Sep 30, 2010 - Sale 2223

Sale 2223 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 168
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(ENCYCLOPEDIA.) Lieber, Francis; editor. Encyclopædia Americana. 13 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, lacking most spine labels; intermittent moderate dampstaining; most volumes have library bookplate on front pastedown and inked stamp on flyleaf but no other library markings. Not collated but apparently complete. Philadelphia, 1836 and 1840 (mixed set)

Additional Details

"New edition." Volumes I, II, V, XI have only private ownership markings, and volumes I and XI are from the 1836 edition while the rest are 1840, but the binding appears uniform. Does not include the 1847 supplement volume. Sabin 22556. with--extra copy of Volume VI.