Lot 179
  • 179

FINE, DE UNIVERSALI QUADRANTE, 1550; DE RECTIS IN CIRCULI QUADRANTE SUBTENSIS, 1550, 2 VOL., UNIFORMLY BOUND

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Three works in two volumes, comprising:
i. Fine, O. De rectis in circuli quadrante subtensis. Paris: Regnault & Claude Chaudière, 1550, [T&W F65; BP16 113986; Hilliard & Poulle 22; USTC 150502]ii. Fine, O. De universali quadrante. Paris: Regnault & Claude Chaudière, 1550, [T&W F66; BP16 113987; Hilliard & Poulle 23; USTC 150510], bound with:iii. La Farge, Thomas de. Orontii Finaei... tumulus, Latine, Graece, & Gallice. Paris: Michel de Vascosan, 1555, 8 leaves, [not in T&W; USTC 151925 and 197907 (6 copies altogether)] 2 volumes, 4to (228 x 157mm.), woodcut diagrams, uniform modern blind-stamped calf, some slight staining

Provenance

Rolando A. Laguarda Trias (1902-1998), bookplate; bought from Sokol Books, London, 1990

Literature

Tomash & Williams F65, F66; USTC 150502, 150510 & 197907

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

The third work is a rare anthology of verse mourning the death of Fine (6 October 1555), by Fargaeus (La Farge?), Jean Helluys, Jean Doyen, Claude Arnolphe, and others, dedicated to Jean Le Vasseur, principal of the Collège de Reims at Paris. These three works seem to have been bound together at one time but were presumably divided when recently rebound.