Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 203
203. Boethius (Anicius Severinus) de ph i l o s o p h i a e co n s o l at i o n e.
ei u s d e m d e sc h o l a s t i c a disciplina, edited by Nicolaus Crescius,
woodcut initials, occasional spotting and light marginal waterstaining,
early ownership inscription on title, partly crossed out,
bookplate of E.C.Simpson, nineteenth-century blue straight-grain
morocco, gilt rules, g.e., [Adams B2287; Censimento 16 CNCE
6544], 8vo, Florence, Sumptibus Philippe de Giunta, 1513.
£300 - £400
Lot 204
204. Cicero (Marcus Tullius) ep i s t o l a r u m a d at t i c u m a d Br u t u m
a d qu i n t u m f r at r e m l i B r i xx, first al d i n e e d i t i o n, woodcut
printer’s device to title and verso of otherwise blank f., capital
spaces with guide-letters, some light marginal foxing or spotting
(including title), slightly heavier to last few ff., these with a little
light marginal water-staining, 3 small ink spots to lower edge of last
few sigs., 18th century vellum, red morocco label to spine (scuffed
with loss of a few letters), soiled and with a few stains, [Adams
C1907; Brunet II, 47-48; Ahmanson-Murphy 113; Renouard, Alde,
61:3; Censimento 16 CNCE 12190], 8vo, [Venice], [in aedibus
Aldi, et Andreae Soceri], [June, 1513]. £1,000 - £1,500
*** Brunet calls this attractive edition ‘peu commune’. We can
trace only 3 copies at auction in the last 27 years. The work is
dedicated to Filippo Csulai Moré, secretary to the King of Hungary
and ambassador to Venice. It includes a glossary of Greek terms
used by Cicero in his correspondence.
Lot 205
205. Richerius (Ludovicus Coelius) si c u t i an t i q u a r u m le c t i o n u m
co m m e n ta r i o s co n c i n n a r at ol i m vi n d e x ce s e l i u s first e d i t i o n,
title with woodcut anchor device printed in red, capital spaces
with guide-letters, a few instances of early ink marginalia, lacking
final blank B10, new front free endpaper, title with narrow repair
to width of head of title and soiled at lower corner, a few ff. with
small areas of marginal water-staining, the odd f. browned, ink
stains to b8 (very small) and c2r, no loss of text, closely trimmed
at head, occasionally just touching a running title or page number,
a few small stains, handsome Italian paste-paper paste-downs (a
few splits), 18th century vellum, spine in compartments 1 with a
red morocco label, the others with a central gilt floral motif, upper
joint repaired, some chipping to edges, corners worn, lightly soiled,
rubbed, edges decorated with an attractive red and blue spotty
design, contemporary with the binding, [Renouard, Aldus, 79:11;
Ahmanson-Murphy 143; Adams R450; Censimento 16 CNCE
47593], folio, Venice, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri., 1516.
£2,000 - £3,000
*** A very good copy of this scarce and handsome work dedicated
to Jean Grolier, to whom a copy was given. At the time Grolier
was the trésorier de guerre of the French army in Milan. In 1516
Richieri was appointed by François I to the chair of Greek at the
University of Milan. This extensive ‘encyclopedia’ discusses the
philological meanings of various passages from ancient literary
and historical works. Rabelais was said to have made much use of
it in his writings.