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CONTINENTAL BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

The Property of a European Collector
Lot 130

LYCOPHRON
Αλεξανδρα. Alexandra, sive cassandra, cum versione Latina Gulielmi canteri, 8vo

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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Αλεξανδρα. Alexandra, sive cassandra, cum versione Latina Gulielmi canteri, text in Latin and Greek, woodcut device on title, title with part of blank area at fore-edge and upper margin torn away with old repair resulting in some discolouring, abrasion to device and old ink stamp partly erased [Adams L2108], [Heidelberg], Hieronymus Commelin, 1596--BAILE (GUILLAUME) Libellus de quantitate syllabarum Graecarum. Ejusdem alter de dialectis Graecorum libellus,, 2 parts, woodcut device on each parts title, woodcut ornament on colophon at end, some words in Greek, Lyon, Jean Pillehotte, 1590, 2 works bound in 1 vol., near contemporary brown morocco gilt, sides elaborately tooled with 3-line outer rule border, 2 inner borders of trailing fern and leaves, and flower heads (including thistle-head), enclosing central panel of leaf pattern around the arms of Nicolas de Villars, Bishop of Agen [Olivier 1519] with flowers in corners, flats spine with similar tools, joints neatly repaired, short thin old horizontal crack to spine, 8vo

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Provenance: Nicolas de Villars (1547-1608), Bishop of Agen from 1587 until his death, with his arms on covers.

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