condition) are very carefully finished and of great delicacy of execution, on a background of landscape and blue firmament, in the early style; the page borders around the miniatures are of a pronounced but very neat floriated pattern, with insects, birds, and animals; the numerous smaller borders are a combination of a floriated arabesque and filigree pattern, richly dotted with burnished gold, and are remarkable for their variety and excellence of design. 240 Manuscript on Vellum. Hora de Sancta Cruce. A French manuscript written in a bold hand on 161 leaves of vellum, beautifully illuminated throughout in burnished gold and colors, with 12 large miniatures, all delicately drawn, with broad borders of an interlaced floriated pattern, with flowers, birds, and grotesque figures, hundreds of initial letters and finial bars, delicate side borders to nearly every page of a floriated pattern, each leaf finished in burnished gold, the flowers in brilliant colors. Sæc. XV. 8° old stamped calf binding, original oak boards. 241 Manuscript on Vellum. Hora Beatæ Mariæ Virginis. A manuscript written on 105 leaves of vellum, with 17 beautiful miniatures, with full-page borders all executed in gold and colors, in a beautiful design of flowers, fruit, birds, also side bars to every page of a floriated design, and hundreds of initial letters executed in colors and burnished gold. Sæc. XV. Small 4° old calf. 242 Manuscript on Vellum. Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Vir ginis. Manuscript on vellum of the fifteenth century of Small 4° full crimson morocco extra, gilt edges. 243 Manuscript. Miniature Manuscript on Vellum. Written on 130 leaves, with calendar of 12 leaves, with 2 full-page miniatures and 3 smaller miniatures, with numerous illuminated initials. Sæc. XV. Full morocco, with clasp. 244 Manuscript. Latin Service Book on Vellum, with Music, written on 180 leaves, with numerous rubricated initials. Sæc. XV. Thick folio, old calf. 245 Manuscript. Persian manuscript beautifully illuminated in gold and colors, with 58 miniatures executed in colors, and each page with a floriated border, numerous gold bars, and bundreds of smaller illuminations. Curiously bound in 12° enamelled boards entirely covered with flowers, inside covers showing a bouquet of flowers, etc. 246 Aquino, Thomas de. Summæ Theologica secundæ Partis Pars Secunda. Black Letter, printed on 258 leaves double columns of 59 lines, first leaf illuminated, and hundreds of rubricated initials in red and blue. Petrum Schoiffher de Gernsheim, 1467. Thick folio, stamped calf, with brass bosses and corners. 247 Eusebius. Eusebium Pamphili de evangelica præparatione latinum ex græco beatissime pater jussu tuo effeci. Nicholas Jensen: Venice, 1470. Folio, new vellum. "This is one of the first books printed by JENSEN, and is supposed to be the first book printed in Venice." 248 Gregorius Magnus. Moralia in Job. Narratio historica de libris moralium Gregorii, Romæ, per miraculum inventis. Black Letter, printed in double columns on 383 leaves. (J. Sensenschmidt et J. Kefer) Nuremberge, 1471. Thick large folio, full russia, with a coat-of-arms on the sides. An immaculate copy of this important book, with full margins; the first dated edition of the work, and a Monument of Typography, printed only one year after the establishment of printing in Nürnberg, by Sensenschmidt and Kefer. 249 Laude, Olradus de Ponte de. Consilia et quæ stiones. Colophon: Finis Consilior eximii utriusque juris professoris Oldradi de Laude, Rome impressorum per magestrum Adam Rot, 1472. Folio, full calf, gilt, in wooden case. No pagination or initials at the beginnings of chapters; with wide margins, and in fine clean condition, an excellent specimen of early printing. 250 Antonius, St. (Archbishop of Florence). Tractatus Notabilis de Excōicationibus Suspecionibus Interdictis Irregulitativ, etc. Black Letter. Printed in double columns on 135 leaves. Venetiis, ductu et impensis Johannis de Colonia agripinensi ac Johanis Māthen de Gherretzshem, 1474. 4. Bound by TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET in polished crushed levant morocco, sage color, inside gold borders, edges gilt on marble. Beautiful copy in fine condition, with broad margins. This was the Yeminez copy and has inserted the book-plate of that collection. The volume is one of the first books printed with signatures by John de Cologne and John Mathen de Gherretzshem who were the first to use them in Venice and in 1474. 251 Missale Romanum Vetus, Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romanæ Curiæ. Printed in red and black inks in Gothic type, the intonings of the Psalms are in fourline musical notes, written by hand upon red lines; various decorated initials in azure and red, with numerous others of quaint design, painted by hand; marginal MS. notes, and an additamentum entitled "Benedictio Amoris Johannis," in the Middle Latin of the period. Nicholai de Frankfordia: Venetis, 1487. Thick small 4° bound in the original hogskin with brass mounted corners, tooled. 252 Block Print on Vellum. A Latin Service Book, comprising a single Mass, printed on seven leaves of vellum, with a colored Parchment Impression of the Crucifixion. (Circa 1470.) Small folio, boards. The above is a rare and valuable specimen of xylographic printing, practised in the Rhine-lands previous to the invention and during the development of printing with movable type. The engraving represents the Saviour on the cross, the Passion group at the foot, Mary on one side in attitude of prayer, and Johannes on the other, four angels with cups and Adam's skull on the ground, the whole within a frame of arabesque design; the coloring is in blue, red, and green tints. 253 Block Book. Italian. Opera noua contemplatuia p ogni fidel christiano laquale tratta de le figure del testamento vecchio: le quale figure sonno verificate nel testamento nuouo. Colophon. Opera di Giouāniandrea Vauassore ditto Vadagnino: Stampata nouamēte nella inclita citta di Vinegia. Laus Deo. (Circa 1510.) Small 8° full crimson morocco. This interesting volume consists of 63 leaves, the first of which is occupied by the title and the last two by the colophon, and an engraving of the Virgin and Child; the remaining 60 bear on either side illustrations of the Old and New Testament. At the top and bottom of the pages are descriptive sentences and quotations from the Prophets, engraved in the block. An extraordinary degree of interest attaches to the volume, as being the only Block Book printed in Italy. 254 Historic Bindings of the Sovereigns of Great Britain. HE ENRY VIII. (1509-47.) Erasmi, D. Responsio ad Epistolam Alberti Pii Carporum Principis, 1529; et P. A. Carp. Com. ad Erasmi Expostulationem Responsio, M. Lutheri et asseclarum ejus heresiam vesanam confutans, 1529. Paris, 1529. 8° original oak boards covered with dark leather embossed throughout, with the arms of Henry VIII. on one side, and the Tudor rose, etc., on the other. 255 Queen Elizabeth. (1558-1603.) Case, J. Specvlvm Moralivm Quaestionvm in Vniversam Ethicen Aristotelis. Oxoniæ, 1585. Small 4° old dark calf. The first book printed at the New Press, Oxford. The Royal arms of England are in gilt on each side. From the library of Dr. Bliss, of Oxford. 256 James I. (1603-25.) Camden, Wm. Britannia, sive Florentissimorum Regnorum Angliæ, Scotia, Hiberniæ, et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio. 10 plates and 56 maps. London, 1607. Folio, dark calf. The Royal arms on each cover. 257 Charles I. (1625-49.) Guicciardin, F. The History of, containing the Warres of Italie and other_Partes (from 1490). Reduced into English by Geffray Fenton. London, 1599. Folio, calf. The Royal arms and four crowns on each cover. 258 Charles II. (1649-85.) Durham, James. A Practical Exposition of the X Commandments, etc. London, 1675. 4° red morocco, gilt edges. Five royal ciphers crowned on the back. 259 James II. (1685-89.) Winstanley, H. Plans, Elevations, and Particular Prospects of Audley End, Essex. plates. No date [1686?] Oblong folio, old calf, gilt. 24 The Dedication Copy to James II., with his arms in gilt on each side. This is one of the earliest, rarest, and largest books illustrating a great English residence, and in this case among the most remarkable in England. From the Duke of Portland's library. 260 William III. and Queen Mary. (1689-1702.) The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter. Large type, ruled with red lines. John Bill, Thos. Newcomb, and Henry Hills, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. London, 1680. Folio, red morocco, gilt. A fine example of old English binding, with 16 monograms of King William and Queen Mary, crowned, in gilt on the covers. Their names are printed on each page, where the names of the sovereigns occur, although the body of the book was, as dated, printed before their accession. 261 Queen Anne. (1702-14.) Kennett, Basil. An Essay towards a Paraphrase on the Psalms, in English Verse. London, 1706. 12° superbly bound in old English red morocco elaborately tooled and gilt. Ten Royal monograms and crowns in gilt on the covers. Given by the Queen to the Duchess of Marlborough, and from the private collection of the late Duchess, Blenheim Palace, with her book-plate. 262 George II. (1727-60.) Remembrances for Order and Decency to be kept in the Vpper House of Parliam* by the Lords when His Matie is not there, etc. 12° size, in neat manuscript, red morocco, finely tooled and gilt. The Royal arms of George II. in gilt on each cover, bound in 1757 and given to the third Lord Aylesford, whose signature is written on the front fly-leaf. 263 George III. (1760-1820.) The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the Use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter. Large type, elaborately ruled with red lines. Cambridge, 1760. Folio, purple morocco, polished, richly tooled and gilt. First edition of the Prayer Book printed after the accession of George III., whose monogram, crowned, is in each of the seven panels on the back. On each of the sides are the Royal arms, in gold. |