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Garnet Valley, PA, United States
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DECEMBER 4 | From the William Roberts Library
Briggs Auction, Inc.
A fine estate collection drawn from the imposing Rittenhouse Square townhouse-turned-private library of the late Bill Roberts, longtime partner at Blank Rome, we offer a selection of the high points of his favorite subjects: Music, Classics, Botany, Poetry, Art and Law.
Music is represented by volumes on Baroque music, the lute, violins and violin-making; Classics by a selection of early editions of Virgil and a variety of standard references and foundational texts; Botany by good 18th and 19th C. titles in the field, especially those focused on Mosses; Poetry by a fine collection of first editions of the works of Wallace Stevens; Art by volumes focused on the Italian Renaissance and the art of the 20th century; Law by choice 18th and early 19th century American law books. These are surrounded and supported by a potpourri of other fine and select titles.
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![[Law] Jure Balli ac Pacis Libri Tres](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779874_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1764094892)
![[Music] Le Chansonnier Cordiforme Facsimile](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779917_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1764094897)
![[Poetry] Stevens Wallace Ideas of Order](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220780001_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1764094899)
![[Music] Italian Violin Makers: Hamma, Walter & Blum, Josef-Stefan. Italian Violin Makers. Wilhelmshaven: Florian Noetzel, 1993. 8th edition. Parallel text in German, English, French and Italian. | You have additional shipping](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779905_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] Stradivarius Violins: Doring, Ernest. How Many Strads? Our Heritage from the Master. Chicago: Bein & Fushi, 1999. Library edition, in red cloth, unnumbered. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779906_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] Stradivarius Violins: Sacconi, Simone. The "Secrets" of Stradivari: with a catalogue of the Stradivarian relics contained in the Civic Museum. Cremona: Libreria del Convegno, 1979. | You have additional shipping options,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779907_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] Violin Makers & Players of Venice: [2 vols] Pio, Steffano, Liuteri Sonadori Venezia 1750-1870: Violin Makers and Players Venice 1750-1870, Venice: Venice Research, [2002]. Two copies. | You have additional shipping options, and are](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779908_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094895)
![[Music] Violin Makers & Players of Venice: Pio, Staffano. Liuteri Sonadori: Violin Makers and Players 1750-1870. Venice: Venice Research, 2002. First edition, in publisher's plain card slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and are](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779909_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094898)
![[Music] Bowmakers Peccatte Family: [2 vols] Childs, Paul. The Bowmakers of the Peccatte Family. Montrose: Magic Bow Publications, 1996. #403 & #2375 from a limited edition of 2500 copies. Two copies. | You have additional shipping](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779910_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094895)
![[Music] Bows for Musical Instruments: Roda, Joseph. Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family. Chicago: William Lewis & Son, 1959. A copy of the "Library Edition" of 3000 copies (printed in addition to the de luxe edition of 200](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779911_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] Jean Pierre Persoit Violin Bows: Childs, Paul, Jean Pierre. Persoit: His Life and Work. Montrose: Magic Bow Publications, 1993. Text in English and French. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779912_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094897)
![[Music] Pajeot Violin Bow Makers: Bowden, Sidney. Pajeot: Bow Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries. London: Ealing Strings, 1991. Green quarter leather, in publisher's slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and are not](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779913_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094895)
![[Music] Music & Image in Classical Athens: Bundrick, Sheramy. Music and Image in Classical Athens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live Shipping. Additional](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779914_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094897)
![[Music] Cambridge History of Medieval Music: [2 vols] Everist, Mark & Kelly, Thomas. The Cambridge History of Medieval Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Two volumes; first edition, second printing. | You have additional](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779915_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094896)
![[Music] Madrigals: Einstein, Alfred. The Italian Madrigal. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949; complete in three volumes, in publisher's red paper-covered slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779916_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094896)
![[Music] Le Chansonnier Cordiforme Facsimile: Le Chansonnier Cordiforme Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu. Valencia: Vicent Garcia Editores, 2007. This lot consists of a facsimile reproduction of the famous heart-shaped chansonnier, bound in red](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779917_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094897)
![[Music] Italian Music Incunabula: Duggan, Mary Kay. Italian Music Incunabula: Printers and Type. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992 (First edition, first printing with full number line). | You have additional shipping](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779918_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] Claudio Monteverdi: Monteverdi, Claudio. Selva Moreale e Spirituale. Cremona: Fondazione Claudio Monteverdi, 1998; two volumes, in publisher's thin card slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and are not](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779920_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094897)
![[Music] French 16th Century: Leisure, Francois. Musique et Musiciens Français du XVIe Siècle, Geneva: Minkoff Reprint, 1976. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live Shipping. Additional](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779921_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] JS Bach Complete Piano Works: [4 vols] Bach, Johann Sebastian. Samtliche Klavierwerke Band 1-4 / The Complete Piano Works Vol 1-4. Kassel: Barenreiter, 2000. Four volumes in publishers slipcase, text in German and English. | You](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779922_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094896)
![[Music] Josquin: [3 vols] Fallows, David. Josquin. Paris: Centre d'Etudes Superieures de la Renaissance, [nd]; Sherr, Richard. The Josquin Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000; first edition, one first](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/dist/images/placeholder.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![[Music] Josquin: [4 vols] Fallows, David. Josquin. Turnhout: Brepols, 2009 (2 copies); Sherr, Richard. The Josquin Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000; First edition, one first printing copy, one second](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779924_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] La Musique Francaise Classique: [6 vols] Six folios of facsimiles of 17th-18th century sheet music, published by Editions Fuzeau, under the direction of Jean Saint-Arroman. Consisting of: Ballard, Robert. Premier Livre de Tablature](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779925_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094897)
![[Music] Franz Schubert Complete Songs: [3 vols] Johnson, Graham. Franz Schubert: The Complete Song Volume One-Three. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Commentary on Schubert's songs, complete in three volumes. | You have additional](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779926_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094896)
![[Music] German & Austrian Violin-Makers: Jalovec, Karel. German and Austrian Violin-Makers. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. First edition. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live Shipping. Additional third-party](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779927_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094898)
![[Music] L'Art de Bien Chanter: Massip, Catherine. L'Art de Bien Chanter: Michel Lambert. Paris: Societe Francaise de Musicologie, 1999. Trade paperback. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779928_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094894)
![[Music] Schubert Schwanengesang: Schubert, Franz. Schwanengesang: Facsimiles of the Autograph Score and Sketches and Reprint of the First Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. | You have additional shipping options, and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779929_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094898)
