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3 Bonfire of Vanities.- Benivieni (Girolamo) Canzoni e sonetti dell’amore e della bellezza divina, con commento, first edition, first issue, Florence, Anto
Lot 3

Bonfire of Vanities.- Benivieni (Girolamo) Canzoni e sonetti dell’amore e della bellezza divina, con commento, first edition, first issue, Florence, Antonio Tubini and others, 1500

Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000

4 Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes
Lot 4

Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528.

Estimate: £30,000 - 40,000

5 Calepino (Ambrogio) Calepinus. Ambrosii Calepini Lexicon, ex optimis quibusque auctoribus collectum, Venice, Aurelio Pinzi, 1533.
Lot 5

Calepino (Ambrogio) Calepinus. Ambrosii Calepini Lexicon, ex optimis quibusque auctoribus collectum, Venice, Aurelio Pinzi, 1533.

Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000

6 New Testament, Hebrew.- Evangelium Matthaei ex Hebraeo fideliter redditum, text in Latin and Hebrew, Paris, Martin Le Jeune, 1555.
Lot 6

New Testament, Hebrew.- Evangelium Matthaei ex Hebraeo fideliter redditum, text in Latin and Hebrew, Paris, Martin Le Jeune, 1555.

Estimate: £1,200 - 1,800

7 Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite..., 2 vol., first edition, translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari and Brothers,
Lot 7

Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite..., 2 vol., first edition, translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari and Brothers, 1555

Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000

9 Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite , 2 vol., translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1560
Lot 9

Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite , 2 vol., translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1560

Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000

10 Hippocrates. Asclepiadae gentis sacrae coryphaei viginti duo commentarii tabulis illustrati,, edited by Theodore Zuinger, Basel, [Eusebius Episcopius & hei
Lot 10

Hippocrates. Asclepiadae gentis sacrae coryphaei viginti duo commentarii tabulis illustrati,, edited by Theodore Zuinger, Basel, [Eusebius Episcopius & heirs of Nikolaus Episcopius], 1579.

Hammer Price: £950

13 Divination.- Cardano (Girolamo) Medici Mediolanesis Metoposcopia Libris Tredecim..., first edition, Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1658.
Lot 13

Divination.- Cardano (Girolamo) Medici Mediolanesis Metoposcopia Libris Tredecim..., first edition, Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1658.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

14 Kircher (Athanasius) Ars Magna Sciendi, 2 parts in 1, first edition, Johannes Jansson van Waesberghe and the widow of Elizeus Weyerstraet, 1669
Lot 14

Kircher (Athanasius) Ars Magna Sciendi, 2 parts in 1, first edition, Johannes Jansson van Waesberghe and the widow of Elizeus Weyerstraet, 1669

Hammer Price: £1,700

15 Desroches (Nicolas) Dictionaire des Termes Propres de Marine, first edition, dedication copy bound in the arms of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse
Lot 15

Desroches (Nicolas) Dictionaire des Termes Propres de Marine, first edition, dedication copy bound in the arms of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse, Paris, A. Auroy, 1687.

Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000

16 Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier)  Histoire des Avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes, 2 vol. in 1, Paris, Jacques le Febure, 1688.
Lot 16

Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier) Histoire des Avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes, 2 vol. in 1, Paris, Jacques le Febure, 1688.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

18 Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoses in Latin and English..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved illustrations after Lebrun, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1732
Lot 18

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoses in Latin and English..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved illustrations after Lebrun, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1732

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

21 La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, oen of 150 copies with plates before letters, with an album of plates after letters, Paris, P.D
Lot 21

La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, oen of 150 copies with plates before letters, with an album of plates after letters, Paris, P.Didot l'aine, 1795

Hammer Price: £3,000

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