Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June 1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/742
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    202 CHarues I. Works with his Life and Martyrdome. A Collection of Treaties betwixt King Charles I and his Parliament, 2 vol. engraved title to vol. L, engraved frontispieces and two folding - plates ruled wn red, a large copy (? large paper, 144 1n. by 941n.), contemporary red morocco, gilt panelled sides with arms of Charles II in centre, elaborate gilt panelled back, g. e.; sold as a binding and not subject to return 1662 203 Chaucer (G.) Works, edited by John Urry, portraits and engrav- ings, a few margims at end wormed, original ca: f, 1721— Raleigh (Sir W.) The History of the World, frontismece and engravings, old calf, 1687 (2) 204. Comber (T:) A Companion ‘to the Temple: or, A Help to Devotion in the Use of the Common Prayer, contemporary red morocco, sides elaborately tooled to a “ cottage” design with tulips, flower-sprays, etc. centre ornament of flowers and leafy sprays, gilt back, g.e.; sold as a binding and not subject to return 1984 205 [Costes (G. DE, Sieur de Calprenéde)| Cassandra: the fam’d Romance... [translated] ... by Sir Charles Cotterell, frontis- piece (backed), original calf 1676 *%* A PRESENTATION COPY FROM CHARLES I. On the verso of the frontispiece is the inscription: “ The Legacy of King Charles ye: 1*t. To, Mountague Earl of Lindsey. C. M. Bertie.” Inside the cover: “ The Gift of Mountague Ear! of Abingdon to Charles Mountague Bertie Rector of Uffington.” Book-plate of the Hon. James Bertie Esq. of Westminster, second son to James late Earle of Abingdon, 1702. Signature on title: ea, serie. 1732.7) Montague Bertie, second Earl of Lindsey (1608 ?-1666), royalist, was gentleman of the bed chamber to Charles I and accompanied him in his flight to the Isle of Wight. Sold as an association book and not subject to return for imperfections of text. 206 Davenant (Sir W.) Works, portrait by Faithorne, original calf 1673 207 Drayton (M.) Poly-olbion, 2 parts in 1 vol. engraved ttle and portrait of Prince Henry by W. Hole (the two printed titles wanting), and 20 plates, old calf gilt [1622 | 208 Dryden (John) Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer, with Original Poems, FIRST EDITION, original calf 1700 209. Dugdale (Sir W.) Antiquities of Warwickshire, portrait of Dugdale by Hollar (mounted), maps, plates and engravings, diced calf gilt 1656
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