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Auction archive: Lot number 140

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD. An Essay towards the recovery of the Jewish Measures & Weights, comprehending their monies; by help of Ancient Standards, compared with ours of England. London, 1686. 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, joints a little cracked . FIR...

Auction 24.06.1998
24 Jun 1998
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,265
Auction archive: Lot number 140

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD. An Essay towards the recovery of the Jewish Measures & Weights, comprehending their monies; by help of Ancient Standards, compared with ours of England. London, 1686. 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, joints a little cracked . FIR...

Auction 24.06.1998
24 Jun 1998
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,265
Beschreibung:

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD. An Essay towards the recovery of the Jewish Measures & Weights, comprehending their monies; by help of Ancient Standards, compared with ours of England. London, 1686. 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, joints a little cracked . FIRST EDITION, folding engraved plate . Wing C-7581 -- SPRAT, THOMAS. The History of the Royal-Society of London. London, 1667. 4to, old calf, slight wear, old faint stain on title , FIRST EDITION, engraved armorial on verso of imprimatur leaf, folding engraved frontispiece by Wenzel Hollar after Evelyn, 2 folding engraved plates. Wing S-5032. W.J. Evelyn's copy with W. Hart's letter of sale to him loosely inserted and draft of Evelyn's reply written on fly-leaf, "JE" bookplate (sale, Christie's London, 16 March 1978, lot 1406) -- CARVER, MARMADUKE. A Discourse of the Terrestrial Paradise. London, 1666. 8vo, new half calf . Wing C-719. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 140
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jun 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD. An Essay towards the recovery of the Jewish Measures & Weights, comprehending their monies; by help of Ancient Standards, compared with ours of England. London, 1686. 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, joints a little cracked . FIRST EDITION, folding engraved plate . Wing C-7581 -- SPRAT, THOMAS. The History of the Royal-Society of London. London, 1667. 4to, old calf, slight wear, old faint stain on title , FIRST EDITION, engraved armorial on verso of imprimatur leaf, folding engraved frontispiece by Wenzel Hollar after Evelyn, 2 folding engraved plates. Wing S-5032. W.J. Evelyn's copy with W. Hart's letter of sale to him loosely inserted and draft of Evelyn's reply written on fly-leaf, "JE" bookplate (sale, Christie's London, 16 March 1978, lot 1406) -- CARVER, MARMADUKE. A Discourse of the Terrestrial Paradise. London, 1666. 8vo, new half calf . Wing C-719. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 140
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jun 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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