Lot 278
Roxburghe Club
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
The mirroure of the worlde. Ms. Bodley 283 (England c.1470-1480). Oxford: The Roxburghe Club, 1980. Folio, limited to 200 copies, plates, red quarter morocco with buckram sides, t.e.g.; Wormald, Francis & J. Alexander, editors An early Breton gospel book. A 9th century manuscript from the collection of H.L. Bradfer-Lawrence. Cambridge: The Roxburghe Club, 1977. Folio, plates, red quarter morocco with red cloth side and vellum corners; Cook, Jean & John Mason, editors The building accounts of Christ Church Library 1716-1779. Oxford: The Roxburghe Club, 1988. 4to, plates, red quarter morocco, t.e.g.; Dreyfus, John Aspects of French eighteenth century typography. Cambridge: The Roxburghe Club, 1982. 4to, one of 225 copies, illustrations, quarter red morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g.; Frezzi, Federico Il quadriregio, with an essay by B.H. Breslauer, illustrations, quarter salmon morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g.; [Scotland] A tour in Scotland in 1863. London: The Roxburghe Club, 1984. 4to, illustrations, quarter black morocco-backed purple cloth, t.e.g.; Barker, Nicolas The publications of The Roxburghe Club 1814-1962. 4to, quarter brown morocco-backed boards, vellum tips, J.R. Abbey's copy with his bookplate (7)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire