$4,250
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer
Auction: June 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: John Murray, 1926. 8vo. Cosway binding #851, signed by artist Miss Currie and Cosway inventor J.H. Stonehouse on printed leaf bound in before half-title. Contemporary full crushed navy blue levant, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; red moiré silk endleaves; with hand-painted portrait miniature on ivory of George Washington set in center of both boards; by Riviere & Son for bookseller Henry Sotheran. Front board detached; small abrasion to top of same; book-plate of Russell G. Colt on front blank.
Cosway bindings are named for English miniaturist Richard Cosway (ca.1742-1821). The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer.