Potter & Potter Auctions
Live Auction

Printed Books & Manuscripts (Online Only)

Thu, Jan 18, 2024 12:00PM EST
Lot 54

[AMERICANA]. A group of 12 titles in 30 volumes. [V.p., v.d...

Estimate: $150 - $250

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
[AMERICANA]. A group of 12 titles in 30 volumes. [V.p., v.d., ca. 1800s]. 32mos to 8vos. Various (mainly later) editions. Various contemporary and later bindings. Some general wear, soiling, ownership markings, a few loose boards. Overall, a good group. Titles include The Mississippi Valley (1880), The Market Book (inscribed by the author, 1862), History of the Discovery of America (Trumbull, 1862), A Dictionary of the Most Uncommon Wonders of the Works of Art and Nature (1819), Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez (1893 facsimile), Dramatic Dialogues (1798), A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century (2 volumes, 1803), An Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany (1830), Whatcheer (1832), Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois (1818), Volumes 5 and 12 from Parley?s Cabinet Library (1843, both volumes about Native Americans), Histoire Philosophique (by Raynal, 1792, 17 volumes).