Continental books
Collection of works, 16th century
£1,764
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Boccaccio, Giovanni. L'amorosa fiammetta. Di nuova ristampata e con diligenza ricorretta. Venice: Gio. Battista Bonfadio, 1586. 12mo, A-M12 (-M12, presumably blank), contemporary limp vellum, contemporary ownership inscription of Richard Fanshawe, possibly the English poet, translator and diplomatist (1608-1666), title-page with loss along fore margin, worming to quires B-D [cf. Adams B2135 for an edition with the same collation and printer, but 1596];
Arrian of Nicomedia. De rebus regis Alexa[n]dri Magni regis Macedonum libri octo. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1552. Small 8vo, later calf lettered and decorated in gilt and blind, edges gauffered gilt, ownership inscription ‘Ant. Murray 1703’ to title-page, slight loss to spine-ends [Adams A2012];
Guicciardini, Francesco. La Historia d'Italia. Venice: Girolamo Polo, 1599. 4to, later paneled calf, ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title-page, spine with loss to head of spine and small tear to one compartment, rear joint split at foot, front free endpaper loosening, [Adams G1517];
Iamblichus. De mysteriis Aegyptiorum Chaladaeorum, Assyriorum. Lyon : Jean de Tournes, 1552. 16mo, a-z8 A-L8, contemporary mottled calf (probably British), ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title-page, binding worn, front free endpaper loose, title-page with small section of loss to gutter from adhesion to initial blank, [cf. Adams I2];
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De orationum pars I. Basel: Arnold Gymnich, 1562. 8vo, a-z8 A-Q8 P6, contemporary blind-ruled calf, ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and title-page, worming to foot of first quire, small tear in q1, damp-staining to rear [USTC 674218];
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Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.