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1Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiae linguae Latinae, Venice, Baptista de Tortis, 19 October, 1490.

Lot 1

Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiae linguae Latinae, Venice, Baptista de Tortis, 19 October, 1490.

Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000

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2Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496.

Lot 2

Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496.

Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000

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3Petrarca (Francesco) Le Cose Volgari, first edition, first issue, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [July 1501].

Lot 3

Petrarca (Francesco) Le Cose Volgari, first edition, first issue, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [July 1501].

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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4Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) Tragoediae Senecae cum duobus commentariis: uidelicet Bernardini Marmitae & Danielis Galetani poe. cla, Venice, no printer, 1505.&n

Lot 4

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) Tragoediae Senecae cum duobus commentariis: uidelicet Bernardini Marmitae & Danielis Galetani poe. cla, Venice, no printer, 1505.

Estimate: £600 - 800

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5Albertini (Francesco) Opusculum de mirabilibus nouae & ueteris vrbis Romae, first edition, Rome, Giacomo Mazzocchi, 1510.

Lot 5

Albertini (Francesco) Opusculum de mirabilibus nouae & ueteris vrbis Romae, first edition, Rome, Giacomo Mazzocchi, 1510.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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6Cyprian (Saint, Bishop of Carthage) Opera, Paris, Berthold Rembolt, 1512.

Lot 6

Cyprian (Saint, Bishop of Carthage) Opera, Paris, Berthold Rembolt, 1512.

Estimate: £400 - 600

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7Dionysius Areopagita. Theologia vivificans … coelestis hierarchia. Ecclestiastica hierarchia, Paris, Henri Estienne and Wolfgang Hopyl, 1515.

Lot 7

Dionysius Areopagita. Theologia vivificans … coelestis hierarchia. Ecclestiastica hierarchia, Paris, Henri Estienne and Wolfgang Hopyl, 1515.

Estimate: £400 - 600

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8Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516.

Lot 8

Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516.

Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000

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9Against the misuse of excommunication.- Wurm (Matthias) Balaams eselin von dem bann das er umb geldtschuld und andre geringe sachen nit mag Christlich gefelt w

Lot 9

Against the misuse of excommunication.- Wurm (Matthias) Balaams eselin von dem bann das er umb geldtschuld und andre geringe sachen nit mag Christlich gefelt werden, [Augsburg], [Heinrich von Augsburg Steiner], 1523.

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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10Military.- Vegetius Renatus (Flavius) De re militari libri quatuor, Paris, Christian Wechel, 1532.

Lot 10

Military.- Vegetius Renatus (Flavius) De re militari libri quatuor, Paris, Christian Wechel, 1532.

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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11Zacharias, Chrysopolitanus In unu[m] ex quatuor sive de concordantia evangelistarum, libri quatuor, [Cologne], Eucharius Cervicornus, 1535.

Lot 11

Zacharias, Chrysopolitanus In unu[m] ex quatuor sive de concordantia evangelistarum, libri quatuor, [Cologne], Eucharius Cervicornus, 1535.

Estimate: £400 - 600

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12Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum secundus tomus, Lyon, heirs of Sébastien Gryphe, 1560; and another (2)

Lot 12

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum secundus tomus, Lyon, heirs of Sébastien Gryphe, 1560; and another (2)

Estimate: £600 - 800

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13Bindings.- Officium beatae Mariae virginis, Paris, Jacques Kerver, 1583; and another (2)

Lot 13

Bindings.- Officium beatae Mariae virginis, Paris, Jacques Kerver, 1583; and another (2)

Estimate: £600 - 800

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14Natalis (Hieronymus) Evangelicae Historiae Imagines ..., Antwerp, 1593, bound with, Vivaldi (Agostino) Meditationi Sopra li Evangelii ..., Rome Luigi Zannetti,

Lot 14

Natalis (Hieronymus) Evangelicae Historiae Imagines ..., Antwerp, 1593, bound with, Vivaldi (Agostino) Meditationi Sopra li Evangelii ..., Rome Luigi Zannetti, 1599, together 2 works bound as 1.

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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15Mesa (Cristóbal de) La Navas de Tolosa. Poema Heroica, first edition, Madrid, Por la biuda de P. Madrigal, 1594.

Lot 15

Mesa (Cristóbal de) La Navas de Tolosa. Poema Heroica, first edition, Madrid, Por la biuda de P. Madrigal, 1594.

Estimate: £600 - 800

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16Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament... , Sedan, Pierre Jannon, 1643; and 2 other French 17th century New Testaments in contemporary bindings (3)

Lot 16

Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament... , Sedan, Pierre Jannon, 1643; and 2 other French 17th century New Testaments in contemporary bindings (3)

Estimate: £600 - 800

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17Descartes (René) [Opera philosophica] Principia Philosophiæ, Amsterdam, Louis & Daniel Elzevier, 1654; and 3 others by the same in 1 vol..

Lot 17

Descartes (René) [Opera philosophica] Principia Philosophiæ, Amsterdam, Louis & Daniel Elzevier, 1654; and 3 others by the same in 1 vol..

Estimate: £400 - 600

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18Broadside.- Funeral Procession.- Scherm (Laurens) Waare Afbeeldinge van de Lyk-Staatsie, gehouden over Hare Majesteyt Maria Stuart ..., printed broadside in Du

Lot 18

Broadside.- Funeral Procession.- Scherm (Laurens) Waare Afbeeldinge van de Lyk-Staatsie, gehouden over Hare Majesteyt Maria Stuart ..., printed broadside in Dutch, Amsterdam, Carel Allard, 1695.

Estimate: £600 - 800

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19Bindings.- Officio della B. Vergine Maria dedicato a S. Anna, Roma, Gio. Maria Salvioni, 1707

Lot 19

Bindings.- Officio della B. Vergine Maria dedicato a S. Anna, Roma, Gio. Maria Salvioni, 1707

Estimate: £750 - 1,000

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20Binding.- Fürstenberg copy.- L'Office de la semaine sainte, a l'usage de la maison du Roy, Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1743

Lot 20

Binding.- Fürstenberg copy.- L'Office de la semaine sainte, a l'usage de la maison du Roy, Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1743

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

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