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

189 ● LUIS DE GRANADA. A Memoriall of a Christian Life. English translation by Richard Hopkins.Woodcut text illustrations. [2], 30, 33-201, 203-336, 347-762, [9] pages, including 4-leaf table of contents at end; lacks O2 and Z1. 8vo, 147x95 mm, late 19th-century 1 / 2 morocco gilt with shelf number on spine; contents heavily soiled and dampstained, scattered restoration in outer corners occasionally entering text, ink accession number on title verso, wormhole through blank lower margin of L1-M1, 2I1.8 trimmed in blank margins, last contents leaf torn across top and bottom with text loss and restored. Bookplate of the Newberry Library (released). “Rouen: George L’Oyselet” [i. e., London: Valentine Simmes?], 1599 [300/500] Second edition of a 1586 translation of the first 4 books of Memorial de la Vida Christiana; the complete text in English was first published in 1699. Allison & Rogers II, 440; Luborsky & Ingram/STC 16903; Palau 107893 note. 190 ● LUTHER,MARTIN. Widder das blind und toll verdamnis der siebenzehen artickel von der elenden schendlichen universitet zu Ingolstat ausgangen. Title within woodcut historiated border by Lucas Cranach the Elder. [24] leaves. 4to, 202x150 mm, modern binding of vellum-backed early manuscript vellum over boards; minimal marginal foxing and soiling, few marginalia. (Wittenberg: [Lucas Cranach the Elder and Christian Döring]), 1524 [800/1,200] FIRST EDITION of Luther’s defense of articles of reform teaching that the University of Ingolstadt had forced the instructor Arsacius Seehofer to recant. Benzing 1901. 191 ● MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLÒ. The Works . . . Third Edition, carefully Corrected. [24], 543 [i. e., 553] pages. Folio, 309x201 mm, contemporary calf, worn, cover corners rounded, rebacked, endpapers renewed; foxing throughout, occasionally heavy, old signatures on title. Bertelli & Innocenti (18th century) 15. London:T.W. for A. Churchill et al., 1720 [300/500] 190 189

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