Lot 24
  • 24

Plantin-Moretus--

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • a collection of 25 volumes printed by Plantin and his successors.
Torrentius, Laevinus. Poemata. Antwerp,1579Hugo, Herman. De vera fide capessenda. Antwerp, 1620; Eucherius, Saint. De contemptu mundi--Ibid. De laude Eremi. Antwerp, 1621; [Hay du Chastelet, Paul] Les entretiens des Champs Elizees.1631--[Sirmond, Jean] Le coup d'estat de Louys, [1631][Wilson, Matthew] Modesta ac brevis discssio. Antwerp, 1631; Guinisius, Vincentius. Poesis heroica, elegiaca, lyrica, epigrammatica.  Antwerp, 1637; Chifflet, Jules. Audomarum obsessum et liberatum anno MDCXXXVIII. Antwerp, 1640
and 19 others, together 27 works in 25 volumes, 4to to 16mo, old vellum (some gilt ruled and stamped), titles and PN cypher in ink on spines, a complete list is available on request from the department, sold not subject to return

Literature

Plantin-Moretus family, retained as duplicates on the establishment of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in 1876

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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