COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR HARVARD UNIVERSITY BOOKPLATES CIRCA 1765 TO 1930 IN FOUR BLACK FRAMES.18th-20th Centuries. Four modern black frames, each containing six Harvard University bookplates of various dimensions dating from the 18th-20th Centuries. Framed with matboard which is hand lined with gold paint as a filet and Labeled Harvard University bookplates, handwritten in black paint to each. Dimensions of frames: 19 3/4" high x 20 3/8" wide; 17 1/8" high x 20 5/8" wide; 18 5/8" high x 19 5/8" wide; and 20 7/8" square. Estimate $2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE: The Collection of Dr. James M. Goode, author of seven important books on Washington, DC, history, most notably "Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses"
Damage to the upper edge of one of the frames. The bookplates and mats are clean.
