PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Sep 30, 2022
7 volumes total, including: [Faust] by Goethe, Stuttgart/Tubingen: Cotta, 1854-1858, text in German, two volumes (complete), bound in full brown leather, elaborately blindstamped and gilt decorated covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, embossed white endpapers, aeg; [The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow], Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1881, two volumes (complete), containing numerous black and white illustrations, bound in full dark blue leather, covers with blindstamped and gilt lettering and ruling, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, five raised bands, embossed white endpapers, gilt inner dentells, aeg; [Decameron] by Giovanni Boccaccio, Berlin: Verlag Neufeld & Henius, 1924, two volumes (complete), text in German, containing numerous illustrations by Lucian Zabel, bound in vellum with gilt decorated illustrations on spines and upper covers, four raised bands, marbled endpapers, teg; [The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri], translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1802, bound in full vellum with hand illuminated designs and gilt covers, patterned endpapers
Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut
light wear to extremities, some bumped corners, scattered scuffs and small losses to leather, vellum with some staining and cracks, scattered light staining throughout
Purchased items will be available for pick up or shipping from our Asheville, North Carolina auction facility within ten business days of the auction will be assessed a storage fee of $5.00 per day, per item. Purchaser agrees that packing and shipping is done at the purchaser's risk and that the purchaser will pay in advance all packing expenses, materials, carrier fees and insurance charges. At our discretion, items will either be packed by an agent such as a packaging store or Brunk Auctions. Please allow two weeks for shipping after payment is received. Shipment of large items is the responsibility of the purchaser. We are happy to provide names of carriers and shippers if a purchaser so requests. Brunk Auctions will have no liability for any loss or damage to shipped items.