Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
May 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/850
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    31 OR 33 34. 35 36 37 graecé, FIRST EDITION, old names on title and marginal notes, a few leaves stained, old vellum | Renouard, 67 | folio. Venice, Aldus, 1514 Atkinson (J. A.) and J. Walker. A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, 3 vol. in 1, portrait and 100 coloured plates, contemporary calf gilt, repaired and reset folio. 1803-4 Augustine (St.) Confessions: translated by Wilham Watts, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, a few leaves slightly water-stained, old calf with emblematic cenitre-prece, rebacked } 12mo. I. Norton, 1631 AugustINE (St.) De Civirate DEI, 305 Ul. gothic fetter, large initial and marginal decoration in gold and colours of first page of text, 21 other painted wutials, some old marginal notes, 17th Century French red morocco gilt, g.e. from the library of Michael Wodhull [ Hain, *2051; Proctor, 4096] folio (L114 in. by Thin.). Venice, N. Jenson, 2 Oct. 1475 AUGUSTINE (St.) DE CIVITATE DEI cum commento, 264 //. gothic fetter, large woodcut on verso of title brightly coloured by a con- temporary hand, wmitial on first page of text in colours on bur- mished ground with painted flourish, other wmitials in red and blue, one or two worm-holes at beginning and end, some stains and old manuscript notes, contemporary stamped calf binding. title in gilt at top of front cover, wormed and rebacked | Hain, 2064; Proctor, *7578 | folto (122 im. by 841n.). Basel, J. Amorbach, 13 Feb. 1489 AuGuSTINE (St.) DELLA Crrra pr Dio, FIRST EDITION of the Ltalian translation, 32411. roman letter, a few old manuscript notes on al, has the first and last blank leaves, old vellum, A LARGE copy with some uncut edges [| Hain, *2071; Proctor, *6145] folio (11g m. by 7£1n.). Florence, A. Miscomiui [not after 1483 | Augustine (St.) Sermones ad heremitas, 109 Ul. roman letter, mitials supplied in red and blue, some stains on first three leaves, bound in russia gilt for M. Wodhull with his arms on top cover [| Hain, 2000; Proctor, *5951| 4to (8iin. by 54m.). Milan, L. Pachel and U. Scinzenzeler, 3 June, 1484 Augustine (St.) Sermones ad heremitas, 108 Jl. two columns, gothie fetter, a little wormed at beginning and old note of ownership on first page, boards covered with part of a printed leaf from a 15th Century Bible [Hain, 1997; B.M. 1. 125]
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