Sales catalogue 9: R. Lier & Co.

Date:
1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/2
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 9: R. Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tial letters on black ground. Folio. Modern half calf. Venice, ? Doninus Pineius, 1502. Fries 150=— Essling 596. This edition is particularly valuable on account ofthe splendid woodcut.—Exterior margins of first leaves with slight wa- terstains, otherwise a very sound and clean copy. Very rare. Old owner’s inscription on first leaf.—See reproduction p. 39. 88. PORTA, Giovan Bapt. De humana physiognomia libri quatuor. 2 leaves, 272 pp. With fine engraved title bearing the author's portrait surrounded by a curious border of animals, full- page portrait of the Duke Aloysius of Este and very nume- rous large figures in the text, engraved on copper, repre- senting interesting comparisons of physionomies of men and animals. Folio. Old calf (worn, back damaged). Vico Equense (Penisola Sorrentina) Cacchius, 1586. Frs. 85.— Brunet IV, 825: « Bonne édition de cet ouvrage singulier ». Very early edition of this interesting work with the figures engraved on copper. Porta, in his «De humana physiognomia» was a forerunner 5 of Lavater in estimating human characters by the features. 3 One of the very first books printed in this country (the first book was: vrinted by Cacchius in 1585). : A few leaves very slightly browned, but very fine copy. Rare. Bookpla- ore tes: Ex bibliotheca Nicolai doseph Foucault-Comte de Sinety. —See- . reproduction below. eal RD te Ls Wy pattyrerte SV ER x AY AY y , US NS x ‘sige east Porta, Vico Equense, 1586. See nr. 88. 89. (RENI, Guido). Deserittione de gli apparati fatti in Bologna oe per la venuta di Clemente VIII. Con gli disegni degli ar- ey chi, statue, et pitture. Da Vittorio Benacci. 18 leaves. © : With eight splendid full-page engravings and one double- 4 page plate, engraved by GUIDO RENI. 4to. Half cloth. - Bologna, Vitt. Benacci, 1599. 7 Frs. 100.— . Brunet I, 768. Bartsch 24-32. Vinet 587: « Cette plaquette renferme | ~ ; 9 eaux-fortes, touchées avec infiniment d’esprit et de verve, et qui a representent les ares de triomphes elevés & cette occasion ». a The beautiful engravings in fresh and fine impressions, the leaves of text somewhat brownstained. Very scarce. Prices in Swiss Franes. ” Pi 4 SMe int ce ey id fo BME ee ee ee ay ne ae SNe OPT,
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