£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
comprising:
Statius, Publius Papinius. Sylvarum libri quinque. Thebaidos libri duodecim. Achilleidos duo (Orthographia). [Venice: in academia Aldi Romani, November 1502; in aedibus Aldi, August 1502]. 8vo (14.9 x 9.5cm), Orthographia bound first, text in italics, woodcut Aldine device at end of Orthographia, with blank leaf i8, small partial library stamp on verso of Orthographia, 18th century red morocco gilt with gilt initials WPG and motto 'For My Duchus', rubbed, upper cover detached, [Aldo Manuzio tipografo 69; Edit16 36141; Renouard 35/7];
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1797. 11 (of 12) volumes, contemporary calf gilt;
Hume, David. The History of England. 1807. 8 volumes [complete], contemporary calf;
James, William. The Naval History of Great Britain. 1826, volumes 1-5 (of 6), contemporary half calf, spines gilt; and 1 odd volume (26)
Note: The first Aldine edition of all the surviving works of Statius, along with an orthography of Greek terms found in Statius.