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Lot 232
Two 18th Century Religious Books With Fore-edge Torture Scenes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Lessons for Spring and Autumn (Rome, 1771), full calf boards with gilt and conforming lidded slipcases, 12mo (7.25 in.), one edge shows the rack in use while another shows heretics burning. Both volumes with the blind stamp of Dr. Howard Steward, New York.

Collection of Arlene Weitman, Apex, North Carolina

Good estate condition; expected light chipping and wear.