CLASSICS – Ten titles by classical authors or of classic literature, including Estienne and Plantin imprints, a 17th-century presentation copy, an early American edition of Milton, etc. Various places, 1538-1826.

Comprises: CICERO. Opera. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1539-[1538]. Four volumes (only, of 5), folio. 18th-century calf, spines gilt (vol. 1 spine chipped). * PETRARCH. Il Petrarca con dichiarationi non piu stampate. Venice: Nicolò Bevilacqua, 1562. 12mo. Woodcut portrait of Petrarch and Laura. (Headlines shaved.) Later calf (worn). Clamshell box. * CICERO. Epistolarum ad familiares. Antwerp: Plantin, 1574. 18mo. Early quarter calf (worn). * WALTON, Izaak. The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. London: Richard Marriott, 1670. First collected edition. Octavo. Four engraved portraits of each of the four subjects. Calf (rebacked). Custom quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Beverly Chew (morocco bookplate). * JANSSON, Theodor. De Vitis Stephanorum. Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergiana, 1683. Presentation copy, with inscription “Ex Dono Autoris” on the title-page. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. * The Life of Petrarch. London: James Buckland, 1775. Two volumes, octavo. Frontispiece. Contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco lettering pieces. * MILTON, John. A Selection from the English Prose Works. Boston: Bowles and Dearborn, 1826. Two volumes, octavo. Original quarter muslin over plain boards, uncut.

Together, 12 volumes. Various sizes. Condition varies.