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Lot 209
[MINIATURE BOOKS] -- [CLASSICS]. BOETHIUS, Aniciuis Manlius Torquatus Severinus. De consolatione philosophiae. Douai: B. Beller, 1632. [With:] ANACREON. Odai. Glasgow: R. & A. Foulis, 1751.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[MINIATURE BOOKS] -- [CLASSICS]. BOETHIUS, Aniciuis Manlius Torquatus Severinus (480?-524?). De consolatione philosophiae. Douai: B. Beller, 1632.
72 x 45 mm. (Some minor soiling.) Late 19th- or early 20th-century morocco gilt, edges gilt (some very light rubbing). Provenance: B. Baraton (signature dated 1788 on title-page, annotations on blank leaf facing title); Henry P. Cameron (signature dated 1875); Hugh Tempest Sheringham (1876-1930), English angling author (bookplate).
[With:] ANACREON (572?-488? B.C.). Odai. Glasgow: R. & A. Foulis, 1751. 74 x 45 mm. Title printed in Greek; text throughout printed in Greek. Contemporary red morocco elaborately gilt (lower hinge starting, some light rubbing).