A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
Thursday 19th June 2025 | 1:00 pm | Lots:
![Fabyan (Robert) [The Chronicle of Fabyan...nowe newely printed], [1542].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/67ce9808-6932-f011-9a4a-7c1e52663916/d6b24796-bf34-f011-9a4a-7c1e526641d3.webp "Fabyan (Robert) [The Chronicle of Fabyan...nowe newely printed], [1542].")
LOT 1
Fabyan (Robert) [The Chronicle of Fabyan...nowe newely printed], [1542].
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,500
LOT 2
Melanchthon (Philipp) A Newe Work Concerning both Partes of the Sacrament to be Receyved of the...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,300
LOT 3
Lutheranism.- Joye (George) The Letters whyche Johan Ashwell Priour of Newnham Abbey besydes...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £2,200
![[Lanquet (Thomas)] [An epitome of cronicles conteining the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England, as all other countreis...], firs](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/2e165843-1d2f-f011-9a4a-6045bd124d6f/81a306e5-b434-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "[Lanquet (Thomas)] [An epitome of cronicles conteining the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England, as all other countreis...], firs")
LOT 4
[Lanquet (Thomas)] [An epitome of cronicles conteining the whole discourse of the histories as...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £700
LOT 5
Bible, Latin. Biblia Sacra ad optima quaeque veteris, ut vocant, tralationis, woodcut...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £750
LOT 6
Sleidanus (Johannes) A Famouse Cronicle of oure time, called Sleidanes Commentaries..., first...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 7
Brunschwig (Hieronymus) A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physick booke...
Estimate: £3,500 - £4,500
Hammer Price: £3,500
LOT 8
Puritanism.- Vestments controversy.- Briefe Examination for the Tyme (A), of a certaine...
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Hammer Price: £1,100
LOT 9
Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation,...
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
Hammer Price: £17,000
LOT 10
Whitgifte (John) An answere to a certen Libel intituled, An admonition to the Parliament, first...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £2,000
LOT 11
Whittingham (William) A Brieff Discours off the Troubles begonne at Franckford in Germany,...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £1,000
![Law.- Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony) La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte par le Iudge tresreuerend mo[n]sieur Anthony Fitzherbert..., 2 parts in 1, Richard Tottel, 157](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/7cfeb5ac-5927-f011-9af7-7c1e52663916/bade2f91-3c2b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b.webp "Law.- Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony) La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte par le Iudge tresreuerend mo[n]sieur Anthony Fitzherbert..., 2 parts in 1, Richard Tottel, 157")
LOT 12
Law.- Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony) La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte par le Iudge tresreuerend...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £550
LOT 13
Luther (Martin) Special and Chosen Sermons, translated by William Gace, Thomas Voutroullier, 1581.
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
LOT 14
Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso, Venice, Francesco de Franceschi, 1584.
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Dictionary.- Cooper (Thomas) Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Britannicae, [Henry Denham], 1584.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/94cd1cf6-be30-f011-9a4a-6045bdc18759/7a095fbf-b434-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "Dictionary.- Cooper (Thomas) Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Britannicae, [Henry Denham], 1584.")
LOT 15
Dictionary.- Cooper (Thomas) Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Britannicae, [Henry Denham], 1584.
Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Law.- [Phayer (Thomas)] A Booke of Presidents exactly written in maner of a Register, newlye corrected..., Richard Tottel, 1584.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/6863d9f9-671f-f011-9af7-6045bd123ae9/249a7d91-b634-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "Law.- [Phayer (Thomas)] A Booke of Presidents exactly written in maner of a Register, newlye corrected..., Richard Tottel, 1584.")
LOT 16
Law.- [Phayer (Thomas)] A Booke of Presidents exactly written in maner of a Register, newlye...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £650
LOT 17
Nicolay (Nicolas de) The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first...
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
LOT 18
Heraldry.- Ferne (John) The Blazon of Gentrie: Devided into two parts..., first edition, John...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: Unsold
![France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in English, [J. Wolfe], 1588.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/915de7f5-5420-f011-9af7-000d3ad4e654/66a856fb-2d2b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b.webp "France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in English, [J. Wolfe], 1588.")
LOT 19
France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 20
Mascall (Leonard) A Booke of Engines and traps to take Polecats, Buzardes, Rattes, Mice and all...
Estimate: £750 - £1,000
Hammer Price: £750
LOT 21
Curtius Rufus (Quintus) The Historie...conteyning the Actes of the great Alexander, translated...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £550
LOT 22
Plat (Sir Hugh) Diuerse new sorts of Soyle not yet brought into any publique vse..., first...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £1,200
![Italy.- Florence.- Macchiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Bedingfeld, Printed [by Thomas Creede]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/ecb70499-832a-f011-9af7-6045bd115697/281707a7-b534-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "Italy.- Florence.- Macchiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Bedingfeld, Printed [by Thomas Creede]")
LOT 23
Italy.- Florence.- Macchiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first edition in English,...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £2,200
![Mendoza (Bernardino de) Theorique and Practice of Warre. Written to Don Philip Prince of Castil, translated by Sir Edward Hoby, [Middelburg], [Printed by Richa](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/649bff54-e200-f011-9346-6045bdcfd980/29dbb872-2e2b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b.webp "Mendoza (Bernardino de) Theorique and Practice of Warre. Written to Don Philip Prince of Castil, translated by Sir Edward Hoby, [Middelburg], [Printed by Richa")
LOT 24
Mendoza (Bernardino de) Theorique and Practice of Warre. Written to Don Philip Prince of Castil,...
Estimate: £750 - £1,000
Hammer Price: £950
LOT 25
Skene (John) De verborum significatione, The Exposition of the Termes and Difficill Wordes,...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer Price: £300
LOT 26
Aristotle. Politiques, or Discourses of Government, first edition in English, printed by Adam...
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
LOT 27
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £2,900
![Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge, first edition in English, [Oxford], [1598].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/263d2086-fe19-f011-9af4-000d3ad4e654/231707a7-b534-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge, first edition in English, [Oxford], [1598].")
LOT 28
Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge &...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
![Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de) Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, Printed by Edm Bollifant, impensis G[eorge] B[ishop],](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/3ba479ba-f80e-f011-9346-6045bdcfc654/ab253185-2e2b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b.webp "Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de) Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, Printed by Edm Bollifant, impensis G[eorge] B[ishop],")
LOT 29
Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de) Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 30
Bilson (Thomas) The Effect of Certaine Sermons Touching the Full Redemption of Mankind by the...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £550
LOT 31
Daniel (Samuel) Musophilus: containing a generall defence of learning, Printed by P.S. for Simon...
Estimate: £700 - £900
Hammer Price: £950
LOT 32
Gabelkover (Oswald) The Boock of Physicke..., first and only edition in English, Dordecht,...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 33
Livius (Titus) The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland,...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![[Tasso (Torquato)] Godfrey of Bulloigne, or the Recoverie of Jerusalem. Done into English Heroicall verse, by Edward Fairfax, first edition, Ar. Hatfield, for](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/929b6113-f42b-f011-9a4a-6045bd0fc4ea/791407a7-b534-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "[Tasso (Torquato)] Godfrey of Bulloigne, or the Recoverie of Jerusalem. Done into English Heroicall verse, by Edward Fairfax, first edition, Ar. Hatfield, for")
LOT 34
[Tasso (Torquato)] Godfrey of Bulloigne, or the Recoverie of Jerusalem. Done into English...
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Hammer Price: £2,800
![G[odwin] (F[rancis]) A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since the first planting of Christian religion in this Island..., first edition, [Printed by Eliot'](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/5d4aa585-522b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b/5ddaddd2-b534-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "G[odwin] (F[rancis]) A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since the first planting of Christian religion in this Island..., first edition, [Printed by Eliot'")
LOT 35
G[odwin] (F[rancis]) A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since the first planting of...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £280
![[Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished, only edition, A. Islip, for Iohn Iaggard, 1602.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/aac2b9b5-a130-f011-9a4a-6045bd1069a8/2f20ae66-b534-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "[Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished, only edition, A. Islip, for Iohn Iaggard, 1602.")
LOT 36
[Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished,...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 37
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes, Adam Islip, 1602.
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
LOT 38
Warner (William) Albions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, Edm. Bollifant for...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £650
LOT 39
Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de) The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie...
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the Fourth Time Published, [George Eld and Humphrey Lownes] for Matthew Lownes, 1605.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/8d32ca8d-6927-f011-9af7-7c1e52663916/d9732978-3c2b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b.webp "Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the Fourth Time Published, [George Eld and Humphrey Lownes] for Matthew Lownes, 1605.")
LOT 40
Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the Fourth Time Published, [George...
Estimate: £750 - £1,000
Hammer Price: £950
LOT 41
Alexander (William) The Monarchicke Tragedies; Croesus, Darius, The Alexandraean, Julius Caesar,...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
![[Wilkinson (Robert)] The Merchant Royall. A Sermon Preached at White-Hall before the Kings Maiestie, at the Nuptials of the Right Honourable the Lord Hay and h](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/6e4e0f01-200e-f011-9346-0022483fa729/d7907247-2e2b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b.webp "[Wilkinson (Robert)] The Merchant Royall. A Sermon Preached at White-Hall before the Kings Maiestie, at the Nuptials of the Right Honourable the Lord Hay and h")
LOT 42
[Wilkinson (Robert)] The Merchant Royall. A Sermon Preached at White-Hall before the Kings...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer Price: £240
![Cattan (Christophe) The Geomancie...with the Wheele of Pythagoras, second edition, Printed by E.A[llde], for Edward White, 1608.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/13787cc3-de00-f011-9346-6045bdcfd980/415448eb-bc34-f011-9a4a-7c1e526641d3.webp "Cattan (Christophe) The Geomancie...with the Wheele of Pythagoras, second edition, Printed by E.A[llde], for Edward White, 1608.")
LOT 43
Cattan (Christophe) The Geomancie...with the Wheele of Pythagoras, second edition, Printed by...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £600
![Du Bartas (Guillaume de Salluste) Bartas His Devine Weekes & Workes, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Humphray Lownes, 1608 [date from colophon].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/9c09725c-c52c-f011-9a4a-6045bdcfc21e/ddd9ddd2-b534-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "Du Bartas (Guillaume de Salluste) Bartas His Devine Weekes & Workes, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Humphray Lownes, 1608 [date from colophon].")
LOT 44
Du Bartas (Guillaume de Salluste) Bartas His Devine Weekes & Workes, translated by Josuah...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £600
![[?Cleaver (Robert)] A Godlie Forme of Householde Government: for the Ordering of Private Families..., fourth edition, for Thomas Man, and George Norton, 1610.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/0f47c63d-8c1f-f011-9af7-6045bdd2b386/393ece71-b634-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "[?Cleaver (Robert)] A Godlie Forme of Householde Government: for the Ordering of Private Families..., fourth edition, for Thomas Man, and George Norton, 1610.")
LOT 45
[?Cleaver (Robert)] A Godlie Forme of Householde Government: for the Ordering of Private...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 46
Wickedness.- Knight (William) A Concordance Axiomaticall, Containing a Survey of Theologicall...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £700
LOT 47
Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
LOT 48
Ireland.- Davies (Sir John) A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely...
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Hammer Price: Unsold
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