Goldman, Nicolas
La nouvelle fortification
£404
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Leiden: chez les Elseviers, 1645. First edition in French, folio, (31.5 x 21cm), contemporary vellum, all edges untrimmed, [16] 224 pp., engraved allegorical title-page, engraved illustrations of fortifications throughout the text, lacking front free endpaper, worm-track in lower margins, L2-3 transposed, closed tear in O2, occasional light spotting and soiling [Willems 587];
Panvinio, Onofrio. Epitome pontificum Romanorum a S. Petro usque ad Paulum IIII. Venice: impensis Jacobi Stradae Mantuani, 1557. First edition, folio in sixes (29.5 x 20cm), contemporary limp vellum, [8] 428 [16] pp., large strapwork woodcut device to title-page, woodcut illustrations of papal arms throughout the text, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page (apparently belonging to a count, 'Comes'), ties perished, damp-staining from front to quire G and to index [Adams P194];
Bosse, Abraham. De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin ... Nouvelle édition. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1745. 8vo xxxii 186 [6] pp., engraved frontispiece, 19 engraved folding plates, large engraved dedication and figural headpieces, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title-page, bookplates of noted Lebanese collector Camille Aboussouan, occasional light spotting and soiling, ink-staining to top margins of last few plates
Footnote
Note: Goldman's work was originally published in Latin in 1643, also by the Elzevirs.