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

Lot 1

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

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2 Plinius Secundus (Gaius) De li homini illustri, in lingua senese traducto et brevemente commentato, first edition in Italian, Siena, Simone Nardi, 30 March, 15

Lot 2

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) De li homini illustri, in lingua senese traducto et brevemente commentato, first edition in Italian, Siena, Simone Nardi, 30 March, 1506.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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4 Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue,

Lot 4

Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, bound for Jean Grolier by Jean Picard, Milan, [Giovanni Castiglione for Andrea Calvo], 1521.

Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000

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

Lot 5

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

Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000

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6 Novel.- Du Bail (Louis Moreau) L'Olympe, rare first edition, Pierre Rocolet, 1635.

Lot 6

Novel.- Du Bail (Louis Moreau) L'Olympe, rare first edition, Pierre Rocolet, 1635.

Estimate: £400 - 600

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7 Criminology.- Beccaria (Cesare) Dei Delitti e delle Pene, first edition, Livorno, Marco Coltellini, 1764.

Lot 7

Criminology.- Beccaria (Cesare) Dei Delitti e delle Pene, first edition, Livorno, Marco Coltellini, 1764.

Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000

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8 Sophocles Quae exstant omnia, 5 parts in 2 vol., edited by R.F.P. Brunck, Strassburg, J. G. Treuttel, 1786.

Lot 8

Sophocles Quae exstant omnia, 5 parts in 2 vol., edited by R.F.P. Brunck, Strassburg, J. G. Treuttel, 1786.

Estimate: £400 - 600

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9 Verlaine (Paul) Dédicaces, one of 55 copies on Hollande with an autograph poem about Bibi la Purée, Léon Vanier, 1894.

Lot 9

Verlaine (Paul) Dédicaces, one of 55 copies on Hollande with an autograph poem about Bibi la Purée, Léon Vanier, 1894.

Estimate: £500 - 700

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10 Holocaust.- Kirschbaum (Menachem Mendel.) Takanoth eich LeHithnaheg Ka'Eth Be'Epher HaNisraphim, printed in Hebrew, Cracow, 1939.

Lot 10

Holocaust.- Kirschbaum (Menachem Mendel.) Takanoth eich LeHithnaheg Ka'Eth Be'Epher HaNisraphim, printed in Hebrew, Cracow, 1939.

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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11 Antiphoner.- manuscript on vellum, contemporary binding, [Spain], [c.1500]

Lot 11

Antiphoner.- manuscript on vellum, contemporary binding, [Spain], [c.1500]

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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