A fine late 18th Century engraved and gilded etui with engraved mother of pearl panels of rectangular section and tapering form, the gilded frame finely engraved with mother of pearl cushion form cover with turned mount and loop, the base with conforming pearl mount and decorated finial with a full compliment of tools comprising gilded spoon, a folding steel knife with gilded and engraved pistol handle, a gilded pencil holder with accord finial, a pair of steel scissors with hinged upper arms, a gilded copper bodkin, a swivel bone tweezer and a gilded earspoon, 12cm
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Two Victorian sewing boxes comprising a rosewood rectangular example with pewter lines and mother of pearl dots, fitted tray 19.6 x 13.2 x 8cm, and a blue velvet example of shaped outline with pressed card borders, the interior with a selection of steel and other tools, lacking cord handles, with key, 23cm (2)
Hesiod. Opera, Vencie, Bartholomaeus Zanetti for Giovanni Francesco Trincavelli, June 1537, text printed in Greek cursive typeface, title in Greek and Latin, with woodcut device of the infant Hercules, Latin dedication to verso, woodcut initials, a1 printed in red and black, single full-page woodcut illustrating agricultural tools, occasional early marginal annotations in ink, old calf, modern antique-style reback with outer corners renewed, small 4to Adams H470. Mortimer, Sixteenth Century Italian Books 233. Editio princeps of Hesiod's works printed entirely in Greek, which includes advice on farming, the cultivation of vines and the storage of wine. (1)

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