9th Dec, 2021 10:30

Two Day Book Sale

 
  Lot 333
 

JOHAN SADELER: SPECULUM PUDICITIAE [MIRROR OF CHASTITY] [FLANDERS?] circa 1587, engraved title page and 16 (of 18) engraved plates of female saints by Johan Sadeler after Maerten de Bos comprising Saint Maria, Catherina, Caecilia, Agnes, Barbara, Anastasia, Apollonia, Agatha, Christina, Ursula, Margarita, Juliana, Prisca, Euphemia, Justina and Dorothea, each image approx 180 x 130mm followed by a suite of 16 engravings, the first by HVL and IEW captioned 'Vita Divae Maria Virginis', each image approx 125 x 90mm, bound in at end GERARD DE JODE: CHORUS SEPTUM LIBERALIUM ARTIUM, circa 1580, 7 engravings comprising arithmetica, rhetorica, geometrica, musica, dialectica, grammatica and astronomia, each image approx 135 x 105mm, all engravings with good margins and old ink numbering at the top right corners, 4to, 20th century calf back faux leather, some contents loose

Sold for £820


 

JOHAN SADELER: SPECULUM PUDICITIAE [MIRROR OF CHASTITY] [FLANDERS?] circa 1587, engraved title page and 16 (of 18) engraved plates of female saints by Johan Sadeler after Maerten de Bos comprising Saint Maria, Catherina, Caecilia, Agnes, Barbara, Anastasia, Apollonia, Agatha, Christina, Ursula, Margarita, Juliana, Prisca, Euphemia, Justina and Dorothea, each image approx 180 x 130mm followed by a suite of 16 engravings, the first by HVL and IEW captioned 'Vita Divae Maria Virginis', each image approx 125 x 90mm, bound in at end GERARD DE JODE: CHORUS SEPTUM LIBERALIUM ARTIUM, circa 1580, 7 engravings comprising arithmetica, rhetorica, geometrica, musica, dialectica, grammatica and astronomia, each image approx 135 x 105mm, all engravings with good margins and old ink numbering at the top right corners, 4to, 20th century calf back faux leather, some contents loose

Auction: Two Day Book Sale, 9th Dec, 2021

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