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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 191

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Ecclesiastica historia, integram ecclesiae Christi ideam, Parts 1-3 only (of 13) in 1 vol., Basel, J. Oporinus, [1564], sold as a binding

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £765 inc. premium

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FLACIUS (MATTHIAS)

Ecclesiastica historia, integram ecclesiae Christi ideam, Parts 1-3 only (of 13) in 1 vol., woodcut device on general title, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, sides with double roll frame, the outer with alternate falcon on a globe surmounted by the English Royal crown, and the Golden Fleece hanging by a chain from the Imperial crown, the inner with medallions with heads, including the binder's initials "R.B.", with central lozenge made up from a narrow decorative roll enclosing a central oval cartouche contaning an armorial escutcheon with a unicorn rampant, rebacked preserving most of the original spine, without clasps, a few small areas of loss (mostly along lower margin), fragment of an illuminated vellum manuscript used as binder's waste at hinges [Goldschmidt, Gothic and Renaissance Book Bindings, 233], folio (318 x 195mm.), Basel, J. Oporinus, [1564], sold as a binding

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AN ENGLISH BINDING PREVIOUSLY IN THE COLLECTIONS OF J.R. ABBEY AND E.P. GOLDSCHMIDT, who noted that "the armorial stamp with the unicorn is of exceptionally fine and delicate workmanship", tentatively suggesting it may relate to the Harling family. Other blind rolls include Oldham nos. 766, 835, and 860.

Provenance: ?Harling family of East Anglia (see above); "Segregate mihi paulum et Barnabari in opus ad quos assumpsi eos", sixteenth century inscription inside upper cover; E.P. Goldschmidt (1887-1954), bookplate; Major J.R. Abbey (1894-1969), bookplate; his sale, Sotheby's, 20 June 1967, lot 1828; K.J. Hewett, bookplate.

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