May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 146

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?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, Translated from the French of the Celebrated Monsieur Savary . . . With Large Additions and Improvements . . . 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; 26 folding tables. 2 volumes. Folio, 422x260 mm, contemporary calf gilt, worn, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional light marginal soiling and foxing of text, maps clean, few maps and tables worn along fore edge. London: John Knapton, 1757

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