18996 VARRO (M. T.) De lingua Latina lib. VI, 4to. slightly wormed, old morocco, with ornamental gilt borders, from the Sunderland library, £2.16s absque ulla nota (1474) Contains 85 leaves, one blank, of 29 lines to a page. Some copies contain, bound up at the end, Pompias Festus, printed in the same type, and bearing the following colophon:" Impensis Joannis de Colonia nec non Joannis Manthem de Gherretzem, 1474." 18997 VEGETII RENATI (Flavii) Epitoma Rei Militaris, libri numero Iv., small folio, lit. goth. from the Sunderland library, rare, £15. 15s PISCIE, SIGISMONDO RODT DE BITSCHE, 1488 see also SCRIPTORES REI MILITARIS. 18999 VERGILII Eneis, small folio, Manuscript on Vellum, with a fine initial page, illuminated with a large initial and an elegant border of arabesque interlacement; purple morocco extra, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf, £40. 1450 There is an inscription on the front of the last leaf (just beneath the end of the 13th canto of Maffeo Vegio), which is not easy to decipher, but in which we can trace the date "8 idus Augusti anno M.cccc.1," and the first year of the reign "Domini Comitis Francisci Sfortie vice-comitis;" from which it would appear that the book was written in or near Milan. 19000 VERGILII OPERA: Æneis; Bucolica; Georgica, folio. Beautiful Manuscript on Vellum, written by an Italian scribe, with elegant illuminated initials to each book, accompanied by small borders in gold and colours, brown morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges, by Thompson of Paris, £60. circa 1460-70 A few contemporaneous glosses, written here and there in very minute characters, reveal the ownership of a great scholar. In the twelfth book of the Eneid there is a lacuna from verse 392 to the end, but this circumstance detracts very slightly indeed from the value of the Manuscript, which as a fifteenthcentury codex of one of the great world-epics, must always attract the covetous desire of collectors. 19001 VIRGILII Codex antiquissimus, a R. T. Aproniano emendatus, qui nunc Florentiæ in Bibliotheca Mediceo-Laurentiana adservatur, typis descriptus, sm. 4to. engraved title, with MS. notes and a pen and ink drawing by G. L. Way on the fly-leaf, Etruscan calf extra, gilt edges, by Edwards of Halifax, 36s Florentiæ, 1741 19002 Opera, folio, old red morocco, with ornamental gilt borders from the Sunderland library, £4. 48 (Mediol. Ant. Zarothus, 1475) A portion only of this rare edition, containing 11. 1-162; wanting therefore the 19 11. at end containing the Opuscula and the Priapeia. Several leaves mended and defective. 19003 VIRGILII OPERA, folio, Editio Princeps, printed on fine vellum with the initials painted and illuminated, the first page decorated with a magnificent border in which architectonic and arabesque ornament are combined with exquisite figures of winged and wingless bambini, those in the bottom compartment (a little defaced) painted in camaieu bleu, but those in the upper part life-like in flesh colour, the whole picture radiant with gold, and lovely with harmonizing colours; bound in red morocco, gilt edges, after Lord Sunderland, blue morocco case, £1000. Vindelinus... apud Venetos, 1470 The colophon is an enthusiastic eulogy upon Vindelin, as superior to the great painters and sculptors of old, not because he produced many volumes, but because (as in this instance) he gave to the world perpulchra simul optimaque. And in truth it was no small glory to have printed the first edition of the first printed Epic-a work ranking among the few great monuments of literature which are likely to survive the destruction of successive empires and the devastating influence of social and physical revolutions. Who would not be proud to possess the Virgil of 1470, the Dante of 1472, the Homer of 1488? The Virgil is the rarest, as well as (typographically) the first, member of that noble company; and one may be forgiven a little enthusiasm in sight of this glorious illuminated copy of the Editio Princeps printed on vellum. 19004 VIRGILII Opera, folio, wanting 11 leaves, old red morocco with ornamental gilt borders, gilt and gauffred edges, from the Sunderland library, £120. B. H. anno incarnationis 1472, (s. l. et nom. imp.) A MOST BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS FINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE EDITION. The volume begins on the verso of the first leaf, with an inscription printed in large capitals, bearing the date. This is followed by the introductory leaves, the Eclogues, Georgics, and Æneid, which finish on the recto of leaf 181. The Moretum, occupying 3 pages, follows, on the verso of the same leaf. The Priapeia (10 leaves) and Copa (1 leaf) should follow here, but are wanting in this copy. The Est et non; Vir bonus, etc. and Etna, occupying the next 17 leaves; making the sum total 210 leaves. So far our description agrees with Dibdin's Bibl. Spencer. II, 467. Here he mentions that his copy was defective. He omits the xiiith book of the Eneid (8 leaves), misdescribes the Ciris, and makes no mention of the Catalecta, assigning to the former 9 leaves, whereas the two together occupy 10. Thus a perfect copy should contain 228, not 219 leaves, or 221 as Brunet says. The type is remarkable for the curious e and g, and is exactly similar to that used in the Ausonius of 1472, and the folio edition of Cicero de Legibus, without date (see ante, No. 18589). With regard to the printer, Heyne imagines that B. H. stand for Benedictus Hercules of Ferrara, but Dibdin questions the authenticity of these letters, drawing attention to their smallness and disproportion to the other capital letters on the same page. On the reverse of leaf 12, is an EXQUISITE DRAWING in PURPLE COLOURED INK, of a PASTORAL SCENE, occupying the whole of the page; on the margins of leaf 25 are DRAWINGS IN RED OF ANCIENT AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; the initial I of the first line of the Eneis is a HIGHLY-FINISHED and CLEVER DRAWING of a WARRIOR supporting a pillar; and the LARGE INITIALS ARE PAINTED in BLUE and GOLD in a charming style. On the flyleaf is the inscription "ANDREÆ DE FRANCISCIS ET AMICORUM." This copy at the Sunderland Sale fetched £220. 19005 VIRGILII Opera, sm. folio, old blue morocco gilt, £6. 19006 19007 19008 19009 19010 19011 absque ulla nota From the Sunderland Library Sale, where it fetched £39. This rare edition contains 233 leaves, 38 lines to a page; 2 leaves are wanting, duplicates of others being inserted. Servii Honoratii Commentarii in Virgilii Opera, cum Vita Virgilii, folio, a few leaves wormed, old red morocco with ornamental gilt borders, gilt edges, from the Sunderland library, very rare, £7. 78 Mediolani, 1475 This edition is remarkable for its catchwords, which are placed on the verso of some leaves, some in the centre of the lower margin, and others at right angles to the end of the last line. The name of the printer has not yet been ascertained. The type is not that of Ant. Zarot, to whom Panzer ascribes this edition. Contains 318 11.; the first leaf defective, and the last four mended. Opera (cum Vita auctoris, etc.), sm. folio, old calf, with Sunderland arms on sides, £18. 18s Venetiis, Nicolaus Jenson, 1475 This edition contains 272 11. without marks. It is profusely annotated throughout in a nearly contemporary handwriting. Opera, sm. folio, fine copy in old blue morocco extra with broad gilt ornamental borders, and centre ornaments, bound for Lord Sunderland, £30. Mediolan. Leonard. Pachel et Ulderic. Scinzenzeler, 1481 Opera, cum commentariis Servii, sm. folio, old blue morocco extra, with ornamental gilt borders and centre ornaments, bound for Lord Sunderland, £21. [s. l. et nom. imp.] impressum anno 1483 A VERY RARE EDITION, not in Brunet. Contains 314 ll. signs. a-z, &, ɔ, R, aa, bb, cc, dd, A, B, C. Opera cum commentariis Servii, sm. folio, MS. notes in margins, old calf, with the Sunderland arms on sides and crowned Dolphin on back, £9. Brixiæ, per JAC. BRITANNICUM, 1485 Opera (cum Maronis vita, Servii commentariis, et Maphai Vegii libro tredecimo Eneidos), folio, old French mottled calf gilt, gilt and marbled edges, FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS FINELY PRINTED AND RARE EDITION, with the first page illuminated, and a painted miniature of the poet in the first initial, the painted escutcheon of the original owner (a member of the Aguccio family of Bologna) on the lower margin, and several small illuminated initials. 19012 VIRGILII Opera. Bucolica et Georgica cum Servii Mauri Honorati et A. Mancinelli commentariis, una 19014 19015 19016 19017 19018 cum J. Badii Ascensii explanatione, small hole in 2 leaves (Paris, Thielman Kerver, 1500)-Eneis Vergiliana cum familiarissima J. Badii elucidatione atque ordinis contextu, etc. 4 leaves wanting, ib. 1500-Vergiliana Opuscula familiariter exposita, ib. 1501; in 1 vol. stout smallest folio, contemporary oaken binding covered in stamped leather, 248 1500-1 From the Sunderland library sale, where it fetched £13. 10s. First edition of the Virgil of Badius. The last two leaves, containing the Latin Lyrics set to music, are mended. OPERA [cum Commentariis Servii Mauri Honorati Grammatici, Ælii Donati, Christofori Landini, A. Mancinelli et Domitii Calderini, curante Sebastiano Brandt], sm. folio, numerous very spirited woodcuts with xylographic inscriptions, fine copy in stamped pigskin, rare, £12. 12s Argentorati, J. Grieninger, 1502 These woodcuts are the finest and most characteristic examples of the anonymous school of Alsatian art. Opera, 12m. bds. £2. [Venetiis Aldus, 1505] Collation: M ii to FF ii eights, being folio 2 to 226, at the bottom of the obverse of which occurs the word "Finis." Thus the title and preface at beginning, and the minor pieces following the Æneid at end, are deficient. Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis, cum Servii commentariis (cura Jo. B. Egnatii), sm. 4to. numerous woodcuts, contemporary stamped calf binding, from the Sunderland library, £10. 10s Venet. Bernardinus Stagninus, 1507 A clean copy of a scarce edition with woodcuts, apparently unmentioned by Brunet. The binding has the following inscription: "Melior vigilantia somno. Ant. R. (ANTONIUS RINCKIUS whose name appears inside the cover); spes mea christus." Opera, 12mo. some leaves slightly stained, old red morocco gilt, from the Sunderland library, £13. 10s Florent. Ph. de Giunta, 1510 THE RARE FIRST GIUNTA EDITION OF VIRGIL. (ex reens. A. Naugerii), 12mo. very fine tall copy in dark olive morocco extra, gilt edges, £10. Venet. Aldus, 1514 RARE. The first of the two editions printed, under this date. The above is a very tall copy, measuring 6 in. or 157 millimètres, by Aldus. 19019 VIRGILIUS. [Opera edente Aldo], sm. 8vo. (12mo.), old red morocco extra, gilt edges, from the Sunderland library, in a blue morocco case, £125. Venetiis in aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, 1514 PRINTED UPON VELLUM, of VERY GREAT RARITY, since Brunet does not record a copy. This is the first of the editions with the same date issued by Aldus, and contains 220 numb. II. (the last erroneously numb. 120); leaf with imprint ; 2 11. of errata; and one with anchor. Height, 154 mill. сй 19020 OPERA WERGILIANA docte et familiariter exposita . . . Bucolica & Georgica, a Servio, Donato, Mancinello: & Probo adnotationib' Beroaldinis. Eneis vero ab ijsdē preter Mancinellum & Probum . . . stout small folio. title within elegant woodcut border, original boards covered with stamped leather, 28s (Parisiis) Franciscus Regnault, MDXV (1515) The thirteenth book of the Æneid by Mapheus Veggius is added at the end. Opera Vergiliana docte et familiariter exposita a Servio, Donato, Mancinello, et Probo, cum adnot. Beroaldi, Aug. Dathi, Calderini et Jo. B. Ascensii, folio, woodcuts, small hole in title, old calf, from the Sunderland library, £8. 19021 19022 19023 19024 19025 19026 19027 Lugduni, JACOB SACON, 1517 A RARE EDITION, valued for its woodcuts, which are the same as those used in the edition of Gruninger. Opera, cum Servii et Probi commentariis ad hos Donati fragmenta, C. Landini et A. Mancinelli commentarii, in 2 vols. sm. 4to. numerous woodcuts, old blue morocco gilt, Sunderland copy, £4. Venetiis, Georgius de Rusconibus, 1520 Opera Vergiliana cum decem comētis docte & familiariter exposita, etc. folio, numerous striking woodcuts, some leaves stained, old calf, from the Sunderland library, £2. 16s Lugduni, Jac. Mareschal Roland, 1527 (1528 on title) With a lettering on the back in gold within gold lines, and with a wreathornament of branching foliage on the sides. The binding was done about 1580. Opera, 12mo. old red morocco gilt, gilt edges, clean copy, from the Sunderland library, £4. 4s Paris. ex officina R. Stephani, 1533 Opera; Servii Honorati in eadem commentarii ; castigationes per Ioannem Pierium Valerianum, stout folio, woodcut initials, fine copy in old calf, initials within_ornamental gold centrepieces on the sides, 258 Parisiis, R. Stephanus, 1532 Opera, 12mo. autographs of C. SPENCER and JOANNES LE Bossu on title, old calf, clean copy, £3. Venet. ALDUS, 1541 Opera, 12mo. title mended, margins cropped, old red morocco gilt, gilt edges, from the Sunderland library, £1. 8s Florent. B. Juncta, 1544 The date on the title-page is 1544, but in the colophon on the last page, 1564. |