Continental books
Collection of works, mainly Portuguese, 18th century
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 18 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Bluteau, Rafael. Prosas Portuguezas, recitadas em differentes congresss academicos. Lisbon: Joseph Antonio da Sylva, impressor da Cademia Real, 1729-28. Folio in sixes, [32] 421, 383 pp., contemporary mudéjar-style blind-stamped sheep, text in double column, double-page plate, wear to spine-ends, joints cracking, old Spanish library inscription to head of title-page, repair to volume 2 sig. G3;
Sousa de Macedo, Antonio de. Flores de España, excelencias de Portugal, en que brevemente se trata lo mejor de sus historias, y de todas las del mundo desde su principio hasta nuestros tiempos, y se descubren muchas cosas nuaves de provecho, y curiosidad. Coimbra: Antonio Simeons Ferreyra, 1737. [Bound with:] Armonia political dos documentos divinos com as conveniencias de estado: exemplar de principes no governo dos gloriosissimos reys de Portugal. 2 works in 1 volume, folio, c.1800 polished calf, rebacked retaining original spine, old ink-stamps and effaced inscriptions to initial blank and title-page;
Porta Siqueira, Joao de N. Sra. da. Escola de politica, ou tractado pratico da civilidad portugueza. Porto: Antonio Alvarez Ribeiro, 1791. 12mo, contemporary cat's-paw sheep, two small worm-tracks through text;
[Medicine]. Piquer, Andrés. Tratado de las calenturas. Valencia: Joseph Garcia, 1751. 4to, contemporary tree sheep, folding engraved plate, faint blind stamp to title-page;
Pardo, Felipe. Poesias y escritos en prosa. Paris: A. Chaix et Cie, 1869. Folio, contemporary green morocco gilt, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, prelims spotted, pencil annotations to initial blank;
Delaval, Edward Hussey. Ricerche sperimentali sopra le cause de' cambiamenti de' colori nelli corpi opachi, e colorati con una prefazione istorica. Bologna: Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino, 1779. 4to, later marbled quarter sheep, spine lettered in gilt, marbled paper sides;
Lama, Pietro de. Iscrizione antiche collocate ne' muri della scala Farnese. Parma: Carmigani, 1818. 4to, uncut in ?contemporary wrappers, later cloth backstrip, engravings in text (7)