Florio, John
Vocabolario Italiano ed Inglese, A Dictionary Italian and English
Estimate: £500 - £800
Auction: 18 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
… Now most diligently revised, corrected, and compare … and enriched with very considerable additions … by Gio. Torriano. London: T. Warren [and others], 1659. First Torriano edition, folio, contemporary calf ruled in blind, later label and gilt date to spine (probably 18th century), without the frontispiece noted in some but not all copies, joints a little worn;
Lisle, Edward. Observations in Husbandry. London: by J. Hughs, for C. Hitch [and others], 1757. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down and endpapers renewed (probably in the 19th century), engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate (Ellis Wade M.A., rector of Blaxhall), a little worn, frontispiece offset;
[Plantin press]. Q. Horratius Flaccus, cum erudito Laevini Torrentii commentario, nunc primum in lucem edito. Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, apud Joannem Moretum, 1608. 4to, contemporary vellum gilt, yapp fore edges, engraved vignette to title-page, 2 engraved portraits, ties perished, moderate browning;
Bellicard, Jerome Charles. Observations upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. London: for D. Wilson, and T. Durham, 1753. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, 42 engraved plates, a fragment of the second edition of 1756 (including title-page) bound in at rear, joints cracked, front joint tender;
Potier, Pierre. Opera Omnia practica et chymica, cum annotationibus et additamentis utilissimis pariter ac curiosis Friderici Hoffmanni. Venice: ex typographia Balleoniana, 1741. First edition, 4to, contemporary vellum, title-page slightly frayed and softened in margins, marginal damp-staining to rear;
Burgersdijk, Franco. Institutionum Logicarum libri duo. Cambridge: Roger Daniel, 1651. 12mo, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked retaining part of original spine, early pen-trials to front free endpaper, lacking rear free endpaper;
Aleandro, Girolamo. Antiquae Tabulae Marmoreae. Rome: ex typographia Bartholomaei Zannetti, 1616. First edition, 4to, later half vellum, engraved folding plate (browned), woodcuts in text (7)