Nov 09, 2010 - Sale 2229

Sale 2229 - Lot 117

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
SAVARY DES BRUSLONS, JACQUES. The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, With Large Additions and Improvements, Adapting the same to the Present State of British Affairs in America . . . By Malachy Postlethwayt, Esq. Engraved allegorical frontispiece in Volume 1; 24 folding or double-page engraved maps, including 4 of North and 3 of South America. 2 volumes. Folio, 421x267 mm, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked; scattered light marginal foxing of text, occasional light toning and/or offsetting on maps. Lord Walsingham armorial bookplates. London: H. Woodfall et al., 1766

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Third edition of a translation first published in 1751-55. The original French version first appeared in 1723.