Lot 311
Classical authors
16 volumes
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
Polydor Vergil. De rerum inventoribus libri octo. Basle: per Thomas Guarinum [publisher from Colophon], 1570. 16mo, woodcut device on title, and leaf with Guérin's device following colophon, contemporary embossed calf, title with small excision at top corner, title slightly dust-soiled, some light dampstaining, binding worn;
Aristotle. De Mundo Aristotelis Lib. I, Philonis Lib II, Gulielmo Budaeo interprete. Paris [Widow of C. Neobar or J. Bogardus], 1541. 16mo, 54 leaves, [ii - blank], edited by Guillaume Budé, printer's device on title-page, [Adams A1800], early inscription at head of title 'Fa dono Ill. & erud. divi d.d. Gaillardi genuensis 1646'; bound with Aristotle. Aristotelous kai Philonos per kosmou [Greek]. Paris: Conrad Néobar, 1540 [the date on the title page is wrongly printed M.D.L.X (altered by hand in present copy). 16mo, 60 leaves, 18th century calf, slightly rubbed;
Virgil. P. Virgilius Maro Iam emendatior. Amsterdam: Apud Ioannem Iansonium, 1650. 16mo, engraved title page, bound in a piece of old liturgical vellum;
Hippocrates. Aphorismi Hippocratis accurante Theodoro Janssonio ab Almeloveen. Amsterdam: apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1685. 16mo, additional title with engraved portrait vignette, contemporary calf, rubbed;
Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historiarum libri de vita et expeditione Alexandri Magni. Utrecht: ex officina Gisbert Zylii, 1666. 12mo, engraved title laid down, woodcut(s) in text, contemporary vellum, early inscription on endpaper 'ex libris Caroli Nisbet 13th Januarii 1753' and later inscriptions of Lorimers,
Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historiarum libri accuratissime editi. Amsterdam: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1670. 16mo, engraved title, contemporary sheep, a little light dust-soiling, rubbed;
Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Justinus ex Marci Zverii Boxhornii, nova recensione. Amsterdam: apud Ioan. Ianssonium, 1660. 12mo, engraved title, contemporary vellum, a few light marginal stains, inscription by members of Lorimer family to endpaper;
Herodotus. He Tou Herodotus Halikarnasseos Historia: Herodoti Halicarnassensis Historia, ex editione Jacobi Gronovii. Glasgow: R. and A. Foulis, 1761. 9 volumes, 12mo, Greek text, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco lettering pieces, early inscription '? Rose Price' to free endpapers, small stamp 'E. Maltby' to free endpapers