Tacitus Opera Dublin 1730
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WILLIAM BECKFORDS COPY. (3). TACITUS, CORNELIUS. Opera quae exstant ex recensione et cum animadversionibus Theodori Ryckii. I-III. Dublin (ex officina Georg Grierson) 1730.
8:o. (2), (i)-x, 1-387, (1 blank), (2), 1-409, (1 blank), (2), 1-414, (2), i-xcii, (48) pp. Titles printed in red and black, 1 engraved vignette.
Contemporary red morocco bindings, somewhat worn, arms of Trinity College on covers within gilt frames, vol. III with cracks in upper joint, richly gilt spines in six compartments, all edges gilt. Signature of Thore Virgin on first free endpapers, with notation that the book was bought in London 1910. Signature on first endpapers "Exlibris R. Bendyshe e Dono Patris 1801". First free endpaper in vol. I with signature "R. Bendyshe ex dons Jac. Tilson". Second free endpaper in vol. I with stamp "Bibliotheca Qvarnforsiana". Vol. I with Thore Virgins bookplate. 3 volumes.
The William Beckford Copy, from his library at Hamilton Palace, sold as number 2397 in part III of the auction catalogue 1883.
Later sold at the Thore Virgin auction, catalogue III (1976), number 941
For the binding, see C. O. Lochlainn, Book-binding in Ireland, in Gutenberg Jahrbuch 1936.
Auktionsnummer:
6140
Datum:
2016-06-21