Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
11 July 1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/715
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    SIZES 58 60 61 G2 63 MIXED 1 [| Hausted (Dr. Peter)?] Ad populum: or a lecture to the people, FIRST EDITION, 10 //. including the last, a blank, in verse, halt green morocco gilt 4to. Printed in the yeare 1644 Hiepen (Raps) Polychronicon [Translated into English by John of Trevisa], second edition, Slack fetter, two columns, title (margins mended) with fine woodcut of St. George and the Dragon printed mm red and black, the same cut (an an earlier state) in black only on verso of last leaf (torn and partly in facsumile), on the recto the colophon within a woodcut border, fine cut of a battle scene on z 6 verso, and ten vmpressions of six smaller cuts, woodcut vutials and borders, corner torn from ff 5 removing a few letters (supplied im facsimile), rust-stam im mner margin of cc 2 verso and opposite page; e 2 and q 3 and 5, torn and mended, a few worm-holes mended in the first ten leaves, some a repairs, calf, the sides tooled in blind to a Groliersque design, inside borders, g. e. | Colophon | Imprented in Southwerke by my Peter Treueris at y expences of John Reynes boke seller... folio. 152 Homer. Homer Prince of Poets: Translated according to the Greeke, in twelue Bookes of his Iliads, by Geo : Chapman, FIRST EDITION OF THE First Twetve Books, engraved title by W- Hole, the inner margin damp-stained (badly so towards the end of the book), wants the last eight leaves (including the last blank), containing additional sonnets, old limp vellum folio. At London printed for Samuel Macham, n. d. (c. 1610) Howell (James) A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, portrait by R. Vaughan, title in red and black, wants engraved frontispece, title with woodcut device beneath, original calf folio. for R. Lowndes, 1651 Jongelinus (G.) Purpura Divi Bernardi repraesentans Elogia et in- signia gentilitia tum Pontificum tum Cardinalium, portrait of S. Bernardus below title, numerous woodcuts of arms, wants pp. 109-12, several Il. stained, some catch-words cut into, original stamped calf with arms of a Bishop wm gold on sides probably of Francois de Clermont-Tonnerre folio. Colonae Agrippinae, 1644 Jovius (Pautus) The Worthy tract of Paulus Iouius, contayning a Discourse of rare inuentions, both Militarie and Amorous called Imprese. Whereunto is added a Preface contayning the Arte of , . composing them, with many other notable deuises. By Samuell Daniell late Student in Oxenforde, FIRST EDITION, wants sig. C (8 71.) and a marginal note touched on 64 recto, half bound 8vo. At London, Printed for Svmon Waterson. 1585 ‘* RarkE. Daniel’s first published work. Herbert’s copy.
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