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LONDON<br />

Lot 118<br />

118. Aesop. aesopi ph ry g i s fa b u l a e, double column, with Greek<br />

and Latin parallel text, title with woodcut portrait of Aesop,<br />

c.60 woodcut illustrations within text, front free endpaper with<br />

C o n t e m p o r a ry en g l i s h 6-l i n e i n k m s . p o e m, some worming to varying<br />

degrees throughout, some loss of text, contemporary sheep, a few<br />

ink stains, rubbed, Geneva, Johannis de Tournes, 1628 § Horatius<br />

Flaccus (Quintus) Poemata, title with woodcut printer’s device,<br />

colophon and blank ff. at end, rear endpapers with C o n t e m p o r a ry<br />

en g l i s h a n d lat i n i n k m s . p o e t ry, N2 torn at outer margin with<br />

loss of printed side-notes, water-stained, contemporary calf, spine<br />

in compartments, covers with blind-stamped floral centre-pieces,<br />

Hanover, apud Guilielmum Antonium, 1610, 16mo & 8vo (2)<br />

£350 - £450<br />

*** The Aesop is a rare edition. We can trace only one other copy<br />

at auction.<br />

Lot 119<br />

119. Puget de la Serre (Jean) le s de l i C e s d e l a mo rt, fine<br />

engraved additional pictorial title and 4 plates after Corneille<br />

Galle, the fourth plate closely trimmed at outer margin, just<br />

touching image towards foot, very small burnhole to G1, affecting<br />

part of 3 letters, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, gilt<br />

spine in compartments, rubbed, 8vo, Rouen, Jean Berthelin, 1631.<br />

£300 - £400<br />

*** The rare Rouen edition published in the same year as the<br />

Brussels first edition.<br />

Lot 120<br />

120. Haeften (Benedictus van) sC h o l a s Co r d i s, s i v e av e r s i a de o<br />

Co r d i s, engraved title, 55 full-page emblematic engravings, lacks<br />

half-title, heavy staining to title and head on next c. 25 ff., little<br />

marking elsewhere, contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers<br />

with central panel including foliage and a bishop’s coat-of-arms<br />

with initials ‘P A Z R’ below, in border, edges elaborately gilt and<br />

gauffered, rubbed, hinges cracked, [Landwehr, Low Countries 268],<br />

8vo, Antwerp, Joannes Meursius & Hieronymus Verdussius, 1635.<br />

£300 - £400<br />

121. Perez (Anton) in s t i t u t i o n e s im p e r i a l e s, er o t e m at i b u s<br />

di s t i n C ta e, engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut initials and<br />

tail-pieces, some spotting or light foxing, modern blind-stamped<br />

calf, [Willems 1053], Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium,<br />

1647 § Goeree (W.) De Kerklyke en Weereldlyke Historien, halftitle,<br />

engraved additional pictorial title, 16 plates and illustrations,<br />

folding table, water-stained, modern blind-stamped calf, Leiden,<br />

Johannes van Abkoude, 1730; and 3 others, 18th & 19th century<br />

English Literature, v.s. (5) £300 - £400<br />

122. Bible, Latin. biblia sa C r a, engraved title, contemporary calf,<br />

rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, hinge cracked, [Darlow & Moule<br />

6230], Cologne, Balthasar von Egmont, 1659 § Smith (Thomas) De<br />

Republica Anglorum libri tres, engraved title, contemporary vellum,<br />

[Willems 337], Leiden, ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1630 § [Carmontelle<br />

(Louis de)] Proverbes Dramatiques, 4 parts in 2 vol., contemporary<br />

speckled calf, gilt, morocco spine-labels, little rubbed, Paris, Merlin,<br />

1768, and 4 others, 8vo et infra (8) £300 - £400<br />

123. Curtius Rufus (Quintus) historia al e x a n d r i ma g n i, engraved<br />

pictorial title, folding map and folding plate, woodcut initials and<br />

head-pieces, with final 2 blanks, some light foxing, contemporary<br />

vellum, [Willems 1482], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1673<br />

§ Florus (Lucius Annaeus) L.A. Florus cum Notis Integris CL.<br />

Salmasii, engraved pictorial title, woodcut initials, with final blank,<br />

some light foxing, contemporary vellum, blind-stamped arabesque<br />

centre-pieces, [Willems 1258], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana,<br />

1660 § Justinus (Marcus Junianus) Historiae Libri XLIV, engraved<br />

pictorial title, woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary<br />

vellum, gilt, C o v e r s w i t h g i lt C e n t r e-p i e C e s o f a s t o r k w i t h w o r m<br />

in m o u t h, lightly soiled, Amsterdam, apud Henricum Wetstenium,<br />

1691; and 2 others, Continental, v.s. (5) £300 - £400<br />

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