Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

272 ● SHAKESPEARE,WILLIAM. Leaf 2M1 from The Life of Henry the Fifth, extracted from the Third Folio. Folio, 335x214 mm; gutter edge worn, dampstaining in upper and lower margins with conspicuous stain in lower outer corner. [London, 1663-64] [100/200] 273 ● SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, CAIUS; et al. In hoc volumine haec continentur. C. Suetonii Tranquilli XII caesares [and other texts]. [32] (of [60]), 320 leaves; lacks last 28 preliminary leaves (preface and index of notes to Suetonius by Erasmus, and indexes to Eutropius and Paulus Diaconus). 8vo, 162x102 mm, contemporary limp vellum with ink spine title, spine darkened, stains on covers, ties lacking; puncture through front cover and approximate the first 100 leaves generally not impairing legibility, name of Erasmus inked out on title, contemporary inscription in lower margin, stain in blank outer margin of last 2 leaves. Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, 1521 [300/500] Second Aldine edition after the first of 1516. Renouard, page 91(7);Ahmanson-Murphy 201. 274 ● SULAIMAN IBN YA’KUB. Arabum philosophia popularis; sive, Sylloge nova proverbiorum. Arabic text with Latin translation and commentary by Frederik Rostgaard, edited by Johann Christian Kall. [24], 192 pages. 8vo, 188x111 mm, contemporary marbled wrappers, spine stained and chipped at top, decorative woodcut pasted over lower portion; contents toned, rectangular adhesive traces on title and last page. Copenhagen: N. C. Hoepffner, 1764 [400/600] FIRST EDITION of an annotated collection of 565 Arabic proverbs. Graf IV, 279. 272 273