The Cottesloe Military Library
The Cottesloe Military Library
Auction Closed
November 19, 05:30 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
HERO
Belopoeeca hoc est telifactiva [edited by Bernardino Baldi]. Augsburg: David Franck, 1616
4to (188 x 133mm.), woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations, parallel text in Greek and Latin, contemporary limp vellum, two pairs of ties, one woodcut shaved
FIRST EDITION. A second copy (see lot 239).
LITERATURE:
VD17 23:255234L
PROVENANCE:
Henricus Gocheus, contemporary inscription on title-page (i.e. Henry Goche, of Trinity College, Cambridge)