ANTIQUITIES / ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORICAL VOLUMES, LOT OF
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ANTIQUITIES / ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORICAL VOLUMES, LOT OF FOUR, comprising John Potter, "Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece", 1832, printed for Stirling & Kenney, et al, Edinburgh, in two volumes, red cloth boards with paper labels to spines, each with numerous plates, Vol. I with fold-out map "GRAECIA ANTIQUA"; and George Laurence Gomme, ed., "Archaeology: A Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of 'The Gentleman's Magazine' from 1731-1868", 1886, Eliot Stock, London, in two volumes, rough-cut pages, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines.
Good condition overall, each with expected minor to moderate wear to boards/spines, corners bumped, Potter examples with front boards and spine loose but attached to back boards, fold-out map detached but present, each with expected toning, Potter examples with some scattered foxing, some moisture stains.
Provenance: From the research library of Ivor Noel Hume, O.B.E., F.S.A., Williamsburg, VA.
Catalogue Note: Ivor Noel Hume (1927-2017), O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire), F.S.A. (Fellow, Society of Antiquaries), was a distinguished scholar, author, and former director of the Department of Archaeological Research at Colonial Williamsburg.
Good condition overall, each with expected minor to moderate wear to boards/spines, corners bumped, Potter examples with front boards and spine loose but attached to back boards, fold-out map detached but present, each with expected toning, Potter examples with some scattered foxing, some moisture stains.
Provenance: From the research library of Ivor Noel Hume, O.B.E., F.S.A., Williamsburg, VA.
Catalogue Note: Ivor Noel Hume (1927-2017), O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire), F.S.A. (Fellow, Society of Antiquaries), was a distinguished scholar, author, and former director of the Department of Archaeological Research at Colonial Williamsburg.
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Good condition overall, each with expected minor to moderate wear to boards/spines, corners bumped, Potter examples with front boards and spine loose but attached to back boards, fold-out map detached but present, each with expected toning, Potter examples with some scattered foxing, some moisture stains.
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ANTIQUITIES / ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORICAL VOLUMES, LOT OF
Estimate $50 - $100
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