1747 Photographs of Medallion Stone Carvings from Church Walls, 20 fine photographs mounted in a vol., half morocco, oblong folio (946) Wilton, £3 4s. 1748 Pinto (F. Mendez). Voyages and Adventures in Ethiopia, the East Indies, etc., Englished by H. Cogan, old calf, J. Macock for H. Herringman, 1663, folio (948) Wilton, £2

[A few years after this book was published it could have been bought at auction for a few shillings. Sir Kenelm Digby's copy, for example, sold in April, 1680, for 5s. 6d. See Lawler's "Book Auctions in England," 1898, p. 135.— ED.] 1749 Pisis (Rainerus de). Pantheologia, lit. goth., double columns, 57 lines, without marks (Hain, 13015), vol. ii., L-Z with 30 leaves of table, rubricated, capitals painted in red, oaken boards, stamped leather, metal bosses, Ex-Libris of "Convent. Ratisb. Ord. Praed." in cover, Nuremberg, J. Sensenschmid et H. Kefer, 1473, folio (949) Leighton, £3 18s. 1750 Pisis (Rainerus de). Pantheologia, printed in semi-gothic letter, double columns, 57 lines, without marks, 2 vol. (vol. ii. wanted 3 leaves), russia sides, morocco back, Nurembergae, Ant. Coburger, 1477, large folio (950) Wilton, £3 5s.

1751 Platina (B.)

Les Genealogies faitz et gestes des Saincts Peres, Papes, Empereurs et Roys de France, compose en latine par Jehan (sic) Platine, et nouvellement translatees en Francoys, old vellum, with device of the Convent of Minimes of Paris, Paris, par P. Vidove pour Galiot du Pre, 1519, folio (953) Maggs, £2 145. 1752 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, Lib. XXXVII., finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 50 to a page, without marks, first page of preface had a fine miniature initial of the author presenting his book to the Emperor, with marginal decoration, each book had a fine large ornamental pen letter, smaller initials painted in blue and red, books numbered in red in top margin (2 leaves wanted), Venet., Impressum per Nicolaum Jenson Gallicum, 1472, folio (954) Tregaskis, £6 15s.

1753 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, Lib. XXXVII., finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 50 to a page, without marks, large initials painted in gold, small ones painted, coat of arms in lower margin of first page, MS. notes in margins (I leaf damaged and 12 lines supplied in MS.), old calf, Parmae ductu et impensis Steph. Coralli Lugd., 1476, folio (955) Bridges, £3 5s. 1754 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, Lib. XXXVII., ab Alex. Benedicto emendatiores redditi, numerous woodcuts and ornamental initials, device of cat and mouse on title, Venet., M. Sessa, 1513-Boccacius (Jo.) Genealogiae, etc. (wanted 4 leaves after title), woodcut initials, Paris, D. Roce, L. Hornken, etc., 1511, in 1 vol., oaken boards, stamped pigskin, folio (956) Wilton, £4 4s. 1755 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, tradocta di Lingua Latina in Fiorentina per Chr. Landino, roman letter, long

lines, 48-50 to a page, without marks (several leaves at end wormed), old calf, Venet., per Nic. Jansonis (sic), 1476, folio (957) Cockerel, £75s. 1756 Plinius. Natural Historie of the World, translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, with arms, A. Islip, 1601, folio (958) J. Jones, £4 4s. 1757 Plutarchus. Vitae Parallelae, a diversis interpretibus Latinæ factæ, a J. A. Campano collectae et editæ, finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 45 to a page, without marks, marginal decoration to first page of each vol., fine large ornamental pen letters, MS. notes in margins, some margins mended and a few words supplied in MS., 2 vol., old russia (Syston Park copy), editio princeps, Roma, Udalricus Gallus [circa 1470], folio (959) Leighton, £10 IOS. 1758 Plutarchus. Vitae, nuper quam diligentissime recognitae ; quibus tres Virorum Illustrium Vitæ additæ fuerunt, cut of Theseus and Centaur, and ornamental initials (some leaves slightly wormed and stained), oaken boards, stamped leather gilt, gilt gauffered edges (repaired), Venet., Dom. Pincius, 1502, folio (960) Wilton, £4 45.

1759 Plutarch. Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, translated out of French by Sir Thos. North, engraved title by Barlow, old black morocco, full gilt ornamental back, sides elaborately tooled in floreate ornaments, and centre panels with cottage roofs with head at angles, edges gilt and painted in flowers, bound by Samuel Mearne, an excellent specimen, A. Miller for W. Lee, 1657, folio (963) Clements, £14 55. 1760 Politianus (Aug.) Opera; et alia quædam lectu digna (cura Aldi Romani), with the 2 leaves of Register at end containing a Monody on Lorenzo de' Medici (bb iiii and v inlaid), contemporary oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, with figures of Justice and Charity in centres, clasps, Venet., Aldus, 1498, folio (964) Hewlett, £3 125. 1761 Pontificale noviter impressum per pulchrisque Characteribus diligentissime annotatum per Jacobum de Luciis et Jo. Burkardum, lit. goth., double columns, red and black, musical notes, woodcut title, with the Pope in Council, within ornamental border (repeated twice), woodcuts and initials, MS. alterations in some margins, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (rebacked), Lugd., Jo. Moilin al's de Cambray expensis L. Martin, 1511, folio (967)

Maine, £3 165. 1762 Priscianus Grammaticus. Opera cum Commentario Johannis de Aingre, roman letter (2 types), with signatures, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, Venet., G. Arrivabenus, 1488, folio (969) Wilton, £2 18s. 1763 Prisse D'Avennes. L'Art Arabe d'après les Monuments du Kaire, 200 lithographs (many in colours), 3 vol. vellum, and 4to. vol. of text half morocco gilt, Paris, Morel, 1877, atlas folio (970) Wilton, £22 1764 Psalterium Davidis cum Calendario, etc., Sæc. XIV., manuscript on vellum (141 leaves), written in large gothic letter, long lines, 22 to the page, by an English scribe, every

page having numerous illuminated ornamental initials and divisions, 8 large and finely illuminated historiated initials, with borders round the page of grotesque birds (the pelican, etc.) and other figures, tipped with foliage (wanted a leaf in the Psalms and some 12 leaves of prayers at the end), contemporary oaken boards, leather, four metal bosses, folio (972) Leighton, £85

[An interesting English MS. Among the Saints in the Calendar occur St. Wulstan, St. Edward, King and Martyr, St. Cuthbert, St. Dunstan, St. Aldhelm, St. Kenelm, St. Arnulph, St. Wolfran, etc. The Calendar and part of the text appear to be in a later hand.—Catalogue.]

1765 Psalterium Latinum, etc., cum Commentario Beati Brunonis Epi. Herbipolensis, editio princeps, lit. goth., double columns, the text in a large missal type in red and black, the Commentary in smaller gothic (Hain, 4011), painted ornamental initials, the first illuminated, with marginal decorations, oaken boards, stamped leather, metal corners and clasps (repaired), Absque ulla nota [Herbip. typis Reyseri, circa 1475], folio (973) Wilton, £14 14s. 1766 Psalterium Aureum. The Psalmes of David, with Calendar, Prayers, Creed, Litany of Saints, etc., Sæc. XII., manuscript on vellum (193 leaves, of which the last 6 [part of the "Placebo"] are in another hand), written in bold open characters, with initial letters in gold, and capitals in red, green and blue, the Calendar in green, blue, red and black, conmemorates many English Saints, has three leaves only which are mended, new boards, half pigskin, clasps, bound by Cobden Sanderson, the Doves Bindery, 1896, small folio (866) Quaritch, £97

[An interesting Codex written by an English Scribe at Saint Albans towards the end of the XIIth Century. From the Phillipps Collection.-Catalogue.]

1767 Psalterium Davidis Latinum, cum Orationibus, etc., Sæc. XIII., manuscript on vellum (152 leaves), written in large gothic characters, long lines in red and black (probably German), the first leaf, on which was a large illuminated B, wanted, the first page in the volume contains the opening words of the First Psalm in majuscules of gold, on green and blue grounds, within gold lines and gold and red borders, six large and elaborate scroll initials, four of which are historiated, and numerous smaller ornamental initials in gold, with green and blue shadings (margins of one leaf cut off), oaken boards, pigskin, clasps, 4to. (867) Wilton, £45

1768 Psalterium. Liber Margarita Davitica nuncupatus ex Sacris Ecclesiæ Sanctæ luminibus, etc., lit. goth., long lines, 32-34 to a page, without marks, elaborate ornamental woodcut initial P with marginal decoration, and outline initials (wanted folios cvi-cxiv, inner margins wormed), limp vellum, Sine nota (Augustæ G. Zainer, circa 1472), 4to. (868) Wilton, £3 8s. 1769 Psalterium cum apparatu vulgari familiariter appresso. Latein

isch Psalter mit de teutschen nutzliche dabei gedruckt (mit Kalendar), lit. goth., 2 types, red and black, fine historiated woodcut initials (coloured by hand), numerous old MS. Prayers, etc., in fly-leaves and in the text (fol. I defective), oaken boards, pigskin, metal bosses and clasps, Augspurg, Erhardt Ratdolt (with device in red), 1494, 4to. (869) Ellis, £26 10S. 1770 Psalterium cum apparatu vulgari firmiter appresso: Lateinisch Psalter mit dem teutschen nutzbarlichen dabey detruckt, lit. goth., 2 types, title in red with Furter's device in centre, calendar in red and black, historiated woodcut initials, oaken boards, stamped leather, Basil., Mich. Furter, 1503, 4to. (870) Wilton, £10

1771 Ptolemæus (Claudius). Cosmographiæ Libri VIII., semiroman letter, double columns with signatures, 32 woodcut maps (coloured by hand), descriptions within woodcut borders, woodcut ornamental initials (b 4 and 5 wanted), 24 leaves from Reger's edition, Ulm, 1486 (signatures a-b in 8's), inserted at end; half of the last leaf supplied in facsimile (sold with all faults), oaken boards, new stamped ornamental pigskin with clasps, Ulmæ, Leonardus Hol, 1482, folio (976) Wilton, £21 1772 Ptolemæus (Claudius). Cosmographia [Nic. Donis interprete; acc. ejusdem tractatus de locis ac mirabilibus Mundi], roman letter, double columns, 44 lines, with signatures, 32 double-page maps, and woodcut ornamental initials, the first initial represents the editor presenting the Book to the Pope, and another on reverse of A 2 a figure of Ptolemy, all carefully coloured in an artistic manner, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, metal repoussé bosses (well preserved), Ulmæ, Jo. Reger, 1486, KI. Aug., folio (977) Quaritch, £91 1773 Publicius Florentinus (Jacobus). Artis Oratoriæ Epitomæ, etc., lit. goth., 7 woodcut pages of objects suggestive of capital letters, ornamental woodcut initials, plate of chessboard on reverse of last leaf (wanted title and next leaf, some leaves stained), vellum, Venet., E. Ratdolt, 1482, 4to. (871) Wilton, £2 1774 Quaritch (B.) Catalogue of Medieval Literature, LARGE PAPER, 19 facsimiles, mostly illuminated, half morocco, presentation copy to Wm. Morris, 1890, 4to. (873)

Wilton, £2 1775 Quaritch (B.) Facsimiles of Choice Examples selected from Illuminated MSS., Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books, chromolithographs, parts ii.-x., wrappers. 1890-92, 4to. (874) Wilton, £3 1776 Quaritch (B.) Palaeography: Notes on the History of Writing, etc., 22 facsimiles, chiefly in chromo, half morocco, presentation copy to Wm. Morris, 1894, 4to. (875) Wilton, £4 1777 Racinet (A.) Polychromatic Ornament, with explanatory Text, 100 plates in gold, silver and colours, gilt edges, Sotheran, 1873, folio (980) Wilton, £4 8s.

1778 Reges Tres. Hie hebt sich an ein büch gestetzet in eren unsers herren Jhesu Cristi und seiner müter Marien und der heiligen dryer Künig, wurdigkeit wie sy in die land Komen, etc. (from the Latin of Joannes Episcopus Hildeshemiensis), lit. goth., long lines, 36 to a full page, with signatures, 54 leaves, including 2 blanks (the latter wanted in this copy) (Hain, 9401), 58 woodcuts (some repeated), and historiated and ornamental initials (d 2, part of d 3, and the 3 leaves of table in facsimile), signature and address of Wm. Morris on fly-leaf, Absque ulla nota (Augsburg, circa 1478), folio (981) Quaritch, £65

[An extremely rare book (only two or three copies being known) in which the woodcuts are of the late block-book character. The historiated initials are much superior in design and workmanship to the larger cuts. Mr. Quaritch had one in his "Monuments of Early Typography," which he described as the only copy known.-Catalogue. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 4922.-ED.]

1779 Robinson (Vincent J.) Eastern Carpets, with preface by Sir Geo. Birdwood, two series, 24 facsimiles in colours, after drawings by E. Julia Robinson, 2 vol., buckram, uncut, 1882-93, imperial folio (985) Wilton, £15 15s.

1780 Roman de la Rose. Cy est le Romāt de la rose, ou tout lart damour est enclose, etc. (par Guillaume de Lorris et Jehan Meung), lettres bâtardes, double columns, woodcuts and woodcut initials, printer's device on last leaf, crushed red morocco with floreate tooling, gilt edges by R. de Coverley, an excellent copy of a rare edition, Paris, Galiot du Pre, 1526, folio (987) Breslau, £20 1781 Romans. Roman des sept Sages de Rome: Le Roman de Marques, Senechal de Rome, fils de Caton: et Le Roman de Lorin fils de Marques et Empereur de Constantinople, manuscript on vellum, by a French scribe (215 leaves), in neat gothic letter, double columns of 41 lines, with 9 illuminated historiated miniatures (2 in. by 24 in.), and numerous illuminated initials, oaken boards, new brown morocco, plain, inside line tooling, joints, vellum fly-leaves by Belz-Niedrée, circa 1300, folio (988) Leighton, £69 [A valuable contemporary manuscript of these popular romances. The leaves have been mixed up by the binder, but a MS. description by M. Paulin Paris, which accompanies the volume, states that the "Sept Sages" wanted only the first and last leaves, that the greater part of Marques" was present, and that the "Lorin" consisted of fragments forming about half the complete work. He added that he believes the two latter have never been printed. Catalogue.]

1782 Roxburghe Club. Gesta Romanorum. The Old English Versions, edited for the First Time from MSS., with introduction and notes by Sir Fr. Madden, club binding, uncut (signature and address of Wm. Morris, Kelmscott House), 1838, 4to. (888) Ellis, £3 10s.

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