Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
March 1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/672
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    242 244 246 247 248 Glanville (Joseph) Plus ultra: or, the Progress and Advance- ment of Knowledge ... Late Improvements of Practical, Useful: Learning, FIRST EDITION, calf, Parmer-Heber copy, 1668—The Count of Gabalis: or, The Extravagant Mysteries of the Cabalists, exposed in Five Pleasant Discourses on the Secret Sciences, original sheep, 1680 12mo and 8vo. (2) Glasgow. Burgh Records of the City of Glasgow, 1573-1581, Maitland Club, boards, 1832; ete. 4to. (4) Golagrus and Gawane. The Knightly Tale of Golagrus and Gawane, and other Ancient Poems, blact letter, facsimile woodcuts, brown morocco, gut, g.e. with bookplate of Thomas Maitland 4to. Printed at Edinburgh by W. Chepman and A.Myllar, 1508. Reprinted, 1827 ** “76 copies printed including four on vellum: one of four copies which were uninjured. This copy belonged to Lord Dundrennan (t.e. T. Maitland) whose impatience to possess it saved it from the fire.’—MS. note on fly-leaf. Goldsmith (O.) The Traveller, rirst ‘EDITION, a small slit throughout repaired, wants the leaf of Publisher’s adver- tisements at end, half red roan, g. t. 4to. London: Printed for J. Newbery ... 1765 Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, the Second Edition, 2 vol. contemporary calf, 1766; ete. 8vo. (6) GONZALEZ DE MEenpoza (JUAN) THE HISTORIE OF THE GREAT AND MIGHTY Kin@poM oF CHINA ... Togither with the great riches, huge Citties, politike gouernement, and rare inuentions in the same. ‘Translated out of Spanish by R. Parke, FIRST EDITION, blacts fetter, two small holes in title, and top blank margin slightly defective (title laid down), blank corner of next three leaves repaired, three leaves (R 5-7) cut round (very slightly shaving the text), and inlaid, calf 4to. London, Printed by I Wolfe for Edward White ... 1588 on the Account of their being to be (sic) buried in Woollen (4 leaves), 1678; The Good-wives Vindication : or, an Answer to a late Saucy Pamphlet, etc. (4 leaves), 1678, in 1 vol. half calf—Robinson (H.) The Office of Adresses ... or, The only Course for poor people to get speedy employment ... to the multiplying of Trade, ete. (4 leaves), small hole in title, half roan, 1650; ete. 4to. (3)
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