Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts
Catalog Information: 347 lots | 113 with images
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Lot 1: ARISTOPHANES (?448-?380 B.C.). The Clouds: A Comedy. Written by Aristophanes the wittiest man of his age, against Socrates, who was the wisest and best . London: T. Payne, 1759. 12° (178 x 104mm). (Occasional light spotting). Contemporary red
ARISTOPHANES (?448-?380 B.C.). The Clouds: A Comedy. Written by Aristophanes the wittiest man of his age, against Socrates, who was the wisest and best. London: T. Payne, 1759. 12° (178 x 104mm). (Occasional light spotting). Contemporary red morocco, [...more]
Lot 2: AUGUSTINE, Saint. Les confessions ... traduction nouvelle . Paris: J.B. Coignard, 1686. 8° (215 x 134mm). Engraved frontispiece by Mariette after Corneille, en-tête with portrait of Louis XIV and 12 en-têtes at the beginning of each book.
AUGUSTINE, Saint. Les confessions ... traduction nouvelle. Paris: J.B. Coignard, 1686. 8° (215 x 134mm). Engraved frontispiece by Mariette after Corneille, en-tête with portrait of Louis XIV and 12 en-têtes at the beginning of each book. Contemporary [...more]
Lot 3: BASIL the Great, Saint. Sermons ... avec les sermons de Saint Astere . Paris: A. Pralard, 1691. 8° (187 x 117mm). 18th-century French red morocco, gilt border à la Du Seuil round sides enclosing the arms of a member of the Le Tellier family
BASIL the Great, Saint. Sermons ... avec les sermons de Saint Astere. Paris: A. Pralard, 1691. 8° (187 x 117mm). 18th-century French red morocco, gilt border à la Du Seuil round sides enclosing the arms of a member of the Le Tellier family [these arm [...more]
Lot 4: BASKERVILLE PRESS -- HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus (65-8 B.C.). [Opera] . Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1770. 4° (293 x 222mm). Engraved frontispiece and 3 plates after Gravelot, title-vignette. Contemporary French red morocco, gilt line border
BASKERVILLE PRESS -- HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus (65-8 B.C.). [Opera]. Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1770. 4° (293 x 222mm). Engraved frontispiece and 3 plates after Gravelot, title-vignette. Contemporary French red morocco, gilt line border round side [...more]
Lot 5: BENNET, Johannis. Collectio sententiarum, exemplorum, testimoniorum, nec non & similitudinum in usum scholasticae juventutis . London: W. Onley for M. Gillyflower, 1700. 8° (191 x 115mm). Printed in double column (second half lightly
BENNET, Johannis. Collectio sententiarum, exemplorum, testimoniorum, nec non & similitudinum in usum scholasticae juventutis. London: W. Onley for M. Gillyflower, 1700. 8° (191 x 115mm). Printed in double column (second half lightly browned). Con [...more]
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