"Erthe upon erthe wynneth castels and touris Whanne erthe upon erthe hath biggid up his bouris, So gooth erthe upon erthe al glittering in gold, And zit schal erthe unto erthe rather than he wolde." -and so on through many more lines. 17100 PILGRYMAGE OF PERFECCYON. A deuoute treatyse in Englysshe, called the Pilgrymage of perfeccyon; very profytable for all chrysten people to rede: and in especyall to all relygyous persones moche necessary. The auctour of this present treatyse hath added unto it the exposicyon of the Aue and the Crede, with dyuerse other thynges (by William Bonde), sm. folio, WITH THE THREE CURIOUS FOLDED WOODCUTS (the first of these in wonderful facsimile), EXTREMELY RARE, morocco, gilt edges, £40. Imprynted at London in Flete-strete, at the sygnne of the VERY RARE. Dibdin had never seen it, and only described it after Herbert, and Lowndes merely states the existence of the impression without specifying any copy. The above. formerly in Mr. Dunn Gardner's library, is the only one which has occurred in the sales, except an imperfect copy. 17101 PINTER (Ulrich) DER BESCHLOSSEN GART DES ROSENKRĀTZ MARIE, 2 vols. folio, an immense number of large and small woodcuts by Hans Scheuffelein and Caspar Rosenthaler, in the original wooden boards, covered with stamped leather, £28. Nürmberk, 1505 EXCESSIVELY RARE and very little known. Next to Dürer's works, the Beschlossen Gart (in which even his collaboration may be detected) is the chief monument of the art of wood-engraving in Germany in the early part of the sixteenth century. 17102 RODORICI ZAMORENSIS SPECULUM VITE HUMANE, sm. folio, old calf, £4. August., a Ginthero Zainer, 1471 A philosophic book on the various conditions of life, and on the means of avoiding temptation in them. It is a sensible work, full of interesting allusions to the habits and customs of the author's time. He died in 1470, having been Bishop of Zamora and Palencia. His proper Spanish name was Rodrigo Sanchez de Arevalo. 17103 [SCHEYT (Caspar)] DER TODTENDANTZ durch alle Stende vnnd Geschlecht der Menschen darinnen ihr herkowen vnde ende, nichtigkeit und sterbligkeit als in eim Spiegel zu beschawen fürgebildet, vnd mit schönen Figuren gezieret, 12mo. 53 fine woodcuts after Holbein's designs of the Dance of Death, vellum, RARE, £6. s. l. 1557 The text is followed by other pieces which are mentioned on the title-page. 17104 SAVONAROLA, Opere : Compendio di Revelatione, 54 leaves (a-h) 34 lines a page SAVONAROLA, OPERE—continued. Declaratione del Mysterio della Croce, 4 leaves, 34 lines a page sine notâ 8. n. Epistola.. s. n. s. n. altra edizione, 4 leaves, 46 lines a page Epistola... cotra la excomunicatione subreptitia, 2 leaves, 34 lines a page Firēze, 1497 Expositione del Pater Noster, 24 leaves (a-c), 36 lines a page s. n. altra edizione, 26 leaves (a-d), 30 lines a page Firenze, Mischomini, 1494 Expositione. . . sopra la oratione della Vergine, 12 leaves (a-6), 28 lines a page Expositiōe del psalmo lxxviiii, 15 leaves (a-b), 35 lines a page S. n. Firenze, 1496 Fra Hieronymo . . . alle suore del tertio ordine di San Domenico, ... s. n. s. n. (1495) alla Christianissima maesta del Re di Francia, 2 leaves, 37 lines a page Libro . della Semplicita della Vita Christiana, 56 leaves (a-g), 37 lines a page Firenze, Morgiani, 1496 Operetta del amore di Jesu, 22 leaves (a-c), 33 lines a page (the last two leaves containing Lauds or Hymns) Operetta. sopra edieci comādamenti, 28 leaves (a-d), 38 lines a page Firenze, Lorenzo Morgiani & Giovanni di Maganza, s. a. Operette... regola a tutti ereligiosi, etc. 4 leaves, 42 lines a page S. N. s. n. Oratione di Hieremia propheta laquale Fra Girolamo da Ferrara Predica... facta adi xxv de Febraio, 1497, 20 leaves (a-c) ... 8. n. 8. n. s. n. s. n. Sermone della oratione a M. A. d. S., 12 leaves (a, b), 38 lines a in defensione et commendatione della Oratione mentale, 26 leaves (a, b), 38 lines on page Firenze, Miscomini Tractato (Breve & utile) della Humilita, 9 leaves (there ought to be 10), 38 lines a page s. n. CONCLUSIONES rationibus ac signis supernaturalibus probande, 6 leaves, gothic letter, EXCESSIVELY RARE s. n. (April, 1498) This piece is the public challenge of Savonarola's supporters, with the acceptance by the Franciscans, to the famous Ordeal of Fire, which led to the fall and destruction of the great Dominican a few days later. together 24 pieces, small 4to. with many woodcuts, sewed, £36. (1490)-98 17106 SAVONAROLA. Prediche . . . facto lanno del 1496 ne giorni delle feste, finito che hebbe la Quaresima: & prima riposatosi circa uno mese ricomincio el di Sco. Michele a di viii di Maggio, 1496, sm. folio, margins of a few leaves mended, hf. bd. RARE, £3. s. n. (Florence, 1496) printed in this type, the invention of P. Moreau. It is an elegant imitation of a written character, something between the Roman and the Italic; and the book is therefore, as a singularity of typography, eagerly sought for by amateurs. 17128 IMITATION DE JÉSUS-CHRIST, traduction de Michel de Marillac, sm. 8vo. printed on fine ruled paper, with 8 beautiful etchings by Flameng after the designs of J. P. Laurens, s.d. 18s Paris, 1878 17129 KEMPIS (Tom. de) volgarmente intitolato Gio. Gerson, dell' Imitatione di Christo, 18mo. frontispiece and plates (mounted), calf, Venetia, 1689 vulgarmente se Lisboa, 1679 16s 17130 KEMPIS (Thomas de) Imitaçam de Christo que intitula Contemptus Mundi, 18mo. calf, 10s 17131 IMITACION DE CHRISTO traducido por 4 plates, calf, clasps, 28 6d Luis de Granada, 12mo. c. Illuminati and Visionaries, 17132 BUNSEN (Ernest de) the Hidden Wisdom of Christ and the Key of Knowledge: or History of the Apocrypha, 2 vols. 8vo. blue morocco extra, gilt edges, 15s Y 1865 A transcendental work on the origin and development of apocryphal tradition, valuable by reason of the author's intimate knowledge of the early Church and its history. 17133 JOACHIM magnus Propheta. . . in libruz Cirilli de magnis tribulationib' Explanatio in Apochalypsiz, etc. many curious woodcuts, different from those in other editions, Venet. per L. de Soardis, 1516-Psalterium beati Brunonis, Ant. Koberger, 1497; and other pieces-in 1 vol. sm. 4to. fine copies, original wooden binding, with clasps, £2. 108 1516-1497, etc. The curious Prophecies of the Abbat Joachim concerning the evil fortunes and revolutions of the Church, caused them to be condemned and burnt, although the Abbat himself was canonized. 17134 JOANNINI (Hieron.) Vaticinia, seu prædictiones illustrium virorum, sex rotis ære incisis comprensa, de successione summ. Pontificis Rom. sm. 4to. engraved title and 6 plates, vellum, from the Sunderland library, £4. Venetia, G. B. Bertoni, 1600 A curious work collecting six various sets of prophecies concerning the succession of the Popes, illustrated each by an engraved exposition in orbicular shape, which the editor calls his six wheels. 17135 KHUNRATH (Henrici) Amphitheatrum Sapientiæ æternæ solius veræ, Christiano-Kabalisticum divino-magicum . folio, engraved title, portrait, and curious plates, some mounted, calf gilt, £3. 16s Hanovic, 1609 An extremely curious work of mystical theology. A double translation of the Proverbs and Wisdom, of which one was new, serves as the string on which the Cabalistical pearls are strung. 17136 KOTTER, Revelationes Christophoro Kottero, 1616-24 factæ, portrait and numerous singular engravings of fine execution, 1664 -Revelationes Christina Poniatoviæ, 1627-29 factæ, 1664-2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. beautiful copy in russia gilt, gilt edges, £3. 10s s. l. 1664 The Bohemian originals have never been printed. 17136* LIECHTENBERGERS (Johannis) Pronosticatio, 12mo. numerous woodcuts, title mended, calf, 16s Colon. P. Quentel, 1528 17137 [SWEDENBORG (E.)] de Coelo et ejus Mirabilibus, et de Inferno, ex auditis et visis, 4to. hf. calf, 12s 1758 One of the most curious works of the great Mystic. It gives a detailed description of the customs and pleasures of life in heaven. 17138 SWEDENBORG, Summaria expositio sensus interni librorum propheticorum Veteris Testamenti, necnon et Psalmorum, 4to. calf, Londini, 1784 17139 158 78 6d du Commerce établi entre l'Ame et le Corps, 8vo. calf, Londres, 1785 All the organs, offices, and pleasures of sex are retained in heaven, but corporeal prolification does not ensue. 17140 SWINDEN (Tobias) Enquiry into the nature and place of Hell, sm. 8vo. calf, 78 6d 1714 Hell is in the Sun, says the author, who uses a good deal of learning to prove that its fires are real, not figurative, and that they neither purify nor destroy the wicked sufferers, but torture them for ever-a very comforting conclusion. 6. WORKS OF THE REFORMERS AND THEIR OPPONENTS. a. The Precursors. 17141 WYCLIF (John) ENGLISH TREATISES, 12mo. MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, 466 pages, with borders and capital letters illuminated in gold and colours, calf, gilt edges, £60. circ. 1400 This truly valuable Manuscript is divided as follows:-Prologue; of Belief; on the Creed; Decalogue; Pater Noster; of perfect Life, virtuous Patience; Temptation; the Charter of Heaven's Bliss; of ghostly Battle; of the name of Jesus; Love of Jesus; of very Meekness; of Man's Will; of active and contemplative Life; the Mirror of Chastity. "This tretys compilid of a pore caitif and nedi of goostli help of al cristen puple, bi ye greet merci and help of god, shal teche symple men and wommen of good wille ye rizt weie to heuene if yei wolen bisie hem to have it in mynd and worche yeraftir, wiyouten multiplicacion of many bokis. . . ." This extract from the first page is merely given as a specimen of the language of the book. (The Saxon letter for th has been necessarily transformed into y in printing.) As a memorial of the great Precursor of the Reformation, as an oldEnglish text of the writer, who has been called the Father of English proseliterature, and as an example of English language and calligraphy five hundred years ago, this MS. is extremely interesting.-The name of Wyclif is not found in the volume, but he was certainly the author of at least the major portion of the text. 17142 WICLEFI (Io.) DIALOGORU libri qttuor quoru primus diuinitatē & Ideas tractat, Secudus uniuersaru creatione coplectitur. Tertius de uirtutib. uitiisqz ipsis cōtrariis, etc. sm. 4to. fine woodcut title, slightly water-stained, old calf, £2. 10s (Basil.) excusum anno a Christo nato 1525 "Cet ouvrage a été soigneusement supprimé et est devenu très-rare."Brunet. "Livre rare et précieux."-Deschamps. 17143 SHIRLEY (W. W.) Catalogue of the original works of John Wyclif, 8vo. cloth, 38 6d Oxford, 1865 17145 HUSS (Joannis) Opuscula. Ioannes Huss de Anatomia Antichristi. . . Appendix Othonis Brunnfelsii -Ioannis Huss . . . Tomus secundus-Sermonum Ioannis Huss ad Populum Tomus tertius-Processus consistorialis martyrii Io. Huss[Lutheri] Resolutio Lutheriana .. de Potestate Papa5 parts in 1 vol. sm 4to. woodcuts, calf, £2. 28 (Argent. 1525) Epistolæ quædam Johannis Hus, cum Lutheri præfatione, J. Lufft-Disputatio Joannis Hus quam absolvit dum ageret Constantiæ, N. Schirlenz-Tragedia Johannis Huss welche auf dem unchristlichen Concilio zu Costnitz gehalten. portraits of Huss, Georg Rhaw-3 vols. in 1, 12mo. old calf, rare, £2. 10s Wittemberg, 1537 17146 The last piece is arranged as a regular drama, in rhyme, closing up with a warning address by a Prophet, one of the dramatis personæ. 17147 HEMMERLIN (Felicis) VARIE OBLECTATIONIS OPUSCULA ET TRACTATUS, sm. folio, with woodcut portrait of author on title, old blue morocco, with ornamental gilt tooling on the back, gilt and marb. edges, by Padeloup, FINE COPY, £5. 5s absque nota [Basil. 1497] Contra validos mendicantes; contra Beghardos Beginasque; Lollhardorum descriptio; de Exorcismis; de credulitate Demonibus adhibendâ ; etc. The author, Hemmerlin or Malleolus, made himself so obnoxious by his attacks upon the unworthy classes in the church that, even after an attempt to assassinate him, his enemies contrived to have him thrown into prison for some years immediately before his death. 17148 INSTITORIS (Henrici) SANCTE ROMANE ECCLIE FIDEI DEFENSIONIS CLIPPEUM ADUERSUS WALDĒSIUM seu PICKARDORUM HERESIM. sm. folio, arms on title, and device at end, corner of last leaf mended, otherwise fine copy in vellum. £5. 10s Olomucz, C. Baumgarthe, 1501 FIRST EDITION; RARE. The reverse of the title contains a fine woodcut of St. Wenceslaus. 17149 BUCERI (Martini) Apologia qua fidei suæ circa Christi cœnam rationě... reddit, 12mo. calf, 68 17150 17151 Argent. 1526 Acta Colloquii in comitiis Imperii Ratispona habiti, hoc est Articuli de Religione conciliati & non conciliati omnes, 2 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to. original edition, old calf, 168 (Argent.) 1541 All Bucer's books are rare. These two are of high historical importance. Iudgement concerning Divorce . . . now Englisht [by John MILTON] wherein a late book restoring the doctrine and discipline of Divorce is heer confirm'd, small 4to. sd. 25s 1644 17152 BULLINGERI (Henrychi) Bullæ Papistica ante biennium contra . . . Reginam Elizabetham & contra inclytum Angliæ regnum promulgatæ, refutatio, orthodoxæque Reginæ & universi Regni Angliæ defensio, 1571-Fidelis Servi, subdito infideli responsio, una cum errorum et calumniarum quarundam examine quæ continentur in septimo libro de visibili Ecclesiæ Monarchia a Nic. Sandero conscripta (sic) (auctore BARTH. CLERKE), 1573-De Visibili Romanarchia contra Nic. Sanderi Monarchiam, 15733 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. vellum, all clean copies, £2. Lond. Joh. Day, 1571-73 |