71 150
156
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SMITH, ADAM.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of
Nations . . . Fifth Edition.
x, 499, [1]; vi, 518, [6]; v, [1], 465, [51] pages. 3 volumes. 8vo,
211x126 mm, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with morocco; scattered foxing and pencil
underscoring, minor stains on fore edges not visible internally. Printing and the Mind of
Man 221 (1776 original edition).
London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789
[1,000/2,000]
157
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TATIAN; and HERMIAS.
Tatianou oratio ad Graecos. Hermiae irrisio genti-
lium philosophorum.
Greek text with Latin translation and notes; edited by William
Worth. [16], 16, 209, [1], xxvii, [4], 210-252 pages (but with preliminaries to Hermias
bound between pages 212 and 213). 8vo, 198x126 mm, contemporary calf gilt, top of spine
chipped, worming in 2 places on front cover; occasional toning, first few leaves of Tatian
foxed. Hoffmann II, 214.
Oxford: at the Theater for John Owen, 1700
[300/500]
158
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TOMITANO, BERNARDINO.
Clonicus; sive, De Reginaldi Poli, Cardinali
amplissimis laudibus.
2 [i. e., 12] leaves. 8vo, 154x102 mm, later decorated paper stiff
wrappers; faint dampstain and insignificant wormhole in blank upper inner corners.
Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1556
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION
of a verse encomium of Cardinal Pole, published with a poem titled Coridon
in praise of Venetians, not present here. Ahmanson-Murphy 504; Renouard, page 168(10).
159
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TORREBLANCA VILLALPANDO, FRANCISCO.
Epitomes delictorum in
quibus aperta, vel oculta invocatio daemonis intervenit libri IIII.
[10], 166; 92; 36
leaves, including engraved title and portrait of the author. 3 parts in one volume. Folio,
299x208 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink and remnants of thong
ties; contents browned, worming through much of volume causing varying text loss, old
scored inscription in lower margin of title.
Seville: Ildefonso Rodríguez Gamarra & Francisco de Lira, 1618
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
of a treatise on the varieties of divination and black magic, and their punish-
ment considered from the standpoint of legal procedure and pastoral care. The third part is the
author’s Defensa en Favor de los Libros Católicos de la Magia. Caillet 10763; Palau 335826
(mistakenly calling for 14 preliminary leaves); Thorndike VII, 326-30, and VIII, 482-84.
160
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[TURPIN DE CRISSÉ, Comtesse de.]
Journée de l’Amour; ou, Heures de
Cythère.
4 etched plates and 8 vignettes. xiv, [2], 165, [1] pages, including half-title *
FAVRE, [-] DE, Abbé.
Les Quatre Heures de la Toilette des Dames, Poème Éro-
tique.
4 engraved plates. [14], 84 pages, including half-title and engraved additional title *
[BORDE, CHARLES.]
Parapilla, et autres Oeuvres Libres, Galantes, et
Philosophiques.
5 engraved plates. xxiv, 96; 96 pages, including half-title. Together, 3 vol-
umes. Various sizes, first in later cloth with leather lettering piece, few leaves repaired in
blank upper outer corner; second in contemporary red morocco gilt, needs rebacking,
occasional light browning of contents; third in 19th-century
1
/
2
morocco, with scattered
foxing and stains. Gay-Lemonnyer II, 735; III, 903; and III, 629.
“à Gnide,” 1776; Paris: Jean-François Bastien, 1779;
“Florence: chez Alexandre Paperini,” 1783
[300/500]
161
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VARCHI, BENEDETTO.
I Sonetti.
[8], 302, [30] pages, including final register
leaf. 8vo, 143x93 mm, 18th-century vellum boards with chipped morocco lettering piece;
title lightly soiled and dampwrinkled; speckled edges.
Venice: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1555
[200/300]
Second edition of a verse collection first published the same year in Florence; a second volume
appeared in 1557. Gamba 1017.