Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June-July 1908
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/248
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    Autpus MANuTIUS, &¢.—continued. 461 Manutius (Aldus) Paulus Filius. De veterum notarum explanatione quae in Antiquis monumentis occurrunt, fawn crushed levant morocco, g. e. with Aldine anchor on sides, RARE 12mo. Venetiis, Aldus Feb. 1566 462 Caro (A.) Rime, half vellum gilt sm. 4to. In Venetia, Appresso Aldo Manutio, 1569 *,* Printed in italics and very rare, with the 4 ll. of Table at end, often missing. 463 Manutius (Paulus) Epistolae, lib. XI, et praefationes quae dicuntur, red levant morocco, g. e. with Aldine anchor on sides, good copy 12mo. Venetits, in aedibus Manutianis, 1573 464 Censorinus. De die Natali liber ad Q. Caerellium ab Aldo Mannuccio, Paulli F. Aldi N. emendatus, et notis illustratus, woodcut portrait on title, red crushed morocco, g. e. with Aldine anchor on sides Venetiis, apud Aldum, 1581 *,* Preface dated 1580, giving the birthday of Aldus Manutius. Important for this reason, as also for the portrait of Aldus senior ; and as Renouard says: “C’est le premier livre latin dans lequel on voit le nom Mannuccio ainsi écrit.” AtHiscellaneous Wooks, 465 Aelianus (C.) Variae Historiae libri XIII; Ex Heraclide de rebus publicis commentarium ; Polemonis et Adamantii Physionomia ; Melampodis ex Palpitationibus divinatis; De nevis ; graecé [ed. Camillo Perusco], printer’s device on title and on separate leaf at end, calf 4to. Romae, 1545 *.* Rare. The pieces, other than the Aelian, have never been reprinted. 466 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Tower of London, FIRST EDITION, plates by George Cruikshank: ( fine impressions), original cloth roy. 8vo. 1840 467 Ainsworth (W.H.) Jack Sheppard, a romance, portrait and fine plates by George Cruikshank, polished calf gilt, g. e. by Riviere roy. 8vo. Rh. Bentley, 1840 468 Ainsworth (W. H.) Guy Fawkes, or the Gunpowder Treason, 3 vol. FIRST EDITION, plates by George Cruikshank, original cloth sm. 8vo. tb. 1841 469 Ainsworth (W. H.) Old Saint Paul’s: a Tale of the Plague and the Fire, FIRST 8VO EDITION, plates by J. Franklin and H. K. Browne, original cloth 1847 470 Alciatus (A.) Emblemata, numerous woodcuts, old calf, with deeply embossed portrait of Henri IT, with laurel branches on each side of the head and Hen. II. R. above, on both sides, g. e. (slightly re- paired ), in special morocco slip case Lugd. apud Guliel. Roviliwm, 1550 *,* Fine specimen of a very rare binding. 471 Allen (Wm.) Traité politique... que Tuer un- Tryan, titulo vel exercitio, n’est pas un meurtre, calf 12mo. Lugduni, 1658
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