Jun 14, 2016 - Sale 2419

Sale 2419 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
BEATTIE, WILLIAM. The Waldenses, Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche. 2 volumes. Engraved portrait, additional title, folding map, and 70 steel-engraved plates after William Bartlett and William Brockedon. 4to, contemporary 1/2 green polished calf over patterned cloth with gilt spines, moderate rubbing with some surface loss; Vol. 1 hinge cracked, scattered foxing, owner's inked signature on engraved title; bookplates of Laurence Adamson; custom silk-lined cloth chemise with gilt-lettered tan calf spine label and brown cloth slipcase. London: Virtue, 1888

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A history of the historically persecuted Waldenses and their lives in the valleys of Piedmont, in Italy, and Dauphiny and Ban de la Roche, now in France, illustrated with numerous views of the Alps and valleys.