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¶ Huon de Bordeaux (1600)

February 2, 2015

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L’histoire et faits du très-preux, noble, et vaillant Huon de Bordeaux. Rouen: la vefue de Louys Costé, [1600].

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 445 (sold to Leighton for £1 13s.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 37 (5s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 2 (dated 1560).


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¶ Livy — Romane historie (1600)

December 6, 2014

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Livy [Titus Livius]. The Romane historie written by T. Livius of Padua. Trans. Philemon Holland. 2 vols. London: printed by Adam Islip, 1600.

Morris’s note in MS catalogue (1): “first leaf torn.”

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 14s.). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 761 (sold to Quaritch for £2 18s.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 51b (£1 10s.). — ESTC (S114001). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 9. — MS catalogue (2), no. 684 (with three X’s next to it).

Digital version: EEBO.


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