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Lots 54 - 96

54 AFFLICTIS, MATTAEUS DE Decisiones sacri regii consilii Neapolitani. Venice: Signum Concordiae, 1584.

Folio, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, engraved title vignette. Soiling to boards; some brownspotting to leaves. Together with Observationes jurisfictionales Politicae ac Practicae . . . Editam de Anno 1617. By Jo. Dominico Tassone. Naples: Michaelis Aloysi Mutio, 1716. Folio, vellum, manuscript title to spine, engraved frontispiece. Soiling to boards; dampstaining throughout; otherwise fine. $100-200

55 ALIGHIERI, DANTE The Vision: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1819.

3 vols. 8vo, smooth calf, black gilt-lettered spine labels. Front endpaper vol. 1 torn; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200

56 (BIBLE IN ENGLISH, JOHN SPEED) The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker and John Bill, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie, 1630.

8vo, leather. Old Testament and New Testament engraved title pages, printer’s device at rear. Bound at the front: The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, according to euery Family and Tribe, comprising 34 pages of detailed engraved family trees and a double-page map of Canaan by John Speed. Many pages trimmed; both boards detached but present; some small tears; otherwise sound.

Provenance: Benedict Thistlethwayte, 1666 (ms. ex-libris) $600-800

57 (BIBLE IN LATIN, THIELMANN KERVER) Biblia sacra integrum utriusque testamenti corpus complectens. (Paris: Yolande Bonhomme, widow of Thielmann Kerver, 1534).

8vo, old leather, ruled in red. Title within woodcut historiated border with large Kerver device (repeated at end), both handcolored, historiated initials, some hand-coloring to letters, handcolored full-page engraving of the Tree of Jesse with large handcolored initial on facing page. Lacking front board; split at center with two halves detached (spine and backstrip present); repair to title page; lacking Creation of Man woodcut; wormholing to preliminaries and endpages; otherwise sound. $500-700

58 BOCCACCIO, JOHN The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, the First Refiner of Prose: containing A Hundred curious Novels, by Seven Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Framed in Ten Days. London: Printed for Awnsham Churchill, 1684.

Folio, quarter calf over marbled boards, engraved portrait after Titian as frontispiece. Fifth edition. Text in English. Rubbing to boards with some loss at spine ends; marginal dampstaining to some pages; 4-inch tear to p. 1; pp. 199-202 outer margin shaved with some loss to text; otherwise a good copy. $200-400

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59 BOOK OF KELLS Book of Kells (The). Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Cenannensis. Berlin: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1950-1951.

3 vols. Folio, plate volumes bound in original gilt vellum by Otto Walter Ltd., the upper covers and spines decorated in gilt and black, the text volume in original vellum-backed boards in uniform spine, publisher’s slipcases, plain dust jackets. Number 219 of 500 limited copies. Some light soiling and minor edgewear to wraps; otherwise a fine facsimile in fine vellum binding. $2,000-4,000

60* BROWN, THOMAS Pseudoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many Received Tennents, and commonly presumed Truths. London: Printed by R. W. for Nath Ekins, 1658.

Folio, old leather boards, gilt-lettered spine. Third edition. Hinges cracked with some pages starting to separate from backstrip; dampstaining to bottom half of many pages; front board starting; otherwise sound. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 61* BYRON, LORD English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. London: Printed for James Cawthorne, 1810.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 morocco over brown cloth-backed boards, spines gilt in compartments. Third edition. Extra-illustrated edition, extended to 2 vols., with more than 250 engraved portraits, views, and scenes from literature. Text pages slightly oxidized; edgewear to boards and spine; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

62 CALVIN, JOHN Institutio Christianae religionis, ab ipso authore anno 1559 et in libros quatuor digesta, certisque distincta capitibus ad aptissimam methodum . . . Geneva: Vignon et Ioannis le Prieux, 1585.

8vo, contemporary worn vellum, manuscript title to spine, engraved head-pieces. Early Latin edition of Calvin’s Institution of Christian Religion. Soiling to vellum with some loss to spine ends; some manuscript underlining and marginalia throughout; otherwise fine. $300-500 63 (CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE) Don Quixote De La Mancha. London: Printed for T. McLean, 1819.

4 vols. 8vo, quarter smooth calf, lined in gilt, gilttooled spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Colored frontispiece engraving to each volume and numerous colored plates throughout. Wear to binding with some loss at spine edges and ends; hinges starting; some brownspotting to plates; otherwise fine. $400-600

64 (CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE) La Galatea. Madrid: [Fuentenebro y Compania,] 1805.

3 vols. 8vo, full leather, marbled endpapers. Text in Spanish. Engraved title page and six engraved plates by Narciso de Cobo y Rodriguez. Some wear to boards; manuscript ex-libris to front pastedown; otherwise boards and hinges are tight. $200-400

65 (HOMER) OGILBY, JOHN, trans. Homer and His Iliads. London: Thomas Raycroft, 1660.

2 vols. Folio, full calf, covers stamped in gilt and blind, spines gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins, marbled edges and endpapers. Engraved portraits and frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, engraved head-pieces and initials and 71 engraved plates. Front hinge on both vols. cracked but attached; edgewear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $2,000-4,000

66 (HOMER) POPE, ALEXANDER, trans. The Iliad. London: Printed for J. Whiston, et al., 1771.

5 vols. 8vo, full calf, with gilt-lettered red spine labels. Two engraved portrait frontispieces and foldout map of Greece and the Aegean to vol. 1, and fold-out engraved plate of Achilles’ shield to vol. 5. Hinges cracked on 3 vols.; scorching to some covers; chipping to heads of spines; minor intermittent spotting; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

67 (PLUTARCH) LANGHORNE, JOHN, trans. Plutarch’s Lives. London: Printed for J. Mawman, 1819.

6 vols. 8vo, full calf stamped in blind in cross-hatched geometric design, gilt-stamped spine and giltlettered spine label, marbled endpapers. Bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; some rubbing to boards; minor browning to pages; otherwise fine. $200-400

68 (CLASSICS) A group of five works by Ossian, Homer and Theocritus.

Final, an Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books: Together with several other poems. Translated from the Gallic Language by James Macpherson. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1762. Both boards and preliminary leaves detached. Homari et Homeridarum. Opera et Reliquiae. Volume 2. [The Iliad.] Frid. Aug. Wolfii, ed. Leipzig: Bibliopolam G. I. Goschen, 1817. Text in Greek. Lacking spine. Theocriti, Moschi & Bionis Idyllia, Graece & Latinae. Thomae Martin, ed. London: By the Editor, 1760. Text in Greek and Latin. Front board detached. Theocritus, Bion, Moschus, and Tyrtaeus. Translated by Polwheele. London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, et al., 1811. 2 vols. Text in English. Upper boards, spines and preliminary leaves of both vols. detached. $200-400

69 (COOPER, JOHN GILBERT) Letters On Taste. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757.

8vo, quarter olive calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with floral designs in compartments, red giltlettered spine label, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece. Third edition. Some browning to leather; minor intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200

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74 70* CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT Cruikshank’s Comic Library. (Cruikshank at Home Second Series). London: W. Kidd, n.d. (c. 1836)

3 vols. 16mo, original green blind-stamped cloth boards, a.e.g., frontispiece. With advertisements and illustrations by Cruikshank. Light wear to boards; text block shifted slightly; minor intermittent soiling; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

71* DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN Fables of LaFontaine. Edward Marsh, trans. London: William Heinemann; New York: Random House, 1931.

2 vols. 8vo, full vellum, engraved title page, deckled edges. Illustrated with 26 copper engravings by Stephen Gooden. Number 24 of 525 copies signed by Marsh and Gooden on the limitation page. Minor soiling to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

72* (DE SAINTE GERVAISE, A. ANTOINE) Nouvel album des peuples, ou collection des tableaux, representants, les usages et ceremonies les plus remarquables des diversees nations du monde. Paris: J. Langlume et Peltier, 1835.

Thin 8vo, rebound in 3/4 calf over marbled boards, ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with floral decoration. With 19 (of 20) hand-colored engraved plates. Intermittent foxing; lacking halftitle; spine hinges rubbed; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 73 (DEFOE, DANIEL) A Letter to a Member of Parliament, Shewing the Necessity of Regulating the Press: Chiefly from the Necessity of Publick Establishments in Religion. From the Rights and Immunities of a National Church. And the Trust reposed in the Christian Magistrate to Protect and Defend them. With a Particular Answer to the Objections that of late have been Advanced against it. Oxford: Printed for George West and Henry Clements, 1699.

8vo, rebound in modern gilt-stamped marbled boards with renewed endpapers. Attributed to Defoe in Wing D837. (4), 67. Chipping to pages; browning to title pages; some minor foxing and wormholing; otherwise fine. $400-600

74* GAY, JOHN The Fables. 2 vols. Together with The Fables of Aesop. 2 vols. London: John Stockdale, 1793.

4 vols. 4to, full mottled calf, spine gilt in six compartments, green and red spine labels, marbled endpapers, edges stained. Illustrated throughout with engraved genre scenes. Hinges cracked; rubbing to boards; some loss to spine ends; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

75 GENGA, BERNARDINO Anatomy Improv’d and Illustrated. Facsimile edition, printed from the 1723 London edition. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son, n.d. (c. 1970)

Folio, quarter calf, gilt-stamped spine, publisher’s slipcase. One of 300 copies, from a total edition of 2,500, printed for the members of the Editions Medicina Rara. Illustrated throughout, some foldout. Fine. $100-200

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76 HAAS, NICOLAO Die in Gott andachtige Jungfer mit ihren Morgens und Ubends zu Gott erhabenen Handen. Leipzig: J. Fried. Gleditschensseel, 1729.

12mo, elaborate period gilt-stamped orange and tan calf with gilt-stamped crown centerpiece and repeating gilt design to spine compartments, housed in marbled drop case, a.e.g. Illustrated with two fullpage engravings, including frontispiece, engraved headpieces, title in black and red. Contemporary and later manuscript ex-libri to verso frontispiece; wear to case; otherwise fine in very fine period binding. $400-600

77 HOGARTH, WILLIAM The Works. London: Printed for R. Scholey, 1810.

2 vols. 8vo, full calf, spines stamped in gilt with red leather spine label. Illustrated throughout with two engraved title pages and 88 engraved plates. Contemporary bookplates to both volumes and original receipt of sale laid in vol. 2; hinges reinforced; edgewear concentrated at the spines; some foxing to plates; otherwise fine. $100-200

78* (JOHNSON, SAMUEL) A group of 16 volumes of leather bound works pertaining to Samuel Johnson, comprising The Life of Johnson, By Boswell, New Edition, and Johnson’s Works, London, 1816, 12 volumes. Property from the Estate of Henry K. and Barbara C. Gardner, Lake Forest, Illinois. $100-200

79* THE KEEPSAKE S.l., n.d. Folio, 3/4 black morocco over cloth-backed boards, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. An album of over 100 engraved plates of views, portraits and scenes from literature. Dampstaining to some plates; minor wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

80 LEIBNITZ, GOTTFRIED WILHELM VON Theodicaea, oder versuch und abhandlung wie die Gute und Gerchtigkeit Gottes . . . Amsterdam: Boudestein, 1726.

8vo, contemporary worn vellum, gilt-lettered spine, engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved headpieces, title in red and black. First edition. Spotting to vellum; some minor intermittent browning to pages; otherwise fine. $300-500

81 (LYTTLETON, GEORGE) Dialogues of the Dead. London: Printed for W. Sandby, 1760.

8vo, full mottled calf stamped with the coat-ofarms of the Duke of Newcastle, rebacked, marbled endpapers, painted edges, in custom felt-lined slipcase. Engraved head and tail-pieces, title page vignette. First edition. Rubbing to boards; f.f.e.p. starting; intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200

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82 (MATTAIRE, MICHEL) Opera et fragmenta veterum poetarum Latinorum Profanorum et Ecclesiasticorum. London: apud J. Nicholson, B. Tooke, & J. Tonson, 1713.

2 vols. Folio, full period red calf gilt-stamped with arabesque design to upper and lower boards, gilt inner and outer turn-ins, a.e.g. Engraved headpieces and initials. Spine rubbed slightly; some loss to leather on covers; fading to leather spine labels; armorial bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

83 MISSAL Missale Monasticum. Pauli V. Pontificis Max. Auctoritate Recognitum. Venetiis: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1765.

Folio, full contemporary red calf elaborately stamped in gilt, gilt-gauffered edges, metal clasps, marbled endpapers. Printed in red and black throughout, engraved title page vignette, four full-page engravings. Some abrasions to binding; intermittent staining and soiling; some dampstaining and tape repair to endpapers; otherwise fine. $400-600

84 ANTIPHONAL LEAVES A collection of antiphonal leaves, folio. $100-200 85* (ILLUMINATED MSS) Two pages from an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours circa fifteenth-century. Housed in a double paned window frame. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

86 TALLEMANT DES REAUX (GEDEON) Les Historiettes De Tallemant Des Reaux. Memoires pour servir a l’histoire du XVIIe Siecle, publies sur le manuscrit inedit et autographe; avec des eclaircissements et des notes par Messieurs Monmerque, membre de L’Institut, De Chateaugiron et Taschereau. Paris: Alphonse Levasseur, 1834.

6 vols. 8vo, quarter leather over marbled boards, giltstamped spine, marbled endpapers. Complete with three engraved portraits. 3 pp. facsimile manuscript letter tipped in vol. 4 (p. 166). [Extract of the manuscript memoirs of Olivier Lefebvre d’Ormesson. Mss. De la Bibliotheque de Rouen.] The manuscript recounts the events of the trial of Mr. Merlin, a local reverend, against a Mr. Poncer, on charges of adultery, on Monday May 29, 1649.

Light rubbing to boards; hinges starting; very light intermittent brownspotting to some vols.; otherwise fine. $200-400

87* NATALIS, HIERONYMUS Evangelicae Historicae Imaginis. Antwerp: s.n., 1596.

Folio, quarter leather over marbled boards, gilttooled spine. Engraved title and 153 engraved plates of the Life of Christ by De Vos, Mallery, Wierx and others, with detailed architecture and landscapes. Wear to boards; some repaired tears; some light intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 88 NEWCOMB, THOMAS The Last Judgment of Men and Angels. A Poem, in Twelve Books: After the Manner of Milton. London: Printed for William Mears, 1723.

Folio, quarter leather over marbled boards. Manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; upper board detached; rear hinge cracked and starting; wear to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400

89 NUREMBURG CHRONICAL Leaf 148, Bishop’s Portraits, First Latin Edition, 1493. Exhibited at the St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, April, 1958. Accompanied by typed letter signed by registrar, Marie Gettel. $100-200

90 PATRICK, SYMON The Proverbs of Solomon. London: Printed by M. Flesher, for R. Royson, Bookseller, 1683.

8vo, worn calf. First edition. Binding detached from boards and backstrip but present; hinges starting; loss to lower board; edgewear; stamped “IckwellBurry Library” to f.f.e.p.; intermittent staining; otherwise sound. $100-200

91* PEPYS, SAMUEL Memoirs. Richard, Lord Braybrooke, ed. London: Henry Coulborn, 1825.

2 vols. 4to, full contemporary smooth calf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled edges and endpapers. Hinges cracked on both vols. with rear board detached vol. 1 and front board vol. 2; scorching to boards; offsetting from plates; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

92 PULCI, LUCA Ciriffo calvaneo . . . con la Giostra del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici. Novamente Ristampate. Florence: Giunta, 1572.

Thin 8vo, old vellum, red gilt-stamped pastedown leather spine label, woodcut initials and head-pieces, printer’s device to title and colophon. Some light dampstaining; very few wormholes; previous owner’s bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $400-600 93* THE SPECTATOR London: Printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1757.

8 vols. 8vo, full leather, five raised bands, spines gilt with red and black spine labels, engraved title vignettes. Together with The Rambler. By Samuel Johnson. London: Printed for George Cowie, 1825. 2 vols. 8vo, gilt-stamped maroon morocco. (10 total) Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

94 TOOKE, JOHN HORNE Epea Pteroenta; or, The Diversions of Purley. London: Printed for the Author, 1798.

2 vols. 4to, full calf, blind-stamped all over in crosshatched pattern, with blind-stamped framing ruled in gilt, spines gilt in compartments with floral pattern. Second edition, with engraved frontispiece and engraved plate of Wilkins’ diagram of prepositions. Intermittent foxing; rubbing to spines; 3-inch tear to p. 13, vol. 2; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200 95* WALPOLE, HORACE Anecdotes of Painting in England; With some Account of the Principal Artists; And incidental NOTES on other ARTS; Collected by the late Mr. George Vertue. (London): Thomas Farmer, 1762.

5 vols. 4to, full smooth calf by F. Bedford, giltlettered spine labels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. First edition. Rubbing to boards; some intermittent spotting; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance: Thomas Basil Dugud (bookplate) $300-500

96 WILLIAMS, HELEN MARIA A Narrative of Events Which Have Taken Place in France, From the Landing of Napoleon Bonaparte From the First of March 1850, ‘Till the Restoration of Louis The XVIII. London: Printed for John Murray, 1815.

8vo, 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Bottom portion pages dampstained lightly; minor rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200

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