Mar 09, 2017 - Sale 2438

Sale 2438 - Lot 186

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
[RAPIN, RENÉ.] The Comparison of Plato and Aristotle. With the Opinions of the Fathers on their Doctrine. And some Christian Reflections. [24], 214, [2] pages, including final blank. bound with: [SAINT-ÉVREMOND, CHARLES DE.] Judgment on Alexander and Caesar; and also on Seneca, Plutarch, and Petronius. [2], 78 pages, including initial license leaf. and: [RAPIN, RENÉ.] Observations on the Poems of Homer and Virgil. [8], 128 pages, including initial ad leaf. Together, 3 volumes in one. 8vo, 145x90 mm, contemporary calf, quite worn, top of spine and front joint chipped; margins trimmed without text loss, occasional soiling. 19th-century bookplate and signature of Thomas Probert, and gift inscription to his daughter-in-law. London: T. R. and N. T. for Dorman Newman and Jonathan Edwin, 1673; A. Maxwell for Jonathan Edwin, 1672; S. G. and B. G. for Dorman Newman and Jonathan Edwin, 1672

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first editions in english. The first 2 were also published together with an added general title not present here. Wing R260, S303A, R266.