France au XVe Siècle, 40 plates of facsimiles, loose in portfolio, Paris, Hachette, 1890, folio (1162) Wilton, £312s. 1838 Thomas Aquinas (S.) Summae Theologiae pars prima, lit. goth., double columns, 50 and 47 lines, without marks (Hain, 1439), contemporary binding in oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, metal bosses, chain and clasps (one broken off), name of binder, "Hanns Oesterreich,' stamped several times on the sides (well preserved), Sine ulla nota [Mogunt., P. Schoeffer, 1463], folio (1163)

Bain, £34 [This example of the Maintz Press is printed with the same types as those used by Schoeffer for his 1462 Bible and his 1468 Justinian, and are little worn.—Catalogue.] 1839 Thomas Aquinas. Quodlibeta duodecim, lit. goth., double columns, 48 and 49 lines, without marks, rubricated, capitals painted in blue and red, few last leaves wormed, oaken boards, half stamped pigskin, clasps, Nurembergae, Jo. Sensenschmidt et A. Frisner, 1474, folio (1166) Tregaskis, £3 35. 1840 Thomas Aquinas. Glosa continua super quatuor Evangelistas, finely printed in semi-gothic letter, double columns, 57 lines, without marks, rubricated, painted ornamental capitals in red, oaken boards, pigskin, Nurembergae, Ant. Coberger, 1475, large folio (1167) Maggs, £6 1841 Thomas Aquinas. Super quarto Sententiarum, lit. goth., double columns, with signatures, very fine historiated and ornamental woodcut border to first page, Colon., H. Quentell, 1484-Fasciculus Temporum (Auctore Wernero Rolewinck), lit. goth., woodcuts, ib., 1479, both fine copies, in 1 vol., oaken boards, leather, with small stamped devices (lamb, griffin, fleur-de-lis, etc.), metal bosses and clasps, large folio (1168) Waring, £12 1842 Thucydides. Hystory of the Warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated out of Frenche by Thomas Nicolls, black letter, title within woodcut border, old calf, rebacked, r. e., Imprinted in 1550 (no_name_o) printer), folio (1169) Bain, £11 1843 Tristran. Les Grandes Proesses du tres Vaillant noble et excellent Chevalier Tristran, fils du noble Roy Meliadus de Leonnoys et Chevalier de la table ronde, lit. goth. (lettres bâtardes), double columns, title within fine woodcut border in compartments (outer margin repaired), fine ornamental woodcut initials (last 2 leaves in MS.), 2 vol. in 1, oaken boards, modern morocco extra, gilt edges by J. Wright (E. V. Utterson's copy), Paris, D. Janot, 1533, small folio (1174) Pickering, 11 IIS. 1844 Turberville (George). The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, translated and collected out of the most approved authors, first edition, black letter, woodcuts (title and 2 leaves of "Measures of Blowing" in facsimile, corner of 2 leaves at end mended), brown morocco gilt, antique style, gilt edges, H. Bynneman for Chr. Barker (1575), 4to. (1081)

Quaritch, £17 10S.

1845 Turrecremata (Johannes de). Expositio super toto Psalterio, lit. goth., long lines, 35 to a page, without marks, ornamental pen letters, and capitals painted in red, oaken boards, half leather, clasp, Per Johannem Schuszler civem Augustae), impressa s. a., folio (1176) Leighton, £3 35. 1846 Vacher (Sidney). Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament ; chiefly taken from Brocades and Stuffs found in Pictures in the National Gallery, 30 plates printed in colours, ornamental cloth, 1886, imperial folio (1177) Wilton, £2 1847 Valentia. Aureum Opus Regalium Privilegiorum Civitatis et regni Valentiae, cum Historia Christianissimi Regis Jacobi ipsius primi Conquistatoris, lit. goth., double columns, large heraldic woodcut on title, 2 woodcut borders, numerous ornamental initials, device on last leaf, equestrian woodcut of King James, large initial in the dotted manner, containing portrait of Ferdinand and Isabella, etc. (some margins wormed and mended), half morocco, Valenciae, per Didacum de Gumiel, 1515, folio (1178) Leighton, £17 1848 Valentine and Orson. L'Histoire des deux Nobles et Vaillans Chevaliers, Valentin et Orson, Enfans de l'Empereur de Grèce, etc., rude woodcuts (a few headlines shaved), brown morocco gilt, g. e. by Wright (E. V. Utterson's copy), Rouen, Pierre Mulot, s. d., 4to. (1083) Leighton, £7 1849 Valerius Maximus. [Translatez de Latin en François par Simon de Hesdin et Nicholas de Gonnesse], lit. goth., double columns, 44 lines, without marks, initials for illuminations in small roman, scratch commas; the first page of text in each vol. having a large painted and illuminated miniature (7 in. by 63 in.) of a king enthroned, surrounded by his councillors and warriors, with borders of flowers, birds, animals, etc., and an illuminated ornamental initial; capitals painted in red, Latin text written in the margins in red, 2 vol., old mor., g. e. (Syston Park copy), Absque ulla nota [Paris, circa 1476], folio (1181) Quaritch, £91 1850 Valla (Laurentius). De Elegantia Latinæ Linguæ, editio princeps, roman letter, long lines, without marks (wanted the 12 preliminary leaves said to be in some copies), very wide margins, capitals painted in blue and red, oaken boards, stamped leather, Romæ in Pinia Regione, 1471 (Ph. de Lignamine), folio (1182) E. Walker, 5 5s. 1851 Valturius (Robertus). De Re Militari, Lib. XII., multo emaculatius, etc., woodcuts, oaken boards, pigskin, stamped in historiated compartments, Paris, C. Wechel, 1532, folio (1184) Wilton, £5 10S. 1852 Vigon (John). The most excellent Workes of Chirurgerye, translated into English, whereunto is added an exposition of straunge termes (by Barth. Traheron), black letter, title within woodcut border, woodcut initials, first edition (slightly wormed), oaken boards, stamped leather, E. Whytchurch, 1543, folio (1189) Thompson, £10 5s.

1853 Vincentius Bellovacensis. Speculum Naturale, Doctrinale et Morale, printed in roman letter, double columns, without marks (the Doctrinale" and "Naturale" by the R printer),

rubricated, capitals painted in blue and red, ornamental pen letters, fine illuminated miniature of the author, with marginal decorations and coat of arms on first page of "Doctrinale," 19 fine large and richly illuminated initials, with marginal floral decorations to the “Naturale,” a leaf in the contents of the 31st Book of the latter defective and mended, some leaves in the "Morale" stained, otherwise a fine copy, in 4 vol., uniform modern calf, stamped in antique ornaments, Absque nota [Argent., Mentelin, etc., 1473-74], large folio (1191). B. F. Stevens, £35 1854 Vincentius Bellovacensis. Speculum Historiale, editio princeps, finely printed in roman letter, double columns, 62 lines, without marks, fine ornamental pen letters, capitals painted in red, 4 vol. in 2, oaken boards, leather, stamped with small religious devices, with name "Thomas Brouer de Lintz" and date 1476 on sides (repaired and rebacked), Impressum per Johannem Mentellin (Argentinæ), anno 1473, iv. Dec., large folio (1192) B. F. Stevens, £36 1855 Vincentius Bellovacensis. Speculum Historiale, pars prima, lit. goth., double columns, without marks, rubricated capitals in blue and red, 4 leaves of contemporary MS. index on vellum as fly-leaves, oaken boards, covered with leaves of an ancient musical MS., half stamped pigskin, Absque nota (Argent., Mentelin, circa 1474), folio (1193) Leighton, £7 5s. 1856 Virgilius Maro. Georgica et Æneis, manuscript on vellum (206 leaves), written in gothic letter, long lines, 31 to a page, by an Italian scribe; at the beginning of the Georgics is a painting of a man ploughing with two oxen (33 in. by 3ğ in.), and at the beginning of the Æneid a similar one, but more elaborate, introducing the burning of Troy, Æneas on horseback, and two ships in the sea, etc., occupying the whole bottom margin (both these pages have fine illuminated marginal decorations of flower scrolls, etc.); each book has a large illuminated initial of floral combinations (3 in. by 2 in.), and a smaller one with pen ornaments; the Epigrams at the end of the volume have ornamental pen letters; the fly-leaves are occupied by Extracts from Servius and other Commentators on Virgil, and the margins have numerous MS. notes in a smaller hand (the last 23 lines of the fourth Georgic and the first 105 lines of the sixth Æneid are wanting), modern brown morocco extra, with blind and gilt tooling, g. e. by Leighton, late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, folio (1194) Heppinstal, £164 1857 Virgilius. Opera Vergiliana, docte et familiariter exposita... a Donato, Mancinello et Probo, Calderino, Jodoco Badio, etc., numerous fine woodcuts as in the Strasburg edition of 1502 (some leaves wormed), 2 vol. in I, vellum, with ties, Lugd., Jac. Sacon, 1517, folio (1195) Wilton, £6 10s. 1858 Viridarium Illustrium Poetarum cum ipsorum concordantiis in Alphabetica tabula accuratissime contentis, top of title cut off, stained, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, Lugd., Gilb. de Villiers, 1512, 8vo. (1037) Wilton, £3 1859 Vita et beneficiis salvatoris Jesu Christi devotissime medi

tationes cum gratiarum actione-Horologium devotionis circa Vitam Christi (per Fratrem Bertholdus), lit. goth. (2 sizes), 36 spirited small outline woodcuts of the Passion, some details washed in yellow (Hain, 10992 and 8928), in I vol., old kidskin, Absque ulla nota, 8vo. (1038) Ellis, £15

[Both these rare works are printed with the same types, and were evidently issued together from the same press (probably at Cologne at the end of the fifteenth century), though generally found separated. The signatures are a-i in 8's for the "Vita," and a-h 10 in 8's for the "Horologium" (h 10 being blank).-Catalogue.]

1860 Vitruvius (Lucius). De Architectura, Libri X., traducti de latino in vulgare, affigurati, commentati et con mirando ordine insigniti (da Cesare Cesariano), numerous woodcuts, diagrams, initials, etc., numerous MS. notes in margins by Loys Loxe, whose name is on the title, vellum, large copy, Como, Gotardo da Ponte, 1521, folio (1196) Wilton, £5 5s. 1861 Vivaldus de Monte Regali (Jo. L.) Opus Regale, in quo continentur infra scripta Opuscula (contents follow), lit. goth., title in red and black within historiated woodcut border, other borders of Dance of Death, etc., 9 large woodcuts, and numerous small woodcuts and ornamental and historiated initials (slightly wormed), oaken boards, leather (worn), Lugd., Jo. de Vingle, 1508, 4to. (1091)

Wilton, £8 5s. 1862 Vivaldus de Monte Regali (Jo. L.) Opus Regale, lit. goth., title in red and black within woodcut border, other woodcuts within borders of the Dance of Death, etc., from one of the books of Hours, ornamental initials, limp stamped leather, Paris, Jo. Barbier impensis Fr. Regnault, 1511, 4to. (1092) Chadwick, £6 15s. 1863 Vivaldus de Monte Regali (Jo. L.) De Contritione Veritate Aureum Opus, lit. goth., oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, Hagenau, Jo. Rynman de Oringau, 1513, 4to. (1093) Wilton, £2 8s. 1864 Vocabularium Latino-Germanicum (per W. Brack), lit. goth., long lines, 35 to a page, without signatures, rubricated (few leaves at end wormed), oaken boards, half stamped leather, Absque nota (Aug. Vind., G. Zainer, circa 1473), folio (1199) Wilton, £3 12s.

1865 Vocabularium Latino-Teutonicus, lit. goth, long lines, 35 to a page, without marks, oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, clasp (Lakeland's copy), Absque ulla nota (Blaubeuern, C. Mancz, circa 1473], folio (1200) Breslau, £8 8s.

[This rare book has been attributed by Hassler to Hohenwang of Ulm, circa 1469, but it has been ascertained that the type is the same as that used by C. Mancz at Blaubeuern for a work by Albert de Eyb in 1475. There is an Almanack for 1478 in the same type in the British Museum. Catalogue.]

1866 Vogüé (Cte. Melchior de). Les Églises de la Terre Sainte, plates, half morocco gilt, Paris, Didron, 1860, 4to. (1095) Quaritch, £4 15s.

1867 Vogüé (Cte. Melchior de). Syrie Centrale. Architecture Civile et Religieuse du Ier au VIIe Siècle, 151 plates, 2 vol., vellum, Paris, Baudry, 1865-77, 4to. (1096) Quaritch, £9 15s. 1863 Voragine (Jac. de). Legenda Aurea Sanctorum, lit. goth., long lines, without signatures, rubricated, numerous ornamental woodcut initials, signature and address of Wm. Morris on fly-leaf (some leaves wormed), oaken boards, original stamped calf sides, clasp (repaired), Impressus Ulma per Jo. Zainer, s. a., folio (1201) Wilton, £6

[One of the early Ulm books, with woodcut initials similar to those in the "De Missa" of Albertus Magnus (1473), which is one of the first dated Ulm books.-Čatalogue.] 1869 Voragine (Jac. de). Legenda Aurea Sanctorum, lit. goth., double columns, 52 lines, rubricated, initials painted in red (first leaf of index defective and mended, corners of 2 last leaves mended), oaken boards, old calf, Nuremberga, Jo. Sensenschmid et And. Frisner (imprint in red with shields beneath), 1476, vii. Calend. April, folio (1202) Sladen, £4 1870 Voragine (Jac. de). Legenda Aurea, lit. goth., double columns, 50 lines, without signatures, folioed to cclxxiv, 2 leaves of table unnumbered, ruled in red and rubricated, fine painted and illuminated initial on first page, capitals painted in blue and red, old calf, Nurembergi, Ant. Koburger, 1478, folio (1203) Wilton, £3 16s. 1871 [Voragine] Passionael. Het Winter Stuck, datmen heet die guldenlegende -Hier beghit tsomer stuc vandē passiōle, the word "passionael" on first title in large red gothic letters, with woodcut beneath, second title in large black gothic, with woodcut beneath, numerous spirited woodcuts in the text, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, in excellent condition, Antwerp, Henrick Eckert van Homberch, 1516 (Winter part same printer, dated 1505), folio (1207) Leighton, £8 1872 Voragine (Jac. de). The Golden Legende named in Latyn Legenda Aurea, etc. . . . whiche werke hath been diligently amended in dyvers places where as grete nede was, black letter, numerous woodcuts, and ornamental initials (margins of several leaves mended, first 3 leaves and part of last in facsimile, slight wormhole through some leaves, but on the whole a very good copy), signature and address of Wm. Morris (Kelmscott House) on fly-leaf, red morocco extra, gilt edges by Bedford, Finysshed xxvii, daye of August the yere MCCCCCXXVII, imprynted at London in Flete Strete by Wynkyn de Worde, folio (1208) Tregaskis, £29 1873 Wallis (Alfred). Examples of the Bookbinder's Art of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, chiefly from Royal Continental Libraries, 40 plates, only 100 copies printed (No. 67), half morocco, t. e. g., 1890, folio (1209) Wilton, £2 25. 1874 Weigel (T. O.) und Dr. A. Zestermann. Die Anfange der Druckerkunst in Bild und Schrift, portrait and 135 facsimiles in colours, and woodcuts in the text, 2 vol., morocco, stamped blind antique ornaments, ornamental end-papers, g. e., Leipz., T. G. Weigel, 1866, folio (1210) Wilton, £66s.