![TERENCE (185-159 B.C). Comoediae. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1772. 4o (294 x 231 mm). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF TABLEY HOUSE, CHESHIRE and BRERETON HALL, CHESHIRE (scuffing at edges, rebacked). Provenance: John Abel Smith (bookplate). Weber I, pp. 42, 64, and 136. -- VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica. [Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1766]. 8o (186 x 120 mm). (Spotting throughout, lacking preliminary leaves.) Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco gilt, silk endpapers, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of a PASTORAL RIVER SCENE (joints rubbed, upper hinge split). Provenance: William Hartmann Woodin (bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/NYR/2010_NYR_02361_0267_000(terence_comoediae_birmingham_john_baskerville_1772_4o_contemporary_red045200).jpg?w=1)
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TERENCE (185-159 B.C). Comoediae. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1772. 4o (294 x 231 mm). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF TABLEY HOUSE, CHESHIRE and BRERETON HALL, CHESHIRE (scuffing at edges, rebacked). Provenance: John Abel Smith (bookplate). Weber I, pp. 42, 64, and 136. -- VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica. [Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1766]. 8o (186 x 120 mm). (Spotting throughout, lacking preliminary leaves.) Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco gilt, silk endpapers, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of a PASTORAL RIVER SCENE (joints rubbed, upper hinge split). Provenance: William Hartmann Woodin (bookplate).
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's Camarillo California, 2 February 1988, lot 669). (2)
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's Camarillo California, 2 February 1988, lot 669). (2)