Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 73

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
[BURKE, EDMUND, et al.] An Account of the European Settlements in America. 2 folding maps, edges restored. [8], 312; [2], 300, [20] pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf over boards; offsetting on title pages from maps, front hinges split, moderate foxing; bookplates on front endpapers London, 1757

Additional Details

first edition. "Best contemporary account"--Howes B974 ("aa"). Sabin 9282. Provenance: early armorial bookplate of George White, Esq.; collection of Alberto Parreño; his Swann sale, 9 February 1978, lot 103.