Lot 312
Vellum bindings
including Brancaccio, Fra Lelio
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
I Carichi Militari. Antwerp: Joachim Trognaesius, 1610. 4to, 5 double-page plates, contemporary vellum with gilt coat of arms to covers, yapp edges, a little internal dampstaining [USTC 1003548, listing 14 known copies];
Guicciardini, Francesco & Francesco Sansovino. La Historia D'Italia. Geneva: Jacob Stoer, 1621. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, 'Wakefield' in rubbed gilt to upper covers [USTC 6702333];
Barclay, John. Argenis. Amsterdam: Elizaeus Weyerstraten, 1664. 12mo; [bound with] [Idem] Satyricon. Amsterdam: Elizaeus Weyerstraten, 1664. 12mo; both with engraved title-pages, in contemporary vellum with 'Wakefield' in rubbed gilt lettering to upper cover, early ownership inscription of Andrew Scott to final free-endpaper;
[Gombaud, Antoine.] Les Oeuvres de Monsieur le Chevalier de Méré. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1692. 2 volumes bound together, 12mo, 2 engraved frontispieces, contemporary vellum, a little internal soiling