Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
1 August 1859
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/7
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    OM: V0; a THE LIBRI LIBRARY. 169 1276 Horm Brartss. VirRGINIS SECUNDUM CONSUETUDINEM RoMANm@ Curt® (Grece cura Aldi Pii Manutii) EXCESSIVELY RARE, fine copy, green morocco extra, gilt edges 32mo. Hagnoe, ex Charisio Thome Anshelm Mense Januario, s. a. This exact reprint of the Aldine edition of 1497, is printed in red and black, on 112 leaves having signatures from a too, the Greek Preface of Aldus being on the reverse of title-page. In rarity it is equal to the original, which sold for £35. 14s. 6d. in Bp. Butler’s Sale, and seems to have totally escaped the researches of Renouard and Brunet, as by both of them it is unnoticed. 1277 Horm Beate Marie Virginis secundum Usum Romanum totaliter ad longum sine require PRINTED ON VELLUM, with the cuts ILLUMINATED in gold and colours 48mo. Paris, Germain Hardouyn, s. a. As owing to the defect in the vellum, a portion of signature p. Iv. is defective, this copy will be sold not subject to collation. This edition was totally unknown to Brunet and Van Praet. 1278 Hor# in Lavpem sBuwatiss. VirGinis secidum consuetudinem Romane curiz. Septem Psalmi pcenitentiales ci litaniis & ora- tionibus. Sacrificium in laudem sanctiss. Virginis, Greece EXCESSIVELY RARE, fine copy, with the autograph signature of Rev. W. Maskell, vellum, in olive morocco case 32mo. Venetiis, apud Aldum, 1505 Bishop Butler’s copy sold for £52, 10s. 1279 Hor ad Usum Romanum totaliter ad longum sine require, &c. cum Calendario PRINTED ON VELLUM, small type in red and black, with many wood engravings and capitals, uluminated im gold and colowrs 16mo. (format agenda) Paris, Gillet Hardouyn, s. d. (1508) This little volume, “ format agenda,” is not in the Grenville Collection, nor is it mentioned either by Van Praet or Brunet (who both mention an edition of the same year, but printed by G. Anabat for Hardouyn), nor in other Bibliographical works. The Almanac is for 1508 to 1520. The cuts are extremely curious, those to the Officium Defunctorum representing “ Death seated on a coffin near a Cross,” and “ Death leading away a Nobleman.” 1280 Horm IN LAUDEM BEATISS. VIRGINIS SECUNDUM CONSUETUDINEM Roman#® Curia, GRACE EXCESSIVELY RARE, fine copy, but titlepage a facsimile by Harris 32mo. Venetius, apud Aldum Mense Jumo, 1521 Printed in black, with the Rubrics in red. Renouard styles it ‘ de premiére rareté,’ a fact fully proved by the only copy which has occurred at an auction bringing £26, 15s. 6d. in Bishop Butler’s sale. ove, “7s Yr Y&® AVVO | sine require, cum Calendario (Almanach, 1528-1541) PRINTED ON VELLUM in semi-qotbic letter, with the cuts ELEGANTLY ILLUMINATED in gold and colours, and each page surrounded by a border of gold 16mo. Paris, per Germanum Hardouyn, 1528 This very rare edition, totally unknown to Van Praet, Brunet, and other Bibliographers, appears to have belonged to CHARLES IX, KING OF FRANCE, and to the celebrated Paitip DE Mornay. The binding is in old red morocco, gilt edges, having the ¢ ¢ and interlaced M stamped in gold on the back. The sides are richly ornamented, having a mirtle-