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Auction archive: Lot number 212

Aeschylus. Tragoediæ VII, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1580 § Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII, 3 vol., first Elzevier edition, Leiden, House of Elzevier, 1635; and 3 others, Continental, (7)

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$389 - US$519
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 212

Aeschylus. Tragoediæ VII, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1580 § Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII, 3 vol., first Elzevier edition, Leiden, House of Elzevier, 1635; and 3 others, Continental, (7)

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$389 - US$519
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Aeschylus. Tragoediæ VII, edited by Willem Canter, collation: A-Z8, first Canter edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, trimmed at head and foot, touching a few headlines or signatures, some staining, lightly browned, 19th century calf, gilt, corners little worn, little stained, rubbed, [Adams A270], Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1580 § Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII, 3 vol., first Elzevier edition, engraved pictorial title to vol.1, small circular woodcut portrait of author, spotted, occasional staining, contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, spines in compartments and with double morocco labels, vol.3 lacking 1 spine label, spines darkened, some fading, rubbed, [Willems 428], Leiden, House of Elzevier, 1635; and 3 others, Continental, 1 an odd vol., v.s. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 212
Auction:
Datum:
30 May 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Aeschylus. Tragoediæ VII, edited by Willem Canter, collation: A-Z8, first Canter edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, trimmed at head and foot, touching a few headlines or signatures, some staining, lightly browned, 19th century calf, gilt, corners little worn, little stained, rubbed, [Adams A270], Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1580 § Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII, 3 vol., first Elzevier edition, engraved pictorial title to vol.1, small circular woodcut portrait of author, spotted, occasional staining, contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, spines in compartments and with double morocco labels, vol.3 lacking 1 spine label, spines darkened, some fading, rubbed, [Willems 428], Leiden, House of Elzevier, 1635; and 3 others, Continental, 1 an odd vol., v.s. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 212
Auction:
Datum:
30 May 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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