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Auction archive: Lot number 21

[MORMONISM].

Estimate
US$200 - US$400
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 21

[MORMONISM].

Estimate
US$200 - US$400
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

* [MORMONISM]. The Deseret Second Book by the Regents of the Deseret University. [In Deseret]. [Salt Lake City, UT]: n.p., 1868. 12mo (185 x 114 mm). Text printed in Deseret language throughout, pictorial title-page, numerous illustrations. Original brown cloth-backed printed boards (some overall staining or light wear, some light chipping to spine). FIRST EDITION of this phonetic alphabet. Alfred L. Bush notes: "I find [volumes in the Deseret alphabet] a curious and intersting aspect of Brigham Young's empire-building -- which went so far as to include an attempt at an alphabetic reformation" (qtd. in Streeter). Flake 2818; Streeter IV: 2309. Estimate $200-400 Provenance: O'Connor (signature); acquired Swann Galleries, 1957.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
1338 West Lake Street
Chicago IL 60607
United States
info@lesliehindman.com
+1 (0)312 280 1212
Beschreibung:

* [MORMONISM]. The Deseret Second Book by the Regents of the Deseret University. [In Deseret]. [Salt Lake City, UT]: n.p., 1868. 12mo (185 x 114 mm). Text printed in Deseret language throughout, pictorial title-page, numerous illustrations. Original brown cloth-backed printed boards (some overall staining or light wear, some light chipping to spine). FIRST EDITION of this phonetic alphabet. Alfred L. Bush notes: "I find [volumes in the Deseret alphabet] a curious and intersting aspect of Brigham Young's empire-building -- which went so far as to include an attempt at an alphabetic reformation" (qtd. in Streeter). Flake 2818; Streeter IV: 2309. Estimate $200-400 Provenance: O'Connor (signature); acquired Swann Galleries, 1957.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
1338 West Lake Street
Chicago IL 60607
United States
info@lesliehindman.com
+1 (0)312 280 1212
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