Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 206
206. di c t i o n a r i u s pa u p e r u m, Gothic letter, title in red and black
and with a decorated woodcut initial, capital spaces with guideletters,
some later ink marginalia in a neat hand, marginal waterstaining,
bound into attractive blind-stamped calf over wooden
boards, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners a little
worn, [Not in Adams], 8vo, Strasbourg, Johann Knoblouch,
[August, 1518]. £800 - £1,200
*** Rare.
Lot 207
207. Erasmus (Desiderius) de rati o n e stud i i, a c lege n d i,
i n t e r p r e ta n d i q; a u t o r e s l i B e l l u s a u r e u s, italic letter, title within
ornate woodcut border, capital spaces with guide-letters, single
wormhole to all to B6, turning into 2 and then 4 wormholes in later
ff., affecting part a letter or part of a letter on all ff., but with no
loss of sense of text, modern binding using old vellum ms., 8vo, [not
in Adams], [Strasbourg], Johann Knoblouch, 1521. £250 - £350
Lot 208
208. Boccaccio (Giovanni) am e t o ov e r co m e d i a d e l l e ni m p h e
fi o r e n t i n e, title within an attractive woodcut border, verso of final
f. with woodcut printer’s device, lacking final blank, final text f.
soiled and with lower corner repaired, occasional staining (mostly
marginal), occasional light water-staining to lower margins, 18th
century mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and richly gilt
with floral motifs and with a red morocco label, [Adams B2126;
Censimento 16 CNCE 6260], 8vo, [Venice], [Nicolo Zopino],
1524. £500 - £700
Lot 209
209. Strozzi (Tito Vespasiano) and Ercole. st r o z z i p o e ta e pat e r
e t filius, italic letter, title with woodcut printer’s device, capital
spaces with guide-letters, L4 blank, water-stained at foot, modern
limp vellum, [Adams S1957; Schreiber 68], 8vo, Paris, Simon de
Colines, 1530. £300 - £400
*** The only de Colines edition. It was reprinted from the 1513
Aldine edition
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