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1443 Younger (J.) River Angling for Salmon and Trout, calf gilt, m. e., 1840-Cole (R.) The Young Angler's Pocket Companion, frontispiece, divided into two parts, a few headlines cut into, russia gilt, gilt edges, R. Bassam, 1795, 8vo. (618) Maggs, £2 35.

[DECEMBER 5TH, AND FIVE FOLLOWING DAYS, 1898.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A SELECTION FROM A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. WILLIAM MORRIS, OF KELMSCOTT HOUSE, HAMMERSMITH.

(No. of Lots, 1215; amount realised, £10,992 11s.)

[NOTE. This portion of the library of the late Mr. Morris consisted chiefly of manuscripts and specimens of the productions of the early printers. The manuscripts, which were mostly codexes of the Bible, and transcripts of the Greek and Latin classics, included the illuminated Josephus (Lot 732), formerly in the Hamilton Collection, the Sherbrooke and other Missals, etc. They were generally of English or Norman-French workmanship, some being especially interesting from their historical associations. It is not usual to report the sale of MSS. in Book-Prices CurKENT, though exceptions to the rule are numerous. In this instance the most important manuscripts are recorded.-ED.]

1444 Æsopus. Vita et Fabulæ : Fabulæ Extravagantes; Fabulae Aviani et diversarum e graeco latina per Rimicium facta, lit. goth., long lines, with signatures (Hain, 327), ornamental borders, 190 woodcuts and numerous ornamental initials, all coloured by hand, the first leaf containing the figure of Æsop in facsimile (a 8 and all after p 8 [sheet q] wanted, with all faults), signature and address of "Wm. Morris, Hammersmith," on fly-leaf, oaken boards, stamped leather, with legend "Maria" rebacked, Absque ulla nota (Augsburg, A. Sorg, circa 1480), folio (107) Tregaskis, £29

[The imperfect Ashburnham copy realised £61. The parts missing from that comprised sheets P 8 and the whole of Q, with the exception of the last leaf. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4226.—ED.]

1445 Æsopus. Der teutsch Esopus, lit. goth., double columns, 39 lines, outline figure of Æsop within ornamental border on title, repeated on reverse, numerous spirited woodcuts (wanted a 7, h 6, p 4, and q 8, n 6 defective), otherwise a good copy, half bound, Augspurg, Hannsen Schönsperger, 1498, folio (108) Leighton, 11 55. 1446 Albertus Magnus. Sermones de Tempore et de Sanctis, lit. semi-goth., long lines, 40 to a page, without marks (Hain, 472), rubricated, painted ornamental initials in red,

oaken boards, ancient leather sides (rebacked), Per Johannem Zainer Ulmae impressum, s. a., folio (110) Leighton, £2 10s.

[One of the earliest books printed by Zainer, who introduced printing into Ulm.-Catalogue.]

1447 Albertus Magnus. Sermones de Tempore et de Sanctis, lit. goth., long lines, 40 to a full page, rubricated, 2 vol. in 1, oaken boards, half stamped pigskin, clasps, Ulmae, Jo. Zainer, s. a. (circa 1473), folio (111) Tregaskis, £295.

[One of the earliest specimens of John Zainer's printing in Ulm.-Catalogue.]

1448 Albertus Magnus. Sermones notabiles de tempore et de Sanctis, lit. goth., double columns, 36 lines, without marks, rubricated, capitals painted in red, oaken boards, leather, stamped with emblematic ornaments, clasps, Absque ulla nota (Coloniae, U. Zell, circa 1475), folio (112)

Dodson, £3 1IS.

1449 Albertus Magnus. De Virgine Maria-De Laudibus Mariae Virginis, lit. goth, double columns, 61-62 lines, headings of open roman capitals, without marks (same type as Astesanus summa conscientiae") (Hain, 461 and 467), rubricated, painted ornamental initials, the two works in I vol., oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (rebacked), Absque ulla nota (Argent., J. Mentelin, circa 1474), folio (113) Walker, £2 4s. 1450 Alchabitius. Libellus Ysagogicus Abdilazi qui dicitur Alchabitius ad Magesterium Juditiorum Astrorum; interpretatus a Joanne Hispalensi; scriptumque in eundem a Joanne Saxoniae editum, roman and gothic letter, diagrams and ornamental initials, half vellum, Venet., Erhardus Ratdolt, 1485, 4to. (54) Maggs, £2 25. 1451 Alphonsus de Spina. Fortalicium Fidei, Lib. V., semi-gothic letter, double columns, 47 lines, without marks (Hain, 871), woodcut, oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin (rebacked), Absque ulla nota (Basil., B. Richel, circa 1475), folio (117) Downing, £4 Compilatio Dictorum beati Ambrosii edita a Fratre Bartholomeo de Urbino Ord. Frat. Eremit. S. Augustini, de mandate Clementis Papæ Sexti ;" [in fine] "hanc primam partem huius Sacrosancte Ambrosiane complevit scriptorum minimus. Dionysius de Bregonziis de Soma Canonicus Sancte Agnetis de Soma dyoc. Mediolanensis Anno Dni MCCCC octavo, mensis Novembris die XXII," manuscript on vellum (380 leaves), written in large gothic letter, red and black, in double columns, 54 lines, on the first page of text is a fine illuminated miniature of Pope Clement receiving the book from the compiler. a centre illuminated bar with marginal ornaments at head and foot, an emblematic figure of a female saint above, and a coat of arms (sable, a cross gules), the reverse of the leaf has also marginal decorations of birds and leafy branches, and a very charming and highlyfinished miniature of Saint Ambrose (3 inches square), five

1452 Ambrosius Epis. Mediolanensis.

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large illuminated initials occur in the text, and numerous ornamental pen letters, old stamped calf, gilt edges, Mediol., 1408, large folio (120) Quaritch, £36

[This is the first of three volumes of an Alphabetical Concordance to St. Ambrose's Works, extending from A to E. At the beginning is a Table of the Words treated of in the complete work. It was probably never finished, and certainly never printed.- Catalogue.]

1453 Antiphonarium. [beginn.] “Sabbato ante primam Dominicam. Adventus dni. Ad vesporas super psalmos Antiphonam." [In finem] "Gratia sit Christo qui fecit: non michi Petro. qui librum scripsi dictus logiusque notavi. Urbe Placentina natus de nomine digna. Columbe monachus Jh'u pronumine notus. Sunt bis sexcenti nonaginta quinque set anni," manuscript on vellum (273 leaves), written in large gothic letters in red and black, with musical notes, large painted ornamental initial A on reverse of first leaf (7 in. by 6 in.) and numerous smaller ones, and pen letters in red and blue, oaken boards, leather [Placentia, 1295], large folio (124) Maine, £18 5s.

[An addition is made on folio 269, headed, "In annunciatione d'nica 1462," and signed, "Frater Johannes Wasserpoliz de Hylaria."-Catalogue.]

1454 Antoninus Augustus. Itinerarium Provinciarum Omnium cum Fragmenta ejusdem, etc., red and black (top margin of title mended), old English morocco, with the arms of the Duke of Marlborough on the sides, Paris, H. Stephanus, n. d., 8vo. (10) Bain, £2 185.

[The first edition. Printed in 1512.-ED.] 1455 Apocalypsis S. Joannis Apostoli. [Begin. folio ii.] "Incipit literalis expositio in Vulgari translata per Fratrem Fredericum de Veneciis sacre theologie professoris Ordinis Predicatorum super apocalypsem beati Johannis Apostoli edicta in millesimo tringentessimo octuagesimo quarto de Kls. Januarii cum glossis magistri Nicolai de Lira de Ordine fratrum Minorum," Sæc. XIV., manuscript on vellum by an Italian scribe (169 leaves), in double columns, the text written in sections in large gothic letter, the glosses in a small neat gothic, the first page is occupied by a painting of St. John's Vision of Christ between the Seven Golden Candlesticks, on the reverse of which are 6 circular drawings in ink of emblems of the four Evangelists, Solomon and David, the first page of text has 2 illuminated initials (one a miniature of St. John), with marginal decorations, and there are 48 richly-painted and illuminated ornamental initials, and many hundred ornamental pen letters, modern brown morocco, antique style, gilt edges (126) Bain, £40 1456 Appianus. Libri De Bellis Civilibus Romanis, in latinum traducti per P. Candidum, finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 32 to a page, with marginal notes, signatures, 2 pages within ornamental woodcut borders, the first in red, and ornamental woodcut initials (a few plain margins

wormed, and aj a blank wanted), 2 vol. in 1, new vellum, Venet., B. Pictores et Erhard. Ratdolt, 1477, 4to. (64)

Leighton, £4 12s. [Brunet regarded the woodcut borders in this work as the first specimens of their kind appearing in a printed book. -Catalogue.] 1457 Apuleius. Asinus Aureus, cum Commentario Ph. Beroaldi, numerous woodcuts, and ornamental initials, limp vellum, with flap, fine copy, Venet., P. Pincius, 1510, folio (127)

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Breslau, £3 35. 1458 Apuleius. The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse, containinge the Metamorphosis of Lucius Apuleius. with the Mariage of Cupid and Psyche, etc., translated out of Latin into Englishe by Wm. Adlington, black letter, title within woodcut border, morocco extra by Tout, fine copy, Wm. How for Abr. Veale, 1571, 4to. (67) H. Jones, £15 10s. 1459 Aquila (Petrus de). Quaestiones in IV. libros sententiarum, lit. goth., double columns, 60 lines, rubricated, capitals painted in red, oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, clasps, Spirae, Petrus Drach, 1480, folio (128)

Downing, £2 8s. 1460 Arabian Nights. The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night; Tales from the Arabic; and Alaeddin, now first completely done into English by John Payne, together 13 vol., white gilt boards, uncut, Privately printed for the Villon Society, 1882-89, 8vo. (13) Tregaskis, £10 15s. 1461 Aratus. Phaenomena cum Commentariis, et Procli Sphaera, Gr. et Lat., the "Aratus" and "Proclus" portion only of the Aldine "Astronomici Veteres," first edition, with woodcuts, vellum. Venet., Aldus, 1499, folio (129) Tregaskis, £3 1462 Architecture Ottomane; ouvrage autorisé par Irade Impérial, et publié sous le Patronage de Edhem Pacha (French, German and Turkish Texte), 187 plates (some coloured), half morocco, Constantinople, 1873, imperial folio (130) Guebekim, £3 35. 1463 Aretinus (Leonardus). Historia Fiorentina, Libri XII., Sæc. XV., manuscript on vellum (277 leaves), written in a very neat roman letter, by an Italian scribe, long lines, 27 to a page, each book has a finely-painted and illuminated initial, the letter in gold, with white intersected scrolls on various coloured grounds, a blank shield supported by a Cupid at foot of first leaf, contemporary Venetian ornamental binding, oaken boards, brown leather with metal bosses and catches for 4 clasps (circa 1450), folio (131) Buchanan, £25 1464 Aretino (Leonardo). Historia del Popolo Fiorentino composta in latino et tradocta in lingua tosca da D. Acciaioli, prima edizione, printed in roman letter, long lines, with signatures, 2 illuminated initials, oaken boards, ancient half stamped ornamental leather sides, new back, Vinegia, Jacomo de Rossi, 1476, folio (132) Leighton, £6 1465 Aretino (Leonardo). Libro intitulato Aquila, translata da latino in vulgare sermone, prima edizione, woodcut of eagle,

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fine ornamental border of hunting subjects, etc., to first page of text, and woodcut initials (some leaves stained), calf, Napole per Ayolfo de Canthono, 1492, folio (133)

Quaritch, £28 1466 Aristoteles. Politica, Rhetorica, Ethica, Sæc. XIII.-XÏV., manuscript on vellum (186 leaves), written in gothic letter, double columns, 36 lines in 2 different hands, probably Norman-French, with profuse glosses in the margins in a minute cursive hand, the "Politica" had 10 fine painted and illuminated ornamental initials (that on the first page historiated), with marginal elongations of spiked foliage, the remainder of the volume had numerous ornamental pen letters, oaken boards, blind line compartments, metal bosses, title under talc and metal frame on upper cover, long clasps, folio (134) Quaritch, £26 1467 Arthur. The Storye of the most noble and worthye Kynge Arthure; and also of his noble and valiaunt Knyghtes of the rounde table (Translated by Sir Thos. Malory), newly imprynted and corrected, black letter, double columns, woodcuts and ornamental initials (title, next 7 leaves, last leaf of table, portion of last leaf of text, and leaf of colophon in facsimile, some headlines cut into, and margins of 2 leaves mended, with all faults), thick boarded red morocco gilt, with coat of arms in centre, joints, gilt edges, Imprynted in flete strete at the Sygne of the Rose Garlande by Wyllyam Copland, 1557, small folio (136) Quaritch, £31

[Of this rare edition only one perfect copy is said to be known, which was Dent's, afterwards Perkins's, bought by Benzoni, in 1873, for £120, and afterwards, in 1875, sold for £94-Catalogue.]

1468 Assisarum Libri et Placitorum Coronae, black letter, Rastell's large woodcut device on title (last few leaves wormed), old calf, J. Rastell, n. d. (1513), folio (138) Pickering, £4 10s. 1469 Astexanus de Ast. Summa de Casibus Conscientiae, lit. goth., double columns, 62 lines, some signatures stamped in extreme lower margins (Hain, 1890), rubricated, capitals painted in red, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (in fine state), Mentelin's third edition, Absque ulla nota [Argent., J. Mentelin (circa 1475)], folio (139) Leighton, £4 1470 Astexanus de Ast. Summa de Casibus Conscientiae, semigothic letter, double columns, 56-57 lines, headings in small gothic capitals, rude outline woodcut of Salvator Mundi on last leaf, rubricated, capitals painted in red (9 leaves wanted, some wormed), oaken boards, new morocco, stamped with foliage ornaments, Colonia per Henricum Quentell, 1479, II. Kl. Sept., thick folio (140)

G. W. Jones, £3 125. [This appears to be the first book printed by H. Quentell in Cologne.-Catalogue.] 1471 Astexanus de Ast. Summa de Casibus Conscientiae, lit. goth., double columns, without signatures, capitals painted in blue and red, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, clasps, Nurenberga, A. Koburger, 1482, folio (141) Downing, £2

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