Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
December 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/975
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    273 TuRBERVILE (G.) THe Booke oF FAULCONRIE OR HAUKING, blacts fetter, FIRST EDITION, NUMEROUS WoopcuTs, two leaves of the Epistle Dedi- catorie cleaned and portions of margin renewed, two leaves before the “errata” at end wanting, London, for C. Barker, 1575—THE NoBLE ARTE OF VENERIE OR HVNTING, Slact fetter, FIRST EDITION, NUMEROUS woopcuts, has the two leaves of music at end “The measures of blowing,” sig. al slightly defectiwe and repaired; imprinted by Henry Bynneman for C. Barker, n.d. bound together in brown morocco gilt, g. e. by Riviere 4to. (1) 274 Tuvil (D.) The Dove and the Serpent. In which is conteined a large description of all such points and principles, as tend either to Conuer- sation, or Negotiation, FIRST EDITION, a few rules and three or four headlines cut into, small hole in sig. 4, half calf 4to. T. C. for L. Lssle, 1614 275 Valentine and Orson, the two sons of the Emperour of Greece, blact fetter, woodcuts, two or three catchwords cut into, green morocco, stamp of the Bibliotheque de Mello on sides, tooled red morocco doublures by Belz Niedrée 4to. London, J. R. for T. Passinger, 1688 276 VaueErius Maximus. FACTORUM ET DICTORUM MEMORABILIUM LIBRI NOVEM, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, written by a French scribe im a curswe book hand, 309 Il. ; on the first page of text (on vellum) A FINELY EXECUTED MINIATURE OF THE AUTHOR READING HIS BOOK TO A GROUP OF FRIENDS ; the same page decorated with an illuminated border, an angel at foot supporting a coat-of-arms (the arms defaced), and a fine initial in gold on a dotted red ground; large initials in burnished gold on coloured grounds, other wnitials in red and blue alternately with penwork decora- tion; a few lower margins at beginning and end somewhat stained ; original binding of blind stamped calf over wooden boards, catches and clasps; Fairfax Murray book-label 4to (213 mm. by 148 mm.) FRENcH, 1466 ** Colophon at end of index: “ Deo gracias. 1466. 11 Januarii hora nona de mane.” On folio 1688 is the motto “ Bon & Feal.” 277 Valerius Maximus. Factorum et Dictorum memorabilium libri IX, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, nealy written in a small gothic hand, 28 lines to a page, 150 Il. slightly waterstained at end, note of purchase at end dated 12 June, 1479, old vellum 4to (215 mm. by 145 mm.) Irauian, before 1479 278 Venice. Cronica compendiosa gestorum & ducum Venetorum, Manv- SCRIPT ON VELLUM, written in a neat cursive book-hand, 14 ll. old calf gilt 4to (218 mm. by 155 mm.) ITALIAN, XV CENT. 279 Villon (F.) Poems now first done into English verse by John Payne, frontispiece, one of 157 copies, parchment 8vo. Printed for the Villon Society, 1878