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PETRUS LOMBARDUS
Sententiarum libri IV, Louvain, Bartholomaeus Gravius, 1546; and 16 others (17)

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
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PETRUS LOMBARDUS

Sententiarum libri IV, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials throughout, modern quarter vellum gilt, red edges [USTC 403431], 4to, Louvain, Bartholomaeus Gravius, 1546--MACHIAVELLI (NICOLO) Tutte le opere, 5 parts in 1 vol., late Testina edition, vignette woodcut portrait on each title, Discorsi misbound, opening 5 leaves frayed (with loss of a few letters to 3), last three leaves frayed (one repaired with substantial loss to text), damp-staining throughout, limp vellum with manuscript title on spine, spine loosening, soiled, 4to, [Geneva], 1550 [but c.1640]--GOLTZIUS (HUBERT) Vivae omnium fere Imperatorum imagines, 88 (of 133) chiaroscuro medallion woodcut portraits printed in sepia, 13 others with woodcut borders but no image, also lacking title and preliminary leaves up to A1, tears affecting image of 2 plates (LIX, LXV), offsetting, damp-staining mostly to margins, later tree calf, upper cover detached, worn [Adams G838], folio, Antwerp, in officina Aegidii Copenii Diesthemii, 1557--FLORUS (LUCIUS ANNAEUS) Rerum a Romanis gestarum libri IIII, woodcut printer's device on title, near contemporary manuscript inscriptions on first fly-leaf and on title, age-toning, later limp vellum, upper gnawed, worn [USTC 402303], 8vo, Antwerp, Jan Moretus, 1593--PINDAR. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, translated by Jean Benoit, woodcut device on title, light age toning, later armorial gilt calf, sides with the arms of Louis XIV on a ground of fleur-de-lys and crowned L pattern, g.e., hinges loose, worn [USTC 6802750; Brunet IV 659], 4to, Saumur, Pierre Pié de Dieu, 1620--CICERO. Opera omnia title printed in red and black, additional engraved frontispiece (dated 1659), some damp-staining, ink stains affecting text on pp.479-482, later armorial calf gilt, the sides with the arms of Louis XIV on a ground of fleur-de-lys pattern on covers, g.e., worn, 4to, Geneva, Samuel Chouet, 1660; and 11 others (17)

Footnotes

Provenance: First work, Fort Augustus Benedictine Abbey (Inverness, Scotland), bookplate; Second work, Franz Ferdinand Pontz von Engelshofen (c. 1760s), "V. Engelshofen 2579" stamp on first title; František Antonín Thun-Hohenstein (1847-1916), bookplate; Third work, De Gabriellij, manuscript inscription on title; Fifth work, "Bouffay 1703", ink inscription on title.

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