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1Rolewinck (Werner) Fasciculus temporum, Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 28 May, 1484.

Lot 1

Rolewinck (Werner) Fasciculus temporum, Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 28 May, 1484.

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2Terentius Afer (Publius) Comoediae, edited by Jodocus Badius Ascensius and with commentary by Guido Juvenalis, Lyon, Claude Gibolet, 1497.

Lot 2

Terentius Afer (Publius) Comoediae, edited by Jodocus Badius Ascensius and with commentary by Guido Juvenalis, Lyon, Claude Gibolet, 1497.

Hammer Price: £2,200

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3Bonaventura (Saint) [Meditationes] Vita Christi, Paris, Pierre le Dru [for Jacques Moraert], 1495.

Lot 3

Bonaventura (Saint) [Meditationes] Vita Christi, Paris, Pierre le Dru [for Jacques Moraert], 1495.

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4Asia.- Mandeville (Sir John) Tractato bellissimo delle piu maravigliose cose & piu motabile che sitrovino nelle parte delmondo, Florence, [Lorenzo Morgiani

Lot 4

Asia.- Mandeville (Sir John) Tractato bellissimo delle piu maravigliose cose & piu motabile che sitrovino nelle parte delmondo, Florence, [Lorenzo Morgiani], [?1505] or possibly, 1496-99.

Estimate: £40,000 - 60,000

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5Brussanus Collumbus. Sidus novum...duos continens tractatus: primus, de peccato...secundus, de virtute...editio limata per fratrem Nicolaum Despereris, Avignon

Lot 5

Brussanus Collumbus. Sidus novum...duos continens tractatus: primus, de peccato...secundus, de virtute...editio limata per fratrem Nicolaum Despereris, Avignon, Jean de Channey, 1528.

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6Alciatus (Andreas) Les Emblemes, Paris, Chrestien Wechel, 1540.

Lot 6

Alciatus (Andreas) Les Emblemes, Paris, Chrestien Wechel, 1540.

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6AHebraica.- Fagius (Paul).- Sententiae vere elegantes, piae, mir(a)eque, cum ad linguam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles, veterum sapientum Hebra

Lot 6A

Hebraica.- Fagius (Paul).- Sententiae vere elegantes, piae, mir(a)eque, cum ad linguam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles, veterum sapientum Hebraeorum, quas Pirke Avot [hebraice], Isny im Allgäu, 1541.

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6BChess-like Game of Strategy.- Boissiere (Claude de) Le Tres Excellent et Ancien Jeu Pythagorique, dict Rhythmomachie..., first edition, Paris, Annet Brièr

Lot 6B

Chess-like Game of Strategy.- Boissiere (Claude de) Le Tres Excellent et Ancien Jeu Pythagorique, dict Rhythmomachie..., first edition, Paris, Annet Brière, 1554.

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7Reissner (Adam) Ierusalem vetustissima illa et celeberrima totius mundi civitas, ex sacris literis et approbaris Historicis ad unguem descripta, first Latin ed

Lot 7

Reissner (Adam) Ierusalem vetustissima illa et celeberrima totius mundi civitas, ex sacris literis et approbaris Historicis ad unguem descripta, first Latin edition, Frankfurt, Georg Raben, Sigmund Feyerabend & heirs of Weigand Han, 1563.

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8Galiatovsky (Ioannikiy) Messia pravdivy [The Truthful Messiah, Jesus Christ Son of God], first edition, Kyiv, Press of the Pecherskaia Lavra, 1669.

Lot 8

Galiatovsky (Ioannikiy) Messia pravdivy [The Truthful Messiah, Jesus Christ Son of God], first edition, Kyiv, Press of the Pecherskaia Lavra, 1669.

Hammer Price: £6,500

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9Bodoni.- Tasso (Torquato) Aminta, Favola Boschereccia, ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta, first Bodoni edition, Parma, Impresso co'carat

Lot 9

Bodoni.- Tasso (Torquato) Aminta, Favola Boschereccia, ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta, first Bodoni edition, Parma, Impresso co'caratteri Bodoniani, 1789.

Hammer Price: £4,800

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10Printed in 150 languages.- Oratio Dominica CL linguis versa, first edition, edited by J.J. Marcel, contemporary morocco bound for George Spencer, 4th Duke of M

Lot 10

Printed in 150 languages.- Oratio Dominica CL linguis versa, first edition, edited by J.J. Marcel, contemporary morocco bound for George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, Paris, Typis Imperialibus, 1805.

Hammer Price: £4,500

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11Aristotle. Rhetorica Aristotelis cum fundatissimi artium..., Venice, Georgius Arrivabenus, 1515.

Lot 11

Aristotle. Rhetorica Aristotelis cum fundatissimi artium..., Venice, Georgius Arrivabenus, 1515.

Hammer Price: £10,000

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12Binding.- Navagero (Andrea) Orationes duae, Carmina que Nonnulla, first edition, in a Venetian binding by the Mendoza binder (Andrea di Lorenzo), Venice, Giova

Lot 12

Binding.- Navagero (Andrea) Orationes duae, Carmina que Nonnulla, first edition, in a Venetian binding by the Mendoza binder (Andrea di Lorenzo), Venice, Giovanni Tacuino, 1530.

Estimate: £12,000 - 16,000

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13Bible, Hebrew.- The Old Testament, 4 vol. in 8, rare complete set of Plantin's first Hebrew Bible, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1566.

Lot 13

Bible, Hebrew.- The Old Testament, 4 vol. in 8, rare complete set of Plantin's first Hebrew Bible, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1566.

Hammer Price: £4,000

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14Bible, Greek.- Kainê Diathêkê. Novum Testamentum, [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1576.

Lot 14

Bible, Greek.- Kainê Diathêkê. Novum Testamentum, [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1576.

Hammer Price: £600

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15Sundials.- Pini (Valentino) Fabrica de gl' Horologi Solari, first edition, Venice, Marco Guarisco, 1598.

Lot 15

Sundials.- Pini (Valentino) Fabrica de gl' Horologi Solari, first edition, Venice, Marco Guarisco, 1598.

Hammer Price: £1,000

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16Malta.- Sovereign Military Order of Malta.- Bosio (Giacomo) Histoire des Chevaliers de l'Ordre de l'Hospital de S. Iean de Hierusalem, 2 vol. in 1, fir

Lot 16

Malta.- Sovereign Military Order of Malta.- Bosio (Giacomo) Histoire des Chevaliers de l'Ordre de l'Hospital de S. Iean de Hierusalem, 2 vol. in 1, first French edition, Lyon, Guillaume Roville, 1612.

Hammer Price: £600

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17Annotated.- Saint-Omer.- Coutumes Locales, tant anciennes que nouvelles des Bailliages, Ville et Echevinage de Saint-Omer, first edition, with extensive margin

Lot 17

Annotated.- Saint-Omer.- Coutumes Locales, tant anciennes que nouvelles des Bailliages, Ville et Echevinage de Saint-Omer, first edition, with extensive marginalia, Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1744.

Hammer Price: £450

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18Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners, 2 vol., first edition, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1857.

Lot 18

Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners, 2 vol., first edition, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1857.

Hammer Price: £1,100

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