Loading, please wait...
LOT 2220
General Books - Fleurs, Fruits & Legumes du Jour
1871 A.D.
11 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (400 grams, 29 x 23.8 cm).
Alfred le Petit - Paris, 1921, card covers, 30 loose printed cartoons in slip case depicting current (1871) political figures as flowers and vegetables, each with a short humorous verse beneath.
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
General Books - L'Existence de Dieu Demontree par les Merveilles de la Nature
1725 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Paris, 1725, full calf binding with marbled endpapers, 681 pp, 1 foldout plate; one board partly detached. 1.65 kg, 26 x 20.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman. -
General Books - Theophanis Archiepiscopi Nicaeni, Qvae Extant Opera
1590 A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Consalus Ponce de Leon - Rome, 1590, hardback (rebound), 176 pp. 190 grams, 17.2 x 11.3 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
This is the unique first edition of the complete works of Theophanes, comprising three letters from the archbishop of Nicaea which are now in the Vatican Library. The author, Theophanes, was active in the early ninth century; the translator, Ponce de Leon, was born around 1530 and was well educated, able to read Greek sufficiently well to translate it into Latin. He had access to a good library (possibly at the Vatican). He calls himself 'Cubicularius secretus' to Pope Sixtus V: a 'cubicularius' is a chamberlain, or head of the private servants; a position which afforded him access to both a great library and some very knowledgeable contacts.. This publication was edited by Ioannes Bonafes and the book bears the legend on the title page (in Latin) 'The existing works of Theophanes, archbishop of Nicaea; now first published in Latin from the Greek, in the Vatican Library'. A copy of the same book is in the famous Onassis Library (ref. 33522). -
General Books - Astronomiæ, Physicæ et Geometricæ Elementa
1726 A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Davidus Gregorius - Geneva, 1726 (2nd edition, revised and corrected), marbled boards in quarter-calf binding, foldout tables and charts, 427 pp + appendix and index; spine chipped, damaged. 1.47 kg, 25 x 21 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
