Lot 84
Demosthenes -- Aldus
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
Orationum pars secunda. Venice: Paulo Maunutio, Aldi filio, 1554. 12mo, part 2 only, Aldine woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, nineteenth century half calf, [Adams, D264], slight worming to a few lower margins at beginning and end just touching a few letters, slight spotting and staining; [Hertel, Jakob] Vetustissimorum et sapientiss. comicorum quinquaginta. Basle. [J. Oporinus ?, 1560]. 8vo, contemporary vellum, occasional spotting; Hermogenes, the Rhetorician. Ars oratoria absolutissima... commentaris Gasparis Laurentii. Geneva: P. Aubert, 1614. 8vo, later calf-backed boards, somewhat spotted, head of spine worn; Andronicus Rhodius Ethicorum Nichomacheorum paraphrasis. Cambridge: J. Hayes, 1679. 8vo, Greek and Latin text, 19th century vellum, some spotting; Palaephatus. De incredibilibus. Cornelius Tullius... notis illustravit. Amsterdam: L. Elzevir, 1649. 12mo, woodcut device on title, contemporary vellum (5)