200
[MINIATURE BOOKS]. A group of 4 works, comprising:
Estimate: $300-$400
Passed
Live Auction
Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Description
[MINIATURE BOOKS]. A group of 4 works, comprising:
VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius. Bucolica. London: W. Pickering, 1821. 81 x 46 mm. With frontispiece. Contemporary calf (front hinge cracked, with first quire detached). Provenance: “E.W.” (monogram bookplate). -- The Means of Doing Good. Stourport: G. Nicholson, 1820. 87 x 52 mm. Engraved frontispiece and additional title with vignette. Contemporary red morocco-backed patterned boards (front cover and preliminaries detached, corners worn, rubbed). Provenance: “Aspinwall” (lettered on front free endpaper). Rare provincial printing. Not in Welsh. -- WEBER, Msgr. Francis J. C. E. D. “The Lady”. San Fernando, CA: Junipero Serra Press, 1988. 68 x 47 mm. With original morocco bookplate of Carrie Estelle Doheny mounted as frontispiece. Original gilt-lettered leather. LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies. -- WEBER, Msgr. Francis J. The Immortal Little Willie. San Fernando, CA: Junipero Serra Press, 1990. 66 x 45 mm. With original 20¢ US postage stamp tipped-in as frontispiece. Original gilt-lettered leather. LIMITED EDITION, one of 200 copies.