30th Jan, 2020 11:00
Oxford Library Sale including part two of the Eric Stanley Library
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THORKELIN
THORKELIN, Grímur Jónsson, Icelandic Scholar (1752-1829),
The first printed edition of Beowulf, the old English Epic Poem translated from Anglo Saxon into Latin 'De Danorum Rebus Gestis Secul. III & IV. Po‡ma Davicum Dialecto Anglosaxonica' ex Bibliotheca Cottoniana Musaei Britannici, Havniae (Copenhagen) Rangel 1815. title page with colophon. dedication to Johanni de Bülow. 299pp with preface and addenda. 4to. (235 x 200mm). modern rebind in black cloth with gilt tooled leather spine
Sold for £360
Estimated at £200 - £300
THORKELIN, Grímur Jónsson, Icelandic Scholar (1752-1829),
The first printed edition of Beowulf, the old English Epic Poem translated from Anglo Saxon into Latin 'De Danorum Rebus Gestis Secul. III & IV. Po‡ma Davicum Dialecto Anglosaxonica' ex Bibliotheca Cottoniana Musaei Britannici, Havniae (Copenhagen) Rangel 1815. title page with colophon. dedication to Johanni de Bülow. 299pp with preface and addenda. 4to. (235 x 200mm). modern rebind in black cloth with gilt tooled leather spine
Auction: Oxford Library Sale including part two of the Eric Stanley Library, 30th Jan, 2020
Oxford Library Sale including part two of the Eric Stanley Library
