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Carion, Johannes
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- The Thre Bokes of Cronicles, Whyche John Carion (a Man Syngularly Well Sene in the Mathematycall Sciences) Gathered wyth Great Diligence of the Beste Authours That Have Written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine. London: Imprinted [by S. Mierdman] for Gwalter Lynne, [Colophon: 1550]
- paper, ink, leather
4to (7 1/2 x 5 in.; 191 x 127 mm). Text in black letter, historiated woodcut initials; occasional light toning. Nineteenth-century diced Russia paneled gilt, spine in compartments gilt-tooled with elephant and wheat sheaf stamps, marbled endpapers; upper joint cracked and frayed. Front cover has separated from spine.
Provenance
Chr. Bardsey (early signature on title-page) — 1813: Roxb. A.A." (on flyleaf) — Albert Ehrman (armorial bookplate on front pastedown and stamped monogram on lower pastedown) — John Ehrman (Bibliotheca Broxbourniana bookplate on lower pastedown; Sotheby's London, 15 November 1977, lot 265)
Literature
STC 4626; ESTC S107499; Huth 1309
Catalogue Note
First edition in English, from the Broxbourne Library.