Lot 59
Binding.- Ussher (James, Bishop of Armagh) Polycarpi et Ignatii epistolae, Oxford, Henry Hall and Henry Curteyn, 1648
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Binding.- Ussher (James, Bishop of Armagh) Polycarpi et Ignatii epistolae, text in Greek and Latin, printed in red and black, divisional titles, woodcut initials, title with ?later ink ownership inscription, occasional light browning and the odd scattered spot or stain, handsomely bound in a contemporary ?Dutch binding of red morocco richly tooled in gilt, with a central broken diamond lozenge and corner-pieces of pointelle leafy sprays, fleurons, small circles and massed volutes within triple fillet border of straight and trefoil edges, an outer border of various motifs and the whole encased within broad double roll-tool border, rebacked but preserving original back-strip, this with gilt faded, small repairs to corners and slight abrasion to upper cover, very slight wear to upper joint, housed within modern card slipcase, 4to, [Wing P2790], Oxford, Henry Hall and Henry Curteyn, 1648.
Description
Binding.- Ussher (James, Bishop of Armagh) Polycarpi et Ignatii epistolae, text in Greek and Latin, printed in red and black, divisional titles, woodcut initials, title with ?later ink ownership inscription, occasional light browning and the odd scattered spot or stain, handsomely bound in a contemporary ?Dutch binding of red morocco richly tooled in gilt, with a central broken diamond lozenge and corner-pieces of pointelle leafy sprays, fleurons, small circles and massed volutes within triple fillet border of straight and trefoil edges, an outer border of various motifs and the whole encased within broad double roll-tool border, rebacked but preserving original back-strip, this with gilt faded, small repairs to corners and slight abrasion to upper cover, very slight wear to upper joint, housed within modern card slipcase, 4to, [Wing P2790], Oxford, Henry Hall and Henry Curteyn, 1648.
