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Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?) The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes; [bound with] The Historie of Serpents. London: Printed by William Jaggard, 1607 [and] 1608. First editions of both titles, folio, title page of Beastes with woodcut of the gorgon; both titles illustrated with woodcuts of animals throughout, bound in full leather, rebacked, 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. "Topsell's work is remembered chiefly for its detailed and vigorous illustrations, including the famous image known as Dürer's Rhinoceros. The illustrations have been widely reproduced in many contexts, and Topsell's bestiary has been reprinted in various modern editions, usually in greatly reduced form. [...] Topsell, repeating ancient legends, assigns exotic attributes to actual animals. He writes, for example, that: True toads have a toadstone in their heads that protects people from poison. Weasels give birth through their ears. Lemmings graze in the clouds. Elephants worship the sun and the moon and become pregnant by chewing on mandrake. Apes are terrified of snails. Of the procreation of mice, Topsell writes, it 'is not only by copulation, but also nature worketh wonderfully in ingenduring them by earth.'" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell) Beastes: A2-6 (lacking first blank, A1), [para]6, [2para]8, *2, B-Z6, Aa-Vv6, Aaa-Xxx6, Yyy7 (lacking final blank Yyy8). http://estc.bl.uk/S122276 Serpents: A2-6, B-V6, Aa-Hh6. http://estc.bl.uk/S122051 Estimate $8,000-10,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Torsellino, Orazio (1545-1599) The Admirable Life of S. Francis Xavier. Paris [i.e. Saint-Omer: At the English College Press], 1632. First and only English edition before 1801, rare; no auction sales since 1922; ESTC lists five U.S. copies, engraved title, bound in full gilt calf by Bedford, gilt-tooled and lettered spine, a.e.g., rebacked, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. "During the first half of the 17th century the English College Press at St. Omer, France, under the direction of John Wilson, SJ, was the most important source of the proscribed Catholic literature that nourished the piety and loyalty of English recusants." (Catholic Encyclopedia) [pi]1 (engraved title), A4, a4, e4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Iiii4. http://estc.bl.uk/S118493 Estimate $5,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Tryon, Thomas (1634-1703) A New Method of Educating Children. London: Printed for J. Salusbury, at the Rising-Sun in Cornhill; and J. Harris, at the Harrow, 1695. First edition, 12mo, six U.S. copies listed in ESTC, bound in full contemporary speckled sheepskin, rebacked, printer's waste fly leaves, 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. "The Master and Tutors shall neither Whip, Beat, nor shew Anger or Passion toward any Child, be he never so dull: But instead of such Correction, shall take the dull Child aside, and Commend and Praise him for his Endeavours; inform him how many men of mean Birth have advanc'd themselves to a Noble Pitch of Eminence and Glory, by their Learning, Vertue, and Sobriety; and by these Means they shall excite and prompt him on to an honourable Ambition and Emulation. This, no doubt, will have a good Effect." A4, B-E12, F8. http://estc.bl.uk/R34678 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Tryon, Thomas (1634-1703) The Way to Health, Long Life and Happiness; or a Discourse of Temperance. London: Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Lane near Shoreditch, 1683. First edition, octavo, bound in full contemporary unsophisticated calf, some light wear, generally good, headcap chipped, 7 x 4 1/4 in. "Tryon's ideas on historical and philosophical matters were heavily influenced by ancient Pythagoreanism, Hinduism, and the teachings of German occultist Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He considered himself a Christian and tried to reconcile Biblical, Pythagorean and Hindu teachings. His conviction was that there was one true original religion of mankind, followed by Moses, Pythagoras and the Indian Brahmins, but perverted by the majority of Christians. According to him, the main tenets of that faith were pacifism and non-violence to animals; benevolence to all species and vegetarianism were prerequisites for spiritual progress and a possible restoration of Paradise. He explicitly advocated animal rights." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tryon) [pi]4, b4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Qqqq4 (This book is printed in eights but signed in fours). http://estc.bl.uk/R10677 Estimate $2,000-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Vergil, Polydore (1470?-1555) An Abridgement of the Notable Woorke of Polidore Vergile. London: Imprinted within the precincte of the late dissolued house of the Grey Friars, by Richard Grafton, printer to the Princes grace, the. xvi daie of Aprill, the yere of our lorde, 1546. First edition, (this edition dated April 16, 1546 was presumably published before the edition dated January 25, 1546 because of use Old Style dating, persistent in the British Isles until 1752; in this system, the year changed on March 25, Lady Day); small octavo, a translation and abridgment of Polydore Vergil's De Inventoribus Rerum prepared by Thomas Langley (d. 1581); five U.S. copies listed in ESTC; this variant with a2r catchword: 'lyfe'; and "Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum" at foot of title; some minor soiling to preliminaries, bound in full later calf, rebacked, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. A8, a-u8, x7 (lacking x8 ?blank). http://estc.bl.uk/S107600 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Vigo, Giovanni da, (1450?-1525) The Whole Worke of that Famous Chirurgion Maister Iohn Vigo: Newly Corrected, by Men Skilfull in that Arte. London: Printed by Thomas East, 1586. Quarto, title printed within typographical ornament border, text in black letter, full olive calf, front board detached, ex libris Eugene Somer Flamm, with his bookplate inside the front board, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. Although Vigo is generally known today only for his mistaken treatment of gunshot wounds (he supposed that gunpowder poisoned the victim and recommended a treatment that involved the use of boiling oil), his work on surgery was enormously successful. It was translated into English, Latin, Italian, and French and reprinted dozens of times in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, making him one of the best known surgeons of his day. (para)10, A-Z8, Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Lll8. http://estc.bl.uk/S107484 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Webb, John (1611-1672) An Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability that the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language. London: Printed for Nath. Brook, at the Angel in Gresham Colledge, 1669. First edition, octavo, title page printed in red and black, illustrated with folding engraved map of China, bound in modern half leather with marbled paper boards, 6 3/4 x 4 in. In this fascinating work, Webb argues that the Chinese people speak the original language spoken by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. His work is also valuable for its insight into the cross-cultural connections between the English-speaking world and the far east in the mid-17th century. A4, B-O8, P3, (lacking final blank, P4). http://estc.bl.uk/R24606 Estimate $7,000-10,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Webster, John (1610-1682) The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft. Wherein is Affirmed that there are Many Sorts of Deceivers and Impostors. London: Printed by J.M. and are to be sold by the Booksellers in London, 1677. First edition, folio, bound in full contemporary speckled sheepskin, ruled in blind, later label and date on spine, old repair to head cap, front joint starting, 11 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. [pi]4, a4, B-Z4, Aa-Yy4 (Yy4 blank and appears integral). http://estc.bl.uk/R12517 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Whetstone, George (c. 1544-1587) The English Myrror. A Regard Wherein al Estates May Behold the Conquests of Envy. London: Printed by I. Windez for G. Seton, and are to be sold at his shop under Aldersgate, 1586. First edition (two variants only were published in 1586, no subsequent editions), quarto, title page printed within border of typographical ornaments, woodcut coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth with an acrostic in her honor printed on title verso, ex libris Sir Richard Newdigate of Arbury with his engraved 1709 bookplate pasted on ffep, the H. Bradley Martin copy, with his bookplate, along with those of the Arbury Library and the Later Library [an Elizabethan collection] of Herschel V. Jones (all pasted inside the front board); [bound with] a defective copy of Rainoldes's A Chronicle of all the Noble Emperours of the Romaines, London: Thomas Marshe, 1571, (lacking title, preliminaries, two leaves in the first signature and one in the last, see collation), first title complete, contemporary marginal manuscript notes (slightly trimmed), slightly later sponge-decorated calf, rebacked, marbled edges, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Two of Whetstone's works are thought by scholars to have been used by Shakespeare: his 1582 Historie of Promos and Cassandra, a prose tale from which William Shakespeare apparently drew the plot of Measure for Measure (although it is thought that the bard was probably familiar with the story in an earlier dramatic form); Whetstone was also an acknowledged source for Much Ado About Nothing. Whetstone: [para]4, A-P8. http://estc.bl.uk/S111678 Rainoldes: [four preliminary leaves consisting of incomplete portions of the epistle dedicatory and to the reader, no title, preliminary leaves incomplete], A2-6 (of 8), B-Z8, Aa-Dd8, Ee2-7. http://estc.bl.uk/S115791 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Whitaker, Tobias (d. 1666) Peri Ydroposias: or, a Discourse of Waters: their Qualities, and Effects Diaeticall, Pathologicall, and Pharmacaeiticall. London: Printed for Iohn Grismond, at the signe of the Gunne in Ivie-Lane, 1634. First edition, 12mo, rare; no auction sales; ESTC lists two U.S. copies; calf boards, rebacked, 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. Whitaker's first published work, by his second, he had decided that wine was the necessary liquid for making the most of life. A2-10 (lacking A1 ?blank), B-G12, H6. http://estc.bl.uk/S101856 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Wigan, Eleazar (fl. circa 1700) Practical Arithmetick, an Introduction to ye Whole Art. London: Sold by I. Lenthall Stationer att the Talbott against St. Dunstans Church in fleet Street Where are Sold Severall Printed Coppy Books and all Sorts of Stationary Wares, [1701?]. Large quarto, second edition, engraved portrait opposite title (trimmed and remargined at foot), engraved title and throughout, sixty numbered leaves, rare, three copies at auction, two copies of this variant in ESTC worldwide; bound in later half calf, marbled paper boards, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. portrait, title, 60 numbered text plates/leaves. http://estc.bl.uk/R18813 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Willfsford, Thomas (b. circa 1612) Nature's Secrets. Or, the Admirable and Wonderfull History of the Generation of Meteors. London: Printed for Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, 1658. First edition, octavo, engraved portrait of Willsford at the age of forty-six by Vaughan opposite title (trimmed close at fore-edge), full-page woodcut of a weather glass, or perpetual calendar on page 150; Druce Donation stamp on title; short tear at the top inner gutter of B1, bound in slightly later full leather, rebacked, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. Willsford discusses astronomy and the four elements in the first section, and then moves on to meteors, comets,and "blazing stars." He cites Tycho Brahe, the Pre-Socratics, Acosta, Cardanus, Pliny, and others. The third part is taken up with weather prediction, in the fourth, prodigious meteors, earthquakes, and diseases. A-O8, (first signature collation counts portrait frontispiece, perhaps A1 lacking ?blank; final signature contains four leaves of bookseller's ads, listing 84 items available from Nathaniel Brook). http://estc.bl.uk/R204119 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Xenophon ( c.430-354 BC) Xenophon's Treatise of Householde. [London: Imprinted in Fletestrete by Thomas Berthelet, printer to the kynges moste noble grace, 1537.] Octavo, title printed within woodcut compartment, text in black letter throughout; an English translation of Xenophon's Oeconomicus by Gentian Hervet, bound in full modern calf, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. Xenophon's Oeconomicus is considered one of the earliest works of household management and economics, and includes interesting treatments on topics such as relationships between men and women, city versus country life, and the ancient Athenian issues of slavery, religion, and education. Its revival in the Renaissance is documented by this translation.Xenophon: printed in 1544 A-G8, H7 (lacking final blank H8). http://estc.bl.uk/S122085 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

A Necessary Doctrine and Erudicion for Any Chrysten Man, set furth by the Kynges Maiestye of England. &c. [London: Imprinted in Fletestrete by Thomas Berthelet, printer to the kynges hyghnes, the xxix. daye of Maye, the yere of our lorde, 1543]. Small octavo, title page printed within woodcut compartment, this work is commonly known as The King's Book, being Henry VIII's post-divorce version of The Bishop's Book; the introduction was ostensibly written by the King himself; text printed in black letter throughout, bound in later full calf, rebacked in 1907, worn, some minor worming; ex libris Halifax Literary & Philosophy Society (bookplate), and Thomas Brown Wilber (blindstamp in ffep), with an older Quaritch condition note penciled inside back board, 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. "It was the King who secured the compliance of the political nation for his divorce and orchestrated the parliamentary statutes of 1533-35. Once the course had been set by the enactment of the Supremacy Act, Henry's policy was marked by a remarkable, if not always serene, consistency. The King intervened personally to ensure that the Bishop's Book of 1537 reflected his vision of a reformed, purged, but theologically orthodox church. Nor was the last decade of the reign marked by a conservative reaction, as is usually supposed. The King's Book of 1543 pursued the search for an elusive middle way by reaffirming both reforms accomplished and Catholic theology." (Quoted from the article "The King's Reformation," a review by Andrew Pettegree published in History Today of The King's Reformation: Henry VIII and the Remaking of the English Church by George Bernard, Yale University Press, 2005) https://www.historytoday.com/andrew-pettegree/king%E2%80%99s-reformation A-T8. http://estc.bl.uk/S109055 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Brathwaite, Richard (1588-1673) Natures Embassie: or, the Wilde-Mans Measures: Danced Naked by Twelve Satyres. London: Printed by [Richard Field] for Richard Whitaker, 1621. First edition, octavo, title printed within remarkable woodcut compartment depicting the dance described in the title; separate title pages for The Second Section, The Shepheards Tales, Omphale, and His Odes (collation continuous); rare, six U.S. copies listed in ESTC; bound in full crushed russet levant by Riviere, central gilt lozenge on each board, lettering to spine, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g.; ex libris John Camp Williams, with his diamond-shaped morocco book ticket, joints a bit dry, head and tail lightly rubbed, corners bumped, 6 1/4 x 4 in. A4, B-R8, S4. http://estc.bl.uk/S1516 Estimate $10,000-12,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Brinkelow, Henry (d. 1546) The Complaynt of Roderyck Mors, Somtyme a Gray Fryre. Imprinted at Savoy [i.e. Strasbourg]: per Franciscum de Turona [i.e. Wolfgang Köpfel, 1542?] Octavo, title page provided in pen facsimile, rare, no auction sales since 1953; three U.S. copies listed in ESTC, approximately fifteen leaves with marginal or corner paper restorations, neatly done, lost text made up in pen facsimile; ex libris Harold Marshall; bound in full 19th century red pebbled morocco by T. Aitken, elaborately gilt-tooled spine, gold tooling on boards, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. A-H8. http://estc.bl.uk/S106579 Estimate $5,000-7,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Bromhall, Thomas (fl. circa 1658) A Treatise of Specters. Or, an History of Apparitions, Oracles, Prophecies, and Predictions. London: Printed by John Streater, dwelling in Well-Yard, near the Hospital of S. Bartholomews the Lesse, 1658. First edition, folio, bound in later full sheepskin, title page with some discoloration, ex libris Harvard College Library with bookplate on rear endleaf with William A. Jackson's initials in pencil at center of release stamp; 10 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. A3, B-Z4, Aa-Nn4, Oo2, Aaa-Kkk4, Lll-Rrr2. http://estc.bl.uk/R12412 Estimate $1,500-2,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Browne, William (1590-c. 1645) Britannia's Pastorals. First and Second Books. London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, 1625. Octavo, woodcut printer's mark with flaming heart on title page, full-page woodcut of a poem in the form of an intricate knot, bound in full crushed navy blue morocco by Stikeman & Co., ornately gilt spine, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., 5 3/4 x 4 in. A-Y8. http://estc.bl.uk/S105932 Estimate $3,000-4,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Buchanan, George (1506-1582) Ane Detectiovn of the Duinges of Marie Quene of Scottes, Touchand the Murder of hir Husband, and hir Conspiracie, Adulterie, and Pretensed Mariage with the Erle Bothwell. London: Printed by John Day, [1571]. First edition, small octavo, a translation in Scots dialect, possibly by Thomas Wilson, of De Maria Scotorum Regina, bound in contemporary limp parchment tooled in gilt with a crowned Tudor rose and the initials "A.G." on both covers, inside a gilt-ruled compartment with fleur-de-lis tooled at each corner, lacking ties, housed in a custom clamshell box, 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. A-Y4 (final leaf, Y4, blank and present, with evidence of bearers). http://estc.bl.uk/S106062 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Bunyan, John (1628-1688) A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity: or, an Exhortation to Christians to be Holy. London: Printed by B.W. for Benj. Alsop, at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1684. First edition, 12mo, rare, three U.S. copies listed in ESTC; bound in full crushed navy blue morocco by F. Bedford, spine ornately gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., ex libris Cardiff Castle, with bookplate, 5 1/2 x 3 in. A-I12, K6. http://estc.bl.uk/R30867 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Bunyan, John (1628-1688) Differences in Judgment about Water-Baptism, No Bar to Communion. London: Printed for John Wilkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Exchange-Alley, 1673. First and only edition, octavo, added later frontispiece from The Pilgrim's Progress, the Britwell copy, ex libris George Goyder, bound in full navy blue crushed morocco by Bedford, a few rust stains, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. A-G8, H7, (lacking final blank H8). http://estc.bl.uk/R21419 Estimate $8,000-10,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Buoni, Tommaso (1574-1607) Problemes of Beauty, Love, and all Humane Affections, with a Discourse of Beauty by the Same Author. Translated into English by S.L. Gent. London: Printed for Edward Blount, and William Aspley, 1618. First edition, 12mo, rare, no auction sales; ESTC lists two U.S. copies (both at Harvard); title page and errata remargined, ex libris Frances Freeling and Samuel Boddington (with bookplates); contents good, later boards, rebacked, hinges starting, 5 x 2 1/2 in. Perhaps you have wondered, "Why is Love called a flame, a fire, and the like?"; "Why doe Lovers in the presence of those they Love knowe not how to frame their speech?"; or "Why hath nature geven to every thing a Desire?" this rare text shines some early 17th century light onto these and other questions that still persist in 2018. B-O12, P10. http://estc.bl.uk/S1065 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Burghley, William Cecil, Baron (1520-1598) The Copie of a Letter Sent out of England to Don Bernardin Mendoza Ambassadour in France for the King of Spaine Declaring the State of England. London: Imprinted by I. Vautrollier for Richard Field, 1588. First edition, quarto, one of several variants printed in the same year, a contemporary account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, printer's device on title. [Bound with] Certaine Advertisements Out of Ireland, Concerning the Losses and Distresses Happened to the Spanish Navie, upon the West coastes of Ireland, London: Imprinted by I. Vautrollier for Richard Field, 1588; bound by Lloyd of London in later full gilt parchment over boards, rebacked, a.e.g., title page with light even overall gray discoloration, contents not similarly affected, 7 x 5 in. A-E4, F2; A-B4, [C]2. http://estc.bl.uk/S108407 Estimate $12,000-15,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Acosta, Jose de (1540-1600) Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies. London: Printed by Val: Sims for Edward Blount and William Aspley, 1604. First edition in English, quarto, type ornaments and woodcut "The" on title, ex libris Sir George Chudleigh and his daughter-in-law, Lady Mary Chudleigh, the poet, with several extensive manuscript text annotations on title, last few leaves, and some instances in the text, this copy sold in the Fleming sale at Christie's New York on 18 November 1988; bound in full pale olive green calfskin by Leighton, elaborately gilt spine; some minor staining to text leaves, last leaf repaired, lacks final blank, b4, a few headlines shaved, boards a bit rubbed, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. The Historia Natural y Moral established Acosta's reputation as a keen observer capable of relating detailed and realistic descriptions of the New World. A Spanish Jesuit by training, Acosta first traveled to the Americas in 1570. In addition to notes on the natural history of the places he visited, including Peru (where he crossed the Andes), Panama, and Mexico, Acosta also describes Incan and Aztec customs and natural geographical features, such as tides, lakes, rivers, and mineral resources. He also established several universities in South America, where native languages were carefully studied and recorded, and was responsible for bringing a printing press to Peru in the 1570s. A4 (A1 present, blank save signature mark), B-Z8, Aa-Pp8, a4, b3. http://estc.bl.uk/S100394 Estimate $8,000-12,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Burton, Henry (1578-1648) Or an Unmasking of the Mystery of Iniquity, Folded up in a Most Pernitious Breeve or Bull, sent from the Pope lately into England. London: Imprinted by W. Joens for Michaell Sparke, 1627. First edition, quarto, rare, no auction sales since 1964, the Huth copy; title page with woodcut illustration showing Charles I attempting to defend his kingdom from the Pope by stabbing him while the Bull is presented by one of the Pope's men, with leaf explaining the title page illustration bound opposite, bound in full tan calf by Clarke & Bedford, a.e.g.; a large copy, with deckle edges showing, 7 3/4 x 6 in. Burton's work is a line by line rebuttal of the papal bull issued on May 30, 1626, in which Urban VIII advised Catholic citizens of Great Britain to decline the Oath of Allegiance prescribed on Charles I's accession to the throne. [pi]2, para4, 2para4, a4, **4, [section sign]3, A-N4 http://estc.bl.uk/S122485 Estimate $1,500-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Calvin, Jean (1509-1564) Foure Sermons of Maister Iohn Calvin, Entreating of Matters Very Pofitable for our Time, as may bee seene by the Preface. London: for Thomas Man, dwelling at Pater Noster Rowe, at the Signe of the Talbot, 1579. Quarto, rare at auction, last copies offered in the 1920s; title page printed within typographical ornament border. [Bound with] Anthony Anderson's (d. 1593) The Shield of our Safetie, London: by H. Iackson in Fleetestreate, beneath the Conduite, at the Signe of S. Iohn Evangelist, 1581, first edition, four U.S. copies listed in ESTC, A1 (blank save signature and type ornaments) present before title; title page printed within typographical ornament border, the two titles in contemporary limp parchment, stab-stitched, some spotting, softening to paper in top right corner in a section of the second work, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. Calvin: [manicule]4, ***2, A-H8 (H8 blank and present). http://estc.bl.uk/S107288 Anderson: A-X4 (half-title and colophon leaf present). http://estc.bl.uk/S100137 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Camões, Luís de (1524-1580) trans. Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666) The Lusiad, or Portugals Historicall Poem. London: for Humphrey Moseley, at the Prince's Arms in St Pauls Church-yard, 1655. First edition in English, illustrated with engraved frontispiece bound opposite title, two full-page engraved portraits: one of Prince Henry of Portugal, the other of Vasco da Gama (1469-1524); bound in full contemporary (c. 1670) speckled calf, gilt-tooled spine, an unsophisticated copy with gilt-tooled spine, some wear, front joint tender, contents generally good, water stains, 12 x 7 1/2 in. The Lusiads, considered one of the most important Portuguese poems, is an epic work on the subject of Vasco da Gama's explorations in the Americas. [pi]1, A4, a4, b2, [two plates], [unsigned singlet: a verse by Tasso on da Gama], B-Z4, Aa-Ff4. http://estc.bl.uk/R18836 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Campion, Edmund, Saint (1540-1581) Two Histories of Ireland. The One Written by Edmund Campion, the other by Meredith Hanmer, Dr. of Divinity. Dublin: Printed by the Society of Stationers, 1633. First edition, small folio, title page printed within woodcut compartment, bound in contemporary speckled boards, rebacked, 11 x 7 1/4 in. Edmund Campion was the first Jesuit priest to be executed in England under the Statutes of the Elizabethan Act of Supremacy in 1581. Campion: does not contain the History by Edmund Spenser sometimes found [para]6, A-L6, M4; Aa-Ss6, Tt4 (Tt4 blank likely integral). http://estc.bl.uk/S118078 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cartwright, John, of Magdalen College, Oxford (fl. circa 1599) The Preachers Travels. Wherein is set downe a true Iournall, to the confines of the East Indies, through the Great Countreyes of Syria, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Media, Hircania and Parthia. London: Printed for Thomas Thorppe, and are to bee sold by Walter Burre, 1611. First edition, quarto, title page printed within a border of typographical ornaments, without blank leaf A4, bound in later full polished marbled calf with two russet morocco labels on spine, front board detached, book ticket of Myers & Co. of London pasted inside the front board, 6 7/8 x 5 in. Cartwright, as an agent of the Muscovy Company, travelled widely across the Middle East. "The account of his journeys is one of the most valuable of the period." (Raymond Howgego's, Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800, page 197) A3, B-O4, P2. http://estc.bl.uk/S107677 Estimate $10,000-12,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (1624?-1674) The Life of the Thrice Noble, High and Puissant Prince, William Cavendishe, Author's Presentation Copy. London: Printed by A. Maxwell, 1667. First edition, folio, author's presentation copy, with inscription to English antiquary Robert Thoroton (1623-c. 1678) on ffep, "Robt. Thoroton ex dono Authoris," with the full-page engraving, The Duke and Dutchess of Newcastle and their Family engraved by Pierre Clouwet (1606-1677) after Abraham van Diepenbeck (1596-1675) bound opposite the first leaf of the preface; bound in full contemporary dark calf, tooled in gilt, nicely rebacked and recornered, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. [pi]2, (a)-(c)2, (d)3, (e)2, B-Z2, Aa-Ff2, Gg3 (with added leaf), Hh-Zz2, Aaa-Bbb2, [one unsigned leaf], Ddd-Eee2. http://estc.bl.uk/R30741 Estimate $7,000-10,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cervantes, Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. London: Thomas Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton at the three Pigeons over against the Inner-Temple Gate in Fleet-street, 1687. Folio, engraved frontispiece (torn with loss along inner margin, repaired), illustrated with eight additional full-page engravings (for a total of nine, including the frontis), English translation by John Phillips (1631-1706), some stains and tears to contents, bound in modern half leather with marbled paper boards, 12 x 7 in. [eight preliminary leaves: frontis, typographical title, dedication (unsigned), Something instead of an Epistle to the Reader (A2), two unsigned leaves with dedicatory verses that begin: "Amadis de Gaul" and "The Unknown Knight," first two leaves of contents (A2 and unsigned)], c2, B-R4, S3, T-Z4, Aa-Oo4, Pp3, Qq-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Iiii4. http://estc.bl.uk/R25756 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Coignet, Matthieu, sieur de La Thuillerie (1514-1586) Politique Discourses upon Trueth and Lying. London: Printed by [John Windet for] Ralfe Newberie, 1586. First English edition of this French-language courtesy book, a translation of, Instruction aux Princes pour Garder la Foy Promise, by Sir Edward Hoby, woodcut printer's device on title page, large woodcut arms on verso of title, repairs to inner margin of title, not affecting text; title page cropped at the top, cutting into the first line of the title, some minor defects to text leaves, bound in full modern calf, without the final blank, Q6, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. [para]6, A-8, Q5. (Lacking final blank Q6). http://estc.bl.uk/S108450 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Colonne, Guido delle (c. 1287) The Life and Death of Hector. One, and the First of the Most Puissant, Valiant, and Renowned Monarches of the World, Called the Nyne Worthies. London: Thomas Purfoot, 1614. First edition under this title, small folio, large decorative title page woodcut compartment with female embodiments of Wisdom and Science, shields for each of the four continents, the royal arms of James I, and a scholar at his desk, contemporary signatures of James and Elizabeth Calthorpe, and Edward Palmer on title, title with a defect to the bottom inner corner repaired on verso; bound in later speckled boards, rebacked, spotty discoloration to bottom inner corner throughout, 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. "A modernized verse paraphrase of the Troy Book of John Lydgate, which was in turn 'a very much amplified version of the prose Latin Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, in turn a condensed version of the Roman de Troie of Benoît de Sainte More." (Quoted from "Lydgate's Troy Book," Early English Text Society, extra series 97, p. ix.) [pi]2-6 (lacking [pi1] first blank; A-K6, L9, M-Z6, Aa-Cc6, Dd3 (lacking final blank Dd4). http://estc.bl.uk/S119764 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Conestaggio, Girolamo (1530-c. 1616) trans. Edward Blount (1562-1632) The Historie of the Vniting of the Kingdom of Portvgall to the Crowne of Castill. London: by Arn. Hatfield for Edward Blount, 1600. First edition in English, large quarto, authorship sometimes attributed to Juan de Silva, original title: Dell'unione del Regno di Portogallo alla Corona di Castiglia, was published in Genoa in 1585; ex libris Johannis Johnson, perhaps John Johnson of Cranbrook, with a Magdalene College, Cambridge inscription, (1662-1725); James Ibbetson, with his 18th century armorial bookplate; John Blount, with his bookplate inside back board and stencil on verso of title; Richard Duncan Radcliffe, with bookplate; Albert George Sandeman; and Patrick W. Sandeman, with bookplates; bound in full parchment over stiff boards, title page mounted; water staining; 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. A-Z6, Aa-Ee6, Ff4. http://estc.bl.uk/S108618 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

An Olde Thrift Newly Revived. Wherein is Declared the Manner of Planting, Preserving, and Husbanding Yong Trees of Divers Kindes for Timber and Fuell. London: Printed by W[illiam] S[tansby] for Richard Moore, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstanes Churchyard, 1612. First edition, quarto, authorship variously assigned to Rooke Churche, Robert Chambers, or R. Churton; rare, five U.S. copies listed in ESTC; illustrated with a large folding woodcut plate of an instrument used to measure "boord, or any solide, round or square bodie, be it Timber, stone, glasse, or any such like, and also to take the heighth of a Tree, or of any thing else" bound between pages 74 and 75, followed by further necessary diagrams, tables, and formulas for calculating these measurements, bound in full modern crushed burgundy morocco, decorated in blind with gilt lettering on spine, 6 3/4 x 5 in. A3, B-P4. http://estc.bl.uk/S107648 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Contarini, Gasparo (1483-1542) The Common-Wealth and Government of Venice. London: Imprinted by Iohn Windet for Edmund Mattes, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the Hand and Plow in Fleetstreet, 1599. First and only edition in English before 1801, typographical ornament on title, stab sewn with alum-tawed slips and bound in full contemporary limp parchment with polished surface, in very good contemporary condition, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. This English translation of Contarini's De Magistratibus et Republica Venetorum was first published in Paris in 1543. It documents and records Venice's unique system of government in the period. Contarini composed the work while he served as ambassador to Charles V, and extols the inherent harmony and fairness of the Venetian system. [fleuron]4, A-Z4, Aa-Gg4 (Gg4 blank & present). http://estc.bl.uk/S108619 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cornwallis, Sir William (1579-1614) Essayes. London: Printed [by S. Stafford] for Edmund Mattes, at the signe of the Hand and Plowgh in Fleet-street, 1600. First edition, part one only, 12mo, woodcut device on title, bound in full olive morocco by Mounteney, tooled in gilt, a.e.g., in a custom half morocco box, 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. Cornwallis influenced the essay-writing styles of Montaigne and Bacon, and helped define the English style of the genre. A4, B-N8, O2. http://estc.bl.uk/S108699 Estimate $3,500-4,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Coryate, Thomas (1577-1617) Coryats Crudities; Hastily Gobled up in Five Moneths Trauells. London: by W[illiam] S[tansby], 1611. First edition, lacking the errata leaf, quarto, illustrated with extra engraved title signed by William Hole, full-page woodcut arms of the Prince of Wales between a3 and a4; and the following engravings by Hole: Tomaso Odcombiano meeting Margarita Emiliana opposite page 266; folding plate of the Amphitheater of Verona before page 311; folding plate of the Strasbourg clock after page 452; folding plate engraved portrait of Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (1574-1610) on page 496; text engraving of a dragon on Bbb3 verso; bound in full dark brown morroco by Bedford, lavishly blind-tooled, gilt spine lettering, a.e.g., very minor rubbing, ex libris travel historian and book collector, Boies Penrose II (1902-1976), author of Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance, 1420-1620, published by Harvard University Press in 1952, with his bookplate inside the front board; a3 slightly smaller, with repair to gutter, minor professional paper repairs to some text, 8 x 5 7/8 in. [pi]2, a8 [singlet with Prince's arms bound between a3 and a4], b1, b4, b2-8, c-g8, h-l4, B-C8, D1, D3, D2-8 [eleven leaves signed D: the last leaf of An Oration in Praise of Travell; three leaves of Laurence Whitaker's Elogie; and seven leaves containing the beginning of Coryate's Observations of France], E-Z8, Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Ccc8, Ddd4, [3E]1 (signed Eee3), lacking [3F]1 (errata leaf). http://estc.bl.uk/S108716 Estimate $12,000-15,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cosin, Richard (1549?-1597) An Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Iurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, of Late Times by Some chalenged, and also Diversly by them Impugned. London: Imprinted by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1593. Enlarged second edition of which two variants exist, quarto, separate title page and collation for second and third parts, bound in full contemporary limp parchment with a polished surface, ex libris Richard Mostyn of Penbedw Denbighshire, with his engraved bookplate pasted inside the front pastedown, good contemporary condition, trimmed at an odd angle originally with some occasional incursions to some headlines, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. "An apologie for sundrie proceedings by jurisdiction ecclesiastical (1593) is his major work. He expressed the views that Magna Carta implied that the English monarchy did not have absolute power, but that it had no application to ecclesiastical jurisdiction." (Quoted from Alan Cromartie's, The Constitutionalist Revolution: An Essay on the History of England, 1450-1642, 2006, pp. 131 and 139. A-V4, Aa-Tt4 (Tt4 blank & present), [pi]2, B-Z4, Aa-Kk4. http://estc.bl.uk/S122948 Estimate $1,500-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cotgrave, Randle (d. 1634?) A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. London: by Adam Islip, 1611. First edition, folio, title page printed within elaborate woodcut compartment, contents in remarkably good condition, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt lozenge on each board, gilt tools in center of each compartment, rebacked, 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Cotgrave's work is an important landmark in comparative lexicography.Cotgrave: lacking the folding table of conjugations [A]4 (A1 blank and present), B-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Zzz6, Aaaa-Nnnn6 (Nnnn6 blank & present). http://estc.bl.uk/S107262 Estimate $1,000-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cotton, John (1584-1652) God's Mercie Mixed with His Iustice, or His Peoples Deliverance in Times of Danger, Laid Open in Several Sermons. London: by G.M. for Edward Brewster, and Henry Hood at the Bible on Fleet-Bridge, and in S. Dunstanes Church-yard, 1641. First edition, quarto, rare, no auction records, last listed for sale in a 1952 Goodspeed's catalog, no subsequent editions published; bound in later full dark morocco, tooled in gilt by Matthews, marbled endleaves, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. "John Cotton, the majority of the English Puritans knew, was the American with the widest reputation for scholarship and pulpit ability; of all the American ministers, he had been consulted most frequently by the prominent Englishmen interested in Massachusetts; of all of the American ministers, he had been the one to supply England not only with descriptions of his practice, but with the theoretical base for it. John Cotton, the majority of the English Puritans concluded, was the prime mover in New England's ecclesiastical polity." (Quoted from Larzer Ziff's The Career of John Cotton: Puritanism and the American Experience, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1962, p. 197). A-K4. http://estc.bl.uk/R2386 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556) A Confutatio[n] of Unwritte[n] Verities. [Wesel?: Printed by J. Lambrecht?, 1556]. First edition, small octavo, text printed in black letter; rare, no copies offered at auction since 1964, ESTC locates six U.S. copies; finely bound in full mottled calfskin, boards ruled in gilt, gilt-tooled spine, inner gilt dentelles, ex libris George Goyder with his bookplate and penciled signature and notes, title slightly dusty, 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. This text was written in answer to Dr. Richard Smith, who maintained that there were truths requiring belief which were not expressed in Scripture. A-P8, O7 (lacking final blank, O8). http://estc.bl.uk/S109030 Estimate $6,000-9,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556) Catechismus, That is to Say, a Shorte Instruction into Christian Religion for the Synguler Commoditie and Profyte of Childre[n] and Yong People. London: Gualterus Lynne excudebat, 1548. First edition, octavo, title printed within woodcut compartment, full-page woodcut on verso of title; twenty-six text woodcuts, one signed Hans Holbein; large woodcut on colophon; rare at auction, the last complete copy (lacking no printed leaves) was offered for sale in 1937; the four copies listed in auction sales between 1953 and 2010 have all lacked either title, colophon, or text leaves; two variants listed in ESTC, neither of which description corresponds directly to the details of this copy, colophon in this copy reads, "Imprynted at London for Gwalter Lynne, dwellyng on Somers kaye by Byllynges gate," with no mention of Nicholas Hill; D1r line 1 begins: "ymage"; L1r, line 5 ends: "of"; both variants in ESTC are rare, with each showing two U.S. copies only; bound in full blue morocco tooled in gilt, a.e.g. (becoming decased); ex libris William Van Mildert, with his bookplate, 5 1/4 x 3 1/3 in. This Catechism, explicitly created for the instruction of children and young people, was a translation prepared by Cranmer of the text by German Lutheran theologian and reformer Justus Jonas (1493-1555). ( )6, A-Y8, Aa-Ll8, Mm7 (lacking final blank Mm8). http://estc.bl.uk/S109272 http://estc.bl.uk/S109276 Estimate $12,000-18,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Crouch, Nathaniel (1632-1725) The Surprizing Miracles of Nature and Art. London: Printed for Nath. Crouch, at the Bell next Kemp's Coffee-House in Exchange-Alley, 1683. Second edition, 12mo; engraved frontispiece, illustrated with five additional full-page engravings of the natural and occult disasters, and wonders of the world; rare at auction, no sales since 1966; bound in contemporary speckled calf boards, rebacked, 5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. In this populist work, Crouch describes comets, prodigious plagues of various birds and animals, and other strange appearances in the heavens on and the seas. Two engravings depict the seven wonders of the world. A-K12. http://estc.bl.uk/R11001 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Davenport, John (fl. circa 1646) The Witches of Huntingdon, their Examinations and Confessions; exactly taken by his Majesties Justices of Peace for that County. London: Printed by W. Wilson, for Richard Clutterbuck, 1646. First edition, quarto, rare; ESTC lists five U.S. copies; no auction sales since 1930; bound in full crushed russet morocco by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g.; light dampstains, some leaves lightly browned, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. A-B4, C2. http://estc.bl.uk/R200949 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Antoniszoon, Cornelis (b. 1499) The Safeguard of Sailers, or Great Rutter. Containing the Courses, Distances, Soundings, Floods, and Ebbs. London: Printed by W.G. for Wil. Fisher at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill, and Benj. Hurlock over against St. Magnus Church near London-Bridge, 1671. Quarto, translated from the Dutch by Robert Norman, editor's preface signed W.B.; text woodcuts, one folding woodcut plate, one text leaf folded with woodcut; the Harrison D. Horblit copy with his bookplate; rare, two U.S. copies in ESTC; no auction sales since 1939; later speckled calf boards, rebacked and recornered, chipping to head, tail, and corners, 6 3/4 x 5 in. A2, B-Z4, Aa-Kk4, Ll2. http://estc.bl.uk/R17514 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Day, Richard (b. 1552) A Booke of Christian Prayers. London: Printed by John Daye, dwellyng over Aldersgate, 1578. Quarto, illustrated with woodcut borders on title page and text leaves throughout, with a full-page woodcut of Queen Elizabeth at prayer in her chapel, this work is also known as Queen Elizabeth's Prayerbook; this copy bound in contemporary calf boards, tooled in gilt with central lozenge, rebacked, leather from boards relaid over new boards, signature A misbound after signature B, table at end (Oo3 and Oo4) supplied from a copy of the 1608 edition and re-margined, slight rubbing to spine and board corners, boards slightly reflexed, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. [manicule]4, B4, A2, C-Y4, Aa-Oo4 (Sig. A misbound after sig. B; Oo3 & Oo4 supplied from 1608 edition). http://estc.bl.uk/S121845 http://estc.bl.uk/S109435 Estimate $8,000-12,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Demosthenes (c. 384-322 BC); Thomas Wilson, trans. (1525?-1581) The Three Orations of Demosthenes. London: Imprinted by Henrie Denham, 1570. First English edition, quarto, title page printed within typographical ornament border, woodcut view of Athens on A3r; ex libris George Goyder, with his bookplate pasted inside the front board, bound in later half leather, marbled paper boards, 7 x 5 1/4 in. http://estc.bl.uk/S109558 [pi]4, *4, **4, A-Y4 (Y4 blank & present). Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Donne, John (1572-1631) Biathanatos. A Declaration of that Paradoxe or Thesis that Self-homicide is not so Naturally Sin, that it May Never Be Otherwise. London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Princes Armes in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1648. First edition, second issue, with cancel title, quarto, title page printed in red and black, decorated initials, list of authors cited precedes signature A, final blanks Ee3 and 4 present, bound in contemporary ruled sheepskin, neatly rebacked in calfskin, lettered in gilt on spine, with later wove endleaves and pastedowns in keeping with the feel of the original, board edges somewhat frayed, ex libris W.E. Hope Vere, Craigie Hall, Craigie Hall Library, with two bookplates inside the front board, never trimmed, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. Responsibility for publication of this controversial tract was conferred in death by Donne to his son. Circulated only in manuscript during the poet's lifetime, this is the first published version of the text presented to the public. [para]3, cancel title, (*)2, A/[para]4, A-Z4, Aa-Ee4 (Ee3 & Ee4 blank & present). http://estc.bl.uk/R13916 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Donne, John (1572-1631) Biathanatos. A Declaration of that Paradoxe, or Thesis, that Selfe-homicide is not so Naturally Sinne, that it may never be otherwise. London: Printed by John Dawson [for Henry Seile], 1644. First edition; undated title, quarto, bound in later full calf, nicely done in period style, some contemporary notes on free blanks, ownership inscription dated 1699 on title, ex libris University College London, four-line contemporary manuscript note at the foot of page 30, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. "Every Tuesday I make account that I turn a great hourglass, and consider what a week's life is run out since I writ. But if I ask myself what I have done in the last watch, or would do in the next, I can say nothing. If I say that I have passed it without hurting any, so may the spider in my window. [...] I have often suspected myself to be overtaken [...] with a desire of the next life, which, though I know it is not merely out of a weariness of this, [I suspect] worldly encumbrances have increased." (Donne, in a 1608 letter to his friend Henry Goodyer.) [para]4 (first leaf blank and likely integral), (*)2, A/[para]4, A-Z4, Aa-Dd4, Ee2. http://estc.bl.uk/R13744 Estimate $12,000-14,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Donne, John (1572-1631) Pseudo-Martyr. London: Printed by W[illiam] Stansby for Walter Burre, 1610. First edition, quarto, the H. Bradley Martin copy, with book tickets and plates of Harold Greenhill, Clarence S. Bemens, and Leonard Klein, bound in very good contemporary limp parchment, contents good, housed in a custom phase box, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. After Henry VIII led the British people into the protestant religion, his citizens struggled with royal allegiances and religious conscience. In Pseudo-Martyr, Donne, himself a converted Catholic, advises British Roman Catholics to take the Oath of Allegiance to James I. This is Donne's first appearance in print. A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Ggg4, Hhh2, [para]2. http://estc.bl.uk/S109984 Estimate $25,000-35,000 Hole slightly smaller than one inch in covering material on front board adjacent to spine. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Du Moulin, Peter (1601-1684) Directions for the Education of a Young Prince. London: Printed for H. Brome at the Gunin St. Paul's Church-yard, 1673. First edition; 12mo, two U.S. copies in ESTC, ex libris Arnold Muirhead, with his bookplate, bound in full modern calf, retaining the original page size, with contemporary red edge coloring, some faint marginal dampstaining, 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. DuMoulin's work on the education of a young prince to age seven includes chapters on shamefacedness, fear, curiosity, credulity, natural vicious inclinations in children, pride, willfulness, lying, intemperance, the qualities of a governess, and other topics. A6, B-F12 (F12 final blank and present). http://estc.bl.uk/R31384 Estimate $3,000-4,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Dufour, Philippe Sylvestre (1622-1687) The Manner of Making of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate. London: Printed for William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple Bar near Devereux Court, 1685. First and only edition, 12mo, woodcut illustration of "the coffee tree" and a coffee bean roaster on page 9, bound in full 18th century speckled calf, gilt-ruled boards and spine (bottom section of spine chipped and missing, front board detached), marbled endleaves, a.e.g., trimmed a bit close along the foot, 5 1/4 x 3 in. [pi]1, A-E12, F10 http://estc.bl.uk/R4072 Estimate $3,000-4,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Ellis, John (1710?-1776) The Natural History of Many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes. London: Printed for Benjamin White & Son, 1786. First edition, large quarto, illustrated with sixty-three uncolored plates, bound in full contemporary polished tree calf, spine tooled in gilt, somewhat dry, corners bumped, 11 1/2 x 9 in. Ellis's important work on corals gives a snapshot of the species living in the earth's oceans in the late 18th century. [pi]2, B4, B-Z4, Aa-Dd4, 63 engraved plates. http://estc.bl.uk/T145682 Estimate $800-1,200 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Elyot, Sir Thomas (1490?-1546) Pasquyll the Playne. London: Thomae Bertheleti, 1540. Second edition (two appeared in 1533); title page printed within architectural woodcut border dated 1534; large woodcut of Elyot's coat of arms on the verso of C7 with the slogan "Face aut Tace"; rare, no auction sales; two U.S. copies listed in ESTC; bound in later limp parchment, contents somewhat water stained, with some spots, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. Pasquil the Playne is a semi-serious prose dialogue set in ancient Rome on the various flaws and merits of speech versus silence. Because Elyot was part of Henry VIII's court, and friends with Cromwell and Wolsey, one may suppose that it portrays some aspects of that scene. Elyot is among the pioneers of English prose literature. A-C8, (final blank, C8, appearing only as a 1 1/4 in. stub). http://estc.bl.uk/S108773 Estimate $5,000-7,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Elyot, Sir Thomas (1490?-1546) The Image of Governaunce Compiled of the Actes and Sentences Notable, of the Most Noble Emperour Alexandre Severus, Late Translated out of Greke into Englishe. London: Imprinted in the house of Thomas Berthelette, 1549. First edition, small octavo, title printed within architectural woodcut border, text in black letter, bound in full modern calf, some minor faults to text, title remargined, some light worming, a few spots, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. In Writing Under Tyranny: English Literature and the Henrician Reformation, Greg Walker writes that, The Image of Governance, "far from being a straightforward life of an ideal emperor, is actually a complex, bitter, and at times savagely satirical rumination on princely power and its perversions, probably prompted at least in part by the fall of Elyot's patron and friend Thomas Cromwell. Many of the details highlighted in the text seem designed to comment upon contemporary events and Henry's slide into tyranny in the course of the 1530s." Elyot: third edition A-Z8, Aa4. http://estc.bl.uk/S111496 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430) Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Io. Lod. Vives. London: Printed by George Eld, 1610. First edition in English, folio, De Civitate Dei, translated into English by John Healey, large woodcut printer's device on title, bound in full contemporary English calf with large gilt lozenge on both boards, rebacked, repairs to board corners and edges; last twenty or so leaves with water stains and spotting, a few text leaves with water stains, 11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. A4 (A1 is blank), A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Zzz6, Aaaa-Iiiii6, Kkkk3 (lacking final blank Kkkk4). http://estc.bl.uk/S106897 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Erasmus, Desiderius (d. 1536) Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte, quicke, wittie and sente[n]cious saiynges. London: by Ihon Kingston, 1564. Second English edition, octavo, woodcut ornament at foot of title, first word in italic type, text in black letter, ex libris George Goyder, with his signature and notes in pencil, ex libris Henry Cunliffe, with his bookplate pasted inside the front board, along with this note, "purchased at Hugh Thomas' Sale, December 1853," bound in straight-grained russet morocco, spine a trifle rubbed, title toned, some side notes trimmed too closely, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. This translation was prepared by Nicholas Udall, a playwright, clergyman, and teacher. He was celebrated for his rendering of Erasmus's Apophthegmata into English, and famous for authoring Ralph Roister Doister, generally regarded as the first comedy written in the English language. http://estc.bl.uk/S101673 *-**8 (**8 blank & present), a-z8, A-H8, I10 (I10 blank and present). Estimate $4,500-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Estienne, Henri (1531-1598) A Mervaylous Discourse upon the Lyfe, Deedes, and Behaviours of Katherine de Medicis. At Heydelberge [i.e. London: Printed by H. Middleton?], 1575. First edition, octavo, rare, five U.S. copies listed in ESTC, bound in full later calf, fore-margins of title and following leaf reinforced, 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. "Between 1575 and 1579, at least nine French editions [of this work] were published, [...] in English, Latin, and German versions as early as 1575. Modeled satirically on a Latin saint's life or Legenda, the Discours Merveilleux purports to expose the devious and perverse character of Catherine de Medici, which threatens to lead to the destruction of the French Kingdom. At once an anti-Italian and misogynist assault on the Queen Mother, the Discours Merveilleux represents one of the foundational texts behind the notorious image of Catherine as the Black Queen." (Quoted from an article by Leah Chang, The George Washington University, published on the University of Virginia website: https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/renaissance-in-print/frenchwarsofreligion/catherinedemedicis) A-M8, N2. http://estc.bl.uk/S101750 Estimate $800-1,200 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Evelyn, John (1620-1706) Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. London: Benj. Tooke at the Middle Temple-Gate, in Fleetstreet, 1697. First edition, folio, title page printed in red and black, illustrated with text engravings, ex libris Sir Frederick Evelyn, 3rd Baronet (1734-1812), and direct descendant of the author, with his engraved bookplate; bound in full tan calf, gilt tooled-spine, marbled endleaves, a.e.g., rubbed and marked, contents generally good, 12 1/2 x 8 in. A-Z4, Aa-Xx4, Yy-Zz2, Aaa2. http://estc.bl.uk/R21821 Estimate $600-800 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.