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Auction archive: Lot number 24

GREEK LITERATURE AND HISTORY IN FRENCH, 105 VOLUMES

Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,840 - US$2,760
Price realised:
£4,000
ca. US$6,134
Auction archive: Lot number 24

GREEK LITERATURE AND HISTORY IN FRENCH, 105 VOLUMES

Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,840 - US$2,760
Price realised:
£4,000
ca. US$6,134
Beschreibung:

Greek and Roman literature and history. A COLLECTION OF 105 VOLUMES IN FRENCH, IN LEATHER BINDINGS, INCLUDING: Diogenes Laertius. Les vies des plus illustres philosophes de l'antiquité. Amsterdam: Schneider, 1758, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges Aristotle. La morale et politique d'Aristote, traduites... par M. Thurot. Paris: Didot, 1823-1824, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, contemporary half morocco by Simier, spines gilt, stamp on titles "bibliothèque du roi, neuilly", text spotted Homer. Oeuvres completes d'Homere, traduction nouvelle. Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1786-1788, 4 volumes, 4to, 25 engraved plates after Marillier, contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges, [Cohen-de Ricci 496], text of vol.1 browned, other vol. with occasional spotting or browning, lacking map, head and foot of spines very slightly chipped Villebrune, Lefebure de, translator. Banquet des savans, par Athénée, traduit, tant sur les textes imprimés, que sur plusieurs manuscrits, par M. Lefebure de Villebrune. Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789-1791, 5 volumes, 4to, contemporary calf, spines gilt Apuleius. L'ane d'or. Paris: Brunet, 1736, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved additional title and 12 plates, contemporrary calf gilt, gilt arms of madame de pompadour on sides, [Cohen-de Ricci 85], plate at p.199 vol.1 slightly cropped, lacking 2 spine labels and 89 others, most relating to Greek antiquity, a few Roman

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
13 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Greek and Roman literature and history. A COLLECTION OF 105 VOLUMES IN FRENCH, IN LEATHER BINDINGS, INCLUDING: Diogenes Laertius. Les vies des plus illustres philosophes de l'antiquité. Amsterdam: Schneider, 1758, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges Aristotle. La morale et politique d'Aristote, traduites... par M. Thurot. Paris: Didot, 1823-1824, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, contemporary half morocco by Simier, spines gilt, stamp on titles "bibliothèque du roi, neuilly", text spotted Homer. Oeuvres completes d'Homere, traduction nouvelle. Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1786-1788, 4 volumes, 4to, 25 engraved plates after Marillier, contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges, [Cohen-de Ricci 496], text of vol.1 browned, other vol. with occasional spotting or browning, lacking map, head and foot of spines very slightly chipped Villebrune, Lefebure de, translator. Banquet des savans, par Athénée, traduit, tant sur les textes imprimés, que sur plusieurs manuscrits, par M. Lefebure de Villebrune. Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789-1791, 5 volumes, 4to, contemporary calf, spines gilt Apuleius. L'ane d'or. Paris: Brunet, 1736, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved additional title and 12 plates, contemporrary calf gilt, gilt arms of madame de pompadour on sides, [Cohen-de Ricci 85], plate at p.199 vol.1 slightly cropped, lacking 2 spine labels and 89 others, most relating to Greek antiquity, a few Roman

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
13 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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