LY O N & T U R N B U L L Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
109 FE551/20 l’Academie Royale des Médailles & des Inscriptions Médailles sur les principaux evenements du regne de Louis le Grand... Paris: l’Imprimerie Royale, 1702. 4to, engraved frontispiece, 297 engraved vignettes showing coins, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, spine rubbed, boards rubbed and scratched, occasional dampstaining, small sticker to upper cover and another to spine Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh £300-400 110 FC269/130 Le Cabinet des Fées Ou collection choisie des contes des fées et autres contes merveilleux... Amsterdam: Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1785-1789. 8vo, 41 volumes, contemporary mottled calf, bookplates of Mr A. Holmes and Lord Gretton, several covers and spines detached, rubbed, joints splitting; Gibbon, Edward The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. London: A. Strahan, 1788-1790. 8vo, 12 volumes, contemporary calf, bookplates with previous owner’s name scratched out, rubbed, joints splitting, several labels lacking; Sold not subject to return (53) Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £300-400 111 FA335/11 [Liger, Louis] Le ménage des champs, et de la ville, ou nouveau cuisinier françois accommodé au goût du temps. Paris: Damien Beugnié, 1714, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates; [Idem] Le ménage des champs, et de la ville, ou nouveau jardinier françois accommodé au goût du temps. Paris: Damien Beugnié, 1715 , woodcut illustrations, together 2 volumes, 12mo, uniform contemporary calf gilt, occasional slight staining, printing flaw affecting headline on Aa2 in volume II, bindings rubbed, spines chipped; Eliot, T.S. dust-jackets for ‘What is a Classic?’ (London: Faber and Faber, ca.1944-1950. 8vo., cream with red and black title) and ‘Ash Wednesday’ (London: Faber and Faber, 1930?. 8vo., green with red foliate border around black title) (4) £250-350 112 FD391/30 Marcello, Pietro Vite de’ prencipi di vinegia. Venice: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1557. Small 4to, woodcut initials, publisher’s device to title, later quarter calf with vellum corners and marbled boards, title repaired, occasional marginal worming with loss of a few letters in index only, occasional dampstaining £150-200
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113 FC269/100 Mercurialis, Hieronymus for oliviensis...opuscula aurea & selectoria... Venice: Iuntas & Baba, 1644. 4to, title in red and black, half-title, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine peeling, half-title dust-soiled, pages 367-368 lacking Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £300-400 114 FC269/12 Oribasius, Sardianus Commentariorum in Hippocratis aphorismos... Paris: Simon Colin, 1533. 8vo, later quarter vellum, calf rubbed, title page dust-soiled, some slight marginal darkening, A4, A7 and A8 lacking Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £150-200
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