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SOPHOCLES. Aiax Lorarius, stylo tragico a Iosepho Scaligero Iulii F. translatus. [Strassburg: A. Beltramus], 1587. part one only (of 2), 8° (151 x 92mm). Woodcut device on title. Brown morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly, figure of an oriental dancer on front cover composed of inlays of blue, red, green and black morocco, stylised depiction of Ajax in gilt on back cover, gilt edges.

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SOPHOCLES. Aiax Lorarius, stylo tragico a Iosepho Scaligero Iulii F. translatus. [Strassburg: A. Beltramus], 1587. part one only (of 2), 8° (151 x 92mm). Woodcut device on title. Brown morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly, figure of an oriental dancer on front cover composed of inlays of blue, red, green and black morocco, stylised depiction of Ajax in gilt on back cover, gilt edges.

[BOUTET, Claude]. Traité de mignature, pour apprendre aisement à peindre sans maistre. Avec le secret de faire les plus belles couleurs, l'or bruny, & l'or en coquille. Paris: Christophe Ballard, 1696. 8° (159 x 94mm). (Browned, some soiling.) 20th-century green morocco, gilt spine, large depiction of an 18th-century lady in gilt on front cover, back cover decorated in diaper form with a circle, a star or a heart in each compartment; and 2 others in the lot, similarly bound. (4)
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