marginal strap ornaments with grotesques, besides many hundred decorative pen-letters, orig. binding of oak boards and leather, with stamped ornamental sides, deerskin back, metal rims and bosses, Sec. XIII., folio (180), June 11, Sotheby Quaritch, £100

[The miniatures in this ancient Graduale are worth notice. Many of the features in the historiated miniatures are unfinished.]

Missale ad usum Romanum cum Calendario, MS. on vell., written in black and red in clear gothic characters by an Italian scribe for a monastery of the rule of St. Benedict, double columns, 26 lines to a page, 476 11., on the first page a fine miniature of S. Chrysogonus (4 in. by 63 in.), in black armour, with a red surcoat, mounted on a white charger with red trappings and armed with a shield and lance, three other historiated initials, f. 18, The Nativity; f. 38, The Adoration of the Magi; and f. 233, The Ascension, all with very fine marginal decoration, eight small historiated initials and above two thousand initials painted in colours on a background of burnished gold, other initials in burnished gold and diaper pattern, a large initial T in gold and colours, with marginal decoration at the beginning of the Canon of the Mass (f. 209), orig. blind stamped leather over wooden boards, rebacked and corners mended, g.e., in very fine condition, Italian, 1480, folio (15 in. by 10 in.), (356A), July 25, Sotheby

Young, £205 Missale cum Calendario, MS. on vell., written in black and red in bold gothic characters, long lines, 24 to a page, 78 II., initials in red and blue, before the Canon of the Mass a half-page painting of the Crucifixion, cf. (rebacked), French, xv. cent., folio (184), Feb. 5, Sotheby

Howell, £13 IOS. Missalis secundum morem curie romane cum Calendario, MS. on vell., written in gothic characters in red and black, double columns, 35 lines, 185 11., first page after calendar within a fine bar border decorated with birds and flowers in gold and colours, at the corners half-length portraits of saints, including S. Denis, historiated initial A in gold and colours, some large initials in gold and colours, with marginal decoration, other initials in red and blue, some 11. slightly wormed, orig. blind stamped cf. over wooden boards, stamped metal corner and centre-pieces (binding wormed and back somewhat defective), French, xv. century, 4to. (9§ in. by 7 in.), (234), July 9, Sotheby Davis & Orioli, £25

Missale, written (probably in Lorraine) in bold gothic characters in red and black, 223 Il., 14 lines to a page (141 in. by 10 in.), with musical notes, 19 large historiated initials finely painted in gold and colours and two smaller initials, wants the leaf before the Canon of the Mass, modern

blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal centre and corner-pieces, Late xv. cent. (720), Feb. 5, Sotheby Arthur, £19 Missal. Missale iuxta morem Romane ecclesie, printed on vell., gothic letter, double columns of 31-32 lines, printed in red and black, numerous initials finely painted in gold and colours on solid gold backgrounds, the first leaf with two small portrait miniatures (slightly rubbed), with floral marginal extensions, the smaller initials with delicate pen-ornamentation, musical notation (wants 15 ll., including the Canon of the Mass), pigskin, Venice, Johann Hamman or Herzog, Oct. 15, 1488, folio (223), March 20, Sotheby Davis & Orioli, £20 Missale Romanum, gothic letter, in red and black, numerous woodcuts, with music, a few of the cuts coloured, orig. stamped cf. over wooden boards (rebacked), Venice, L. A. de Giunta, 1506, 4to. (27), July 25, Sotheby Ord, £8 5s. Missale Romanum, cum Calendario, full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion and border in compartments, numerous woodcuts in text, music, etc., large gothic letter, printed in red and black (slightly stained), old cf., Venetiis, 1563, folio (607), Jan. 24, Hodgson David, £4 5s. Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum, in red and black, engraved title and fullpage engraving, contemp. brown mor., richly tooled and gt., double dentelle border, the arms of Cardinal Celsi (a tree), with a cardinal's hat above, g.e., sold as a binding, Romae, 1662, folio (124), July 25, Sotheby Peters, £15 10s. Missale Romanvm, copperplate title vignette, engraved borders and numerous full-page plates, engraved by Corn. Gallé, full old red mor., sides with heavy gt. floriate outer border, framing elaborate gt. floriate designs, circles, scroll patterns, dots and stars, arranged in geometrical compartments, with the arms of the Chigi family, g.e. (corners slightly rubbed), Antverpiae, ex Officina Plantiniana, B. Moreti, 1663, folio (46), Jan. 24, American Art Association $82.50

Missale Romanum, roman letter, printed in red and black, full-page engravings, contemp. binding of green velvet, embroidered with flowers and scrolls in silver thread, embossed silver medallion arms in centre of each cover, embossed silver fleurons at corners, borders of plain silver beading, g.e., in a drop-case, sold as a binding, Venetiis, P. Balleoni, 1716, folio (531), Feb. 5, Sotheby £6 5s. Missale secundum usum ecclesiae Sarum, gothic letter, 264 (should be 268) 11., 2 columns, 39 lines, printed in red and black, musical notation on a four-line stave, full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion, two other large and one small woodcut, lombardic initials printed in red, other initials supplied in blue (four in red and blue), cf., defective [not in Hain, Copinger, Reichling, Burger, Weale or Proctor], [title, in red, above Rembolt's device (Brunet 111., 1764)

in red and black], Missale secundum vsum Insignis Ecclesie Sarum. Cum suma diligètia emēdatu. Impssumqz vigilātissime [colophon] In laudem sanctissime_trinitatis totiusqz milicie celestis ad honorē et decore scè ecclesie. Saru anglicane eiusqz devotissimi cleri: hoc missale diuinorum officioru vigiläti studio emēdatū & reuisum: jussu & impensis prestatissimorum viroru vvikin de vvorde & Michael morin: necno Petri Leveti. Impressù Parisius per Udalricum Gerig. & Magistru Berchtoldum Renbolt sociorú felici numine explicitŭ est. Anno dni. M.cccc.xcvij. secunda Januarij; Paris, U. Gering and B. Rembolt for Wynkyn de Worde, M. Morin and P. Levet, 1497, folio (244), July 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, 180

[Only copy known of a hitherto unrecorded edition. Collation: (*)8 (**)2 A-L8 M6 N4 O-V8 x-28 AA-CC8 a-f8 g8, the last probably blank. Much damaged by damp, especially at the end.]

Missale secundum usum ecclesiæ Sarum, gothic letter, 212 11., 2 columns, 49 lines (Canon 42), printed in red and black, musical notation on a four-line stave, the Canon of the Mass on four leaves of vell., on AI verso a large woodcut of the royal arms, crowned, surmounted with a Tudor rose, flanked by two portcullises and supported by a griffin and a hound, on A2 an initial A in red with a Tudor rose in the upper half and a portcullis in the lower, full-page cut of the Crucifixion, one other large and one small woodcut, lombardic initials, orig. binding of stamped cf. over wooden boards [title (22 lines in red, tapering downwards)], [colophon (on f6 verso, in red, above Pynson's device, in black)] . . . Impressum London per Richardum Pynson: comorant. in fletestrete signo sancti Georgii. Anno dni. M.ccccc.iiii. decimo kalendas Januarii: felici numine explicitum est; London, R. Pynson, 1504, folio (245), July 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, £430

[The pagination does not agree with that given by Weale or Lowndes, being numbered in two series, whereas Lowndes gives three and Weale four, in addition in each case to the unnumbered leaves at beginning and end. Of the four copies recorded by Weale, three are imperfect. Collation: 8, A-G8 H6 16 K6 .:.2 L-N8 O10 P-T8 V6 X6 a4 b8 c8 d-f6 +4. Contents: Title (Speculum sacerdotum on verso), calendar, benedictio salis et aquae, benedictio panis (ending on A.1 recto); A.1 verso, woodcut, with verses beneath (Septimus Henricus. . . Talia mille premi tam sancta volumina fecit); A.2-S.8 (numbered_2-142) and T-X (numbered 133-152), Temporale and Propria Sanctorum; a-f (numbered 1-38), Commune Sanctorum, etc.;, Cantelae Missae and Table. A sound copy, measuring 143 in. by 10 in.]

Missale ad usum insignis ac preclare ecclesie Sarum, gothic letter, printed in red and black, double columns, with

musical notation, 2 large woodcuts before the Canon of the Mass and a large printer's device in red within a woodcut border on the verso of the last leaf (the name and service for Thomas à Beckett and the word Pope lightly scored through, a few headlines and a small woodcut slightly cut into, a few words at the beginning damaged by wormholes, the first and last leaf in fac.), brown mor., blind tooled, Rouen, M. Morin, 1514, 4to. (937D), June 4, Sotheby Maggs, £5 15s. Missale secundū vsum insignis ecclesie Say, gothic letter, in red and black, double columns, 44 lines, 244 11. (wanting folios 230-238), with music, Canon of the Mass printed on vell., including two full-page woodcuts coloured by a contemp. hand (the bottom margin of these four leaves on vell. repaired), large woodcut on title of S. George and the Dragon and large cuts on sign. N I, S 2 and C 3, title slightly defective, blank portion cut away and laid down, the lower margin of 17 ll. cut away and repaired (sign. A 1, G 8, L 2-6, M I-2, M 7-8, N I-2, s 8, f 8, g 1, 2), in a few cases affecting the text, wormhole in inner margin mended, small holes through lower margin of a few leaves, minute hole through sign. T6 and c 3, hole in sign. M 7 repaired, margin of several leaves towards the end of the book repaired, crushed crimson mor., panelled tooling in gold and blind on sides, the panel decorated with leafy ogee compartments, each containing a flower in gold, Carysfort arms on sides, gt. back, g.e., by Leighton, in red mor. slip-case [Rouen, M. Morin, n.d.], folio (12 in. by 8 in.), (io), July 2, Sotheby Hutton, £100

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[From the Earl of Crawford's collection. copy appears to be known. Collation: Title (= one leaf without sign.); A 6; as6; A 8-18; K6-L6; M 8s 8; one leaf without signature or foliation, Benedictio salis et aque"; T8-x 8; a 8-h 8; i1 (= folio 229, misnumbered 239); folio 239 (= the last leaf of Tabula) without signature. The title and the Benedictio salis et aquae no doubt belong to gathering a s, of which they are the first and last leaf. In this copy the service for S. Thomas of Canterbury has been lightly blotted out in red (folio 15); two other passages have been also lightly washed over (folios 199 and 210). In the Calendar, every mention of the word "Papa" has been inked out]. Missal. Graduale ad vera et integră preclare ecclesie Sarū consuetudine nuper Parisiis excusum, gothic letter, in red and black, square musical notation in black on a fourline stave in red, woodcut title and woodcuts in the text, title, the next few leaves and a few leaves at end slightly stained, a few headlines slightly shaved, small wormhole through title and a few leaves, a slit in 2 11. (sign. m 6 and s 7), otherwise a very good copy, old rough cf. (rebacked), Parisiis in officina libraria Nicolai Prevost

impensis Francisci Byrkman, 26 June, 1528, folio (70), June 11, Sotheby Ellis, £215 [Collation: 8, a 8-x 8, y 9, A 8-E 8, F 12, A 8-G 8, H 6.] Missale ad usum Cisterciensis ordinis, gothic letter, printed in red and black, 204 11., 2 columns, 43 and 35 lines, fullpage woodcuts before the Temporale, Sanctorale and Canon of the Mass, device on title and many smaller cuts and woodcut initials, all illuminated in gold and colours (folio D7 defective), crushed mor. gt. and blind tooled, g.e., Paris, Ambroise Girault, 1529, 8vo. (9), July 23, Sotheby Ellis & Keene, £8 5s. Missale monasticum secundum consuetudinem ordinis Vallisumbrose, printed on vell., in red and black, gothic letter, double columns, old dark brown Italian mor., metal-work border, in the centre the sacred monogram, catches and clasps, g.e., Venice, Lucantonius de Giunta, 4 Dec., 1503, folio (14 in. by 9} in.), (224), March 20, Sotheby

Michelmore, £52 Missale secundum ordinem Fratrum Prædicatorum, gothic letter, printed in red and black, double columns, 212 11. [Hain *11289, Proctor *4572], with music, a crude fullpage outline woodcut of the Crucifixion before the Canon of the Mass (the blank margin of this and the following leaf slightly defective), a few slight stains, a small hole in sign. q7, old cf. (a little rubbed), a good copy, Venice, Octavianus Scotus, 24 Dec., 1482, 4to. (77), July 25, Sotheby Creshey, £18 IOS.

[First edition of the Dominican Missal.] Missale sacri ordinis Praedicatorum, printed in red and black, engravings and woodcuts, with music, contemp. brown mor. over wooden boards, the sides richly tooled and gt., in the middle, within an ornamental line frame, the arms of G. Borghese, Bishop of Pienza, surmounted by a bishop's hat, embossed metal corner-pieces, catches and clasps, back richly gt., decorated with dragons and eagles within circles (repeated), flowers, dots, etc., g.e., sold as a binding, Romae, 1644 (123), July 25, Sotheby Peters, £IO Missale ad usum insignis ecclesie Tornacensis, gothic letter, printed in red and black, full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion and first leaf of the Canon on vell., smaller woodcuts and woodcut initials (last leaf defective and mended), hf. mor., gt. back, g.e., Antwerp, M. Hellenius, 1540, folio (40), July 25, Sotheby Thorp, £8 Missale ad vsum celeberrime ecclesie Eboracensis, gothic letter, printed in red and black, double columns, 46 lines, 200 Îl., very fine woodcut initial M on title, two fine full-page woodcuts within borders printed on vell. preceding the Canon of the Mass, three smaller woodcuts: (i.) The Nativity (sign. b 1); (ii.) Christ rising from the tomb (sign. i6); Christ with the saints (sign. x 8), sign. a I (the beginning of Proper Time) within a woodcut border,