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Lot 180

MALHERBE, Oscar. Des Mitrailleurs.

Estimate: $200 - $400
Starting Bid
$100

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $50,000
$1,000,000 $100,000
MALHERBE, Oscar. Des Mitrailleurs, Rapports et Experiences particulierement relatifs au Mitrailleur Christophe & Montigny, Notes et Observations.
Publisher: Leon de Thier, Liege, 1871.

64 pp., 23 folding plates.

Half-bound green leather. Gilt title.

H: 9 3/8 W: 6 3/8 D: 7/8 in. Poor. Foxing and browning throughout. Spine sun-faded, rubbed, and worn. Losses and bumps on corners. Several folded plates have slight tears at creases.

Embossed Stamps:
Author's stamp "Oscar Malherbe, Ingenieur Civil"
"Artilleriet" stamp on front flyleaves
Stamps:
[In Danish] The Royal Garrison Library's Book Collection, Completed on 25/3/2002.
Signed by librarian [illegible]
Library barcode sticker on front flyleaf.
Artilleriets Bibliothek stamped on title page [German].

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.