Nov 08, 2007 - Sale 2127

Sale 2127 - Lot 10

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS, Saint. Of the Citie of God: With the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives. Englished by J[ohn] H[ealey]. [18] (of [20]), 921, [3] (of [11]) pages; lacks initial blank and last 4 leaves (end of index and final blank). Folio, 288x177 mm, later mottled calf, rebacked with morocco, hinges reinforced with cloth tape; marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, minor worming in blank upper inner corners toward beginning, Z1 transposed with Z2, 3T1 transposed with 3T2, paper flaw in outer margin of 2S5 affecting sidenotes, portion of outer margin excised from 3I6 and 4F5, last 2 leaves rehinged. Alexander Blair Thaw bookplate. sold as is. [London]: George Eld, 1610

Additional Details

first edition in english. Pforzheimer 19; STC 916.