CONTINENTAL AND BRITISH BOOKS LOTS 353 – 426

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353 ARISTOTLE Operum Aristotelis stagiritae philosophorum ... aureliae allobrogum. Text in Greek and Latin. (Geneva): Petrus de la Roviere, 1606-1607.

3 vols. 8vo, contemporary stamped vellum with vignette of a knight; vol. II with yapped edges. Minor soiling and shelfwear to the bindings, with minor warping to the boards; minor foxing; all three contain previous owner’s names (Westrumb, Calby etc.) and some old underlining and marginalia.

$300-500 354* BOXHORN, MARCUS ZUERIUS Monumenta illustrium virorum et elogia. Amstelodami: apud Joannem Janssonium, 1638.

[2], 176 [4]. 4to, rebound in full library cloth, etched title page, woodcut initials and 125 full-page etchings of the funerary epitaphs of important individual (i.e. Virgil, Erasmus, Dante, Petrarch, etc.). The title page and first few leaves are moderately soiled and worn at the leading edge; light dampstain at bottom corner 124-128 and heavy dampstain at the center of first 77pp.; 3-inch horizontal tear to plate 114; a few other small tears; ex-library stamp to verso of title page and bookplate to front pastedown. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 355 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE The History of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha, and his Trusty Squire, Sancho Pancha. Translated by John Philips. London: printed by Tho. Hodgkin for John Newton, 1687.

Folio, full ruled calf. First illustrated edition in English. Complete with engraved frontispiece and 16 engravings on eight leaves. Upper boards detached; bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Property from a Private Collector $3,000-5,000

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356 COLBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE, attributed to [Proces verbal de l’ordonnances civil et criminal de 1667.] [s.l.], n.d. (circa 1680)

1052pp. manuscript pages on watermarked paper. Folio, full calf. Comprising what appears to be a full manuscript of a final work on legal reform authored by Jean Baptise Colbert. It is separated into two parts, Civil and Criminal. The first page is a table that describes the work as containing “Des Titres de la nouvelle Ordonnance Civile de L’annee 1667” or the titles of the new civil laws for the year 1667 (1-709pp.) followed by “de Titres Conenua en cette Ordonnance pour le Matieres Criminelle” or criminal law (710-1052pp). Similar hand-writing samples provide no firm conclusion; likely in the hand of Colbert or possibly his scribe, Nicolas Joseph Foucault. Provenance: stamped “Bibliotheque Henri Rameau” on the front endpaper. $800-1,200

357* CRULL, JODOCUS The Ancient and Present State of Muscovy. London: Printed for A. Ropor, et al., 1698.

2 vols. 12mo, rebound in full crushed black morocco with gilt-lettered maroon spine labels, renewed endpapers. Complete with six portraits (three foldout) and folding map. Intermittent heavy foxing throughout; leather worn and starting to fade to white. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 358 D’ORLEANS, PIERRE JOSEPH Histoire des Revolutions d’Angleterre. Depuis le commencement de la Monarchie. Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1693-1694.

3 vols. 4to (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches), early 19th century marbled calf with red morocco spine in the style of Bozerian, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First edition, complete with eight engraved portraits. Baron de Mackau copy, with his bookplate. Previous owner’s name on the title page in an early hand “Ex libris Alexandripauli Ludovici Goupy.” Minor wear to the bindings; occasional minor staining to the text; pp. 497-500 in first volume with tear neatly repaired. $600-800

359* EUCLIDES Analyseis geometricae sex librorum. Strassburg: Iosias Rihelius, 1566.

4to, rebound in modern dark brown calf, gilt-lettered spine, renewed marbled endpapers. A few small repaired tears to title page; wormhole to last 4pp. repaired; corner torn XII; lacking first two blanks; intermittent brown spotting. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 360* JUVENALIS (DECIMUS JUNIUS) AND AULUS PERSEUS FLACCUS The Satires. Translated by John Dryden. London: Printed for Jack Tonson, 1693.

Folio, finely bound in modern green calf, varying shades of dark and emerald in a criss-cross pattern to upper and lower boards, ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers, half titles to both works. First edition of Dryden’s translation. Flaccus’ Satires with separate title and pagination. Bottom corner of last leaf torn; lacking blanks. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

361 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. [Translated by Henry Neville]. London: Printed for John Starkey, Charles Harpe, and John Amery, 1680.

Folio, full mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original spine. Second collected edition in English, with several works individually titled. Light soiling to a few leaves, largely at the beginning and end; rubbing to boards; one page with a small tear in the margin, and many leaves with a minor crease to the top corner. Ex Libris: Collegio Sti. Salvatoris, to title page. Property from a Private Collector $1,000-2,000

362 MARTIAL [Epigrammaticon libros omnes.] (Ingolstadii: Adam Sartorius, 1611).

Folio, marbled boards rebacked and recornered with cloth, manuscript title to spine and f.f.e.p. illustrated with woodcut initials, and head- and tailpieces. Lacks A1 (title page); dampstain near the bottom edge throughout most of the text; text block separating at several points; boards worn; a few small page tears; final leaf of index is soiled with loss to the corner; some wormholing. $200-400

363 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. London: Printed by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently, 1688.

Small folio, full calf. Fourth edition, “adorn’d with sculptures.” First folio edition. Complete with engraved portrait frontispiece by White after Faithorne, and 12 engraved plates by Michael Burghers and Peter Paul Bouche. With “the Verse” and 6 pg. list of subscribers at rear. Wear to boards with some loss to calf; scattered brownspotting; repairs to some leaves. $2,000-4,000 364 (SURVEYING) LEIGH, VALENTINE, et al. Three 16th and 17th century works on surveying bound as one. 8vo (6 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches), full contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Earls of Macclesfield copy, with bookplate, shelfmark and blindstamp.

Comprising: The Moste Profitable and commendable Science of Surveiying of Landes, Tenements and Hereditaments. By Valentine Leigh. London: for Andrewe Maunsel, 1578. With three fold-out tables; Dello Squadro Trattato Dimutio Oddi da Urbino. By Muzio Oddi. Milan: Bartolomeo Fobella, 1625. With engraved title page and diagrams throughout; Feudigraphia. The Synopsis or Epitome of Surveying Methodized.....And no less remarkable for all Undertakers in the Plantation of Ireland or Virginia... By William Folkingham. London: printed for Richard Moore, 1610. Sabin 24951 $2,000-4,000 365* TACITUS, CORNELIUS The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie [bound with:] The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Foure Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. London: Printed by J.L. for Richard Whitaker, 1640.

2 works in one. 4to, rebound in modern dark brown tree calf, gilt-lettered spine, engraved head-pieces, engraved plan of the Forum and a few marginal engravings to the second work. Sixth edition of Nero. Manuscript inscription to recto of the second blank leaf from Charles Whitley to Frank Bond, May 1916; chips to fore edge 93-109; pp. 95-98 in second work trimmed down; light dampstaining, especially at top portion of last few pp. in second work, remaining text may have been washed; 1-inch tear to top of p. 227 second work; 2-inch tear to title page top right corner. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

366* WINGATE, EDMUND An Exact Abridgment of All Statutes in Force and Use. From the Beginning Magna Charta, Untill 1641. London: John Streater et al., 1675.

8vo, rebound in 3/4 tan morocco. Later edition. Brownspotting throughout; boards soiled. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

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367* RAPIN DE THOYRAS, (PAUL) Acta Regia, being the account which Mr. Rapin de Thoyras published of the history of England. London: Printed for James, John and Paul Knapton [1733].

[vi], 5-828 pages, followed by [xxx] pages of index. Text only (without the 23 leaves of plates). Folio, 3/4 leather rebacked with cloth, title printed in red and black. The Dedication is signed: Stephen Whatley. Diplomatic relations; Kings and rulers; Politics and government; Foreign relations; Treaties; Great Britain. Ex-library stamp and bookplate. Wear to boards; one page with small tear in the margin, and a few leaves lightly soiled. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

368 (AESOP) L’ESTRANGE, ROGER, SIR Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections. London: Printed for R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A.&J. Churchill, and J. Hindmarsh, 1692.

Folio, full mottled calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered red leather label to spine. Complete with engraved portrait frontispiece, plate and alphabetical table of fables. Gloddaeth Library bookplate on the front pastedown, and the name “Essex Finch” (d. 1721) written on the front endpaper. Wear to boards with some loss and leather starting to flake; light dampstain at top corner of most leaves in the first half; minor intermittent foxing. Property from a Private Collector $300-500 369 (AESOP, BASKERVILLE) Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1761.

Small 8vo, full polished calf, nicely rebacked in full gilt. a.e.g. Illustrated with 16 full page engravings and numerous head- and tail-pieces. Minor paper repair to bottom of title page and frontispiece, and the final two leaves of index are lightly toned; previous owner’s names on front endpaper: A. G. Richards and C. Butler, dated 1885. Property from a Private Collector $200-400

370 AESOP The Fables of Aesop, with the Life of the Author: Embellished with One Hundres and Twelve Plates. Translated by Samuel Croxall. London: Printed for John Stockdale, [1793].

2 vols. 8vo, full polished mottled calf, marbled edges and endpapers, engraved title pages and numerous engraved plates. Minor rubbing to boards; hinges tender; some intermittent foxing. Property from a Private Collector $300-500

371 (AESOP; BEWICK, THOMAS) The Stories of Aesop and Others with Designs on Wood. Newcastle: E. Walker, 1818.

8vo, 3/4 modern calf over marbled boards, woodcut title vignette, head- and tail-pieces by Bewick throughout. First edition, ‘thumb-mark’ receipt page with woodcut vignette over-printed with copperengraved red seaweed spray, signed by Bewick, with “Demy” in his hand, the remaining in another hand. Spine and top edge is sunned; first and final few leaves of text are soiled and worn, with a few tears and creases to the edges; title page has old adhesive residue along the gutter, and has a repaired tear; Minor foxing, and a few small stains here and there.

Property from a Private Collector $500-700 372 AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS De Re Metallica. Translated by Hebert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. London: The Mining Magazine, 1912.

Folio, original full vellum, cloth slipcase. Inscribed on the f.f.e.p. to Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Miller from Herbert Hoover. Endpapers toned; otherwise fine. $400-600

373* BAYARDI, OTTAVIO ANTONIO Catalogo degli antichi monumenti di Ercolano. Naples: Regia Stamperia, 1755.

Text vol. only. Folio, full green library cloth. First edition, with engraved vignette title page and head- and tail-pieces by P. Ant. Piaggio, after Camillo Paderni. Ex-library stamp and bookplate. Minor soiling on some pages, and some pages toned and foxed; final 40 leaves have damp-staining to the lower corner, with some weakening and loss of margin. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

374 BERQUIN, ARNAUD Romances, par M. Berquin. Paris: Published by the author 1788.

12mo (5 1/4 x 3 3/8), finely bound in full red morocco with green leather spine labels, a.e.g. Early edition (not first edition). With 10 fine plates of Borel (lacking 18 leaves of music). Previous owner’s attractive engraved armorial bookplate neatly affixed to the front pastedown endpaper: Sir David Lionel Goldsmid Stern Salomons. $400-600

375 (HOLY BIBLE) BARKER, ROBERT, prnt. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Robert Barker, 1613. [bound with:] Two Right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, by R.F.H. London: Robert Barker, 1615.

4to, rebound in full modern leather binding with three raised bands on the spine, custom linenbacked clamshell box with leather printed spine label, original contemporary boards retained within, engraved title pages with text printed within a heart shaped border, woodcut capital initials, and woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Early black letter edition of the King James Bible, “She” issue reading “she went into the citie” in Ruth 3:15, and genealogical tables by John Speed (signed J.S.) inserted before Genesis (lacking map), both title pages omitting the word “Appointed.” Bound with Booke of Common Prayer (bound after preliminaries), R.F.H’s Two Right profitable and fruitfull Concordances... (1615) and the Whole Book of Psalms, incomplete, bound at the end. Closely resembling Darlow & Moule 251 (NT title page dated 1612 here, but supplied incorrectly in facsimile), but without “S. Suke” on A2; numerous leaves (including colophon of the New Testament dated 1614) assumed to have been inserted from another copy. Heavily restored; wanting at least eight leaves, two leaves of tables and map. Further description available online. $1,000-2,000 376 MACKLIN BIBLE The Old Testatment [& New Testament], Embellished with Engravings, from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists. London: printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley, 1800.

7 vols. Folio (over 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches) original gilt and blind stamped full leather boards, rebacked in full leather with a new leather spine label. Previous owner’s engraved bookplate on the inside front cover of each volume: John Houldsworth, a.e.g. First volume with engraved dedication leaf and list of subscribers. Each volume with an individual title page. Complete with 66 full sized plates (including engraved dedication leaf), and numerous large head- and tail-pieces. Light foxing to plates; some overall minor toning. $2,000-4,000 377 (BIBLE, SWEDISH) Biblia. Thet ar, Hela then helga skrifft po swenska, med vtgaende verser, sampt i bradden concordantier. Stockholm: Niclas Wankijff, 1674.

12mo, full maroon leather binding with brass metal clasp and custom fleece-lined shelf case. a.e.g. First edition. Complete with an engraved title page by Isebrandus Compostell. [xciv], 1080 pages (Old Testament), followed by 300 pages (New Testament), [iv], 64 pages. Minor shelfwear to binding; minimal loosening of some page gatherings (signatures); first three leaves have small tears, a few tiny chips, and rubbing to the extremities. Several pages and slightly browned and/or slightly soiled. $600-800

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378 BOSWELL, JAMES The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.

2 vols. 4to, full polished calf gilt, rebacked retaining original spine. First edition, first issue, with “gve” on p. 135, volume one. Complete with an engraved portrait frontispiece by Heath after Reynolds in vol. I and two engraved facsimiles in vol. II. Additionally illustrated with an 1822 engraved portrait as a frontis in Vol. II. Previous owner: George Dempster of Skibo (1732-1818), with his engraved bookplate on the front pastedowns, and with his name crossed out on both title pages; Duplicate from Yale University, with their stamp “YALE Withdrawn” on the back of the title page. Property from a Private Collector $2,000-4,000

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379* CARLYLE, THOMAS The French Revolution, A History. London: Chapman and Hall, 1910.

2 vols. 4to, publisher’s quarter vellum over giltlettered cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine. Profusely illustrated by Edmund Sullivan with black and white plates. Limited edition, number 61 of 150 copies, signed by Sullivan. Light soiling to boards; hinges a touch tender. Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, Troy, Michigan. $100-200 380 COLLECTION DE PEINTURES ANTIQUES Collection de Peintures Antiques qui ornoient les palais, thermes, mausolées, chambres sepulcrales, des empereurs Title, Trajan, Adrien, et Constantin. Rome: Bouchard et Gravier, 1781.

Folio, contemporary quarter calf over tan paper boards, spine gilt, gilt-lettered brown morocco spine label. Complete with title page and 33 hand-colored plates of mural from ancient Rome. A few pages with minor soiling, and the binding is lightly faded and worn.

Literature: Cicognara 3678 $3,000-5,000

381* CRULL, JOCODUS The Antiquities of St. Peter’s or the Church of Westminster. London: for E. Bell et al, 1722.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. With engraved plates. Boards heavily worn; hinges and spine detached. Property from the Estate of Mr. John Lawler, Orland Park, Illinois $50-70 382* DE LA ESCOSURA, PATRICIO Espana Artistica y Monumental. Paris: Alberto Hauser, 1842-1844.

2 vols. Folio, 3/4 quarter leather over marbled boards, a.e.g. Spanish and French text in parallel columns. Each plate stamped in blind by publisher. First edition. Volume I: Complete with 48 lithographed plates. Volume II: Complete with 48 plates (some with two or more views). Wear to boards at extremities; some light intermittent foxing; marginal tear to one page; plates remain for the most part clean with tissue guards; ex-library copy with stamp and bookplates. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

383 DE QUEVEDO, FRANCISCO Pablo de Segovia. The Spanish Sharper. London: Unwin Brothers at the Gresham Press, for T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.

Folio, full vellum. Profusely illustrated by Daniel Vierge. Inner hinges reinforced; late dampstain at endpapers and preliminaries and some intermittent foxing; contemporary manuscript inscription to f.f.e.p. $200-400

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384* DODWELL, EDWARD Views and Descriptions of Cyclopian, or, Pelasgic Remains, with constructions of a later period; from drawings by the late Edward Dodwell: intended as a supplement to his Classical and topographical tour in Greece during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806. London: Aldolphus Richter, 1834.

[2], 34, [2]. Folio, full library cloth. First edition of this posthumously published work, intended as a supplement to The Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, complete with 131 lithographed plates after Dodwell and others (several forming panoramic views). Binding worn; minor soiling to a few edges, intermittent foxing affecting some plates; ex-library stamp and bookplate. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $6,000-8,000

385* DUNCAN, WILLIAM The Commentaries of Caesar. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1753.

Folio, full paneled calf, custom slipcase, renewed endpapers. First edition. Complete with 86 plates (plates III-IV combined to form one view) including the frontispiece portrait views, plans and maps, including fold-outs and double-page. Light edgewear to boards with hinges slightly tender; minor intermittent foxing; bottom edge of plate 62 is torn at the margin. With the engraved bookplates of Mrs. Charles Brune Henville, and another that states: Fax Copia Sapientia, Fletcher Fleming Rayrigg. Complete with [6],[i]-civ, 335 pp., [20] pages of index. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000 386 FIELDING, HENRY The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.. With the Life of the Author. London: A. Millar, 1762.

8 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf rebacked in period style, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Second edition, issued simultaneously with the “first,” with engraved portrait of Basire after Hogarth to vol. 1. Boards rubbed and corners bumped; minor intermittent foxing and a few marginal ink stains; endpaper toned; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns: D. Garnett. Property from a Private Collector $300-500 387* FRANCKLIN, (WILLIAM) The History of the Reign of Shah-Aulum, the Present Emperor of Hindostaun. London: Cooper and Grahm, 1798.

Folio, rebound in modern quarter tan morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. First edition, with fold-out map and six engraved portraits. Dampstain to the top of some portraits; light intermittent foxing. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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388* FUMEE, MARTIN The Historie of the Troubles of Hungarie. London: Felix Kynston, 1600.

4to, rebound in modern 3/4 smooth brown calf over linen-backed boards, gilt-lettered blue leather spine label, spine stamped in blind in other four compartments, woodcut initials and handpieces. First edition in English. Thomas Marburne manuscript ex-libris and New York Historical Society stamp to title page. Title page and last two leaves silked; lacking pp. 275/6, initial and final blanks; dampstaining to a number of leaves, largely on the bottom edge; a few small closed tears on pp. 179-182. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

389 GOLDSMITH, OLIVER A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. London: A. Fullarton, 1847.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over gilt-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Illustrated throughout with numerous hand-colored or partially hand-colored plates. Soiling and wear to boards; spotting and light soiling to some plates; inner-hinges starting. $200-300 390* HOMER Homeri Iliados picturae antiquae ex Codice Mediolanensi [and] Viriilii Picturae Antiquae ex Codicibus Vaticanis. Rome: s.n., 1835.

4to, 3/4 vellum, gilt-lettered spine label. First edition, complete with title pages and 125 plates total. Minor darkening of spine and minor shelfwear; minor intermittent foxing throughout text and plates; exlibrary stamp and bookplate. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

391 JOHNSON, SAMUEL A Dictionary of the English Language... London: Printed for J. Knapton et al, 1756.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked and restored, gilt-lettered spine. Second abridged (8vo) edition. Hinges tender on vol. 1; title pages toned.

Property from a Private Collector $600-800 392 JOHNSON, SAMUEL Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. to Which are Added Some Poems Never Before Printed. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788.

2 vols. 8vo, full tree calf, rebacked, with paintings and repair to boards. First edition. Rear board vol. 1 detached, others starting; wear to boards with loss at edges; previous owner’s bookplate removed offset onto f.f.e.p.; early marginalia to p. 75, vol. 2. $100-200

393* MILTON, JOHN The Poetical Works, with Notes of Various Authors to Which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, by the Rev. Henry J. Todd. London: Law and Gilbert, 1809.

7 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, with armorial crest stamped in gilt to upper cover. Second edition. Bookplate tipped in front pastedowns: Geoffrey Crump. Boards rubbed; hinges slightly tender; intermittent foxing; offsetting from portrait frontispiece. Property from the Estate of Mr. John Lawler, Orland Park, Illinois $300-500

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394 (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) Two illuminated manuscript leaves, 15th century, on vellum. Including: [7 1/2 x 5 1/4] both sides with 17 lines of text, 14 illuminated initials (seven to each side; four heightened in gold; largest 1 1/2 inch tall) and further decorated with red, blue and black designs and tailings [5 1/2 x 4] both sides with 12 lines of text, nine illuminated initials (approx. 3 inches tall each, five heightened in gold) and further decorated with red and blue designs and tailings, some also heightened in gold. $200-400

395 (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) An illuminated manuscript leaf, 15th century, on vellum, text in two columns on both sides each 30 lines (one extending to 34), 18 illuminated initials (two largest at 1-inch, both heightened in five or more colors, both of which extend and inhabit several inches of the margin with floral inspired decorations) and blue and red tailings in other margins. $400-600

396 (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) A double illuminated manuscript leaf from the Chichester Cathedral copy of the 16th century Flemish “Evangelia Festivalia,” or the Gospels for the Feast of Days of the Year, on vellum, lettered in Gothic, two-sided bifolium with 12 line per page. One page with elaborate illuminated floral border and five-line initial, heightened in gold. 10 3/4 x 15 3/8 inches. $800-1,200

397 (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) Two large antiphonal leaves, on vellum. 23 x 31 1/2 inches each. $100-200

398 NICOLAI, JOHANN Tractatus de Phyllobolia [bound with] Tractatus de calcarium [and] Disquisitio de chirothecarum. Franckfurt: Georg. Henr. Öhrlingium, 1698, 1702; Giessae-Hassorum: Henningi Mülleri, 1701.

3 works in one. 12mo, full vellum, manuscript title to spine. First editions of all three, engraved frontispiece to first work. Disquisitio de chirothecarum is an interesting work pertaining to gloves, in many languages. Previous owners notations and ownership marks on the front endpapers: Ex libris Jacobi Goyers...anno 1776. Bookplate of Beblotheca C. Van Baviere (Brussels) on the front pastedown endpaper. Boards soiled. $300-500

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399 (PALMISTRY) A group of four volumes about palmistry, phrenology and dreams.

Palmistry. By Edwin A. Symmes. Akron, OH; New York: Saalfield, 1905; Hands Up! By Capini Vequin. Sydney: Cornstalk, 1928; How to Read Character. By Samuel R. Wells. New York: by the author, 1870; Dreams and their Meaning. By Elbert Hubbard. The Roycrofters, 1922. $80-100

400* PENNETHORNE, JOHN The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture. London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1878.

Large folio, full library cloth. First edition of Pennethorn’s important study of Greek and Roman architecture. Complete with 55 lithograph plates, many in color. Ex library stamp and bookplate; light soiling on edges of plates; some light edgewear to boards. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 401 PEPYS, SAMUEL The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Edited by Henry B. Wheatley. New York: Random House, n.d.

2 vols. 8vo, full green crushed morocco by Maurin, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. $100-200

402* SIDNEY, ALGERNON Discourses Concerning Government. London: Booksellers, 1798.

Folio, full paneled calf backed with modern calf. Exlibrary stamp and bookplate; wear to boards; title page starting to detach. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 403 SPENSER, (EDMUND) The Faerie Queene, with an Exact Collation of the Two Original Editions. London: Printed for J. Brindley, 1751.

3 vols. 4to, contemporary polished calf rebacked in period style, gilt-lettered spine labels. Complete with 32 engraved plates after William Kent, along with engraved head- and tail-pieces. Very minor shelfwear, corners bumped. Previous owner’s gilt inscription to f.f.e.p.; some light smudges and minor foxing. Property from a Private Collector $400-600