vellum backs, large and clean copy, Impressum Romæ per Conrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470 (590) Tregaskis, £.11 IIS. [Second edition from the press of these printers. Greek type for Greek quotations.-Catalogue.] 1637 Hieronymus (S.) Epistolæ et Tractatus a Theod. Lelio editæ, finely printed in a small semi-roman letter, in double columns of 50 lines, without marks, very large margins (Hain, 8550), first page of text in each vol. had a fine illuminated initial with a miniature of the Saint, with marginal decorations of white intersected scrolls on various coloured grounds, and there were 2 smaller illuminated initials, capitals painted in blue and red, 2 vol., contemporary stamped white doeskin (Sunderland_copy), Veritas Vincit Ja. Ru. s. l.et a., folio (591) Leighton, £11 11s. [A fine and rare edition, attributed to the press of Jacobus Rubeus, of Venice, and others.- Catalogue.] 1638 Hieronymus (S.) Der heiligen Altväter leben nüw getruckt, wie sie in heiliges leben volbracht haben, lit. goth., double columns, with signatures, numerous woodcuts (some repeated), all coloured by hand, and ornamental initials (some leaves stained, inner margins mended, page 71 defective), vellum, Strasb., Jo. Grüningen, 1507, folio (594) Ellis, £7 155. 1639 Hieronymus (S.) De Vitis Patrum, en is ghenoemt dat Vader boeck, inhoudende die Historien ende legenden der heiligher Vaderen, overgeset in gueder verstandelre duytscher Sprake, etc., lit. goth., double columns, 43 lines, 2 large woodcuts from "Le Chevalier deliberé of G. van Os, 1486," new pigskin, stamped with fleurs-de-lis, Gheprent tot Leyden bi mi Jan Seversoen, 1511, folio(595) Maine, £15 10s. 1640 [Hieronymus (S.)] Vita di Sancti Padri vulgare historia, roman letter, double columns of 59 lines, large woodcut within border on folio iv (shaved), and numerous small woodcuts and ornamental initials (wanted last leaf), old calf (Venez., 1492 ?), folio (596) Quaritch, £35 1641 Hieronymus (S.) La Vie de Peres renommee en plusieurs terres et pays est nouvellement imprimee pour Francoys Regnault a Paris, lettres bâtardes, double columns, title in red and black gothic, with device beneath, 33 woodcuts of saints, etc. (2 cut out, one on folio vi and another on folio xx), old calf, Paris, par Pierre le Dru pour Fr. Regnault (circa 1520), small folio (597) Breslau, £2 18s. 1642 Higden (Ranulph). Policronicon [translated out of Latin into English by John of Trevisa], black letter, woodcut ornamental initials, title and colophon in facsimile, 7 preliminary leaves inlaid, otherwise a most excellent copy, new brown morocco, blind stamped ornaments, gilt edges, Ended the 13th daye of Apryll, 1495, enprynted at Westmestre by Wynkyn the Worde, small folio (598) Leighton, £38 [This copy had the blank leaf required to make sheet hh perfect. Catalogue.] 1643 Higden (Ranulph). Polycronycon [translated into English by John of Trevisa], black letter, woodcut figure of St. George below, and head of Henry VIII. and royal arms above the single word on title, which was in large red letters, woodcut ornamental initials, two cuts on last leaf, colophon within Holbein border, with the same cuts as on title, repeated on reverse, slightly wormed, and wanted a blank leaf for aa 6, otherwise perfect and a sound copy (from Sir Edward Sullivan's Library), russia, gilt edges, Imprinted in Southwarke by my Peter Treveris at ye expences of John Reynes, 1527, xvi. Maye, folio (599) Young, £17 5s. 1644 Hippocrates. Epidemiorum liber sextus, jam recens latinitate donatus Leon. Fuchsio interprete, title in red and black, within woodcut border, slightly wormed, contemporary English binding, oaken boards, leather, stamped in the upper cover with "Redemptoris Mundi Arma," and in the under cover with the royal arms of England, supported by dragon and greyhound, the Tudor rose surrounded by inscription, sun and moon, and arms of London, monogram of John Reynes on both covers (in excellent preservation, but back repaired), Hagenoae, ex-off. Jo. Secer, 1532, 4to. (481) Tregaskis, £40 IOS. 1645 Holbein. Simolachri Historie e Figure de la Morte. La Medicina de l'anima, etc., aiuntovi di nuovo molte figure mai piu stampate, 53 woodcuts by Hans Holbein (including 4 cuts of boys), vellum, clean copy, presented to W. Morris by F. S. Ellis, Lyone, Giov. Frellone, 1549, 8vo. (434) Tregaskis, £17 [The Ashburnham copy sold for £3 10s. See BOOKPRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 201.—ED.] 1546 Holinshed (Raph.) Chronicles of England, Ireland and Scotland, now newlie augmented and continued to the yeare 1586 by John Hooker and others, black letter, engraved titles, 3 vol. in 2, autograph of William Morris in each vol. (leaf in "William Conqueror" mended, and some leaves wormed), old calf, Harrison, Bishop (and others), 1586-87, folio (602) Dawson, £5 5s. [This is the second edition of Holinshed. See BOOKPRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., Nos. 206, 6242.-ED.] 1647 Holtrop (J. W.) Monuments Typographiques des Pays-Bas au XVe Siècle, numerous facsimiles, half bound, La Haye, M. Nijhoff, 1868, folio (603) Wilton, £3 18s. 1648 Hommaire de Hell (Xavier). Voyage en Turquie et en Perse, exécuté par Ordre du Gouvernement Français pendant les Années 1846-48, 4 vol., 8vo. of text, and folio atlas of 100 plates, half red morocco gilt, presentation copy to William Morris from the author, Paris, P. Bertrand, 1854, folio (604) Wilton, £3 10S. 1649 Horae. Heures de l'Usaige de Rome, avec le Calendrier (Latin et Français), lettres bâtardes, printed upon vellum, within woodcut borders of Biblical subjects, arabesques, etc., with 12 large woodcuts in the text, small capitals and details painted and illuminated (wanted title and b 2), old French calf gilt, Imprimees à Paris par Guil. Anabat pour 1650 Hora Beatæ Mariae Virginae. Heures de la B. V. M. avec le Calendrier, manuscript on vellum (92 leaves) (Latin and French), written in lettres bâtardes, long lines, calendar in red and black with illuminated initials, with 6 painted and illuminated miniatures, 10 illuminated initials (one historiated), with elegant marginal decorations, and numerous smaller illuminated initials and pen letters, on a fly-leaf is an inscription in French, showing the book to have belonged in 1640 to Renée Legier de la Sauvagière, velvet binding, late fifteenth century, 4to. (487) Quaritch, £49 1651 Horatius. Opera, cum commentario Christ. Landini, printed in a neat roman letter, the commentary in a smaller type than the text (contained 6 preliminary leaves, folios numbered i to ccliv, and 2 leaves unnumbered), MS. notes in margins (some leaves wormed, inner margins of last 3 leaves mended), half vellum, Florentiæ, Ant. Miscominus, 1482, folio (605) Heppinstal, £2 [First edition of Horace with Landino's Commentary.— Catalogue.] 1652 Horatius. Opera, cum quibusdam annotationibus, imaginibusque pulcherrimis, aptisque ad Odarum concentus et Sententias (edidit Jac. Locher), numerous woodcuts (some repeated), the arms in the woodcut of the Count of Baden emblazoned (title backed), numerous interlinear and marginal MS. notes, vellum (in better condition than is usual with this finely illustrated book), Argent., Jo. Grüninger, 1498, folio (707) Wilton, £7 1653 Hortulus Anime cum aliis quamplurimis Orationibus pristine impressioni superadditis (cum Calendario), lit. goth., red and black, title in red beneath a cut of the Virgin and Child within border, numerous (72) large and small spirited woodcuts and ornamental initials, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, with brass ornament (rebacked), Lugduni arte et industria Jo. Clein (with device) impensis Ant. Koberger, 1511, 8vo. (442) Quaritch, £12 1654 Hortus Sanitatis quatuor libris; De Animalibus et Reptilibus, De Avibus et Volatilibus, de Piscibus et Natatilibus, etc. (auctore Jo. de Cuba), title within woodcut border, and numerous woodcuts (wormed), last 2 leaves mended, Argent., M. Apiarius, 1536, folio (708) Wilton, £4 10S. 1655 Howell (James). Proverbs, or Old Sayed, Sawes and Adages in English, Italian, French and Spanish, whereunto the British are added, old calf, 1659, folio (709) Bain, £3 35. 1656 Howell (James). A Particular Vocabulary, or Nomenclature in English, Italian, French and Spanish, old calf, T. Leach, 1659, folio (710) J. Jones, £2 12s. 1657 Hugo de Prato Florido. Sermones de Sanctis, lit. goth., double columns, with signatures (some leaves wormed), oaken boards, stamped pigskin (griffins, acorns and other ornaments), clasps, Impressus Heydelbergae, 1485 (s. non impr.), folio (712) Cockerell, £3 5s. [The first book with a date printed at Heidelberg.Catalogue.] 1658 Hugo de S. Victore. Didascalion (et alia Opuscula), lit. goth., long lines, 33 to a page, without marks, rubricated, capitals painted in blue and red, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (worn), clasps (Hopetoun copy), Absque ulla nota (Argent., Eggestein, circa 1475 ?), folio (713) Wilton, £4 6s. 1659 Hugo Senensis. Super quarta primi Canonis Avicennæ, lit. goth., double columns, 74 lines, with signatures, miniature initial of the author at beginning, capitals painted in blue and red (wormed, and wanted aj, a blank), half red morocco, Venet., Ant. de Calabriis di Papia, 1485, folio (715) Deacon, £2 10s. 1660 Hugo de Sletstat (Joannes). Quadruvium Ecclesiæ quatuor prelatorum Officium quibus omnis status tum Secularis tum vero Ecclesiasticus Subjicitur, lit. goth., woodcut on title, 13 fine woodcuts in the text, and singular ornamental initials, some capitals painted in red (title backed), calf gilt, edges uncut (Hailstone copy), Argent., Jo. Grüninger, 1504, folio (714) Wilton, £99s. 1661 Humphreys (H. Noel). History of the Art of Printing, 100 illustrations in chromolithography, cloth gilt, Quaritch, 1867, folio (717) Wilton, £2 16s. 1662 Institor (Henricus). Sancte Romane Ecclesiæ Fidei defensionis clippeum adversus Waldensium, seu Pickardorum heresim, etc., lit. goth., arms of Pope Alexander VI. and of Stanislas, Card. Archbp. of Olmutz, on title, figure and arms of St. Wenceslaus on reverse (writing on title, corner of last leaf mended), boards, Impressus in Oolomucz Marchionatu Moravia per Conrad. Baumgarthen, 1501, folio (721) Quaritch, £5 10S. 1663 Isidorus Hispal. Etymologiarum, Libri XX., lit. semi-goth. (headlines in a larger type), double columns, 51 lines, without marks (Hain, 9270), woodcut diagrams, capitals painted in blue and red, Greek quotations written in red, oaken boards, leather, stamped in small squares, each containing a figure of a pelican, lion, stag, or other animal (rebacked), Absque ulla nota [Argent., J. Mentelin, circa 1472], folio (722) Leighton, LII IIS. 1664 Jacquin (Nic. Jos.) Icones Plantarum Rariorum, 648 coloured plates, 3 vol., half russia, uncut, Vindobonæ, 1781-95, folio (725) Quaritch, £31 Postillæ Evangeliorum dominicalium totius anni et aliquorum festorum, lit. goth., double columns, 40 lines, without marks (Hain, 9410), rubricated, capitals painted in red and blue, oaken boards, leather (rebacked), Impressum_in_inclita Bruxellensium ducatus Brabantiæ Civitate [per Fratres Communi Vitæ], 1475, folio (727) 1665 Johannes de Sancto Laurentio. XIII. Quaritch, £4 12 1666 Jones (Owen). Examples of Chinese Ornament, 100 chromo- 1667 Jones (Owen). Grammar of Ornament; Illustrated by 1668 Jornandes de Rebus Gothorum. Paulus Diaconus de Gestis [Hamilton MSS., No. 361. "The capital letter on page i is ornamented with ten circles, in which is represented the history of the Creation, on a ground of gold. The heads and hands of all the figures in the miniatures are most finely and delicately drawn with the pen, and lightly coloured. The delineations of the costumes are drawn in stronger outlines. The colour of the costumes is chiefly red, brown and blue. In accordance with the very early date of this MS. (first half of the thirteenth century), the compositions of the various scenes are of a primitive character, and in the earliest gothic style."-W. v. Seidlitz, Repertorium Kunst fur Wissenchaft," vol. vi., p. 265. The following inscription is on the fly-leaf of each volume: "Iste liber est domus Sancte trinitatis Ordinis Cartusienses prope Divionem" (Dijon). The late Rev. Mr. Jackson gave 150 for this fine MS. in the Hamilton (Berlin) sale, and it sold for £200 in the sale of his MSS. in 1895.— Catalogue.] 1670 Josephus (Flavius). Opera. [De Antiquitate et de Bello Judaico, lit. goth., double columns, 48 lines, without marks, woodcuts, peculiar woodcut initials, and some woodcut headings, painted ornamental and pen initials, woodcut border of scrolls, shields, birds, lions, etc., with figure of Josephus holding a scroll for initial I (repeated twice), all the woodcuts coloured by hand, margin of second leaf of text mended, 2 vol., old calf gilt (Sunderland copy), Absque ulla nota [Lubecæ, L. Brandis, circa 14781, folio (733) Leighton, £34 10s. [A fine and rare edition of Josephus, remarkable for its xylographic illustrations. It is printed with the same types used by Lucas de Brandis, who introduced printing into Lubeck, for his "Rudimentum Novitiorum," and some of the woodcuts in that work also occur in this.- Catalogue.] |