Catalogue of the ... Library of ... Valuable Books & Manuscripts the Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney: Which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... at Their House ... on Thursday, the 3rd of December, 1908, and Two Following Days, and on Wednesday, the 24th of March, 1909, and Three Following Days |
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... CAXTON , of which there are no less than fifteen ; besides many from the presses of the direct suc- cessors of Caxton , as well as those of the very first printers in London , Oxford , Cambridge , Norwich , and other English localities ...
... CAXTON , of which there are no less than fifteen ; besides many from the presses of the direct suc- cessors of Caxton , as well as those of the very first printers in London , Oxford , Cambridge , Norwich , and other English localities ...
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... Caxton device in red on verso ; the first leaf with woodcut on recto and verso ( preceding aj ) cut close and inlaid , 4 plain margins mended , a letter defective on dii ( second signature ) , a few stains , otherwise PERFECT AND ...
... Caxton device in red on verso ; the first leaf with woodcut on recto and verso ( preceding aj ) cut close and inlaid , 4 plain margins mended , a letter defective on dii ( second signature ) , a few stains , otherwise PERFECT AND ...
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... [ CAXTON , 1478-9 ] ( TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY GEOFFRY CHAUCER ) , black letter , 2 types , type No. 2 for the ... CAXTON have done my devoir and payne tenprynte it in fourme as is here afore made " 4to . n . d . 1478-9 AN EXCESSIVELY ...
... [ CAXTON , 1478-9 ] ( TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY GEOFFRY CHAUCER ) , black letter , 2 types , type No. 2 for the ... CAXTON have done my devoir and payne tenprynte it in fourme as is here afore made " 4to . n . d . 1478-9 AN EXCESSIVELY ...
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... ( Caxton type ) , double columns , 40 lines , with signs . contains 44 ll . beginning on a iii , g has only ii and iii , and only i and vi , the latter being the leaf with colophon , some slight wormholes and plain corners mended ...
... ( Caxton type ) , double columns , 40 lines , with signs . contains 44 ll . beginning on a iii , g has only ii and iii , and only i and vi , the latter being the leaf with colophon , some slight wormholes and plain corners mended ...
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... [ CAXTON ] . DITZ MORAULX DES PHILOSOPHES ( traduits du Latine par Guillaume de Tignonville ) , ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM ( 58 l . 11 by 8 in . ) written in neat cursive lettres bátardes , long lines , 33 to a full page , with 20 ...
... [ CAXTON ] . DITZ MORAULX DES PHILOSOPHES ( traduits du Latine par Guillaume de Tignonville ) , ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM ( 58 l . 11 by 8 in . ) written in neat cursive lettres bátardes , long lines , 33 to a full page , with 20 ...
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Anno Anno Domini arms Bible binding black letter blank blind stamped blue morocco Book calf gilt Caxton clean copy colophon contemporary COPY sm device double columns EDITIO EDITIO PRINCEPS EDWARD VI engraved title ex-libris EXCESSIVELY RARE EXTREMELY RARE floreate folio George Joye gilt gilt ornaments goth Hain half bound Henry VIII Imprinted inside dentelles John King large copy last leaf line tooled long lines Lord MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM maps marks Hain mended morocco extra morocco gilt morocco slip oak boards old calf old English original calf ORIGINAL EDITION ornamental initials otherwise PERFECT COPY plain margins plates portrait printed printer purple morocco RARE EDITION RARE sm rebacked red and black Richard Grafton rubricated russia sold not subject stained subject to return Syston Testament thick sm Thomas Thomas Berthelet Thos title in red title within woodcut translated woodcut border woodcut initials woodcut title Wynkyn de Worde yere
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