Early Printing and English Books to 1640

Auction 20412
London, Knightsbridge
2 Oct 2012, starting at 14:00 BST.
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GREGORY I, Saint and Pope. Dialogi de vita et miraculis patrum Italicorum.II: BONAVENTURA:Legenda Minor and Legenda Maior of the Life of St Francis, 2 works in one, [c.1350]
Sold for £49,250 inc. premium
GREGORY I, Saint and Pope. Dialogi de vita et miraculis patrum Italicorum.II: BONAVENTURA:Legenda Minor and Legenda Maior of ...
HERODOTUS Libri novem, 1502
Sold for £33,650 inc. premium
HERODOTUS. Libri novem, EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE GREEK TEXT, Aldus, 1502; bound with 2 others
BALDUS de Perusio, also known as 'Baldus de Ubaldis'. Lectura super usibus Feudorum; LAPI de Florencia, better known as LAPO da Castiglionchio, the Elder. Allegationes iuris, DATED AND SIGNED BY THE SCRIBE FRANCONIS DE GHEELE, manuscript on paper 1436
Sold for £32,450 inc. premium
BALDUS de Perusio, also known as 'Baldus de Ubaldis'. Lectura super usibus Feudorum; LAPI de Florencia, better known as LAPO ...
PROMPTUARIUM CLERICORUM. Manuscript on vellum, [England, c.1230-1250]
Sold for £32,450 inc. premium
PROMPTUARIUM CLERICORUM. Manuscript on vellum, [England, c.1230-1250]

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1 AESCHYLUS. Tragoedia selectae Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis, 1567 £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
2 AESOP. Fabulae, Reggio Emilia, 1497 £2,249
€2,663
US$ 3,427
3 AESOP. Fabularum, 1526 £1,999
€2,367
US$ 3,046
4 ALBERTINI (FRANCESCO) Epigrammata antique urbis, 1521 £5,999
€7,102
US$ 9,140
5 ALBERTO da Castello. Rosario della glo[ri]sa v[er]gine Maria, 1556 £812
€961
US$ 1,237
6 ALCUIN. Homiliae seu mauis Sermones Hieronymi [etc.], 2 parts in one vol., 1525; and 2 others (3) £749
€887
US$ 1,142
7 ARETINO (PIETRO) Ragionamenti, 3 parts in one vol., 1584 [but c.1620] £1,999
€2,367
US$ 3,046
8 ARISTOTLE. Opera, 1579; and 2 others, 16th century blind stamped English bindings (3) £4,499
€5,327
US$ 6,855
9 BARTHOLOMAEUS de Pisa. Liber de conformitate vite B. Francisci, 1510; and 4 others (5) £2,124
€2,515
US$ 3,237
10 BIBLE, Epistles, in Latin. Epistolae... scholiis per Ioanne Gagneiu[m], 1538 £749
€887
US$ 1,142
11 BIBLE, in Latin Biblia; cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, Lyon, 1513 £1,999
€2,367
US$ 3,046
12 BIBLE, in Latin. Testame[n]ta Duodecim Patriarcharu[m], c.1520 £3,249
€3,847
US$ 4,951
13 BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) Comedie, 1503 £2,374
€2,811
US$ 3,618
14 BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) Laberinto d'amore, 1525 £19,999
€23,675
US$ 30,468
15 BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) La Fiammetta... per Messer Tizzone Gaetano di Pofi nouamente revista, [between 1527 and 1533] £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
16 BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) Il Filocolo, 1481 £499
€591
US$ 761
17 BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) Le Decameron... nouvellement traduict d'Italien en Fra[n]coys par Maistre Anthoine le Macon, 1548 £1,374
€1,627
US$ 2,094
18 BOLOGNA Statuta criminalia Communis Bononiae, 1525 £1,187
€1,405
US$ 1,809
19 CAESAR (GAIUS JULIUS) Commentaria, 1517 £1,562
€1,849
US$ 2,380
20 CASSIODORUS (MAGNUS) Opera, 1588; and 2 others (3) £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
21 CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERTIUS [Opera], [1502] £1,687
€1,997
US$ 2,570
22 CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERTIUS [Opera], Aldus, 1515 £1,187
€1,405
US$ 1,809
23 CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERTIUS. [OPERA], Milan, 1475 £3,749
€4,439
US$ 5,712
24 CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERTIUS [Opera], Aldus, 1502; bound with another work £6,499
€7,694
US$ 9,902
25 CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERTIUS [Opera], 1534 £8,999
€10,654
US$ 13,710
26 CHENU (JEAN) Recueil des antiquitez et privileges de la Ville de Bourges, 1621 £2,374
€2,811
US$ 3,618
27 CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS) [De natura deorum], 1516; 2 others (3) £1,374
€1,627
US$ 2,094
28 CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS) Epistolarum, 1513 £27,499
€32,554
US$ 41,893
29 CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS) Rhetoricorum, 1539; and 2 others (3) £1,624
€1,923
US$ 2,475
30 CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS) Opera, 1555-54 £4,749
€5,622
US$ 7,236
31 CORROZET (GILLES) Icones Mortis, 1554 £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
32 CORROZET (GILLES) Imagines Mortis, 1573 £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
33 CORTESIUS (PAULUS) In Sententias[ Petri Lombardi]; qui in hoc Opere Eloquentiam cum Theologia coniunxit, 1513 £374
€443
US$ 571
34 CYPRIAN, Saint. Opera.. ab innumeris Mendis repurgata, 1520, bound with another £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
35 DANTE ALIGHIERI. De la vulgare eloquentia, Vicenza, 1529 £4,749
€5,622
US$ 7,236
36 [PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS] Haec insunt in hoc libro... de coelesti hierarchia, Florence, Giunta, 1516 £4,249
€5,031
US$ 6,474
37 ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS) Moriae encomium, 1522 £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
38 EUSEBIUS (PAMPHILIUS) De Evangelica praeparatione, Venice, 1497 £2,374
€2,811
US$ 3,618
39 FLACIUS (MATHIAS) Carmina vetusta, ante tre centos annos scripta, 1548 £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
40 FLACIUS (MATHIAS) Varia doctorum[m] piorumque Virorum, 1557, bound with another £937
€1,109
US$ 1,428
41 FOLENGO (TEOFILO) Opus Merlini Cocaii Poete Mantuani Macaronicorum, 1521 £11,874
€14,057
US$ 18,090
42 FUCHS (LEONHART) Plantarum Effigies, 1552; and another by Gesner (2) £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
43 GALE (THOMAS) Opuscula Mythologica, 1688; and 4 others (5) £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
44 GELLIUS (AULUS) Noctium atticarum, 1515 £2,374
€2,811
US$ 3,618
45 GEOFFREY of Monmouth. Britan[n]ie utriusq[ue] Regu[m], Paris, 1508 £4,999
€5,918
US$ 7,617
46 GERSON (JOHANNES) Operum, 6 parts in one vol. [Parts I-IV; Index; Passio], 1517-1518 £2,749
€3,255
US$ 4,189
47 GILDAS. Opus novum, [Antwerp, 1525?] £1,499
€1,775
US$ 2,285
48 GRAPALDUS (FRANCISCUS MARIUS) De Partibus Aedium, 1516 £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
49 GUENEBAULD (JEAN) Le reveil de Chyndonax, Prince des vacies Druydes celtiques Dijonois, 1621; and another (2) £1,499
€1,775
US$ 2,285
50 HERODOTUS. Libri novem, EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE GREEK TEXT, Aldus, 1502; bound with 2 others £33,649
€39,834
US$ 51,262
51 HEROLT (JOHANNES) Sermones discipuli et de tempore et de sanctis, Cologne, 1504 £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
52 HIERONYMUS. Omnium operum, 9 vol. in 5, Basle, 1516 £2,874
€3,403
US$ 4,379
53 JOHN of Salisbury. Policraticus, 1595; and 5 others (6) £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
54 JUSTINIAN I. Volumen... juris totius civilis, folio, 1524 £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
55 JUVENALIS (DECIMUS JUNIUS) and PERSIUS FLACCUS [Satyrae], 1501; bound with another £4,749
€5,622
US$ 7,236
56 LACTANTIUS FIRMIANUS (LUCIUS) Opera, 1535 £3,749
€4,439
US$ 5,712
57 LASCARIS (JANUS) Anthologia Graeca Planudea, 1494 £9,999
€11,837
US$ 15,234
58 LHWYD (HUMFREY) Commentarioli Britannicae Descriptiones Fragmentum, 1572; bound with Ponticus, 1534 £812
€961
US$ 1,237
59 LIEVENS (JAN) XII panegyrici veteres, 1599 £812
€961
US$ 1,237
60 LUCANUS (MARCUS ANNAEUS) De bello civili, 1545; and 2 others (3) £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
61 LUCIAN of Samosata. Opera omnia, 1615 £2,499
€2,959
US$ 3,808
62 LUCIAN of Samosata. Opuscula Erasmo Roterodamo [& Thomas More] interprete, 1516 £21,874
€25,895
US$ 33,324
63 LUCRETIUS CARUS (TITUS) [De Rerum Natura], Aldus, 1515 £2,749
€3,255
US$ 4,189
64 MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS) Epigrammaton, 1539; and others (3) £2,249
€2,663
US$ 3,427
65 MARTIAL d'Auvergne. Aresta amorum, 1533, bound with 2 others in one vol. £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
66 MEURSIUS (JOANNES) Athenae Batavae, 1625 £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
67 MORE (Sir THOMAS) Lucubrationes... Utopiae [etc.], 1563 £2,124
€2,515
US$ 3,237
68 MUSAEUS. Opusculum de Herone & Leandro, 1517 £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
69 NUCULA (HORATIUS) Commemtariorum de bello Aphrodisiensi, 1552 £3,999
€4,735
US$ 6,093
70 OVIDIUS NASO (PUBLIUS) Fastorum libri diligente emendatione, 1527; and another (2) £2,249
€2,663
US$ 3,427
71 OVIDIUS NASO (PUBLIUS) Opera, 1486-1487 £2,749
€3,255
US$ 4,189
72 PALEARIO (AONIO) Epistolarum, 1585; and another (2) £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
73 PANCIROLI (GUIDO) Rerum memorabilium, 2 vol. in one, 1629; and another (2) £749
€887
US$ 1,142
74 PARKER (MATHEW) De Antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae, 1605; and another (2) £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
75 PETER of Blois. Insignia opera, 1519 £749
€887
US$ 1,142
76 PETRARCA (FRANCESCO) [Sonetti e canzoni], Venice, 1538 £499
€591
US$ 761
77 PETRONIUS ARBITER Satyricon... accedunt diversorum Poetarum, 1669; and 3 others (3) £3,499
€4,143
US$ 5,331
78 PICARD (JEAN) De prisca celtopaedia, libri quinque, 1556 £624
€739
US$ 952
79 PINDAR. Olympia [etc.], 1542; and 2 others (3) £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
80 PINDAR. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, 1558; and another, Greek printing (2) £1,874
€2,219
US$ 2,856
81 PROBUS (VALERIUS) De litteris antiquis opusculu[m], [c.1520]; and another (2) £312
€369
US$ 476
82 PROCOPIUS of Caesarea. Arcana Historia, 1623; and 2 others (3) £1,062
€1,257
US$ 1,618
83 PRUDENTIUS (AURELIUS) Opera, 1536; and 2 others (3) £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
84 QUINTILIANUS (MARCUS) Institutionum oratoriarum, 1542; and 3 others (4) £1,499
€1,775
US$ 2,285
85 QUINTILIANUS (MARCUS) De Institutione Oratoria £524
€621
US$ 799
86 RICHARDUS de Sancto Victore. De superdivina Trinitate theologicu[m] opus, 1510 £2,499
€2,959
US$ 3,808
87 ROYARDUS (JOHANNES) Homiliae per festivitates sanctorum, 2 vol. in one, [1543?]; and another £1,874
€2,219
US$ 2,856
88 SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS (GAIUS) De Coniuratione Catalinae [etc.], Aldus, 1521 £5,499
€6,510
US$ 8,378
89 SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS (GAIUS) De coniuratione catalinae [etc.], 1521 £3,999
€4,735
US$ 6,093
90 SANNAZZARO (JACOPO) [Arcadia], bound with another, 1532 £624
€739
US$ 952
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