Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
March 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/839
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    164 165 166 167 168 170 within an wluminated border, large initial H (160 mm. by 135 mm.), containing a miniature of St. Martin in a bishop’s robes, with an acolyte holding a crozier, in the lower border a cwrcular miniature of St. Martin clothing the beggar, wm the fore-border three coats-of-arms, a centaur, a parrot, a bear, an ostrich, female and angelic figures, etc. framed and glazed to show both sides of the leaf (about 600 mm. by 450 mm.) XVI CENT. The Property of a Gentleman. OCTAVO ET INFRA. Magna Charta, cum Statutis, cum antiquis, tum recentibus ... per Richardum Tottell, bfacts fetter, old calf, gilt orna- ments on sides | 12mo. R. Tottell, 1576 [Richardson (S.)] History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters, vol. I to VI, wanting vol. VII, First EDITIONS of vol. I to V, second edition of vol. VI, half- title in vol. I, contemporary calf 1754 Cicero (M. T.) Opera Omnia quae exstant, original calf, blind- stamped ornament on sides Frankfort, A. Wechel, 1590 Stow (J.) Summary of the Chronicles of England, from the first comming of Brute into this land, unto this present yeare Christ, 1574, blac letter, title within woodcut border, old calf Imprinted by Henry Binneman, n. d. QUARTO. [Rastell (W.)] Collection of all the Statutes from the begin- ning of Magna Carta unto the yeare of our Lord 1557, blac fetter, double column, wormed throughout, old calf R. Tottell, 1566 | Junctinus (F.) Speculum Astrologiae, quod attinet ad judiciarum rationem nativitatum atque annuarum revolu- tionum, woodcut on title, a few worm-holes at end, old calf, blind-stamped ornament on sides Leyden, 1573 Vico (JoHun) The whole Worke of that famous chirurgion .. . whereunto are annexed certain works, compiled and published by Thomas Gale, Maister in Chirurgerie, Slacts letter, separate titles, within woodcut borders, to each part, the arms of the printer on a separate leaf at end of part I repeated at end of volume, old calf thick sm. 4to. T. East, 1586
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