Oct 02, 2002 - Sale 1944

Sale 1944 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
[BERNARD, JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC.] The Praise of Hell; or, A View of the Infernal Regions: containing Some Account of the Advantages of That Place, with Respect to its Antiquity, Situation, and Stability. Together with a Description of its Inhabitants, their Dresses, Manners, Amusements, and Employments; to which is added, a Detail of the Laws, Government, and Constitution, of Hell.<> 8 engraved plates. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf with morocco lettering pieces, joints discreetly reinforced, Volume 1 spine cracked, ends chipped, Volume 2 spine chipped at top; scattered minor foxing, lower outer corner of H4 restored in Volume 1, wormhole in blank lower outer corner of first few leaves in Volume 2. first edition in english.<> London: G. Kearsly, 1760