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BOSIO, GIACOMO.
Histoire des Chevaliers de l’Ordre de l’Hospital de S.
Jean de Hierusalem.
[8], 1037, [54] pages, including engraved title. Folio, 247x162 mm,
contemporary calf with gilt arms and monograms of Audebert Catin, Seigneur de Chartret
(Olivier 633), rebacked retaining most of original backstrip, pastedowns renewed; contents
toned or browned, marginal dampstaining mostly at beginning and end, intermittent
worming generally not impairing legibility, occasional heavy foxing, particularly severe on
index leaves.
Lyon: heirs of Guillaume Rouillé, 1612
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH
of the authoritative early history of the Knights Hospitaller; the
original edition in Italian was published in 1594-1602. See also lot 144.
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[BOULANGER, NICOLAS-ANTOINE.]
The Origin and Progress of Des-
potism, in the Oriental, and Other Empires, of Africa, Europe, and America.
[2],
285 pages (but with last 2 leaves bound after the title) * [PICHON, THOMAS-JEAN.]
La
Physique de l’Histoire; ou, Considérations Générales sur les Principes Élémen-
taires du Tempérament et du Caractère Naturel des Peuples.
[2], viii, 360 pages,
including engraved title * [ADELUNG, JOHANN CHRISTIAN.]
Versuch einer
Geschichte der Cultur des menschlichen Geschlechts.
[24], 472 pages. Together, 3
volumes. Various formats, various bindings, overall condition varies.
FIRST EDITION IN ENG
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LISH
of the first work,
FIRST EDITIONS
of the second and third.
Amsterdam [i. e., London], 1764;
The Hague & Paris, 1765; Leipzig, 1782
[200/300]
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BRACCIOLINI, POGGIO; and LUCIAN of Samosata.
Facetiarum liber. Accessit
Lucii philosophi Syri comoedia lepidissima, quae Asinus intitulatur.
Woodcut
vignette of ass on title. [16], 206 pages; lacks final blank. 8vo, 147x86 mm, old calf, worn,
rebacked, endpapers conspicuously renewed, front cover detached; contents browned, light
marginal dampstaining through much of volume, title heavily soiled, blank corner off G1.
Krakow, 1592
[300/500]
Popular collection of salacious anecdotes originally published circa 1470, here reprinted with
Poggio’s translation of the Asinus attributed to Lucian.
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BUNYAN, JOHN.
The Pilgrim’s Progress.
Woodcut text illustrations. [10], 205,
[1]; [12], 179, [1]; [4], iv, 119, [3], 30, [4] (of [6]) pages, including 2 frontispieces and one
blank; lacks the final ad leaf. 4 parts in one volume, including The Life and Death of John
Bunyan. 12mo, 152x85 mm, contemporary sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked; contents
soiled, varying marginal dampstaining, scattered marginal clean tears.
London: A. W. for W. Johnston, 1758-58-57
[150/250]
Twenty-ninth edition of the first part, twenty-second edition of the second, and seventeenth edi-
tion of the third.
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BUONARROTI, MICHELANGELO, the Elder.
Rime.
[2], xxx, 192, [4] pages,
including initial blank and half-title. 8vo, 153x102 mm, contemporary vellum boards, few
small wormholes in spine; scattered light foxing.
Florence: Domenico Maria Manni, 1726
[200/300]
Second edition; the first was published in 1623. Gamba 249.