Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 279
279. Cordier (Mathurin) Co m m e n ta r i u S p u e r o r u d e q u o t i d i a n o
S e r m o n e, text in Latin and French, title with woodcut printer’s
device, 2e4 blank, title and final f. foxed, occasional spotting,
lightly browned, 17th century panelled calf, rebacked, corners
repaired, [Adams C2616], 8vo, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1550.
£300 - £400
*** A rare Estienne-printed schoolbook with a good provenance.
We can trace no copy at auction and it was not seen by Renouard;
nor is it in Schreiber. Cordier was considered to be a brilliant
teacher and held positions at Nevers and Lausanne. He taught and
later taught with John Calvin. It was the printer of the present work,
Robert Estienne, who persuaded him to convert to protestantism.
Provenance: Elizabeth Armstrong (Estienne scholar); Delamere
House, Northwich, Cheshire. (booklabel and bookplate).
Lot 280
280. Bible, Polyglot. pr e C at i o n e S, a l i q u o t C e l e b r i o r e S, e S a C r i S
bibliiS d e S u m p ta e a C in S t u d i o S o r u m g r at i a l i n g u a he b r a i C a,
gr a e C a e t lat i n a in en C h i r i d i i f o r m u l a m r e d a C ta e, title with
woodcut printer’s device, 3pp. early ink index bound in at rear,
title with section cut away from lower margin (partially repaired),
with small section torn away from upper margin and with library
ink stamp, a few gatherings working loose, occasional staining or
spotting, some soiling, contemporary calf, gilt, head of spine and
corners worn, rubbed, [Adams P2070], 8vo, Paris, apud Martinum
Iuvenem, 1554. £400 - £600
*** A rare polyglot.
Lot 281
281. Ferrarius (Johannes, Montanus) in iiii. in S t i t u t i o n u m
iu S t i n i a n i l i b r o S ad n o tat i o n e S, woodcut printer’s device to title and
a variant device to verso of otherwise blank f., G4 blank, lacking
front free endpaper, foot of title slightly frayed, lightly browned,
some foxing or spotting, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, [Adams
F278], Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1554; and another from the same
press, with a slightly defective title, 8vo (2) £150 - £200
282. Gesner (Conrad) hi S t o r i a e an i m a l i u m, vol.3 [Birds] part
1 only: de Avium natura (lacking part 2, Icones avium), woodcut
device on title with portrait to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations
in text, a couple of leaves with repaired tears, some water-staining,
mostly at beginning and end, some worming (affecting text) towards
beginning, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards,
rebacked and repaired, [Adams G535], folio, Zurich, Chritoph.
Froschouerum, 1555. £400 - £600
Lot 283
283. Vergilius Maro (Publius) p. virgiliuS ma r o Co r r i g e n t e
pa u l o ma n u t i o, al d i filio, woodcut printer’s device to title and
verso of otherwise blank final f., a little marginal water-staining
mostly towards end, 18th centuey calf, gilt spine in compartments,
lacking double labels, upper joint starting, but holding firm, spine
ends a little chipped, corners a little worn, rubbed, [Renouard, Des
Alde, 165:11], 8vo, [Venice], apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi Filium,
1555. £300 - £400