38453 ESCOBAR (LUIS DE). LAS QUATROCIENTAS RESPUESTAS A OTRAS TANTAS PREGUNTAS, que . . . don Fadrique enrriquez Almirate de Castilla, y otras personas, embiaron a preguntar en diuersas vezes al autor, no nombrado, mas de que era frayle menor. Con quinientos proverbios-Segunda Parte;-2 vols. folio, black letter, russia leather joints, gilt edges, £12. 12s Valladolid. Francisco fernandez de Cordoua 38454 CRONICA del muy valeroso rey don Fernando, Visnieto del sancto rey don Fernado que gano a Seuilla . . sm. folio, woodcut on title, with some ancient MS. notes, vellum, £3. 10s ... At end: . . Valladolid. . Sebastià Martinez Ano d' The rarest of the Spanish Chronicles, never having been reprinted. 38455 NUÑEZ CABEÇA DE VACA. La relacion y comentarios del gouernador Aluar nuñez cabeça de vaca, de lo acaescido en las dos jornadas que hizo a las Indias, 2 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to. Spanish calf, £20. Valladolid, por Francisco fernandez de Cordoua. Año de mil y quiniennientos (sic) y cinquenta y cinco años. (1555) For an account of the book see ante page 3879. (1499) Logroño. 38456 (PEREZ DE GUZMAN). Comienca la Cronica del serenissimo rey don Juan el segundo . . . folio, EDICION PRINCIPE, Gothic letter, with woodcut on title, a full-page woodcut equestrian portrait of the King, and another representing the Crucifixion, title and a few leaves mended, brown morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford, £15. At end... Impressa en... Logroño... por Arnao guillen de Brocar su impressor A.X. dias del mes de Otubre Año de mil. cccccxvij (1517) The great rarity of this first edition is proved by the fact that both Baron Seillière and the Earl of Crawford had only the reprint of Pamplona, 1591, that Mr. Beckford had only the edition of 1543, and that Don José Miro had only an imperfect copy. Contains: +, 10 leaves; A, 8 leaves; B, 8 leaves; a, 9 leaves; b to hh in eights; and i, 6 leaves. (1501) Alcala. y 38457 GUDIEL (G.) Compendio de algvnas Historias de Espana . especialmente se la da noticia de la antigua familia de los GIRONES y de otros muchos linajes . . . Por el dctor Geronymo Gudiel, folio, numerous pedigrees, a little stained throughout, vellum, 20s Alcala. Tuan Iñiguez de Lequerica. Año 1577 (1516) Coimbra. 38458 LOPEZ DE CASTANHEDA. Ho Livro Primeiro (segundo, terceiro, etc.) dos dez da historia do descobrimento & conquista da India pelos Portugueses, etc. 8 books COMPLETE, in 3 vols. sm. folio, fine copy in old calf gilt, from Lord Sunderland's library, with his arms in gold on the sides, £150. Coimbra, Joa. da Barreyra, 1552-61 With autograph of the author "FERNÃO LOPEZ DE CASTANHEDA at the end of the first and fifth books. This is the only complete copy which has occurred for sale in modern times except Lord Crawford's.-See next article. 38459 LOPEZ DE CASTANHEDA, another copy, complete, 8 books in 5 vols. sm. folio, old mottled calf gilt, with the author's autograph on blank page at end of Book V, from the Earl of Crawford's library, £100. 1552-61 This was the only copy of the eight books which had passed through the market, before the Sunderland sale, having belonged, in a very imperfect state, to Colbert, Fleurieu and Heber, in succession. In 1835 it passed into the possession of the late Earl of Crawford (then Lord Lindsay, about twenty years of age), by whom it was completed. : VI. ENGLAND. 38460 FROISSART. Here begynnith the firste volum of Syr Iohn Froissart of the Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande. . . Translated oute of Frenche into oure materall Englysshe tongue, by Iohn Bouchier knyghte, lorde Berners. . . 2 vols. sm. folio, black letter, russia extra, bevelled edges, arms in gold on sides with a ducal crown and the Garter, £14. Vol. I: Wyllyam Myddylton Vol. II: Richard Pinson M.D.xxv (1525) VII. SMALLER EUROPEAN GROUPS. 1. Scandinavia. 38461 (KANUTUS.) Quedam breues expositiões & legum et iuriu cocordantie et alligatiões circa leges iucie (Jutia) p... kanutum Epm vibergen .. In Danish and Latin. Small 4to. black letter, with woodcuts on title and back of last leaf, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, £16. 168 ... [At end:] Impressuz est aut pñs opus putile legis Danice Ripis opa diligentiaqz probi viri Mathei brand' artis impssorie mgri Anno salutis nre Mccccciiij Nona kalendas Iunij. (1504) EXTREMELY RARE. The First Book printed at Riben, in Jutland. Collation: (A)-DD. (but no Z), all in sixes, except (A), G and DD which are each in fours. "Un des livres les plus intéressants et les plus rares de l'ancien droit du Nord."-Brunet. 38462 (TESTAMENTUM NOVUM, Suecice.) Iesus. Thet Nyia Testamentit på Swensko. Small folio, gothic letter, the title and part of the last leaf in facsimile, calf, from the Duke of Sussex's library, £5. [At end:] Prentat j Stocholm.. Mdxxvj... (1526) VERY RARE. First printed portion of the Bible in Swedish. The translation was made by L. Andrea. Collation: Title; Forsprak, 5 leaves; Gospels and Acts, leaves I-XCVII; Forsprak to St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, 6 11.; Epistles and Revelations, 11. I-LXXIX; Register, 5 11. 38463 ORDINATIO ECCLESIASTICA Regnorum Daniæ et Norwegiæ et Ducatuum, Sleswicensis, Holtsatiæ etcet. . . . 12mo. gothic letter, the title within a woodcut border, vellum, very rare, £5. [At end:] Ex officina literaria Ioannis Vinitoris Stutgardiani in nouo claustrali vico Haffnie die Lucie virginis. 1537 Collation Pages (1)-7, pages (i)-100, and 3 leaves. : 38464 LITURGIA SVECANÆ ECCLESIÆ catholicæ & orthodoxæ conformis. 1576. Latine et Suecice, small folio, black letter, the title within a fine woodcut border; a fine copy, in red moroco extra, gilt marbled edges, by Padeloup; with Girard de Préfond's leather library-stamp inside the cover, the Duke of Sussex's bookplate, and W. Maskell's autograph, £10. 10s [At end:] Stocholmiæ excudebat Torbernus Tidemanni, Anno 1576. A volume of extraordinary rarity, having been proscribed by Charles IX, and rigidly suppressed. Collation 3 preliminary leaves; 11. I-LXXV; and 1 unnumbered leaf. 2. Romansch Press. 38465 TESTAMENT. L'g Nuof Sainc Testamaint da nos Signer Iesv Christi, Prais our delg Latin & our d'oters launguax & huossa da noef mis in Arumaunsch, três Iachiam Bifrun d'Agnedina. thick 12mo. First Edition in Romansch, a fine copy in brown morocco extra, gilt edges, VERY RARE, £18. [On title:] Schquischo ilg an M.D.LX. [Page 869] Et eav Stevan Zorsch Chiatauni da Chiamuastch hee agiudo sthquischer delg An. 1560 The first book printed in the Romaunsch dialect, and perhaps the first book printed at Puschlav. Collation: a (8 leaves), b (6 11.), pp. 1-869, and 3 supplementary leaves. 38466 PSALTERIVM RHETICVM. Vn Cvdesch da Psalms . . Proa quai sün ilg dawoa ün bell Catechismvs. . : Scrit è fat Schquitschar alg prüm traas. . Dvrich Chiampel : E huossa da now fat Stampar traas Andri Peer da Scuoll Collation 19 preliminary leaves, pages 1-589 (355-6, a blank, not here; no numbers 385 to 388), 15 pp., and the Catechism (a-f in eights, and 8 in four leaves). 38467 MARTINUS ET RAUCH. Abyss dal' Eternitat in 3. Cudeschs considerata. . . tras: Johannem Martinum. . Et Andream v. Rauch in Romansch, 4 parts in 1 vol. thick 12mo. stamped calf, with clasps, 168 Stampa in Turi tras Joh. Rudolph Simler, MDCXCIII. (1693) Collation Part I, 8 leaves (including the woodcut frontispiece), and pp. 1-156; Part II, pages 1-127; Part III, pages 1-274, and 1 leaf; Part IV, pages 1-264. 3. Eastern Europe, Slavonic Presses. Bohemica. 38468 PAPROCKY (Barth.) ZRDCADLO SLAWNEHO MARGKRABSTWIJ MORAWSKEHO ... folio, black letter, numerous woodcut portraits and coats of arms, half bound, £7. 10s Olomutii, excussum apud hæredes Milichtalleri. 1593 Very rare, unknown to Brunet. Collation: 10 preliminary signatures in fours, and leaves I-CCCCXLVIII. There are two numbers XXXVII, two numbers XXXIX, a title between XLI and XLII, two numbers LXXIX, two leaves between CLXI and CLXII, two numbers CLXII (with a title between them), three leaves between CLXXXVII and CLXXXVIII, a title between CCLVII and CCLVIII, two numbers CCLXIIII, no CCLXXIX-LXXX, and two numbers CCCXXII. 38469 PAPROCKI. Diadochos id est Sucessio Ginak Poslauonost Knijzat a Kraluw Czeskych, Biskupuw (etc.): Skrze Bartholomege Paprockeho ... (Genealogia Familiarum nobilium Bohemiæ, Bohemice), 4 vols. in 1, thick small folio, black letter, numerous woodcuts of portraits, coats of arms, etc., oak boards covered with stamped pigskin, excessively rare, £12. 12s [At end:] Dokonano w Slawnem Starem Meste Prazskem. Leta. Tisycyho Sfestisteho Druheho. (Pragæ, 1603) Collation 6 preliminary leaves, pages 1-380 (there being two numbers 220, no 256-9, no 300), pp. 1-135 (there being two numbers 16, two 56, a 72 between 80 and 81, two numbers 81); pp. (1)-396 (no number 85, no 110, two numbers 114, two numbers 205, no 210, two leaves between 331 and 332); Title, pp. 1-429 (three numbers 178, no 179, two leaves between 279 and 280, no 360); Title, pp. 2-265 (no 143-4); (Register) 16 leaves. : 38470 BIBLIJ CZESKA, Bohemian, stout folio, black letter, with many woodcuts; a large copy, some leaves at the beginning and end mended, the 6th and 9th leaves defective, the title in facsimile, and the first, last-but-one and last leaves of Register wanting; the body of the book in fine condition; stamped pigskin, with leather back, FIRST EDITION FOR THE USE OF THE HUSSITES, EXTREMELY RARE, £20. Venetiis in Edibus Petri Liechtenstein Coloniensis Germani. Anno virginei Partus .M.D. Vi. . . (1506) Of this excessively rare edition only three or four other copies are known. For the description of a perfect copy, and an account of the rarity of the edition, see ante lot 36674. 38471 (PSALTERIUM.) Zialtárs Swaceho Dawida . . . Od Jana Worličného. (The Psalms, in Bohemian, by Jan Worlicny). With woodcut coats-of-arms and portrait. Wytisstieno w Starém Mieste Prazském, M.D.Lxxij. (1572)-HYMNY. . od Jana Worličného. (Hymns, in Bohemian, by Worlicny). With the music. Ibidem, M.D.Lxxij. . (1572)-2 vols. in 1, folio, gothic letter, a fine copy, in stamped pigskin binding, with the initials S. A. H. and the date 1599 on the side, clasps, VERY RARE, £12. Prague, 1572 Collations Psalms, 12 preliminary leaves, ll. I-CLV, and 10 unnumbered 11.; Hymns, 4 preliminary 11., 11. I-CXLII, and 1 unnumbered leaf. 38472 BIBLJ CESKÉ (BIBLIA BOHEMICA). . . 6 vols. thick small 4to. black letter, a fine copy, in oaken boards covered with russia coloured leather, with chased metal corners and clasps, £28. (Kralitz) 1579-1601 First Edition of the Bohemian Version made for the Moravians, and privately printed by Baron John de Zerotjen at Kralitz, near his Castle of Namust in Moravia. It is excessively rare, because after the expulsion of Frederic V it was rigidly suppressed by the Jesuits, and nearly all the copies destroyed. The copy belonging to the Duke of Sussex sold for £46. Collation: Vol. I, 4 leaves, leaves 1-324, and 6 leaves; Vol. II, 11. (1) -441, and 1 1.; Vol. III, ll. (1)-233 (numbers 64 and 160 occurring twice), and 11.; Vol. IV, 14 II., II. 1-424, and 1 1.; Vol. V, 6 II., II. 1-294, and 1 1. ; Vol. VI, Title, 11. (1)-498 (there being no number 100, 3 unnumbered leaves for number 105, two numbers 119, no 263, 290-9, or 333), and 3 11. Crobaticum. 38473 (BREVIARIUM ILLYRICUM) In the dialect of the Croats, printed in Glagolytic type known as that of St. Jerome, thick 12mo. fine copy in red morocco, gold tooling, gilt edges, £63. Apud filios Gio: Francisci Turresani Venetiis mense Martio This excessively rare edition, which forms one of the Aldine Series, was never seen by Renouard, who, in his Annales des Alde, erroneously mentions it on the authority of inexact bibliographers as a Liber Precum sive Liturgia Mozarabica. It is fully described by Brunet, Vol. I, col. 1236, from this copy, which formerly belonged to Klaproth. Only one other copy of this precious work is known, namely, that which sold for £41 in Mr. Heber's sale, and was resold in Bishop Butler's for £33. 12s. Hungaricum. 38474 (BIBLIA HUNGARICA.) Szent Biblia ... (Hungarice, per Casparem Karoly), sm. folio, First Edition; beginning only with Isaiah, and wanting apparently 6 leaves immediately before the Colophon (containing from chapter XIV, verse 4, of "Revelations" |