Author: SOTHEBY'S Title: Catalogue of Valuable English Printed Books of the Xvth to the XVII Century... Including Aelianus, a Registre of Hystories, 1576, and the Tacticks, 1619; Beaumont and Fletcher, Comedies and Tragedies, 1647;... Day of Sale: Monday, 24th September, 197
Description: London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co, 1979. First Edition; First Edition. Original Wrappers. 288 lots. 70 pages. With frontispiece & plates. Light creasing to frontispiece. Spine, covers & corners slightly worn. ; Paperback; Octavo (standard book size); Full Title: Catalogue of VALUABLE ENGLISH PRINTED BOOKS OF THE XVth TO THE XVII CENTURY COMPRISING English Literature and History of the xvth to the xviith century, including Aelianus, A registre of hystories, 1576, and The Tacticks, 1619; Beaumont and Fletcher, Comedies and Tragedies, 1647; Boccaccio, The Decameron, 2 vol. In 1, 1620; Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, translated by Chaucer, Caxton, c. 1478; Lathbury, Liber moralium super threnis Jeremiae, Oxford, Theodoric Rood, 1482; Dryden, Love triumphant, 1694; Fabyan, The Chronicle, 2 vol. In 1, 1559; Florio, A Worlde of Wordes, 1598 Natural History and Agriculture, including Blagrave, The Epitome of the art of Husbandry, 1675; Blith, The English Improver, 1649; Dodoens, A Niewe Herball, 1586; Estienne and Liebault, Maison Rustique, 1600; Fitzherbert, Boke of Hus-bandry, Bertholet, 1534; Gerarde, The Herball, 1633 and 1635; Heresbach, Foure Bookes of Husbandrie, 1586; Latham, Falconry, 1633; Turbeville, The noble art of Venerie, 1611; Tusser, Five Hundreth Pointes of good Husbandry, 1586; WIL- lughby and Ray, The Ornithology, 1678 Military and Naval Books, including Barret, The theorike and Practike of moderne warres, 1598; Cataneo, Most briefe Tables, 1574; Cruso, Militarie Instructions for the Cavallrie, 1632; Elton, Compleat Body of the Art Military, 1668; Feli- cius, The Conspiracie of Cataline, 1557; Hexham, Principles of the Art Military, 1642- 43; La Nove, Politike and Military Discourses, 1587; Macchiavelli, Arte of War re, 1560-62; Markham, Arte of Archerie, 1634; Neade, The Double-armed Man, 1625; Rawlings, The compleat Soldier, 1681; Rohan, The complete Captain, 1640; Smythe, Certain discourses, 1590; Venn, Military and Maritime discipline, 1672; Vegetius, Foure Bookes, 1572; Ward, Animadversions of Warre, 1639 Topography and Travel, including Poyntz, The present prospect of Tobago, 1683; Caradoc of Llancarfan, Historie of Cambria, 1584; Dugdale, Warwickshire, 1656; Leland, Laboryouse Journey and Serche, 1549; Plot, Natural History of Staffordshire, 1686; Weldon, Description of the people and country of Scotland, 1659 Economics, including Davenant, Discourses on the Publick Revenues, 1698, Gardiner, England's grievance discovered, in relation to the Coal-Trade, 1655; Petty, Political anatomy of Ireland, 1691, and Political Arithmetic, 1691; Pratt, Regulating silver coin, 1696; Sea-Coale, Char-coale, and Small-coale, 1643 which will be sold by auction by SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET & CO... Day of Sale: Monday, 24th September, 1979. Very Good .
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Price: GBP 12.00 = appr. US$ 17.14 Seller: Literary Cat Books
- Book number: 13219