Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 300
300. Verdier (Antoine du) le S di v e r S e S le C o n S, fourth edition,
title with hand-coloured woodcut printer’s device, hand-coloured
woodcut portrait of the author to verso of b2, woodcut initials,
head-piece, blank ***4, occasional early ink marginalia, a few
spots, 17th century speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments
and with a red morocco label, upper joint starting at foot, but
holding firm, corners a little worn, rubbed, [Adams D1217], 8vo,
Lyon, Thomas Soubron, 1592. £200 - £300
*** Scarce. Du Verdier was a politician in Lyon, but is best
remembered as a bibliographer alongside his friend François
Grudé.
Lot 301
301. Lipsius (Justus) de militia ro m a n a li b r i qu i n q u e, 2 parts in
1, titles with engraved printer’s devices, engraved folding plate and
illustrations, some full-page, small burnhole to P4, affecting a few
letters, browned, ocassional spotting, contemporary limp vellum,
[Adams L782 & L760; Cockle 620], 4to, Antwerp, ex Officina
Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1598. £250 - £350
*** The second part is Analecta sive Observationes Reliquæ ad
Militam et Hosce, 1598.
Lot 302
302. Opsopoeus (Johannes) and S. Châteillon, editors. Si b y l l i n a
or a C u l a, title within fine engraved architectural border, engraved
portraits of the Sibyls, [Adams S1061; Caillet 8135; Mortimer,
French, 392], Paris, [?A. l’Angelier], 1599 b o u n d w i t h Opsopoeus
(Johannes, compiler) and Joseph Scalier, editor. Oracula Metrica
Iovis, Apollinis, Hecates, Serapidis, et aliorum deorum, title with
large woodcut galleon printer’s device, [Adams O209; Caillet
8135; Mortimer, French, 392], Paris, [Compagnie de la Grand
Navire], 1599 b o u n d w i t h Opsopoeus (Johannes, compiler)
Oracula Magica Zoroastris cum Scholis Plethonis et Pselli, title
with large woodcut galleon printer’s device, last 2 sigs. with worm
trace to lower margin, [Adams O208; Caillet 8135; Mortimer,
French, 392], Paris, [Compagnie de la Grand Navire], 1599,
together 3 works in 1 vol. (4 parts in 1), texts in Greek and Latin,
a few woodcut initials, some light browning, modern vellum, 8vo
£400 - £600
Lot 303
303. Emblemata.- David (Jan) oC C a S i o. ar r e p ta. ne g l e C ta,
hu i u S Co m m o d a: i l l i u S in C o m m o d a, 2 parts in 1 vol., first title
engraved, 12 full-page emblematic engravings in the text, device
on second title and at end, little marked, ownership inscription
at foot of title, Antwerp Jesuit school prize inscription to Gerard
Cappaert, dated 9 Sept 1727, on preliminary blank, bibliographical
notes on sheet mounted on front free endpaper, modern vellum, new
endpapers, [Landwehr 186, Praz p. 313], 4to, Antwerp, ex officina
Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605. £700 - £900
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