Lot 142
Estimate: £300 - £400
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Leiden: Jean Elsevier, 1660. First Elzevir edition, 12mo (12.9 x 6.6cm), c.1800 straight-grain red morocco by Bozerian le jeune, smooth spine gilt in compartments including binder's signature ‘Rel. F. Bozerian Jeune’, diamond design gilt to covers, blue moiré silk doublures, all edges gilt, engraved additional title-page and 20 full-page engravings of historical women (all counted in register), woodcut Elzevir device to title-page, retaining perhaps one original final blank only (of two) [Willems 864: ‘Jolie édition’]
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
The first edition was published in Paris in 1647.