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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    407 CICERO. ORATIONES, roman letter, 286 Il. (including the blank leaf 0 5), margin of last leaf mended, otherwise a FINE coPY, half morocco { Hain-Copinger, *5124 ; Pellechet, 3691; Proctor, *5124} (283 mm. by 195 mm.) Venice, Nicolaus Girardengus, 10 Mar. 1480 *,* The third book from this press. 408 Bacon (Francis) INSTAURATIO MAGNA, FIRST EDITION, engraved title by S. Pass, FINE copy, original calf J. Bill, 1620 409 Bella (S. della) A Collection of 290 Original Etchings by Stephen della Bella, and a Portrait of him by W. Hollar, cut round and mounted, half morocco gilt *.* This collection includes “Diverses Figures et Griffonnemens,” ‘Bacchanalian,” “The Rock of the Philosophus,” “Raccolta di Vasi diversi,” “Ornament di Fregi et fogliami,” ‘‘ Nouvelles in- ventions de Cartouches designes et graves a leau forte par KE. de la belle,” “Divers Embarquements,” “The Five Deaths,” and others of Animals, Sailing Vessels, Sport, Ornaments, Designs, etc. 410 Pinelli (B.) Raccolta di dodici motivi di Costumi Pittoreschi di Roma, engraved title and 12 plates, Roma, 1813; Raccolta de’ fatti li piu’ interessanti esequiti Capo Brigante Massaroni per la strada che da Roma, conduce a Napoli, dall’ Anno 1818, fino al 1822, engraved title and 15 plates; in 1 vol. cloth 7 The Property of a Gentleman. QUARTO. 411 Annunzio (Gabriele d’) Laudi del Cielo, del Mare, della Terra e degli Eroi, 2 vol. printed in red and black, parchment gilt, uncut, with ties Milan, 1903-4 *,* Arthur Symons’ copy, with a long critical note in his hand on the fly-leaf of each book. FOLIO. 412 Aretino (Leonardo) Historia florentina, italice [translated by Donato Acciaioli], roman letter, 222 Ul., first initial of tert in gold with interlacing ornament of flowers and foliage painted in colours carried into the margin as a border, a similar border at the foot of the page, with a wreath containing a coat-of-arms in the centre, other initials supplied in blue, first leaf of table slightly defective, a few marginal stains, old stamped morocco, defective and. mended, TEST Te boards | Hain-Copinger, 1563 ; Pellechet, 1116 ; Proctor, (821 mm. by 215 mm.) Florence, Barlommeo di Libri, 5 June. 1492
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