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1Bonfire 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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2Plinius 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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4Bound 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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5Plutarch. 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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6Novel.- 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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7Criminology.- 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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8Sophocles 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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9Verlaine (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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10Holocaust.- 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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11Antiphoner.- 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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12Banking.- Early cheques.- Clayton & Morris, bankers. Group of 14 early cheques, and 16 other items relating to Clayton & Morris, 1660-1680 (30 pieces).

Lot 12

Banking.- Early cheques.- Clayton & Morris, bankers. Group of 14 early cheques, and 16 other items relating to Clayton & Morris, 1660-1680 (30 pieces).

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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13Charles II (King) Order to the royal jewellers Francis Sympson and John Sympson to make

Lot 13

Charles II (King) Order to the royal jewellers Francis Sympson and John Sympson to make "certaine Medalls of gold, enameled" for Sir Edward Bysshe Clarencieux King of Arms and William Dugdale Norroy King of Arms, D.s. "Charles R", manuscript on vellum, 3 hand-coloured coats of arms designs, 1663.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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14Scottish Genealogy.- Seton family.- Maitland (Sir Richard, of Lethington) The Historical Genealogie of the ancient and noble Family of Seton..., manuscript, co

Lot 14

Scottish Genealogy.- Seton family.- Maitland (Sir Richard, of Lethington) The Historical Genealogie of the ancient and noble Family of Seton..., manuscript, contemporary calf, [late 17th century & 19th century].

Estimate: £600 - 800

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15Garrick (David) Autograph Letter signed to Dorothy Boyle, countess of Burlington, 1749, relating an anecdote about a bookshop named after him in The Strand.
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Lot 15

Garrick (David) Autograph Letter signed to Dorothy Boyle, countess of Burlington, 1749, relating an anecdote about a bookshop named after him in The Strand.

Estimate: £750 - 1,000

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16Miltoniana.- [Addison (Joseph)] A regular Criticism upon Paradise lost, manuscript, original calf, [18th century].

Lot 16

Miltoniana.- [Addison (Joseph)] A regular Criticism upon Paradise lost, manuscript, original calf, [18th century].

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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17Venomous toads.- White (Rev. Gilbert, naturalist, author of the

Lot 17

Venomous toads.- White (Rev. Gilbert, naturalist, author of the "Natural History of Selborne", 1720-93) "The benevolence of modern naturalists hath induced them to pronounce the toad harmless...", manuscript, n.d. [18th century].

Estimate: £400 - 600

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18Gynaecology & Midwifery.- [Notes relating to Gynaecology & Midwifery], manuscript,[Edinburgh], [c.1784 and later] bound after a work by William Smellie

Lot 18

Gynaecology & Midwifery.- [Notes relating to Gynaecology & Midwifery], manuscript,[Edinburgh], [c.1784 and later] bound after a work by William Smellie.

Estimate: £400 - 600

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19Robespierre (Maximilien François Marie Isidore de), French lawyer, statesman, and leading figure in the Revolution, 1758-1794) Les Representans du Peupl

Lot 19

Robespierre (Maximilien François Marie Isidore de), French lawyer, statesman, and leading figure in the Revolution, 1758-1794) Les Representans du Peuple composans le comité de salut public à l'Armée, scribal copy of a triumphant address to the army on Republican victories, signed by Robespierre, '2 Brumaire'. [October, 1793].

Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500

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20Lord Amherst & Lord Byron.- Amherst (William Pitt, first Earl Amherst of Arracan) Collection of 7 autograph letters signed from Lord Amherst to his wife La

Lot 20

Lord Amherst & Lord Byron.- Amherst (William Pitt, first Earl Amherst of Arracan) Collection of 7 autograph letters signed from Lord Amherst to his wife Lady Amherst & 1 letter to Lady Amherst initialled HUA, 1807-16, letters on Waterloo, domestic news and Lord Byron in Switzerland (8).

Estimate: £600 - 800

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21Literary.- Collection of letters, including: Sir Walter Scott, Leigh Hunt, Mary Russell Mitford, Tennyson, William Rossetti, Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, Rabi

Lot 21

Literary.- Collection of letters, including: Sir Walter Scott, Leigh Hunt, Mary Russell Mitford, Tennyson, William Rossetti, Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, Rabindranath Tagore, Siegfried Sassoon, Stephen Spender, John Betjeman, Edmund Blunden, Kingsley Amis etc., in one folder, (1 folder).

Estimate: £700 - 1,000

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