Lot 234
Nonesuch Press
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
The Holy Bible. 1924-27, Small folio, 5 volumes, one of 1075 copies of which this is one of 1000 copies on japon vellum [together with] number 414 of 1325 copies of which this is one of 1250 copies of japon vellum, copperplate engraved illustrations by Stephen Gooden, original boards gilt, [Dreyfus 20 & 21], extremities slightly rubbed; Dante Alighieri La divina commedia. 1928. Small folio, number 597 of 1475 copies, original orange vellum, [Dreyfus 50], spine faded, some browning; Walton, I. The compleat angler. 1929. 8vo, number 1465 of 1600 copies, original morocco, [Dreyfus 61], spine faded, bookplate; Cervantes Saavedra, M. de. Don Quixote de la Mancha. 1930. 8vo, number 1186 of 1475 copies, original morocco, [Dreyfus 70], slight soiling to binding; Montaigne, M de. Essays. 1931. 8vo, 2 volumes, number 153 of 1375 copies, original morocco, [Dreyfus 74], spines soiled, bookplates, lower hinge in volume one splitting; Rousseau, J.J. Confessions. 1938. 8vo, 2 volumes, number 66 of 800 copies, original morocco, [Dreyfus 113], spines soiled, labels rubbed with minor loss; together with 5 others comprising Dreyfus 60; 65; 105, rebound; 106 and 142, some bindings soiled (18)
Footnote
Provenance: From the estate of Late Colonel P.L. Bradfer-Lawrence.