in the Citie of Scarbaria in this present yere of xlii., the xiii. day of June, and also how that a Citie in Turky is sonke, black letter (4 leaves), title within woodcut border (slightly wormed), cut pasted in cover, Imprynted in Saynt Sepulchres Paryshe in the Old Bayly by Rychard Lant (1542), 12mo. (673) Tregaskis, £11 6128 Scheffer (John). History of Lapland, wherein are shewed the original Manners, Habits, Marriages, Conjurations, etc. of that people, engraved frontispiece and woodcut illustrations, sprinkled calf gilt, r. e., Oxford at the Theater, 1674, folio (674) Pickering, £3 6129 Schoner (Joannes). Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio, cum multis utilissimis cosmographiae iniciis, etc., woodcut spheres and globes, coat of arms on reverse of title, ornamental woodcut initials, woodcut semi-sphere with America on it, dated 1546, pasted in fly-leaf, and a pamphlet by Prof. A. de Morgan on the portrait of Copernicus inserted at end, morocco extra, full gilt floreate back, line sides with corner fleurons, inside dentelles, g. e., by W. Pratt, head of Schoner and other cuts pasted in covers, Noriberga in Officina Joannis Stuchssen, A.D. 1515, small 4to. (677) Quaritch, £16 6130 Sculptura Historiarum et Temporum Memoratrix, das ist Bedächtnüsz hulffliche Bilderlust der merckwürdigsten Weltgeschichten alle Zeiten, engraved title in compartments, and 48 engraved plates, printed on one side only, each containing 12 small square engravings representing historical scenes from the Creation to 1697, with letterpress title to each plate, morocco, line tooled, g. e., by W. Pratt, s. 1. et nom. typ., 1697, folio (679) Tregaskis, £3 14s. 6131 Seneca (L. A.) De Quatuor Virtutibus et de Moribus-Tres Orationes habitae in Senatu Atheniensi de recipiendo Alexandro magno vel armis expellendo, etc., lit. semi-goth., long lines, 27 to a page (23 leaves, I blank), without marks, I leaf being printed on one side only (not in Panzer or Hain), rubricated, morocco, gilt lines and fleurons, g. e., by W. Pratt, absque ulla nota [Colon., U. Zel?], small 4to. (681) Phillip, £10 6132 Sibyllina, etc. Tractatus sollemnis et utilis editus per religiosum virum Philippum Syculum Ord. Præd. Duodecim Sibillarum Vaticinia, Carmina Probæ Centone, etc., roman letter, woodcut border to first page of interlaced ornament and initials of the same pattern, and 13 full-length woodcut figures of the Sibyls (some leaves misplaced and wormed throughout, with all faults), mottled calf gilt, r. e., absque nota (device of Reussinger of Strasburg), small 4to. (693) Leighton, £8 6133 Speculum Humanæ Salvationis, cum Speculo Sancti Mariæ editum a fratre Johannem, Latinè et Germanicè, lit. gotb., long lines, 33, 34 and 35 to a page, 269 leaves without marks (Hain, 14929), 192 outline woodcuts, plain margins of first 2 and last leaves mended, otherwise a clean and sound copy, russia extra, with stamped blind ornaments, by W. Pratt, engravings pasted in covers, sheet of old woodcuts containing 20 small biblical subjects at end with mark I. M., absque nota [Augusta, G. Zainer, circa 1471], folio (701) Quaritch, £84 [Excessively rare, with the woodcuts quite untouched by colour. It is one of the first, if not the actual first, of G. Zainer's woodcut books. The big initial I. composed of simple strapwork on the first page of text is one of a few letters occurring only in G. Zainer's books. The late Wm. Morris's copy (coloured) sold for £100. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xiii., No. 1817.-Catalogue.] 6134 Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene, disposed into twelve books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, both parts, first edition, with the extra sheet 2q (first title mended), modern portrait of Spenser inserted, For William Ponsonbie, 159096-The Shepheards Calender, conteyning twelve Æglogues, black and roman letter, woodcuts, T. Creede for John Harrison the Yonger, 1597-Colin Clouts come Home againe, first edition, For William Ponsonbie, 1595-Four Hymnes, first edition, ib., 1596—Daphnaïda, ib.—Prothalamion, first edition, ib., very good copies, in 2 vol., old calf, small 4to. (705) Sabin, £170 6135 Spenser (Edmund). Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie, first edition, 4 separate titles, within woodcut borders (first title inlaid in margins, a few inner margins slightly wormed, sold with all faults), morocco gilt, g. e., For William Ponsonbie, 1591, small 4to. (706) Pearson, £21 5s. 6136 Spirito (L.) Le Passetemps de la Fortune des Dez, ingenieusement compilé pour responses de vingt questions par plusieurs coustumierment faictes et desirees sçavoir, par Laurens L'Esprit, woodcut title (outer margin shaved), heads, flowers, signs of the Zodiac and other figures, calf extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, figure of the Norwood Gypsy, and a woodcut pasted in covers, Paris, G. Le Noir, 1559, small 4to. (707) Maggs, £9 6137 Styward (Thomas). The Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline, devided into two Bookes, verie necessarie for young Souldiers, or for all such as loveth the profession of Armes (dedicated to Lord Howard of Effingham), black letter, woodcut diagrams and initials, first edition (portrait of Lord Howard inserted), T. East for Myles Jenyngs, 1581[Meteren (E. Van)] A True Discourse Historicall of the Succeeding Governours in the Netherlands, and the Civill Warres there begun in the Yeere 1565, with the Memorable Services of Our honourable English Generals, etc., translated and collected by T.(homas) C.(hurchyard), black letter, portraits of Drake and Meteren, and an engraving inserted, Imprinted for Matt. Lownes, 1602, in 1 vol., half calf, small 4to. (716) Hazlitt, £24 IOS. 6138 T. (F.) The Case is Altered. How? Aske Dalio and Millo, first edition, black letter (16 leaves), Aj blank (title and 2 preliminary leaves in roman), bright calf, line tooled, T. C. for John Smethicke, 1604, small 4to. (718) Pickering, £18 5s. 6139 Tartaglia (Nicholas). Three Bookes of Colloquies concerning the Arte of Shooting in Great and Small Peeces of Artillerie, etc., now translated into English by Cyprian Lucar, with a Treatise named Lucar Appendix, on the Properties, Office and Dutie of a Gunner, folding and other woodcuts, outside margin of first title mended, MS. inserted, entitled "The Rout of the British Forces from Ghent, Febr. 15, 1742, with the names of the General Officers commanding," morocco, g. e., by J. Faulkner, old engravings pasted in cover, John Harrison, 1588, small folio (722) Ellis, £6 175. 6d. 6140 Taxe Cancellarie Apostolice et primo de Expectativis Rubrica sequuntur, roman letter, long lines, 25 to a full page (30 leaves), without marks, morocco extra, full gilt floreate back, line sides with corner fleurons, g. e., by W. Pratt, fine copy, "Finit fœliciter," absque ulla nota [Roma, Scheurener, 146--], small 4to. (723) Phillip, £57s. 6d. [The work was probably printed by J. Scheurener, the authorised printer of the Vatican temp. Sixtus IV. A long note by J. B. Inglis on fly-leaves, and Mendham's pamphlet on the subject, published in 1815, bound in the vol.Catalogue.] 6141 Taylor (Thomas). The Works of Plato, translated from the Greek, with copious notes (autograph Letters of the Translator and William Meredith (his friend) to J. B. Inglis inserted), 5 vol., new russia with blind tooled ornaments, g. e., fine copy, Printed for Thomas Taylor, 1804, 4to. (728) Quaritch, £4 IOS. 6142 Taylor (Thomas). The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, translated from the original Latin, LARGE AND THICK PAPER, with the suppressed passages, old miniature painting of a man and ass and ornamental designs pasted on reverse of title, and a series of engravings from an 18th Century Edition of Apuleius inserted, heraldic device pasted in cover, original boards, uncut, R. Triphook, 1822, 8vo. (731) Ellis, £2 125. 6143 Tertullian. The Seconde Booke of Tertullian unto his Wyf translated into Englyshe by John Hoper [John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester and Protestant Martyr], black letter, title within a woodcut border, with initials N. H. below (top margins mended, some side notes shaved), morocco antique, g. e., by W. Pratt, Richard Jugge, 1550, 12mo. (740) Tregaskis, £1 13S. 6144 [Theobaldus Anguilbertus Hiberniensis.] Liber qui dicitur Mensa Philosophica, lit. gotb., long lines, 26 to a full page (114 leaves), signatures a-nx in 8's, and 8 leaves of Tabula (1 blank) without signature, rubricated, morocco, g.e., by J. Faulkner, old cut pasted in cover, MS. notes on fly-leaf, absque ulla nota [Colon., J. Koelhoeff], small 4to. (744) Quaritch, £9 6145 Thomas A'Kempis. Opera, Sermones et Epistolae, Ortulus Rosarum, Manuale `Parvulorum, Hospitale Pauperum, Dialogus Novitiorum, etc., editio princeps, lit. semi-goth., long lines, 32 to a page (220 leaves), without marks, old calf, 2 portraits of à Kempis, etc. pasted in cover, absque nota [Útraj., Keteler et de Leempt, 1472?], small folio (746) Tregaskis, £16 IOS. 6146 Thomas a Kempis et Joannes Gersonus Canc. Paris. Trac tatus fratris Thomæ de Kempis Canonici regularis Ordinis S. Augustini de Imitatione Christi, et de Contemptu Omnium Vanitatum Mundi, cum tractatus Johannis Gersoni de Meditatione Cordis, et complures alii tractatus pulcri, lit. goth., double columns, 33 lines, signatures a-o in 8's (cxii. folioed leaves), and 4 preliminary leaves including title (Hain, 9081), rubricated, calf antique, g. e., by W. Pratt, engraved figures pasted in covers, absque nota "explicit Tractatulus Cancellarii Parisiensis de modo bene moriendi," small 4to. (747) Quaritch, £10. 6147 Thomas a Kempis. De Imitatione Christi, et de Contemptu Omnium Vanitatum Mundi, de Interna Conversatione, de Interna locutione Christi ad animam fidelem, cum quanta reverentia Christus sit suscipiendus. Item Johannes Gerson de Meditatione Cordis, lit. goth., with signatures A-X in 8's (B 7-8 blank), morocco extra, antique style, g. e., by W. Pratt, engraving inserted and heads pasted in covers, Luneborch impressus p me Johannem Luce A.D. 1493 xxii. mensis Maii, small 8vo. (748) Quaritch, £10 5s. 6148 Thomas Aquinas. Incipit summa edita a Sancto Thoma de Aquino de Articulis Fidei et Ecclesiæ Sacramentis, editio prima, lit. semi-goth., long lines, 27 to a full page (16 leaves, 1 blank), without marks (Hain, 1423), old German morocco, g. e., an unusual specimen of binding, old ex-libris and a cut of Crucifixion emblems pasted in covers, absque ulla nota (Colon., U. Zel), small 4to. (749) Quaritch, £9 10S. 6149 Thomas Aquinas. De Rege et regno, ad regem Cypri, lit. goth., long lines, 30 to a full page (23 leaves), without marks (Hain, 1488), ornamental pen letter, capitals in blue and red, old calf, absque ulla nota [Colon., Ter Hoernen?], small folio (752) Quaritch, £13 6150 Thomas Aquinas. Tractatus beate Thome de Aquino de Humanitate Christi, editio prima, lit. goth., long lines, 28 to a full page (104 leaves), signatures a-n 6 in 8's (aj and n6 blank), (Hain, 1365), half calf, engraving by Jo. Messager and 2 cuts pasted in covers, Impressus Leydis per me Heynricum Heynrici, A.D. 1484 (with device), small 4to. (753) Leighton, £11 155. 6151 Thomas de Canteprato. Liber qui dicitur Bonum Universale de Proprietatibus Apum, editio prima, lit. gotb., double columns of 36 lines (162 leaves), without marks, rubricated, original xylographic title to the Flemish translation "Dit is der bien boeck," printed by P. van Os in Zwolle, 1488, inserted, small pen and ink drawing on last leaf of text, [The author represents the Church, the Monastic Orders and the Convents under the symbol of the Beehive, and illustrates his arguments by stories which were afterwards utilised and printed under various titles. Catalogue.] 6152 Thomas (William). The Historie of Italie, a boke exceding profitable to be redde, because it intreateth of the Estate of many and divers Common Weales, first edition, black letter, title within woodcut border, half morocco (from Horace Walpole's library), T. Berthelet, 1549, small 4to. (755) Pickering, £8 5s. [This book was suppressed and burned by the Hangman, but a reprint appeared in 1561. The author was drawn to Tyburn, and there hanged and quartered, on May 18th, 1554, for conspiring to murder Queen Mary. He had been tutor to Edward VI., and some of his letters are preserved by Strype. ED.] 6153 Tondalus. Incipit Libellus de Raptu Anime Tundali et eius Visione, Tractans de Penis Inferni et Gaudiis Paradisi, lit. semi-goth., long lines, 29 to a page, without marks, 30 leaves (2 blank), 21 xylographic woodcuts, morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, absque ulla nota, small 4to. (762) 44 Pickering, £42 [Brunet mentions only 20 woodcuts. The first is an armed figure of the Hero of the Visions, with the German legend 'Tondolus der Ritter." It was probably printed by Michael Reyser, of Eichstadt, about 1475. The Ashburnham copy without the blank leaves sold for £48.—Catalogue. Another copy with 8 leaves in facsimile, morocco extra, by W. Pratt, sold for £7 15s. at this sale.-ED.] 6154 Toulouse. Gesta Tholosanorum, edita per Dominum Nicolaum Bertrandi, lit. goth., title in red and black, surrounded by a woodcut border and the Parliament of Toulouse, repeated on reverse of folio lxxxiv., frontispiece containing the arms of Toulouse (repaired), woodcuts in the text and ornamental initials, and large view of the City on reverse of last leaf, morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, 5 old engravings pasted in covers, Impressum Tholose industria Magistri Johannis Magni Johannis, 1515, small folio (766) Leighton, £10 6155 Treasure of Gladnesse. This Boke is called the Treasure of Gladnesse and semeth by the copy, being a very little Manuell and written in velam to be made above CC yeares past at the least.. The Copy hereof, is for the antiquitie of it preserved and to be seene in the Prynters Hall and fyrst imprinted anno 1563, black letter, signatures in 8's, woodcut ornamental initials (margins of last leaf mended, some marginal notes shaved), old calf, g. e., Imprinted by Henry Denham for John Charlewood, dwel |