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1Perotti (Niccolò) Cornucopiae linguae Latinae, Venice, Baptista de Tortis, 1490

Lot 1

Perotti (Niccolò) Cornucopiae linguae Latinae, Venice, Baptista de Tortis, 1490

Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000

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2Cordiale quattuor novissimorum, Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, 1492

Lot 2

Cordiale quattuor novissimorum, Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, 1492

Estimate: £1,200 - 1,800

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3Bonfire of Vanities.- Benivieni (Girolamo) Canzoni e sonetti dell’amore e della bellezza divina, con commento, first edition, first issue, Florence, Anto

Lot 3

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: £10,000 - 15,000

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4Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes

Lot 4

Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528.

Estimate: £30,000 - 40,000

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5Calepino (Ambrogio) Calepinus. Ambrosii Calepini Lexicon, ex optimis quibusque auctoribus collectum, Venice, Aurelio Pinzi, 1533.

Lot 5

Calepino (Ambrogio) Calepinus. Ambrosii Calepini Lexicon, ex optimis quibusque auctoribus collectum, Venice, Aurelio Pinzi, 1533.

Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000

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6New Testament, Hebrew.- Evangelium Matthaei ex Hebraeo fideliter redditum, text in Latin and Hebrew, Paris, Martin Le Jeune, 1555.

Lot 6

New Testament, Hebrew.- Evangelium Matthaei ex Hebraeo fideliter redditum, text in Latin and Hebrew, Paris, Martin Le Jeune, 1555.

Estimate: £1,200 - 1,800

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7Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite..., 2 vol., first edition, translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari and Brothers,

Lot 7

Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite..., 2 vol., first edition, translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari and Brothers, 1555

Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000

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8Sammelband.- Aristotle. Physicorum libri, Lyon, Antoine Vincent, 1558, bound with 5 others, together 6 in 1.

Lot 8

Sammelband.- Aristotle. Physicorum libri, Lyon, Antoine Vincent, 1558, bound with 5 others, together 6 in 1.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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9Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite , 2 vol., translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1560

Lot 9

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

Estimate: £12,000 - 18,000

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10Hippocrates. Asclepiadae gentis sacrae coryphaei viginti duo commentarii tabulis illustrati,, edited by Theodore Zuinger, Basel, [Eusebius Episcopius & hei

Lot 10

Hippocrates. Asclepiadae gentis sacrae coryphaei viginti duo commentarii tabulis illustrati,, edited by Theodore Zuinger, Basel, [Eusebius Episcopius & heirs of Nikolaus Episcopius], 1579.

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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11Hamelmann (Hermann) Oldenburgisch Chronicon, Oldenburg, [heirs of Warner Berendts], 1599.

Lot 11

Hamelmann (Hermann) Oldenburgisch Chronicon, Oldenburg, [heirs of Warner Berendts], 1599.

Estimate: £700 - 900

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12Alighieri (Dante) La Divina Comedia, Venice, Nicolo Misserini, 1629.

Lot 12

Alighieri (Dante) La Divina Comedia, Venice, Nicolo Misserini, 1629.

Estimate: £400 - 600

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13Divination.- Cardano (Girolamo) Medici Mediolanesis Metoposcopia Libris Tredecim..., first edition, Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1658.

Lot 13

Divination.- Cardano (Girolamo) Medici Mediolanesis Metoposcopia Libris Tredecim..., first edition, Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1658.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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14Kircher (Athanasius) Ars Magna Sciendi, 2 parts in 1, first edition, Johannes Jansson van Waesberghe and the widow of Elizeus Weyerstraet, 1669

Lot 14

Kircher (Athanasius) Ars Magna Sciendi, 2 parts in 1, first edition, Johannes Jansson van Waesberghe and the widow of Elizeus Weyerstraet, 1669

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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15Desroches (Nicolas) Dictionaire des Termes Propres de Marine, first edition, dedication copy bound in the arms of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse

Lot 15

Desroches (Nicolas) Dictionaire des Termes Propres de Marine, first edition, dedication copy bound in the arms of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse, Paris, A. Auroy, 1687.

Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000

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16Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier) Histoire des Avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes, 2 vol. in 1, Paris, Jacques le Febure, 1688.

Lot 16

Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier) Histoire des Avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes, 2 vol. in 1, Paris, Jacques le Febure, 1688.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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17Vico (Giambattista) De Rebus Gestis Antonj Caraphaei Libri Quatuor..., Naples, Felix Musca, 1716.

Lot 17

Vico (Giambattista) De Rebus Gestis Antonj Caraphaei Libri Quatuor..., Naples, Felix Musca, 1716.

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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18Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoses in Latin and English..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved illustrations after Lebrun, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1732

Lot 18

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoses in Latin and English..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved illustrations after Lebrun, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1732

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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20Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, 5 vol., engraved plates,

Lot 20

Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, 5 vol., engraved plates, "Londra" [Paris], 1757

Estimate: £500 - 700

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21La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, oen of 150 copies with plates before letters, with an album of plates after letters, Paris, P.D

Lot 21

La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, oen of 150 copies with plates before letters, with an album of plates after letters, Paris, P.Didot l'aine, 1795

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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