36251 THOMAS AQUINAS. Incipit tractatus beati thome de diuinis moribus, small 4to. slightly stained, Gothic type, 16 leaves, 27 lines to each full page, calf gilt, £5. Sine notá (Lovanii, J. Veldener, 1473) Fifteen leaves, in small Gothic characters, twenty-seven long lines to a full page. This book and three or four more in the same type were formerly described (in Brunet and elsewhere) as printed by Veldener at Cologne about 1470. Holtrop has proved that he produced them at Louvain. 36252 FASCICULUS TEMPORUM. Fol. 1: Tabula breuis & vtilis sup libello quoda q dicit' fasciculus tepor'. . Fol. 10: ... Fasciculus tpm oms antiquor' cronicas oplectens incipit feliciter, small folio, Gothic letter, 72 leaves with 15 woodcuts (one of Christ, and fourteen of cities, etc.) and many diagrams to illustrate the chronological succession of historical events; red morocco extra, £16. Impressa é hec psens cronica que fasciculus tpm dicit' in florētissima vniusitate louaniēsi. . p me iohanne M.cccc.lxxvi veldener (1476) Amongst the pictures in this curious book we find one of the Rainbow, and views of Rome and of Cologne. On the last leaf, just above the year 1454, and between the narrations of two facts which occurred in 1457, there is a statement "Artifices mira celeritate subtiliores solito fiunt. Et impressores librorum multiplicantur in terra." This was written by the author, Werner Rolevink, a Carthusian monk at Cologne, in or before 1474; in which year Ther Hoerner printed the first edition from the author's own first fair copy of his work. Rolevink (born in 1425) had lived as a monk in Cologne from about 1447, and, from the nature of his studies, must have been personally acquainted with Zell, and whoever else introduced printing into Cologne. His acquaintance with that art and its history cannot have begun later than 1462-3; consequently, the assertion above quoted has much greater force than a mere obiter dictum. Yet, up to 1457, we only know positively of the three Mainz printers.-Veldener reprinted Ther Hoernen's text; having, as even his types testify, close business-relations with Cologne, although he never printed there as an independent typographer Johann of Westphalia (1474-96). 36253 CRESCENTIIS (Petrus de). Fol. 1: In nomine sancte et indiuidue trinitatis Amen. . . . Incipit liber ruraliū cōmodorū . a Petro de crescentiis ciue bonon sm. folio, Gothic letter, 196 leaves, double columns, 42 lines per page, the initials painted in red by the rubricator; green vellum gilt, with the arms of Gondi de Retz on the back and those of Mr. Wodhull on the sides, £10. 10s Colophon (printed in red): Presens opus ruraliù comodorum Petri de crescentiis. quodam industrioso caracterisandi stilo : nouissime omnipotentis dei suffragio adinuēto. extitit hac littera vera modernata. abscisa. & formata: impressum . p Ioannem de vvestfalia Paderbornén dyocesis. In alma ac florētissima vniuersitate Louaniēsi residente. Anno incarnationis dominice. M°.cccc.lxiiii mensis Decembris die nona (1474) The first book produced by this great printer at Louvain, where the art had been introduced one year earlier by Veldener. The rubricator's inscription is so interesting that it deserves citation: Rubrice per me facte sunt et complete anno 1477 mensis Junii 21 in quo anno villa Attrebatensis (i.e. Arras) a Francorum rege Ludovico obsessa eidem regi in manus reddita est. B. V. Sauary. 36254 AENEAS SYLVIUS. ENEE SILVII RERVM FAMILIARIVM INCIPIUNT EPISTOLE PERAMENE, sm. folio, Roman letter, 303 leaves, 31 lines per page; very fine large copy, old calf neat, £10. Pii Secundi.. Familiares epistole date ad amicos i quadruplici uite eius statu finiunt per me Ioane de uuestfalia In alma uniuersitate louaniēsi cōmorātē. . M.CCCC.LXXXIII (1483) The signatures are all in the front margins, and printed at right angles to the lines (ie. run down the page instead of across, except the first, which runs up). These seem to have been added after the book was printed. 36255 AILLY (Pierre d') Fol. 1 verso: YMAGO MUNDI INCIPIT. . Fol. 7 verso: Petrus de Alyaco Tractatus de ymagine mundi Epilogus mappe mundi. Tractatus de legibus & sectis Preter hos aut opuscula quedam auditoris eius magistri Ioānis Gersonis adiunximus sm. folio, Gothic letter, 172 leaves of which 2 are wholly blank, 41 lines per full page; with diagrams; bound, £7. 10s S. n. (Johannes de Westphalia, circa 1483) A very rare work of medieval geography.-The signatures run as follows:-a-k in eights (of which a-1 are printed sidewise in the same manner as the signatures of the Aeneas Sylvius) and I four leaves; aa—ii in eights, and kk 10 leaves. All these signatures must have been added after the printing of the book, as the original manuscript signatures in red ink are still visible on many of the leaves.-A MS. inscription on the first blank page records the possession by the Carthusians of Bruges, to whom it was given by their confrère Martinus le Bulletur, who had enriched their library with many and various volumes (about 1485). 36256 OPUSCULA VARIA. Fol. 1: [Antonii de Butrio] Speculum de confessione . . Fol. 28: Opusculum quod speculu aureŭ ... Fol. 44 Incipit tractatus artis bene moriendi Fol. 54: Domini hugonis . . speculus ecclesie. . Fol. 51: Finit speculū ecclesie. Incipit speculu sacerdotuş.. Fol. 52: Ad sanctissimū & beatissimum . . liber incipit dictus speculum humane vite .. a Rodorico zamorensi . . Fol. 152: Humane vite speculu . diligentiis pariter et expēsis Magistri Ioannis de westfalia.. in vniuersitate Louaniensi . . Amen. Fol. 154: Speculum conuersionis peccatorum magistri dionisii de leuwis alias rikel ordinis Cartusiensis. Fol. 169 verso: Speculū conuersionis peccatoru. . Impressum Louanii per me Ioannē de westafalia . small folio, Gothic letter, 169 leaves (of which the 153rd and the last are blank), double columns, 41 lines per column; with signatures; calf neat, gilt edges, £5. (circa 1483) 36257 BOETIUS. Fol. 1: Incipit tabula super libris Boetij de cōsolacione philosophie sedm ordine alphabeti. Fol. 8: Boecii Romani & oratoris celeberrimi libri de consolatione philosophie. & comentarius eximii preclariq3 doctoris sancti Thome super cosdem. . Gothic letter of two sizes (distinguishing the text and the commentary), 115 leaves, (of which the last is a blank). . per me Iohanes de westfalia in alma Louaniēsi vniuersitate .. Anno gratie Millesimoquadringētesimooctuagesimoquarto (1484)-[BOETHIUS VEL THOMAS CANTIPRATENSIS] (O) Sculetur me osculo oris sui . . Gothic letter of two sizes, 67 leaves (of which the first is blank) In domo magistri Iohannis de westfalia.. Millesimo quadringetesimooctuagesimoquinto (1485)2 vols. in 1, sm. folio, fine copies in the original stamped leather, £12. 1484-85 36258 [SALICETO (Nicolai de)] Fol. 1: Tabula alphabetica in libr' subsequētes Anthidotariu aie appellatu.. Fol. 5: Incipit liber aureus qui antidotarius animar' dictus est, sm. folio, Gothic letter, 290 leaves, double columns, 42 lines per column; fine copy in maroon morocco extra, gilt edges, £4. 4s in alma vniuersitate louanièsi in domo Iohānis de westfalia (circ. 1485) 36259 [VORAGINE (Jacobi de) LEGENDA SANCTORUM] Fol. 1 verso: Incipiut historie plurimoruz scōr'. . Fol. 3: Barbara virgo Colophon: Expliciunt hystorie plurimor' scōrum . . sm. folio, Gothic letter, 296 leaves, double columns, 41 lines per column ; fine copy in citron morocco extra, gilt edges, £7. 10s Louanii i domo Iohānis de westfalia . MCCCClxxxv.. (1485) A contemporary inscription on the first page runs thus "Ista pars sanctorum sequentium est pro conventu M.. (defaced) juxta Embricam." The words after conventu are almost effaced, but it is plain that the book was meant for a convent in Emmerich. Underneath, in a hand of almost the same date, are the words "Datur nunc pro conventu fratrum Minorum de observantia in Dursten." Ludovicus de Raveschot (1488). 36260 RIVO (Petrus de) Opus Magistri Petri de Riuo sacre theologie Professoris legētis in vniuersitate louanien Respōsum ad eplam apologetică M. pauli de middelburgo de ano die et feria dominice passionis, sm. folio, Gothic letter, 45 leaves, 46 lines per page, printed in black and red, with 4 striking woodcuts (three of them full-page size, and the fourth occupying the title-page under a NEW YORK PUBLIC WHARY xylographic intitulation in five lines); fine copy in russia neat, from the Syston library, excessively rare, £24. Impressum In alma vniuersitate Louaniensi Per me lodouicum de rauescot (1488) The date is found in the heading of the Prologus "Prologus in opus sequens qd est de anno die et feria dominice passionis. editum in vniuersitate generalis studij louaniens' Anno incarnationis dni. M:cccc:lxxxviii:" This and one other book were the only productions of the printer. The present volume is a fine example of careful and elegant typography. Thierry Martens (1492-1528). nunc 36261 MORE (Sir Thomas) Libellus vere aureus nec minvs salvtaris qvam festiuus de optimo reip. statu, deq3 noua Insula Vtopia authore clarissimo viro Thoma Moro cura M. Petri Aegidii Antuerpiēsis, & arte Theodorici Martini Alustensis . primum accuratissime editus, sm. 4to. Editio Princeps, Roman letter, 54 leaves, 36 lines per page, woodcut of Utopia on the back of the title; crimson morocco extra, from the Boutourlin library, £8. 8s Printer's mark on last leaf, with his name: Theodric' Martini (1516) The date is obtained from the preliminary pieces. The first edition of a book which has attained to so great a celebrity is always interesting. The second edition (Basel, 1518) is much more common, and is frequently regarded erroneously as the princeps. Other Printers. 36262 SMYTH (Richard) Diatriba de Hominis ivstificatione aedita Oxoniae in Anglia, anno. . 1550 . . aduersus Petrum Martyrē Vermelinu.. per Ricardum Smythæum Anglum Mygorniensem, (sic) 12mo. Roman letter, with ornamental woodcut initials; orange morocco extra, gilt edges, £3. 10s Lovanii, Anton. Maria Bergaigne, 1550 One of the earliest of the long line of books printed in the Low Countries by refugee English Catholics. 36263 HIDE (Thomas) A Consolatorie Epistle to the afflicted Catholikes: set foorth by Thomas Hide Priest, 12mo. hf. calf gilt, £8. Louaine, by Iohn Lyon. 1580 The book was of course intended for circulation in England. "Thomas Hide, Priest" may not be the author's name; it ought perhaps to be read as Thomas Hide-priest, a pseudonym. 36264 LES (1474) Bruges. William Caxton (1474-76 and Colard Mansion (1474-84). QUATRE DERRENIERES CHOSES. Fol. 1: Ce present traictie est diuise in quatre parties principales. . . Fol. 3: Cy commence la premiere partie des quatre derrenieres choses. . sm. folio, Gothic letter, printed in red and black; two leaves (67 and 72) supplied in facsimile, the book being otherwise perfect and in fine and large condition with rough leaves; in original binding, and enclosed in red morocco case, £500. Sine nota (W. Caxton, 1474) Only one other copy known which is in the British Museum, and which has one leaf in facsimile. (1476) Bruxelles. The Brothers of Common Life (1476-87). 36265 CARLERII SPORTA. Fol. 1: Tabula contētor' in sporta fragmētor' . . . Fol. 2: Incipit pfatio Mgri Egidij calerij decani eccie Cameracens' in sporta fragmentor'. ... Colophon: Explicit sporta fragmentor' mgri egidij carlerij. . . impssa in opido bruxellensi ducatus brabātie. Anno domini M.cccc.lxxviijEJUSDEM SPORTULA. Fol. 1: Tabula contentorum in hoc sportula. . Fol. 135 verso: Explicit sportula fragmentoru magistri egidij carlerij. . . impssa in opido bruxellensi ducatus brabātie. Anno domini M.cccc.lxxix. . . Quod autem sequitur processit a domino iohane econte sacte theologie pfessore . Fol. 159: Bruxellis (per Fratres vitæ communis), 1478-79 At the end of each volume there are several examples of the French language as used in the documents and proceedings upon which Carlerius had been appointed to deliver juridical opinions. As a specimen I cite a couple of lines:-"Pour che q nous auons goy lonch tamps de pluseurs heritages." "Le quelle feme apres che q elle nous eult vendu led' fiefs se ochist, soit sceu se a prinche doibt aptenir led' fiefs." The long enjoyment referred to in the first extract appears as longhe gooanche. 36266 JOANNIS SARISBURIENSIS POLYCRATICUS. Fol. 1 verso: (H)ic liber ititulatur de nug' curialiu' & vestigijs ph'or' cui' Iohannes Salesberiensis Carnotēsis epus fuit actor. . . Fol. 2 : Tabula libri policratici . . . Fol. 33: Eutheticus Iohannis episcopi Carnoten In policraticon Fol. 38: Policratici de curialium nugis & vestigijs philosophorum sm. folio, Gothic letter, 249 leaves (of which the 32nd and 37th are blank), double columns, 40 lines per column; a wormhole in the inner margin of the first ten leaves; but altogether a fine copy in limp vellum, with the lower margins of the leaves uncut and exhibiting the pristine MS. signatures, £18. S. a. (Bruxellis, Fratres vitæ communis, circ. 1479) A MS. note on the first page indicates ownership by the Monks of the Holy Cross at Utrecht in the sixteenth century. 36267 PETŘI BLESENSIS EPISTOLE. Fol. 1: Incipit tabula eplar' Magistri petri Blesensis bathoniensis archidyaconi Fol. 9: Incipiut epistole magistri Petri Blesensis . . . sm. folio, Gothic letter, 207 leaves, double columns; fine copy in citron morocco gilt, on thick wooden boards, £7. 10s S. n. (Bruxellis, Fratres vitæ communis, circ. 1480) A MS. note pasted on at the beginning states that "Iste liber pertinet Cruciferis Tr'ecten. et fuit mutuatus Dno. Abbati Stabulen . . . trajecti anno 83, etc."-written before 1490. |