Lot 039 - "Atala" Antique Illustrated Book by Chateaubriand, Illustrated by Gustave Dore, Translated by James Spence Harry, Published by Cassell & Company Limited, New York, 1884 1868-favs Examples include a Barlow knife

Examples include a Barlow knife with brown handle

A scarce example of early 19th-century American juvenile moral instruction literature

The stand retains five assorted hat pins

Baber affixed to front pastedown

published by Clark & Maynard

Lot 039 - "Atala" Antique Illustrated Book by Chateaubriand, Illustrated by Gustave Dore, Translated by James Spence Harry, Published by Cassell & Company Limited, New York, 1884 1868-favs Examples include a Barlow knifeAntique hardcover edition of "Atala" by Chateaubriand, translated by James Spence Harry from Firmin Didot's edition of the Viscount's works, with an introduction by Edward J. Harding. Illustrated by Gustave Dore with full page engraving plates. Published by Cassell & Company Limited, New York, London & Paris. Copyright 1884 by O. M. Dunham. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial decoration on the front cover and spine. The covers show