Sales catalogue 924: James Tregaskis & Son

Date:
July 1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/51/1
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 924: James Tregaskis & Son. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DURLACH.-—35. ADELAIDE, St. VITA SANCTE ADELHAYDIS. i Sm. 4to, Gothic letter, 32 lines to a page, title of one line of text and large woodcut of the Saint, polished green morocco extra, double gold lines with corner fleurons on sides. £12 0 0 Durlach [ Nic. Keibs, c. 1512 | +» The press was the first established at Durlach, a town near Carlsruhe. Proctor, 11964. Collation: 4 leaves. Sgr ILLUSTRATION ON PAGE 19. EDINBURGH.—36. BUCHANAN (George) RERUM SCOTICARUM HISTORIA. Folio, first edition, device and border of printer's ornaments on title, woodcut initial letters contemporary calf, deep panels of blind roll ornaments, back with raised bands; FINE COPY, errata leaf at end. £800 Alexander Arbuthnet: Edinburgh 1 Sh « Dedicated to James VI. of Scotland. With original blank, Mmé6. The fourth leaf of sheet ‘‘Q.”’ is not found in any copy. Speaking of this book Professor Henry Morley says: ‘‘It connected with the past the life of his own day, gave unity to all, and placed at the head of it the sense of nationality. Ir WAS IN HIS NATURE TO CARB RATHER TO MARK THE PROGRESS OF A PEOPLE THAN TO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF A CHIEF.’’ It is amusing to note James I.’s continued aversion to this book: in his BeotAtkov Awpov he recommends his son to be well versed in authentic histories, but cautions him: ‘“‘J mean not of such infamous invectives as Buchanan’s or Knox’s Chronicles : and if any of these infamous libels remain until your days, use the law upon - the keepers thereof. A full account of the Macbeth story is to be found in this volume, and Mr. Jaggard says: ‘‘ Buchanan was probably one of Sh—’s happiest sources.’’ Allibone, p. 275. Dickson and Edmond, p. 323.. Jag- gard, p. 35. Morley, Eng. Lit., p. 404. 37-_ NAPIER (John, Inventor of Logarithms, 1550-1617) A PLAINE DISCOVERY OF THE WHOLE REUELATION OF SAINT JOHN: Set downe in two treatises: The one searching and prouing the true interpretation thereof : The other applying the same paraphrastically and Historically to the text. Whereunto are annexed certaine Oracles of Sibylla, agreeing with the Reuelation and other places of Scripture. 4to, first edition, title within made-up border including the figures of Peace and Love, large woodcut of the Scoto-Danish Arms on reverse of title (the book is dedicated to James VI.), old sound calf, A VERY CLEAN, UNPRESSED AND SCUND copy, with the blank leaf marked ‘‘ A,’’ which bears some old writing. £§ 10 0 Robert Walde-graue: Edinburgh 3593 ‘vs Lowndes 1647: ‘This curious and learned work, which produced a great sensation when first published, has been translated into the French, Dutch [Latin, Italian], and German languages.’? Dickson and Edmond, Annals of Scottish Printing, 206: ‘*. . . In the book now under con. sideration he predicted the day of judgment would happen between 1688 and OS Sea ERLANGEN.—38. BALTHAZARI (Theodore) MICROMETRIA: hoc est, de micrometrorum tubis opticis, seu telescopus et microscopus applicandorum varia structura ac usu multiplici opusculum, cum observationibus astronomicis, tum et aliarum rerum dimensionibus plurium inserviens. 12mo, 3 ll., 120 pp., fourteen plates, contem- porary boards. £2 2 0 Daniel Michael Schmatz for Johann Andreas Lorber: Erlangen 1710
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