Sold for:
$390

THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE [ ]. A 5-Volume Set about mankinds' scientific and intellectual development. St. Petersburg: "Prosveschenie" Publishing House, 1900-02. Edited by Hans Kremer. Text in Russian. Translated from the German by A.S. Dogel. Approximately 200 special artistic sections/illustrations, in both color and black and white, and approximately 1500 drawings throughout the entire set. Half-leather and half-cloth bindings on each volume, each expressively decorated in the art nouveau style. Calico leather with gold stamping, and embossed metal plaque depicting a man on 4 covers (1 missing). 290


Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions

Date:
2010-11-03