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SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS, Gaius. De coniuratione Catilinae historia. Eiusdem De bello Iugurthino .... Paris: R. Estienne, 1544. 8°, woodcut device on title (title very lightly soiled). 18th-century calf, gilt spine (slightly rubbed). Provenance: Hopetoun House (bookplate) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). Adams S155.
ERASMUS, Desiderius. Moriae encomium: or, the Praise of Folly. Made English ... by W. Kennett. London: J. Wilford, 1724. 8°, title printed in red and black, 2 engraved portraits, 31 plates, many folding, and 15 illustrations in the text (one folding plate torn and repaired, some spotting and staining). Contemporary panelled calf (slightly worn). Provenance: Eliz. Craven (contemporary signature on recto of first portrait) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners).
With Apophthegmata Graeca regum & ducum (Geneva, 1568, Adams A1329). (3)
ERASMUS, Desiderius. Moriae encomium: or, the Praise of Folly. Made English ... by W. Kennett. London: J. Wilford, 1724. 8°, title printed in red and black, 2 engraved portraits, 31 plates, many folding, and 15 illustrations in the text (one folding plate torn and repaired, some spotting and staining). Contemporary panelled calf (slightly worn). Provenance: Eliz. Craven (contemporary signature on recto of first portrait) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners).
With Apophthegmata Graeca regum & ducum (Geneva, 1568, Adams A1329). (3)
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