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The Pastorals of Virgil... [Blake, William. Thornton, Robert John.] London: 1821. 2 vols., small 8vo, xii (-vii/viii), 12, xxiv (-i/iv), 214 pp; [I], [215]-592 pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and 230 illustrations including 17 woodcuts and 6 engraved plates by Blake, and four other designs by Blake engraved by others. Retrospective early 19th century full calf, red labels, by Court Benson. A very good copy of a scarce work in any condition as it was issued for use in schools. Blake contributed 17 woodcuts to this volume (as well as 10 other plates, of which he engraved six) which were not well received; nor were they... $47,500.00

Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis. [Wood, Anthony à.] Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1674. 2 vols in 1, large thick folio, with an engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 1 double-page map, 2 illustrations, 23 initials, 23 head-pieces, 9 large woodcut initials by George Edwards. Sumptuously bound by the “Spaniel binder” in English red morocco, the covers with elaborate panelled overall decoration built up from numerous small tools, black morocco onlays, rebacked by Middleton retaining the original backstrip and label. A large- and thick-paper copy magnificently bound. De luxe edition on large (and thick) paper especially used for this version. This magnificent example of Oxford printing was paid for by the great... $6,750.00