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Lot 303: BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH

Est: $2,500 USD - $3,500 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USDecember 13, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Way & Groff, 1799

Folio (13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.; 350 x 250 mm). Title-page and terminal leaf repaired along gutter. Modern marbled boards, linen spine, printed paper label.

Artist or Maker

Literature

Allen 534; Coues 1:592; Ellis/Mengel 179; Sabin 3809; Yale/Ripley 22.

Provenance

Robert Cushman Murphy (bookplate evidently removed from an earlier binding and loosely laid in) — H. Bradley Martin (bookplate and sale, Sotheby's New York, 12 December 1989, Lot 1366)

Auction Details

Fine Books & Manuscripts

by
Sotheby's
December 13, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US