Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
October 1919
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/422
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    2800 Valla (L.) Laurentiz Valla in elegatiis nup emédatz et revisus ci tabula pq diligéter atqz bn ordinata, lit. rom. long. lines (not in Hain; Proctor, 8146], capitals rubricated (a few ll. at end slightly wor med), contemporary French binding of oak boards and leather, with panels in compartments of small stamps of fleurs-de-lys and quatrefoils, the outside borders composed of larger figures of dragons (repaired and worn, but genuine), (Dunn copy) sm. 4to. {Colophon]|....PARRHISIIS ¢n sole deaurato vict Sorbonict per M. GrorGiv VuoLrr Badensem impressus ; decimo Calendas Julias Anno a natal Christi Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo primo (1491) *,* “The only other copy upon record, to date (1907), is in the British Museum.”—Note in fly-leaf by the late Mr. Dunn. 2801 Valla (L.) Elegantiarum libri VI, italic letter, title within woodcut border (coloured), original binding, stamped calf over wooden boards, with gilt fleur-de-lys in central panel, and gilt lettering Georgius Wyarda, 1588, clasps stout 8vo. Moguntiw, J. Schoeffer, 1522 2802 -Valla (L:) Sur la Donation de Constantin Empereur, lettres batardes, 53 ll. long lines, 27 to a full page, woodcut initials, a few slight stains, blind stamp on title, calf gilt 4to. s.n. (Paris, c. 1528) *,* Very rare, most if the editions having been placed on the ‘“Tndex.” No French translation recorded by Brunet, or in the Supplement. 2803 Vallance (A.) The Art of William Morris, portrait, plates, Jaesimiles in colours, tllustrations in text, etc. one of 220 copies, buckram, uncut, t.e.g. folio. G. Bell & Sons, 1897 2804 VALTURIUS (R.) De re militari, roman letter, long lines, wood- cut device on title and at end, woodcut illustrations, Parisiis, P. Wechel. 1534—-VrGEtTIUS, De re militari, 195 woodcuts, without text, s.n. (Erfurt, c.1511); bound together in 1 vol. original stamped brown pigskin, with initials A. G.D. 1545 (rebacked) Solio The Vegetius is a separate issue, without text, of the 195 cuts from the German edition of Erfurt, 1511. There are quire signatures in roman type below the blocks, as well as several signatures in gothic type, inserted in the blocks, showing this to be an issue distinct from that with the letterpress. 2805 [Varthema (L.)|] Ludovici... Novum Itinerarium ASthiopia : Agypti: utriusque Arabia: Persidis: Sirie: ac Indie: intra et extra Gangem, roman letter, long lines, with signa- tures_and foliation, woodcut initials, brown morocco, gilt scrolls on sides, g.e. by J. Mackenzie SS folio. s. a. (after May 11, 1511) x FIRST EDITION of the Latin translation by Arehaneely Madrignano.