Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
November 1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/691
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    254 260 261 262 263 Florian (J. P. C. de) Fables, illustrations by Grandville, green calf gut, Paris, n. d.—Béranger (P. J. de) Chansonis, tJlustra- tions, half calf gilt, 1b. 1866 | (2) [Ford (Kmanuel)| Parismus, Prince of Bohemia, 2 vol. in 1, blac fetter, woodcut frontispreces to vol. II, imperfect at end, calf, 1689—-Valentine and Orson, woodcuts, half calf, 1694; lot sold not subject to return (2) [Gerard de Vliederhoven.] Cordiale de quatuor novissimis, gothie letter, 46 leaves (A-H wn sixes, except F, 4 ll.), 40 lines, slight stains, boards [Hain-Copinger, 5712; not in Pellechet or Proctor | (187 by 130 mm.) Cologne, H. Quentell, 1500 * VERY RARE. Not seen by Hain, and Copinger’s details taken from a book-seller’s catalogue. Gesner (Conrad) [The New Jewel of Health] The practise of the new and old phisicke ... Newly corrected and published in English, by George Baker, blac fetter, many woodcuts, kk 2 supplied from a smaller copy (headlines shaved), original calf gut, rebacked Printed at London, by Peter Short. 1599 Giraldi Cinthio (G. B.) Gli Hecatomithi, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, calf gilt Venice, 1556 Grose (Francis) Antiquities of England and Wales, 4 vol. without the supplement, plates, calf gilt, 1773-6—Peek (Francis) Desi- derata Curiosa, 2 vol. in 1, portrait and plates, diced russia gilt, imside borders, g.e. joints weak, 1779 (5) Grose (F.) and Thomas Astle. The Antiquarian Repertory, 4 vol. LARGE PAPER, plates, stamped russia, rebacked, g.e. 1807-9 Harleian Miscellany (The), 8 vol. FIRST EDITION, original calf, backs gilt 1744-6 Howard (Henry, Earl of Surrey) and Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder. Works, 2 vol. in 3, portraits, original straight-grained blue morocco, inside borders, g. e. 1815-16 Jerome (Saint) Vitas Patrum. De laude et effectu virtutum, gothic letter, 251 leaves, wants first leaf (blank), two columns, mitials supplied in red or blue, first initial of text illuminated wm colours on a gold ground enclosing a miniature of St. Jerome with a border of conventional flowers carried into the margin, lower margin cut away, affecting a letter or two on verso, small stain on fol. 63, otherwise a fine copy, calf [| Hain, *8599; Proctor, *4573] (228 by 163 mm.) Venice, Octavianus Scotus, 14 Feb. 1483/4
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