Sales catalogue 50: Marks and Co

Date:
c.1941
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/14/31
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 50: Marks and Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 41i 412 413 414 Emblems—continued. MACCIUS (PAUvULus) seed, oostee engraved title, plate of the Madonna and Child, and 81 engravings of emblems [mainly representing subjects illustrating the classical writers: Pliny, Horace, Virgil, etc.j, sm. 4to., cloth boards, calf back, Bononia, 1628 ($6) £1/10/- ORMUS (HENRICUS) VIRIDARIUM HIEROGLYPHICO-MORALE, in quo Virtutes et Vitia, atque mores huius xvi secundum tres ordines Hierarchicos, Ecclesiam, Politicum, Oiconomicum . . . engraved title and 88 fine copperplate emblems, sm. 4to., vellum (spine damaged but a good clean copy), Francofurti, 1619 ($6) £1/10/- SALVIATI (GiusEpre PoRTA DE) COMPENDIO DELLE VITE de FiLosorI ANTICHI, Greci et Latini, et delle Sentenze, & Detti loro notabili, . . . 68 woodcut emblems (some cuts repeated), sm. 4to., loose in contemp. vellum covers, Venetia, 1598 ($3) 15/- SCHOONHOVIUS (FLORENTIUS) EMBLEMATA, Partim Moralia, partim etiam Civilia, engraved title, portrait of the Author, and 74 copperplate emblems, sm. 4to., old half vellum, Goudae, 1618 ($5) £1/5/- Small waterstain throughout ; some pages browned. VAENTUS (OTHONIS) AMORUM EMBLEMATA—EMBLEMES of LOUE, with Verses in Latin, English and Italian, frontispiece and 124 engraved emblems, oblong sm. 4to., modern half calf, uncut (few small waterstains), Antverpiae, 1608 ($7) £1/15/- ANOTHER ISSUE, with the same plates, but text in Latin, Dutch, and French> oblong sm. 4to., XVIIIth cent. calf gilt, nice clean copy, 1bid. 1608 ($7) £1/15/- ENGRAVING AND ETCHING. CABINET OF GENIUS (THE), containing FRONTISPIECES and CHARACTERS adapted to the most POPULAR POEMS, &c., with the Poems at Large. A COMPLETE SET of the FortTy- TWO NUMBERS, including the Two Supplemental ones ; comprising Selections from the Works of BURNS, DODSLEY, DRYDEN, GAY, GOLDSMITH, GRAY, Dr. JOHNSON, MILTON, Pore, Prior, STERNE, and others, illustrated by a series of 10 fine engravings of landscapes, and 84 pretty sepia tinted stipple engravings of fancy subjects, by C. TAYLOR after the designs of S. SHELLEY, R. SMIRKE, and others, 2 vols in one, sm. 4to., » newly bound in old style sheep, Printed for C.. Taylor, . . . Holborn, 1787 ($10) £2/10/- Vol. 1 comprises Numbers 1- 22 ; 3 Vol. 2, Numbers 23-40, and two supplementary numbers. A charming work seldom found verfect. In this copy the margins of 3 plates are a trifle frayed and the blank fore-margin of one leaf is defective, hence low price. HAMMERTON (PHILIP G.) ETCHING and ETCHERS, FIRST EDITION, with 35 plates, roy. 8vo., orig. half mor. (a little worn), 1868 ($12.60) £3/3/- NEw [SECOND] EDITION, 12 illustrations, thick 8vo., cloth (little loose), 1876 $5) £1/5/- LALANNE (Maxime) A TREATISE on ETCHING, AUTHORIZED AMERICAN EDITION, trans- lated from the Second French Edition by S. R. KOEHLER, with an Introductory Chapter and Notes by the Translator, 13 plates, roy. 8vo., cloth, [1926] ($1.60) 8/- MARCENAY DE GHOUY (ANTOINE de, Peintre et Graveur) OEUVRE, consiste en différens Morceaux d’histoirea ; Portraits, Paisages, Batailles, &c., d’aprés LE POUSSIN, VANDICK, REMBRANDT, LE BRUN, et autres MAITRES, 53 planches, folio, half roan, Paris [ca. 1840] ($6) £1/10/- Good impressions, reproduced from the original plates dated from 1755-88. PRIDEAUX (S. T.) AQUATINT ENGRAVING : a Chapter in the History of Book-illustra- tion, with an original aquatint, 2 coloured plates, and numerous half-tone plates, large 8vo., cloth, SCARCE, 1909 ($8.40) £2/2/- A valuable book of reference ; the Appendix contains List of Books with aquatint plates, published before 1830; Biographical Notices of Engravers and Artists whose names appear on the plates ; Publications by Ackermann with aquatint plates ; List of Books containing illustrations by T. Rowlandson, in which aquatint was employed; Aquatint Engravers and the books they illustrated ; List of Authorities. TEMPLE OF TASTE (THE): Comprising, ELEGANT HISTORICAL ENGRAVINGS ; also VIEWS of the PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS in LONDON ; also A SELECT VARIETY of ELEGANT and AMUSING SUBJECTS, .. . by the Best ARTISTS, DESIGNERS and ENGRAVERS ; 45 engravings, with Descriptive Text, sm. 4to., neatly bound in old style sheep, [1794-96] ($7) £1/15/- The above comprises numbers 1-15 (should be 21), each containing three plates, vwiz.— A View of a London Building, An Historical Subject, and An Allegorical subject. t
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