2066 Virgilius. Opera, a Servio Donata, woodcuts, stamped pigskin, on oaken boards, with clasp, “C. Godefridus Mullerus, 1766," inside cover, Lugd., J. Crispin, 1529, folio (277) Leighton, £2 6s.

2067 Vitruvius.

Di Lucio Vitruvio Pollione de Architectura, Cōmentati (da Cesare Cesariano), wood engravings, vellum, Como, 1521, folio (120) Kershaw, £4 4s. 2068 Walpole (Horace). Anecdotes of Painting in England, LARGE PAPER, India proofs (some spotted), 5 vol., original boards, uncut, 1826-28, imperial 8vo. (483) Edwards, £6 2069 Walpole (Horace). Anecdotes of Painting in England, original Strawberry Hill issue, 5 vol., 1762-1771-1763— Two volumes lettered VI. and VII., containing The Essay on Modern Gardening, in English and French, ib., Kirgate, 1785-Postcript to the Royal and Noble Authors, Printed at Strawberry Hill, 1786, 8vo. (inlaid)-Works of Jonathan Richardson (intended as a Supplement to Walpole), tinted portraits, B. White and Son, etc., 1792-An Account of the Parish of Fairford, Co. Gloucester (by R. Bigland), plates, J. Nichols, 1791 Historic Doubts of King Richard III. (by Horace Walpole), portrait, J. Dodsley, 1767-Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, folding portrait, ib., 1770-Miscellaneous Antiquities, two parts, No. 21, Strawberry Hill, T. Kirgate, 1772-A Tour through Normandy, J. Woodyer, 1754 - Granger (Rev. J.) Biographical History of England, first edition (dedicated to Horace Walpole), portrait, 5 vol. (including supplement), T. Davies, 1769-74, together 12 vol., old calf gilt, nearly uniform, small 4to. (340) Dobell, £6 17s. 6d.

[All these works appear to have been presented by Horace Walpole to Sir John Fenn, the Norfolk antiquary, and first editor of the "Paston Letters." Several of the volumes had inscriptions to Fenn in Walpole's hand, and an autograph letter was inserted in vol. iv.--ED.]

2070 Whitaker (T. D.) History of Richmondshire, plates, maps, etc. in the original 12 parts, uncut as issued, 1823, folio Edwards, £5 2s. 6d.

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SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

EARLY PRINTED BOOKS, CHIEFLY THE PRODUCTIONS OF CONTINENTAL PRESSES.

(No. of Lots, 275; amount realised, £1,284 14s. 6d.)

2071 Aegidius Romanus. Tractatus de formatione Corporis Humani in utero, etc., lit. goth., 50 numbered leaves, device of Ponset le Preux on title, unbound (Paris, 1515), small 4to. (1) Leighton, LI IS. 2072 Æneas Silvius (Papa Pius II.) Bulla Retractationum Pii Papae II., 11 leaves, lit, semi-goth. (Hain, 260), Absque nota-“ Æneas Silvius Poeta,” De Miseria Curialium, Iit. semi-goth.. 26 leaves, the last blank, 27 lines to a full page (Hain, 194), ib., rubricated, together in vol., modern morocco, both Cologne, Ulric Zell (circa 1469), small 4to. (2) Barnard, £4 125. 2073 Æneas Sylvius (Papa Pius II.) Opuscula Enee Silvii de duobus amantibus. Et de remedio Amoris, lit. goth.. 28 leaves, signatures A-E 4 (in 6's), rubricated, marginal notes in red (Pellechet No. 157), covers of old MS., Absque ulla nota [Colon. ? 14-], small 4to. (3) Sotheran, £165. 2074 Agricultura. Opera Agricolationum, Columellae, Varronis, Catonisq, cum descriptionibus D. Ph. Beroaldi, lit. rom. (Hain, *14568), half bound, Bonon., Bened. Hector, 1494, folio (4) Maggs, £119s. 2075 Alberti (Leone Baptista). De Re Edificatoria, editio princeps (had the Epistle of Politian and leaf at end with the verses of Baptista and Register), lit. rom. (Hain, 419) (mended), half bound, Florentiae, 1485, small folio (5) Leighton, £3 15s. 2076 Albertus Magnus. Compendium Theologicae Veritatis, lit. goth.. 159 leaves (Hain, *439) (damp stained), vellum, Venet., Alamannus, 1476, small 4to. (6) Sotheran, £1 65. 2077 Albertus Magnus. Compendium Theologicae Veritatis, lit. goth. (Hain, *439), limp vellum, Venetiis per Xristoforum Arnoldum alamannum, 1476, die v. Aprilis, 8vo. (7)

Barnard, £ 6s. 2078 Albertus Magnus. Liber de Natura ac immortalitate Animae, lit. goth. (Hain, *497), unbound, Impressus impensa Caspar Hochfeder civis Nurenburgens, 1493, small 4to. (8)

Peach, 16s.

2079 Ambrosius Mediol. (S.) Opera, lit. rom. et goth. (fore-edges damaged by damp), Basil., Jo. de Amerbach, 1492, small folio (9) Barnard, 17s. 2080 Ammianus Marcellinus. Romanorum aliquot Impp. Historiae Res Gestae (libri xiv.-xxvi.), editio princeps, lit. rom., 135

leaves, modern morocco extra, y. e. (Syston Park and Lakelands copy, £5), Romae, 1474, vii. Julii, folio (10) Barnard, £7 208 Andrea (Antonius). "Questiones de tribus Principiis Rerum Naturalium," Iit. semi-goth. (Hain-Copinger, *990), old calf, r.e., Impressae Paduae p. Mag. Laurent. (Canozius) de Lendenaria, 1475, small folio (11) Quaritch, £1 125. 2082 Antoninus Archiep. Florent. De Eruditione Confessorum, lit. goth. (Hain, *1190), half bound, Impressus Memmingen per Albertum Kune de Duderstadt, 1483, small 4to. (14) Heffor, £2 25. 2083 Antoninus Archiep. Florent. Tractatus super Censuras, lit. goth. (Hain, *1267), 111 leaves (some leaves wormed), blue and red capitals, half vellum, Absque ulla nota [14—], small 4to. (15) Barnard, £1 125. 2084 Antoninus Archiep. Florent. Incomincia uno Confessionale Volgare intitolato Specchio di Conscientia, etc., lit. rom., 127 leaves, long lines, 23 to a page, with signatures a.-r. 7. (in 8's) (apparently not in Hain or Proctor), half bound, Senza nota [? Firenze, 14-], small 4to. (16) Leighton, £2 2085 Aristoteles. Les Ethiques en Francoys, translatées de Latin par Nicole Oresme, première édition (a few leaves wormed), folio lxviii. in facsimile (Hain, *1759), old calf, Imprimé à Paris le viii. Jour de Sept. Mil cccc. quatres vings & huyt (pour Ant. Verard), 1488, folio (19)

Leighton, £12 12s. 2086 Augustinus (S.) De Civitate Dei lib. xxii., lit. goth., 16 leaves of index, including two blanks, text 288 leaves and two blanks at end (Hain, *2051), vellum, Venetiis, Nicolas Jēson, 1475, sexto nonas Octobres, small folio (21)

Barnard, £9 10s. 2087 Augustinus (S.) La Cité de Dieu (traduite par Raoul de Praesles), lettres bâtardes (Hain, *2070), woodcuts, capitals painted (wanted aj, a blank, some leaves wormed), (vol. i. only, containing the first to books), calf, gilt back, Imprimé en la Ville d'Abbeville par Jehan du Pre et Pierre Gerard, xxiiii. Nov., 1486, folio (22) Quaritch, £20

[First edition of this French translation, and the first book printed at Abbeville.-Catalogue.]

2088 Augustinus (S). "Incipiunt Omelie beati Augustini," etc., lit. semi-goth., 24 leaves including three blanks (HainCopinger, *1984-Proctor, 826), (wormhole in most leaves), modern calf, Absque nota [sed Colon., U. Zel, circa 1467], small 4to. (23) Leighton, L5 10S. 2089 Augustinus (S.) Homeliae. Liber qui Vocatur quinquaginta, lit. semi-goth, 92 leaves (Hain, *1987), half russia, Impressum in Augusta per Anthonium Sorg, 1475, small folio (24) Quaritch, £4 16s. 2090 Augustinus (S.) Liber Epistolarum, lít. goth. (Hain, *1966), rubricated (wanted 5 leaves), first leaf inlaid (many stained and much wormed), half morocco, Absque ulla nota [sed Argent. Mentelin, circa 1470], folio (25) Barnard, £1 12s.

2091 Augustinus (S.) Epistola ad beatum Cyrillum de Magnificentiis Eximii doctoris beati Hieronimi, lit. goth., 9 leaves (Proctor, 862-Hain, *6719), modern morocco, Absque ulla nota [sed Colon., U. Zel, circa 1470], small 4to. (26)

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Leighton, £3 552092 Augustinus (S.) Epistolae, lit. semi-goth (Hain, 1966), (much wormed), new russia, Absque ulla nota [Argent., Mentelin, 14-], folio (27) Barnard, £2 18s. 2093 Augustinus (S). Meditationes (et alia Opuscula)-S. Bernardi ad Humanae Condicionis Cognitionem Meditationes, etc., lit. semi-goth, 185 leaves (Copinger, 733), paper covers, Absque ulla nota (circa 1475], small 4to. (28)

Leighton, £ 5s. 2094 Augustinus (S.) "Aurelii Augustini Opuscula Plurima," lit. goth. (Hain, 1949), vellum, Venet., D. Bertochus, 1491, small 4to. (29) Dobell, 110S. 2095 Augustinus (S.) Opus Questionum, lit. goth. (Hain, 1965), old calf, Lugd., Jo. Trechsel, 1497, small folio (30)

Leighton, 1 6s. 2096 Augustinus (S.) Sermo super Orationem DominicamSuper Symbolum-De Ebrietate Cavenda-De Disciplina Cristiana, lit. semi-goth., 15 leaves (Hain, 1988— Copinger, 740), unbound, Absque ulla nota [Colon., U. Zell, 147--], small 4to. (31) Quaritch, £3 2097 Avicenna. De Animalibus per Magistrū Michaelem Scotum de Arabico in latinum translatus, lit. rom., long lines, with signatures (Hain, *2220), unbound, Absque ulla nota [Venet., 14-], small folio (32) Stow, LI 10s. 2098 Avienius (Rufus Festus). Opera, editio prima, astrologicalwoodcuts (Hain-Copinger, 2224), complete, with the blanks, morocco, Venet., Antonius de Strata Cremonensis, 1488, small 4to. (33) Maggs, £3 2099 Baijsio (Guido de). Rosarum super Decretorum libri, lit. semi-goth. (Hain, *2717), (wanted Aj), last leaf mounted, half bound, Venetiis, Jo. de Selgenstat, 1481, large folio (34) Maggs, £1 15s. 2100 Bernardus (S.) "Tractatus beati Bernhardi de Plactu btē Marie," lit. goth., 6 leaves, long lines, 27 to a full page without marks, rubricated, half bound [Coloniae, U. Zell, circa 1470], small 4to. (36) Heffor, £2 2101 Bernardus (S.) Ad Eugenium Papam-Ad Sororem, Modus bene vivendi in Christianam Religionem, lit. goth. (Copinger, 975 and 979), in 1 vol., vellum, Impressum Suburbiis Sancti Germani de Pratis per Petrum Levet, s. a. (circa 1492), small 8vo. (38) Leighton, £2 12s. 2102 Bernardus Parmensis. Casus longi super Decretales, revisi per me Anthonum Corsectum de Sicilia, lit. goth. (Hain, *2934), capitals painted, old oak boards (broken), Impressum Bononiae per Henricum Harlem & Johannem Walbleeck Socios, 1487, folio (40) Leighton, £2 2103 Bernardinus de Parentinis Ord. Praed. Officii Misse, totiusq3 Canonis Expositio, lit. goth., double columns,

45 lines, with signatures, title, lxxxviii. numbered leaves and tabula 6 leaves (not in Hain), half bound, Absque nota (Argent. vel Spirae, circa 1487), small folio (41)

Quaritch, £135. 2104 Berthorius (seu Bercthorius Pictaviensis Ord. S. Benedicti). Moralizationes Figurarum Bibliae, lit. semi-goth. (Hain, 2797), original Netherlands binding of oak boards, stamps (worn and damaged), (Coloniae), Impressum per me Bartholomeum de Unckel, 1477, small thick folio (45)

Peach, £2 16s. 2105 Biblia Sacra Latina. Editio Vulgata, cum Prologis S. Hieronymi et Interpret. Heb. Nom., lit. goth. (Hain, *3070), capitals in red and blue (some leaves stained), old oaken boards, leather, Venetiis, 1478, small folio (46)

Barnard, £2 125. 2106 Biblia. Die Deutsche Bibel (mit Prologen S. Hieronimi), lit. goth., double columns, ccccclxxxiii. numbered leaves, German cuts (coloured by a contemporary hand), capitals in blue and red (a few lower margins frayed), 2 vol. in 1, old oaken boards, clasp and 8 corner metal bosses, Gedruckt durch Anthonium Koburger in der loblichen kayserlichen reychstatt Nürenberg, 1483, large folio (48) Leighton, £22 10S.

[The ninth edition of the Bible in German and the first printed at Nuremberg. The woodcuts are the same as those used for the Low-Saxon edition of Cologne circa 1480. In this edition the Temptation of Joseph is attributed to Pharaoh's wife.-Catalogue.]

2107 Boccaccio (Joannes). Genealogiæ Deorum Gentilium lib. xv., editio princeps (Hain, *3315), capitals painted, half bound, Venetiis impressis, per Vindelinum de Spira, 1472, folio (49) Maggs, £11 105. 2108 Boetius (A. M. T. S.) De Consolatione Philosophiae, et de Disciplina Scholarum, cum Commento D. Thomae de Aquino, lit. goth. (Hain, 3401), painted capitals (wanted a j, ? a blank), oak boards (damaged), "Finit Boetius de Disciplina Scholarium cum Commento anno MCCCCLXXVI., s.n. impr. [Lugd., G. Le Roy, 1486], small folio (50)

Leighton, £8 10s. 2109 Boetius (A M. T. S.) Arithmetica boetii. Incipiunt duo libri de Arithmetica, editio princeps, lit. goth. (Hain, *3426), woodcut diagrams and ornamental initials, new vellum, Erhard Ratdolt, 1488, xx. Maii, small 4to. (51) Sotheran, £8 5s. 2110 Bouchet (Jehan). Le Panegyric du Chevallier sans reproche (Louis de la Tremouille), première édition, lettres bâtardes, title (washed) within woodcut border, with De Marnef's device in centre, medallion portrait and arms on reverse, modern morocco, Poitiers, par Jacques Bouchet, 1527, small 4to. (53) Quaritch, £9

2111 [Bouchet (Jean).] Les Triomphes de la Noble et amourese Dame & lart de honnestement aymer, compose par le Traverseur des Voyes Perilleuses, lettres bâtardes, double