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(monograms) . CREST AND MONOGRAM ALBUM - COLLECTION OF 250 MOUNTED CRESTS
London 1889 (dated from one of the crests which had handwritten date on it) mounted in professional album made William S. Lincoln company specially made for collections of crest and mongrams.These crests and monograms were cut by the collector from envelopes and letter heads. Most are embossed and many are quite attractive. The crests are of military regiments, university colleges, arms and crests of peers, etc. Album title is printed on front board in gilt. 34 album pages, each page of which has a delicate one or two color design format creating the spaces into which the crests are to be mounted. Sq.8vo, hardcover, maroon and black ink decoration cover. Album opens to first page of the collection--if there was a titlepage originally, it is now gone. Fullpage photo illustrations of Lincoln store in rear along with 24pp. of illustrated advertisrments for albums, stamps, crests, coins collections and related materials. Hinges intact, inside and out. Cover worn at ends and corners, some light staining on boards, occasional tiny spots of soil on album pages. Collection is not complete, maybe one third of spots for crests are as yet unfilled. First page of album somewhat browned. Overall Good condition. A real period piece. (a50854)
$400.00 Houssay, Luis Alberto Leoni . ICONOGRAFIA DE CARLOS PELLIGRINI
1981 Banco de la Nacion Argentina. Copy No. 1207. In Spanish. 4to., 159pp., color illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ, very light edge wear, some wrinkling on rear panel. (a51616)
$175.00 Pine, Iohannes. Horace . QVINTI HORATII FLACCI OPERA VOLUME ONE
Londinii 1733 Iohannes Pine. In Latin. 8vo., 264pp, numerous beautiful illustrations from ancient coins and other monuments, ornamental initials, vignettes and tailpieces, all in very fine impressions throughout, full leather with gilt deorated borders and emblem. Good, slight staining and brown, front board detached, final two leaves have old dry water stain. Volume one only: (a40371)
$500.00 Traeger, Friedrich Moritz . UNENTBEHRLICHES TASCHENBUCH FUR GOLD UND SILBERARBEITER, GURTLER UND PLATTIRER
Stuttgart 1844 Adolph Krabbe. Eine sammlung pratisch erpropter Recepte mit Abhandlung uber die Eignschaften und den Giebrauch sammtlicher Metalle. In German. 12mo., 147pp., original marbled boards. Pencil scribble on end papers. Lacks rear free blank. Good, spine and cover worn, light foxing. Scarce. (a65670)
$350.00 Woide, Carolum Godofredum (Woide, Charles Godrey, 1725-1790) . NUMMI PALMYRENI ILLUSTRATIO
no date, c. 1776 (as was removed from a collection of reports in the Society of Antiquaries for 1776). Sm.4to., 3 pages of text in Latin with one full page copperplate (on somewhat heavier stock paper) showing front and verso of 14 coins titled: Numismatia Hebraica, &c,. two additional coins pictured in box above the beginning of the text, removed and laid in later wraps. Good. Scarce. (a68380)
$300.00