Auction 357
Old & Rare Books - Foreign Literature & Language
ALDINE PRESS -- CARO, A. Rime del commendadore. (Ed. by G.B. Caro). Venice, Aldo Manutio, 1569. (8), 103, (8) pp. W. woodcut Aldine anchor device on the ti.-p. 4º. Cont. vellum, spine raised in compartments. (Some yellowing, some foxing, a few stains, Ex Libris tickets on paste-down and verso of title p., traces of writing in ink on last index p.).
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ARABICA -- ERPENIUS, T. Grammatica Arabica dicta Gjarumia, & libellus centum regentium. Cum versione Lat. & comm. Leyden, Ex Typogr. Erpeniana Linguarum Orientalium, 1617. (8), 157, (2) pp. W. ti. printed within woodcut border. 4°. Cont. limp vellum. (Endpapers gone, ti-p. soiled, some scratched out scribbling in margin ti-p., some faint marg. stains, sl. browned in places). TERUGGETROKKEN / WITHDRAWN
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BOCCACCIO, G. Il Decameron. Tratto dall' ottimo testo scritto da F. d'Amaretto Manelli sull'originale dell'autore. (Lucca, J. Giusti), 1761. (2), xxxvi, 373 pp. W. 1 engr. front. portr., engr. ti-p., 1 engr. portr., 1 fold. genealogy & 1 plate repr. of the incipit of a Boccaccio codex, 1 engr. ti-vign. and printer's woodcut emblem on pp. xxxvi & at the end. 4º. Cont. cf., gilt. dec. spine raised in compartments, speckled edges, lovely old dec. endpapers. (Wear to extremities, some browning, sl. waterstained). Endpapers are used for the back cover of our printed catalogue. -- F. PETRARCA. Le rime. Riscontrate co i testi a penna della Libreria Estense, e co i fragmenti dell'originale d'esso poeta. Venice, S. Coleti, 1727. xxiv, 732 pp. 4º. Cont. vellum, speckled edges. (Some chafing, some yellowing throughout, water stain on ti.-p., some dust soiling on last pp.). -- (2).
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, M. de. Oeuvres. Amst./Lpz., Arkstée & Merkus, 1768. 8 vols. (14), 370; (6), 369, (1); (8), 371, (1); (8), 453, (1); (6), 420; (8), 422, (2); xliv, 358; (2), 396 pp. W. 8 engr. title-p. & 46 plates by Coypel Cochin & Boucher, engr. by Folkema & Fokke. 12º. Cont. cf., spine dec. in gilt w. red labels, gilt emblem on sides, edges of binding dec. in gilt diagonals. (Spines chafed, shelfwear to extremities, modest tickets on paste-downs, some yellowing & waterstaining throughout, however a charming set).
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(DORAT, C.J.). Mes fantaisies. 3me éd. considérablement augmentée. La Haye, Delalain, 1770. 363 pp. W. engr. front. and ti.-vignette by Eisen. Sm-8°. 19th c. mottled cf., richly gilt spine w. labels in 2 colours, inside dentelles, a.e.g. (Bind. slightly chafed in places). Very fine bind. by the Paris binders Gruel & Engelmann. -- Added: (Id.) Ma philosophie. La Haye, Delalain, 1771. 47 pp. W. fine engr. front., head and tailpiece by De Ghendt. Mod. hcf. w. dec. paper sides, uncut. -- Also added: (A.) HAMILTON. Œuvres. Utrecht, E. Neaulme, 1731. 3 in 1 vol. 12°. Cont. vellum. -- And 1 o. (4).
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Auction 357
Old & Rare Books - Foreign Literature & Language
