Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
December 1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/664
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    959 Dion Cassius. Romanarum historiarum, lib. XXIII, graece, FIRST EDITION, calf, Paris, R. Htienne, 1548—Herodotus : Historiarum, lib. [X, Gr. et Lat. ex Laur, id Aalto tione, frontispiece, calt gilt, Amsterdam, 1763 ; (3) 960 Temple (Sir William) Works, 2 vol. portrait, old calf gilt, FINE copy, 1740—Coke (Sir Edward) The First Part of the Insti- tutes of the Laws of England ...The Ninth Edition, ca/f, 168 4—DiodorusSiculus: The Historical Library made English byG. Booth. The Second Edition, panelled calf, 1721 (4) 961 Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, black letter, plate of Chaucer's Progenie con- taining portrait, title within woodcut border, separate titles (within border) to the “Tales,” “ Romaunt of the Rose,” and “ Story of Thebes,” woodcut at head of the“ Knight's Tale, “ woodcut of Chaucer's arms on b 2 verso, top outer corners of last few leaves frayed, causing slight defects, rough calf; sold not subject to return London, Printed by Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton. Anno 1598 962 Coke (Sir Edward) A Commentary upon Littleton. The Eleventh Edition, two portraits, folding table (torn), old calf 1719 QUARTO. 963 Parkes (R.) An Apologie of three Testimonies of holy Scripture, concerning the Article of our Creed [He Descended into Hell], original imp vellum George Eld, 1607 *.* In a note for the readevr’s instruction, the author states, “ By Vatablus, I meane those Bibles printed at Basile, 1564, by T. Guarinus. By Stephanus Bibles, I meane those printed at Paris, 1545, by R. Stephanus. By Tremelius Bible, I meane that printed at London by Henry Midleton, 1581, etc.” 964 Morley (T.) Canzonets. Or little short Songs to Three Voyces. [Bassus part only], woodcut border to title, musical notation, unbound In London, Printed by Thomas Este, 1606 965 Bohemia. Bohemize Regnum Electinum. That is, a Plaine and Trve Relation of the proceeding of the States of Bohemia, from the first foundation of that Prouince by Free Election of Princes and Kings vnto Ferdinand the eighteenth King of the house of Austria, boards 1620
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