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Auction archive: Lot number 29

GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the east , London: for the author, sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow [and 4 others], 1762. 2 volumes, 12° (lacking the final bla...

Auction 20.11.1998
20 Nov 1998
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$332 - US$498
Price realised:
£690
ca. US$1,146
Auction archive: Lot number 29

GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the east , London: for the author, sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow [and 4 others], 1762. 2 volumes, 12° (lacking the final bla...

Auction 20.11.1998
20 Nov 1998
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$332 - US$498
Price realised:
£690
ca. US$1,146
Beschreibung:

GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the east , London: for the author, sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow [and 4 others], 1762. 2 volumes, 12° (lacking the final blank in each volume, dark ink stain on E5 in vol. II but sense recoverable, lightly spotted), brown calf gilt by Ramace, spines decorated and lettered gilt (spines very lightly and evenly faded), g.e. Provenance : Herbert S. Leon, bookplate. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Rothschild 1021; Williams p. 123. Oliver GOLDSMITH. The Poetical and Dramatic Works , London: by H. Goldney, for Messieurs Rivington, T. Carnan and F. Newbery [and 4 others], 1780. 2 volumes, 12°, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Goldsmith (a few light spots, end of vol. I and beginning of vol. II heavily spotted), contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spine, green and red morocco labels (a few old repairs on covers). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes III, 909; Williams p. 174. (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the east , London: for the author, sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow [and 4 others], 1762. 2 volumes, 12° (lacking the final blank in each volume, dark ink stain on E5 in vol. II but sense recoverable, lightly spotted), brown calf gilt by Ramace, spines decorated and lettered gilt (spines very lightly and evenly faded), g.e. Provenance : Herbert S. Leon, bookplate. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Rothschild 1021; Williams p. 123. Oliver GOLDSMITH. The Poetical and Dramatic Works , London: by H. Goldney, for Messieurs Rivington, T. Carnan and F. Newbery [and 4 others], 1780. 2 volumes, 12°, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Goldsmith (a few light spots, end of vol. I and beginning of vol. II heavily spotted), contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spine, green and red morocco labels (a few old repairs on covers). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes III, 909; Williams p. 174. (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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