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LOT 2246
General Books - Le Faust
1847 A.D.
10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (1.17 kg, 27.5 x 19 cm).
Goethe - Faust (in French translation) - Paris, 1847, hardback with cloth covers, gilding to edges, 373 pp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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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 - Fleurs, Fruits & Legumes du Jour
1871 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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. 400 grams, 29 x 23.8 cm
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General Books - Field Sketchbook of Lucien Jonas - Armee Anglaise
1915 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Lucien Jonas - Reproduction of the field sketchbook of Jonas subtitled 'Armée Anglaise Juin 1915' (British Army, June 1915) with studies of Sir John French, Douglas Haig, Brigadier Maurice, General Lambton and other officers, many with a location; inside front cover with listing of British and Indian regimental officers; inside back cover with list of Interpreters, French and Belgian mission officers, studies of Ypres (2) and the Pas de Calais; hardback with cloth covers (partly detached)' publisher's note to inside back cover (in French) stating that this sketchbook by the painter Jonas, who was attached to the Musée de l' Armée, has been reproduced in facsimile through Librarie Dorbon-Ainé in Paris; this volume is one of 200 monochrome offprints; with artist's manuscript initials. 799 grams, 32.2 x 24.2 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Unique first-hand study of the British Army in the early stages of the First World war.
