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Lots 124 – 152

124 BRACCIOLINI, POGGIO Poggii Florentini Oratoris Clarissimi, Ac Sedis Apo Secretarii Operum... Argentinae [Strasbourg]: [Impensis providi Ioannis Knoblovchi litterario pr[a]elo Ioannis Schot Pressum hoc opus Pogcii [sic]], 1513.

2 parts in one. 4to, period blind-stamped panelled calf, metal clasps, title page printed in red and black. With full page woodcut by Urs Graff. Minor wear to boards with some loss to spine; intermittent wormholing; scattered brownspotting. $3,000-5,000

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125 LUTHER, MARTIN Der achte teil und letzte aller Bucher und Schrifften des thewren seligen mans gottes doctoris Martini Lutheri... Jena: Thomas Rebarts, 1580 [with:] Index oder register uber die acht deudsche tomos, ersten und andern drucks... Jena: Tobias Steinman, 1592.

2 works in one. Thick 4to, original blind-stamped vellum-covered wood boards, metal clasps and corner pieces. Title pages in red and black with woodcut engraved vignettes, woodcut initials throughout. Soiling to boards; spine ends chipped; scattered foxing; leaves darkened. $400-600 126 LUTHER, MARTIN In Primum librum mose enarrationes. Nuremberg: Ioannis Montani & Ulrici Neuberi, 1552-1555.

2 vols. in one. 4to, full calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine. Title page vol. 1 printed in red and black within woodcut engraved border, title page vol. 2 printed in red and black with engraved woodcut vignette, woodcut device on final leaf, engraved woodcut initials throughout. Rubbing to boards; ends chipped; ex-library copy with “Llandaff Cathedral Library” bookplate and two others tipped to front pastedown; intermittent marginalia. $400-600

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127 (ILLUMINATED MSS) A large historiated initial “O”, in blue, pink, green, red, and brown, featuring the figure of a monk in its center, cut from larger text, with another decorative initial, “E,” in black and red, on vellum. $600-800

128 (ILLUMINATED MSS) Two manuscript leaves on vellum, one illuminated, from a Book of Hours, England, c. 1600, the other from Biblia Sacra Latina, Paris, c. 1400. Each with initials and flourishes in red and blue. Uniformly framed and matted. Size or largest 11 x 7 1/2 inches visible. $200-400

129 (TYPOGRAPHY) A group of three leaves from Italian works, with one other, each demonstrating elaborate typography, c. 1650. Framed and matted. Size of largest 9 x 13 inches visible. $200-400

130 CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS C. Iulii Caesaris quae extant... Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1635.

12mo, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine. Second issue with page 238 misnumbered as 248. Complete with engraved title page, portrait, five full-page woodcuts, and three engraved fold-out maps. Rubbing to boards; spine ends chipped; previous ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and f.f.e.p. $300-500

131 CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE A Brief View and Survey of the Dangerous and Pernicious Errors to Church and State, in Mr. Hobbes’s Book entitled Leviathan. [Oxford]: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, 1676.

8vo, rebound in brown library buckram, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. With engraved frontispiece and title page vignette. Ex-library copy with “Stratfordup-Avon Public Library” gilt-stamp to spine and bookplate to front pastedown; small tears to frontispiece; scattered brownspotting. $200-400

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132 DU MOULIN, PETER Tragicum theatrum actorum & casuum Tragicorum Londini... Amsterdam: Jodocum Jansonium, 1649.

Small 8vo, 3/4 vellum over paper boards, gilt-lettered paper spine label. First edition. Complete with eight hand-tinted color portraits and one folding plate. Rubbing and light soiling to boards; darkening to most leaves; ephemera tipped to front pastedown; bookplate tipped to f.f.e.p.; small repaired tears to edges of leaves, pp. 5-14. $500-700 133 MANDER, CAREL VAN Het Schilder-Boeck... Amsterdam: Jacob Pieter Wachter, 1616-1618.

6 parts in one. 8vo, full speckled calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine. With engraved title page and engraved portrait frontispiece to part one, engraved title page vignettes throughout. Contains 175 biographies of important European painters of the fifteenth and sixteenth-centuries. Minor rubbing to boards; light toning to leaves. $1,000-2,000 134 CLARKE, SAMUEL A General Martyrology. Containing a Collection of all the Greatest Persecutions Which Have Befallen the Church of Christ. Glasgow: J. Galbraith, 1770.

Folio, full calf, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Boards rubbed and worn; ends chipped; darkening to some leaves; scattered brownspotting. $80-120

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135 BURLAMAQUI, J.J. The Principles of Natural and Politic Law. London: J. Nourse, 1763.

2 vols. 8vo, rebound in full speckled calf, giltstamped and -lettered spines, red leather spine labels. Second edition, revised and corrected. Upper 1/2-inch to 1-inch of title pages, each vol. cut and repaired with archival paper; intermittent light foxing. $200-400 136 MILTON, JOHN The Paradise Lost of Milton with Illustrations, Designed and Engraved by John Martin. London: Septimus Prowett, 1827.

2 vols. 4to, full tree calf with gilt-floriate borders, gilttooled and -lettered spines, a.e.g. Extra-illustrated, with 23 (of 24) mezzotint engravings by John Martin and 66 additional engravings and etchings by Haymann, Burney, Turner, and Fairthorne tipped in. Minor chipping to spine; light offsetting from some plates; scattered light brownspotting. $1,000-2,000 137 MAXWELL, W.H. History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; with Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett’s Insurrection in 1803. London: Bily, Brothers, Cornhill, 1845.

8vo, 3/4 blue calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. With engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved plates throughout. Rubbing to boards; edgewear; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; dampstaining affecting pastedowns and endleaves; scattered foxing; few leaves detached. $200-400

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141 139 (ARCHITECTURE) CIPRIANI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA Monumenti di fabbriche antiche estratti dai disegni dai piu celbri autori. Rome: Con Permesso E Privilegio, 1796.

Vol. 1 (of 3) only. 4to, full calf, gilt-stamped and -lettered spine, red calf spine label. With 122 engraved plates (one fold-out). Light wear to boards; spine slightly chipped; bookseller’s ticket tipped to front pastedown; scattered light brownspotting; minor offsetting from plates. $300-500

140 (ARCHITECTURE) DIEUSSART, KARL PHILIPP Theatrum architecturae civilis. Bamberg: Johann Jacob Immel, 1697.

Folio, rebound in quarter cream calf over paper boards. Complete with engraved half title and 65 engraved plates (one fold-out). With examples of architecture by Italian masters such as Palladio, Serlio, Vignola, and Scamozzi. Light soiling to spine; half-title darkened and marginally chipped; contemporary pen inscription in Italian to f.f.e.p.; scattered brownspotting. $400-600

141 (ARCHITECTURE) GAUTHIER Les plus beaux edifices de la Ville de Genes et de ses environs. Paris: By the Author, 1818-1932.

Folio, contemporary blue calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Complete with 102 plates engraved by Tierry or Hibon showing plans, interior views, architectural elevations and cross-sections (some double-page), and six views engraved by Bence and Thierry (mostly fold-out). Wear to boards; spine chipped with portions of calf detached; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; scattered foxing and brownspotting. $500-700

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142 (ARCHITECTURE) LE BLOND, JEAN Deux exemples des cinq ordres de l’architecture antique... Paris: Chez L’Autheur, 1683.

8vo, full vellum. First edition. With 53 engraved plates. Soiling to boards; text block beginning to detach from backstrip; scattered foxing; pencil marginalia; light dampstaining. $700-900

143 (ARCHITECTURE) MOSCHETTI, ALESSANDRO Principali Monumenti di Roma. Rome: s.n., 1843.

Oblong 4to, quarter blue calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. With engraved title and 50 plates. Light edgewear; dampstain affecting upper half and gutter of most leaves. $300-500 144 (ARCHITECTURE) WARE, ISAAC A Complete Body of Architecture. London: Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756.

Folio, contemporary calf. First edition of Ware’s comprehensive overview of Georgian theory and practice. Complete with 114 engraved plates (14 fold-out). Lacking boards; spine deteriorated; light dampstaining to lower edge of most leaves; intermittent foxing; pp. 721-end detached from text block. $500-700 145 (ARCHITECTURE) ZANETTI, ANTONIO MARIA Ancient Statues Greek and Roman. London: Printed by M. Ritchie, for Lackington, Allen, 1800.

Folio, rebound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Complete with 100 engraved plates. Minor edgewear; moderate foxing throughout; offsetting from plates; 7 1/2 inch repaired tear to plate 111. $700-900

146 (ARCHITECTURE) DALY, CESAR Motifs historiques d’architecture et de sculpture d’ornement. Paris: Ch. Massin, 1912.

2 vols. Folio, contents loose as issued in gilt-lettered maroon cloth portfolios, string ties. With numerous plates throughout. Soiling to boards; spines deteriorating; toning to edges of leaves. $100-200

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147 LOUIS XIV Document signed (“Louis”), on vellum, Versailles, January 28, 1702, in French. Military commission, confirming the title of commander of Seigeur. de Bousin, commander of the Fort Risban at Dunkerqe. 11 3/4 x 19 inches. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $150-250 148 LOUIS XVI Document signed (“Louis”) one page, in a secretarial hand, Versailles, January 25, 1787, in French. Summoning the Grand Doyen of Saint-Vivant to an Assembly in Dijon to discuss matters of state. 14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $200-400 149* (FRENCH COMMISSION DOCUMENT) HAITI Partially printed document in French, signed (“Lilancour”) and (“Abel”) [illeg.]. one page, January 13, 1781. Document signed by French Governor General of Haiti, appointing Lte. Deriot [?] as quartermaster general in the French colony. With original red wax seal. Framed and matted with reproduction illustration. 13 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches visible. Property from the Collection of Sharon Goldsher, Chicago, Illinois. $200-400

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150 L’ALBUM DE LA GUERRE L’Album de la guerre, 1914-1919. Paris: L’Illustration, 1923.

2 vols. Folio, original gilt-stamped red leather, giltlettered spines. With numerous mounted color plates and in-text illustrations. Rubbing to boards; toning to edges of some leaves; corners bumped. $200-400 151 HUGO, VICTOR Autographed envelope signed (“Victor Hugo”), London, October 23, 1849. Addressed to “Madam ou Monsieur E. Fry.” Framed and matted with reproduction photograph. 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. $300-500 152 (FRENCH ROYALTY) Autographs of the Rulers of France: Catalogue with Forward, and Autographs of the Rulers of England: Catalogue with Forward. S.l.: s.n., n.d. 4 vols. 4to, uniformly bound in gilt-lettered red straight-grain morocco. Annotated typescripts. Upper boards detached from both “Foreword” vols.; light soiling to boards. [Together with:] Quelques reliques emouvantes de l’histoire de France. Paris: Daniel Crohn, 1939. 2 vols. With numerous facsimile manuscript documents throughout. Housed in custom box. Soiling to boards; some documents detached from mounts. (6 total) $40-60

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