Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Marvin Masonic Sale, with Plates
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE MARVIN COLLECTION OF MASONIC MEDALS, TOGETHER WITH A FINE VARIETY OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS IN GOLD AND SILVER. New York, June 21, 1881. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. 51, (1) pages; 765 lots; handsome chromolithographic frontispiece plate of Arms of the Freemasons; 2 fine heliotype plates; 3 lithographic plates. Front wrap stained; used as backing for frontispiece; otherwise near fine. Adams 38, with plates. Rated A- overall: "Definitive collection of masonic material by the man who wrote the book." Scarce. Ex Armand Champa Library (Davis/Bowers Part II, lot 1519); ex F. Gordon Frost Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 126) lot 1056; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $200)
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE MARVIN COLLECTION OF MASONIC MEDALS, TOGETHER WITH A FINE VARIETY OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS IN GOLD AND SILVER. New York, June 21, 1881. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. 51, (1) pages; 765 lots; handsome chromolithographic frontispiece plate of Arms of the Freemasons; 2 fine heliotype plates; 3 lithographic plates. Front wrap stained; used as backing for frontispiece; otherwise near fine. Adams 38, with plates. Rated A- overall: "Definitive collection of masonic material by the man who wrote the book." Scarce. Ex Armand Champa Library (Davis/Bowers Part II, lot 1519); ex F. Gordon Frost Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 126) lot 1056; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $200)