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Two leaves and a small fragment from a Romanesque

1 - Two leaves and a small fragment from a Romanesque codex of Gregory the Great, Dialogues, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [Italy, late tenth century], two single leaves and a small fragment, each leaf with text in double columns of 33 lines of a rounded early Romanesque bookhand, with a strong ct-ligature and a startlingly late use of the pre-Carolingian ri-ligature (see leaf 2, lines 11 and 23, “scriptos” and line 12 “Primum”, for examples), chapter numbers in red Roman Numerals, one-lin

Estimation

€1,700 - 3,000

Bifolium from a Romanesque Sacramentary, in Latin,

2 - Bifolium from a Romanesque Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Germany, eleventh century], two conjoined leaves, each with text in single column of 24 lines of a rounded Romanesque bookhand, with et-ligature used integrally at end of a few words, a long and looped st-ligature and a distinctive ‘y’ with a short tail and a capital ‘Q’ with a bowl set high above the baseline, capitals with red dots in their bodies, red rubrics, one large red initial ‘I’, recovered f

Estimation

€1,100 - 2,400

Bifolium from a large Ottonian Gospel Lectionary,

3 - Bifolium from a large Ottonian Gospel Lectionary, with a finely illuminated initial, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [Germany, early eleventh century], two conjoined leaves, each with 23 lines in an elegant and tall Romanesque German bookhand, with a ct-ligature and using a tall final ‘S’ and an unusually high ‘z’ whose uppermost bar begins at the top of the ascender to resemble a ‘L’ with an undulating stroke attached to its highest tip, rubrics in ornamental black capitals (the lar

Estimation

€3,500 - 6,000

Bifolium from a large Romanesque Missal with canti

4 - Bifolium from a large Romanesque Missal with cantillation marks most probably used to guide performance of the text during Easter, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy, mid-twelfth century], two conjoined leaves, text in single column of 28 lines of two sizes of a handsome Romanesque bookhand, with occasional biting curves and written above topline, capitals often tall and thin, red rubrics, one-line red initials, larger initials in red infilled or stroked in pale yellow and green wa

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Leaf from a Glossed Bible in large format, with in

5 - Leaf from a Glossed Bible in large format, with inscription recording that it was once in the library of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex and son of King George III, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [France (probably Paris), second half of the thirteenth century], single leaf, with main text in single column of 22 lines of a professional early gothic bookhand (with parts of II Samuel 13-14), gloss in smaller script set within small blocks within the text column, capitals touched

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Lower half of a leaf from a large Glossed Psalter,

6 - Lower half of a leaf from a large Glossed Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [France, second half of thirteenth century], large cutting, with main text in double columns of 10 remaining lines of a professional early gothic bookhand (with parts of Job 17), gloss in smaller script in blocks set within the main text columns, capitals touched in red, paraph marks in red and dark blue, one-line initials in same colour with penwork in contrasting colour, recovered from later reuse on a binding o

Estimation

€350 - 600

Two leaves from the ‘Chudleigh Bible’, in Latin, i

7 - Two leaves from the ‘Chudleigh Bible’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [north-eastern France (perhaps Arras), c. 1220-30], two single leaves: (a) main-text leaf in double column of 53 lines of a good gothic bookhand, capitals stroked in red, rubrics in red, running titles and chapter numbers alternately in red and blue, initials in red or blue with contrasting pen-flourishing, with wide margins, one large brown stain to blank margin, small spots and marks, 284 x 195mm.; (b) leaf

Estimation

€710 - 960

Leaf from a Psalter, with line-drawn fish as a lin

8 - Leaf from a Psalter, with line-drawn fish as a line-filler, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France or adjacent Low Countries, second half of the thirteenth century], single leaf, with text in single column of 22 lines of a good and angular early gothic bookhand, one-line initials in blue or gold with red or dark blue penwork, line-fillers in same penwork in geometric panels and sprays of simple foliage with occasional gold bezants or small rectangles, as well as a charming blue fish

Estimation

€590 - 840

Bifolium from a Missal, in Latin, decorated manusc

9 - Bifolium from a Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [France, mid- to late thirteenth century], two conjoined leaves, each with text in single column of 22 lines of a professional early gothic bookhand, capitals in calligraphic penstrokes and touched in red, red rubrics, 2-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, recovered from reuse in a later binding, and hence with numerous scrawled additions of the seventeenth or eighteenth century (including a simple drawing of a

Estimation

€350 - 600

Bifolium from a large gothic Bible, in Latin, deco

10 - Bifolium from a large gothic Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [France, early thirteenth century (before c. 1230)], two conjoined leaves, each with a single column of 28 lines of a high grade early gothic bookhand, capitals touched in red, running titles in alternate red and blue capitals, one large initial ‘E’ (opening “Et ecce vir dei …”, I Kings 13) in blue encased within red foliate penwork, red and blue leaf shapes extending from the initial up the entire height of

Estimation

€710 - 960

Two leaves from a miniature Psalter-Hours, both wi

11 - Two leaves from a miniature Psalter-Hours, both with illuminated initials, in Latin, on vellum, [northern France, late thirteenth century], two leaves, each with text in single column of 12 lines in two sizes of an early gothic bookhand, that ornamented with hairline penstrokes, capitals in arching penstrokes and touched in red, red rubrics, one initial in blue or dark pink foliage on coloured and gold grounds on each leaf, these with angular extensions into the margins on three sides, trimmed e

Estimation

€470 - 720

Leaf from a well-known Cistercian Breviary, in Lat

12 - Leaf from a well-known Cistercian Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France (Picardy), thirteenth century], single leaf with text in double columns of 25 lines of two sizes of a good gothic bookhand, verso with quire signature “XV” and tiny catchword in bas-de-page, capitals in ornamental penstrokes and touched in red, red rubrics, seven 2- to 4-line initials in blue or pink enclosing coloured foliage on gold grounds, the largest (‘L’) containing a tiny detailed red c

Estimation

€350 - 600

Leaf and a cutting from the ‘Rheims Psalter’, the

13 - Leaf and a cutting from the ‘Rheims Psalter’, the first with a historiated initial, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [northern France (Paris or Rheims), mid-thirteenth century], the single leaf with single column of 16 lines of a high grade early gothic bookhand (the cutting from the top of a leaf and with 13 lines of same), written below topline and with some lateral compression, line fillers in red and blue penwork (one on verso in shape of a fish, and another on recto in shape of

Estimation

€1,100 - 2,400

Leaf from a large University Bible, with pastiche

14 - Leaf from a large University Bible, with pastiche initial from same parent manuscript, in Latin, on vellum, [northern France, thirteenth century], single large leaf, with text in double columns of 50 lines in a good University hand, red rubrics, running titles in alternate blue and red capitals, one 6-line initial ‘M’ (opening “Marcus evangelista dei electus et …”, a prologue to Mark) in blue enclosing coloured foliage on gold and dark pink grounds with bezants, one foliate tendril cur

Estimation

€1,100 - 2,400

Leaf from the Interpretation of the Hebrew Names f

15 - Leaf from the Interpretation of the Hebrew Names from a large medieval Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [France, thirteenth century], single leaf, with text in three columns of 57 lines of University script, one-line initials in alternate red or blue, one large initial ‘C’ in blue enclosing and being enclosed by densely packed red penwork, 200 by 152mm, small spots and stains, slight cockling and remnants of paper stubs from previous mounting

Estimation

€350 - 600

Three leaves from legal manuscripts, in Latin, on

16 - Three leaves from legal manuscripts, in Latin, on vellum, [France, thirteenth century], three leaves: (i) leaf from a copy of Justinian’s Digest, with text in double column of 52 lines, blue paraph marks, one-and 2-line initials in red and blue, spaces left for initials, gloss on four sides in the margin, 273 x 180mm.; (ii) leaf from a copy of Gratian’s Decretum, text in double column of 55 lines, red rubrics and one-line initials, 2-line initials in blue with red penwork, one 3-line initial

Estimation

€710 - 960

Two leaves from legal manuscripts, in Latin, decor

17 - Two leaves from legal manuscripts, in Latin, decorated manuscripts in vellum, [France and Italy, late thirteenth or early fourteenth century], two single leaves: (i) leaf from the Codex Iustinianus, book X, main text in double column of 57 lines, red rubrics, 2-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork (enclosing tiny human faces in initials in main text) or gold on blue and pink grounds with foliage sprigs curling into the margins, the main text enclosed within gloss filling all bor

Estimation

€590 - 840

Two small cuttings from a Sacramentary, in Latin,

18 - Two small cuttings from a Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy, c. 1200], two rectangular cuttings, both recovered from later reuse in a book binding, and with a single column of 6 and 7 remaining lines of a fine and professional early gothic bookhand, red rubrics and simple initials (one on verso containing a single scrolling foliage leaf), scuffs, spots, worm holes and stained areas, scrubbed illegible on reverses, overall fair condition, 90 x 175 and 105 x 165mm.

Estimation

€350 - 600

Leaf from a large Psalter with elegantly looping i

19 - Leaf from a large Psalter with elegantly looping initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Flanders, early thirteenth century (probably before c. 1230)], single leaf, with text in single column of 23 lines of a fine early gothic bookhand (with parts of Psalm 118 and 119), written below topline, line-fillers in red and blue interlocking chain-like penstokes, one-line initials in gold lined in black ink with long curling penstrokes, three large initials in long looping gold strokes (t

Estimation

€830 - 1,100

Leaf from a well-known Psalter-Hours, with David a

20 - Leaf from a well-known Psalter-Hours, with David as a crowned king and a seated saint in historiated initials, and a strange long-necked drollery in coloured penwork on the reverse, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1250-75], single leaf with two historiated initials on the verso: initial ‘C’ (opening the prayer “Concede nos famulus tuos ...”) and ‘D’ (opening the prayer “Dominus qui corda fidelium ...”) in orange or blue overlaid with whi

Estimation

€4,700 - 7,200

Two leaves from a University Bible (with parts of

21 - Two leaves from a University Bible (with parts of the Pauline Epistles and Acts of the Apostles), in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [England (probably Oxford), thirteenth century], two single leaves, each with text in double columns of 49 lines of an excellent University script, spaces left for rubrics, capitals touched in red, 2-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork or in gold on blue and pink grounds, four larger initials in same colours, enclosing scrolling foliage w

Estimation

€830 - 1,100

Six leaves from a Psalter, one with a historiated

22 - Six leaves from a Psalter, one with a historiated initial enclosing St. Paul, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Germany, fourteenth century], two bifolia and two single leaves (the second of those attached to one of the bifolia), contemporary folio numbers: ‘clxxxxi’, ‘clxxxxv’-‘clxxxvii’ and ‘lxxiii’-‘lxxvi’, each leaf with single column of 17 lines in a tall and angular gothic bookhand, capitals touched in red, red rubrics, one- and 2-line initials in red or dark

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Leaf from the Dominican ‘Saint-Jacques’ Bible conc

23 - Leaf from the Dominican ‘Saint-Jacques’ Bible concordance, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [France, early fourteenth century], single large leaf, with text in three columns of 55 lines of a rounded gothic bookhand, red and pale blue paraph marks and small initials, running titles (“In”) in same, line-prickings remaining suggesting leaf not cut down, some stains to edges and small folds and spots, else in excellent condition, 460 x 311mm.

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

A gathering from an early codex of Thomas Bradward

24 - A gathering from an early codex of Thomas Bradwardine, De causa Dei contra Pelagium et de virtute causarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France (almost certainly Paris), second half of the fourteenth century], 6 leaves (with apparently continuous text) from the capitula list at the front of the work, text in double columns of 48 lines in a professional University bookhand, lemmata-terms set in margin in main hand, paraph marks in alternate blue and red, 2- to 4-line init

Estimation

€3,500 - 6,000

Cutting from an early choirbook, with a large illu

25 - Cutting from an early choirbook, with a large illuminated initial, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [France, fourteenth century], rectangular cutting, with 5 lines of text in a fine and angular gothic bookhand, accompanied by music in square notation on a 4-line red stave, capitals touched in red, red rubrics and initials, one very large initial ‘M’ in dark pink with salmon-pink scrollwork overlaid, enclosing thin scrolling coloured foliage tendrils terminating in delicately painted blue ivyl

Estimation

€350 - 600

Christ in Gethsemane, in a large initial, on a lea

26 - Christ in Gethsemane, in a large initial, on a leaf from a Choirbook, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern Italy or southern France, last decades of the thirteenth century], single large leaf, with an initial ‘I’ (opening “In monte oliveti …”, a responsory for the first nocturn on Maundy Thursday), in pink and blue, enclosing Christ with a detailed white face, wearing orange robes and kneeling in a hilly landscape with foliage, lifting his hands up to the heavens, all

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Cutting from a Choirbook, with a large finely pain

27 - Cutting from a Choirbook, with a large finely painted initial, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy, thirteenth century], large cutting, with an initial ‘I’ (opening the introit “Intret in conspectu tuo domine ...”) in delicately painted grey, pale brown and orange acanthus leaves, with tiny hairline white foliate brushwork overlaid, all on dark blue grounds, red rubric, one- and 2-line initials in alternate red or blue with contrasting penwork, some stains and folds, small i

Estimation

€290 - 420

Large initial enclosing the bust of a bishop (perh

28 - Large initial enclosing the bust of a bishop (perhaps a saint-bishop), on a cutting from an early Choirbook, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [southern France (perhaps Toulouse) or northern Italy (perhaps Piedmont), fourteenth century], rectangular cutting, trimmed to edges of initial, with large initial ‘D’ in blue with white brushwork overlaid, enclosing a penwork portrait of a bishop’s head (without a halo, but perhaps meant to be a saint-bishop) with green robes and mitre an

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Three leaves from an exceptionally early Italian B

29 - Three leaves from an exceptionally early Italian Book of Hours, one with a historiated initial, in Latin, from a manuscript on vellum, [Italy (Naples), most probably late 1360s or 1370s], three single leaves, one with a large initial ‘I’ (opening “In illo tempore recumbentibus …”, Mark 16:14) enclosing a full-length portrait of Christ within a simple blue, green and red frame on a wide burnished gold ground, all with decorated borders of coloured foliage or geometric shapes with inters

Estimation

€5,900 - 8,400

Leaf from a Book of Hours, with cat-like drollery

30 - Leaf from a Book of Hours, with cat-like drollery creatures with human heads in the border, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France, c. 1470], text in single column of 17 lines of lettre bâtarde, one- and 2-line initials in gold on blue and burgundy grounds, line-fillers in same with gold brushwork picking out scrolls on the coloured grounds, each page with a decorated border panel of sprays of coloured acanthus leaves and other hairline foliage supporting at their midpoints gold ci

Estimation

€470 - 720

Four leaves from Books of Hours, in Latin or Frenc

31 - Four leaves from Books of Hours, in Latin or French, illuminated manuscripts on vellum, [France, fifteenth century], four single leaves, comprising: (a) single leaf with text in 24 lines, red rubrics, one- and 2-line initials in gold (the larger on coloured grounds), this perhaps once the initial leaf of a volume and with “Page 1” and “Page 2” added in a nineteenth-century hand, a faded paper label attached with the year “1856” still legible and a clipping from an auction house catal

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Collection of 23 leaves and cuttings from medieval

32 - Collection of 23 leaves and cuttings from medieval manuscripts, all in Latin, on vellum, [thirteenth to fifteenth century], including (a) an illuminated Book of Hours leaf, with text in single column of 17 lines of angular bookhand, red rubric, two initials in blue on gold and grounds enclosing coloured foliage, border panels on both sides of coloured foliate tendrils terminating in gold leaves and seedpods, 97 x 72mm., France, early fifteenth century; (b) two leaves from a Psalter, each with 19

Estimation

€3,500 - 6,000

Two miniatures from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ill

33 - Two miniatures from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France, mid-fifteenth century], two rectangular cuttings, each with an arch-topped miniature (the Visitation of the Magi and the Flight into Egypt) within a thin gold frame, remnants of borders with coloured acanthus leaves and other foliage and a wide gold bar with scrolling fleshy-leaved ivy-leaves overlaid on one, remnants of 11 lines of text on reverses with dark red initials, one-line initials in gold on blue

Estimation

€830 - 1,100

Leaf from a large Gradual, with large initial ‘D’,

34 - Leaf from a large Gradual, with large initial ‘D’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Italy, fifteenth century], single large leaf, with a large initial ‘D’ in soft pink, enclosing mirrored and intersected scrolls of blue acanthus leaves, with pink and red leaves on dark pink and burnished gold, the whole initial on a blue ground, and terminating in a spray of acanthus leaves in the margin, smaller initials in tall and thin style in red or blue with contrasting penwork, red rub

Estimation

€590 - 840

Leaf from a very large Antiphoner, with large illu

35 - Leaf from a very large Antiphoner, with large illuminated initial, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [Italy, fifteenth century], single large leaf, with text in 5 lines of liturgical script, with accompanying music in square notation on a 4-line red stave, a capital with ornately flourished penstrokes, red rubrics, one small blue initial in split bands enclosing and encased in densely packed red penwork, one very large initial ‘I’ (opening “Iam sancte clare claritas ...”, the first antipho

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Leaf from a Gradual, with large initial ‘A’, in La

36 - Leaf from a Gradual, with large initial ‘A’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Italy, late fifteenth century], single large leaf, with a large initial ‘A’ in blue, enclosing sprays of stylised green and orange acanthus leaf foliage in its compartments, the whole initial on burnished gold grounds and with further coloured acanthus leaf sprays in margin, one line of red and blue capitals with contrasting penwork, one-line initials in same, red rubrics, 7 lines of text with music

Estimation

€350 - 600

Substantial remnant of a Psalter with Canticles an

37 - Substantial remnant of a Psalter with Canticles and a Litany, with over 200 humans, monkeys, fish, hare, dogs and other animals used as line-fillers, initials and marginal additions, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [north eastern France or adjacent Southern Netherlands, late thirteenth century], 44 leaves (plus two modern endleaves at front, and the same at back), wanting leaves at front and end, and a number of leaves from what throughout (restored in nineteenth-century with some le

Estimation

€17,000 - 24,000

The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminate

38 - The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century], 197 leaves (plus a paper endleaf at front and back), most probably complete as in Early Modern period, collation: i16, ii-v12, vi11 (last leaf a singleton), vii-ix12, x-xii16, xiii12, xiv11 (last but one leaf wanting; but without loss of text), xv12, xvi3 (uncertain, this the remainder of a quire; but text here complete), a note

Estimation

€35,000 - 60,000

Four leaves with parts of Henry Wadsworth Longfell

39 - Four leaves with parts of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1855 epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha, in English verse, modern illumination and scribal work by Mary Rice Oxley, decorated manuscript on paper, [England (Shrewsbury), first half to mid-20th century], four single leaves, each with 29 lines in a fine calligraphic hand, the initial leaf opening with a large initial ‘H’ in gold inhabited by a heron, remaining lines of title and author’s name also in gold or ornamental enlarged script, ea

Estimation

€830 - 1,100

Monastic Book of Hours, perhaps of Franciscan Use,

40 - Monastic Book of Hours, perhaps of Franciscan Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, in its contemporary binding, [south west Germany or Silesia, fourteenth century, with some leaves added in fifteenth century], 186 leaves, wanting a few leaves (partly from the rearrangement of the volume in the fifteenth century, collation: i12, ii6 (wants 2 leaves, but without apparent loss of text), iii4 (wants first leaf and a number of others), iv6 (wanting first 2 leaves, but without loss of text

Estimation

€9,500 - 15,000

Calendar, in Middle Dutch, illuminated manuscript

41 - Calendar, in Middle Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Netherlands (probably Utrecht or vicinity), second half of the fifteenth century], 5 leaves (originally 6, but leaf with March-April wanting; single modern endleaves at front and back), a single gathering from the front of a codex, perhaps a Missal or large Book of Hours, text in 32 lines of a professional angular late medieval bookhand, capitals touched in red, red month names and especially honoured saints, one-line initials in alte

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Guernsey.- Guille (James, Bailiff of Guernsey) Agr

42 - Guernsey.- Guille (James, Bailiff of Guernsey) Agreement of sale relating to Thomas Henry in the Parish of St Michel du Valle, mentioning the Chapel of Notre Dame Lespine and community and in favour of Nicolas de la Court and John Essart Jurats, manuscript in French, on vellum, calligraphic initial "A" and 3 small calligraphic initials "I" for "Item", several stains including large stain affecting some legibility, remains of black wax seal, small piece torn away from corner not affecting text, b

Estimation

€710 - 960

Jersey.- 3 Jersey charters, in French, single-shee

43 - Jersey.- 3 Jersey charters, in French, single-sheet documents on vellum, charters: (i) judgement of Jean du Marescq, bailiff of Jersey ("bailly en lisle de Jersey"), in the case of Collas Beaugie and Jacques du Feu, on 15 long lines in an irregular French secretarial hand, one penwork initial, signatures of the three involved parties at foot with calligraphic flourishes, seals once attached to tags cuts horizontally from base of document (these now wanting), small scuffs and spots, old folds cau

Estimation

€4,700 - 7,200

James II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland,

44 - James II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1633-1701) Royal warrant signed concerning the New Forest Account, D.s. "James R" at head, manuscript in English, on paper, 1p. with conjugate blank, and 2 notes signed by Laurence Hyde, first Earl of Rochester, a few tears and holes, some with repairs, margins torn with loss (affecting text at times), scattered staining, approx. 350 x 230 mm., 1685.

Estimation

€590 - 840

William III (King of England, Scotland and Ireland

45 - William III (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1650–1702) Royal warrant signed authorising pension payments to 24 individuals from the Rent of the Lotteries, D.s. "William R." at head, manuscript in English, laid down on paper, 1p., a few names in later paper laid down at lower margin, tears and repairs (some affecting text at margins), light staining, approx. 180 x 350mm., 20th November 1695.

Estimation

€470 - 720

Cookery & Medical.- [18th century recipe book], ma

46 - Cookery & Medical.- [18th century recipe book], manuscript in several hands, 242pp., many blank, and some loose inserts, many browned and stained, some loose to rear, including domestic recipes to front section, and medical to rear, and small section on Naval Interest, including notes on "Names of the Commanders of Ships in Torbay", naval rosters under "Lord Keith's Fleet", and notes on the distribution of prize money captures during the Action of 16 October 1799, original calf, boards detached

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Anne (Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 166

47 - Anne (Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1665-1714) Royal warrant signed for the provision of clothing for the Royal Maundy, D.s. "Anne R" and William Van Huls at head, manuscript in English, on vellum, 1p., embossed paper seal (working loose) and revenue stamp, some staining and natural discolouration, approx. 500 x 360mm., 4th March 1705.

Estimation

€710 - 960

Breviary, Latin. Oficio Divino, 146 leaves, manusc

48 - Breviary, Latin. Oficio Divino, 146 leaves, manuscript on vellum in red and black, enlarged initial in gilt for Psalm 88, corrective annotation in vernacular Spanish for Psalm 37, some surface soiling, yellowing (as often), some leaves with irregular edges or repaired, without loss, some remnants of cloth ties, bookseller's label to rear pastedown, original calf, rebacked, brass corners pieces and embossed centre piece to covers, lacking clasps, folio, [Spain], c.18th-century.

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Napoleon.- Harding (H.J.), and others. The Militar

49 - Napoleon.- Harding (H.J.), and others. The Military Achievements of Napoleon, Emperor of the French, Ending 1815, Commencing 1767, a collector's scrap album, with manuscript title page in inks, a watercolour portrait miniature of Napoleon, signed 'H. Harding 1816', an unsigned watercolour portrait of Napoleon with golden laurel wreath, and 97 hand-coloured lithographs by Jean-Baptiste Madou, from 'Vie de Napoleon', each trimmed to image and inset into album leaf, many with French ink inscription

Estimation

€710 - 960

[Dupin (Lucile-Aurore)], "George Sand". [Autograph

50 - [Dupin (Lucile-Aurore)], "George Sand". [Autograph Manuscript of 'Varieties' a Book Review of Auguste Vacquerie's Les Miettes de l'Histoire'], manuscript in French, 14pp. on paper stubs, signed by the author at end, a few light finger soils, contemporary ink inscription at head of p.1 in different hand, near-contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt, very light sunning to spine, very minor rubbing to joints, 8vo, [1860s].

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Toby (The), 6 vol., manuscript magazine in several

51 - Toby (The), 6 vol., manuscript magazine in several hands, numerous pp., including a large collection of original and seemingly unrecorded satirical watercolour and broadside designs in the manner of the Cruikshank family, and some initialled 'J.W[right]', others by different hands, and 2 photographs, some laid down, a few tears, few ff. with loss to illustration or text, few repairs, some ff. loose or working loose, some creasing, occasional light spotting or staining, light browning, bookplates

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Louÿs (Pierre) Une Volupté Nouvelle, manuscript, 3

52 - Louÿs (Pierre) Une Volupté Nouvelle, manuscript, 39pp., tipped onto blank leaves, light surface marks, later burgundy morocco dated '1927' to rear turn-in, spine lettered in gilt, 4to, [Paris], [Librairie Borel], [1899].

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Calligraphic Manuscript.- Ibbs (Edith Anne, callig

53 - Calligraphic Manuscript.- Ibbs (Edith Anne, calligrapher and artist, 1863-1937) The Breastplate of St Patrick, calligraphic manuscript on vellum, title and 10pp., Celtic style decorated title, initials and line fillers, original vellum, slightly yellowed, 2 green cloth ties, modern slip-case, in fine condition, Written out & illuminated by Edith A. Ibbs, 1911.

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Nobel Prize winners.- Good collection of c.78 auto

54 - Nobel Prize winners.- Good collection of c.78 autographs of Nobel Prize winners (mostly Physics and Peace), some signed photographs, others with accompanying photographs or envelopes (many addressed to Holger Kempe, presumably the compiler), assembled in a loose sleeve lever-arch file with identification of the signatures by captions in German, most 1960s-1980s.

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Rome.- Florus (Lucius Annaeus) Epitomae rerum Roma

55 - Rome.- Florus (Lucius Annaeus) Epitomae rerum Romanarum; Jordanus Osnabrugensis De Prerogativa Romani imperii; Alexander de Roes Memoriale de praerogativa Romani imperii, collation: [a-c10], double column, 29 ff. (of 30, lacking final blank), 46 lines, Gothic type, four-line incipit printed in red, initials in red or blue, initial-strokes in red, fol.1 & 25 with marginal decoration in blue, a few ff. with remains of / small stain from paper tab to outer margin, some water-staining / staining and

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Roman emperors & their rivals.- Scriptores histori

56 - Roman emperors & their rivals.- Scriptores historiae Augustae, [edited by Bonus Accursius], part 2 only (of 3), collation: [A6 B-R8 S10], 143 ff. (of 144, lacking final blank), 40 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, first f. of text with gilt initial 'O' with white vine stem decoration on a coloured ground, and an unidentified coat of arms in various colours at foot with the initials 'ZA AN' in gilt on either side (little trimmed at foot), ruled in red throughout at a later dat

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Cicero.- Asconius Pedianus (Quintus) Commentarii i

57 - Cicero.- Asconius Pedianus (Quintus) Commentarii in orationes Ciceronis [and other related works], edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus, collation: a10 b6 c–g8 a8 b10 c8 d6 a-d10.8 e8 f6 g–l8 m6, 184 ff., 35-36 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, 3a1 blank, early manuscript foliation, some spotting or staining (including occasional ink), lightly browned, 18th century calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with burgundy morocco label (little chipped), joints split, but holding,

Estimation

€2,900 - 4,200

Gellius (Aulus) Noctes Atticae, fourth edition, co

58 - Gellius (Aulus) Noctes Atticae, fourth edition, collation: a10 b-x8 yz6 AB8, 198 ff., 36 lines, Roman and Greek type, a1 blank, initials, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red (often offsetting or smudging), AB8 (table of chapter headings) bound at start, spotting (or occasional foxing) and staining, lightly browned, 18th century red panelled morocco, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends, ends of raised bands and corners worn, rubbed, folio (307

Estimation

€4,700 - 7,200

Bible, Latin. [Biblia Latina cum Postillis Nicolai

59 - Bible, Latin. [Biblia Latina cum Postillis Nicolai de Lyra], New Testament only, collation: Ee-Pp10 Qq8 Rr-Vv10 Xx8 Yy6 Zz-Ccc10 Ddd12 Eee10 Fff8 1-410 512 6-1210 13-148 , 385ff. (lacking blank Ee1), 66 lines of double-column commentary in a smaller font surrounding text, initials in red and blue, many with marginal flourishes, paragraph-marks in red, printer's device in red on final leaf, inscription 'dominus meus' on 3B10v in gold, some marginal repairs at beginning and end, a few worm-holes s

Estimation

€1,700 - 2,400

Bonfire of Vanities.- Benivieni (Girolamo) Canzoni

60 - Bonfire of Vanities.- Benivieni (Girolamo) Canzoni e sonetti dell’amore e della bellezza divina, con commento, first edition, first issue, collation: [π]4 a-n8 o6 oo10 p8 q10 r-s6, 152ff., 44-45 lines, roman type, guide spaces for initials, line markings and marginal notes in contemporary hand(?s), mainly to first half, small paper repairs to corners first 2ff., occasional stains and foxing, endpapers renewed with slip tipped-in bearing ink notes in modern hand, contemporary calf over wooden

Estimation

€4,700 - 7,200

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) De li homini illustri, in

61 - Plinius Secundus (Gaius) De li homini illustri, in lingua senese traducto et brevemente commentato, first edition in Italian, collation: A-N8 complete with full-page Nardi she-wolf woodcut on verso of errata leaf at end, woodcut diagrams and initials, woodcut primitive world map on L8r, foxing and some staining, small hole to L4 with slight loss of text, fore-margin of first few leaves repaired, a few early ink annotations, later vellum, slight worming, later endpapers, 4to in 8s, (205 x 136mm.)

Estimation

€1,700 - 2,400

Canon Law.- [Lyndwood (William, editor)] Provincia

62 - Canon Law.- [Lyndwood (William, editor)] Provinciale seu constitutiones Anglie cum summariis atque annotationibus; cum interpretatione, 2 parts in 1 vol., collation: A–C⁶, a–g⁸, h–x8.6, y8, z⁸, [con]¹⁰; † - ††6, A-I8 K6, titles and text printed in red and black with woodcut vignettes, text in double column in gothic letter, woodcut illustrations (some full-page), occasional ink marginalia, lacking Y4-5 & final blank K6, small worm trail changing to singular worm hole title-B

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,000

Sammelband of Roman imprints.- Vipera (Giovanni Me

63 - Sammelband of Roman imprints.- Vipera (Giovanni Mercurio) De divino et vero numineapologeticon, collation: a-b4 c6 a-d4 a-b4 c6 a-c4 a-b4 c6 a-f4, 6 parts, each with separate signature and title within fine woodcut border, [Rome], n.p., [1515]; bound with De disciplinarum virtutumque Laudibus opusculum, collation: A-T4, splendid woodcut title border from the celebrated Tuppo Aesop (Naples, 1485), representing one of the triumphs of Hercules, [Rome, Etienne Guilleret, 14 September 1515]; bound wi

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Dante Alighieri, and others. Sonetti e Canzoni di

64 - Dante Alighieri, and others. Sonetti e Canzoni di diversi antichi autori Toscani in dieci libri raccolte, first edition, collation: AA4, a-s8, t4 complete, woodcut device on title repeated on verso of final leaf, some foxing, later half vellum over marbled boards, spine gilt, 8vo (162 x 100mm.), Florence, heredi di Philippo di Giunta, 1527.

Estimation

€1,700 - 2,400

Homer. [The Iliad], text in Greek, collation: A-Z8

65 - Homer. [The Iliad], text in Greek, collation: A-Z8, 2A-2M8, title within woodcut border and woodcut printer's device to colophon (some areas of hand-colouring), some ink marginalia and annotations, largely to title and early ff. by a contemporary hand, marginal small hole to C1 and a couple of small nicks to title and elsewhere, occasional light marginal water-staining and a few odd spots and soiling, upper hinge cracked and reinforced, else rather clean and bright, contemporary blind-stamped pi

Estimation

€710 - 960

Caro (Annibale) Apologia de gli Academici di Banch

66 - Caro (Annibale) Apologia de gli Academici di Banchi di Roma, first edition, printed on blue paper, collation A-Z a-i4 k6 l-m4 engraved title-vignette, woodcut initials and decorations, some browning and staining, 18th century mottled half calf over decorative boards, slight worming to spine, 4to (209 x 148mm.), Parma, Seth Viotto, 1558.

Estimation

€8,300 - 12,000

Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Geographia, first edition of

67 - Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Geographia, first edition of Giuseppe Moleti's Latin re-translation of Ptolemy, based on that of Bilibald Pirckheimer of 1525, collation: *4 A-O4 A-S8 [64 d-p maps with text to versos], A-H4, complete with blank leaf S8, title with woodcut device, woodcut diagrams, illustrations and initials, 64 double-page engraved maps after Giacomo Gastaldi, a few slightly shaved touching plate-mark at upper edge, some light water-staining, later blind-stamped calf, clasps, slightly rubb

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Reisner (Adam) Jerusalem, Vetustissima ila et cele

68 - Reisner (Adam) Jerusalem, Vetustissima ila et celeberrima totius mundi civitas..., collation: A6, A-Z6, a-z6, Aa-Hh6, Ii4, Kk6, double-page woodcut map (glued to C1 at gutter), woodcut illustrations, title restored at gutter and with 2 ink ownership inscriptions of which 1 partially removed with slight abrasions, few wormholes to first few ff., light browning and foxing, 17th-century calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, blind-stamped to corners of covers, rubbed, [Adams R340; VD16 R1058

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Alighieri (Dante) and Giovanni Boccaccio. Vita Nuo

69 - Alighieri (Dante) and Giovanni Boccaccio. Vita Nuova...[&] Origine, Vita, Studii..., 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, collation: *4, A-G8, H4, A-E8, titles with woodcut printer's devices, bookplate to title verso and front pastedown, occasional ink marginalia and annotations, scattered spotting and staining, a few corners with tears and loss (not affecting text), light cracking at gutter, later patterned-paper boards, spine browned with some loss to spine ends, rubbed and bumped with a few stai

Estimation

€4,700 - 7,200

Florence's Fine Arts.- Borghini (Raffaello) Il rip

70 - Florence's Fine Arts.- Borghini (Raffaello) Il riposo di Raffaello Borghini in cui della pittura, e della scultura si fauella, de’ piu illustri pittori, e scultori, e delle piu famose opere loro si fa mentione, first edition, collation: -8 A-Z Aa-Rr8 Ss4, title with large woodcut printer's device, 8 errata f., 2v full-page oval woodcut (trimmed at fore-edge within border), some early underlining and occasional marginalia, foxed, some staining, lightly browned, 19th century vellum, spin

Estimation

€470 - 720

Beards.- Olmo (Marc Antonio) Physiologia Barbae Hu

71 - Beards.- Olmo (Marc Antonio) Physiologia Barbae Humanae, first edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, woodcut illustration on Y1r, short tear in 2I1, some light browning, scattered spotting and marginal damp-staining, a few faint creases towards end, without sig.K appendix as usual, contemporary limp vellum, upper hinge torn at head, spine with contemporary ms title, [Bruni-Evans 3713 ;Krivatsy 8425], folio, Bologna, Giovanni Batista Bellagamba, 1601.

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Bound in the arms of the dedicatee.- Palazzuolo (C

72 - Bound in the arms of the dedicatee.- Palazzuolo (Cesare) Il Soldato di Santa Chiesa, first edition, title with woodcut arms of the dedicatee Francesco Borghese, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, light foxing, some tiny worming to gutter head (not affecting text), contemporary vellum, covers with central gilt arms of Francesco Borghese, heraldic dragon and eagle tooled in gilt to each corner, double gilt fillet border, flat spine gilt-tooled with alternating dragons and eagles, lacking ties, shal

Estimation

€710 - 960

Navel & Maritime.- Crescenzi (Bartolomeo) Nautica

73 - Navel & Maritime.- Crescenzi (Bartolomeo) Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, engraved title, folding map, 3 folding plates, 2 volvelles on p.344 and 414, numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations and diagrams, a few full-page, map with few small splits, neat repairs to verso slightly affecting image but neatly supplied in manuscript, Y3-4 bound before Y1-2, occasional marginal worming, light foxing and staining, contemporary vellum, spine with title in manuscript and darkened,

Estimation

€17,000 - 24,000

Menz (Balthasar) Itinera sex a diversis Saxoniae d

74 - Menz (Balthasar) Itinera sex a diversis Saxoniae ducibus et electoribus, diversis temporibus in Italiam omnia, tria etiam in Palaestinam..., first edition, title within typographical border with woodcut portrait to verso, a few other woodcuts, with final blank preliminary leaf, Wittenberg, W.Meisner at the expense of C.Berger, 1612 bound with Matenesius (Johan Friedrich) Critices Christianae libri duo de ritu bibendi super sanitate, pontificum, caesarum, principum, ducum..., first edition, title

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Persian Literature.- Sa'di (Abu 'Abd Allah Musharr

75 - Persian Literature.- Sa'di (Abu 'Abd Allah Musharrif al-Di) Rosarium Politicum, sive Amoenum Sortis Humanæ Theatrum, translated by Georgius Gentius, text in Persian and Latin on facing pages, woodcut printer's device on title and initials, lacking final blank, title with ink markings and small rust-hole, light soiling to first and final f., some restoration to gutter to first few ff., ink annotation to foot of 3F3-4, first 2 gathering proud and working loose, few very minor wormholes to margins

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Vida y Hechos Del I

76 - Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Vida y Hechos Del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vol., first illustrated Spanish edition, additional engraved titles and 16 plates attributed to Frederik Bouttats, some light foxing and toning, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spines, corners repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, Brussels, Juan Monmarte, 1662.

Estimation

€4,700 - 7,200

Junius (Franciscus) Quatuor D. N. Jesu Christi eua

77 - Junius (Franciscus) Quatuor D. N. Jesu Christi euangeliorum....Gothica scil. et Anglo-Saxonica, collation: +2, *-**4- A-Z4 , Aa - Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Bbbb4, *-***4, A-Z4, Aa - Zz4, Aaa-Hhh4, text in two columns in Gothic and Anglo-Saxon, illustrated title, previous owners inscriptions, bookplate staining and spotting, hinges a little tender, half calf-backed paper covered boards, raised bands, spine and titles gilt, scuffing to leather and boards, short tear at crown, edgwear, 4to, Dordrecht, Ty

Estimation

€890 - 1,200

Gulnazar (Nahapet) Parzabanutiwn hogenvag Saghmosa

78 - Gulnazar (Nahapet) Parzabanutiwn hogenvag Saghmosatsn Davti Margarein (Illustration of the Melodius Psalms of Prophet David), text in Armenian, 10 woodcuts, decorative initials and hand illustrated margins, owners notations to endpapers, toning, spotting, staining, cotemporary stamped black leather, corners bumped, creasing and small cracks to leather, clam shell box lettered in gilt, 8vo, Venice, 1687.

Estimation

€890 - 1,200

Vallisneri (Antonio) Lezione Accademica intorno al

80 - Vallisneri (Antonio) Lezione Accademica intorno all’origine delle fontane…, first edition, dedication copy to Francesco Canale, one folding engraved plate, front free endpaper trimmed at fore-edge, near contempotary boards, light spotting to backstrip and edges, [Garrison & Morton 302; Pritzel 9675], 4to, Venice, Giovanni Gabriello Ertz, 1715.

Estimation

€1,400 - 2,200

Bandini (Angelo Maria) Catalogus Codicum Manuscrip

81 - Bandini (Angelo Maria) Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae varia continens Opera Graecorum Patrum, 3 vol., titles in red and black, vol.1 with engraved title-vignette and portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, some folding, and decorations, old red ink stamp to titles, contemporary vellum, vol.1 not uniform with others, extremities a little worn, folio, Florence, Typis Caesareis, 1764-70.

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Judaica.- Hakadosh (Alshich) Sefer Torat Moshe, 2

82 - Judaica.- Hakadosh (Alshich) Sefer Torat Moshe, 2 parts in 1 vol., text in Hebrew, previous owner's ink-stamp and ink signatures to title, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Solomon B. Freehof, twentieth-century cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, [Amsterdam], [1777].

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Cañes (Francisco) Diccionario Español. Latino-Arab

83 - Cañes (Francisco) Diccionario Español. Latino-Arabigo, 3 vol., first edition, text in double columns, half-titles, errata f., 4 large engraved headpieces by Fernando Selma after Josef Camaron, occasional light browning to vol.3, occasional light staining, light worming to margins, ink inscription to free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt spines with red and green morocco labels, labels a little chipped, a few worm holes, light rubbing, folio, Madrid, by Don Antonio Sancha, 1787.

Estimation

€1,700 - 2,400

Bodoni.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia, 3 vo

84 - Bodoni.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia, 3 vol., contemporary half sheep over decorative boards, red and green morocco spine labels, joints rubbed and those on vol.1 split, [Brooks 654 "Edizione bella"], folio, Parma, Bodoni, 1796.

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Flaubert (Gustave) Salammbô, first edition, first

85 - Flaubert (Gustave) Salammbô, first edition, first issue, signed presentation copy from the author to Mario Uchard, half-title with advertisement for new edition of Madam Bovary verso, 'Table' f. at end, spotted, some foxing (occasionally heavy, see pp.96-100, for example), original yellow printed wrappers bound in, 20th century dark brown half crushed moroco, spine gilt, spine little faded, little rubbed and marked, [Carteret, I, 266; Vicaire III, 724; Dumesnil, pp. 75-96], 8vo, Paris, Michel L

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Caxton (William).- Higden (Ranulphus) Polychronico

86 - Caxton (William).- Higden (Ranulphus) Polychronicon, single f. from Liber Quintus, f. CCXXXV, 40 lines, rubricated in red, early red ink marginalia, later black ink marginalia to verso, small hole to margin, few damp or water-stains, light spotting, framed and glazed, small folio (approx. 250 x 180 mm), [Westminster], [1482].

Estimation

€710 - 960

Sleidanus (Johannes) A Famouse Cronicle of oure ti

87 - Sleidanus (Johannes) A Famouse Cronicle of oure time, called Sleidanes Commentaries, concerning the state of Religion and common wealth, during the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fift..., first edition in English, black letter, woodcut coat of arms on title, woodcut initials, lacking blanks A6 and 3Q4, light marginal browning, occasional minor marking or soiling, occasional small marginal worming, but a clean, crisp copy generally, first 4ff. detached, engraved portrait of the author to past

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Bible, English.- [The Bible], largely printed in b

88 - Bible, English.- [The Bible], largely printed in black letter, lacking title and preliminaries, also lacking 2A3, 4A2, final colophon with woodcut arms misbound right at beginning, NT title within woodcut border (trimmed and laid down and with lower edge of border slightly defective), some leaves with sidenotes shaved with loss, a few tears/defects and repairs with loss of text, some soiling and staining, with Concordances and Whole Booke of Psalms bound at end (incomplete), a few ink annotation

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Thucydides. Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warr

89 - Thucydides. Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre, first Hobbes edition, second issue, translated by Hobbes, engraved title by T. Cecill, 2 engraved plates, 3 folding maps (one with outer edge frayed and repaired), lacking final leaf (blank), 2ff. early manuscript addenda to index at end, A3 with small hole causing slight loss to a few words, a few other minor paper flaws/tears slightly affecting text, a few preliminary leaves soiled, occasional minor marginal staining, contemporary calf, spin

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, the

90 - Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, the first King James Bible avowedly printed abroad, engraved titles, the first creased, a few minor tears, preliminary blank leaf bound immediately after title, sumptuous binding of contemporary black morocco, gilt, possibly by Samuel Mearne or his workshop, with flowers, borders and drawer handles, plus initials "ISW" on upper cover, spine heavily gilt but faded, joints repaired, later marbled endpapers, modern cloth slip-case, [Herbert 564], folio,

Estimation

€2,300 - 3,600

Macchiavelli (Niccolo) The Works, first edition in

91 - Macchiavelli (Niccolo) The Works, first edition in English, 5pp. publisher's catalogue at end, 16pp. Letter to Zanobius Buondelmontius bound in with preliminaries and includes an inserted leaf of manuscript between 22 and 31 with catchword on 2*2v altered to make it read properly, early ink inscription at head of title, small burn-hole in 2F1 just affecting a couple of letters, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed, head of spine nicked, [ESTC R19906; Wing M128A], folio, Printed for John

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Economics.- Petty (Sir William) Political Arithmet

92 - Economics.- Petty (Sir William) Political Arithmetick, first edition, initial licence leaf, errata leaf (a8) and advertisement leaf at end, minor splash-stain to title, contemporary speckled sheep, joints rubbed and slightly cracked, [ESTC R17628; Goldsmiths' 2798; Kress 1741], 8vo, Printed for Robert Clavel and Hen. Mortlock, 1690.

Estimation

€7,100 - 9,600

Feminism.- [Drake (Judith)] An Essay In Defence of

93 - Feminism.- [Drake (Judith)] An Essay In Defence of the Female Sex, first edition, engraved frontispiece of 'The Compleat Beau', title within double-rule border, variant with final line on p.148 reading "the mean Performance of", headline of A4 slightly trimmed, signature F loose, hinges weak, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, splitting to joints, spine ends worn and chipped, [Wing D2125A], 8vo Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson...and R. Clavel, 1696.

Estimation

€3,500 - 4,800

Sale (George) The Koran, Commonly called The Alcor

94 - Sale (George) The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, first edition of this translation, title in red and black with small hole affecting comma, folding engraved map and 3 folding plates, occasional soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, spine ends chipped and label mostly missing, 4to, Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734.

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Philosophy.- Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, tra

95 - Philosophy.- Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, [one of only 50 sets printed], 2 folding engraved plates, some foxing, mostly at beginning and end of each vol., occasional browning, contemporary polished calf, gilt, red and black morocco spine labels, some joints cracked and spine ends chipped, corners rubbed, 4to, Printed for the Translator...by Robert Wilks, 1807-12.

Estimation

€7,100 - 9,600

Livius (Titus) The Romane Historie, first edition

96 - Livius (Titus) The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, large woodcut device on title, woodcut portrait of Queen Elizabeth on title verso and of Livy on verso of A4, lacking initial blank but with final blank, first few leaves with chipping to fore-edge, title with a few light creases, small holes to H2, 2S2 and 5M, each affecting a letter or two of text, light spotting at beginning and end, the odd spot or mark throughout, occasional slight browning, some d

Estimation

€7,100 - 9,600

Embroidered dos-à-dos binding.- Psalter (The) or P

97 - Embroidered dos-à-dos binding.- Psalter (The) or Psalmes of David, 1616 bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1622, titles with woodcut devices, printed for the Companie of Stationers, bound dos-à-dos with The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, title within woodcut architectural border, title trimmed close at outer margin (slightly shaving architectural border), by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1621 together 3 works in 2 vol., a few spots, some ff. working loose at inner margi

Estimation

€590 - 840

Embroidered Binding.- Bible, English. New Testamen

98 - Embroidered Binding.- Bible, English. New Testament (The) of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, woodcut title, [ESTC R170604], by Robert Barker, 1641 bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes collected into English Meter by Tho. Sternhold, Jo. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others..., lacking M12 ?blank, I. L. for the Company of Stationers, 1643, together 2 works in 1 vol., ink annotations to front endpaper, a few ff. trimmed close at margins, shaving and cutting a couple of Sig. letters and headings,

Estimation

€470 - 720

Embroidered Binding.- Bible, English. Holy Bible (

99 - Embroidered Binding.- Bible, English. Holy Bible (The), lacking title, first f. working loose and with small hole at inner-margin (slightly touching or shaving a few words), printed by the Company of Stationers, 1648 bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others..., woodcut title, a few ink annotations and tear to E12, [ETSC R170566], printed by A. M. for the Companie of Stationers, 1648, together 2 works in 1 vol., text in doub

Estimation

€470 - 720

Embroidered Binding.- Kegel (Philipp) Zwölff geist

100 - Embroidered Binding.- Kegel (Philipp) Zwölff geistliche Andachten..., text in German in black letter, title with woodcut vignette, ink annotations to front pastedown, title torn at lower margin with loss (cutting date and printer), small marginal worm hole to final few ff., scattered spotting and staining, hinges cracking, handsome near contemporary cloth over wooden boards, floral motifs embroidered in high relief with silver threads and coils over twisted thread cores, a few areas of wear to

Estimation

€590 - 840

Masonic Binding.- Black, (Robert, binder).- Anders

101 - Masonic Binding.- Black, (Robert, binder).- Anderson (James) The Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, revised by John Entick, engraved allegorical title, title in red & black, without Appendix, foxed and stained, A3 and Zz2 & 3 frayed at edges (reinforced), front free endpaper detached, contemporary dark red morocco tooled in gilt with elaborate border of pomegranates, bees, leafy fronds, small potted flowers etc. with masonic compass & sun to corne

Estimation

€890 - 1,200

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