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450 LETTERE VOLGARI di diversi nobilissimi huomini...libro primo. £4 10s.
Venice, Aldus, 1554
Sm. 8vo, French binding of citron morocco, each of 5 panels of back gilt with the Toison d’Or
device of H. B. de Roqueleyne, baron de Longepierre (1659-1721).
451 LEVER (Darcy) The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor, or a Key to the
Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship...With an Appendix con-
taining several figures illustrative of novelties and improvements in rigging, &c.
New edition. £3 15s. (1835)
4to, linen boards, with engr. title and above 110 plates of details of rigging, knots, splicing,
sails, &c. Dictionary of Sea Terms at end. First publd. in 1808.
452 LILY (Peter) Condones duae : una inscripta, Pax Liliana ; altera, Columba
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(cf. 3424, Two Sermons in English, 1619). Mentioned by Watt but author not traced elsewhere:
he was the grandson of William Lily, the grammarian, &c. Edited by Dorothy Lily. Snod-
ham printed the “ Lucrece ” of 1616 for R. Jackson.
453 LIVIUS. Deche di Tito Livio vulgare hystoriate. £11 10s.
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a large wood cut and throughout there are 435 beautifully designed woodcuts by F and b from
the orig. blocks of 1493, several from the Malermi Bible. Giunta’s device in red (85 by 58) not
in Kristeller. Essling 38. Reproduction see page 75.
454 LIVIUS. The Romane Historie : the Breviaries of L. FLORUS : with a
Chronologie, &c. Transl. by P. Holland. £2 10s. A. Islip, 1600
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only instance. See remarks on Livy and the story of Lucrece as told by Shakespeare in
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455 LLOYD (Lodowick) A Briefe Conference of Divers Laws : Divided into cer-
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456 LOVED AY (Robt.) Hymen’s Praeludia, or Loves Master-piece. Being that
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Stout folio, orig. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, large sound copy of an early complete ed.
of this “ hefty ” romance by Gauthier de Costes, sieur de CalprenGle. Prelim, verses by R.
Braithwait, Jas. Howel, J. Chapperline, J. Wright, G. Wharton and others. T. Guy, one of
the publishers, was the founder of the hospital bearing his name. Hazlitt II. 163. Esdaile
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457 LOVELL (R.) Panzoologicomineralogia, or a Compleat History of Animals
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450 LETTERE VOLGARI di diversi nobilissimi huomini...libro primo. £4 10s.
Venice, Aldus, 1554
Sm. 8vo, French binding of citron morocco, each of 5 panels of back gilt with the Toison d’Or
device of H. B. de Roqueleyne, baron de Longepierre (1659-1721).
451 LEVER (Darcy) The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor, or a Key to the
Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship...With an Appendix con-
taining several figures illustrative of novelties and improvements in rigging, &c.
New edition. £3 15s. (1835)
4to, linen boards, with engr. title and above 110 plates of details of rigging, knots, splicing,
sails, &c. Dictionary of Sea Terms at end. First publd. in 1808.
452 LILY (Peter) Condones duae : una inscripta, Pax Liliana ; altera, Columba
Ecclesiae. £3 10s. London, T. Snodham, 1619
Sm. 4to, wrappers, slight stains, sound copy with correction slips at pp. 65, 67. Not in Sayle
(cf. 3424, Two Sermons in English, 1619). Mentioned by Watt but author not traced elsewhere:
he was the grandson of William Lily, the grammarian, &c. Edited by Dorothy Lily. Snod-
ham printed the “ Lucrece ” of 1616 for R. Jackson.
453 LIVIUS. Deche di Tito Livio vulgare hystoriate. £11 10s.
Venice, Barth, de Zani (for L. A. de Giunta), 16 Apr., 1511
Sm. folio, old boards, stain on several leaves due to pressed flowers or something similar,
otherwise clean and sound copy, fairly large, with the 3 fine borders intact: these each contain
a large wood cut and throughout there are 435 beautifully designed woodcuts by F and b from
the orig. blocks of 1493, several from the Malermi Bible. Giunta’s device in red (85 by 58) not
in Kristeller. Essling 38. Reproduction see page 75.
454 LIVIUS. The Romane Historie : the Breviaries of L. FLORUS : with a
Chronologie, &c. Transl. by P. Holland. £2 10s. A. Islip, 1600
Stout fol., orig. cf. rebkd., margin of 1st 3 leaves mended but large and clean : 1st ed. of the 1st
English translation, wdct. port, of Elizabeth on back of title : large device, McKerrow324, the
only instance. See remarks on Livy and the story of Lucrece as told by Shakespeare in
Anders, Sh.’s Books p. 29.
455 LLOYD (Lodowick) A Briefe Conference of Divers Laws : Divided into cer-
taine Regiments. £6 5s. T. Creede, 1602
Sm. 4to, unbound, date on title and headlines cropped but sound, with final blank. Device of
griffin (McK. 339) the first year of use. Sayle 2733. B.M. 1008. Lowndes cites Bliss copy only.
Britwell copy brought £10 10s.
456 LOVED AY (Robt.) Hymen’s Praeludia, or Loves Master-piece. Being that
so much admired Romance intituled Cleopatra. In Twelve Parts. Rendered
into English by R. Loveday. £2 10s.
W.R. & J.R., sold by P. Parker & Thos. Guy, 1674
Stout folio, orig. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, large sound copy of an early complete ed.
of this “ hefty ” romance by Gauthier de Costes, sieur de CalprenGle. Prelim, verses by R.
Braithwait, Jas. Howel, J. Chapperline, J. Wright, G. Wharton and others. T. Guy, one of
the publishers, was the founder of the hospital bearing his name. Hazlitt II. 163. Esdaile
p. 193.
457 LOVELL (R.) Panzoologicomineralogia, or a Compleat History of Animals
and Minerals. £2 15s. Oxford, 1661
Stout 8vo, orig. calf, newly rebkd., small corner off title, touching border ; large sound copy,
with label leaf before p. 113 (Pt. 2). Remedies arranged by their origin, the Animal Kingdom
in classes, including Man himself : also Dynamilogia Pharmaceutica, arranged pathologically.
A compendium of all the superstitions in medicine and daily life, many being far from extinct
at the present time. Britwell copy brought £7 in 1925.
Catalogue No. 8, N.S.
Telephone : Regent 1610
