Apr 28, 2005 - Sale 2040

Sale 2040 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 3,910
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
COSWAY-STYLE BINDING GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. The Poetical Works. Frontispiece portrait. Half-title. Small 8vo, red levant elegantly gilt by sangorski & sutcliffe with their monogram stamp, Greek-key border around center wreath containing monogram OG on front cover and lyre on rear cover, spine in 6 compartments, lettered in one with ornamental tooling in the rest, Cosway-style front doublure of navy morocco with lavish gilt floral tooling surrounding countersunk oval compartment containing inlaid gouache and pencil portrait of Goldsmith with arabesque extensions at top and bottom, each inset with 3 small pearls, navy morocco rear doublure with gilt floral tooling in corners, cream silk endleaves; felt-lined cloth folding case. Armorial bookplates of Albert Henry Wiggin and Lynde Selden. London: William Pickering, 1835
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