Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 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 black quarter calf, gilt, decorated in blind, with marbled sides; spine ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. 51, (1) pages; 765 lots; handsome chromolithographic frontispiece plate of Arms of the Freemasons; 2 fine heliotype plates; 3 lithographic plates. A bit closely trimmed; otherwise fine. Adams 38, with plates. Rated A- overall: "Definitive collection of masonic material by the man who wrote the book." Scarce. Ex Kolbe Sale 112, lot 303; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 200 USD
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 black quarter calf, gilt, decorated in blind, with marbled sides; spine ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. 51, (1) pages; 765 lots; handsome chromolithographic frontispiece plate of Arms of the Freemasons; 2 fine heliotype plates; 3 lithographic plates. A bit closely trimmed; otherwise fine. Adams 38, with plates. Rated A- overall: "Definitive collection of masonic material by the man who wrote the book." Scarce. Ex Kolbe Sale 112, lot 303; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 200 USD