Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
March 1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/790
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    423 425 426 428 429 55 Second Day New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, plates, A.L.s. to J. Parker Norris of Philadelphia, mentioning the Droeshout engraving and the Stratford Bust of Shakespeare, 2 pp. 8v0, 28 Oct. 1874, inserted, original cloth, uncut 7 J. H. Adlard, 1864 be 150) plates, half morocco [1793]; etc. Ato and folio. (8) on the debate of Ye City’s Petition for a personall treaty with ye King, 1648, &c. contemporary MS. transcript by Sir Nathaniel Brent, 26 pp. half calf [ 16— | History concerninge Women, FIRST EDITION, engraved title in compartments, blue calf, arms in blind of Sir M. Masterman Sykes on sides EDITION, engraved title and plates, some leaves wormed but the text only slightly affected, contemporary calf A. Islip, 1635 3 vol. in 2, Slacsh Vetter, titles within woodcut borders (shields painted in margins of title to vol. III), contains six of the cancelled leaves, old calf 1587 mentationes & Paralipomena Germani Valentis Guelli, &c. PHILEMON HoLuLAND’s copy, his signature: “ Philemon Holland Covent? 11279” and notes, in Latin, in his hand on 119 pp. comprising over 5,000 words; inserted is a document dated 4 Mar. 1650, and signed by William Combe (of Stratford-on-Avon), Edward Peto and Joseph Hawkesworth concerning a troop-horse for the Warwick- shire Militia, old calf, arms of Coventry school in blind on sides, binding repaired; sold as an association book, not subject to return Antwerp, C. Plantin, 1575 Greeke, by Geo. Chapman, FIRST ISSUE of the complete translation, two engraved titles and dedication plate, first title slightly repaired, a small part of dedication plate in facsimile, morocco, gilt back, g. e. by Bedford N. Butter [1616]
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