Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
December 1909
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/269
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    54 sy9) 56 57 59 emblems and 14 woodcuts of tree-emblems, autograph signature of the author at end of license, Spanish calf {see Green on Alciat, scarce sm. 4to Impresso en la Ciudad de Najera por Juan de Mongaston, 1615 Alciat. Fountains of Alciat, edited by H. Green for the Holbein ~ Society, facsimiles, uncut, sm. 4to, 1870—Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers, by H. Green, numerous illustrations, cloth gilt, imp. 8vo, Tritbner, 1870 (2) Alciat. Duplessis (Geo.) Les Emblémes d’Alciat (Bibliotheque Inter- national d’Art), woodcuts, half morocco, t. e. g. imp. 8vo. Paris, 1884 Aldobrandinus. Liber qui dicitur Scala, compositus super Symbolum Apostolum—Tractatus Brevis de immaculata Conceptione—Ser- mones—Tractatus de Confessione —Tractatus de decem Praeceptis Decalogi; et alia Opuscula Theologica, MANUSCRIPT on paper, written in small script characters by different hands, in double columns (139 ll. 94 by 64 in.) original monastic binding in oak boards, half doeskin, in an open solander case 4to. SAO. Xv The treatise of Aldobrandinus has the scribe’s inscription: “ per me Petrum de Barivrellis, 1441.” This work is mentioned by Fabricius as unpublished, and as existing in MS. in the Basle library. Allan Collection of Silver Medals: Sale Catalogue, Sold by Auction in New York by Leavitt & Co. May, 1870, photographs, half morocco imp. 8vo. New York, 1870 Ames (Jos.) Typographical Antiquities, being an historical Account of Printing in England, etc. FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece of printers devices, portrait of Caxton, water-marks, woodcut heads, etc. old calf 4to. W. Faden, etc. 1749 Ames (Jos.) Typographical Antiquities. considerably augmented by Wm. Herbert, mezzotint portrait of Ames, portrait of Caxton, Jacsimiles and other illustrations, 3 vol. old calf, with ea-libris of H. T. Buckle (joints broken) 4to. 1785-90 Amman (Jost) Im Frauwenzimmer wirt vermeldt von allerley schénen Kleidungen und Trachten der Weiber, ete. facsimile reprint, on thick hand-made paper, with numerous woodcuts, crushed green morocco extra, antique style, g. e. by BF. Bedford, in open solander case sm. 4to. Kranckf. a. M. 1586 (reprinted 1880) Amman (Jost) Stinde und Handwerker, mit Versen von Hans Sachs, Hirth’s facsimile reprint of 500 copies, from the original of 1568, half blue morocco, t. e.g. uncut sm. 4to. Franckf. a. M. G. Hirth, 1568-1884 Amman (Jost) Zeichner und Formschneider, Kupferitzer und Stecher, von C. Becker, 17 woodcuts after Amman, half calf, t. e. g. uncut sm. 4to. Leipz. Rk. Weigel *,.* Contains a bibliographical list of all the books containing cuts by Jost Amman.