4988 Thier. Viellerley wūderbarlicher Thier des Erdtrichs, Mehrs und des Luffts, allen anfahenden Malern und Goldtschmieden nutzlich sampt andern Künstnern, about 240 figures of real and fabulous animals on 57 leaves (perhaps by Jost Amman), with names in Latin and German (1 leaf mended, some figures coloured) (Ashburnham, £11), Franckf. a. M., Cyriac Jacobi zum Bart, 1546, sm. 4to. (684) Mason, £5 10s. 4989 Thomas de Sancta Maria, Ord. Præd. Libro Llamado Arte de tañer Fantasia assi para Tecla como para Vihuela, y todo instrumento, en que se pudiere tauer a tres, y a quatro vozes, y a mas, musical notes and ornamental initials (some leaves stained), limp vellum, Valladolid, F. Ferd. de Cordova, 1565, small folio (686*) Sefton, £13 4990 Thomaso (Eudaldo). Tratado de Esgrima a pie y a Caballo, en que se enseña por principios el manejo del Florete, etc., 16 copper-plates of fencing positions, old calf, Barcelona, N. Dorca, 1823, small 4to. (687) Tyke, £2 25. 4991 Thucydides. Histoire de Thucydide de la Guere qui fut entre les Peloponnesins et Atheniens translatee de Grec en François par Claude de Seyssel, ruled in red, fine ornamental woodcut initials, large copy with wide margins, containing numerous MS. notes by H. Zaugitz, 1591, whose name is on title, old calf, Paris, M. de Vascosan, 1559, folio (688) Amos, £29 4992 Tondalus. Libellus de Raptu Animæ Tundali et eius Visione. Tractans de Penis Inferni et Gaudiis Paradisi, lit. goth., (28 leaves), long lines, 29 to a page, without marks, 21 spirited outline woodcuts, vellum, Absque ulla nota, small 4to. (689) Ouseley, £10

[Brunet mentions only 20 woodcuts. The first is an armed figure of the Hero of the Visions, with the German Legend Tondolus der Ritter." Printed "typis Reyserianis" probably by the Brothers Hijst of Spire, circa 1480. The Ashburnham copy sold for £48. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 5236.—ED.] 4993 Trithemius (Abbas Ioan.) Polygraphie et Universelle Escriture Cabalistique, traduicte par Gabriel de Collange, title within woodcut border, with portrait on reverse, revolving diagrams, ornamental initials, etc., 3 parts in 1 vol., old calf, good copy, Paris, J. Kerver, 1561, 4to. (692) Petzler, £2 4994 Tuccaro (Sr. Archange de l'Abruzzo). Trois Dialogues de l'Exercise de Sauter et Voltiger en Air, numerous woodcuts, including the large folding one, vellum, clean copy, Paris, Claude de Monstr'æil, 1599, 4to. (693). Toplis, £3 Is. [An excessively rare and early Treatise on the Acrobatic Art. Ashburnham copy, 10. See BOOK-PRICES Current, vol. xii., No. 5243.-ED.]

4995 Turchettus (Ant.) apud Nicolaum Tronum pro eodem Gratulatoria Oratio (9 leaves), roman letter, long lines, without marks, new blue and gold-flowered boards, Patavii (Padua), Barth. de Valdezochio et Martinus de Septem Arboribus, 1472, V. Mensis Maii, small 4to. (694). Barry, £2 25. [A very rare tract, by the same printers and with the

same date as the "Fiametta" of Bocaccio, generally regarded as the first book printed at Padua.-Catalogue.] 4996 Utino (Leonardus de). Sermones Quadrigesimales de Legibus, lit. goth., double columns, without marks, fine painted and illuminated initial on first page with marginal decoration and coat of arms below, with initials O. D. S. M. E. and date 1479, rubricated, ornamental capitals in blue and red, contemporary oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (mended), clean copy, Venet., F. de Hailbrum et Nic. de Frankfordia, 1473, small folio (696) Dawson, £2 4s. 4997 Valerius Episcopus. Epistola ad propinquum Suum ex græco in latinum Sermonem per Rodolphus Agricola truducta, lit. goth., long lines (12 leaves), with signatures, "Finit. per me Jacobum de Breda" (Daventer, circa 1480), small 4to. (698) Dawson, £1 19s.

4998 Valturius (Robertus). De Re Militari, Lib. XII., printed in roman letter, long lines, with signatures, rubricated, large ornamental initials in red, numerous verv fine and spirited woodcuts, contemporary oaken boards, leather, stamped in small circular ornaments, fine clean copy, Verona (Boninus de Boninis], 1483, xiii. Feb., small folio (699)

Leighton, 19 15s.

[The second edition of Valturius, with woodcuts differing from those in the first.-Catalogue.]

4999 Vanegas (Alexo). Primera Parte de las differencias de Libros que ay en el Universo, primera edicion, lit. goth., coat of arms on title (some leaves wormed), buckram (Harrisse Suppl., 130), Toledo, Juan de Ayala, 1540, small 4to. (700) Dawson, £5 5s.

[This rare book is the first in which the labours of the great Spanish Cosmographer Alonso de Santa Cruz are recorded. It contains also a chapter on the geographical divisions of the World, including America, the discovery of which is attributed to Vespucci.-Catalogue.]

5000 Varthema (Ludov. de). Itinerario nello Egitto, nella Soria, nella Arabia deserta et felice, nella Persia, etc., Le fede, el vivere et costumi . . et al presente agiontovi alcune Isole novamente retrovate, cut on title, morocco extra, inside dentelles, gilt edges, fine copy, Vinegia, Fr. di Aless. Bindone, 1535, 12mo. (701) Deacon, £10 5s.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., Nos. 5270-5272. -ED.]

5001 Vasari (Giorgio). Le Vite de piu ecclenti Architetti, Pittori et Scultori Italiani da Cimabue insino a tempi nostri, edizione prima, woodcut titles and ornamental initials, large device at end, 3 parts in 2 vol., half bound, Firenze, L. Torrentino, 1550, small 4to. (702) Quaritch, £7 17s. 6d. [This Original Edition contains passages afterwards suppressed. The Ashburnham copy sold for £12 5s. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 5273.-ED.]

5002 Vegetius (F1.) Epitome Institutorum Rei Militaris ex Comment. Cantonis, etc.-Æliani de Instruendis aciebus a Theo

doro Latinum factum-Sexti Julii Frontini Strategematicon -Modesti de Vocabulis Rei Militaris, the four works in I vol., numerous contemporary MS. notes in margins in an Italian hand, modern stamped purple morocco, Roma, Eucharius Silber al's Franck, 1487, 4 Kl. Feb. xv.; Kl. Martii; prima Junii; et vii. Idus Junii, small 4to. (703) Mason, £2 12s. [These four works, all printed in the same small Roman letter, in the same year, without signatures, are very rarely found together.-Catalogue.]

5003 Vegetius (F1.) Vegecius de Re Militari, an edition containing 195 full-page woodcuts on 98 leaves, folied I-CLXXXXV, and having signatures a-q8 in 6's (printed without text), new ornamental borders, Absque nota (circa 1515), small folio (704) Leighton, £3 5004 Vegetius (Fl.) Flave Vegece Rene homme noble et illustre du fait de Guerre et fleur de Chevalerie, Quatre livres; Sexte Jule Frontin, Ælian, Modeste, etc., traduicts aux livres anciens (par Nic. Voleyre de Seronville), lettres bâtardes, ruled in red, numerous woodcuts and ornamental initials, brown morocco, inlaid with black ornamental scrolls on a ground au pointillé, edged with gold, with initial F. on back and crowned initial F. in centres, engraved silver bosses and clasps, gilt and red ornamental edges, a fine specimen of an imitation binding for Francis I. (Hague), Paris, C. Wechel, 1536, small folio (705) Ellis, £8 5005 Vegius (Mapheus). De fœlicitate et miseria, lit. goth., long lines (20 leaves) with signatures, " Finis per me Jacobum de Breda Anno, 1487," (Deventer), small 4to. (706)

Maine, £5 10S. [Campbell, 1707. Only one other copy said to be known, that in the Wolfenbuttel Library.-Catalogue.]

5006 Vespuccius (Alberigus). Mundus Novus (ad fini), "Albericus Vespucius Laurentio Petri de Mendicis salutem Plurimam dicit Epistola ex italica in linguam latinam jocundus interpretes," etc., lit. goth. (4 leaves), stamp of "Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis on title, crushed morocco extra, inside dentelles, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Magister Johañes Otmar Vindelice impressit Auguste anno Millesimo quingentesimo quarto (1504), small 4to. (708) Delaine, £102

[A fine copy of this excessively rare edition of the Letter of Vespuccius, the first with a date. A copy sold in Arthur Young's sale in 1896 for £176. This was Mr. Tite's copy, and sold at Sotheby's in March, 1864.—Catalogue.] 5007 Vespuccius (Alberigus). Pasi Novamente ritrovati per la Navigatione di Spagna in Calicut. Et da Albertutio Vesputio Fiorentino intitulato Mondo Novo. Novamente Impresso, cut of Venice on title, modern morocco, gilt scroll frame on sides, inside dentelles, gilt edges, Venet. per Zorzo de Rusconi, 1521, small 8vo. (7c9) Hyde, £10 5s. 5008 Vespuccius. Newe Unbekanthe Landte und ein newe Weldte in kurtz Verganger zeythe erfunden (in die dewtschen Sprach gebrachte durch Jobsten Ruchamer), lit. goth.,

woodcut title, Nuremberg, Georg. Stüchzen, 1508, small folio (710) Hyde, £17 [A German Translation of the Italian "Pæsi novamente ritrovati" of 1507. The first Collection of Voyages published in German. (Harrisse, 57.)-Catalogue.] 5009 Vicentino (Don Nicola). L'Antica Musica, ridotta alla moderna prattica, con la Dichiaratione, l'inventione di uno nuovo Stromento con molti Segreti Musicali, etc., woodcut portrait on reverse of title, numerous woodcut initials, and musical notes, bright calf, line tooled, inside dentelles, fine copy, Roma, Ant. Barre, 1557, small folio (711) Toplis, £3 5010 Vico (Enea). Le Imagini delle Donne Auguste, con le Vita e espositioni, ruled in red, engraved title and copper-plate engravings, oaken boards, brown morocco, inlaid in black intersected scroll ornaments, outlined in gold, with the Spread Eagle of Coligny in centres, silver clasps, gilt and gauffered edges, a fine specimen of imitation ancient binding by Hague, Venet., V. Valgrisio, 1557, small 4to. (712) Dawson, £5 5s. 5011 Vigerius (Marcus, Card.) Dechachordum Christianum Julio II. Pont. Max., title and 10 full-page woodcuts within ornamental borders, and 36 small cuts, all of scenes in the Life of Christ, after B. Mantegna, etc., limp vellum, fine copy, Fani, Hieron. Soncinus, 1507, small folio (713)

Pincott, £2 105. 5012 Viggiani del Montone (Angelo). Trattato dello Schermo, nel quale discorre intorno all' excellenza dell' Armi, e delle Lettere, ed intorno all' offesa e difesa, portrait and copperplate vignettes of Fencing Positions (some leaves stained), new boards, Bologna, Gio. Rosi, 1588, small 4to. (714) Maggs, £1 19s. 5013 Virgilius. Les Eclogues de Virgile, traduites en Carme François, la premiere par Clement Marot, et les neuf autres par M. Richard le Blanc, avec une brieve exposition d'aucunes dictions, Paris, Ch. l'angelier, 1555-Les Quatre Livres des Georgiques traduis en Carme par R. le Blanc, ib., 1554-Les Quatre Premiers Livres de l'Eneide translatez en François par Lois des Masures, ib.-Ovide sus La Complainte du Noier, traduite en François par R. le Blanc, ib., fine copies, ruled throughout in red, with woodcuts, ornaments, devices, etc., contemporary Lyonnese calf, inlaid in scrolls in blue, white and yellow on a ground au pointillé, with centre cartouche, gilt and gauffered edges, a very wellpreserved specimen of old binding, small 8vo. (715) Quaritch, £23 5014 Virulus (Carolus). Formulæ Epistolares, quæ correctoria vocant, lit. goth., long lines, 32 to a page, signatures a-07 in 8's (aj blank) (Campbell, 1206), new gold-flowered boards, Zwollis, per me Petrum (Os.) de Breda [circa 1494], small 4to. (716) Leighton, £2 18s. 5015 Vivaldus de Monte Regali (J. Ludov.) Aureum opus de Veritate Contritionis in quo mirifica documenta eterne salutis aperiuntur, lit. goth., long lines, fine full-page wood

cut of S. Jerome, and remarkable historiated and ornamental initials and woodcut pointing hands in margins, new blue and gold-flowered boards, Rothomagi, Guillermus de Segnerre, 1503, small folio (717) Clarence, £10 5S. 5016 Vogel (Johann). Icones Mortis, sexaginta imaginibus tolidemq. inscriptionibus insignitæ, versibus quoq. Latinis et novis Germanicis illustratæ, black and roman letter, frontispiece and 60 copper-plate engravings of the Dance of Death within borders of flowers, etc., by Paulus Fürst after Holbein, new boards, Nürnberg, C. Cochner (1650?), small 8vo. (718) Dobson, £3 15s. 5017 Voragine (Jac. de). Legendario vulgare dove si contiene la vita de tutti li sancti da la sancta chiesa approbati, nuovamente stampato, many outline woodcuts, vellum, Venezia, Fr. Bindoni, 1548, folio (719) Quaritch, £3 5s. 5018 Vredeman de Vriese (Paul). Plusieurs Menuiseries comme Portaulx, Garderobes, Buffets, Chaliets, etc., nouvellement mis en Lumiere par N. J. Vischer, part i., containing 20 plates, including engraved title, original impressions, vellum, Amst., C. Danckerts, 1630, oblong folio (720)

Quaritch, £5 17s. 6d. 5019 Wagenaar (Lucas Janzoon). Pars Prima Speculum Nauticum super navigatione maris occidentalis confectum, continens omnes auras maritimas Galliæ, Hispaniæ et præcipuarum Partium Angliæ, etc. (dedicated to Queen Elizabeth), engraved title and 45 coloured maps, heightened in gold, vellum, with centre gilt ornament, Lugd. Bat., F. Raphelengius, 1586, folio (721) Toplis, £5 5s. 5020 [Wallendarfer.] Decalogium Virgilii Saltzburgensis, de Metheorologicis impressionibus, et mirabilibus naturæ operibus, etc., lit. goth., woodcuts, including a map of the world (some leaves slightly wormed), oaken boards, half stamped leather (contains a passage relating to America), Liptzek, Wolfg. Molitor, 1507, small 4to. (722)

Toplis, £17 10S. 5021 Wollick (Nic. de Serovilla). Opus Aureum Musicæ castigatissimi de Gregoriana et figurativa atque contrapuncto simplici per commode tractans, etc., lit. goth., new blue and gold-flowered boards, Colon., H. Quentell, 1501, small 4to. (723) Maine, £5 2s. 6d. 5022 Wright. R. P. Petri Writi Sacerdotis Angli e Societ. Jesu Mors, quam ob fidem passus est Londoni XXIX. Maii, 1651 (per Edw. Courtenay), portrait by C. Galle, vellum (Antw., 1651), 12mo. (725) Toplis, £1 12s. 5023 Wytfliet (Corn.) Descriptionis Ptolemaicæ Augmentum sive occidentis notitia brevi commentario illustrata, secunda editio, engraved title and 19 maps of America, etc., new half vellum, Lovanii, T. Rivius, 1598, folio (727) Maggs, £2 5024 Xenophon. Opera, partim Græcorum exemplarium collatione recognita partim a viris doctissimis jam primum latinitate donata, ornamental woodcut initials, calf binding, sides of an old Grolier, in gilt line and scroll ornaments, with title,