Lot 40
Guevara, Antonio de
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
£1,625
Description
The golden book of Marcus Aurelius. London: Thomas East, 1586. 8vo, 287 unnumbered ll., A-Z, Aa-Mm8 Nn7 lacking final blank, black letter, table and prologue in Roman, title page within typographical border, some woodcut initials and ornaments, 18th century morocco, rebacked, some light browning
Footnote
Note: STC. 12447 (4 copies in ms. one imperfect); Lowndes I 54; Pforzheimer II p.434 "Copies of all the early editions are rare".