05-31-201405-31-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2730BBoston
May 31, 2014 11:00 AMCalender
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Early Printed Books, Mixed Lot, Six Volumes.

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$615$500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2730BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 31, 2014 11:00AM

Description:

Early Printed Books, Mixed Lot, Six Volumes.
Francis Quarles's Divine Poemes, London: by M.F. for Marriot, 1638, octavo, modern half leather and buckram, engraved title;
Francisco Pomey's Pantheum Mythicum, Frankfurt: Ottonem, 1713, octavo, illustrated, contemporary half leather and speckled paper boards;
Stanislao Bechi's Istoria dell'Origine, e Progressi della Nautica Antica, Florence: Tofani, 1785, quarto, contemporary sheepskin, blue marbled end leaves, some peeling, loss of leather at tail, contents good;
Tournefort's Materia Medica, or a Description of Simple Medicines Generally Us'd in Physick, London: by W.H. for Andrew Bell, 1716, octavo, bound in full modern leather, browning and spotting to contents;
Richard Smith's Florum Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Paris: Leonard, 1654, folio, title page printed in red and black, in contemporary boards, rebacked, contents toned;
[and] A defective copy of Meric Casaubaon's (1599-1671) A Treatise Concerning Enthusiasme. London: by Roger Daniel for Thomas Johnson, 1656, incomplete, in later boards. (6)
Estimate $300-500

A-T8, V6.


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Keywords

London, Francis Quarles, Francisco Pomey, Frankfurt, Andrew Bell, Richard Smith, Paris, copy, Roger Daniel, Thomas Johnson