Lot 29
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of dueties to Marcus his sonne, turned out of Latine into Englishe, by Nicholas Grimalde, 1574 [but colophon dated 1575].
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of dueties to Marcus his sonne, turned out of Latine into Englishe, by Nicholas Grimalde, partly in black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, occasional light damp-staining, H7 corner neatly repaired with old wax, neatly repaired tear to S2, paper faults to T1, ink inscriptions to title and endpapers, later mottled calf, rebacked, corners bumped, later endpapers, [STC 5284], 8vo, In Fletestrete within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hand and Starre by Rycharde Tottell, 1574 [but colophon dated 1575].
⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies at auction (including this one) in the last 70 years.
Provenance: Robert ?Coribankes (early ink inscription to title); R. R. Bloxam (ink inscription to endpaper dated 1819, ?possibly Richard Rouse Bloxam, 1765-1840).
Description
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of dueties to Marcus his sonne, turned out of Latine into Englishe, by Nicholas Grimalde, partly in black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, occasional light damp-staining, H7 corner neatly repaired with old wax, neatly repaired tear to S2, paper faults to T1, ink inscriptions to title and endpapers, later mottled calf, rebacked, corners bumped, later endpapers, [STC 5284], 8vo, In Fletestrete within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hand and Starre by Rycharde Tottell, 1574 [but colophon dated 1575].
⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies at auction (including this one) in the last 70 years.
Provenance: Robert ?Coribankes (early ink inscription to title); R. R. Bloxam (ink inscription to endpaper dated 1819, ?possibly Richard Rouse Bloxam, 1765-1840).
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