GALILEI (GALILEO) Galileo a Madame Cristina di Lorena (1615), wood-engraved portrait of Galileo, original gilt-stamped vellum gilt, binding detached [Bondy pp.95-96; Spielmann 161], 19 x 13mm., Padua, Salmin, 1896 [colophon 1897]--Bible, or a Practical Summary of Ye Old & New Testaments, 2 vol. in 1, second issue of the first English Children's Bible, 2 engraved titles and 15 plates (of 16), contemporary gilt tooled black morocco, g.e. [Bondy, p.33, "a joy to possess"; Spielmann 15B], 38 x 24mm., R. Wilkin, 1727 [amended by hand to 1728 as usual]--London Almanack for the Year... 1832, engraved throughout including view of St. Katherine's Hospital on 4 pages, original elaborate morocco gilt with matching slipcase, 57 x 30mm., Company of Stationers, 1832; and 11 others including a London Almanack for 1850 and 3 copies of the Newberry miniature Bible, one defective (14)
GALILEI (GALILEO) Galileo a Madame Cristina di Lorena (1615), wood-engraved portrait of Galileo, original gilt-stamped vellum gilt, binding detached [Bondy pp.95-96; Spielmann 161], 19 x 13mm., Padua, Salmin, 1896 [colophon 1897]--Bible, or a Practical Summary of Ye Old & New Testaments, 2 vol. in 1, second issue of the first English Children's Bible, 2 engraved titles and 15 plates (of 16), contemporary gilt tooled black morocco, g.e. [Bondy, p.33, "a joy to possess"; Spielmann 15B], 38 x 24mm., R. Wilkin, 1727 [amended by hand to 1728 as usual]--London Almanack for the Year... 1832, engraved throughout including view of St. Katherine's Hospital on 4 pages, original elaborate morocco gilt with matching slipcase, 57 x 30mm., Company of Stationers, 1832; and 11 others including a London Almanack for 1850 and 3 copies of the Newberry miniature Bible, one defective (14)
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