Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
23-25 November 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/971
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    1667 Congreve (W.) The Birth of the Muse, 6//. FIRST EDITION, sheet A cropped at top, numeral brackets touched on p.3, unbound folio. 1698 1668 Congreve (W.) M. Prior, J. Addison, N. Rowe and others. A Collection of Poems ... upon the Victories of Blenheim and Ramilies. By the most Eminent Hands, panelled calf, back gilt folio. 1708 1669 [CoopER (ANDREW)|] Yrparodoyia or The History of the English Civil VVarrs, In English Verse ... By an Eye-Witnesse of many of them. A.C. (4, 4//.; B-N4 wm eights), FIRST EDITION, last figure of date has failed to print, original sheep 8vo. 166[2] 1670 CorBer (RicHaRD) CERTAIN ELEGANT PormMs (4, 4//.; B-E4, F, G, in eights, £4 blank, F1-4 signed A-A 4), FIRST EDITION, wants A1, sprinkled calf gili, g.e. by W. Pratt 8vo. 1647 1671 [Corbet (R.)] Poética Stromata or A Collection of Sundry Pieces in Poetry: Drawne by the known and approued Hand of R. C. ([A], 2d1.; B14 m eights; 2 Il. the first signed 1 5), defect in £1, another in 11 affecting signature only, sheep 8vo. 1648 1672 Corder (Wiliam) — The Trial of William Corder for the Murder of Maria Marten in the Red Barn, 1828; with a number of broadsides, newspaper cuttings, etc. referring to the case, in 1 vol. calf gilt; ete. 8v0. (3) 1673 CoRNWALLIS (Sir WILLIAM) ESSAYES OF CERTAINE PARADOXES, FIRST EDITION (A, 2/l.; B-H2 in fours), H1 and 2 defectwe at top outer corner, unbound 4to. At London, Printed for Th. Thorp, 1616 ** EXCEEDINGLY RARE. ‘he 8.T.C. records three copies only, Bodleian, U.L.C. (imperfect) and Huntington. Two sales are recorded in this century, the Britwell copy, sold for £165 in 1924 and an unbound copy sold in 1902. The latter may be identical with the present example. 1674 Cotgrave (John) The English Treasury of Wit and Language, FIRST EDITION, the source of nearly all the quotations written in by the late owner, title in facsimile, last two leaves slightly defectwe and mended, a few headlines and numerals shaved, sprinkled calf gilt, joints weak 8vo. 1655 1675 Cotarave (J.) Wits INTERPRETER, THE ENGLISH PARNASSUS, FIRST EDITION (A, 5 //.; B-M, 0-2, Aa-Ff 4, Aa-Hh in eights, Ff 4 blank; frontispiece before a1), frontispiece slightly de- fectiwe and mended, bottom line cut from Hh8 recto, a few headlines and numerals cut, old calf, RARE 8vo. 1655
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