AINSWORTH, ROBERT - ‘THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS’
AINSWORTH, ROBERT - ‘THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS’
fourth edition, volumes I and II, printed for W. Mount et al, London 1752, folio, richly gilt tooled brown leather bound, the front covers impressed with arms of Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1693-1768), the spines with black leather half titles, with Perran Wood bookplates (2)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
AINSWORTH, ROBERT - ‘THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS’
fourth edition, volumes I and II, printed for W. Mount et al, London 1752, folio, richly gilt tooled brown leather bound, the front covers impressed with arms of Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1693-1768), the spines with black leather half titles, with Perran Wood bookplates (2)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
