20 150
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CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS.
The eyght books . . . conteyning his martiall
exploytes in the Realme of Gallia and Countries bordering uppon the same.
English translation by Arthur Golding. title mounted, soiled, missing upper outer corner.
Title within woodcut historiated border. [12], 272, [10] leaves. Mostly printed in black let-
ter. 8vo, 142x84 mm, contemporary calf with blind-stamped center lozenge on covers,
spine worn, missing portions at top and bottom, joints and cover edges worn through, end-
papers renewed; occasional marginal soiling, scattered early underscoring and ink blots, title
heavily soiled and mounted with upper outer corner off, sidenotes almost cropped on sev-
eral leaves toward beginning, portion of blank outer margin torn off P3, conspicuous
dampstaining on last few index leaves.
London: William Seres, 1565
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH
of Caesar’s account of the Gallic Wars, translated by
Golding from the original Latin; state of the colophon with printer’s address “at the signe of the
Hedge- / hog.” A volume of excerpts translated from a French version was published in 1530.
Pforzheimer 410; STC 4335.
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CALEPINO, AMBROGIO.
Vocabularium. Thesaurus copiosissimus: ex Nicolai
Perotti Cornucopie.
Title within woodcut white-on-black strapwork border. 380 [i. e.,
379] (of 380) leaves, with dictionary text complete; lacks the last leaf with note from the
author to Egidio da Viterbo and colophon. Printed in upright italic type. 4to, 216x144
mm, early limp vellum with spine title in ink, front joint partly cracked, front cover
warped, recased, endpapers renewed; margins trimmed affecting some headlines, marginal
dampstaining and soiling through much of volume, early underscoring and marginalia,
scattered repairs, worming in blank lower margin of opening leaves, title reinforced in mar-
gins. 19th-century bookplate and signature of Arthur P. Chadbourne.
(Toscolano: Alessandro Paganini, September 1522)
[300/500]
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CALVIN, JEAN.
Sermons . . . upon the Booke of Job.
Title within woodcut
architectural border. [8], 737 [i. e., 751], [29] pages, including final blank. Folio, 354x228
mm, contemporary calf with gilt arabesque center on covers, rebacked, endpapers renewed,
joints and raised bands rubbed; scattered soiling, ink blots, and minor marginal stains, clean
tear in blank lower margin of Q4, crease across 3C8.
London: (Henrie Binneman for)
Lucas Harison and George Byshop, 1574
[2,000/3,000]
One of 2 editions published the same year of the translation by Arthur Golding, the first into
English. STC 4444.
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CALVIN, JEAN.
The Institution of Christian Religion.
Title within woodcut
historiated architectural border. [20], 749, [159] pages. Folio, 286x189 mm, contemporary
calf, spine ends chipped, cover corners reinforced at an early date and worn through, front
joint cracked, cords intact; title soiled, torn in blank lower outer corner and reinforced
along fore edge on verso, small hole in blank lower margin, ink blot in blank upper outer
corner of last few leaves, clean tear at top of last leaf slightly affecting headline.
London: Anne Griffin for Joyce Norton and R. Whitaker, 1634
[1,000/2,000]
Translation by Thomas Norton originally published in 1561. “Calvin’s ‘Institution of the
Christian Religion’ was the first systematic statement of a Reformed Church. It is the most
important doctrinal work of the Reformation as a whole and provided a comprehensive theolog-
ical system rivalling those of the Middle Ages”—Printing and the Mind of Man 65 (1536
original edition in Latin). STC 4425 (this edition).