Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
07-08 December 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/975
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

    200/236 page 36
    Second Day 36 SIZES MIXED Lot 183—-continued. THIS PERIOD, AND ILLUMINATED WITH BURNISHED GOLD; EIGHT OTHER PAGES WITH THREE-QUARTER BORDERS OF SIMILAR etic: all _ the pages with borders ornamented with a fine initial painted on a ground of burnished gold; numerous other fine initials in colours and burnished gold with feather-work and folate marginal decoration; Calendar wm red, black and blue; the lower margin of a few leaves repaired; one or two leaves at the beginning of the canon missing ; on the whole in very clean and good condition with wide margms, calf, rebacked folto (262 mm. by 167mm.) ENGLISH, EARLY XV CENT. ** A FINE EXAMPLE OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY OF ENGLISH MARGINAL DECORA- TION OF THE EARLY 15TH CENTURY. 184 Mo.wiere (J . B. P.) Le MISANTROPE FIRST EDITION, FRONTISPIECE, red morocco gilt, g.e. by Lorie fils, RARE 12mo. Paris, chez Tean Ribov, 166% 185 MOo.LierE (J . B. P.) Le MartacGe FORCE, FIRST EDITION, red morocco gilt, g.e. by Lortic fils 12mo. Paris, chez Iean Ribov, 1668 ** EXTREMELY RARE. Brunet says “plus une fig. selon le catal. de Soleinne.” The Soleinne catalogue appears to be wrong as no mention of a plate can be found elsewhere and the few copies recorded as sold at auction had not got one. 186 Monvaiene (MicHEL DE) Essalis, 2 vol. FIRST EDITION, the top margin of two leaves in vol. IT (stg. LLIN 4-5) renewed affecting the headline and pagination, brown morocco gilt, g.e. by Chambolle-Duru 8vo. A BOVRDEAVS, PAR S. MiILLANGES, 1580 * “ LES EXEMPL. SONT RARES ET FORT RECHERCHES.’—Brunet.. ONLY ONE COPY OF THESE FAMOUS ESSAYS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE AT AUCTION IN THIS COUNTRY FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. [See ILLUSTRATION. | 187 Mynshull (G.) Hssayes and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners, woodcut on title, title within acorn border (just touched by the binder), calf gilt, by W. Pratt, bookplate of Cornelwus Paine, RARE 4to. London, I. O. for Mathew Walbancke, 1638 188 Nares (R.) A Glossary or collection of customs, proverbs, etc. 2 vol. (meas. calf gilt, 1859—Halliwell (J. O.) A ‘Dictionary of Archaic — WAN Byor den Ldarnkane whe » 189 ORDER OF S. MicHarnt. Le Livre pe LoRDRE DU TRESCRESTIEN ROY DE France Loys XIme a lhonneur de Sainct Michel, Manuscripr on VELLUM, written im lettres batard 26 lines, 48 Ul.; full-page frontis- piece of Lows XI presiding over the Order in gold ‘and colours within
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