Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
November 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/877
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    515 Fénélon.: Les Aventures de Télémaque, 72 plates, after Monnet by Tilliard, and the 24 plates of Summaries, with Choffard’s original drawing for the title-leuron, red morocco extra, with rich heavy dentelle borders, watered silk end-leaves, by Carayon, uncut Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1785 516 Mémoire pour servir 4 linstruction des Chasseurs 4 Cheval, with coloured diagrams, contemporary red morocco gilt sm. 4to. 1777 *,* From the library of M. de Gressent, conseiller au Parliament de Normandie. FOLIO. 517 Philo Judaeus. Opera Exegetica in libros Mosis, De Mundi Opificio (Greek and Latin), green morocco, J. A. de Thou’s copy, with his arms and those of his second wife, Gasparde de la Chastre, on the sides |De Thou Catalogue, part 1, page 188]; sold as a binding not subject to return Geneva, P. de la Roviere, 1613 518 Montaigne (M.) Essais ... Cinquiesme Edition augmentée d’un troisiesme liure ; et de six cens additions aux deux premiers, fvtle within ornamental border, original calf, restored at top and bottom of back Paris, chez Abel l Angelier, 1588 *,* This copy was originally in the possession of Alexandre Le Jay (L7th Cent.), his signature is on the title and his autograph marginalia occur throughout. Later in the 17th Century it belonged to Claude Le Bas de Montargis, State Councillor, whose ex-libris 1s inside the front cover. 519 Lugar (R.) Villa Architecture, A Collection of Views, coloured plates and plants, half morocco, 1828; and 2 others (3) 520 ‘Traictez de Paix: a clearly written Manuscript giving the text of various Treaties of Peace between Charles V and Francis I in 1526; Henri II and Philip IT in 1559; Henri IV and Piimipy; im. 1593: Merdinand: Il and, Wows, XT: ‘Traievé d’Alliance Coutre ?Empereur Charles V, ete. in French, 3 vol. vellum c. 1680 521 Piister (G.) [Artillery] An extremely interesting Manuscript, illustrated with a large number of Drawings and Diagrams, some in colours, relating to the Theory and Practice of Artillery Warfare, with delineations of Cannon, Shot-Shell, Shrapnell, Bombs, etc. with about 60 pp. of letterpress descrip- tions in German at the end, calf obl. folio. 1690 PO Ry