EMANUEL HARRY Diamonds and Precious Stones

Sale 2008 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 5,520

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

INSCRIBED TO THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL EMANUEL, HARRY. Diamonds and Precious Stones. Beautiful color steel engraved frontispiece, 4 tinted plates, 2 chromolithographed plates, 28 text illustrations. 4to, blindstamped calf "à l'antique" over wood by T. Aitken, bevelled edges, spine with raised bands and gilt title label, red polished edges, some scuffing and natural discoloration. London: John Camden Hotten, 1865

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extremely rare first large-paper edition; inscribed presentation copy to the emperor of brazil