Lot 64
Robert Southey's copy.- Camerarius (Philipp) The Living Librarie, or, Meditations and Observations Historical, Natural, Moral, Political, and Poetical, first edition in English, translated by John Molle, Adam Islip, 1621.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Robert Southey's copy.- Camerarius (Philipp) The Living Librarie, or, Meditations and Observations Historical, Natural, Moral, Political, and Poetical, first edition in English, translated by John Molle, title within ornate woodcut border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial and final blanks, Robert Southey's copy with his wood-engraved bookplate, final f. with early ownership name "Eliza: Cecill", F6 tear into text without loss, the odd rust-spot, some light foxing and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers with central gilt-tooled lozenge surrounded by initials ‘E-L-E’, corners worn, covers rubbed, [STC 4529], folio, Adam Islip, 1621.
⁂ A translation of a French version by Simon Goulart of book 1 of Operae horarum subcisivarum. A variant has "The walking librarie" on the title-page.
Description
Robert Southey's copy.- Camerarius (Philipp) The Living Librarie, or, Meditations and Observations Historical, Natural, Moral, Political, and Poetical, first edition in English, translated by John Molle, title within ornate woodcut border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial and final blanks, Robert Southey's copy with his wood-engraved bookplate, final f. with early ownership name "Eliza: Cecill", F6 tear into text without loss, the odd rust-spot, some light foxing and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers with central gilt-tooled lozenge surrounded by initials ‘E-L-E’, corners worn, covers rubbed, [STC 4529], folio, Adam Islip, 1621.
⁂ A translation of a French version by Simon Goulart of book 1 of Operae horarum subcisivarum. A variant has "The walking librarie" on the title-page.
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