£2,125
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 659
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Scarronides, or Virgile Travestie. London, 1664, First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes in one, 19th century half calf, inner typographic border of first title hidden by new endpaper, rubbed; Poems on several Occasions. London: T. Basset, W. Hensman and T. Fox, 1689. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, browning to margin of title page, upper joint split; The Genuine Works of. London: R. Bonwicke [&c.], 1715. First collected edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed; Burlesque upon Burlesque. London: H. Brome, 1675. First edition, 8vo, 19th century half calf, lacks frontispiece, title dust-soiled and with fore-margin cropped; Burlesque upon Burlesque. London: C. Brome, 1687. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, ?lacking frontispiece, rebacked; The Wonders of the Peake. London: J. Brome, 1681. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, somewhat stained and spotted, rebacked, lacking A1 [?license leaf] and final blank; The Wonders of the Peake. London: J. Wallis for J. Brome, 1683. Second edition, 8vo, marbled boards, lacking A1 [?license leaf], faint worming to a few lower margins; The Wonders of the Peak. Nottingham, 1774. Third edition, 12mo, contemporary wrappers, spotted, leather case; The Morall Philosophy of the Stoicks.... by Monsieur du Vaix, Englished by Charles Cotton. London: H. Mortlock, 1664. First English edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece trimmed, later calf, rebacked; Montaigne, Michel de The Essays.. made English by Charles Cotton. London: T. Basset [&c.], 1685-1686-1685. First edition of this translation, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait in all three volumes, calf by Riviere, one joint repaired; and 24 others (including 10 other editions of Scarronnides), various bindings; sold not subject to return (36)