Volume 1

Catalogue of the remaining portion of the library of the late Joseph Frank Payne, M.D. F.R.C.P., Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians; Hon. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; Emeritus Harveian Professor; consulting physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; late President of the Pathological, Epidemiological and Dermitological Societies : comprising his collection of rare herbals and other natural history books, a series of the first and later editions of John Milton's writings and Miltoniana, and old and modern books in general literature. Which will be sold by auction by messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge... on Tuesday, the 30th of January, 1912, and following day.

  • Payne, Joseph Frank, 1840-1910.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Catalogue of the remaining portion of the library of the late Joseph Frank Payne, M.D. F.R.C.P., Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians; Hon. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; Emeritus Harveian Professor; consulting physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; late President of the Pathological, Epidemiological and Dermitological Societies : comprising his collection of rare herbals and other natural history books, a series of the first and later editions of John Milton's writings and Miltoniana, and old and modern books in general literature. Which will be sold by auction by messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge... on Tuesday, the 30th of January, 1912, and following day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    8 SIZES MIXED U - to ~ 1 ~ b- 5~- 10 ' 2 - o - f-s~- 2. - l Sr ~ /3 - Fivst Day Lot 48—continued. Wurtzel, etc. abgebildet ist, lit. gotf). full-length woodcut portrait of the author on reverse of title, and 515 full-page figures of plants, vellum folio, ffasell durcli Michael Isingrin, 1543 *** On the reverse of the last leaf are Portraits of the Designers, “Heinrich Hullmaurer” and “Albrecht Meyer,” and of the engraver, “ Rudolf Speckle ” (style of Hans Burgmair). It is the First Edition of this fine Herbal in German. ) 49 Gerarde (John) The Herball, or Generali History of Plantes, first edition, engraved title and portrait of the author by Wm. Rogers (slightly mended), and numerous woodcuts of plants (leaves of table stained, but some have rough edges), old calf, rebacked, with metal clasp, good copy folio. John Norton, 1597 1 50 Gerarde (John) The Herball, or Generali Historie of Plantes, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye, engraved title in compartments, containing portrait (mounted), and numerous cuts of plants (last leaf of table soiled, s 6 mended, otherwise good), old calf folio. A. Islip, etc. 1636 0 51 Gesnerus (Conrad) Historia Animalium libri Y, EDITIO prima, many hundred woodcuts, the FIVE original books in 4 vol. title of vol. I stained and loose, old Dutch vellum thick folio. Tiguri, Chr. Froschover, 1551 —1558-87 *** This copy contains lib. V, containing the Serpents, edited by James Carron, which is frequently wanting, as it was not published until 1587. o 52 Gesner (Conrad) Thierbiich, das ist ein kurtze Beschreibung aller Vier-Fiissigen Thieren, so auff der Erden und Wassern wonend, etc. durch D. Ciinrat Forer zii mereren in teutsch gebracht, lit. gotf). numerous spirited woodcuts of quadrupeds, monstrous animals, etc. boards, rough edges, clean copy folio. Zurych, Chr. Froschover, 1583 ? 53 [Glanville]. Bartholomeus Anglicus. De Proprietatibus Rerum, lit. gotf). double columns, 38 and, 39 lines with signs, rubricated throughout, with blue and red painted capitals, contemporary binding of oak boai'ds and stamped leather (damaged), some ll. wormed but clean, A scarce edition thick sm. folio. Impressus et Completus per me Johannem Koelhoff de Lubeck Coloniae Civem, anno 1483 0 54 Grapaldus (F. M.) De Partibus FEdium lib. II, editio prima, lit. rom. long lines, with signs. \Hain 7868; Proctor 6870], (margins of a ii and last leaf mended) sm. Mo. (Parmae) “ Angelas Ugoletus Parmensis Impressor” (with device), s. a. (c. 1494) 2 55 Helvetius (Jo. Fred.) Xistus Herbarum. Lustiger Spatzierweg der Krauter, lit. gotf). 8m Heydelberg durch Sam. Broun, 1661