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Auction archive: Lot number 67

Books on Religion, including Salesman's Sample

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Auction archive: Lot number 67

Books on Religion, including Salesman's Sample

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Fleetwood, Rev. John. The Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Together with the Lives of his Holy Apostles and Evangelists,... London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, n.d. [ca 1860]. 4to, full embossed leather, gilt spine, 787pp. Numerous illustrations. Front board detached with some prelims. Scattered light toning and foxing. Old library tape across spine to hold front board on. Spine flaking away. The Cottage Bible, and Family Expositor; Containing the Old and New Testaments, with Practical Expositions and Explanatory Notes. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857, Vol. 1. Large 8vo, full embossed leather, 736pp, [ii maps]. Covers heavily worn. Spine may be a replacement, but many years ago. Moderate foxing. Tiffany, Osmond. Sacred Biography and History, Containing Descriptions of Palestine, Ancient and Modern: Lives of the Patriarchs, Kings and Prophets, Christ and the Apostles, Most Eminent Reformers, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, &c. and Sketches of the Ruins of the Celebrates Cities, Palmyra, Nineveh, Jerusalem, and Others Mentioned in the Sacred Writings. Chicago: Hugh Heron, 1874. 8vo, full embossed leather, marbled page edges, 702pp, 2pp ads. Two folding illustrations, "Bird's Eye View of the Holy Lands" and "Christ Blessing Little Children" (with tear near binding), plus over a dozen single page illustrations. Front board detached, spine gone, but binding still tight. Plus salesman's sample for new edition of the above: Tiffany, Osmond. Sacred Biography and History, Containing Descriptions of Palestine, Ancient and Modern: Lives of the Patriarchs, Kings and Prophets, Christ and the Apostles, Most Eminent Reformers, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, &c. and Sketches of the Ruins of the Celebrates Cities, Palmyra, Nineveh, Jerusalem, and Others Mentioned in the Sacred Writings. Chicago: Hugh Heron, 1875. 8vo, red printed boards with gilt highlights, contains pp. 11-16, 637-638, 645-646, 15 illustrations, 671-6, 683-4, 687-8, 691-2. Inside front cover is cloth spine; inside rear cover is leather spine, both with gilt lettering. In back is what appears to be a salesman's hand-drawn map with names and numbers (likely of the homes he visited). Fletcher, Rev. John. The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher. Philadelphia: Henry Tuckniss, 1794, first American ed., Vol. 5. 16mo, full calf, 300pp. Boards worn, missing leather on corners and spine ends. Water stains and foxing throughout.

Auction archive: Lot number 67
Auction:
Datum:
11 Feb 2016
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Fleetwood, Rev. John. The Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Together with the Lives of his Holy Apostles and Evangelists,... London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, n.d. [ca 1860]. 4to, full embossed leather, gilt spine, 787pp. Numerous illustrations. Front board detached with some prelims. Scattered light toning and foxing. Old library tape across spine to hold front board on. Spine flaking away. The Cottage Bible, and Family Expositor; Containing the Old and New Testaments, with Practical Expositions and Explanatory Notes. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857, Vol. 1. Large 8vo, full embossed leather, 736pp, [ii maps]. Covers heavily worn. Spine may be a replacement, but many years ago. Moderate foxing. Tiffany, Osmond. Sacred Biography and History, Containing Descriptions of Palestine, Ancient and Modern: Lives of the Patriarchs, Kings and Prophets, Christ and the Apostles, Most Eminent Reformers, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, &c. and Sketches of the Ruins of the Celebrates Cities, Palmyra, Nineveh, Jerusalem, and Others Mentioned in the Sacred Writings. Chicago: Hugh Heron, 1874. 8vo, full embossed leather, marbled page edges, 702pp, 2pp ads. Two folding illustrations, "Bird's Eye View of the Holy Lands" and "Christ Blessing Little Children" (with tear near binding), plus over a dozen single page illustrations. Front board detached, spine gone, but binding still tight. Plus salesman's sample for new edition of the above: Tiffany, Osmond. Sacred Biography and History, Containing Descriptions of Palestine, Ancient and Modern: Lives of the Patriarchs, Kings and Prophets, Christ and the Apostles, Most Eminent Reformers, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, &c. and Sketches of the Ruins of the Celebrates Cities, Palmyra, Nineveh, Jerusalem, and Others Mentioned in the Sacred Writings. Chicago: Hugh Heron, 1875. 8vo, red printed boards with gilt highlights, contains pp. 11-16, 637-638, 645-646, 15 illustrations, 671-6, 683-4, 687-8, 691-2. Inside front cover is cloth spine; inside rear cover is leather spine, both with gilt lettering. In back is what appears to be a salesman's hand-drawn map with names and numbers (likely of the homes he visited). Fletcher, Rev. John. The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher. Philadelphia: Henry Tuckniss, 1794, first American ed., Vol. 5. 16mo, full calf, 300pp. Boards worn, missing leather on corners and spine ends. Water stains and foxing throughout.

Auction archive: Lot number 67
Auction:
Datum:
11 Feb 2016
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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