Sale: 305 / Rare Books, Nov. 13./14. 2006 Lot 317

 
Thomas Blount - Censura. 1710.


317
Thomas Blount
Censura. 1710.
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 214
Sold:
€ 167 / $ 178
(incl. surcharge)
Blount, T. P., Censura celebriorum authorum sive tractatus in quo varia virorum doctorum de clarissimis cuiusque seculi scriptoribus judicia traduntur ... Editio nova correctior; cui accessit judiciorum vernaculo sermone ... Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf dem Titel. Genf, J. de Tournes u. a. 1710. Gesprenkelter Pgt. d. Zt. mit RSch. 4to. 4 Bll., 1063 S., 3 Bll.
Brunet IV, 819. - Lowndes I, 521: "An erudite work, much esteemed by the curious". - Dritte Ausgabe des großen biographischen Lexikons, erschien erstmals 1690. "The most elaborate and important work of Blount is his Censura celebriorum authorum ... It is a bibliographical dictionary of a peculiar kind, and may be described as a record of the opinions of the greatest writers of all ages on one another ..." (DNB II, 718) - Stockfleckig. Kanten stellenw. ausgebessert.
Third edition. Contemp. speckled vellum with label on spine. - Foxed. Edges of binding partly repaired.



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Thomas Blount
Censura. 1710.
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€ 200 / $ 214
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