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

251 c   SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, CAIUS. The Historie of Twelve Caesars, Emperours of Rome. English translation by Philemon Holland. Woodcut chapter headpieces throughout consisting of medallion portraits within varying ornamental borders. [32], 272, 39, [1] pages, with ²A1 loose and possibly supplied from another copy. bound with : JUSTINUS, MARCUS JUNIANUS. The Historie of Justine . . . from the beginning of the Assyrian Monarchy, unto the raigne of the Emperour Augustus [with An Epitomie of the Lives and Manners of the Roman Emperors . . . from the Raigne of Caesar Augustus, to the Raigne of Rodulphus]. English translation by George Wilkins. Woodcut portrait of Solon in the Justinus, and medallion portraits within varying ornamental borders in text of the Epitomie. [8], 138, [39] (of [40]) leaves, including initial blank; lacks final blank. Together, 2 volumes in one. Folio, 278x184 mm, mid-17th-century blind-ruled calf with morocco lettering piece, top of spine chipped, joints partly cracked, cords intact, cover corners bumped and worn; title soiled, stained, and creased in gutter, small paper flaws in P5 not impairing legibility, and scattered minor foxing, stains, and marginal markings in ink in the first work, occasional light dampstaining in upper margins, ink stains in blank lower margin of Q2v, and blank upper outer corner off last 2 leaves in the second work. Signature of Thomas Pratt dated 1657 on front free endpaper. London: Matthew Lownes, 1606; William Jaggard, 1606 [2,500/3,500] first edition in english of the first work; issue with letterpress title including Holland’s name, in the state with line 10 beginning “Together.” Bound with the first edition of this version of the second work, plagiarized from the 1564 translation by Arthur Golding. STC 23423, 24293.