Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of

Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

15 Vico (Enea) Vico (Enea)

Discorsi … sopra le medaglie de gli antichi…, large woodcut printer’s device on title and smaller device on last verso, illustrated initials, lacking dedicatee’s portrait (Cosimo I de’ Medici), title dusty and light water staining throughout, last quired worm holed, annotations in a contemporary hand, bookplate of the Marbury Hall Library belonging to Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore (1843-1925), later speckled calf, upper board detached, rubbed & scuffed, 4to, Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, Venice, 1558; with The Letters of the renowned Father Paul Brown, translated out of Italian by Edward Brown, engraved author’s portrait, light age yellowing, preliminaries toned, annotations on front pastedown and title, small bookplate to front pastedown, and engraved coat of arms of Sir Erasmus Norwich, 3rd Baronet, pasted onto title verso, contemporary speckled calf, boards detached, 8vo, Richard Chiswell, 1793; and other 3 works (6)

£200-300

16 Szyk. Haggadah Szyk (Arthur) Illustrator

The Haggadah edited by Cecil Roth, first trade edition, text in English and Hebrew, illustrations, original gilt-stamped velvet over boards, original half morocco drop-back box, gilt, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, 1957 § Loewy (Dr. Joseph) and Joseph Guens. Haggadah for Passover. Service for the First Nights of Passover. Third and enlarged edition with supplement of music, illustrations by M. Kunstadt, original decorated boards, Vienna, n.d.

£100-150