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Auction archive: Lot number 459

Sacrobosco (Johannes de) - Libellus de Sphaera

Estimate
£500 - £750
ca. US$847 - US$1,270
Price realised:
£550
ca. US$931
Auction archive: Lot number 459

Sacrobosco (Johannes de) - Libellus de Sphaera

Estimate
£500 - £750
ca. US$847 - US$1,270
Price realised:
£550
ca. US$931
Beschreibung:

Libellus de Sphaera
preface by Melanchthon, woodcut device on title, woodcut illustrations, 1 volvelle present only (of 3), title dust-soiled with ink stamp, repair to lower fore-corner and some fraying, damp-stain affecting top edge, tear to 1 f., slight insect damage to E4-E6, [Honeyman 2732], Wittenberg, Petrus Seitz, 1543; bound with Libellus...de anni ratione, seu ut uocatur uulgo, Computus Ecclesiasticus, preface by Melanchthon, woodcut illustrations, without the volvelles, light staining affecting lower half of some ff., n.p., n.d. [? Paris, ?1538/43] bound with Baïf (Lazare de) Commentarius de uestium generibus et uocabulis..., lacking last f. of index, damp-staining throughout, E3-F2 frayed at edges, small stamp on title, [Adams B39], n.p., [1530], there are 2 folding tables (stained and with tape reinforcements), loose at the end of the volume, probably from the first work, together in later leather-backed antique-style boards, 8vo & 12mo .

Auction archive: Lot number 459
Auction:
Datum:
16 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Libellus de Sphaera
preface by Melanchthon, woodcut device on title, woodcut illustrations, 1 volvelle present only (of 3), title dust-soiled with ink stamp, repair to lower fore-corner and some fraying, damp-stain affecting top edge, tear to 1 f., slight insect damage to E4-E6, [Honeyman 2732], Wittenberg, Petrus Seitz, 1543; bound with Libellus...de anni ratione, seu ut uocatur uulgo, Computus Ecclesiasticus, preface by Melanchthon, woodcut illustrations, without the volvelles, light staining affecting lower half of some ff., n.p., n.d. [? Paris, ?1538/43] bound with Baïf (Lazare de) Commentarius de uestium generibus et uocabulis..., lacking last f. of index, damp-staining throughout, E3-F2 frayed at edges, small stamp on title, [Adams B39], n.p., [1530], there are 2 folding tables (stained and with tape reinforcements), loose at the end of the volume, probably from the first work, together in later leather-backed antique-style boards, 8vo & 12mo .

Auction archive: Lot number 459
Auction:
Datum:
16 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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