Apr 19, 2007 - Sale 2110

Sale 2110 - Lot 41

Price Realized: $ 7,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ELIZABETHAN SAMMELBAND GUEVARA, ANTONIO DE. The Familiar Epistles. Title within type-ornament border. [8], 400, [8] pages * The Golden Epistles. Title within woodcut historiated border. [4], 347, [5] pages, including final blank * A Chronicle, conteyning the lives of tenne Emperours of Rome. Title within type-ornament border. [8], 484, [12] pages, including final blank. Together, 3 volumes in one, printed in black letter. 4to, 196x140 mm, contemporary calf with blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers and remnants of silk ties, later paper lettering piece, minor surface wear on covers, cover corners worn through, otherwise clean and exceptionally well-preserved. London: Ralph Newberie, 1584; 1582; 1577

Additional Details

Fourth, third, and first editions in English, respectively. STC 12435, 10796, 12426.