloux and Doury, A. Morel, Paris, 1865 having chromolithographs by Lemercier; (5) uniformly bound volumes from M. Cesar Daly’s “L’Architecture Privee au XIXe Siecle” series including “Nouvelles Maisons de Paris et des Environs, Sous Napoleon III” in (2) volumes, Paris, 1864, “Nouvelles Maisons de Paris et des Environs, Deuxieme Serie” in (3) volumes, Paris 1872; and “Motifs Historiques D’Architecture et de Sculpture D’Ornement” by M. Cesar Daly in (2) volumes, Paris, 1869, uniformly bound as the other Daly volumes

Estimate: $500 - $700

Hammer Price: $600

Dimensions: Height: 17 7/8 inches, Width: 1 inches, Length: 12 7/8 inches (Histoire Archeologique)

Condition: Very Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; moderate to heavy wear to bindings; book plates to all front paste-down end papers; splits to bindings at many exterior and some interior hinges; front board detached Daly 1872, volume 2; loose and chipped preliminary pages Daly 1864, volume 1; binding split at first signature Daly, 1869, volume 1; no page-by-page inspection performed; overall light wear to texts and plates; overall foxing and nicks, scuffs, scratches and areas of loss to covers

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Sales Tax: New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (8.000%), Washington (10.500%)

Approximate Sale Time: New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (8.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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