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SENECA, Lucius Annaeus (54?B.C.- 39A.D.). Tragoediae. Edited by J.C.Schrder. Delft: A.Beman, 1728. 4 (290 x 220mm). Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece. (Some spotting.) Contemporary red morocco bound for the Bibliotheca Lamoniana, the flat spine divided into seven sections, black morocco lettering-pieces on the second and seventh sections, the sixth section with shelfmarks, the others with repeat pattern made up from small tools, g.e. (the lower label torn with loss). Provenance: Chrtien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-1794, binding, library label, manuscript shelfmarks). Brunet V, 286.
Marcus Valerius MARTIALIS. Epigrammata... interpretatus est Vincentius Collesso... exornavit Lud. Smids. Amsterdam: G.Gallet, 1701. 8 (196 x 120mm). Title in red and black. Engraved illustrations. Contemporary citron morocco gilt, the flat spine in seven sections, brown morocco lettering-pieces in the second and seventh, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: S.W. (ink stamp on title); Lamoignon de Malherbes (1721-1794, binding, library label, manuscript shelfmarks); Mr.Joy (manuscript note of purchase); William Beckford (Bernard Quaritch Hamilton Palace label); Mary E. Eady-Borlase (armorial bookplate); Henry J.B.Clements (armorial bookplate). Brunet III, 1491.
[another copy]. 8 (197 x 122mm). Contemporary dark blue morocco by Bisiaux for Renouard, covers with decorative fillet and roll tool borders, the flat spine divided into six sections, lettered in the second, the others with various small tools surrounding a central fountain tool, gilt turn-ins, the upper cover with 'Renouard' lettered at foot, pink watered silk liners, vellum free endleaves, g.e., with binder's ticket (light scuffing to joints). Provenance: A.A.Renouard (binding); Lord (tipped-in ALS, dated 1863, to 'My dear Lord', signed 'D.D.'); Mortimer L.Schiff (leather book-label, sale Sotheby's 24 March 1938, lot 297); Major John Roland Abbey (leather book-label). Brunet III, 1491.
Sextus PROPERTIUS (c.50-c.16 B.C.). Les Oeuvres, in Latin and French. Translated by Micel de Marolles, abb de Villeloin. Paris: Guillaume de Luyne, 1655. 8 (170 x 110mm). Parallel text in Latin and French, 1p. errata (Kk5v) & 1p note about Scaliger (Kk6r) at end. 18th-century French red morocco gilt, with the arms of Louis-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes, prince de Grimberghen at du Saint-Empire [Olivier 1844, fer.1] on the covers, the spine in six compartments, lettered in the second, the others with elements of the prince's arms added, g.e. (4)
Marcus Valerius MARTIALIS. Epigrammata... interpretatus est Vincentius Collesso... exornavit Lud. Smids. Amsterdam: G.Gallet, 1701. 8 (196 x 120mm). Title in red and black. Engraved illustrations. Contemporary citron morocco gilt, the flat spine in seven sections, brown morocco lettering-pieces in the second and seventh, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: S.W. (ink stamp on title); Lamoignon de Malherbes (1721-1794, binding, library label, manuscript shelfmarks); Mr.Joy (manuscript note of purchase); William Beckford (Bernard Quaritch Hamilton Palace label); Mary E. Eady-Borlase (armorial bookplate); Henry J.B.Clements (armorial bookplate). Brunet III, 1491.
[another copy]. 8 (197 x 122mm). Contemporary dark blue morocco by Bisiaux for Renouard, covers with decorative fillet and roll tool borders, the flat spine divided into six sections, lettered in the second, the others with various small tools surrounding a central fountain tool, gilt turn-ins, the upper cover with 'Renouard' lettered at foot, pink watered silk liners, vellum free endleaves, g.e., with binder's ticket (light scuffing to joints). Provenance: A.A.Renouard (binding); Lord (tipped-in ALS, dated 1863, to 'My dear Lord', signed 'D.D.'); Mortimer L.Schiff (leather book-label, sale Sotheby's 24 March 1938, lot 297); Major John Roland Abbey (leather book-label). Brunet III, 1491.
Sextus PROPERTIUS (c.50-c.16 B.C.). Les Oeuvres, in Latin and French. Translated by Micel de Marolles, abb de Villeloin. Paris: Guillaume de Luyne, 1655. 8 (170 x 110mm). Parallel text in Latin and French, 1p. errata (Kk5v) & 1p note about Scaliger (Kk6r) at end. 18th-century French red morocco gilt, with the arms of Louis-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes, prince de Grimberghen at du Saint-Empire [Olivier 1844, fer.1] on the covers, the spine in six compartments, lettered in the second, the others with elements of the prince's arms added, g.e. (4)