Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

222 c   (QUR’AN.) The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French, by the Sieur Du Ryer . . . and newly Englished. [24], 407, [17] pages, including final blank. 4to, 188x136 mm, contemporary sheep, front cover detached, cover edges rubbed, corners worn through; scattered marginal foxing, title soiled, A3-6 and C7 trimmed along bottom edge. London Printed, Anno Dom. 1649 [600/900] first edition of the first English-language version of the Qur’an. Wing K747. See also lot 169. 223 c   (RALEIGH, WALTER, Sir.) A Declaration of the Demeanor and Cariage of Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight, as well in his Voyage, as in, and sithence his Returne; And of the true motives and inducements which occasioned His Maiestie to Proceed in doing Justice upon him, as hath bene done. Woodcut royal arms on title verso. [4], 64 [i. e., 68] pages, including initial leaf, blank except for signature A and woodcut ornament on recto. 4to, 180x133 mm, 20th-century 1 / 4 morocco; contemporary owner’s inscription on initial leaf, dampstain in lower inner corner of A3, contents otherwise clean. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1618 [1,500/2,500] first edition of an attempt to justify Raleigh’s execution, “sometimes attributed to Francis Bacon, but in fact composed by the commissioners, including Bacon, appointed to try Raleigh” (ESTC). Alden 618/37 (for discussion of Raleigh’s Guiana voyages); STC 20652.5. 224 c   (RALEIGH, WALTER, Sir.) Theobald, Lewis. Memoirs of Sir Walter Raleigh; His Life, his Military and Naval Exploits, his Preferments and Death. 40 pages. bound with : Sewell, George. The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh. As it is acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. [16], 63 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 190x117 mm, late 19th-/early 20th-century 1 / 2 mottled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, front cover detached and rehinged with cloth tape; occasional heavy browning in both works. London: W. Mears, 1719; John Pemberton and John Watts, 1719 [250/350] first editions . Alden 719/144, 719/136. 225 c   RUFUS FESTUS, SEXTUS; and POLYBIUS. Sexti Ruffi . . . epitoma de gestis et assequuto dominio Romanorum. Polybii historiarum libri quinque, Nicolao Perotto interprete. [16], 198, [2] pages, including final blank. bound with : GESTA RHOMANO[RUM] cu[m] applicatio[n]ibus moralizatis ac mysticis. Title within woodcut historiated architectural border. [6], 81 leaves. Together, 2 volumes in one. Folio, 277x196 mm, contemporary limp vellum wraparound binding, soiled and worn, lacking catch and clasp; marginal dampstaining at beginning and end of first work with later owner’s note about Polybius on endleaf facing title, dark stains on first few leaves and occasional marginal dampstaining elsewhere in second work with blank corners torn off a few leaves not affecting text; 1 / 4 morocco folding case. Ownership inscriptions of Henricus Mavors dated 1684, Otto Weidemann, and Frantz Dedekind. Basel: Henricus Petri, March 1530; (Hagenau: Heinrich Gran for Johann Rynman, 1517) [1,000/2,000] 226 c   SABELLICO, MARCO ANTONIO. Opera omnia. Volumes 2-4 (of 4) in 2. [8] leaves, 1542, [2] columns, [1] blank leaf; [1] leaf, 744 columns; 602 columns, [1] leaf, blank except for device on verso. Folio, 354x243 mm, contemporary blind-tooled calf over pasteboard with later paper lettering pieces, spines faded, Volume 3/4 spine chipped at top; occasional browning or foxing, dampstaining in upper outer corners at end of Volume 2 with heavy spotting on final blank, dark stains on last 2 leaves in Volume 3, heavy spotting on last leaf in Volume 4. Basel: [ Johann Herwagen the Younger, 1560] [300/500]