Sold for:
$411
$411
Spence, Reverend (1699-1768), Polymetis: or, an Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Ancient Artists , London, 1747, R. Dodsley, first edition, boards, having engraved frontispiece portrait, forty full page and folding engraved plates, and with vignettes amongst the text, folio, (good condition, rebound). Note: This copy contains the suppressed plate of a caricature portrait of Dr. Cooke, Provost of Eton, as an Ass, teaching.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-11-02