Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
01-04 December 1919
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/432
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 Voltaire (F. M. A. de) Romans et Contes, 3 vol. portrait, plates (one missing in vol. I, five in vol. IIT) after Marillier, Monnet and others, calf, m. e. Bouillon aux dépens dela Société Typographique, 1778 [Combe (W.)] The English Dance of Death, FrRsr EDITION, 2 vol. coloured plates by T. Rowlandson (vol. IT wants plate at page 70, and pp. 71-2 are missing), calf (rebacked), s. e. FR. Ackermann, 1815-16 QU Adi TO. Marcus Aurelius. ‘The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius, Empe- rour and Eloquent Oratour (translated by John Bourchier), black letter, Holbeinesque woodcut title, and 2 devices of Lucretia (stained, some plain corners frayed, and wants pp. 61-4), half calf antique, r. e. T. Berthelet, 1536-(37) Fuller (Dr. Thos.) Abel Redivivus, or the Dead yet Speaking, FIRST EDITION, portrait and engraved title by R. Vaughan, and numerous heads (no printed title), calf antique, 1. e. John Stafford, 1651 Architecture. Vitruvius, nunc primum in Germania editus (several Il. defective at end), woodcuts, calf, Argentorati, 1543; Alia editio, woodcuts, old rough calf, 1b. 1550; Alia editio, woodcuts, old vellum, with Bridgewater crest on sides, Lugduni, Jo. Tornaesius, 1586 ; Vitruvius en Francois, par Jean Martin, woodcuts, limp vellum, & Cologny, par Jean de Tournes, 1618 (4) FOLIO. Diirer (A.) De Urbibus, Arcibus, Castellisque condendis, ac muniendis rationes aliquot, presenti bellorum necessitati accomodatissimae ; nune recens e lingua Germanica in Latinam traductae, folded woodcuts (title backed and corner mended ; Qij and a few other pp. defective), half vellum Paris. C. Wechel. 1535 Architecture. Vitruvius: De Architectura libri X. traducti de latino in vulgare affigurati; commentati, etc. numerous woodcuts (some ll. stained, and a small hole in centre of f. 25), old vellum Como, Gotardus de Ponte, 1521 Guicciardini (L.) Descrittione di tutti I Paesi Bassi, engraved Srontispiece and title, and numerous maps and plates (no. 39 and 50 missing), old limp vellum Anversa, Chr. Plantin, 1588 Flud (Robert) Utriusque Cosmi Majoris scilicet et Minoris Metaphysica, Physica atque Technica Historia, ete. EDITIO PRIMA, engraved title (backed, margin renewed, and wants pp. 9-10 in part 1), and numerous engravings, 2 vol. in 1, new half calf gilt Oppenhemii aere Jo. Th. de Bry, 1617
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