36571 MACROBII Opera, sm. folio, with valuable contemporary MS. notes, fitted into a splendid Canerari binding, somewhat faded by time, but rich to an unexampled degree in geometrical and arabesque ornament, in gold and silver, and with painted compartments, forming a mosaic of harmonious colouring, the wellknown Canerari medallion stamped as a centrepiece on the sides; and mosaic ornaments between the bands on the back, in a green morocco case, £150. Venetiis opera impensa Nicolai Ienson Gallici. 1472 36572 SOLINI (Iulii) de Situ Orbis et Memorabilibus quae Mundi Ambitu continentur Liber, sm. folio, fine large copy in russia, leather joints, gilt edges, by Roger Payne, £7. 10s Venetiis per 36573 Nicolaum Ienson Gallicum, 1473 the same, sm. folio, very fine large and clean copy, with rough leaves, with the three blank leaves, old blue morocco extra, gilt edges, £10. RARE. 1473 If not the FIRST EDITION, at least the FIRST WITH A DATE. VERY The second copy fetched £17. 10s at the Sunderland sale. "No less estimable from its rarity than from its great intrinsic value.” Dibdin. 36574 DIOGENIS (Laertii) Vitæ et Sententiæ Eorum qui in Philosophia propati fuerunt in Latinum translatæ a Fratre Ambrosio ex recensione Benedicti Brognoli, sm. folio, with the autograph and MS. notes of "Hieronymi Gigli Lucensis, 1477," very fine large copy, with elegant illuminated border and initial historiated with portrait, and with the arms of the Zeni, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, VERY RARE, £15. 158 Impressum Venetiis per Nicolaum Tenson gallicum, 1475 FIRST EDITION, though there is another, without date, which some bibliographers, without any proof, consider to be anterior to this. "It is a most beautiful production, and may be justly deemed one of the finest specimens of the typographical art of Jenson, and its rarity is equal to its beauty."-Moss. Dibdin after noting the rarity of this magnificent volume says, "Its beauty is greater than its rarity ;" and afterwards he declares it to be "one of the most beautiful volumes printed in the XVth century." 36575 AUGUSTINI (S.). Aurelii Augustii opus de civitate dei feliciter explicit, sm. folio, in double columns, large and good copy, in old calf, £15. 15s 36576 Venetiis ab egregio & diligenti magistro Nicolai Tenson, 1475 Collation Index 14 11.; text 286 leaves, without foliation, catchwords and signatures. : the same, small folio, magnificently printed on vellum, with an exquisitely illuminated first page, and the initials throughout painted and gilt, old crimson morocco gilt, gilt and gauffred edges, £1200. Venet. NIC. JENSON, 1475 PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOLUME THAT EVER ENRICHED LORD SUNDERLAND'S LIBRARY. Whether considered as a faultless specimen of printing upon the finest vellum, or as a book decorated with exquisite illumination, it is one of the most glorious volumes ever produced by the taste and skill of the wonderful craftsmen of the fifteenth century. 36577 VIRGIL. P. V. Maronis Opera foeliciter finiunt, sm. folio, old calf, with Sunderland arms on sides, £18. 18s Venetiis, Nicolaus Jenson, 1475 This edition contains 272 11. without marks. It is profusely annotated throughout in a nearly contemporary handwriting. Pinelli's copy sold for £15, Brienne-Laire's for 500 frs., and Chardin's for 400 frs. 36578 [AURELIUS VICTOR] Plinius Primus de Praeclare Gestis Romanorum, sm. 4to. fine copy in old green morocco extra, gilt edges, £3. 38 VERY RARE. sine nota, per Nicolaum Jensonn, c. 1475 This edition was unknown to Dibdin, and there is no mention made of it in the Spencer Catalogue. The present copy is from the library of Sir M. M. Sykes, who has written inside "Liber eximia raritatis." The volume contains 34 leaves, of 24 lines to a page, without numbers, signatures, or catchwords. 36579 BIBLIA LATINA, small folio, fine copy, ruled, with border and historiated initial illuminated in gold and colours, as usual wanting the leaf containing "Registrum," red morocco, gilt edges, by Derome, £20. Biblia impressa Venetiis opera atqz impensa Nicolai Jenson Gallici, 1476 A perfect copy consists of 469 leaves (not 470 as Brunet states on Hain's authority). This contains 468 leaves, including the 339th, which is blank. 36580 PLINIUS. Historia Natvrale di. C. Plinio Secondo tradvcta di lingva Latina in Fiorentina per Christophoro Landino Fiorentino . . . folio, very large fine and clean copy, broken sheepskin binding, from the Sunderland library, £10. Opvs Nicolai Iansonis Gallici impressum anno salvtis The FIRST EDITION OF LANDINO'S ITALIAN VERSION of Pliny, as that of 1473, mentioned by some bibliographers, never existed. The volume consists of 413 leaves and 3 blanks. "Edition magnifique."-Brunet. 36581 DIOMEDES. In hoc volumine haec continentur. Diomedes. De structuris & differentia sermonis. De perfectis & imperfectis, etc... Phocas De Nomine & Verbo. Epitoma Prisciani. Caper. De latinitate. Agratius De Orthographia: proprietate & differentia sermonis. Donatus De Barbarismo & octo partibus orationis. Servius et Sergius In Donatum, sm. folio, FIRST EDITION, with illuminated initial, border and coat of arms on first page, fine copy, russia extra, gilt edges, lettered "Grammatici Veteres," rare, £7. 10s (Venetiis) Nicolaus Ienson Gallicus (s. a. sed circa 1476) 36582 BREVIARIUM JUXTA RITUM ROMANE CURIE (cum Calendario), 2 vols. in 1, folio, PRINTED ON VELLUM. with exquisite borders, historiated initials and nume- This, as an artistic monument, is equal to a fine illuminated MS. The borders and figures, and painted ornaments are extremely elegant, and include some work in fine camaieu-rouge. Among the animal-figures, there is one of an elephant, and another of a bear walking off with a man and his spear over his shoulder. There are MS. additions, evidently made for the Cardinal, on the blank-leaves of the book, to supply certain offices not included in the original impression. This Breviary on vellum belongs to the most magnificent productions of the Jenson press. 36583 GREGORIUS IX. Noua decretalium compilatio gregorii. VIIII. large folio, fine copy, with 5 elegant Miniatures and initial letters illuminated in gell and colours, russia, with Wodhull arms in gold on side, £8.10s" impressa wenetiis impensa at 75 industria singulari Nicolai Ienson gallici, 1479 Christoph Valdarfer of Regensburg (1470-71). 3654 CICERONIS ORATIONES, Editio Princeps, folio, the large Initial on first page illuminated and continued in a beautifully illuminated arabesque border, at head and down the side of the page; the title of the first Oration written in letters of gold; the large initials painted in; without the preliminary leaf of Tabula; a fine copy bound in citron morocco extra, with joints, and vellum fly-leaves; from the library of Lord Leigh, with his bookplate, £15. .. Christophorus. Vallarfer.. Venetum perfecit in urbe M.CCCC.LXXI. LODO. CARBO (1471) Dr. Dibdin, in Bibl. Spenc, says, “This impression is executed in a brilliant style of typography, and may be called one of the most magnificent productions of the Venetian press" To the same printer we are indebted for the famous frst edition of the Decameron," which was printed in the same year as the above work. The name of Valdarfer's corrector. Lodovico Carbone, is found at the end of the fourteen verses that embody the colophon composed by The monuments of Vallarfer's establishment in Venice are few and very rare. He migrated to Milan eventually (before 1474, and there won his full celebrity as a great printer. Johann of Cologne (1471-72`; with Johann Manthen 23855 CICERO. M. T. Ciceronis de finibus lonor. & malor. L. primus (libri V), sm. folio, large copy, slightly stained, hf. vellum, £9. FIRST EDITION WITH A DATE. EXTREMELY RARE. Contains 89 printed leaves, and 4 blank. The Syston Park copy, with the arms of Prince Eugene, sold for £42, Sir M. Sykes' for £14, and the Duke of Grafton's for £13. 13s. 36586 STATII Sursuli (Papinii) Achilleis, sm. 4to. beautiful large clean copy, in red morocco extra, gilt edges, £5. VERY RARE. (Per Johannem de Colonia) 1472. Nicolao Trono Principe Venctiis. 36587 (POMPEIUS FESTUS de Verborum Significatione), sm. 4to. fine copy, Festi Popei liber poptime emedat' explet' è: ac ipēs. Iohānis de 36588 CICERO. Finis libri M. T. Ciceronis de officiis: de senectute: de Venetiis ductu & expēsis Iohannis de Colonia agripinesi ac From the Sunderland Sale, in which it fetched £11, 58. The colophon 36589 VARRO. M. T. Varronis de Lingva Latia, sm. 4to. large copy, slightly wormed, old red morocco extra, from the Sunderland library, £2. (sine nota, sed 1474) RARE. Contains 85 leaves, one of which is blank, of 29 lines to a page, with signatures (a and a-k), but no other marks. Copies are sometimes found bound up at the end of the Pompeius Festus of these printers, and, as the type and the arrangement of the pages is similar, it is most probable that this is also one of their productions. 36590 MARTIALIS (M. Valerii) Epigrammatum opus, sm. folio, a few leaves very slightly wormed, but very large copy, old red morocco gilt, from the Sunderland library, RARE, £18. Impressum Venetiis Impensis Ioannis de Colonia: sociiqz eius "Edition rare et recherchée."-Brunet. 36591 CATULLUS. Catulli. Tibulli. Proptii. & liber Siluar . Statii papinii i isto uolumine cötinet'. sm. folio, old yellow morocco gilt, fine copy, from the Sunderland library, £50. ipressi sût opere & impensa Iohannis de colonia: & Iohannis manthe de ghersem qui una Veneciis fideliter Viuunt. 1475 The SECOND EDITION of the COLLECTED WORKS of these FOUR POETS, and It commences on the verso of leaf 1 with the life of of GREAT RARITY. Tibullus, followed by his poems, which end on the verso of the thirty-first leaf (a thirty-second blank one having been cut away by the binder). A leaf follows, containing on its verso a brief summary of the life of Catullus, occupying 11 lines only. The poems of Catullus then begin on the recto of the next leaf and occupy 34 I.; next comes a blank leaf; on the verso of the next is the life of Propertius, followed on the recto of the succeeding leaf by his poems, which occupy 59 11.; at the end of Propertius is the imprint. Statins follows, and occupies the remaining 59 ll., with a blank one at the end. The total number of leaves in a complete copy is therefore 188 (including three blank ones), and not 182 as Brunet says. The three leaves containing the lives of Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius are often wanting, as they must have been to the copy described by Brunet. There are some remains of signatures in the Propertius in this copy, but none in the other books. 36592 AENEAS SYLVIUS. Pii. II. pontificis maximi. historia rervm vbiqve gestarvm. cvm locorvm_descriptione non finita Asia Minor incipit, sm. folio, FIRST EDITION, the first leaf stamped, and the last few leaves wormed, old red morocco, rare, £2. 10s prima pars [Asia Minor] finitur: § impressioni Venetiis dedita : per Iohannem de colonia sociumqz eius Iohannem manthen de Gherretzem anno millesimo: cccclxxvii. (1477) the same, sm. folio, old red morocco with ornamental gilt borders and panels, gilt edges, £3. 10s 36593 36594 1477 the same, sm. folio, very fine, large and clean copy, in the original binding, rebacked, but the stamped leather sides in good preservation, rare, £4. 10s 1477 The following work is also in the same volume with the last copy: Georgii Mervlae Alexandrini antiquitatis vicecomitvm (Mediolanensium) liber primvs (libri X). It contains 8 preliminary leaves (of which the first is blank) and 138 numbered leaves. The last two preliminary leaves contain a letter from the printer Alexander Minutianus (of Milan), but there is no further indication of the place or time of impression. No more than the first part of the Eneas Sylvius was ever published. Santander calls it "édition très belle et la première." 36595 PLATINAE Historici Liber de Vita Christi: ac Pontificum Omnium: qui hactenus ducenti et vigintiduo fuere, sm. folio, very fine large clean copy, red morocco extra, with gold border on sides, and centre ornament, £6. 10s ipesa Iohanis de Colonia agripinesi eiq. socii Iohanis mathen de gheretzem, 1479 FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. In this original edition the text differs in some curious points from that of the post-Reformation impressions, as, for example, in the life of Cletus, the third occupant of the see of Rome, it says in this edition, "uxorem habuit in Bithynia," but in later editions was altered to" uxorem non habuit in Bithynia." One of the earliest specimens of John de Colonia's new fount of letter, when he ceased to use the types of Vindelin de Spira."-Dibdin. 36596 DUNS SCOTUS. Questiones. (At end :) Expliciüt qones quolibe. edite a fratre. Joane duns.. Per.. Thoma pēketh angliců . . emédate, sm. 4to. in the original Venetian painted vellum, damaged, rare, 12s Impresse Venetijs ope ac impēsa Joanis d' Celōia. Nicolai Jeson sociorugz Curam ac diligentiam adhibuit in his sùmus i hac arte vir: magr Joannes d' Selgenstat.. 1481. Contains A-P in eights (the first leaf being blank), but there is no signature E. and D contains twelve leaves. The following work of Savonarola is bound in the same volume: Prediche unlissime per la quadragesima del reneredo padre frate hieronymo Sanonarola.. sopra Ezechiel propheta: & etiam sopra lo sacro Euangelio (At end:) Stampata in Venet's per Bernardino Benalio. 1517." There is a woodent on the title, surrounded by an elegant border; but the book is unfor tunately imperfect, several leaves being missing or defective. |