Lot 2219
Rare Book Leaves. Eleven pages, various sizes.
1.) Golden Legend by Voraigne. In Low German. One page, recto and verso, quarto, n.p.,n.d. Printed in Cologne in 1485. 2.) Beschossen Gart der Rosencranta Marie by Pinder. In German. On page, recto and verso, quarto, Nuremberg, 1505. Woodcuts on either side of the text. 3.) The Fall of Princes by Boccaccio. In Old English, translanted by John Lydgate. One page, recto and verso, London, 1527. 4.) The New Testament. An excerpt from Paul's letter to Timothy. In English. One page, recto and verso, London, 1549. 5.) The Hystory by Thucydides. An excerpt from the Fourth Book. In English. One page, recto and verso, London, 1550. 6.) The Workes by Chaucer. From the Fourth Folio Edition. One page, recto and verso, London, 1561. 7.) The Bishop's Bible, an excerpt ("Sirach"). One page, recto and verso, London, 1572. 8.) The Book of Common Prayer. One page, recto and verso, London, 1662. 9.) Works, by Virgil. Translated by Dryden. One folio page bears a copperplate engraving. Two additional pages of text. London, 1658.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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