Nov 09, 2010 - Sale 2229

Sale 2229 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(ALEXANDER THE GREAT.) Friedrich August, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneberg-Öls. Critical Reflections on the Character and Actions of Alexander the Great. Written Originally in Italian. [16], 198, [2] pages, including final ad leaf. first edition in english * Sainte-Croix, Guillaume-Emmanuel-Joseph, Baron. Examen Critique des Anciens Historiens d'Alexandre-le-Grand. Folding engraved map. [4], viii, 356 pages, including half-title. first edition. Together, 2 volumes. Small 8vo, contemporary calf, covers and free endpapers detached; and 4to, contemporary 1/2 sheep, top spine compartment off, front cover detached; contents of both volumes clean. Julio Berzunza bookplates. London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1767; Paris: (widow Hérissant for) Dessain, Junior, 1775