Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
13-16 May 1919
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/397
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    Lot 1036—continued. woodcuts, several ll. cut into at fore-edge, first leaf slightly defective and mended, brown morccco gilt ° 4to. @& Rouen, chez Richard Aubert, xx. F. (21520) 1037 Charles I. A large Declaration concerning the late Tumults in Scotland, from the first originalls, by the King, portrait of Charles I, with the rare last leaf with imprint, calf, R. Young, 1639; Another copy, with the last leaf, but wanting portrait, calf gilt, arms on sides, 1639 folio. (2) 1038 CharlesI. “EIKQ’N BASIAIKH’. The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majestie, leaf with arms before title, folding plate (cut close and explanation beneath slightly shaved), red mo- - rocco gilt, g. e. lettered on side with title, date, and “ first edition” ! 8vo. no place or printer’s name, 1649 1039 CHaAucer (G.) THE WorkKrEs OF GEFFREY CHAUCER, newly printed, flack letter, double columns, woodcuts and wocdcut borders, wants title, preliminary ll. (begins on Bii The Pro- logues) and last leaf supplied in jJacsimile, Q 6 and Eee 3 defective, with portions in facsimile, title-page to Loethius mended, Vvv iii-v froma smaller copy, Vvv v slightly defective and inlaid, wormholes throughout, red morocco gilé, with the Buckingham arms, g. e. folio. Thomas Godfray, 1532 *,* WILLIAM 'THYNNE’S FIRST EDITION. The Ploughman’s Tale, which was first printed in 1542, is supplied in neat contemporary manuscript. 1040 CHaucer (G.) THE Workss ; another copy; wants all before The Canterbury Tales (begins on B1, sub-title, The Canter- bury Tales within border) and last leaf (second title and last leaf in facsimile), Aaii slightly defective, wormholes, nume- rous contemporary MS. notes, calf gilt folio. T. Godfray, 1532 1041 Chaucer (G.) The Workes ; another edition, black letter, double columns, title within woodcut borders, engraved portrait, two preliminary ll. slightly defective and mended, otherwise gard copy, calf gilt Solio. <A.TIslip, 1602 1042 Chaucer (G.) The Workes, black letter, ttle within woodcut border, plate of the “ Progenie,” with portrait, slightly damp- stained at end, otherwise a good copy, russia gilt, joints, g.e. in padded case Solio. Adam Islip, 1602 1043 Chaucer (G.) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and others, being a reproduction in facsimile of the first collected edition of 1532, with an Introduction by W. W. Skeat, one af 1000 copies, boards, uncut — folio. 1905 1044 CHAvucrr (G.) Toe PLoUGH-MANS TALE. ... written amongst his Canterburie tales : and now set apart from the rest, with a short exposition of the words and matters, margins of first 2 Il. mended (on second leaf with very slight defect to teat, small hole in one leaf (m1), head-line of one leaf. slightly
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