Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
November 1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/819
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    234 239 236 23 Second Day Violins and a Bass with a Through Bass for ye Organ Harpsicord. or Arch Lute; OPERA SEcunpDA. XII Sonatas; OpERA T'ERzZA. XII Sonatas; OPERA QuaRTA. XII Sonatas; OpERA SESTA. XII Great Concertos, or Sonatas, bound up wm 4 vol. five parts with separate titles in each vol. portrait by W. SHERWIN, engraved throughout, two or three leaves slightly shaved, contemporary calf, blind panelled tooling on sides London, Printed for I. Walsh Sert. to her Matie. n. d. ie. 1705] for Edw. Nutt. n. d.; Manley (Mrs.) Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain, 1717; Clayton (T.) Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus. An Opera, 1707;. Hill (A.) Elfrid: or, the Fair Inconstant. A Tragedy, for B. Lintott, n. d.; Lee (Nat.) Theodosius: or, the Force of Love. A Tragedy, 1708; and 5 others; in 1 vol. old calf; sold not subject to return “IN NOMINEE,” PROBABLY By WILLIAM Lawes [d. 1645], MusicaL MaAnusoripr on paper, in 5 vol.; Cantus, 47 pp. water-staned; Altus, 47 pp. stained and some leaves stuck together causing defects; Tenor, 47 pp. Quintus, 47 pp.; Sextus, 24 pp. the last three vol. are in very good condition, 17th Century rough calf binding, each cover stamped with the umitials W. L. at top m gold (? = WittiAM Lawes), and I. B. at foot (=Jo. Browne, whose signature is found on the fly- leaf of three of the vol.), line tooling in gold and blind round sides, and ornament in centre; sold not subject to return (94 1n. by 7 in.) ENGLISH, XVII CENT. IN ENGLISH AND LATIN ON MEDICINE, ASTROLOGY, PROGNOSTI- CATIONS, ETC. written on paper in a neat book hand, 31 lines to a page, 63 1l. (including two blanks), the contents are as follows: Ff. 1-24. PROGNOSTICATION IN ENGLISH VERSE beginning : “ Grete multitude of chyldre shal dye”; Ff. 28-33. ‘“‘ Dietarum Salutissimum,”’ IN ENGLISH VERSE, - beginning : “ ffor helpe of body couer fro cold thy hede”; Ff. 44-94. A TREATISE IN ENGLISH “to knowe ye goode dayes of al ye yere fro ye euyl dayes” ; Ff. 94-194. A TREATISE IN ENGLISH ON Nativitizes. “ Here begyuyth ye boke of Natiutiees.” Ff. 214-263. Almanac; Ff. 274-304. Medical Treatise in Latin ;
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