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Auction archive: Lot number 23

Elzevier.- Michael Wodhull copy.- Charron (Pierre ) De la Sagesse trois livres, Leiden, Jean Elzevier, 1659.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$398 - US$530
Price realised:
£200
ca. US$265
Auction archive: Lot number 23

Elzevier.- Michael Wodhull copy.- Charron (Pierre ) De la Sagesse trois livres, Leiden, Jean Elzevier, 1659.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$398 - US$530
Price realised:
£200
ca. US$265
Beschreibung:

Elzevier.- Michael Wodhull copy.- Charron (Pierre ) De la Sagesse trois livres, engraved pictorial title. half-title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary calf, with arms of Michael Wodhull, text block and binding split in half, corners worn, rubbed, 12mo, Leiden, Jean Elzevier, n.d., [Willems dates it to 1659]. ⁂ Of this edition Willems calls it 'mois belle que celle de 1646, mais on la dit plus rare, et à cause de cela on lui donne la préférence.'. Provenance: Michael Wodhull (1740-1816), book collector and translator (his inscription on front free endpaper 'M. Wodhull, April 3rd 1784; Bib. Instruct: No. 1321; collate & complete'.

Auction archive: Lot number 23
Auction:
Datum:
20 Sep 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Elzevier.- Michael Wodhull copy.- Charron (Pierre ) De la Sagesse trois livres, engraved pictorial title. half-title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary calf, with arms of Michael Wodhull, text block and binding split in half, corners worn, rubbed, 12mo, Leiden, Jean Elzevier, n.d., [Willems dates it to 1659]. ⁂ Of this edition Willems calls it 'mois belle que celle de 1646, mais on la dit plus rare, et à cause de cela on lui donne la préférence.'. Provenance: Michael Wodhull (1740-1816), book collector and translator (his inscription on front free endpaper 'M. Wodhull, April 3rd 1784; Bib. Instruct: No. 1321; collate & complete'.

Auction archive: Lot number 23
Auction:
Datum:
20 Sep 2018
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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