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Hain *2825; Proctor 6121. This is a copy of the extremely rare first issue.

"Livre remarquable comme premier monument de cartes géographiques, entièrement gravées (le Ptolémée de 1478 ayant les légendes frappées sur les gravures) et comme second monument (le premier étant le Monte Santo) de figures gravées (c'est à dire employées pour l'illustration d'un livre) ce sont celles qui représentent les vents; voyez la mappemonde . . . Exemplaire de premier issue (c'est a dire avant qu'on ait imprimé un titre rouge sur le recto du titre noir et avant qu'on ait ajouté a la fin le registre imprimé sur une page).-Sobolewski.

15 BOCCACCIO DE CLARIS MULIERIBUS, Gallicè

(Fol. 1a) Le liure de Jehan bocaffe de la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames traflate z iprime nouellemēt a paris. (Fol. 143b, colophon:) Cy finift Bocace des nobles et cleres femmes im | prime a paris ce xxviii. iour dauril mil quatre cens | quatre vingtz z treize par Anthoine verard.. (Fol. 144a has Verard's device on the obverse and is blank on the reverse).

Sm. folio, lettres bâtardes, 144 leaves, with signatures, but without foliation; with 80 (11, repeated) fine woodcuts; a few plain margins and some leaves of text wormed a little; otherwise sound, clean, and good; old French calf gilt, with arms of Caumartin in gold on sides

£8. d.

Paris, A. Verard, 28 April, 1493 150 0 0

THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of the first French translation of
Boccaccio's De Claris Mulieribus, quite perfect. Macfarlane 25; Hain-
Copinger 3337; Proctor 8425.

16 BOCCACCIO DE CLARIS MULIERIBUS (German version by
Heinrich Steinhöwel).

(Fol. 1a). Hyenach folget der kurcz fyn von ettlichen
frauen von deren johannes boccaccius in latein befchriben
hat vnd doctor heinricus ftainhowel geteiitfchet. Ca. .i.
von Eua an dem .i. blat. | . . . (The table ends on fol. 5b,
|
and on the following page commences the dedicatory epistle :)
DEr durchleiichtgiften Fürftin | vnd frauen fraw Elienorij
her ogin 3e öfterreych ..... (Fol. 9a :) Das .i. blat
Vipera vim perdit. vi pariente puella. . Von Eua
Capitulum primum. | SO ich fchreybe wil vo fchein |
(Fol. 147b). | Hye enndet fich das buchlein | võ
denen Iohannes boccaccius | in latein befchriben hat/ vnnd
!doctor Heinricus fteinhowel | geteitschet. Gedruckt vnd
vol | enndet in d' ftat Augfpurg võ | Anthoni Sorgen An
freytag nach fant Valenteins tag | Anno 7c. lxxix. jare. |
(Fol. 148 blank)

Sm. folio, Gothic letter (type 2), 148 leaves, the last blank [as, b-p1o], 31-33 long lines to the page; without signatures and catchwords, but every leaf foliated except the first eight; with 79 MAGNIFICENT SPIRITED and CURIOUS WOODCUTS, by an Early Master; a few leaves very slightly

BOCCACCIO DE CLARIS MULIERIBUS, Germ., continued :

wormed; a remarkably large, fine, and crisp copy, in a
contemporary binding of oaken boards, covered with leather,
stamped with designs of roses and heart-shaped fleurs-de-lis,
rebacked

£ s. d

Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 1479 160 0

Hain *3335; not in Proctor; Pellechet 2477 (the only copy mentioned is that in the Bibliothèque Nationale, which wants 21 leaves). It is rarer than the edition of Ulm (1473) and contains one or two more cuts. One of the cuts is very curious; it represents Pope Joan giving birth to a child in the midst of a procession. The book was dedicated by Steinhowel to Elinor the Scottish Archduchess of Austria.

17 CICERO DE OFFICIIS, etc. cum Commentariis Petri Marsi, Omniboni Leoniceni, et M. Philelthici.

(Fol. 1 blank. Fol. 2a:) PETRI MARSI INTERPRETATIO in officia Ciceronis ad . . . . D. F. Gonzagam Cardinalem Mantuanum . | .. (Fol. 4a :) .. Marci Tullii Ciceronis officioru li | ber primus ad Marcium filium . . . (Fol. 147b:) . . . | M. Tullii Ciceronis de officiis liber tertius et ultimus. | (Fol. 148 blank. Fol. 149a :)

...

M. T. C. Lælius fiue de amicitia |... (Fol. 170 blank. Fol. 171b:)
M. T. CICERONIS CATO MAJOR: VEL DE SENECTVTE . . | . . . (Fol.
198 blank. Fol. 199a :) . . . | Marci Tullii Ciceronis Paradoxa .|.
(Fol. 209a, colophon :) Venetiis per Baptiftam de tortis.
M.cccclxxxii. die xxvi feptembris (Fol. 210 blank)

Sm. folio, 210 leaves, Roman letter, with some Greek, the commentary
in a smaller type occupying the margins; with signature (a-r s-t A-C
D* AA-DD EE* aa-bb"); with 4 fine ILLUMINATED decorative initials,
THE FIRST PAGE OF THE OFFICIA FINELY DECORATED, with a coat of arms
below; one or two small wormholes; a fine copy in a contemporary
Venetian binding (worn) of oaken boards covered with stamped leather
Venice, Baptista de Tortis, 1482
Hain *5271(2); Proctor 4614.

18 CICERO. EPISTOLAE AD FAMILIARES.

(Fol. la :) Marci Tullii Ciceronis Epiftolarum Familiarum Ad Len tulum Proconfulem Liber Primus Foeliciter Incipit. . . . (Fol. 1776)... | M.CCCC. LXXV. Opus Præclariffimum M. T. Ciceronis Epiftolarum Familiariu | Impreffum Foeliciter Finit. | FINIS . . . (Fol. 178 blank)

Sm. folio, Roman letter, with some Greek type, 178 leaves; with rough and irregular signatures, mostly in the extreme outer corner of the lower margin; a large copy, in a fifteenth century binding (worn) of oaken boards covered with stamped ornamental leather

20 0

[Venice, Filippo di Pietro] 1475 14 14

Hain *5174; Proctor †4258 (not in the British Museum).
Dibdin thought the Spenser copy was peculiar in having erratic signatures, but as
the Sunderland and also this copy have them, and Hain distinctly mentions them, they
were most probably the work of the original printer.

19 DANTE. (Fol. 1a:) COMENTO DI CHRISTOPHORO LANDINI

FIORENTI NO SOPRA LA COMEDIA DI DANTHE ALI GHIERI

...

...

IMPRESSO IN FIRENZE
PER NICHOLO DI LORENZO DELLA MAGNA A DI. XXX. DA
GOSTO. M.CCCC. LXXXI.

Folio, 366 leaves, unfoliated but with quire signatures ;

with the three original Botticelli engravings which illustrate
Cantos 1-3, the first folded over and the lower margin cut
into, the other two fine; a short copy, having some headlines
cut into; some contemporary MS. notes in margins of the first
few leaves; calf

£ 8. d.

Florence, Nicolo di Lorenzo, 1481 50 0 0

20 ETYMOLOGICUM MAGNUM, Graece.

(Fol. 1a, two Greek poems by Marcos Mousouros and Joh. Gregoropoulos. On the reverse, address by Mousouros. Fol. 2a beneath a headpiece of arabesque ornamentation white on red :) ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΜΕΓΑ ΚΑΤΑ ΑΛΦΑΒΗΤΟΝ, ΠΑΝΥ ΩΦΕΛΙΜΟΝ : | ΤΟ ΑΛΦΑ, ME@EAYTOY:~ |... (At the foot of fol. 222b, is the colophon, in Greek, setting forth that the book was printed at the expense of Nikolaos Blastos of Crete, at the instance of the illustrious lady Anna, daughter of Loukas Notaras, formerly Grand Duke of Constantinople, by Zacharias Kallierges, 8 July. 1499. Beneath, a beautiful large device of Blastos in red. On the opposite page is the register, and beneath a smaller device of Kallierges, also in red)

Folio, LARGE PAPER, 224 leaves, very finely printed in
Greek type, with ornaments, initials, and devices in red; some
foremargins a litle foxed, and a few slightly waterstained; in
the original Venetian binding (mended) with ornament
stamped in blind Venice, Zacharias Kallierges, 1499 35 0 0
Large Paper copies of this noble book are very rare. Hain-
Copinger *6691; Proctor 5644.

"On the artistic aspect of these books [including the Etymologicum]
all writers are agreed, that for the splendour of their ornamentation
and the beauty of their press-work they stand in the very forefront of
all books yet printed. The type which cost Kallierges five years'
labour to produce is of course in the later style, but even when most
elaborate it is comparatively dignified, and is unsurpassed for evenness
and delicacy of execution. The capitals are extremely beautiful; the
type is well set up on the page, and the register is accurate. Red ink
is everywhere much used, especially in the first book [the above],
which is also the most elaborate. The ornament consists of large
initials, headpieces in the Greek style, filled with arabesques, and the
devices of the publisher and printer, that of Blastos, a masterpiece in
its way, being too well known to need further remark.". Robert Proctor.
Further, he terms the elegiac poem of Mousouros, which is printed on
the first page, 66
one of the most important documents in existence for
the technical details of early types.'

21 EUSEBIUS. HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA.

(Fol. 1b) ILLVSTRISSIMO & Inuictiffimo Mantuanorum Principi Frederico Gonzage Iohannes Schallus Heroffeldenfis phyficus obfequentiffimus. . . . (Fol. 3a :) Incipiunt Capitula... (Fol. 9a :) Incipit prologus Rufini prefbyteri... | ... (Fol. 171b:)... | Explicit liber ecclefiaftice hystorie. Tranftulit Aufonias iftud Rufinus ad aures Eufebii clarum Caefarienfis opus. | Schallus Iohannes celebri Germanicus arte Aere premit. Mantus principe Foederico. | Quom datus eft finis. referebat Iulius annos | Mille quater centum feptuaginta nouem. | . . .

Sm. folio, Roman letter, 171 leaves, 34 long lines to the page; with catchwords on every page, but without signatures and foliation; painted

EUSEBIUS, HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA, continued :

initials and rubrication; a fine, large copy (291 × 191 mm.), in old red
morocco, gilt edges
Mantua, Johann Schall, 1479
Sm. folio, a few leaves a little wormed; vellum 1479
As there are 171 printed leaves, while the very accurate Hain only specifies 170,
the copy which he examined was probably imperfect.

the same.

"The printer of this work was a physician. The volumes which issued from his press are of equal beauty and rarity; and it is seldom that we behold a more elegant specimen of ancient typography than that which is now before us. The types are a mixture of those used at the early Milan and Parma presses; being, however, taller and more beautiful than either of them."-Dibdin, Biblioth. Spenc.

23 HOMER, FIRST EDITION.

I. ILIAD. (Fol. la:) BERNARDVS NERLIVS PETRO MEDICAE
LAVRENTII FILIO. S. | [C]Vm doctiffimorum

(The same, last line:) Vale. FLORENTIAE Idibus Ianuariis.
M.CCCC.LXXXVIII. (On the reverse :) Anμýτpïos ó xaλkovdúλns
. . . (This address in Greek ending on Fol. 2b. Fol.
| ΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ΓΕΝΕΣΙΟΣ

3α:) ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΥ . . ΠΕΡΙ

9a :)

| ΠΕΡΙ ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΝΓ ΔΙΩΝΟΣ | ΤΟΥ ΧΡΥΣΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ

blank. Fol. 43a, the text of the poem begins.

(Fol.

250 leaves, with signatures, 39 lines to the page. II. ODYSSEY, etc. (Fol. 1a:) YпOWEZIN THE A OMHPOY DAYSMEIAS (Fol. 1896 :) . . . | ΤΣΛΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ΥΜΝ ΩΝ. | Ἡ τοῦ ὁμήρου ποίησις ἅπασα ἐντυπωθεισα πέρας εἴλη | φεν ἤδη σὺν θεῶ ἐν φλωρεντία, ἀναλώμασι μὲν, τῶν ἐν ᾗ γενῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν . [ . Βερνάρδου καὶ νηρίου τανάϊδος τοῦ νεριλίου φλω- | ρεντίνοιν. πόνω δὲ καὶ δεξιότητι δημητρίου μεδιολα | νέως κρητὸς . . . ] κῶν χιλιο- | στῶ τετρακοσιοστῶ ὀγδοηκοστῶ ὀγδόω μηνὸς δεκεμBpíov | évárn. (Fol. 190 a blank, cut away.)

189 leaves, with signatures, 39 lines to the page.

together 2 vols., sm. folio, a superb copy in fine condition
throughout (a trifling wormhole in a few leaves at the
beginning of Vol. I) and of unusual size (131 × 91
inches), with one or two uncut leaves; in an old gilt russia
binding
Florence, Bartolommeo

di Libri for Bernardo and Nerio Nerli, 1488 500 0
COLLATION (Iliad) A-D in eights, E 10 leaves; A-Z, ET, Ɔ, and
R' in eights. (Odyssey) AA--ZZ in eights, and ET ET in 5 leaves.
The Brothers Nerli were only the publishers of this noble work.
It was printed for them by Bartolommeo di Libri.

FIRST EDITION of Homer, a precious book from many points of
view, which must of course be the cornerstone of every good classical
library. It is now a book of extreme rarity, especially in fine con-
dition. The above is one of the largest and finest copies in existence.

24 JUSTINUS IN TROGI POMPEII HISTORIAS.

IVSTINI

(Fol. 1a) [C]VM MVLTI EX ROMANIS | etiam confularis
dignitatis uiri res. (On the reverse :).
HISTORICI IN POMPEII | TROGI HISTORIAS LIBER PRIMVS |
INCIPIT... (Fol. 140a :) . | Hiftorias ueteres

Sm. folio, Roman letter, 140 leaves [a-o0]; without signatures, catchwords, and foliation; a large (283 x 194 mm.) and fine, clean copy in an early 19th century binding of straight grained maroon morocco, gilt back, blind tooled on sides, inside gold border, gilt edges Venice, N. Jenson, 1470 38 0 0 THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. The present is a choice copy measuring 11 × 7 inches, the size of the forme being only 6 × 4 inches. The book is printed in Jenson's well-known elegant Roman type.

"The collector of the early pieces of this celebrated printer of this edition need not lament the want of any other specimen of his press, if he be fortunate enough to possess the present rare and very beautiful production of it."-Dibdin. 23 LEFEVRE (Raoul). RECUEIL DES HISTOIRES DE TROYES.

(Fol. 1 missing. Fol. 2a, within a woodcut border :) Cy commence le volume intitule le re cueil des hyftoires de troyes compo | fe par. . Raoul le fe ure preftre chappellain de. | . . monseigneur le duc philippe | de bourgoingne en lan de grace mil.cccc.lxiiii. | AVant Ie regarde et con- | . . . (Foll. 92 and 204 missing. Fol. 216b:)

Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 213 (of 217) printed leaves, 39 long lines to the page; with signatures, but without foliation; with about 100 FINE SPIRITED WOODCUTS, some full page and several in two compartments, and numerous beautiful ornamental initials; somewhat soiled, but a large and sound сору, with some rough edges; in the contemporary binding oaken boards, covered with red leather, with blind stamps, metal clasps and corners, the back skilfully repaired

Lyons, M. Topie and J. Heremberck, 1490 210 0 0 AN EXCESSIVELY RARE EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS BOOK, probably the second in French. Apart from its rarity, the book claims a high place among French illustrated books of the fifteenth century. Hain 7046 (not seen); Brunet iii, 924; not in Proctor.

COLLATION:-a-b" c-f❝ ff* g-i k-16 m3 A-K8 L-N° 08 P-Q6 R8. The leaves missing from this copy are a, mg P R-s (the last blank). 26 NUREMBERG CHRONICLE.

(Fol. 1a:) REgiftrum huius operis libri cronicarum
cũ figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mudi: (Fol. 2a,
col. I:) Tabula operis hui de temporibus mundi.
(This table ends on the reverse of fol. 20. Fol. 21a, marked

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