Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
05-07 May 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/846
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    69 70 ig 72 oo by Saimnt-Aubin and woodcuts, contemporary purple morocco, the sides and backs tooled in gold and blind, uncut, Renouard’s copy with his autograph note, “ Seul exemplaire imprimé sur vélin, R.” Paris, Renouard, 1809 With the engraver’s drawing for the portrait of Buffon inserted. This drawing is mentioned by Baron Portalis in “ Dessinateurs d’Illustrations au dix-huitieme siecle.” Inserted are also por- traits of Buffon after Drouais by Scriven, on india paper; by De Séve and Gaucher, 1775; and a plate, “ Le Chien,” after Harvey by J. Scott, junr., on india paper. 4 it morocco with gilt tooled back, watered silk end-leaves, g.e. by DEROME LE JEUNE, with his second ticket Paris, Didot, 1780 LOM] 247s L fq) spirituel, red morocco single gilt fillets bordering the sides, and back panels with doublures of crimson morocco, in the centre of the doublures is a large fleur-de-lys within a panel with a fleur-de-lys at each corner, g.e. bound for Lows the “ Grand Dauphin,” son of Louis XIV; sold as a binding, not subject to return 3 of-Q _ Paris, G. Desprez, 1685 aii Ae a a | 4 J Blond (J.) Le Liure du Police Humaine, contenant brieve description de plusieurs choses dignes de memoire, etc., traduit de Latin (de Gilles d’Aurigny) par Jehan le Blond, contem- porary manuscript annotations, dark red morocco, gilt back. g.e. (Derome), small hole in title and neat two leaves, and margin of one leaf defective, from the library of Stephen Le Cordier, with his ea-libris; sold not subject to return Paris, Magdaleine Boursette, 1553 Teer eG 2 oe oe ay More’s “ Utopia. #2 34 Mrspjtilehe 4, ke 5 * Giulio Landi, PRINTED ON VELLUM, red morocco, g. ¢. (Derome) Paris, G. C. Molini (Didot), 1788 Brunet records two copies on vellum, the MacCarthy and Chardin ; this is probably the MacCarthy.7 yy ~~ Vo 44 5. ‘ printed on “ papier vélin d’Essone,” four plates after Moreau and Joseph Vernet by Girardet, Halbow and Longue, half blue morocco, g.t. by Darlaud fréres Paris, imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789 ’ } PA C, An ty } / 7 4 re
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