Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
March 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/838
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    502 - Evetyn (J.) Memoirs, comprising his Diary, and a selection from his Correspondence, edited by W. Bray, 2 vol. First EDITION, portrait and plates, some foxed, contemporary calf gilt 1818 503 Dryden (John) Sr Martin Mar-all, or the Feign’d Innocence, title torn, rust-hole im ¥F8, stitched, 1669—Shadwell (Thomas) The Scowrers, FIRST EDITION, leaf of adver- tasements at end, blank part of title defectiwe, stitched, 1691; etc.; lot sold not subject to return (8) 504 James I. The Narrative of King James, for the first fourteen years. In four Parts, emblematic engraved title by John Droeshout, portrait of Sir Thomas Overbury, fore and lower margins renewed, engraved folding plate with portraits of Karl and Countess of Somerset, title, frontis- piece and leaf of explanation mounted, some leaves mended in the margins, a few leaves a little wormed affecting text, a little stained, calf, with arms on upper cover; sold not subject to return Michael Sparke, 1651 505 Price (Sir John) Historiae Brytannicae Defensio, FIRST EDITION, calf, rebacked H. Binneman for H. Toy, 1573 506 ‘Tertullian. Apology, or Defence of the Christians ... Now made English by H. B. [Henry Brown], Firs’ EDITION, first English translation, defect in #4, some leaves dis- coloured, unbound 1655 507 P{[lattes] (G.) A Discovery of Infinite Treasure, Hidden Since the World’s Beginning, J. L. for R. Meighen, 1639 ; [Hartlib (S.)] A Discourse of Husbandrie used in Brabant and Flanders, some head-lines shaved, several catch-words cut away, W. Du-Gard, 1652; 2 works in 1 vol. old calf; sold not subject to return sm. 4to 508 Jovius (P.) Descriptio Britanniae, Scotiae, Hyberniae et Orchadum, FIRST EDITION, interleaved, name on title, old calf, worn Venetus, 1548 509 Bohemia. A Cleare Demonstration that Ferdinand is by his owne demerits fallen from the Kingdome of Bohemia, Dort, n. d.; and five other Tracts relating to Bohemia, in 1 vol. calf, one cover missing, c. 1620; Brerewood (H.) Tractatus Ethici, calf, with arms of Christ. Hatton, Oxonia, 1640 (2)
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