Sales catalogue 101: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/13
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 101: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i Literature from the SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY including John Evelyn’s first book, Liberty and Servitude, 1649 ; the rare Sir Kenelm Digbye’s Honour Maintained, 1641 ; Mandeville, Fable of the Bees, a copy of the First Edition in contemporary red morocco ; Wither, Hymns and Songs of the Church, the quarto edition, 1623; Beckford, An Arabian Tale, London, 1786; Malthus, Essay on the Principles of Population, 1798 ; the Della Cruscan “ Florence Miscellany,’ 1785, a Presentation Copy from Mrs. Piozzi; John and Charles Wesley’s Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739 ; Nathanael Richards, Poems, Sacred and Satyricalll, 1641 ; Shelley, Alastor, 1816, an uncut copy in original boards. A small collection of Jest Books ; small collections on Samuel Johnson, and William Cowper. DAVIS & ORIOLI (PROPRIETOR, J. I. DAVIS) 1 St. Martin’s St., Wallingford, Berks. | ENGLAND TELEPHONE: WALLINGFORD 2225 CABLES: AVORIOLOR, WALLINGFORD
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