Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:
15th June 1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/169
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    od, 367 Gerarde (John) The Herball: or General Historie of Plants, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, engraved twile by Payne bearing portrait of Gerarde, and numerous cuts, old calf (covers loose) 1636 368 Gesner (Conrad v.) Historizs Animalium, Lib. I, De Quadrupedibus Viviparis, 1551; Lib. II, Qui est de Griiennsdia Oviparis, cum Appendice, 1554; Lib. III, Qui est de Avium Natura, 1555 ; Lib. TV, Qui est de Piscium et aquatilium animantium Natura, 1558 ; Icones Animalium Quad., 1553; Icones Animalium Aqua- * tilium in mari et dulcibus aquis degentium, 1560 (both these latter imperfect), with hundreds of woodcuts, cououRED—in 3 vols. old calf (worn ; a number of Il. missing, a title and some Il. defective ; water-stained in parts) w.a.f. Tigurt, 1551-60 369 Gesner (Conrad), and Edward Topsell: The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, numerous woodcuts, old calf (water-stained in parts, corner of margins of title and next leaf damaged, and a cover loose) W. Jaggard, 1607 370 Gietiniario (Agostino) Castigatissimi Annali con la Coro copiosa Tavola della Republi di Genoa, woodcut on ttle and on reverse, contemporary vellum (title and a number of ll. stained and halo defective) Genoa, 1537 3871 GLANVILLE (Bartholomeus) DE PROPRIETATIBUS RERUM ; TRANSLATED by JouHNn of Trevisa: ILLUMINATED MANU- SCRIPT, beautifully written in a large cursive book hand on 387 Ll. of stout vellum (224 im. by 154 in.), in double columns of 43 lines, WITH 21 LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS, ONE FULL-PAGE BORDER, 13 THREE-QUARTER PAGE BORDERS, AND 7 PP. WITH BORDERS EXTENDING DOWN BETWEEN THE COLUMNS AND ACROSS HEAD AND FOOT OF PAGE, ALL WITH FLORAL SCROLLS, AND RICHLY ILLUMINATED IN BURNISHED GOLD AND COLOURS, also many hundred large intials m blue with ornamental pen-work decorations in red ; at end, ‘Tue AppBay OF pe Horny Gost”; large thick folio, 18th Century stamped russia Sec. XV A magnificent Hinglish Manuscript pith an Index of 8 ll. at the commence- ment. The first page of Prologue is richly ornamented with full-page borders and additional ornament extending down the centre, and has the Arms of Sir Thomas Chaworth (obit. 1459) at foot A number of leaves, especially at the commencement of the volume, are damaged by damp, but owing to the fact that the volume has unusually large margins (24 im. at head, 5 in. at foot, and 43 im. at the sides), the damage has not extended into the text to any serious extent, with the exception of the first page of Index | SEE ILLUSTRATION 372 Goltzius (Hubert) Les Images presque de tous les Empereurs depuis C. Julius Casar jusques a Charles V. et Ferdinandus son Frere, _Pourtraites au vif, Prinses des Medailles Anciennes.. . .; wood- cut title (with bust portrart of Golltzius) printed in yellow and brown, and 155 large medallion portraits in brown (some spaces deft blank), old calf gilt (rubbed and back defective; some-ll. soiled and stitching loose), with auto. of T. Wallughby [Anvers], 1561