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Auction archive: Lot number 152

Caulfield, James | Two later editions of Caulfield's collection of remarkable characters

The Ricky Jay Collection
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$756
Auction archive: Lot number 152

Caulfield, James | Two later editions of Caulfield's collection of remarkable characters

The Ricky Jay Collection
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$756
Beschreibung:

Caulfield, JamesTwo later editions of Caulflied's Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons Caulfield, James. Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons. London: S. Kirby, 1813. 3 volumes, 8vo (250 x 160 mm). Titles, woodcut tailpieces, 155 engraved plates; foxing, though most plates quite clean, some browning at edges. In tan calf, boards triple ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second and third with morocco labels lettered in gilt, others with repeat decoration in gilt, year in gilt at foot, inner dentelles gilt, top edges gilt, black endpapers; slight soiling to boards, rubbed at spines and hinges, some loss to morocco labels in second and third volume. — Caulfield, James. Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons. London: H.R. Young ... and ... T.H. Whitely, 1819. 4 volumes, 8vo (233 x 155 mm). Titles, woodcut tailpieces, 155 engraved plates; offsetting from plates, marginal closed tear in second volume, foxing, though rarely affecting plates. Later polished tan calf, third volume in darker calf, original spines laid down, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second compartments with calf label lettered in gilt, others with repeat decoration in gilt, boards ruled in gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers; binding separating at spine and front hinge cracked in fourth volume, overall some loss to spine labels, rubbed at extremities with exposure at corners, soiling and scratches to boards. Later editions of Caulfield's wonderful collection of the lives of remarkable characters. (See previous lots.) PROVENANCE:I.B. Perlman (bookplate to pastedown)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.

Auction archive: Lot number 152
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Caulfield, JamesTwo later editions of Caulflied's Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons Caulfield, James. Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons. London: S. Kirby, 1813. 3 volumes, 8vo (250 x 160 mm). Titles, woodcut tailpieces, 155 engraved plates; foxing, though most plates quite clean, some browning at edges. In tan calf, boards triple ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second and third with morocco labels lettered in gilt, others with repeat decoration in gilt, year in gilt at foot, inner dentelles gilt, top edges gilt, black endpapers; slight soiling to boards, rubbed at spines and hinges, some loss to morocco labels in second and third volume. — Caulfield, James. Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons. London: H.R. Young ... and ... T.H. Whitely, 1819. 4 volumes, 8vo (233 x 155 mm). Titles, woodcut tailpieces, 155 engraved plates; offsetting from plates, marginal closed tear in second volume, foxing, though rarely affecting plates. Later polished tan calf, third volume in darker calf, original spines laid down, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second compartments with calf label lettered in gilt, others with repeat decoration in gilt, boards ruled in gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers; binding separating at spine and front hinge cracked in fourth volume, overall some loss to spine labels, rubbed at extremities with exposure at corners, soiling and scratches to boards. Later editions of Caulfield's wonderful collection of the lives of remarkable characters. (See previous lots.) PROVENANCE:I.B. Perlman (bookplate to pastedown)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.

Auction archive: Lot number 152
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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