Lot 68
Gassendi (Pierre) The Mirrour of True Nobility & Gentility. Being the Life of the Renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius Lord of Peiresk, Senator of the Parliament at Aix, first edition in English, Printed by J. Streater for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Princes Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1657.
Estimate: £400 - 600
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Gassendi (Pierre) The Mirrour of True Nobility & Gentility. Being the Life of the Renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius Lord of Peiresk, Senator of the Parliament at Aix, first edition in English, translated by William Rand, engraved portrait frontispiece, (a)4 advertisement f., O8 blank, 10ff. of advertisements at end (not called for by ESTC), frontispiece outer margin trimmed just within image, some early red pencil underlining, 2I1 small piece cut from lower blank corner, some water-staining and soiling, lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary calf, later gilt and black leather label to spine, head of spine chipped, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing G295; ESTC R24346], 8vo, Printed by J. Streater for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Princes Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1657.
⁂ Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) French astronomer and antiquary. At the end is a 16pp. catalogue of Peiresc's manuscripts.
Description
Gassendi (Pierre) The Mirrour of True Nobility & Gentility. Being the Life of the Renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius Lord of Peiresk, Senator of the Parliament at Aix, first edition in English, translated by William Rand, engraved portrait frontispiece, (a)4 advertisement f., O8 blank, 10ff. of advertisements at end (not called for by ESTC), frontispiece outer margin trimmed just within image, some early red pencil underlining, 2I1 small piece cut from lower blank corner, some water-staining and soiling, lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary calf, later gilt and black leather label to spine, head of spine chipped, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing G295; ESTC R24346], 8vo, Printed by J. Streater for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Princes Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1657.
⁂ Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) French astronomer and antiquary. At the end is a 16pp. catalogue of Peiresc's manuscripts.
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