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Lot 470
Two 19th Century Book Sets, One of Historical Engravings and the Second of Greek Plays
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: Payne's Universum, or Pictorial World (London: Brain and Payne, n. d., circa 1840s), 4to (11 in.), three-quarter leather over printed boards, numerous fine engravings with text covering topics of general interest and genteel attainment (wear and some scuffs to boards; tight binding; toned leaves; good condition); Six Volumes of Euripides in Greek (Leipzig, 1899), three-quarter leather over marbled boards, 8vo (9in.), with blank leaves for notes. Front endpapers stamped in red "Disposed of by the J. H. U. Library," presumably Johns Hopkins University (very good condition).