MONTAGU (HENRY, 1st Earl of Manchester) Manchester al mondo. Contemplatio mortis, & immortalitatis, MANCHESTER FAMILY COPY, 1633
Lot 118
MONTAGU (HENRY, 1st Earl of Manchester) Manchester al mondo. Contemplatio mortis, & immortalitatis, MANCHESTER FAMILY COPY, CONTEMPORARY VELVET BINDING WITH SILVER FITTINGS, 1633
Sold for £1,250 (US$ 1,897) inc. premium

Lot Details
MONTAGU (HENRY, 1st Earl of Manchester)
Manchester al mondo. Contemplatio mortis, & immortalitatis, second edition, title with winged head woodcut device, some typographical ornaments, errate leaf at end, some dampstaining, the otherwise blank initial leaf 'A' with the seventeenth century ownership signature of "C [or CE] Manchester" (probably Charles Edward Montagu, 1st Duke (4th Earl) of Manchester, c.1656–1722), CONTEMPORARY VELVET BINDING WITH SILVER FITTINGS, the covers with centrepieces and full borders composed of medallions with religious symbols and scenes (including the evangelists and Adam and Eve) linked by a border of floral columns, g.e., spine faded and rubbed, upper joint cracking, lacking clasps [STC 18026], 12mo, Robert Barker and assigns of John Bill, 1633

Footnotes

  • EARLS OF MANCHESTER FAMILY COPY, IN A CONTEMPORARY VELVET BINDING WITH FINE SILVER FITTINGS. The medallions are die-cast rather than etched, and possibly from the school of the noted Dutch engraver Simon van de Passe (c.1595-1644), who worked in London and subsequently Denmark, producing medals and gambling counters (opinion is still divided as to the technique that was used by him). Montagu's work had first been published two years earlier as Contemplatio mortis, et immortalitatis, anonymously but with a dedication by Edward Benlowes to the author.
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