Apr 28, 2005 - Sale 2040

Sale 2040 - Lot 10

Price Realized: $ 805
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
BÉLIDOR, BERNARD FOREST DE. Architecture Hydraulique. 221 (of 222) engraved plates, including portrait and 2 frontispieces; Volume 2 lacks plate 4 in chapter 4 of book 4. 2 volumes in 4. 4to, contemporary mottled calf gilt, worn, spine ends damaged, portions of leather missing from Volume 1 front cover; occasional browning variously affecting some plates, light dampstaining in lower margins in Volumes 1 and 4 with traces of mold and paper corrosion along bottom edges, Volume 4 lacks free endpapers. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-39-50-70

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