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

19 ● CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS; TIBULLUS, ALBIUS; and PROPERTIUS, SEXTUS. Opera. [2], 372 [i. e., 352] pages. 4to, 291x232 mm, contemporary red morocco handsomely gilt with floral border on cover, spine in 6 compartments with green morocco lettering piece in one and floral tooling in the rest; title toned with browning in upper and outer margins, light foxing on last 2 leaves, contents otherwise clean. 19th-century bookplate of P. Dupont and unidentified morocco armor ial booklabel. EXCELLENT COPY . Birmingham, 1772 [400/600] FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION . First state of A2, second state of H3. Gaskell 44. 20 ● CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS; TIBULLUS, ALBIUS; and PROPERTIUS, SEXTUS. Opera. [2], 372 [i. e., 352] pages. 4to, 305x250 mm, modern 1 / 4 morocco; some browning or toning along edges, scattered minor stains, title soiled; uncut. Birmingham, 1772 [200/300] FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION . Second state of A2 and H3. Gaskell 44. 21 ● HORATIUS FLACCUS, QUINTUS. [Carmina.] Engraved frontispiece by Henriquez; 4 plates by various artists after Gravelot. [2], 344 pages. 4to, 283x226 mm, modern red cloth; light to moderate foxing of text, plates generally clean. Birmingham, 1770 [250/350] FIRST BASKERVILLE QUARTO EDITION , complete with all the plates. Gaskell 39. 22 ● JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS; and PERSIUS FLACCUS,AULUS. Satyrae. 240 pages. 4to, 291x231 mm, later 18th-century tree sheep, flat spine attractively gilt, ends chipped, front joint cracked and partly chipped, cords intact; light foxing on opening leaves, heavy dampstaining at end. Birmingham, 1761 [150/250] FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION . Second state of E2, K4, U4, and Z3. Gaskell 15. 23 ● MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost. [30] (of [32]), 416 pages; lacks initial blank * Paradise Regain’d. [2] (of [4]), lxix, [1], 3-390 pages; lacks initial blank. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, 234x137 mm, modern uniform calf with morocco lettering pieces; marginal foxing on opening leaves in first volume, minor soiling on title and last page in second volume, contents otherwise generally clean. Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. and R.Tonson in London, 1758; 1758 [250/350] FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITIONS , octavo issue. Listed among the subscribers is “Benj. Franklin, Esq., Philadelphia.” Gaskell 4, 5. BASKERVILLE PRESS Lots 19-25 SEE ALSO LOT 40 19

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