goth., 12 leaves (Hain, 9316), original boards, Absque nota [sed Argent., Knoblouch, circa 1495], small 4to. (152) Stanford, 1 125. 2159 Ivo (S.) Liber Decretorum, cum Prefatione Seb. Brant, editio prima, lit. goth. (Hain, *9328), woodcut initials, new vellum, (Basil.) expensis Michaelis Furter elaborata anno 1499 (with device), small 4to. (153) Leighton, £2 25. 2160 Janua (Nicolaus de). Compendium Morale, utilis pro Sermonibus & Collationibus faciendis, cum Tabula, lit. semirom. (Hain, *9359- Proctor, 1634), rubricated, capitals painted, illuminated initial, half russia, y. e., Absque ulla nota [sed Aug. Vind. in Monast. SS. Údalrici et Afrae, circa 1473], small folio (154) Peach, £4 15s. 2161 Justinianus Imp. Constitutiones et Novellae, lit. goth. (Hain, *9502, etc.), (wanted the "Extravagantes," etc., some leaves stained), unbound, “Finit feliciter liber feudorum impressus Rome apud Sanctum Marcum, Anno 1476," folio (156) Barnard, £1 18s. 2162 Lancelot du Lac. Le Premier (le Second et le Tiers) Volume de Lancelot du Lac, lettres bâtardes, double columns, woodcuts and initials (wanted 3 leaves in vol. i., 1 leaf in vol. ii. and in vol. iii., first title mended), 3 vol., half morocco, Paris, pour Ant. Verard, 1494, folio (157)

Quaritch, £34 2163 Laudinius (sic) Eques Hierosolimitani. Epistolae Magni Turci, lit. rom., 14 leaves, uncut, long lines, 28 to a full page (without marks), modern morocco, Absque ulla nota, (158) Stanford, £2 10S. 2164 Livius (Titus). Historiæ Romance Decades tres (cum Epistola Jo. Andreae Episc. Aleriensis), the first edition of Livy with a date, lit. rom. (Hain, 10130), contemporary MS. notes, 7 original blank leaves at end with contemporary MS. notes, 3 vol. in 2, morocco plain, uncut edges, Venetiis, Vindelin de Spira, 1470, folio (163) Maggs, £23 10S. 2165 Livius (Titus). Historiæ Romanæ Decades III., lit. rom. (Hain, 10140), (wormholes), vellum, Impressum Mediolani per Uldericum Scinzenzeler impensis Alex. Minutiani, 1495, xxv. Maïï, folio (164) Quaritch, £10 5s. 2166 Lyra (Nicolaus de). Postilla super Psalterium, lit. goth. (two types), with signatures (not in Hain), limp vellum, Lugd., Jo. de Prato (with device), 1488, small 4to. (168) Leighton, £3 7s. 6d.

2167 Magnus (Jacobus). Sophologium, Iit. semi-goth

(Hain,

10477), (first leaf of table mended), old French calf, with arms of Henri Marquis de Villeneuve de Bargemont, "Premier Marquis de France," r. e., Impressum Parisius per Martinum Crantz, Udalricum Gering et Michaelem Friburger, 1475, small folio (171)

Leighton, £10 IOS.

2168 Maioranis, Mayronis seu Maronis (Franciscus de Ord. Min.) Scriptum Super Primum Sententiarum, lit. semi-goth (Hain, *10534), old MS. notes in margins, Spanish calf

(wanted a j, probably blank), Impressum Trevisiæ per Mich. Nanzolo de Parma, 1476, small folio (174) Maggs, £2 18s. 2169 Mamotrectus Super Bibliam, lit. goth. (Hain, *10564), (first leaf defective), original oak boards, Venetiis, impresse Opera & impensis Francisci de Madiis, 1485, 8vo. (176) Barnard, £ 75.

2170 Mancinus (Domenicus). Libellus de Quattuor Virtutibus & Omnibus Officiis, lit. rom., 48 leaves, calf (Sneyd copy), (Hain, 10630), Paris in aed. Ackademiae Sorbonae arte Jo. Higman, 1484, small 4to. (178) Leighton, £3 35. 2171 Mandeville (Sir John). Itinerarius a terra anglie in partes jerosolimitanas et in ulteriores transmarinas, lit. goth., long lines, signatures -Ex in 8's (j blank)-Marcus Paulus de Veneciis de Consuetudinibus et Condicionibus Orientalium Regionum, lit. goth., long lines (a-k 6 in 8's, i having 4 leaves only)-Ludolphus de Suchen, de Terra Sancta et itinere jherosolimitano, lit. goth., long lines (aa-hh 6 in 8's, no g), capitals painted in red, in 1 vol. (4 leaves missing), contemporary oaken boards, with clasps, Absque ulla nota, small 4to. (180) Leighton, £45

[These three exceedingly rare editions are all printed with the same types, and the signatures show that they were originally issued as one book as in this volume. The Marco Polo, however, which is the first Latin edition, is hardly ever found with the other two works. They are probably productions of the press of Gerard de Leeuw of Antwerp, about 1485. Catalogue. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, Vol. xii., No. 488.-ED.] 2172 Mandeville (Jo.) Itinerarius domini Johānis de Madeville Militis, lit. goth. (Hain, *10643)-Explicit Itinerarius domini Johannis de Mandeville Militis, Absque notaItinerarius Johannes de Hese Presbyteria Hierusalem describens dispositiones terrarum insularum, mōtium & aquarum, etc., lit. rom. (title in gothic), 20 leaves, long lines, with signatures, Paris, per R. Gourmont pro O. Senant, s. a. (circa 1510), in 1 vol., old calf, small 4to. (181) Leighton, £18 10s.

[The edition of Mandeville's Oriental Itinerary is probably the earliest in Latin. See BOOK PRICES CURRENT, Vol. xii., No. 487.—ED.] 2173 Martinus Polonus. La Cronique Martiniane de tous les Papes, lettres bâtardes, double columns, the last leaf mounted, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, g. e., Imprimée à Paris, pour Anthoyne Verard [circa 1503], folio (185) Quaritch, £6 2174 Mer des Histoires. Le Premier (le second, le tiers et le quatre) Vollume de la Mer des hystoires & Croniques de France (Chroniques de St. Denis), lettres bâtardes, double columns, cuts and initials (margins cut to 4to. size, 2 titles backed and written on), 4 vol., modern russia, r. e., Paris, Galiot Du Pré, 1517-18, small folio (188) Quaritch, £4 15s. 2175 Missale Speciale. Liber Missarum Specialis, cum Calendario, lit. goth. (Hain, *11248), contained 9 preliminary leaves

numbered folio clxxii., with 6 leaves of Canon unnumbered, 13 other leaves unnumbered, no numbered leaves for cviii., cix. and cx., in all 199 leaves including a blank before the Canon (not in Weale), original binding in oak boards, corners and centre pieces and clasps, Absque ulla nota (? Passaviae, Jo. Petri, 14-), small folio (191) Symes, £10 2176 Missale. Speciale Missarum Secundum Chorum Bambergensis, cum Calendario, lit. goth. magna, red and black, double columns, 32 lines, with signatures, etc., woodcut initials (wanted large cut before the Canon), contained 155 numbered leaves, 9 preliminary leaves and 9 leaves unnumbered (some leaves mounted), original binding in oak boards, clasps [see Weale's "Bibliographia Liturgia"], not subject to return, Bambergae, Mag. Jo. Pfeyl incole civitatis eiusdem industria impressum, 1506, folio (192) Peach, £4 10S. 2177 Nobilitas. Desideratis dñē mi et amice in xpo dilcē. ut de origine nobilitatis alqu'd breviē ānotarē, etc., lit. goth. (Hain, *12079), modern morocco, Absque ulla nota [Coloniae, 14--], small 4to. (194) Leighton, £5 5s.

[Contains 2 pages of MS. notes in Dutch, in which the printer is given as Arnold Therhoenen and the date as probably 1471.—Catalogue.]

2178 Nyder (Johannes). Manuale Confessorum ad instructionem spiritualium pastorum [et de lepra morali], lit. rom. (Hain, 11845), capitals painted, modern morocco, Impressus Parisius per Udalricum Gering, A.D. 1479, xiiii. vero Kalendas Septembris, small 4to. (195) Symes, £4 16s. 2179 Orosius. Le Premier (et le Second) Volume de Orose, lettres bâtardes, double columns, 48 lines, woodcuts and ornamental borders, coloured (first title and several pages of text damaged and mended), 2 vol. in 1, old calf, Imprime a Paris le xxi. jour Daoust mil quatre vingt et onze pour Anthoine Verard-Senecque des Mots dorez des quatre virtus en Francoys, lettres bâtardes, 45 leaves, large woodcut initial S on title, ornamental border and woodcut on first page, uncoloured, vellum, ib., s. d., first editions in French of these works (1491), folio (199) Symes, £20 105. 2180 Petrus Hispanus. Tractatus [Summulae], lit. goth. (Hain, *8681), Mediol., L. Pachel et Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1487 -Opus quod liber Ysagogicus inscribitur Fratris Samuelis Cassinensis, lit. goth. (Hain, *4567), ib. (with device of Udalricus Scinzenzeler), 1494, together in I vol., old stamped leather, small 4to. (206) Leighton, £2 25. 2181 Plinius Secundus. Naturalis Historiae libri xxxvii. (Hain, *13089), (page defective and stained), vellum, Impressum Venetiis per N. Jenson Gallicum, 1472, folio (215)

Cockerell, £8 15s. 2182 Plutarchus. Vitae Parallelae Romanorum et Graecorum a diversis interpretibus Latinae factae ex recogn. Ant. Campani, vol. i., printed by Jenson (Hain, *13127), commencing on 2, the border decorated, illuminated

ornamental initials in the text (wanted leaf at end with imprint), Venetiis, 1478-Vol. ii., printed by Ulric Hahn, illuminated initials (Hain, *13125), 2 vol., Romae [1470], half bound, not uniform, folio (216) Quaritch, £18 2183 Plutarchus. Vitae Parallelae Latinae a Lapo Florentina traductae, lit. rom., long lines, 50 to a full page, with signatures, with all the blank leaves necessary to complete the sheets, 2 vol. in 1, vellum, Venetiis, impressae per Nic. Jenson Gallicum, 1478, large folio (217) Tregaskis, £7 15s. 2184 Privilegiorum Ordinis Cisterciensis Collecta quorundam, lit. goth., 188 leaves (Hain, *13367), (title loose), old Venetian stamped leather (broken), Impressum Divione per Petrum Metlinger Alemannum, anno 1491, small 4to. (218) Leighton, £14 5s. 2185 Psalterium Davidis Regis, lit. goth. magna (missal characters), (Hain, *13474), capitals painted, ornamental initials (2 leaves missing), contemporary oak boards, pigskin stamped with the legend "Maria" and arabesques, original brass corner and centre-pieces and clasps, Finit Psalterium impssum P Fridericum Crewsner de Nurnenberga, s. a., small 4to. (219) Leighton, £6 1OS.

2186 Rabanus Maurus. De Sermonum Proprietate, editio prima, lit. rom. (Hain, *13669-Proctor, 239), illuminated ornamented initial on first page, modern morocco, brasses and clasps (from Sir E. Sullivan's library), Absque ulla nota [R Printer, Argentinae, 1465?], folio (220)

Quaritch, £8 10S.

[This is one of the twenty-six books known with the peculiar capital R, all of which were formerly attributed to the press of Mentelin.-Catalogue.]

2187 Rampigollus, seu Ampigollus (Frater Antonius) Liber Manualis, lit. semi-goth. (Hain, *13681), morocco, by Rivière, Ulmae, per Johannem Zenier de Rutlingen, artificialiter effigiatus anno legis grē, 1475, small folio (222)

Quaritch, £4 2188 Rhodes. "Exordium in Volumen Stabilmentorum Rhodiorum Militum Sacri Ordinis hospitalis Sancti Johannis Jherosolimitanum," the first 31⁄2 pages in Latin, the rest in French, lit. goth., lettres bâtardes, 125 leaves and 3 blanks at end, with signatures, the first page within ornamental border with the arms of the Grand Master of the Order, Pierre d'Aubusson, below, original oaken boards, Absque nota P. L. [circa 1493], small folio (223) Leighton, £7 5s.

[M. A. Claudin, in his "Histoire de l'Imprimerie en France," confidently attributes this book to the press of Pierre Le Dru of Paris, circa 1494-95.-Catalogue.]

2189 Rodericus Zamorensi Episcopus. Speculum Humanae Vitae, Iit. semi-goth. (Hain, 13945), two illuminated initials, capitals painted, contemporary oak boards, sheepskin, Impressum Parisius anno dñi 1475, per Martinum Crantz, Udalricum Gering et Michaelem Friburger, folio (225) Leighton, £7

2190 Samuel (Rabbi). Epistola Rabbi Samuelis Israhelite missa ad Rabbi Ysaac Magistrum Synagogae in subjulmeta civitate regis Morochorum, lit. goth. [Hain, *14270], unbound, Impressa est. . arte literaria Casparis Hochfeders Nurembergensis anno 1498, small 4to. (228) Maggs, £2 2191 Savonarola (H.) Libro della Verita della Fede Christiana, 84 leaves (Hain, *14345), unbound, Senza nota [Firenze, 14-], 4to. or small folio (231) Leighton, £ 18s. 2192 Seneca (L. A.) Opera Moralia. Marcii Declamationes et Lucii Epistolae, lit. semi-goth. (Hain, *14591), capitals painted and illuminated initials, half bound, Impressum Tarvisii per Bernardinum de Colonia, A.D. 1478, folio (233) Peach, £2 12s.

2193 Seneca (L. A.) Liber de Moribus, lit. semi-goth. (Hain, *14591), capitals painted, modern oak boards, with the Medici arms in centres (Hagué of Brussels), wanted aj, a blank, Impressum Tarvisii per Bernardinum de Colonia, A. D. 1478, folio (234) Quaritch, £7 2194 Seneca (L. A.) Senecque des motz Dorez/ des quatre Vertus Cardinalles de latin traslate en Francoys (par Claude de Seyssel), lit. goth., title in red and black with woodcut border, 46 French woodcuts and the same number of ornamental initials, vellum, A Paris, par Alain Lotrian et Denis Janot, s. d., small 8vo. (235) Leighton, £5 17s. 6d. 2195 Servius Honoratus (Maurus). Commentarii in Operam Virgilii, lit. semi-rom. (with the peculiar R of the Strasbourg books), (Hain-Copinger, 14703-Proctor, 244), half russia, Absque ulla nota [14—], folio (236) Quaritch, £4 2196 Sixtus IV. Papa, Card. Franciscus de Rovere. Tractatus de Sanguine Christi et de Dei Potentia, lit. goth., painted capitals, morocco, with arms of the Marquis de Morante, 98 leaves (one blank), (Hain, *14797, gives 96 leaves only), s. 1. et a. Fridericus Creuzner [Nuremb., 1473], small folio (239) Quaritch, £3 35. 2197 Solinus (C. J.) Rerum Memorabilium Collectaneae (Polyhistor), lit. rom., 120 leaves (Hain, *14874), new vellum, Absque ulla nota [Romae, Jo. Scheurener, circa 1473], small 4to. (240) Barnard, 18s. 2198 Solinus (C. J.) Caii Julii Solini ad Adventum Polihistor, sive de Situ Orbis ac Mundi Mirabilibus Liber (ex recens Guil. Tardivi), lit. rom., 108 leaves (Hain, 14876), contemporary sheepskin [Paris, circa 1475], small 4to. (241) Cockerell, £16 15s.

[One of the first books issued from the presses called "Soufflet Verte” at Paris, from which books were issued between 1475 and 1484, by printers named Gaspar and Russangis. Catalogue.]

2199 Suetonius. De Vita XII. Caesarum, lit. rom., 164 leaves, unbound (Hain, *15113), contemporary MS, notes, Absque ulla nota, small 4to. (244) Peach, £2

2200 Suidas. Lexicon Graecum a Demetrio Chalcondylo editum curante J. M. Cataneo, Graecè, editio princeps, old vellum