FINE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Catalog Information: 409 lots | 201 with images
Lot 1: ADDISON,
Joseph (1672-1719). Autograph letter signed ("J. Addison") as Under Secretary of State, to an unidentified correspondent [poet Ambrose "Namby Pamby" Philips], n.p., 8 July 1708. 1 full page, 4to, integral blank docketed [by Philips], tipped to a prot [...more]
Lot 2: AESCHYLUS (525-456 B.C.). Tragoediae, in Greek. Glasgow: Andrew Foulis for the Academy, 1795.
[Interleaved with:] FLAXMAN, John (1775-1826), artist. Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus, designed by John Flaxman, engraved by Thomas Piroli. The Original Drawings in the possession of the Countess Dowager Spencer. London [i.e., Rome]: pu [...more]
Lot 3: DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). Le terze rime. Venice: Aldus Manutius, August 1502.
Aldine 8 o (156 x 94 mm). 244 leaves. Italic type 1:80. Woodcut dolphin and anchor device (Fletcher no. 2) on verso of last leaf. Spaces for initials with guide letters. This copy with the usual setting of quires a-c and with "Alaghieri" on title ver [...more]
Lot 4: SOPHOCLES. Tragoediae septem cum commentariis, in Greek. Edited by John Gregoropoulos of Crete. Venice: at the Academy of Aldus of Rome, August 1502 [or the following winter].
Aldine 8 o (152 x 94 mm). 196 leaves, including 3 blanks. Types 1:80 italic, 4:79 Greek, cut by Francesco Griffo. General title, Latin dedication to Janus Lascaris, epigrams of Simonides, Erucius and Dioscorides the Alexandrian from the Anthology, 6 [...more]
Lot 5: HOMER. [Volume I of the Opera :] Ilias. - HERODUTUS; PLUTARCH. Vitae Homeri, in Greek. Edited by Aldus Manutius. [Venice: Aldus Manutius, not before 31 October 1504].
Aldine 8 o (163 x 100 mm). 278, 56 leaves. Types: 1:80 Italic, 90 Greek. Woodcut device on title. Initial spaces with guide letters. (Edges of title slightly frayed, narrow marginal dampstain to first few leaves, light spotting to title, marginal pap [...more]
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