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J. R. Ritman

INTRODUCTION 

It is certainly no coincidence that the sale of my private collection of illuminated 

books to establish an endowment 

manuscripts, incunabula and early printed 

fund for the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica takes place in the transitory 

years 1999 to 2001, years which form a bridge towards the third millennium, a 

major turning-point in time. 

1 his same period has also produced two milestones in the library s research 

activities: 

1 : the exhibition Marsilio Ficino e il ritorno di Ermete Trismegisto (Marsilio 

Ficino and the return of Hermes Trismegistus), which ran in the Biblioteca 

Medicea Laurenziana in Florence from 2 October 1999 to 8 January 2000. The 

accompanying catalogue with the same title (326 pp., 2nd edition 2001) 

appeared in October 1999 to mark the occasion. 

2: preparations are in full swing for the sequel exhibition to be held at the 

Biblioteca Marciana in Venice under the title Presenza di Ermete Trismegisto: da 

Bessarione ai Fratelli della Rosea et Aurea Croce (Presence of Hermes 

Trismegistus: from Bessarion to the Brothers of the Rosy and Golden Cross), 

which is planned from May to July 2002. 

The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in Amsterdam and the Biblioteca 

Marciana in Venice have selected some one hundred manuscripts and printed 

works from their holdings. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue will 

shed light on the theme of Hermetica, or the Hermetic tradition, from the time 

Cardinal Bessarion donated his collection of manuscripts, which he had earlier 

brought over from Byzantium, to the city of Venice in 1468. Significantly, 

Bessarion had feared and announced the fall of Constantinople long before it 

happened. His collection included major Hermetic works such as the Asclepius 

and the Corpus Hermeticum, both of which incidentally were supplied with 

indexes and numerous marginal annotations by Bessarion himself. Dr. C. Gilly, 

head of the library s research institute, the Ritman Institute, is collaborating with 

some eight specialists in the field, including the director of the Biblioteca 

Marciana, Dr. M. Zorzi, to provide commentaries and themes dealing with this 

fascinating phenomenon in the cultural history of fifteenth-century Italy. The 

above two initiatives throw new light on the Hermetic tradition, which 

experienced a revival in the fifteenth century. The exhibition in Venice and the 

accompanying catalogue will highlight the influence of this tradition on the 

spiritual history of Europe into the eighteenth century. 

The history of Western culture has taught that the eve of a new millennium in 

particular is of great historical importance, invariably creating 

vast fields of 

tension, leaving deep furrows within the fabric of social relations.

Two thousand years ago, at the start of the Christian Era, a new cultural impetus 

was born, which issued forth directly from the Hellenistic, Jewish and Egyptian 

traditions, with Alexandria as its new cosmopolis. This impetus gave rise to a 

new cultural component, in addition to philosophy and theology, which Prof. 

Dr. G. Quispel, the Nestor of contemporary historical research into its sources, 

INTRODUCTION has called the Hermetic Christian gnosis . Central 

to this highly advanced 

cultural impetus is the Hermetic axioma As above, so below , symbolising the 

relation between God, cosmos and man: God as the Creator, the cosmos as part 

of revealed creation, and man as the inspired observer within the plan of 

creation, together forming the trinity of Macrocosmos, Cosmos and 

Microcosmos. 

The Hermetic Christian gnosis serves as a model for the mystery of creation, in 

which human perception is no longer arrested within the cycle of temporal- 

spatial functioning of the senses, with its closed framework of birth life 

death. 

The personal quest which I, as founder of the Bibliotheca Philosophica 

Hermetica have undertaken, was to study the texts of the classical representatives 

of scholastic thought and the possible influence of Hermetic and Platonic texts 

on these thinkers; and to study the ways in which the texts of these scholastic 

thinkers principally deviate from the human freedom of religion and 

autonomous perception on the basis of an authentic core of faith and free will. 

To me this is where the kernel of a classical betrayal lies, in which man was made 

all too dependent on, and subject to, the dogmas which religion and science 

prescribed as axiomatic for human existence. 

The motivating force behind the Renaissance ideal of the Platonic Academy of 

Florence and its source of inspiration for Marsilio Ficino, translator of the 

complete works of Plato and of the Corpus Hermeticum of Hermes Trismegistus, 

was the restoration of the classical world picture of the way of Hermes, a way 

which would reinstate the original creative thought, the great Plan of God. Or, 

in the words of Heraclitus: Panta Rei , everything 

force is the moving force in the universe. 

flows. The divine creative 

In the fifteenth century there was a first philosophical questioning of one of the 

corner-stones of the combined powers of church and state, the defence of the 

closed geocentric world picture as posited by the Greek philosopher Aristotle and 

established by the astronomer Ptolemy. In this world picture the earth was the

centre of the surrounding planets and the centre of the zodiac. The hierarchic 

power of the Church envisaged itself as the representative organ of a nine-fold 

hierarchic system, with the familiar threefold subdivision of the three hierarchies 

per aspect: 

The Seraphim the Cherubim the Thrones 

The Dominions the Powers the Virtues 

The Principalities - the Archangels - the Angels 

leading to the highest heavens, the seat of the divine trinity, with Faith as the 

absolute dogma. 

The Ratio, based on the five-fold sensory perception of Aristotle, and the Religio 

of the closed religious world picture, having sinful mortal man, who is 

threatened with hell and damnation, as its base, in the past two thousand years 

produced a delusion which relies on man s dependence on the order of Faith and 

Reason. 

In 1487 one of the prominent representatives of the Platonic Hermetic Academy 

of Florence, Pico della Mirandola, wrote the Oratio de hominis dignitate - 

Oration on Human Dignity - which alludes to a saying of Hermes Trismegistus: 

Man, Oh Asclepius, is a great miracle . Pico continues to say: 

And finally the Supreme Maker decreed that this creature, to whom He could give nothing wholly 

his own, should have a share in the particular endowment of every other creature. Taking man, 

therefore, this creature of indeterminate image, He set him in the middle of the world and thus 

spoke to him: We have given you, O Adam, no visage proper to yourself, nor endowment properly 

your own, in order that whatever place, whatever form, whatever gifts you may, with 

premeditation, select, these same you may have and possess through your own judgement and 

decision. The nature of all other creatures is defined and restricted within laws which We have laid 

down; you, by contrast, impeded by no such restrictions, may, by your own free will, to whose 

custody We have assigned you, trace for yourself the lineaments of your own nature. I have placed 

you at the very center of the world, so that from that vantage point you may with greater ease 

glance round about you on all that the world contains. We have made you a creature neither of 

heaven nor of earth, neither mortal nor immortal, in order that you may, as the free and proud 

shaper of your own being, fashion yourself in the form you may prefer. It will be in your power to 

descend to the lower, brutish forms of life; you will be able, through your own decision, to rise 

again to the superior orders whose life is divine.

Oh unsurpassed generosity of God the Father, Oh wondrous and unsurpassable felicity of man, to 

whom it is granted to have what he chooses, to be what he wills to be! The brutes, from the 

moment of their birth, bring with them, as Lucilius says, from their mother s womb all that they 

will ever possess. The highest spiritual beings were, from the very moment of creation, or soon 

thereafter, fixed in the mode of being which would be theirs through measureless eternities. But 

INTRODUCTION upon man, at the moment of his creation, God bestowed seeds pregnant with all possibilities, the 

germs of every form of life. Whichever of these a man shall cultivate, the same will mature and 

bear fruit in him. If vegetative, he will become a plant; if sensual, he will become brutish; if 

rational, he will reveal himself a heavenly being; if intellectual, he will be an angel and the son of 

God. And if, dissatisfied with the lot of all creatures, he should recollect himself into the center of 

his own unity, he will there become one spirit with God, in the solitary darkness of the Father, 

Who is set above all things, himself transcend all creatures. 

The Renaissance ideal, in which man is a paragon, a creature endowed with 

spirit and soul, has great currency and is of great significance for the future of the 

human race. This ideal can present a new direction and a new beacon in the 

history of mankind. The great natural disasters threatening the existence of our 

planet, the great human catastrophes which are caused by the uncontrolled 

aggression of wars and world terrorism, more than ever urge us to learn to 

fathom the meaning of human existence. Man must once more pose the classical 

question already presented in the seventeenth-century manifestos of the 

Rosicrucians, namely why is he called Man, even Microcosm? . 

When in August 1999 I regained full control of the works from the hermetic 

treasure-house which is the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, I decided to 

develop this spiritual capital once more in a modern, dynamic way. This spiritual 

capital, in the form of more than 600 manuscripts, 400 incunabula, 5,000 books 

printed before 1800 and 12,000 books printed after 1800 in the fields of 

Hermetica, mysticism, alchemy and Rosicrucians and many related currents, was 

listed under the Dutch Cultural Heritage Act on 25 November 1994. 

The exhibition in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence in October 

1999 was a first initiative in this direction. The recently opened library complex 

In de Rozenboom , 

the expansion of the scholarly staff, and above all a solid 

financial independent position have turned out to guarantee healthy growth, 

allowing the continuation of all professional disciplines within the library. At this 

moment the staff is engaged in some thirty international projects, which through 

the links with the academic world, the major libraries and individual researchers, 

stimulate cultural co-operation on an international scale.

In the past forty years I have explored the fixed limits of what I should like to 

term the closed thinking, the closed world picture , and I have decided to 

distance myself from it. The resolve to anchor the focal point of open thinking , 

the Hermetica, as the central corner-stone of the Bibliotheca Philosophica 

Hermetica, now leads me to offer the wonderful works presented in this 

INTRODUCTION catalogue, inspite of the personal fascination which I, a bibliophile heart and 

soul, entertain for them. In doing so, I intend to give pride of place 

continuity of the Hermetic library founded by me. 

to the 

The results of the three previous auctions of manuscripts and printed works from 

my private collection in the past year and a half have shown that their historical, 

scholarly and cultural significance within the world of collectors and academic 

research has not been underestimated. The financial capital released by these 

auctions will prove to be a sound basis for free and independent research into the 

foundations of the third component within Western cultural history next to 

philosophy and theology: the Hermetic Christian gnosis. 

In addition to Religio and Ratio, it is now man s task to pose himself the 

fundamental question of the how and the why of the miracle that is man . 

And 

so to arrive at Knowledge, in the sense of Gnosis, of which Hermes Trismegistus 

says that the only evil amongst men is the lack of gnosis, the lack of knowledge 

concerning God. That is not new, and where the ancient King-Priests who were 

central to ancient civilisations, and the circles of philosophers and initiates 

surrounding them, focussed on the principle Life , surely 

the time has now 

arrived for modern society to present the future world population with a new 

civilisation, which focusses on the reality of Body - Soul - Spirit. 

One Hermetic saying runs as follows: He who knows himself, knows the All . 

I wish the future owners of the works now offered for auction, works mainly 

relating to the scholastic world and tradition, the same satisfaction which I have 

personally experienced when acquiring these fine items in the past. 

Finally I should like to express a personal word of thanks to Paul Quarrie and 

Paul Needham, who, as a consultant for Sotheby s, has given of his great 

expertise, and has provided the indexes of both provenances and texts forming 

part of the incunabula of both sales, which are appended to this volume. 

Joost R. Ritman 

Founder Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica

The interest of collectors in the textual contents of rare books has, overall, never 

been greater than it is today. We are far removed from the time when collectors 

were charmed into purchases by the disingenuous sentimentalities of the Buxton 

Forman Gosse T. J. Wise school, where the forged Reading Sonnets was 

clothed in brightness by connecting it to pictures of Elizabeth Browning pushing 

THE TEXTS OFINCUNABLES a packet of her verses into her husband s coat pocket, then fleeing the room; or 

leaving them on the domestic table for him to discover; or, yet again, of their 

being slipped by the poetess . 

into her husband s hand This is not to say that 

factors of taste and sentiment, difficult to define, do not play a role, and perhaps 

the dominant role, in creating the enthusiasm which ambitious book collecting 

depends on. But collectors as a whole, whether private or institutional - and the 

dealers and auction houses that supply them now test their emotions more 

rigorously, and on a more consciously intellectual basis, than was the case as 

recently as a quarter-century ago. The change of attitude on all sides is most 

strikingly exemplified in such areas as history of mathematics, philosophy, 

natural sciences, and engineering. When books in these areas are on offer, 

collectors want to know in a reliable way what the text is, what its significance, 

its influences and its own sources, its position within the matrix of learning of its 

day. Research in these questions should enlarge constantly the perception of 

what makes a book collectible; ideally, the high spots of a Printing and the Mind 

of Man should gather about them, as our knowledge expands, a body of desirable 

supporting texts that belongs naturally in their company. And of course, for any 

serious collector, there must come a time when the high spots of PMMor of any 

other selected list become irrelevant. 

In the past quarter-century no collector of early printing, probably, has placed a 

stronger and more original focus on the textual contents of his acquisitions than 

J. R. Ritman. This has resulted in the formation of the Bibliotheca Philosophica 

Hermetica in Amsterdam, an internationally famous and energetic library that 

has become a centre for research in Neoplatonic, Hermetic and Rosicrucian 

thought of a kind that never existed before. In view of this foundation interest in 

the texts and textual significance of his books, it seems more than appropriate to 

attempt to provide, in an extensive index to this catalogue, an analytic guide to 

the textual contents of the approximately one hundred fifty incunables offered

oth here and a year ago in the Sotheby s sale of 6 December 2000 (the sales 

designated as II and I respectively). Despite the masses of research on fifteenthcentury 

printing that have been carried from the age of Panzer and Hain down 

to the present, no incunable catalogue has attempted to provide a full and 

consistent record of the textual contents of the books it describes. The only 

catalogue to set this goal as one of its briefs is still being eagerly 

awaited: that of 

the Bodleian Library. As we wait for it, this smaller experiment may be allowable 

as a discussion piece, so to speak. 

The Author-Text index attempts to identify both authors and texts two quite 

different categories - in as concise and unambiguous a way as possible, citing for 

each whatever reference works seem to provide the most precise, most useful, 

and least ephemeral information. That, at least, is the ideal. The presence in 

Ritman I and II of such complex compilations as the Aldine Aristotle, two of the 

numerous incunable editions of the Opuscula of Augustine, and the largest of the 

incunable collections of writings of Jerome, provide interesting test cases in the 

practical difficulties of defining contents. For it is example, useful to draw a 

distinction between making a list of texts, and engaging in source criticism of the 

texts. In the Aldine Aristophanes, the preliminaries include a complex body of 

supporting grammatical - metrical material which came down as part of the 

early fourteenth-century Triclinian recension of Aristophanes plays. To dissect 

too finely the constituents of that body of material would, in fact, disguise rather 

than reveal what to Aldus and to contemporary readers would have been a single 

text: in essence, the common introductory matter of the Greek tradition. 

Here and in many other cases it is good to pay closest attention to the layouts of 

the early editions, which give constant first-hand guidance on how the early 

printers and editors organized their texts: what they considered preliminary or 

paratextual matter, what they considered central texts; what they called their 

texts, how they broke them into chapters and otherwise subdivided them. Even 

those experienced in early printing may not realize how often the standard titles 

we give to incunable texts vary considerably from what the fifteenth-century 

editions (and hence their readers) called them. Unless some positive connection 

is drawn that the text called A (say in Hain, GW, Goff ) is identical to the text 

called B (in the actual incunables), there will be inevitable confusion. The

edition of Bonaventure s Tractatus et libri quamplurimi in this sale includes the 

treatise called De triplici via in all the standard incunable sources. However, it 

seems that no incunable edition gave this name to the treatise. In the Tractatus et 

libri quamplurimi, it is called variously Parvum bonum, Regimen conscientiae, and 

Fons vitae: all names with a long manuscript tradition behind them. A text index 

is the proper place to make such connections between standardized names, and 

names in the editions as they were printed. 

A major challenge to consistent treatment is pseudepigraphic or misattributed 

texts. A glance at the index under Augustinus and Hieronymus shows 

immediately that, in fact, for readers of the later fifteenth century, their pictures 

of these great patristic authors were formed in large part by non-authentic 

writings. 

one or 

Augustine s authentic Soliloquia was printed in the fifteenth century only 

two times; the thirteenth-century compilation of the same title circulated under 

his name was printed dozens of times. Both situations respond to the manuscript 

tradition of the preceding generations of readers. Recent incunable catalogues 

have often, in response to modern textual studies, moved such disputed texts 

bodily, so to speak, from a traditional author assignment (according to the 

treatment of Hain and others) to a newly argued assignment. I am convinced 

that this procedure creates more problems than it solves. The attributions of 

authorship in the editions themselves provide, in fact, a stable resting place for 

the texts themselves. Changing opinions on authorship can still be incorporated 

in a text index by cross-reference back to this traditional authorship, without 

requiring users of catalogues to be constantly having to look for texts under 

authors that never appear in the editions themselves.

In fact, what we needed eventually is a true Dictionary of Incunable Authors and 

Texts, which would define its brief as the contents of incunables and nothing 

more. Even the finest guides to classical, patristic, and medieval literature fall 

short in their accounts of the texts they include, as those texts for the first time 

moved into print in hundreds of copies. The Biblical compendium of 

Marchesinus known as Mammotrectus was a steady seller in the late fifteenth 

century, with nearly two dozen editions, and there were more editions of the 

early sixteenth century, yet Marchesinus himself is ignored by virtually all the 

guides to medieval writing. Moreover, the editors, dedicators, and contributors 

of commendatory material who were directly involved in presenting these 

fifteenth-century editions to their public are still, in large measure, invisible to us 

in the absence of such a Dictionary. The most comprehensive and best- 

documented guide to incunable editors continues to be the notes of Gottfried 

Reichhart, published 1895, a work cited in the Index in part as a reminder of 

how much more remains to be done. 

I am grateful to Joost Ritman for encouraging this small experiment, and to 

Sotheby s for giving it space. At several places I was given help 

that went far 

beyond what could reasonably be expected by Bettina Wagner, of the Bavarian 

State Library; and Martin C. Davies and Jill Kraye similarly gave expert advice 

on several questions where I felt very much at sea. None, of course, is responsible 

for the use made of their generosity. 

Paul Needham 

The Scheide Library, Princeton

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A SECOND SELECTION 

OF PRINTED BOOKS 

MOSTLY FROM THE 


THE PROPERTY OF 

MR J. R. RITMAN 

SOLD FOR THE 

BENEFIT OF THE 

BIBLIOTHECA 

PHILOSOPHICA 

HERMETICA, 

AMSTERDAM 

WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER 2001 

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1 Abraham ibn Ezra. De nativitatibus (Henricus Bate: 

Magistralis compositio astrolabii; 

Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 24 December 

Descriptio instrumenti pro equatione planetarum). 

1485 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 4 (186 x 147mm.), 30 leaves, 38 lines, Gothic letter, 6- and 

13-line white-on-black woodcut initials, full-page woodcut of a sphere on al verso, 14 

woodcut diagrams in text, modern green morocco by Gozzi, gilt dentelle border, red 

morocco gilt doublures, slipcase, a few early manuscript notes in margins, a5 slightly soiled 

and with small repairs in margin, slight worming in some inner margins, occasional light 

spotting and staining 

FIRST EDITION. Abraham ben Ezra (c. 1090-c. 1 164) poet, Biblical commentator 

astronomer, and grammarian, wrote some fifty works on astrology, only two of which 

were printed in the fifteenth 

century. In addition he also wrote treatises on numbers, the 

calendar and the astrolabe. He introduced the decimal form of integers 

in Europe. The 

present translation may be by Henricus Bate (1246-c. 1310), author of the following 

tract, or by Petrus de Abano. According to Levy the astrological works were translated 

into French by Hagin a jew employed by Henry Bate at Malines, and Bates made the 

Latin version from this. Bate was a master of arts from Paris who became a learned 

Hebrew scholar and translated other works by Abraham ben Ezra. His own Compositio 

astrolabii, dedicated to William of Moerbeke, contains his colophon from Malines, 1 1 

October 1274. 

The colophon date (Impressum... Anno... M.cccc.lxxxv. nona kalendas lanuarii) has been 

interpreted by GW and other incunable bibliographies as meaning 24 December 1484, 

rather than 1485. 

Provenance: Agostino Chameroto, with inscription dated 2 October 16[28?]; Torre del 

Palasciano, with gilt ex-libris on morocco doublures 

References: HC *21; GW 113; BMC v 291; Goff A7; Redgrave 46; Klebs 4.1; Stillwell 

(Awakening) 4; Essling 319; Sander 3; R. Levy, The Astrological Works of Abraham ben 

Ezra, 1927 

15,000-20,000 

24,300-32,300 

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20 

ESOPVS

2 Aesop. Vita after Rinucius; Fabulae lib. I-IV, prose version after Romulus [German] 

(Fabulae extravagantes; Fabulae novae after Rinucius; Fabulae Aviani; Fabulae collectae 

[German]; translated by Heinrich Steinhowel). [Basel: Michael Furter, c. 1500] 

Chancery 2 (263 x 189mm.), 1 14 (of 1 16) leaves, 44 lines, Gothic letter, 7-line 

woodcut white-on-black initials, full-page woodcut of Aesop on al verso, 192 woodcuts 

in the text, 3-line initials and paragraph-marks supplied in red or blue, modern blind- 

stamped calf-backed boards, one clasp and catch, cloth box, lacking b4 (supplied 

in 

facsimile) andfinal blank leaf, 20 leaves suppliedfrom a shorter copy, 

short tears in k2 and 18 

repaired with minimal loss at edge oftext, two woodcuts printed upside-down (e8 verso and i7 

recto) 

ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED COPIES, only two of which are complete. The woodcuts are 

copied from those used in Johannes Zainer s Ulm edition of c. 1476-1477 (Goff Al 16). 

This edition contains Steinhowel s German translations of Rinucius s Latin version of the 

life of Aesop, Romulus s prose version of the fables, and a group of fables from other 

collections. These translations were first printed together with the Latin text in Johann 

Zainer s Ulm edition of c. 1476-1477. They were first printed separately by Giinther 

Zainer at Augsburg, c. 1477-1478 (Goff Al 19). 

References: H *334; GW 363; Goff Al 22; Schreiber 3033; Fairfax Murray 451 

30,000-40,000 

48,500-64,500 

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lie viribusjidefticijrcsane. 

fbcflimiio eft boftis.qiiicum bcncftcma illi 

jFomiia t nfurgit bclla moucndo tibi 

StccarmfacvcUc futimfi bdb moiicri 

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idme. aCortnicfboftis cpeflimus tfo:ri <5"infHrgi r ttbi).i.ptrare. 

X.bdla moucndo.cfi J ,p q ri.ftitplc tu f taicfccens illi) fcj l?oftt ( Stc lac 

cariHJ.i.pcup! fcmriccarntfl(wUcfuulI vis MUmoueri tibijctft viam 

f tônit alia parabola m cfe.

Ipoflis p eio: ille q" q; matii reddir p 

bono.qrc fi b. atcjs I? oftcno DCS eifiip re fi potcftarc.na Doniinetur tibi 

/Capitulumtcrcuim. 

Dntcnciisatmimromm.qnodrplcndctvtmjrtiin 

Rccpulcnim pomumquodlibetdfTc bowim 

Roncftmimilnsvirms qtubtis cflcvidcrur 

falfiu Uimina no(!m fuie 

>ccipunu 

Ûi8 aloes cp inclUo bnbcnt in pccto:c tiilcs 

Qnoe fanoisftmiks funpjicirnrc putcs. 

fl" tlicincipir rcfctii apHn biii^lib:! in i^ .pccdifg fejc metra. t Wuidif 

. 

no funr.tmultiTrtdenfvcriicca <}rn funtfaafflmi, -z plurcs videiif cfre 

fancri cj tti func ab 

peflimi.c) cjctra vctoi fi nt veftib) ouiii 7 innoccntum 

tnrrinfectis aur funt dipi rjpaccc.vrbatcf in euangclio.vii.vcfte Tub 8g 

ninal.irir.irmeni3fepc(iipin3.tenamulra vidcnf nobiebonaqramcn 

funtpeffima CXoftrueCRo rcncasrotu) fiigjleillud (cjS fplendet vt 

aiml cneaunXnccfencas qtfdkr pomii pulcni efle bonu Jic ytrr") qtte 

(videf eflein inulris no eft)fcs in illia.fuple tales 

l?oiee(0ecipuir).i.fa! 

luflt(tumina nfa>.i.onilo9 noftros fine tncnrcnoftra (fine.faliie) fujple 

tuminilv (rales ^nrii]pccro:c;.i.inco:de(pUi6a!oes) 

.i.amarirudima 

.i. (jncrirare. 

6 iu| 

3 Alarms de Insulis. Doctrinale altum seu liber parabolum (cum commento). Cologne: 

Heinrich Quentell, 1497 

Chancery 4 (187 x 136mm.), 26 leaves, 45 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 6-line 

initial space, nineteenth-century boards, some early manuscript notes in margins, some 

browning, small repair in fore-margin ofAAl, library stamp onAAl 

Alain de Lille (c. 1 1 14-1202), poet, preacher, theologian and eclectic philosopher, taught 

for some time in Paris and then entered the monastery of Citeaux sometime after the 

Third Council of the Lateran in 1 179. He became very famous during his lifetime as a 

teacher and scholar, and influence through his Anticlaudianus on Dante has been 

suggested. 

Some twenty editions of the Doctrinale, one of the best known grammar books of the 

Medieval and early modern period, written, like other school books of the period, in verse 

as a form of mnemonic were printed in the fifteenth century, the earliest of which, 

without commentary, was produced at Paris by Pierre Levet, c. 1485-90 (Goff A170); the 

anonymous commentary was first printed in Heinrich Quentell s edition of c. 1490 (Goff 

A 172). There were also several editions which contain Latin and German versions of the 

text. 

Provenance: Fundatio Baldaufica, with bookplate 

References: HR 382; GW 503; Goff Al 74 

5,000-6,000 

8,100-9,700

m Jn notiik fcfflfci* i tdfoidue trinita 

iw. JtiftpJtpzologusm Compendium 

veritattt. 

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cd fupfinif fpiendo:ie radius, il 

r liirniua? inrellcctu.? regaliu oe 

t itiaru comnutiun refines efte 

cru : J5 magnprtl 

tbeoloo:u fcripne tee 

IK compendia colligere trignu ouyi. quo 

i euiterur faftidt) ad 

pwltriraa.yri plu 

via oetur i occafio fa 

nma tnucltiganda 

pienri. Xbeolojjia ceite fcientiap eft pri 

cepa omniu i regina cut artea cetere ra 

^pedifecjuc fainularur. Ulaocnaturia 

rerum ilia folil ad vfu fuum ac l>c :cpit g 

boa fibi Tpcculu tab:icare valeat in quo 

oicitur TdCria 

compiciarcoudiroze.ltJcc 

fcienarum quc Tup 0:5 fpcculaftone pbi 

lofopica ntoBtenct oigiiitate ac utili 

tare om nibântefcrt ur. J pfa eni pbilofo 

pbia ell que in naturalc5. et ronalem ac 

jno:ale oilhnguit.l^biloiopbiagdes na 

tiirali- .U ooceat cognolccre creatures. 

non rncrcatoicj. iftonalis ôlj bocear 

codudere boibua non m Piabolo refifte 

re: tmo?aLli.et&occat acquirere* 

tutea cardmalrfl.non tn ^ccet at quirere 

cbaritate/floftra *opbij?fcpbia.f. ve 

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cet.n.ocu cognofcere. piaix)!o refiftei e. 

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tabilid fug mcl i fauu.bec quoqj tbefau 

ciofum.becefonaoeloco voluptatia e 

gredtcna^cclefie milnanKtrrigao para 

oifu.j&enkppridfcripruinfeFtcm libel 

lo3Dtftinri.erfin;u1aainvn0quoc& ma/ 

teria3rub:icisjpjop?ii8 atlignaui. "|p2i 

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4 Albertus Magnus, Saint. Compendium theologicae veritatis. Venice: Gregorius 

Dalmatinus and Jacobus Britannicus, 1 April 1483 

Chancery 4 (199 x 142mm.), 97 leaves (of 98, without initial blank leaf), double 

column, 46 lines, Gothic letter, first heading printed in red, 4-line initials supplied in red 

and blue, 2-line initials and paragraph-marks supplied in red, nineteenth-century calf, 

several small wormholes in text offirstfew leaves, a few others in margins, small burnhole in 

text ofm3, light stain on ml 

The only book known to have been printed by this partnership. The name of Gregorius 

Dalmatinus is known in only one other book, a Roman breviary printed on 1 February 

1483, where it appears together with that of Nicolaus Jenson and socios omnes Venetiis . 

Provenance: Augustinian Hermits, Order of William (Blancs Manteaux), Paris, with early 

inscription on a2 recto; Dr Victor von Klemperer, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 27 

June 1991, lot 376) 

References: HC *440; GW 605; BMC v 362; Goff A236 

3,000-5,000 

4,850-8,100 

23

24 

5 actual size 

PERDEVM OMUIA FACTA SVHT* ET 

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5 Albertus Magnus, Saint. Philosophia pauperum (Aegidius Columna: De regimine 

principium; Albertus Magnus: De virtute intellectiva). Brescia: Baptista Farfengus, 13 June 

1493 

Chancery 4 (208 x 154mm.), 50 leaves, 40 lines and headline, Roman letter, 4-, 5- and 

1 1-line white-on-black woodcut initials, full-page woodcut on al recto, another of a 

phrenological head on verso, two woodcut diagrams of the spheres and the winds in text, 

sixteenth-century limp vellum, two pairs of ties, woodcut on al recto rubbed with slight 

loss, al slightlyfrayed and lightly stained, occasional other light staining 

Earlier editions of this work are: an undated edition printed anonymously at Toulouse for 

Johann Solidi (GW 708, Klebs 23.3); one printed at Barcelona by Posa in 1482 (GW 

709; Klebs 23.1); a third, undated, printed anonymously at Lerida in 1485; and a fourth, 

also from the press of Farfengus, dated 10 September 1490 (GW 711). 

The full-page woodcut on al recto, not present in the earlier Farfengus edition, represents 

a female figure with outstretched arms accompanied by a terrestrial globe, with a human 

head with numerals, a balance, a pair of compasses above, and a vase, rule and angle 

measure below. 

Provenance: Jesuit College, Cordoba, with inscription and stamp 

References: H *505; GW 712; BMC vii 985; Goff A297; Sander 192; IGI 221; Klebs 23.5 

4,000-6,000 

6,500-9,700 

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26 

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MRVS-BEATE-MARIE-VIRGINS-INTITV 

fjbru iftti fepemi pvcc<; 

tcriG cda fuoib? a paru 

f a olio reooiic tncelligi 

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forii jUfiinu eft ipfi 113 

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toeii fiqtiioe fui t: 

% curfii oimfioiitb? 7 oif 

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hntitnr-qtte aiieoifccnoa fuccincce 

V ct jmculmtn .iponuciir-Faauiishmllecettca: 

piiinf 6c fi ozoine quooa gauajanc intell gi.bilrleui 

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,\\> mince per grcfTas Iras capitalcs vt fie gra 

ciofuis fc ocutis Ictfcnaii offcranc cc abimticq 

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dncnonii gnrule p Ifas capicales a quib 9 f\o\ 

dniole egreDUi ic que figna ftic cc note op brc" 

ijx i rirulc inenbfa flic oiuifionu fiiie oiftinc" 

conn vt i)Fttfto queer niulr.tuoim in con me 

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bzoy a lion oiftincriontG ant oiuifionis naf; 

a? bus figins euice6-CG.mi <\> 

q;libee maeen.i 

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optc.it qfi curzc in incertfi-dj^ntii ^.^pccacea 

oiiifrfa^ ferft non ptctii Uby-f^ m mulcts lo - 

ciop nioeiniancur-qiiq; .pfajKe-qnq; p verf" 

re poftca oijeriinc cii cScozwnciis fiiis fin 02- 

oiiif plibacit -Sicvitcri emanifeftiffimc- v) 

gncula Ubjt feaioi -Scêu e q; plurcs ctlnmo 

logic rocabuloyfozan ibi ajpoficefiifna co 

(jtnca pur. gmaoca fol;fadUiisoulctiX)cbcJ 

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auc ccomirn" quib - lods feu capieulis oebeat 

rcgin -$iqtiio igif biicliby vnlic ce fnichio; 

felcjcrccuranent mcois omib? mooufrrip 

tare ems infectec Cc mental cuiufUb; oifim 

c^nisfuic otmfioms refcrac moimffi ,p quo 

hmole fine tracculi ouctt fac a ftngiilis mens 

bzo^c^piob" vfusoiuifir fmeoo:fu fmefurfif 

$cTi biic ipm Ubni Ubuent minio nibzica 

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io eyegerifc ec fp^cii pemnctic anguftia ^xem 

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11011 a*ft amplituco ficuti i fpac6 qo ipas 

folupnas oiiiioit nicbilonnn ? limolas poic 

tao .ptJnajre pcteris ao aliq; punctu t pitcta 

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6 Albertus Magnus (pseudo-) Mariale. [Strassburg: Johannes Mentelin, not after 1473], 66 

leaves, double column, 61 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 3-, 4-, 9- and 12-line initials 

[Richardus de Sancto Laurentio] De laudibus Mariae. [Strassburg: Johannes Mentelin, not 

after 1473], 213 leaves (of 215, without 2 final blank leaves), double column, 61 lines, 

Gothic letter, 2-, 3-, 4-, 6- and 9-line initials 

2 works in one volume, Royal 2 (390 x 283mm.), both works uniformly rubricated (9- 

and 12-line initials supplied in red and blue interlock with reserved-white leafy 

decoration and red and dark brown penwork, smaller initials alternately in red and blue, 

initial-strokes, paragraph-marks and continuous foliation through both works in red), late 

eighteenth-century mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, rubrication dates of 1473 on 

fol. 1/2 verso of first work and on 7/8 of the second, 5-page contemporary manuscript 

index bound at the end of the first work, lightfoxing in firstfew leaves offirst work, a few 

tears on both covers ofbinding, joints worn, spine chipped at head and foot 

FIRST EDITIONS. THE DOCUMENTARY COPY, PROVIDING A TERMINAL DATE FOR BOTH 

WORKS. These two editions were issued together and most surviving copies are so bound 

as in the present volume. 

The first work, Mariale, is attributed to Albertus Magnus in this edition, as in most 

manuscripts, and has only recently been recognised as not authentic. It belongs to the 

mid-thirteenth century and is perhaps of Austrian origin. Richardus de Sancto Laurentio s 

treatise (see below) was one of its sources (see A. Fries, Die unter dem Namen des Albertus 

Magnus berlieferten Mariologischen Schriften, 1954, 5 sqq.). 

The second work, De laudibus Mariae, is the work of the Paris theologian Richardus de 

Sancto Laurentio (fl. 1239-1245; see P. Glorieux, Repertoire des maitres en theologie de 

Paris, 1933, i 330-331). In his second prologue Richardus states that he was urged to 

write the work by many Cistercians, both monks and nuns; and that he has omitted his 

name from a sense of unworthiness. 

The present copy bears a rubrication date of 1473 on 1/2 verso of the first work; on 7/8 

verso of the second, in the same hand, is the rubricator s inscriptions 1.4.7.3. Petro a 

fryenstein ist Liber iste, with identification of him, in a second but contemporary hand, as 

canon of St Stephen s, Strassburg. Two other copies of the two works bound together, in 

Paris and Munich, have rubrication or purchase dates of 1474. Ulrich Zel printed an 

edition of the Mariale (Goff A271), based on an independent manuscript, which is also 

not after 1473 on the basis of a purchase inscription in the Upsala copy. 

In 

quire 8 of De laudibus Mariae fos. 4 and 5, the centre leaves, are both on stubs. A 

manuscript index to De laudibus Mariae is bound between the two works, rubricated and 

foliated uniformly with them. 

Provenance: Petrus a Fryenstein, canon of Strassburg, with inscription dated 1473; et 

emit magister nicolaus a domino germano apothecario in argentina , inscription below 

the previous one on 7/8 verso of second work; Baer Catalogue 745 no. 418; George 

Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 November 1989, lot 3) 

References: Mariale: HC *46 1 ; GW 680; BMC i 59; Goff A272; De laudibus Mariae: H 

*467; GW 616; BMC i 59; GoffA247 

20,000-25,000 

32,300-40,400 

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pli pacieneic immumratia culjx- êmpotata origo crifH 

plena eft ctiaj bono gloric gnmc T nature qwe omni pw 

gcm c^, &uecB cum cjrcellentia babuic T Tuam gnmc pie 

nitudmcm ad alioo tmtifitiiTtt (It Tic patct quMitct be 

ncdifto icfcpb ctiam m txanlTimc vgima Ixncdichonc m 

ciufaFuit* 

^quitur & bnfdi&oncfccmamni Ifccniamfii lu 

pua r.ipav mane comctit pjcdajwrêrc tuiiist 

ff olia hcc tcr.edicto m tnt ofiftir- primum fxt 

____7uni ommii a culpa crepto -fecci ndum &; ereptone 

gtatulatc m gnitia -êrto m future omniu i fingô M 

glorificito hi g oria-Cr tec hi tcatilTiniav8>c Fuerunt? 

Fumtno qina Fumma m ereptone omnium babutt vi&oria 

^pumniai; fcc crcptia hi leticia 

pfcnti 

i fumam fh Future ta 

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ncm fccnyamin mcludit- ^bi ante fcbm tropologja3 per io^ 

fcpb mtclligifgKitu bifcrctome m actonc prr tcffjiamhi 

ginlja cogmrom a m contcmplatunc -(Tcnfrat- cf; g- bsc hi 

Tumo babuit teatifnma vgo- t He Ixnedictorca filioiuj 

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7 Albertus Magnus (pseudo-) Mariale. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, before 1474] 

Chancery 2 (312 x 221mm.), 190 leaves, 35 lines, Gothic letter, two 6-line initials 

supplied in red or blue, 2-, 3-line initials in red or blue, initial-strokes and paragraphmarks 

in red, contemporary South German pink deerskin over wooden boards, vellum 

label lettered with title on upper cover, modern cloth box, some worming in text offirst 

and last few leaves, a few wormholes in fore-margins throughout, first 3 leaves lightly browned, 

both covers wormed and rubbed, lacking two clasps and metal corner- and centre-pieces on 

both covers 

Second edition. A fine, unusually tall copy bound in contemporary pink deerskin. 

Although GW, Polain and IGI all date the edition as not after 1475, BMC records a 

rubricator s date of 1474 in the Buxheim copy. 

Provenance: Benedictines of Weingarten, with inscription dated 1630 on first leaf 

References: HC *462; GW 679; BMC iii 721; Goff A273 

30,000-40,000 

48,500-64,500 

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30 

VITA SANCTI AMEROSII MEDICLA 

NENSIS EPISCC-PI SECVNDVM FAV 

LINVM EPISCOPVM NOLANVM AD 

BEATvivi AVGVSTINVM EPISCO 

PVM. 

uenerabilis 

pater auguftine 

ut ficut bead uiri athanafms 

epiilopu* 

& hieronymus prefbiter fhlo,p 

iecutifuntuitam fandorum 

HOrtaris 

pauli & 

aiitonii in heremo 

pcfitorum ficut eti 

am martini uenerabilis 

ep.lcopi turonenlis ecclefix fe 

uerus Icruus dei ferinoe cotexuit ita etia beat/ ambro 

Ci ! 

epilcopi mcdiolancnllfs ecclefix 

ego meo yffequar 

ftllo. Sed ego ut mentis tantorum uirorum 

qui muri 

ecclefiaruin iunt 6( 

eloquently fontes ita enam fermo 

ne me imparem now . Tamen quia abfurdu effe cpi 

nor quod prxcipis cieclinare ea quar a probatiffimis 

uiris q illi ante me adfh terut & maxime a lor ore ipfi 

us uenerabili Marcelliaa didia uel qux ipfe uidi uel 

cjiix ab hisâgnoui qui ilium in diticrfis prouKiis pcft 

obitum ipims fe uidifTe narrarunt uel qua? adillu fcri 

pta funt cum adhuc obiifTe nefa retur adiutus oraticni 

bus tuis & meritis tanti uiri licet inculto fermonc bre 

niter rtridirnq^ defcribam ut ledoris animu & fi fcr 

rno offenderit tamen breuitas ad legendum protiocet

8 Ambrosius, Saint, Archbishop of Milan. De officiis (Paulinus Mediolanensis: Vita 

Ambrosii; Ambrose (pseudo-): Vita S. Agnetis; Passio SS. Vitalis et Agricolae; Passio SS. 

Protasii et Gervasii et de inventione corporum). Milan: Christophorus Valdarfer, 7 January 

1474 

Median 4 (225 x 152mm.), 128 leaves, 28 lines, Roman letter, 3- and 5-line initials 

supplied in red (the first in blue), eighteenth-century English blue morocco gilt, dentelle 

border, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, early manuscript foliation, first leaf 

browned, dampstainingin first and last few leaves, manuscript note in margin offol. 107 

verso erased, spine slightlyfaded, joints rubbed 

THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED BY VALDARFER IN MILAN. The supplementary texts are all here 

printed for the first time. The lives of the Roman martyr St Agnes and of the master-slave 

martyrs Vitalis and Agricola are considered pseudo-Ambrose. The authenticity the third 

work, the life of the proto-martyrs of Milan Gervase and Protase, is also considered 

doubtful. The fourth text concerns the finding of the remains of Gervase and Protase by 

Ambrose and their interment under the altar of his basilica in Milan. 

Valdarfer printed first at Venice between 1470 and 1471, and then migrated to Milan 

where his name is recorded on 6 August 1473. His edition of Ambrose is his first dated 

book there. It is also his only use of type 2:107R, which was used also by Philippus de 

Lavagnia (3:108R). Valdarfer worked continuously in Milan until 1478 and then only 

intermittently until 1488. 

Provenance: George Dunn (August 1900); Arthur Kay, with bookplate 

References: H *910; GW 161 1; BMC vi 725; GofFA560; IGI 431 

10,000-15,000 

16,200-24,300 

31

32 

9 actual size 

Btde co mihi paulo uberius liceat loqui.cu quoâm non 

conceditur colloqui.Certe& uobis proficie jut aduertatis 

non fragilitate quada uos hoc officiu fed iudicio detulitfi 

ncc mifencordia mortis impulfos fed uirtutn honorific^ 

tia prouocacos.Anima eni bencdicta omms fimplex taca 

autcm fimplicitas ut conuerfus in pueru fimpliciratc illiijs 

xtacis innoxiae perfed^ uirtutis effigie .SCqôda innoc 

riumorufpeculordticcret.Intrauicigic iregna cxlorum 

qiibnia credidi t dci uerbo quqnia ficut puer artc reppulit 

adulandi inmrias dolorc clemcter abforbuit qua indemc . 

tius umdicauft querelae qua dolo proptipf .tatiiTa^lioi fart 

lis.difficihs ambicioni fandlus pudori.ut frequenter 

in ed 

fugflua magis uerecundia prsedicares.q; necefTann qusere 

res fed nunqua fugflua fundamcta uircutis.Pudor eni no 

reuocat:fed comendat officiu.Itac^ uekit quada uirgfnali 

uerecundia fuffifusora cu uultu affe&u fi proderet: forte 

aliquafubito ueniensoffendinetpartem.uelut depreflus 

& quafi dimerfus in terra licet inipfonequa^ diffimilis 

cctu uiroru:rarus attollef osreleuare oculos:referre fermo 

hc.Qyod pudico quoda metis pudore faciebat cfiquo ca 

ftimonia quo^ corporis congruebat:Ecenim mtemerata 

âcn baptifmatis dona feruauit: mundo corpore purfor 

corde non minus adukeri fermois 

opprpbriu ^ <terporis 

perhorrefcensmon mmore ratus ptidiciciae reuetentia dc 

ferendam integritate uerboru:^ corpons caftitate :deni^p 

in tantO caftimonia dilexitrut nee tixorc expeteret licet m 

eo no folii caftitatis appetctia fuerit:fed ct pjetatis gratia. 

Miro autcmodo:5^ coniiismdifrimuiabat: 8C iadlantiam 

declmabac tanta$ erat dilfimulatfo ut nobis quoc^ urgen 

tibus differre magis cofortium ^ refugere ufderetur. Hoc 

unuita<$fuir quod nee fratribus ce-deret no aliqna ciicla 

tionis hefitantia:fed uirtutis uerecundia. Quis igitur non 

miretur uiru inter fratrcs duos.alteram uirginem alterum 

Tacerdot3:5C 

altejfnediu.magnanimitate rro imparc iw iter 

di?o maxia muncra praeftitifle m alten ? muneris cafhtatc - 

alterius fancltratem reforet non profeflionis uinculotfed 

uirtutis officio. Ergo fi libido atqj iracundia^rdiquornm

9 Ambrosius, Saint, Archbishop of Milan. De officiis (Paulinus Mediolanensis: Vita 

Ambrosii; Ambrose (pseudo-): Vita S. Agnetis - Passio SS. Vitalis et Agricolae - Passio SS. 

Protasii et Gervasii et de inventione corporum; Ambrose: De obitu S. Satyri - De 

resurrectione et cruce domini - De bono mortis). Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler for 

Philippus de Lavagnia, 17 January 1488 

Chancery 4 (208 x 149mm.), 140 leaves, 36 lines, Roman letter, 4-, 5- and 8-line 

initials, some with printed guides, eighteenth-century vellum-backed carta rustica , early 

manuscript notes in some margins, later Italian manuscript 

list of contents on front 

flyleaf, small wormhole in text of last few leaves, light dampstain in lower margin of last few 

leaves, other light stains 

This edition contains the first editions of the three subsidiary texts which form the second 

part: De obitu Satyri sancti, a treatise on the death of Ambrose s elder brother; De 

resurrectione et cruce Domini; and De bono mortis. The first part of the text is reprinted 

from Valdarfer s 1474 Milan edition (see lot 8). 

Provenance. Bibliotheca Trivulziana, with duplicate stamp 

References: HC 91 1 (incl. HC *908); GW 1612; BMC vi 762; IGI 432; Goff A561 

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rima fadee fagittari; eft <Sc6a fades eft Uweit eft erda fades e ratnn:t eft 

mercuri;:teft aut>acie:liber timozisrplozatus boloy: fequenM voluntatee fuas:t 

tis:zmilitie. trimebirgêfuocozge. noremoucnMfeabii( 

/trarian&i;cet>eiî:agiUtatis in makwjcisrsrel 

^fcenbuntviritresftantes fine 

capui.nis. 

CLt>oino religtofus erit 

aciuftus. 

Uirbaliflafacittans. 

CIl3omo litigiofus erit 

omnitempoje.

10 Angelus, Johannes. Astrolabium. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 27 November [or 6 October] 

1488 

FIRST EDITION, Median 4 (216 x 161mm.), 175 leaves (of 176, without final blank leaf), 

40 lines, Gothic letter, 7- and 13-line white-on-black woodcut initials, numerous 

woodcuts of horoscopes, figures of constellations and planets in the text, tables, a few of 

the woodcuts and initials coloured by hand, CONTEMPORARY SOUTH GERMAN BINDING, 

blind-stamped goatskin over wooden boards, outer border composed of a floral roll, inner 

frame enclosing 

a central panel of vertical rolls of Renaissance ornament, spine with 3 

raised bands, early manuscript notes with dates of astrological movements on verso of 

final flyleaf, title lightly soiled with a small piece torn from fore-margin, tear in text ofr4 

repaired with minimal loss, small repair in lower margin of same leaf, some spotting in 

margins, first gathering slightly wormed in lower margin, spine repaired at head andfoot, lackingfour clasps, two catches and metal corner- and centre-piecesfrom each cover 

FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WORKS ON ASTROLOGY. 

Johannes Angelus (or Johann Engel, d. 1 5 1 2), a native of Aich or Aichach, also produced 

a series of broadside almanacs and a series of practica (see GW 1892 sqq.). He also edited 

for Ratdolt s Augsburg press the first editions of Albusumar, De magnis conjunctionibus 

(with a completion date of 31 March 1489, Goff A360), Petrus de Alliaco, Concordantiae 

astronomicae (2 January 1490, Goff A471), and Regiomontanus, Tabulae directionum et 

profectionum (also 2 January 1490, Goff Rl 12). 

The woodcuts include large sets of the seven planets in chariots and the twelve signs of 

the zodiac, both of which were first used in Ratdolt s 1482 Venice edition of Hyginus, 

Poeticon astronomicon (see lot 61). They were then reused by Ratdolt for his editions of 

Albumusar, Introductorium in astronomiam, 7 February 1489, and De magnis 

conjunctionibus (see above). The first section, about the influence of the zodiac signs, 

contains numerous small woodcuts of people, animals and occupations. 

Provenance: Samuel V. Hoffman Collection (sale Christie s, 12 November 1975, lot 2); 

British Rail Pension Fund (sale in our rooms, 28 September 1988, lot 154) 

References: H *1 100; GW 1900; BMC ii 382; Goff A71 1; BSB-Ink E-63; Klebs 375.1; 

Zinner 320; Houzeau-Lancaster 3252; Stillwell (Awakening) 51; Fairfax Murray 39; 

Schreiber 3316 

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mtido t& mifcrico:dii? c intimatfcta 

feiidf t>luulgatu:t a amanf amplejta/ 

tfcSllle bonne fill" bole venit editii 

fpotcfaluare:*mat>elpotcrtt pdi/ 

ru damateno curare;)6on |illcnU ? 

borois vcnit vocaread pemtcria pcc 

cantitt mf oci co tciui t er pcaruc i 

penitetia: 5 etfl parif ambo offenfi 

eftie: nonne a ambo demcntes eftie^ 

<fugiat 

reus iufti t>ci:ad ptA matre 

tmfcricozdie tci: refugtatcp re* offcn 

fe matr7;ad piu ft!iu bcnigne matris, 

3nscrat fe rcs vtriufcp in j? vtru cp: 

inijciat fe inter ptti filtii -r pi a matrc. 

1#ne oftcparccfcruomatrie tue:pia 

ciiaparcc fuoffltftiti: qtumcmqdp 

inf ouas ta wncfae ptctatee: no indx 

da inter onas ta potetce icucrttatce, 

]0oneffU:bona tnatenno fitmibifru 

ftra (p contcoz t>e vobie bane verita/ 

rent: Tflon crnbcfca fpcro in vobis 

bac pietate.îc mndi iudejr cui par/ 

cto: oicmfidircco cilia trie q tic rcco/ 

ciliabie: ft tu tfic oamnao: ct tit ona 

aucrtcrwbomiicuiri bonaveftra cu. 

auto :c:innU ftta cu mcro:c pfttentc^ 

]c gcHis Snfelmi colliguf 

rietctuevnicifUiiiertu 

3CDaria i>ci gentmr 

Dtdtcit bcbzai/ 

cas Uttcras ndbuc pie cine Joacbiin 

vincnte.frat oodlisiamane ooctri/ 

nam: i drca facram fcriptiiraEfcttc/ 

rabat.g^jpuo ^>o manun. etus erat la 

ncjltni t (end.rat iraq? locite oifliti 

ctu? in oaino Dfti: fC5 in templo ^pe 

lenatn a!tan0: 3bi flabant virgincs 

folc:t oininp omdo gactoubant otn 

nes ad iJpziaiHJarU ^>a gfeuerabat 

r cttftodiebat altare a tctnplu: facer/ 

dotibus miniftrane. TPos funs erat 

modtce !oqude:c]cpedite obcdientic: 

mudc^jrimationtsifineaudactarfine 

rifit:fme turbatione:fme ira:bcnigne 

falutans: eloquent!^ cfus bominee 

mirabaf:^nfcos babcbat oculo9:rc/ 

. 

crem nafimu vulttis due longue: Ion 

gemantt0:longi &tgiti:mediocrte fta 

in o :atiolbu<?:fcrcn0 

turcrpjaierans 

pnnnu p:op:ij colo:is:lcctioni: iciit/ 

ni je: i labo:i mantium:? cm ni bone 

fet>ederat. virtuofcqjogatioi /[Slue 

cum aflumpta crnt in cdu:fuit.lrcn. 

ennojft . fSt ni fie coputati funt:fepte 

annie edacata cum parentibue: et 

feptemannoe cum trimidfo miniftra/ 

bat i templo t>omini: in OOBIO iofcpb 

fet mcfcsUn quartodecimo anno an/ 

nunciaf ei gaudiS totiue feculi: et in 

quintodecimo anno peperitcb:iftii: 

i cum eo.jctjeiii.annte in pfenti vita: 

poftafcenfloneotu fuitipfain&omo " 

5obani0euagclifte.]cnin.anno0: 

fimul coputati funt.lmj.anni. <5( 

filiêi 1 

^ 

vnigenir erat bo magne virx 

tutiemomtatîefus cbau^:q a gcnt(/-f 

bus oicdiaf verttatte: 

^>pBa 

Oifcipuli vocauerut ftliu t>ci: i 

aitmoztuosii fanauitoms langiio 

res: bomo quidem .pcerus : 

cris i fpectabUis: Bultn babuit vc/ 

nerabilem: nucm intucntea poflTunt 

a clligere i rozmidare:<Capillo0 ba/ 

butt colozia nucie auellane pni arurc: 

^ pianos fere vfqj ad attrcs: ab auri/ 

bus Uto circmo0 crifpoealiquStulti; 

cerulio:esi fulgenttozes abbumc/; 

ris venttlantee: J>ifmmcn babuit in 

medio fujctamozcnajareozn: fronts 

ptanam i fercnilfima cam facie fine 

rngai macula aliqua: quatn niboz 

moderatus vcnuftatmaft 1 0210 nut/ 

la pzo:fufc0 repbenfio:Barbam ba/i 

butt copiofam et impubcrcm : fed in\ 

medio bifurcatam: Sfpcctu. babuit: 

fimplicc i maturn: oculis? glaucia va" 

rqo i dartecjciftetibivs: $n increpa/ 

rt?tKterribUi0: tn admonitiocblan/ 

dus i amabtli9:bilari5:fuatagraui/ 

tate:Q,ui mtnigvifud eftriderc:flerc 

antfcpr.JInftatura co:pfe .ppagat : 

rectas manus babmt: -r bzacbta vifi* 

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11 Anselmus, Saint, Archbishop ofCanterbury. Opuscula. [Basel: Johann Amerbach, not after 

1497] 

Chancery 4 (180 x 135mm.), 208 leaves, double column, 49 lines and headline, Gothic 

letter, 3- and 9-line initial spaces with printed guides, vellum, several early notes of 

ownership on Al recto deleted, occasional other early notes in margins, some headlines 

shaved, slight worming in some lower margins, slight paper damage in margin ofAl 

Amerbach gave four copies of this book to the Basel Charterhouse in 1497. 

The first collected edition of St Anselm s works was printed in 1491 at Nuremberg by 

Caspar Hochfeder. 

Provenance: Library of San Jeronimo, Forli, note of ownership dated 1507 on Al verso 

References: HC *1 136; GW 2033; BMC iii 759; Goff A761 

1,000-1,500 

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domialiu. 

LIUER. 

: milonis 

Tjprimum Apul"poafommiraeaimimin hypatinl hofptrto finpfc 

u loca Him* nuitam c.i 

pit 

curiolc : corcmplan urpote mai.x nolroida: cuptdl(Turu<, 

& cum indent ft k*flc in media I heflalia. Quod domwillum & offidna dt mapa 

mm uanitatum: F.xilhmabat quicquld fpcftarn id ronim ut canraminum effeta alta 

ncbvrrhcnamrC uiuôpuk-ntia&cuitusprapliiccrcrfiuntur. SolnouUsiR-fConcteaomB, 

Virgitiu*.Carpnu,sdiim ma 

ncnouudumgramiiuiranoit. 

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fusfit in barathrum obUuwi*. u 

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rioiiaborumiicftni|nK.Ami 

uscwiofc fineula cofidcraW. 

Media thcffaHo: locarTiq 

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12 Apuleius Madaurensis, Lucius. Asinus aureus (commentary by Philippus Beroaldus; 

additions by Beroaldus and Coelius Calcagninus). Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 1 August 

1500 

Chancery 2 (295 x 21 1mm.), 286 leaves, 52 lines of commentary and headline, Roman 

and Greek letter, 4-, 5- and 7-line initial spaces with s 

printed guide-letters, printer 

woodcut device at the end, early nineteenth-century green roan, gilt border of acanthus 

leaves round sides, flat spine tooled in compartments, tool of flowers and a bird in the 

compartments, a few small wormholes in margins offirst and last few leaves, occasional light 

spotting, corners and head and foot ofspine slightly rubbed 

Apuleius s Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, is the only Latin novel to survive in its complete 

form. The epic story tells of Lucius, who through his eagerness to discover the secrets of 

witchcraft is transformed into an ass and undergoes a series of picaresque adventures 

before being retransformed through the agency of the goddess Isis. It also includes the tale 

of Cupid and Psyche and accounts of the mystic rites of Isis and Osiris. 

The first edition of this work, printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz at Rome in 1469 

(Goff A934), was edited by Johannes Andreae Bussi, bishop of Aleria, and included two 

further important texts of Neoplatonism: the Epitoma of Alcinous and the Asclepius of 

Hermes Trismegistus. The present edition is the first to contain the commentary of 

Filippo Beroaldo. 

Some copies of this work include a 16-leaf Tabula vocabulorum et historiarum which, 

according to BMC, was printed later than the body of the text. This table is not present 

here. 

Provenance: library stamps on the title-page of the Annunciation accompanied by the 

letters NE(?), probably of a convent of the Annunziata; letter in French, dated 24 June 

1847, from Ferdinand Barros presenting the book to an unnamed correspondent, loosely 

inserted; Du Bourg de Bozas, with morocco book-label 

References: HC "1319; GW 2305; BMC vi 845; GoffA938 

6,000-8,000 

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13 Aristotle. Opera [Greek]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1495-98 

5 volumes bound in 6, Super-Chancery 2 (312 x 212mm.), 1850 leaves, 30 lines and 

headline, Greek letter, woodcut initials and headpieces, the final line of text on kklO 

verso (volume 3) pasted in, English late eighteenth-century red straight-grained morocco 

gilt, three-line border round sides, the John Rylands monogram added to upper cover, 

spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, several edges uncut, leafK6 (volume 2) supplied 

from a shorter copy, the inner forme DDD 666 1 verso andDDD 666 8 recto (volume 5) was 

not printed, fore-margin ofK5 (volume 2) repaired, small wormhole in fore-margin from the 

beginning of volume 1 to E8 repaired, small wormhole in the lower margin of4H4 (volume 

6) to the end repaired with minimal loss to the signature or last line oftext on afew leaves, the 

final signature ofvolume 3 misbound between thefourth andfifth signatures ofvolume 2 

When Chaucer s clerke of Oxenford spoke of the books at his bed, he included Aristotle: 

For hym was levere have at his beddes heed 

Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed, 

Of Aristotle and his philosophic, 

Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrie. (Prologue 293-296) 

whose position in the Latin Middle Ages, albeit in a tradition removed from the original 

Greek text, was from one end of Europe to the other, impregnable. He was ille 

philosophus. 

The fame of Aldus rests on the books he printed in Greek. Others had printed a few 

books in Greek, one very substantial, the 1488 Homer (see lot 60), but Aldus s grandest 

project was, without doubt, the printing of the works of Aristotle in the original Greek, to 

which were added works by Theophrastus (not the famous Charakteres), Galen, Porphyry, 

Philo Judaeus and others, but from which were omitted the Poetics & Rhetoric. This 

undertaking, huge in terms of both extent of text and the technicalities of printing, was 

spread over several years. It was a land-mark in humanist scholarship, 

which held its 

position until Immanuel Bekker s edition of Aristotle (1831). Erasmus in the preface to 

Bebelius edition of Aristotle (Allen Op. Epist. ix 133- 140 11. 248-) wrote in 1531 to 

John More of Aldus having erected a building, of how he was the first to commit to type 

an author than whom scarcely any other is worthier of being read, and of how prior to his 

edition ilium habebamus, sed ita versum [translated], ut ad intelligendum Delio, quod 

aiunt, natatore esset . . 

, opus. 

an expression which he explained in his Adagia. 

41

42 

APISTOTEAOYS TON METATA" $YSFKA V 

TCJMEIZON. 

A AOA 

Coming some years after the controversy of the 1450s and 1460s as to the respective 

position of Plato and Aristotle, it provided a handsomely printed text of the original 

Greek texts, many of which were currently available in manuscript copies, made by many 

of the leading Greek scribes of the period. 

Three manuscripts used as s 

printer copy survive: one at Harvard, containing 

Theophrastus s botanical works, Porphyry and various other works (Harvard gr. 17; f. Ill 

verso (Theophrastus HP. 11,7-2-5) is reproduced in Wolfenbuttel 1978), and two in Paris 

at the Bibliotheque nationale ( Paris.gr. 1848 (Metaphysics) and Paris. suppl. gr. 212 

(Historia animalium)), although there were other manuscripts also used and copied as 

copy. A number of scholars were involved in the undertaking in various capacities: 

Linacre, Musurus, Alessandro Bondini, Lorenzo Maioli from Genoa and Francesco 

Cavalli, and others made their manuscripts available. 

The volumes, sometimes as sets, sometimes as groups of volumes, quickly passed into the 

possession of scholars, and thence into libraries as a true KEljir|)aov: Corpus Christi 

College, Oxford, acquired one in 1519 from its founder; its Magdalen acquired volumes 

in 1522; Thomas Linacre s set on vellum, presumably brought back to England in 1499, 

is at New College (Linacre is mentioned in the prefatory letter in volume 1 and his 

, 

translation of Proclus De sphaera was published by Aldus in 1499); All Souls had two 

copies (one now passed on to Exeter College), one of which excited Dibdin ( the library 

of ASC, Oxford, boasts one of which may vie with either [the Heber or Valpy copies.] , 

for refs see below) The edition did not however sell out: like many other great 

monuments of Greek printing- the 1488 Homer, the Rome Eustathius, the Eton 

Chrysostom - it sold very slowly. It was expensive: Amerbach says that he had to pay 1 2 

crowns for it, 6 times what the Bebel edition cost and one crown less than the great 

Froben Augustine. Erasmus, who elsewhere says it was difficult to find outside Italy 

(op.cit. ix,139), in [1525] was ordering it with a number of other Aldine texts, including 

the Florentine Homer (op.cit. vii, 547).

But K8i|ir|A.LOV it became and remained, often handsomely bound. Emeric Bigot s 

(1626-1689) copy is a fine example (recently in the Norman and Freilich sales; now in a 

private collection), and all the great collectors of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, 

men far different from Chaucer s poor clerk, were keen to possess a copy, from George III 

(an earlier royal library copy is at Cambridge), Grenville, Cracherode, and Renouard to, 

of course, that doyen of bibliophiles Lord Spencer, whose copy at Althorp was described 

by Dibdin (Bibl. Spenceriana I, 258 ) in 

uncharacteristically subdued language, as 

large 

and magnificent, having many rough edges at the bottom of the leaves, and beautifully 

bound in red morocco . It is this magnificent copy which is now offered for sale. 

The Greek fonts, with separate characters for accentuation, were based on the calligraphic 

hand of Immanuel Rhusotas and were cut by Francesco Griffo, who also designed the 

Aldine italic. 

Provenance: Count Karoly Imre Sandor de Reviczky (?), catalogue p. 29; George John, 

Earl Spencer; John Rylands University Library of Manchester, with monogram and 

stamps (sale in our rooms, 14 April 1988, lot 10) 

References: HC * 

16578; GW 2334; BMC v 553, 555-556, 558; Goff A959; Klebs 83.1; 

Renouard pp. 7, 10-1 1 16; Dibner 73; Osier 229; Norman 70; PMM 38 

400,000-500,000 

645,000-810,000 

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14 Aristotle. De caelo et mundo (commentaries by Thomas Aquinas and Petrus de Alvernia; 

edited by Hermmanus de Virsen). Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 18 

August 1495 

Chancery 2 (307 x 206mm.), 76 leaves, double column, 66 lines of commentary and 

headline, Gothic letter, 4- and 13-line white-on-black woodcut initials, a few woodcut 

diagrams in text (that on d7 verso partly hand-coloured), s printer woodcut device at the 

end, contemporary limp vellum, modern morocco-backed box, a few small wormholes in 

text of last few leaves 

Second edition, the first to contain the commentaries ofThomas Aquinas and Petrus de 

Alvernia and to be edited by Hermannus de Virsen. The editio princeps, printed at Padua 

by Laurentius Canozius, de Lendenaria, for Johannes Philippus Aurelianus on 5 March 

1473 (Goff A977), contains the commentary of Averroes. 

This edition was reprinted by Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, on 31 

October of the same year. 

Provenance: F. Ludovicus Syllanus de Grimaldo, with inscription on flyleaf 

References: H *1689=1531; GW2355; BMC v 445; Goff A978; Klebs 87(.2)=964.2; 

Essling 858; Sander 582 

5,000-8,000 

8,100-12,900 

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15 Aristotle. De anima (translated by Joannes Argyropulos; edited by Wolfgang Mosnauer). 

Venice: Jacobus de Pentius, de Leuco, 23 October [1500?] 

Chancery 4 (208 x 154mm.), 34 leaves, 37 lines and headline, Roman and Gothic 

letter, 4-, 7- and 8-line woodcut initials, old limp vellum, light dampstain in some lower 

margins 

This first edition of Joannes Argyropulos s translation of De anima is scarce: only one 

copy is recorded by Goff. De anima was first printed in 1472, at Padua by Laurentius 

Canozius for Johannes Philippus Aurelianus, in two Latin versions and with the 

commentary of Averroes (GW 2349). Other, anonymous translations were printed c. 

1492, 1498 and 1500 (GW 2343, 2344 and 2345), and two further editions with the 

commentary ofJohannes de Mechlinia, in 1491 and 1497 (GW 2347 and 2348). 

Jacobus de Pentius, whose first known book is an edition of Pylades s Grammatica dated 

22 October 1495, printed mainly in the sixteenth century. BMC dates the present edition 

on the basis that it must predate Pentius s edition of Gulielmus Hentisberus, De sensu 

composite [etc.], dated July 1501, in which the same type (84R) has been cut down by two 

or three millimetres. 

References: HC *1708; GW 2346; BMC v 566; Goff A972; IGI 799; Klebs 84.7 

4,000-5,000 

6,500-8,100 

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16 Auctoritates Aristotelis et aliorum philosophorum. [Cologne: Johann Guldenschaff, c. 

1490] 

Chancery 4 (206 x 140mm.), 60 leaves, 36 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 2-, 3- and 

4-line initial spaces, modern calf, modern box and wrappers 

A scarce edition of this compendium of the sentences of Aristotle and of the 

commentators on his logic, together with summaries of Seneca, Boethius, Plato and 

Apuleius. As the prologue states, this popular work, printed in some two dozen editions 

before the end of the fifteenth 

century, was intended as a source of themes for sermons 

and for academic exercises. Guldenschaff had previously printed two folio editions in 

l487(GoffA1185& 1186). 

Provenance: Dr Crawford W. Adams, with bookplate (sale Sotheby s New York, 5 May 

1982, lot 16); George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 November 1989, 

lot 11) 

References: H 1921; GW 2814; VK 181 

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11,300-16,200 

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17 Auctoritates Aristotelis et aliorum philosophorum. [Cologne: Heinrich Quentell], 1498 

Chancery 4 (200 x 139mm.), 53 leaves (of 54, without final blank), 36 lines and 

headline, Gothic letter, woodcut of a master and his pupils on al recto (coloured by 

hand), 3- and 4-line initials supplied in red, paragraph-marks, initial-strokes and 

underlining in red, modern boards, early palindromic inscription on title Oro otto 

zeleuez no[n] zeuelez oro otto , initials NS in red ink below the colophon, a few lines of 

text crossed through 

References: H *1937; GW 2827; BMC i 289; IGI 954; Schreiber 3388; Goff Al 196 

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non ex ems concubitu 

pcgit criftumtKHcc enim exemplo magmfice infi 

f fibehbuscoiugatjs etiam feruataparicofenftjcontine* 

o(Tc gmanere*vocaricfecoiugium nopermixto cozporis 

febcuftobito metis affectu piefertim quia nafiri eisetl 

jiiu; potuit fn illo complexu carnali*cj p:opt(blosgig * 

nenbcsfjliosabbiben>?eft/|*Jecfe enim pôpterea non erat

18 Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint. De consensu evangelistarum. Lauingen: [eponymous press], 12 

April 1473 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (276 x 200mm.), 105 leaves (of 108), 37 lines, Roman 

letter, 3-line woodcut outline initials, two six-line initials, initial-strokes and some 

underlining in red, contemporary blind-stamped calf over unbevelled wooden boards, 

sides ruled in blind, large central panel filled with repeated impressions of a lion rampant 

tool, outer border composed of the same tool and a rosette, 5 metal bosses on each cover, 

metal corner-pieces, plain edges, flyleaves from a vellum manuscript, modern cloth box, 

lackingfolio 7/1 and the initial and final blank leaves, a few light stains in margins, rebacked 

with boards reversed, lacking two clasps 

ONE OF ONLY TWO BOOKS PRINTED AT LAUINGEN, THE ONLY ONE TO NAME LAUINGEN AS 

THE PLACE OF PRINTING. An edition of De anima et 

spiritu and other pseudo-Augustine 

an earlier state of 

tracts, dated 9 November 1472 (Goff A1224), is considered to represent 

the same type and is thus attributed to the same press. While the earlier work is printed in 

a pure Roman type, the present book mixes some Gothic sorts with the Roman, and the 

body 

size is reduced from 106 to 96. The outline woodcut initials of this book were not 

used in the earlier one. 

The unwatermarked paper stock used for the present book may have been slightly smaller 

than the common Chancery stock: all copies, including those in original bindings, seem 

to have leaf heights below 28 cm. 

References: HC *1981; GW 2897; BMC ii 545; Goff Al 257 

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52 


ttcfpit TUircUus Thiguftfnf be moiito 

alrjs libtis fatis 

cgiffenosqucabmobu mam* 

ci?eo:p muemoitib>quifa m Ic 

gem qt> 

wfcus tcftamcnfu toea 

(mint* 

(c(eq; mtec iperitop plaufus mam iactacoe 

tvnaUnt pofltm? occurcc^ brcuitc c ctia B 

^meozart a me pt (Siuia em mcbiocrii ianf 

no fiadle mtclitgat fcdphjra^ c^poficoej ab 

l;tj pcteba cffc.qm carii boclojce (c efTe^pft 

teller fieeiq; poffc vm-o ifc (cmp acdbere v^t 

17 I A. 

ntuld ntvJoche viâtut abfutbaquc tattteti 

a bodcwibD c)tp?nutur co iaubanba vibcant v 

ciadu8.quo abtectiâfpetnaba vibcbant^ct 

co acdpianfaperta bu(n?quo dau(a bifFid 

laid apkbanff %)oe 

trrc m fcfe ivtcie tcfla 

tncnti hbris euemt*ft mo ilk q offctnf*oodo 

rcm poti? co:p pit! ; tmptu laccmto:c rcqus 

tat.ptuifq; flubto querentis qm tcmcritatc 

nt aliquot foitcidberit rd epos tvl pfl 

tvl iûiufccmobi cede c\tl; olt ccantiflitc^ct 

a mmiftcos.qwi aut pafftm dueantiiubare 

mtften a*ai!t qui contvtt (imptta fibc alcBza 

cognfcc tto aimrunt*txfpcrc ibi cfTe foctiatti

19 Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint. De moribus ecclesiae catholicae. [Cologne: Bartholomaeus de 

Unkel, c. 1482] 

Chancery 4 (212 x 142mm.), 34 leaves, 27 lines, Gothic letter, one 5- and three 2-line 

initials supplied in red, initial-strokes in red, modern limp vellum, some uncut edges, tear 

(paperflaw) in lower margin ofCCl 

BMC suggests that this tract was printed by Unkel as part of a series of five works by, or 

related to, Augustine, the others being: Confessiones, dated 9 August 1482 (Goff A1252); 

De disciplina christiana, (Goff A1261); De vita christianawith De dogmatibus christianis, 

(Goff A1358); and Jacobus de Voragine s Tractatus super libros sancti Augustini, (GofT 

J203). 

References: HC *2108; GW 2914; BMC i 242; Goff A1296; Voull(K) 204 

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^ 

20 

i 

Ouotmo:ralium peccare igno;antcs 

oocui : voletcs oelmquerc perfuafi re 

fiftentes coegi : volentibus confer.fi . 

Ouor fane gradieimbus laqueum in 

dujciivtam quercmibus fotieain retejri: 

tpatrare non abbonui:obliuifci no 

roettn.$edtuitiftu6uide,c fignaspec 

cata quafufacculo obfcruafti omnes 

fcmitas mcaciTCuaos grcflus mcos 

oinumerafti tagufti * femper filuifti 

pattens fuiftidBleb mibi ocma lot 

tojquer mecofcientia cruciant co:di 

arcanamirctat auaricia: ifeilat iu.cu 

ria: accufat fugbiftcofumit iuidia ift& 

mat concupifcentia;oeboneftat gula: 

ebztetascofutatioetractio lacerat: am 

bttio fupplantat. rapacitas obiurgat: 

v Difcozdia oiftpat.ira perturbanleuitas 

oilToluit.tojpo; oppmiLbfpocffis fal 

lit adulatio frangit.fauoz tollit. calu^ 

nu ptmgit. ^cce liberator meus oe 

gentibus iracttndie. cccc ram qttibttt 

vijci a oie nartuitaris mee tfb 1 fliidui: 

quibtts fide feruaui.-Jpfa me que ou 

lejceras fludia damnaitt que laudaue^ 

raincirnperant.tnfutqb!ia acquieni 

amici.4ba6 parai magiftri.7 qbus few 

uiui om-ofules c^b credidixiaeo qbus 

cobabctaoioomeftid (jbusofeft. peu 

mibi rejc meus.-r oeas me 9 q? icout 

meiis 

longat*e*4l

tio mea q* babitaui ca babjraribua ce^ 

rie qfi gturiesffludicig timo^ âp.iui. 

ûe oeoium pomlne ptcftabi 

is 

r taper maliua. *ftoui cp no 

temg filebia cu in pfpectu tuo 

Cgms erardefat: i in rircuiru tuo tepe 

(Us valida igrueritrcum aduocauehs 

celum oefopent terrain oifcernere po 

pulum timy.z ecce cowm tot milibus 

populozum nndabutur omneeiniqui 

tates mee; tot agminibus angelonl pa 

tebunt vmucrfa fcelera mea: non folu 

artuu fed 7 ccgitationnj fimulqj locu 

tionurn. ôt indietbtis inops aitabo 

quotmepzecefferunt inopere bono: 

totarguentibuscpnfundar quot mibi 

pêbuerut bene viue~die;:epla:tot con/ 

uincar teftib 9 quot me mpnuerut p:o 

darJEtcuoatibi faiict tsijceritmultu* 

qiiatomagisegoifeltjcoicere pofnim 

nimis Ccola fuir aia mea firmamuni 

meii 

pe no mftificabif i cofpectu tuo 

omnie 

yitiens.^pes mea non e I ftli|a 

bominu. quern iiremota pietate iucu> 

caueris iuftum iuenies^nift pueneria 

miferado fpium.non eft queglo:ificec 

piii5.redo naque Talus meaq6 audi 

ui.quonia benignitae tua ad penitent 

ti,i me addujcit tui ozifmibi fcnacrtmt 

nectarea 

labia.tjemp potefl teiread 

Cme mfi prme 

ficuis fermonibus.Tecaimttandoeitv 

Mis oederunt 

acridibtts.îie coj non 

fuppetit quid oicd: non ocoirrit quid 

rndea;.At cuafa iterilt illtoifcrimini 

9 qui mifit me traicerit eu. 

Y %n vero q: iftrUjciftLtataqfie pjopiti 

Siftruai6efo2maftitorismedcilli0 co? 

dii?. toto niffu mentis, te omnipotent 

patercu oilectiflimo puero teque oul 

ciftima .ples cu fcrenuTimo innoco pa 

raclfto^rabe me 9 

quaten p te curam 

i vngoentozu 

odo:g 

tuozum oulciter. 

co te oeue meusinuoco 

te.qz ,ppe es oibue Cuocatib 

I ueritate. ^te Ju eij veritas es. 

/ooce me quefo gclememia tua fancta 

i veritas te iuocare i te q: boc fieri quo 

J opozteat nefcio.fed a te ooceri btaw 

ritas bumilirer iplo:oâbfte.n. faperc 

eft oiflipere.te enf nofce e cfectu fcirc 

J^rudi me oiuina veritas ? ooce me I 

gc5 tua4rcdo i laqt; q: tu erodftrif

20 Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint. Opuscula. Venice: Andreas de Bonetis, 23 July 1484 

Median 4 (219 x 158mm.), 288 leaves, double column, 42 lines and headline, Gothic 

letter, printer s woodcut device at the end, 3- and 4-line initials supplied in red, 

contemporary South German (Memmingen?) blind-tooled pigskin over unbevelled 

wooden boards, outer frame of double fillets, central panel divided with double fillets 

into triangular departments, border and panel decorated with three round stamps of a 

rosette, the Agnus Dei and an angel (Kyriss workshop 162, nos. 1, 5 and 6), one clasp 

and catch, title lettered in the first spine compartment, a few small wormholes in last few 

leaves, a few headlines shaved, short tear in lower margin of v8 just touching edge of text, Dl- 

2 lightly damp-stained, both covers slightly wormed 

This edition of authentic and pseudo-Augustinian tracts was reprinted from that of 

Octavianus Scotus of 28 May 1483 (Goff A1216). 

The present edition includes additionally the pseudo-Augustinian tract De anima et 

spiritu, two works by Eusebius Conrad us, De errore scribentium Augustinum fuisse 

heremitam and Annotatio brevissima, and a life of Augustine by Possidius. Copies of this 

edition are known without the printer s device. 

Hildebrand Brandenburg of Biberach, the great benefactor of the Buxheim library (cf. lot 

24, Ritman sale in our rooms, 6 December 2000), made use of this workshop for the 

bindings of many of his books. This volume, however, did not belong to him. 

Provenance: Carthusians, Buxheim, with inscription and stamp; Dr Victor von 

Klemperer, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 28 June 1991, lot 583) 

References: HC *1947; GW 2864; BMC v 361; Goff A1217 

5,000-6,000 

8,100-9,700 

55

56 

21

5 unitattmalos caftere: virtutef 

a rd)cere:in aduerfis pattentiS 

mtmeimam: cuftodiarn o:is :? 

}<anri> I ihit a 

21 detail, enlarged 

21 Augustinus, Aurelius, 5^/w?. Opuscuk plurima. V/re: Dionysius Bertochus, 26 March 

1491 


letter, 3-, 5-, 6- and 10-line initial spaces with printed guide-letters, woodcut printer s 

device at the end, heading on bl recto printed in red, final blank leaf printed on recto 

with column a of R6 recto and column b of R3 verso, CONTEMPORARY LONDON BINDING 

BY THE HALF-STAMP BINDER , blind-stamped calf over unbevelled wooden boards, sides 

ruled with triple blind fillets, tools include a pointing hand and double-headed eagle, 

plain edges, pastedowns from manuscript vellum leaves, modern cloth box, dust-soiling on 

B5 verso and B6 recto, lacking 2 clasps 

BOUND BY THE HALF-STAMP BINDER , 

to whom Oldham ascribes twenty-two bindings on 

books dated between 1491 and 1511 (J.B. Oldham, English Blind-stamped Bindings, p. 29 

and pis. 24 and 25, tools 313, 315, 317 and 319). The tools used on this binding include 

a left hand with a pointing forefinger. The binding is reproduced by G.D. Hobson, 

English Bindings ofJ.R. Abbey, no. 2. 

This edition of Augustine s Opuscula has some sixteen more tracts than those in the 

Venice, 23 July 1484 edition (see lot 20). Ten of these entered by way of its chief copy 

source, the 20 March 1489 Strassburg edition of Martin Flach (Goff A1221), and six 

more were included for the first time in this collection. Of these latter, marked printer s 

copy has been identified for one, De consensu evangelistarum: British Library Ms. Add. 

69793 (formerly in the Doheny collection). 

In the present copy, as in a few others, the final blank leaf has printed on its recto the left- 

hand column of R6 recto and the right-hand column R3 verso. GW describes this 

additional printing as a Korrekturabzug , although it in fact introduces a final, incorrect 

line of text to column a of R6 recto. 

Provenance: Richard Vowel (fl. 1507-1540, Prior of the Austin Canons at Lees, Essex, and 

then at Walsingham, Norfolk), with signature; Richard Towneley, with bookplate, 1702; 

Lord O Hagan (sale in our rooms, 6 June 1939, lot 566); Major J.R. Abbey, with 

bookplate (sale in our rooms, i, 21 June 1965, lot 103) 

References: H *1949; GW2866; BMC v 488; Goff Al 2 19; IGI 1017 

30,000-40,000 

48,500-64,500 

57

58 

mie 

Dim Hurclii Huguftini*Di 

n en fio epifcopi : in euagclm f 

3obanne Zractat^priiu^foe 

ter incipit . Sb eo qs fcriptum eft: 

Jn principio erat verba :i verbii 

erat apud oeum vt seu0 erat vcrx 

bum.vfcfc ad idqtf ait: jfttenebre 

ictes 

quodmo 

ctioeapoftolica:# 

f animalie bomo no 

^?B8SS2S 

r* tantes in bac p:c* 

\nfentiturbacbarita 

_ j K>tfcvrtntfretre cflfC 

multi (Int aiales quiadbuT fm carnctn 

fapiantmondu q? polTmt ad fpualem intel 

lectutn fe erigere . befito vehement* quo* 

modo vt oftf oede"it pofTim oicd vel # mo 

oulo meo cr plica J qS lectii e cr cuagclio 

pzincipio erat 

3>> 

t?erbu:-r verbu erat apud oeum:-r 

rcu0 erat verbu .Iboc ei aialis bomo 

n6 pcipit.d&uid fratres^Cilebim^binc^ 

^luare ergo legitur (i Itlebif^^lut qre 3u 

ritur (i non erponif?Sed i cjd erpomf (T 

non intelligif Îtacp qm rurium cfTc non 

cubito in numcro veftro quofda a quibuf 

poffit non folu crpofitu capi.fed 7 atitecp 

crponaf intclligi:non fraudaboeos qui 

poffuntcapc.pumnmeo fupfluus efTeau 

ribuo co ? qui non poifunt cape .-jpoftrc? 

moadcntmiaoei fo:ufTc vtoibuofatif 

faci.it i capiat quifq? qd poteft:q: i q locj 

mr oicit qd poteft.TBam oicere vt eft quif 

poteftsfHudeo oic^ free ind. fo:fitan nee 

ipfe iobanee oijcit vt eft: fed ? ipfe vt po* 

tuir. q: oe oeo vt bomo Dijcit * t quidcm 

infpirat* a oco . fed tame bomo q: infpira 

tua/oit it alicjd: (i non infpirat eet/oinf? 

(et nibil : iauia ô bomo infpira tur : non 

tantul qd eft omt .fed q 5 potuit bomo m* 

jcit. 

CratenufteiobeefrescbaniTitnid 

illis nvo nnbuo DC quibus fcripiu eft. Gu - 

fcipiant montcc paccm populo tuotT col^ p5 4 ttt j. 

Ico iufttcia5.ôntco/ejccelfe ammc funt. --_ 

Collce puule animc ftiur. cd idco inou* 

tes cjccipmt pacem:vt collee polTint ejtd* 

pcreiuftici4.(iueeftiuftiaa 1qua5coUe0 

autem accipcrct ITHIIO:CG .mime ftdc5: ntfi 

nmiorco aiiime que in onrco oicte funt ab 

ipfa fapia illuftrarcnf:vt polTent paruulif 

tray cere qd poffmt paruuli cape i vtuerc 

ejc nde colics, quia monies paccm fufcipi 

unt.âb tpffc montib9 oictum eft ecclefie: 

a]t vobtfcu.Ct (pit motes paccm annu* 

ciando cccfcfic-.noii omiferur fcaduerfud 

eum a quo fufceperut pacem.vt veraciter 

non ftctc nuciarent paccm . Sunt aut alii 

montes naufragoft:quaquif^ nauim CU5 

impulerit foluif.facile eft eni cum videc 

terra a pericl?tantib^/quaft conari ad ter 

ram.Gcd aliqn vidcrur terrain monteet 

fajca latent fub monte:i cum quifqj conai! 

ad montem:inadit in fara: ? ibt non uiu c- 

nit portum fed . pUnctu Sic fucrut d.i in 

q" 

montco i magni afparuerunt inter boics: 

et fecerut bcrcfco i fcifmata: i Diuiferunt 

ecclcdam oeu^ffti qui Diuiferut ecclefiatn 

Deitnon erant illi montefoe quibuo otctu 

eft.Sufctpiant monies paccj populo tuo 

ûo eni pacem fufceperut:qui vmtatem 

oiuiferiit^ûi aute fufceperut paccm nd 

ciandam populo:conteplati funt ipfam fa 

pientia cptum bumanis co:dib 9 potuit co 

tinsi:q6necoculu0vidit"nec aurisaudi^ j 

utt nee in co: bois afccndit.Si in co: boi0 

non afcendittquo afccndit in co: iobanifr 

Sn non erat bomo iobanc0:an fo:te neci 

co: iobanis afcenditJ cd co: lobants in il* 

la afccndit^ & eni afcendit in co: bofs:6 

imo eft ad bominc :quo aute afcendit co: 

bofs.furfum eft ab boie.Knam fie fres oi* 

ci fi 

poteft :qui.i afcendit in co: iobanm 

ft aliquo modo poteft oici.intantu afcen* 

oit in co: iobanms.incptum ipfe iobannea 

non erat bomo.îuid eft non erat bomo^ 

jjfoqmim ceperat efl"e angelus. ggiuia om* 

nee fancti anêli q: inuciato:e0 Dei: ideo 

carnalibue i atalibus non valcimbus ^>cr 

cipere que funt oei^d ait apoftoIus^/Cii 

eni oicitis/cgo fum pauli.ego apollo:no# |.Co:intU .f 

ne bomines cftis^ûid cos volcbat face 

re: q uibuo ejcp:ob:abat quia boies erant 

lno no(fc quid cos face1 volebat . a

22 Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint. Expositio evangelii secundum Johannem. [Basel: Michael 

Furter, not after 1491] 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (291 x 213mm.), 206 leaves, double column, 52 lines and 

headline, Gothic letter, 12-line initial on a2 recto supplied in red and blue with red 

penwork extensions in inner margin, 4- and 5-line initials in red or blue, initial-strokes in 

red, disbound, in a modern box, first three gatherings and final gathering detached, some 

light dust-soiling at beginning and end, one small wormhole inforemargin offirstfew leaves 

Another undated edition of this work signed by Furter is described by GW as being part 

of a 1505 edition printed by Amerbach, Petri and Froben. 

Provenance: Bibliothek Oberherrlingen, with engraved bookplate dated 1839; Madeleine 

and Rene Junod, with bookplate 

References: HC *1982; GW 2912; BMC iii 753; Goff A1275 

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9,700-12,900 

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60 

23 

mlarcre vnart vult auicc.^ma ^mi.<r^rp5 bic ZDagi 

rfru 3acobu no bene pofnilTeiftaB ouastquaeoidtein: / 

unaariftabiponircomiflTurasno rm cranci 

i:fed oium parktu capirie;? ifte oue fiint rer * 

magnecomiJTure vercfuntplnrea qjrre0colH8ende pma 

ftinguunfabfo urepura pence receflTus ab opriniafigura: 

i(lo m6 font quolitet obloga biftoua:? plurime:nec bnt 

poRjerutprernalea cerebii figuras:pna in q Deficit anrioi 

fmtnfn a:i co a ni in q Deficit poftcricmterria in q ambe Deft 

dun? 

p vocaf fpericatqrta aut in q maioz eet oiltatia 

tpie 

41 frotie ab o ccipitc:?i nr ipofem a u ifrc. fDr p , j q tuc et all/ 

quij cerebii 

retriculo^ oeficeret;f5 pdliato: bac oiffo:ma 

lioneoiritfe vidiflc ofia.yp.fit ego tefto: me bononie vi/ 

dilTe i mefuraife in puero quatuoi anno^. XXX vii. 

3^qpmocdpitiijcminenafit mmoz 

alicui:pf!dera -z neruos T colla cu algs 

" 

oflibu0 0m nam.0igde ^10 fe l?nn/ 

J bu0 indige tia materkno virmtis im 

beallitatetafr fern eft Mneprioab fcoernrtb 

ifirmu eft pncipiu.^n plib fco ^3 ocdpitiu idi/ 

genna ibedllitas eor q oca ft fegf : -z ra^ valdc 

i talepttgit02oiri ]vo ^5 ocdpitiu pfidera ca/ 

put code mo in toto magno nato octermiatif* 

3n plibô i êc bona ngura facta p acepl?ali/ 

do0 bonu fignu qua gda" medico^ pofteriu^ ce 

rebp nofant.iBueadmodu igif i eft poftm oe 

terminatu:fo:ni3 velut lauda kntecomifluras. 

nbiliugde plunmo:panco vero opatiuor. 

3ta<#l?ec*beneoifpo[trapfecta0 fcfuna0 frn 

2ia0. ede~ fto i in anrioribus capi 

poften ad puitate ? magnimdine" dus nobi* re 

fpiaetibue ? figuring ft in i0 fenfu0*f.vifo5 

s 

tun i vuio:? pancipiu I?i0 queab eo nata fum. 

C73t quorie0 occipitiu minuaf:pn~dere0 opo?^ 

tebit neruo0 ac collu vna cu ceteri0 oflibue.Si 

enini fceant pnammiopia mae; aud quacB fa 

cuuati0 ifirmita0:fi vitiofa:oebili0 facultae cjn 

mt.Sedmagnaetpteoccipmoicernojipdtcto 

ru5 mnrmuae comitaf :rarcq3 air acddu.TRec 

fecu0p minen0occipitiupfiderabi0parif<:r cu 

9tu,5 oibu * finmdib .Si eni cerebelli fiaura ido 

inmu eft p qua ? neruo0 in vniuerfo afali moue 

te0 o:dif .âr0 aut ipfa pcfterioz er fe penimj 

P3ud0ptidpatfenne nbu0:niulnfmouetibu5: 

: Vt dtC3 fro 

t:ac fibiinuiceni a ftipulan 

timtumqueabaliquo nieb:p pjincipali ozinn/ 

tur:virtuti:viriocpp2mcip3lt0:tum eriam pzin/ 

dpale I?t0queabfeo:iuntur 

tueri 05 neruo0:atcp ceruice: vna cu oifibaig>* 

Ifl j 11 m natura* pititehnt matcrie oefectumo 

virtuti0tbedllitateptingtt;3lli0ô norecte fe 

t>ntibu0 paindpiu eft oebile:f3 niagna er parte 

Defecm0:c4ocdpitieu ;niut:pfegtureoqueafi 

tedirimu0 ibcct I li tj e:r jr uTni iup aluer eueriire 

pfueuit.apute"tq$ Uni occiput in acutitm ten 

dit:3i3duer(ereop3:îfdeadîbiH6piiungue/ 

dirdnibuergbuo anteain capite gradiozi feto 

vtebanf ^tprin ô:-z ôcopttniuelt fignu ft/ 

gura?cinaeiu0pn0:quecerebzoadl?cra:qu3 

nonul u niedici pofteri cereb:nappi :i/are pme/ 

ueriit:que3dniodu Zpof!cnu0tTtiiitt:afutura 

que grece Ife.A.fo2ml Ip3 p:eftnit35.ft ô Ipu /

23 Avicenna, i.e. Husain ibn Abd Allah, Abu Ali. Metaphysica (edited by 

Franciscus de 

Macerata and Antonius Fracantianus). Venice: Bernardinus de Vitalihusfor Hieronymus de 

Dumntibus, 26 March 1495, FIRST EDITION, 41 leaves (of 42, without initial blank leaf), 

double column, 65 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 3-, 4- and 8-line initial spaces with 

printed guides, heading on a2 recto printed in red, woodcut device at the end of the text 

Galen. Ugo in libris microtechni (commentary by Hugo Senensis). Venice: Luc Antonio 

Giunta, 1523, 4- and 13-line woodcut initials, 3 woodcut diagrams in text, lacking last 10 

leaves 

2 works in one volume, Chancery 2 (287 x 204mm.), late sixteenth-century English 

(Oxford?) calf, single gilt fillet border, gilt centre-piece, some light damp -staining, rebacked 

and edges repaired 

FIRST EDITION OF AVlCENNA s METAPHYSICA, in which he attempted to integrate all aspects 

of science and religion in a grand metaphysical vision and thus explain the formation of 

the universe and elucidate the problems of evil, prayer, providence, prophecies, miracles 

and marvels. The second work is a rare edition of Galen s Microtechni with a commentary 

by Hugo Senensis. 

FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR KENELM DIGBY. At his death in 1665 his library was still in Paris, 

where the authorities sold it for 10,000 crowns. It was repurchased by his kinsman the 

Earl of Bristol who then offered it for sale by auction in London in 1680. 

The centre-piece on this binding is unrecorded by David Pearson, Oxford Bookbinding 

1500-1640, Oxford, 2000. 

Provenance: Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), with signature and motto on first title-page 

Vacate et videte Kenelme Digby ; Capt. EC. Brooke, Ufford, Woodbridge (Suffolk); 

Kenneth Garth Huston, with bookplate 

References: Avicenna: HC 2216=2217; GW3130; BMC v 547; GoffAl431; Klebs 135.1; 

Galenus: Waller 4977 

4,000-5,000 

6,500-8,100 

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SIL3YLLA CVM\NA 

SibÛa cutnana q fait tpe Tarqtii prilci fcripfit 

de xpo referete uirgilio in lib,buco,i nuc mocUi 

Tltima cumei uenic lam carminis ^tas 

Magnus ab iategro fecloratn nafcicur ordo 

LinT rcdii: & utrgo rcdeunt faturnia reg^va 

I \m noua^pgenies ccelo dimictitur ako 

Tu modonafcentt puero:quo ferreaprimuml 

De(ir.et:8i toto furget gens aurea mundo 

Cafca fauclucina tuus lam regnat appoUo

24 

PLATO PHILOSOPHVS 

24 Barberiis, Philippus de. Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymii et Augustini 

(Sibyllarum et prophetarum de Christo vaticinia; Proba: Cento Vergilianus; Thomas 

Aquinas (pseudo-): Praefatio super symbolum Athanasii; Explanatio super orationem 

dominicam; Explanatio super salutationem angelicam; Explanatio super Te Deum; 

Explanatio super Gloria in excelsis; Donatus theologus). Rome: Joannes Philippus de 

1 

Lignamine, 

December 1481 

[after] 

Second edition, Chancery 4 (191 x 136mm.), 82 leaves, 27 lines, Roman letter, 3-, 4- 

and 7-line initial spaces, 29 woodcuts, eighteenth-century English speckled calf, last few 

leaves stained, a few leaves partly detached, rebacked 

In this little work Barbieri defends fiercely a Thomist position, which sees all knowledge 

and truth as being contained in the thought of St Thomas Aquinas. Barbieri (1426- 

1487), an important Dominican, was born in Syracuse, travelled much in Spain, where 

he was involved in the persecution of the Jews in 1479/80, and returned to Sicily 

probably in June 1485. 

The woodcuts of the prophets and sibyls face each other (cf. the prophets and sibyls in 

Michaelangelo s Sistine chapel paintings), King David facing the Sibyl of Cumae, who is 

said by Virgil in Eclogue IV to have foretold the birth of Christ (lines 4-10 of the poem 

are actually quoted beneath the woodcut; the other legends are all in prose, largely taken 

from the O.T.), and Isaiah facing Christ, followed by John the Baptist facing a cut of the 

Nativity (with a non-biblical text). Last comes Plato (with the opening words of St. John s 

gospel as legend), but facing a page of text in which s Augustine statements about Plato 

are 

given, followed by mention of Hermes Trismegistus and Aristotle. The Cento of 

Faltonia Betitia Proba, Christian poetess and the wife of the prefect of Rome in 351, is 

preceded by a woodcut of her. This Cento is made up of lines of Virgil arranged to give an 

account of the creation of the world and the life of Christ, a suitable adjunct to what has 

been foretold by sibyls and prophets, about his coming. The remaining texts of St. 

Thomas on the Credo and the great hymns and prayers of the church, again form a most 

fitting sequel, and the Donatus theologus (a title inscribed in a very early hand on the first 

leaf), a brief summary of Christian doctrine, its title taken from the most famous 

grammar book of the Middle Ages, and a work using grammar for theological questions 

( nam filius est alius a 

patre: 

et tamen est deus. Sed si li solus excludat aliud neutraliter 

tantum: propositio 

vera est. Quia filius est alius a patre: non tamen aliud. Et similiter 

spiritus sanctus...) closes the volume. 

There are a few early sixteenth-century marginal notes, in an English hand. 

This is the second of two editions printed by Lignamine, both dated 1 December 1481. 

The earlier edition (Goff PI 18) contains only seventy leaves and thirteen woodcuts 

(Proba and the twelve sibyls), which were recut for the second edition, with the addition 

of an architectural border. The twenty-nine woodcuts show the twelve prophets, the 

twelve sibyls, Christ, St John the Baptist, the Virgin Mary, Plato and Proba. 

Provenance: C.W. Dyson Perrins, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 17 June 1946, lot 

36) 

References: HCR 2455; GW 3386; BMC iv 131; Goff Bl 19; Sander 773; A.W. Pollard, 

Italian book-illustrations and early printing, a catalogue ofearly Italian books in the library of 

C. W. Dyson Perrins, 1914, 24; for Barbieri see DBI6, 217-221 

30,000-40,000 

48,500-64,500 

63

64 

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tiainter vtrtutes naturalce cofuetu^ 

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aiaUtatt0 fiue o:iginali0 co:ruptot0. êru ejc 

ercuy 1 cofuetudine cogruentib 9 multU3 eas 

adiuuari atqj gficere ipfo fcnfu qcpertene ma- 

nifeftumeft. 

23e ^tutibusque ejrerci tio i pfiie 

JEcude vero Unites ?fuetudinale0 t>e 

s noianfit be ejcfrcquetta oeationu ac 

. 

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quafi Tint pedc0.fed pede0 lefi mf 

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jctonis vt oijcimuf.fed etia co:ruptoe que pcto 

p:imo^ parentu in totu gcnu0 bumanu tranf 

ftifa eft i traducta.ideo laudabiliu operu ejcer 

citto augmentanf t robozanf . Jn adam cnini 

pede0 ifti 7 fani t recti oino fucrut ante pctifu 

et ,ppter boc g viam mom boncftati0 natura 

U0.f.bm6ipedibu0recteabfq?daudicat6cpo 

terant ambularc. i abfq? offcnfioc i lapfu peccati 

quafi g planu nature vt qucadmodu grcf 

fibiles erant ejcteriu0 boc eft Pm co:pu0 B vf/ 

am fenfibileific i greflibile0 

elTcnt interius per 

Tiam mtelligibile quam Di^Jmu0 planu bone 

ftati0naturali0.Confuerndinale0ftofiaitU: 

gmpede0funt t aliafuipediacula atq; adiuua 

inenta:queoccafionati0i Icffe pedib ad adtu 

uandu ac c]quo modo gficiendu grelfum adbf 

bcnfJôntn oubitamu0 naturaluer manfue 

to0 ejcerdtio ep^. que mafuetudini0 Tut inipa 

m^fuetudineaugen.iSimtlid rnaturaltterpi* 

00 eicerdtio eo? que pietati0mip a pietate na 

turaliettaaugmetari . 0Ufitq:fmqfdalibe/ 

raturpotetiat quafi octumulati octegitqua 

fi ab Cmerfionc:i ita crupit in oga mato:a nul= 

lo modo fmutata apud fe: fi qucadmodus bo 

mougatu0Dirapti0atq5foluti0vincuU0mci 

piatambulare.cu*tu0eiusgrcnibili0mnuu 

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libue mqtfii in pfectoefupanr vtutef 

naturaleeipfuetudtales* 

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25 Bernardinus Senensis. Sermones de evangelic aeterno. Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, [c. 1490- 

1495] 

Second edition, Chancery 2 (302 x 21 4mm.), 299 (of 300) leaves, double column, 56 

lines and headline, Gothic letter, 3- and 5-line initials spaces, a few with printed guideletters, 

printer s woodcut device at the end, early sixteenth-century German or Swiss 

pigskin over thick unbevelled wooden boards, tooled in blind with two frames enclosing a 

diaper of curved headed-outline tools, four other tools, round rosette, lion rampant 

lozenge, eagle standing facing left with wings spread lozenge, free plant, light brown 

edges, lackingfol. 1, some damp-staining in last few leaves, lacking one clasp, new endpapers 

Second edition, which BMC dates as [not after 1494] on the basis of an ownership 

inscription dated 1494 in a copy in the von Klemperer collection. 

The binding tools are not recorded in Kyriss or Schwenke/Schunke. 

Provenance: Bibliothek Oberherrlingen, with bookplate dated 1839; Madeleine and Rene 

Junod, with bookplate 

References: H *2828; GW 3887; BMC iii 773; Goff B350 

3,000-4,000 

4,850-6,500 

65

66 

26 

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potius et trafttozia qrutlT7uito aP 

fimilabimus boics gcneratois bu = 

ius aut qto coparabimus illostqd 

vitsemus a tcr:cmsaco:po:alito co 

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milia paafi qwi ab cosvcniat Fo?s 

tc vt fiibucniat .nonungp folct app 

tenfbs muolucrc rccu:abeoh?tncc 

iamfib>*ncciUis autiliu Fer:c puaic 

antîc psrcGt hi hoc man mag-no 

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cftTfalubris* Jpeqj cni ta tsuotc cc 

clcfiavmuerfapfcntcm cdebrarct 

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tertimomu a! 

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tei Fitiii tcgcncre ftjfpican.-jfj equai 

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prhidpu prmcip?3:i FHios rcûm 

rc^cs crTcqsncfciat i fcrutamcti 

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partc qs ogruum Fucrit a f|{io nos 

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26 Bernardus Claravallensis, Saint. Sermones de tempore et de sanctis et De diversis. 

[Speyer:] Peter Drach, [after 31 August 1481, not after 1482] 

Chancery 2 (287 x 21 1mm.), 305 leaves (of 306, without initial blank leaf), double 

column, 44 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 3- and 8-line initial spaces, initials, headlines, 

paragraph-marks, initial-strokes, sermon numbers and underlining supplied in red, 

contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, 4 metal bosses on each cover, 

two clasps and catches, with an additional leaf of contemporary manuscript inserted 

between V7 and 8, short tears in margins of a few leaves, damp-stain in lower margin ofG7- 

8, some other light damp-staining in margins, slight worming in inner margins of a few leaves 

The third edition of these sermons by Bernard of Clairvaux, which were first printed at 

Mainz by Peter Schoeffer in 1475 (Goff B436) and then by the Brothers of the Common 

Life at Brussels in 1481 (Goff B433). 

The present copy contains an additional contemporary manuscript leaf with two and a 

half columns of additional text to be inserted after pote principaliores in line 1 of 

column b of V7 verso, apparently to supply a lacuna in the printing of De virginibus sermo 

primo. 

Provenance: Augustinian canons of Rebdorf, with early inscription at the end of the text; 

Felix Strauss, with purchase inscription dated 1771 

References: HC *2846=H 2842; GW 3942; BMC ii 491; Goff B437 

10,000-15,000 

16,200-24,300 

67

68 

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hicircufcriptibilitate tei 

DC 

DC fimplicitate t>ci 

DC ejrcellentia t>ei 

DC notionibu0 

pei 

mcdmutabilitate fcei 

DC nomibus tpiufa 

<p 

t>e?meflfabili0 eft 

ncipit 

j^fEum 

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DC pfceis ef libicJ Pite 

DC abatis 

Dcpotcntia t>ei 

DC Pirtutc miroxFog 

DeTcicntia t>ci 

Dcpicfciactrcpbatoe 

DC potentate cei 

t>ci 

>Dcnaforateit3ti0 

apitulumf. 

efle multis mot>i0 ontitur fcec em fifces redfo 

?3turfcriptura facra loquitur *2>patio reru ao ipm 

* jnticatS5ane?i quoq5 pfcicant reaturc clamant 

atio naturalis t>i#at -piimo igi t)eu efle fit>e0 tc 

Iftaturxqj fit)cs featbolica credit t5eu\creoit hi peuxt 

tere pero t>eum eft crepere ipm efle jCreccre hi t>eii 

eft creteoo ipm amare t)eij*et creoepo i eu ire at mebiis ei^mcoipati 

reDere aut teo c cret>ere perbis eiu0 Pumii et terciu bonop et ma] 

Io3? eft 5ct> [com bono tm Quia crepere t>cii et cret>ere t>eo bom3 

et mali0 amue e*S5 hi t>eu credere fpcafr bonoi^ eft Dc9itaq3 folua 

efle fc>3 feftum*3Uut>em pfeftu eft cui^nibil eft ejctra ipm 3&n qi ee 

noftp babet aliqo ejctra fe impfeftu eft 

pceft 

cm nobi0 aliqo q& be 

nro efle lam pterit pel qo futuru eft*Diuhiu eut cfle cu totu fimul ftt\ 

nee t>e quic^- ipo pirteneritxaut futuru (itxpfeftiflimu efiMScoo oeii 

efle fcnpfa loqtur pfaf *Hb eterno pel pfq5 m fcfm tu e0 fooQui e 

teo t)icunf 

mifit me Jobea t)3ma*Jîoi ombu0 piincipali^ eo^ q t>e 

noibi0 efle efttercio \q_ui t>eu efle Dpatio reru at) ipfu fafta mt>ic^t* 

^fim peru em efle t?eu0 q> b5 noft^ efle spatu fuoxnibil eftj7mo tc? 

fuo efle\t>at 

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lufta q pulcra funtxcei iufticie et pulcritut)ini 2>pata nee iufta necpu! 

tra funt oino nee funt^Quarto t)eu efle fcti ptJicat Hnrbefm foliloq o 

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efTc creature cl^mac 0ifl n4qs Too mo oicwt* Qm ipe fecit nw\ct non

27 Bernardus Claravallensis, Saint. Flores. Cologne: Johannes Koelhoff, 14[82], 161 leaves (of 

162, without initial blank leaf), double column, 38 lines and headline, Gothic letter 

Albertus Magnus (pseudo-) Compendium theologicae veritatis (by Hugo (Ripelin) 

Argentinensis; with table by Thomas Dorniberg). [Strassburg: Martin Schott, not before 

1481], 144 leaves, 41 lines and headline, Gothic letter 

2 works in one volume, Chancery 2 (279 x 207mm.), 2-, 3-, 4-, 6- and 8-line, initials in 

red or blue, a few in the second work with penwork decoration, initial-strokes, paragraphmarks 

and underlining in red, contemporary German binding of dark brown calf over 

thick unbevelled wooden boards, tooled in blind to a diaper pattern inside a double 

frame, decorated with only two tools, leafy tendrils wrapped around a staff, and a flower 

in a vase, a few early manuscript notes in margins, lower margin offirst leaf 

cut away with 

loss 

ofsignature and repaired, some damp-staining in margins, 

occasional other 

light staining, 

first 14 leaves ofthe second work bound at the end, both boards slightly rubbed and wormed, 

rebacked, one clasp renewed 

From the ancient Benedictine Abbey of SS. Cosmas and Damian at Liesborn, Westphalia, 

but not bound by the abbey bindery. The abbey, founded in the reign of Charlemagne, 

joined the reforming Bursfeld Congregation in the fifteenth century and became a centre 

of book production and learning. The large abbey library survived substantially intact 

until the dissolution in 1803. 

The second edition of Bernard of Clairvaux s Flores, first printed at Nuremberg by Johann 

Sensenschmidt, not after 1470 (Goff B388). As in most copies of this edition, the second 

half of the date of printing has been added by hand in arabic numerals. 

The Compendium theologicae veritatis, a summary of important theological concepts, was 

published in two recensions during the fifteenth century. That printed in Nuremberg, 

Speyer, Cologne, Ulm, Deventer and Strassburg, with the longer explicit, treated the text 

as anonymous; that printed in Venice and then Lyons, with a shorter explicit, attributed 

the text to Albertus Magnus. Its true author, Hugo Ripelin of Strassburg (d. 1368), was 

prior of the Dominican convent of Strassburg. The text was first printed at Nuremberg by 

Johann Sensenschmidt, c. 1470-72 (Goff A228). 

Provenance: Benedictine Abbey of SS. Cosmas and Damian at Liesborn, Westphalia, with 

early inscription liber sanctissimi dei genetricis Marie sanctorumque Symeonis prophetae 

ac Cosme et Damiani martyrum in lesbron ordinis sancti Benedicti ; B. Middendorff, of 

Widenbruge (?), early inscription dated 1660 recording gift to; Joannes Oisthaus; Sir 

Joseph Radcliffe, Rudding Park, with bookplate 

References: Bernardus: HC *2926; GW 3929; Goff B389; Albertus: HC *435; GW 602; 

BMC i 93; Goff A237 

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28 

ORATIO PHIUPPI BEROALD1 Bo 

NONIENSIS DE FELICITATE HABl 

TA IN ENARRATIONE GEf 

ORGICON VIRG1LII ET 

COLVMELLAE, 

AGNA RES EST VIRI OR 

natilTimi.ct omnibus horis omnium 

m uotis expetita fclicitas t hue tendunc 

eunctorum uota mortalium: bee eft 

fumma curaru : hcc eft fumma reru 

expetendarii. felicitate terminatur noftra defide 

ria . Cui fclicitas adefr.huic nihil prorfus decft , 

Inueniuntut qui regna non optent:qui 

uero feli 

citatem repudiet nullus cxiftit : Nemo. n. non fc 

lix eflfe uult : Nemo non felicitate fummum bo / 

noru eflfe confentit , Quo circa de felicitate huf 

mana tanq de re return omniil maxime expetibif 

li maximecp expeteda hodierno die diflfertare col 

ftitui : Et in hac difl ertatione Ex latiflimo pra/ 

torum uirore flofculos non paucos hinc inde de/ 

cerpere t Quorum odoratu olfactantes recreenf . 

Audmiolim ecclefiafticoscontionatoresmo pat/ 

tix in ecclefia exiftimationis fuper felicitate conci 

onantes. Sed tarn implicataJtam fpinofa/tam in/ 

28 Beroaldus, Philippus. De felicitate opusculum. Bologna: Franciscus Plato de Benedictus, 1 

April 1495 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 4 (213 x 152mm.), 36 leaves, 25 lines, Roman letter, initial 

spaces with printed guide-letters, heading on al recto printed in red, s printer woodcut 

device on d8 recto, modern boards, a few early manuscript notes in margins, some light 

spotting and staining in margins 

The humanist tractates and neo-Latin verses of Filippo Beroaldi enjoyed considerable 

popularity in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The treatise De felicitate, 

with its emphasis on the importance of moderation, is recorded in six incunable editions. 

The dedication to this first edition, addressed to Jakob II, Margrave of Baden (1471- 

1511, elected Bishop of Trier in 1503), records that Beroaldi commissioned an edition of 

a thousand copies. A poem by Beroaldi at the end praises Germany for its discovery of a 

gift greater than any known to antiquity: the art of multiplying books by printing. 

References: HC 2969; GW4132; BMC vi 828; Goff B482; IGI 1594 

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Philippi. Bcroaldi Heptalogos fiuc Septem Sa> 

picnics Magna cura Impreffum Bononia: 

Benedidum Hedloris Bono/ 

per 

nienfem . Anno Salu/ 

tis. M.C CC C 

LXXXXVIIL 

Die.XVIiL 

Decebris, 

t 

Regi faum,a,b,c,Omnes funt quaternu 

29 Beroaldus, Philippus. Libellus quo septem sapientium sententiae discutiuntur. Bologna: 

Benedictus Hectoris, 18 December 1498 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 4 (193 x 142mm.), 24 leaves, 27 lines, Roman letter, 3-line 

initial spaces, printer s woodcut device on c7 verso, nineteenth-century straight-grained 

roan, large arabesque in blind on sides, some light spotting 

References: HC(Add) *2974; GW 4138; BMC vi 844; GoffB487; IGI 1598; Klebs 183.1 

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30 

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liter 

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li& Da^; 

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moabiifrfipftcp 

, motto? eft acbab. 

Jfcciditcft odx>cv 

as p dccilorcpia 

culifui qtfbebatt 

famaria7cgrota. 

itndos Dices ad cos.IJte co/ 

Ifulitc tcdccbub teu accaro: vtra viue 

t> qucam mfirmitatc mcabac.4ngduf 

aut tmi locut 9 eft ad fcdia tbdfcite "oicef 

5>urgc 1 afccdc I occurfn nuncio? rcgj 

fa^ 

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. accaro fûaobie 15 Die t>ns. c Icrtu/ 

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! 

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noB 7 "oijcit ad nof.1(tc rettrinu ad rcge 

q mifit vos: 7 ci, "oiccq ]fe)cc t>idt t>ns . 

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ctulo lup que afccdifti no ttfcedcs: led 

mortc mo:icrj .0ui t>ijrit eis: .Cuius fv 

7 babit9 e virillcq occurrit vobis 

Iofus7 cuna jxllicca ac 

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tf cclo 7 ttuozct tc 7 qnqglta tuos.Be/ 

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7 peat 9 eft 015 7 ait.H06 tei-noli tcfpt/ 

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uit io?ofrdtcrci us,p eo: ano fecudoio 

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^PTlI 

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t>ns Ixlia p turb me in c;!om: 

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t>ns miiit me vl q} I fccAxl . ^ni air bdi 

tcrclinqua teJ 

cgrdTiluntfilq,fpBara qcrantihrtbf 

ad bdifcn7 t>ir,criitci:$unqd noHii? 

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fpodit.Ct ego noui-îlctc.H^wtatite 

bclias ad fcdifcn.S?cdcl^q: "onsniift 

m c i biericfcoMt ilk ait: 30iuit wtf 

viuit ata tua q: no tcrclTqiw? i 

vtniflcnt bicricho :acccflcrnt f 

q crat in bicnd ad fcdiljai 

îiqdnofti. qi ons oniii 

todietollc^ 

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^xitautciixtad.! 

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30 

30 Bible, Latin. [Basel: JohannAmerbach], 1479 

Chancery 2 (300 x 21 4mm.), 548 leaves (a-y A-T 10 V 12 X-Y 10 1-8 10 9-10 8 ), double 

column, 47 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 6-, 7- and 13-line initials supplied in red 

and blue interlock with brown and red penwork decoration extending into margins, 3- 

line initials supplied alternately 

in red and blue, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in 

red (North German or Netherlandish?), contemporary calf over wooden boards, sides 

ruled in blind, brass corner- and centre-pieces and two catches on upper cover, modern 

cloth box, 6 pages of contemporary manuscript sermon notes (?) bound at the beginning, 

many contemporary notes in margins, repair in lower margin ofg2, short tear in text ofg9 

and L2, two clasps renewed, lacking corner- and centre-pieces on lower cover, spine repaired at 

head and foot 

AN INTERESTING COPY WITH CLEAR PROOF OF DETAILED CONTEMPORARY STUDY. This was 

the first of the many editions to contain the commendatory verses Fontinus ex graecis... . 

Some copies of this Bible are found bound with the Interpretationes from Amerbach s 

1481 edition (GW 4246). GW records a variant printing on 9/8 verso, which omits the 

nufnjc which is here printed above 1. 21 of the second column. 

The marginal annotations are in a contemporary English (?) hand, and although scattered 

throughout (with four only in the New Testament), are found mainly in Genesis, Joshua, 

Kings (especially Kings IV) and Chronicles I. In addition to marginal summaries and 

occasional additions, there are also running headlines written at the top of columns. 

The manuscript leaves bound at the beginning seem largely based on Exodus, Kings, and 

other O.T. books, grouped under various headings - De trinitate figura, De templo dei 

(with text drawing on the book of Esdras), De traditione, De cruce passionis & resurrectione 

domini, De beate marie virginis assumptione. 

GW gives an erroneous leaf-count of 538 leaves by omitting quire Y , 

while BMC and 

BSB-Ink include the Interpretationes of the 1481 edition to give a total leaf-count of 572. 

A sixteenth-century (?) manuscript note at the foot of the front paste-down reads: FaVX 

Satanae Sedes Apostolica 666 . On the back paste-down are two early pen sketches of the 

crucified figure of Christ. 

Provenance: Madeleine and Rene Junod, with bookplate 

References: HC *3075; GW 4236 (+ var); BMC iii 745; Goff B561; BSB-Ink B-433 

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74 


AureliicpifcopiMaitoranenfisoratioin furiere Laurctii 

Medice Neapoli habita 

lue > 

^"V AugufKffitno cofpeclui tuo Magnannne Ca 

^

paratam ad audiendu uideo:fiue clantati hominis quern 

mortalibus aflumptum hodierno funere profequimur : 

oratione merita profpicii uoluifietAltenus profecflo do- 

drine & excelletioris ingenii fuerat eligendus orator: qui 

fua dicendi aucflorftare ac uehementia:primum tante Ma 

leftati tue (atiftaceret,demde audientiu animos:quo ire " 

ftiflimushic cafus expoftulacnnodoad gemitus8i lachry 

masinduceret*modoindud:oseordem prcbabilibus ar^ 

gumencis 

confolan & ad lehiores afFecflus reuocaf fciret : 

Turn Floretie urbis exfitwa-precania Illultrefcg resgeflas: 

turn domus medice decus ac 

gloriam:denicpgenerofi Lau 

rencii fulgentiflimas admirabilefcp uihutes appcdte ccm> 

memorare police* Verum quomodo accidifle dicairr non 

penuria eloquentium:quibus hec urbs feliciflima Nea / 

polis abund it:non negligentia aut improuida optione : 

fola ut reor cemporis angufb a mihi potiflimum hoc pro>* 

umcia repoficaefl::tanqu3m minorem iadluram fubituro: 

fi nonduin oratons magnam celebritatem adep tus:prope 

extempore dicendo:aliquam 

tamen exhac honefia auda^ 

cia commendaricnem etr.erererjSit utcuncf rtibi principi 

optimo ita tubenci parendum ruit:quod principi placet : 

legem eile conftat.degufbbo igftur ac leuiter uelat apis 

g florea rura fagieati 

affimilisttum Flcrentie;tum 

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\

3 1 Bienatus, Aurelius, Bishop. Oratio in funere Laurentii de Medicis habita. [Milan: 

Philippus de Mantegatiis, after 8 April 1492] 

Chancery 4 (207 x 148mm.), 8 leaves, 27 lines, Roman letter, one 2-line initial, modern 

vellum boards, foremarginsfrayed at top and bottom, some dampstaining and light browning 

Lorenzo de Medici died on 8 April 1492 and this oration was delivered by Aurelio 

Bienato, Bishop of Martirano, Calabria, eight days later in the church of S. Maria la 

Nuova in Florence. In it, Bienato emphasizes the newly-established political links 

between Florence and Naples, the result of an alliance forged by Lorenzo with Ferdinand 

of Aragon, King of Naples. 

Bienato was also the author of an epitome of Lorenzo Valla s Elegantiae linguae latinae, 

three editions of which were printed at Naples between 1478-80 and 1491. 

References: CR 780=1051; GW 4346; BMC vi 784; GofTB667; IGI 1722 

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32 

)ie muliep egregia paululu ab leftt twlgo fe 

rnot9 f a ceteris fere folut9 cuns> i ejrimia muli 

eb2is fejc 9 lau&e-ac amicop folanu pod 9 i q^ ma 

gnu reipublke comoDu libellu fcripfi Verii fcu 

mecu aio tiiare-ciu na illu pmu trafmittere nc pe 

I nea me marcet ono -et m alieno fait9 fauoje fe . 

curionretm publicu aouerterecp fins no t>iro- pricipi SeD po 

fius cu b mulieribo loqueref aliciii mfigni femme ceflmaDum 

foze ^x4rînDignio2e ante alias- renit hi mcnp italicu jubar 

illuD pfulgiDu ac fingularis no tm femmap fecet êgu gloria 

pbana fereniffima i&rulale j fidlie regma-cui 9 ppnfatis tarnhiclite 

^>(apie i auo^ mlgorib? q3 nouis a fe fojti pptôae qfi 

OS lauoibvm O?ficprii: mitn?oi illu bumile t?uotuc^.ace foliii 

me celfituDisidOi âce cp aD?o uigea regi 9 fulgO2 e ? opufeu 

li tenuitas- et ferefemilbpita faiiillula timens ne a pocio?i luie 

mm 9 oino fitgaret m eenebzas-fenfim retrajrt ^filiu i noua iDa 

gme-mEris alijs pquiftttB ao ertremu ab illufni regma m tero 

mm Crflejri meu-nec immerito }fta ou mites i cdeb?es mo?ea 

tuos-Du fconeftate eximia flimi^matrona^CrcfDuc^ rerbop 

elegantia-mete reuoluere-et trubijs animi mi generofitate i \ 

genij wires qtubc> loge femrnas ejcceois at)iiertere3 YiO?rcnic^ 

Q> 

fenii ifirmiori natuta cetrajcit-iD mo pertoai- e*? 9 fta litemli 

tate mip i moDu \3tunba (upmfuCprit atc^ fiiiplf ucric* et eo q 

nifignita es noie cdigri txjluerit 

um auDies gred qb lattne 

>idrn 9 bbmines nucup?t Te eqpanOa ^jpiTfiniisqiubufeuqj 

ena returtiffimiB arbitrat 9 613- $t iwo cu tepeftace nfa mfrts at 

<$ (pleoiDis Incinorib? agerib> dariffimu truftatts e fie 

rp^dm 

tanctftenemerito mo ftilgoji bui9 iitrlli rimli nmi 9 apied(Tere 

litn ejciftimaa n5mm 9 apuo pofteros tuo nomi aDDiDifTe crco 

ris paucis bijs littenilis-qua feceht olim motts ot)2ofiv i niic 

altp oille romitat 9 -4b> te fb2tuna fedt illuftreni rto tegmitto 

et tuo nomi a?Di<o qb batten 9 a me b mulierib? pdaris^ feripr 

tueft-)d)2etO2<^ mclitamtilicr p lanftu puDidnenomeq hurr 

mo2tale8 plurimu ernmes-grato aio munufculum feolaftid fco 

misliifcjpiafl-et ft micbi alicô creDimin es-aliqn legas (uateo

32 Boccaccio, Giovanni. De claris mulieribus. [Strassburg: GeorgHusner, c. 1474-1475] 

Chancery 2 (277 x 204mm.), 84 leaves, 35 lines, Gothic letter, 3- and 6-line initial 

spaces, initials supplied in red, the first with brown penwork decoration, paragraphmarks, 

initial-strokes and underlining in red, red morocco by Thompson, gilt edges, black 

straight-grained morocco slipcase, contemporary manuscript quiring in lower margins, 

nineteenth-century bibliographical note on front flyleaf, a washed copy, light spotting in 

upper margins offirstfew leaves 

The second edition of Boccaccio s De claris mulieribus, preceded by Johann Zainer s Ulm 

edition of 1473 which was illustrated with 81 woodcuts. According to BMC the 

Boulogne copy has an ownership inscription dated 1479. 

Provenance: A. Odell, with ownership inscription; Hans Meyer, Leipzig, with ownership 

inscription; George E. Sears, with bookplate 

References: HC *3327(var); GW 4484; BMC i 83; Goff B717; BSB-Ink B-560 

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33 Bonaventura, Saint. De triplici via (Methodius (pseudo-): Revelationes; Bonaventura: 

De preparatione ad missam). [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, before 18 September 1477] 

Chancery 4 (210 x 145mm.), 48 leaves, 26 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 3- and 4-line initials 

supplied in red or blue, paragraph marks, initial strokes and underlining in red, modern 

vellum, contemporary quire numbering a-f (cropped in most cases), some small 

wormholes in margins 

The second edition of De triplici via, a brief but complete summary of medieval mystical 

doctrine and the best known of Bonaventure s mystical writings. It was first printed 

anonymously at Speier by the Printer of the Gesta Christi , c. 1472-1473 (GW 4705). 

A copy of the present edition was presented to Ennen on 18 September 1477. 

References: HC *3498; GW4706; BMC i 193; Goff B970; Voullieme (K) 275 

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tc.^poc igif finetbaceria inrcntone facra 

fcnptura Eferutada eft : Ooceda:7 etia a u. 

dicda.-z vt ad iftu fructfi et terminu recto 

l>ueniam 

9 ,pgrelTu:E via recri itinerf fcptn 

rap. incboandu e ab I? eft vt 

eppjdio. cum 

mera fide ad pfem luminu accednm9 :fle/ 

ctcdo genua cordis nfi. vt ipc B fitiu fuuj 

in fpiifcto petnobis 

vera noricia iefu cb:i 

fti.t cii norida 

amojej^pP: 

vt fie ipm cog/ 

fcetca i amate8:7 tanq? i ftdcfolidari: 7 1 n 

cb3ritatcradu:ati:poflim 9 ipi 9 facrefcpftt 

re nofle Iatinjdme:l6girudine:altif udinc: 

i^funditate.tB bacnoticiam pucniread 

plct liffiml noticia i epcdlct iftlm u amo:e5 

brifj.mctrinirar^ fcrozi tedfit ocfideria.i 

4 eft fta t9 1 pplemctu OIB vcri i boni.

34 Bonaventura, Saint. Opuscula. Strassburg: Martin Flach, 31 October 1489 


letter, first initial supplied in blue on a red panel with blue, pink and green leafy 

extensions in margin, other 3- and 4-line initials, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in 

red, contemporary Austrian(?) binding of black calf over wooden boards, the surface of 

the leather mostly perished, the upper cover shows traces of having been divided into six 

squares, each containing a free rosette inside a frame of headed-outline tools, the lower 

cover divided by a diaper and decorated with a small round stag tool, a very small rayed 

circle and a palmette, each inside a surround of foliate tools, two clasps and catches, edges 

plain, sewing guards from a vellum manuscript leaf written in Caroline miniscule, 

modern cloth box, a few stains on first and last leaves, binding very worn, catches repaired 

St Bonaventure (1221-1274), a Franciscan, doctor seraphicus , was one of the most 

important theologians of the thirteenth century. This fourth edition of his is Opuscula the 

first to contain Octavianus de Martinis s life of the saint. The seven incunable editions of 

the Opuscula, the earliest of which was printed at Cologne in 1484, all contain a varying 

number of works; the present edition contains twenty- two. 

The binding tools are not recorded by Schwenke/Schunke or Kyriss. A half-obliterated 

inscription inside the upper cover mentions Lambach (in Styria: Benedictine Abbey 

founded in 1086). 

Provenance: Rendel Harris Library, Selly Oak Colleges, with bookplate 

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35 

fceate Mane 

(I ^Jndpit Speculum 

êompilatum 

ab bumili fcattc Ifconauentura* 

_ 

tft ait beatus 3J 

oubium eft quin totum ao gloua^ * ao 

{au<xm pettmeat oei quicquio oigne ge? 

rritud fue rmpenfum fuecit* 3o ao lau 

ozm * gfoviam oonnni noftti bicfu xpi all 

qua 6 lauoc ? gloua glo:io(iflTmie matuf 

eius ptomeie cupiens -oulcifimia etufoP5 

niatcis falutato^ p matetia affumece oi* 

Seo cettc ao hoc opi^s iv.mia omnino fatf o: cffc mea 

rrinriam mateuc tante mcoptcJxnfibilitatc 

$ptet nimiam fdentie mce tcnuitatem ^ptec mniiam Imgue mee 

auoitatcm^tet nimiam K)ite mee motgm tatemt p:optec mmi 

am petfone lauoanoe lauwm ^ lauoabilitatem lIQuis nancp ma 

tetiam iHam fncomphcnfibilcm efife oubitat/ce qua ftJnd9 3feco 

mmus ea que fequuntuc oicece non oubitat^ uoo natuta no 

habuitX)fuenefuit*ignotamttatiO mennon capitbumana* 

pauet celum/ftupct tetta / cveatuca ctiam miratut; omrr: 8 cele^ 

fhs *boc totum eft quoo pec gabudem maue oiuimtue nundat^ 

* pec (>ua xpm aomiplctur cc caufa <DC tali tantam me bqui m 

oignum fateo*^tem quomoto fdentia mea tcnuilTrnia/ * mens 

mea obfcutifTmia oignas maue fauces exc # ta ce fuffidac / cum 

m bis ille iHuminate mentis flfnfclmus cefidatâit enrni 

gua mibi otfidt quia men? mea non fufFidt<x>mina/ zjomina 

ma mtima mea foHiata funt vt tantotum benefidccum bbi 

tias ejcoluant* êo ncc cogitate poffunt oignas/et puD2t p:ofet 

te non oignas- IBeatus quocp J|[uguftmus mauam albquens 

aitQum oicam te pauper mgenio/cum D2 te quicquio ooce* 

to minor laus tft 35 cigmtas tua metetutc*^^ 01 quomooo fm 

gua mea tuoiffhna t quomooo mtetptctatiua mea auoiffmia m 

cnatcanois maue ?auoitue non ocfidat/cum iHe oiffcvbffime Im^ 

gue IKwguftfnus oicat<puio roe tar.HHi quio adione puftlli m 

lauoibus matie tefetemus/cum omnium nofhum membta fi m 

Jmguas oertetcntut earn laucate nulius fnfficetc valetet- 3^ 

cum âus non fit predofa m etc peccatoue/quomooo ego rnifei 

peccato: bcmo/quomoco moigir.fTmie vite ego bomimdo*!auo?f 

3110223 fonace^cum m Hs iHum oigmflfmic vitc

35 Bonaventura (pseudo-) Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis. [Augsburg:] Anton Sorg, 29 

February 1476 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (260 x 206mm.), 48 leaves (of 50, without first and last 

blank leaves), 39 lines, Gothic letter, one 8-line woodcut Maiblumen initial and other 4line 

woodcut lombard initials, the first 5 coloured in red, paragraph-marks and initial- 

strokes in red, modern vellum, a few early manuscript notes in margins, several leaves 

strengthened in inner margins, some light dampstaining in margins 

Traditionally ascribed to Bonaventure, this devotional work about Mary is now thought 

to be by the Minorite Conrad Holzinger of Saxony. Sorg printed a second edition in the 

following year. 

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Nota , 

Nota. 

^ 

confpicuuqj cofeflfumtfi auguftiflfima:/ incorpo 

ilia: ad fimilitudines uifibiles utlas / et for/ 

rca:g* 

mas traduci iam pofluntJn primis fellis uenera 

biliuslocentur Fides, Spes.Charitas. pcipua hu 

manse fudameta falutis/ante omnef uocatx tbeo 

logaridiuinarcjp uirtutes.prifcis ignotx Philofo/ 

etbnicfs c#teris:c a natura ortu nobif 

cum no babeat:Sed ad nos defcendant ab inex/ 

, phis atq* 

hauftis thefauns benefici noftri/magniq^ deuex 

ea tepons fcehcitate affluentius et copiofius:quo 

uenit ad nosamatorhominu chriftus parenf bo 

norum omniumieteorum bominum doctor : 

cj 

libenter ei fe dociles exhibet:ut late difputatum 

fuit inter nos beri . Poft has ,pxime aflfideat tur 

ba omnis ilia moraliumtquac neq^ a philofophia 

nec^ a nobis aliens uncj extitere Jufti ciam dico^ 

impertiente quod eorum ipforum et finguhs ex 

merito /et qualitate cuiufcjp* Fordtudinem ,p of 

ficio boneftatec^ tuenda i 

expauefcentia omnia 

calcantem / uitamcp dedete.Temperantiam nc 

fan asuoluptatesexibilantem/achoneftas mode 

rantem.Liberaiitatem j fanctiflfimum humani/ 

tans prxfidiumiatquefolatium Fidem incorru 

ac extrema omnia potius: decipiat / cii

36 

REGISTRVM. 

Primo folio continerac Epiftola deinde 

ABCDEFGHIkLMNOPQ. 

O tunes fut quatemi excepto Q qiucducrnui. 

36 Bossus, Matthaeus, Canon Regular of the Lateran. De instituendo sapientia animo. 

Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 6 November 1495 

Chancery 4 (213 x 153mm.), 128 leaves, 24 lines, Roman letter, initial spaces, some 

with printed guide-letters, printer s woodcut device on Q3 verso, nineteenth-century 

vellum-backed boards, some early manuscript notes in red ink, firstfew leaves partly 

detached, title-page lightly stained and with small repair in inner margin, occasional light 

staining, binding slightly rubbed at edges 

Matteo Bosso (1427-1502), a native of Verona, was Abbot of Fiesole between 1484 and 

1492. The present work, written in Verona in 1494 and dedicated to Severino Calco, 

comprises eight dialogues on the subject of philosophy and wisdom. The wisdom of the 

ancient philosophers is dismissed in favour of true wisdom which is to be found in a 

belief in God. The route to human perfection is through prayer, rather than by recourse 

to astrology. The work concludes with an epigram by Antonio Aldegathi. 

In his final book, Bossus praises his contemporaries, notably Ficino and Pico della 

Mirandola, the fomer ofwhom is lauded for his translations of Plato, and the latter as one 

of the most splendid luminaries of the age. Pico had been sent by Lorenzo de Medici to 

Pico to study with him. Bossus here shows himself as adopting strongly Neoplatonic 

views, and stresses that philosophy is valid only if conjoined with Christianity: unde 

philsophi quibus christiana non illuxit foelicitas; sunt vagati per tenebras erroresque 

pueriliter (Hence it is that those philsophers on whom the happy light of Christianity has 

not shined, have wandered childishly through darkness and errors). 

Provenance: H.C. Hoskier, with signature dated Feb. 1903 (sale in our rooms, 30 June 

1908, lot 244); Walter Goldwater, with bookplate (sale New York, i, 1 December 1983, 

lot 82) 

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Plato, Hermes Trismegistus ( 1 990) no. 6 1 

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rnferta multis tolnntarie tnoztts ajpetcnbe cupiditatc 

vlterms diflererc 

generaret . 

^dco^ a rcge ptolomco 

ICOc ûmo pocta -CagVtxxxx^ 

Tmus qumtus poeta tarcntt clarrat: ^. 

a catbone cjftozc zoma trcmflatus eft & ba * 

bitaxtit in montc aucntmo parco abmodu 

cibo coccnt? Clarttit auctp^ "^Mxo^. 

>io 

traftediay icngtote Cap Ixxxit .f 

y^tubms bzundiunii^ tragcdiaij fcnptoz 

ncpos euny pete ex ftlia claritit pmo aome 

mdc tbarcntum 

poftmodum regrclfus 

eft 

: . obyt 

gjrionagcnartii^ 

* 10 peta Cap* bcxxm7 

ccctli? pocta 

foetus ^ *^f ***<-** ^ w cotcmpanc? 

^_ 

.HO * * * A^ /% I ^ 4-*-^ ^%Vx\ *r *T 

cuny poctc naconc gall? mcbiolarri obyt fcvri? bee c fcntccia vt axt 

agclltu^ Imrm * 

^^s d Hint frontc bilari & cosdc trifH 

pcflirm 

)ic duos filios babuit pctas K mctrico^ acbincidc K 

tbcbaidc Claruit tome :_ _ 

"T5e Talcrioôcgi Cap IxxxuiV/ 

is cattail? |cta rczonefi* clartrit macba> 

;t. xxx- etati$ anil 

~" 

claruit 2omc 

cums ^ pcepto: fuit fom? bee e fcntecia 

Titam boim qui etatem t mcdio re? agut 

ac fibi fiii% vHb wlfit ad caucda pjricula

37 Burley, Walter. De vita et moribus philosophorum. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, before 

1473] 

Chancery 2 (278 x 204mm.), 94 leaves, 31 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 4- and 6-line initial 

spaces, first initial in blue and red with green and red penwork decoration extending into 

margin, other initials, paragraph-marks, initial-strokes and underlining in red, English 

mid-eighteenth-century morocco, 2-line gilt border, upper cover detached, short tear at 

head ofspine, edges rubbed 

Walter Burley (1275-1345?), philosopher and commentator on Aristotle, studied at Paris 

and Oxford, where he was a disciple of Duns Scotus. He became preceptor to Edward, 

Prince of Wales, the Black Prince, later Edward III. THe Vita et moribus philosophorum 

contains the brief lives of 120 poets and philosophers including, amongst many others, 

Zoroaster, Homer, Priscian and Seneca. 

The present edition is the earliest of the incomplete South German recension, lacking 

some thirteen lives found in the Cologne recension. A copy in the Bibliotheque 

nationale contains a rubrication date of 1474. 

References: H *4l 12; GW 5785; BMC ii 41 1; Goff B1319 

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multumvtitte* 

/Ucbipj?aics attenicnP 

^wftt&s attemcnf. ft):U 

/^catus afttologus 

fbÛ 

fb.lv* 

ozato: fbljcjiif 

/Xnajcatcu s pBs 

fo .l;cvfj 

ft

38 Burley, Walter. De vita et moribus philosophorum. [Cologne]: Conrad Winters, de 

Homborch, [between 17 March and 20 September 1479] 

Royal 8 in quarter sheets (160 x 1 15mm.), 1 12 leaves, 27 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 3- and 

5-line initial spaces, initials, paragraph-marks, initial-strokes and underlining supplied in 

red, eighteenth-century mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, edges stained red, 

extensive early manuscript notes on verso of final leaf and at the end of the table, fore- 

margins cropped with initials shaved in a few cases 

The present edition is the second of the complete text, reprinted from Ulrich Zel s 

Cologne Chancery quarto edition of c. 1470. The Royal paper used for this edition was 

probably a remnant from the supply for Winters s two Royal folios of this period, 

Gregory, Homilia in Job (Goff G429) and Pharetra doctorum (Goff P573). 

References: HC 4121; GW 5782; BMC i 246; Goff Bl 3 16; Voull(K) 297 

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.Marti Ci 

Tamani.acoj.itDtuiiiartfiit.AcJ AY Cuiui 

Ciceronem filii firo* Offiao^ liter tnctpi t. 

jcfaao enetali$ m iibroe omncd. 

c ccttiarfc filt.annum 

fiimma itoctoxie auctatc. ct 

vrbif.quou alecra tc fctcna 

ugrcrc potcfV.altcia cjccplif. 

amcut ipc.admcavtiUtatc fcmp cfe precis latina 

3m^*ticq| id fnpîa folu.^ cta3 m t)icedi c>:cmta* 

ttoncfcaodttbiccnfco faacndu.utpatfismVm 

ozoms facilitate Vila quidc ad rc-nos ut vi> 

nmasrnuadiwrnctitu attulrmue Homily tins* 

Vtnon modo grrccaî Im^r rudcs. cnam to^t .att^ 

quanta fcarbitrctiâdcptt>6 Ct ad t)ifcctidu ct ad 

nadtcadtl. Quaobrc DiTccs tu quite a pnape buiits 

ctatt s pô^.ct Difccs quadtii uolcs . tadiu autcj 

"Vrllc tcbcb)6*quoad te quatt f ^pfietae no pcmtcbit* 

Scd tame ma (cg^s.no multu a pertpatl^ttcis fcifli* 

ci"Vx>iuniu6 c(Tc. 

rebus ipisvtcrc two uidtcto . |f2ihH <mim rmpe^ 

Ototiem ante latma* cfficics^fedlo (cg-cndis 

wna plcmoic.pcc vcro arrog-atirer Hoc t)ic>u cjctt^ 

.pa pâtidt^cedce facntia multtd q6 

.oznarc t))ccrc.qm

39 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De officiis; Paradoxa stoicorum. Mainz: Johann Fust and Peter 

Schoeffer, 1465 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (245 x 174mm.), 88 leaves, 28 lines, Gothic and Greek 

letter, headings and colophon printed in red, Italian illuminated 7-line initial on fol. 1 

recto supplied in gold with vinework decoration in blue, green, pink and red, 3 6-line 

initials in red and blue with penwork decoration, 1- and 2-line initials supplied 

alternately in red and blue, paragraph-marks in red and blue, eighteenth-century German 

red morocco gilt, single line gilt fillet, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, marbled 

endpapers, modern morocco box, cloth chemise, a few early manuscript notes in margins, 

pencilled examination note by Seymour de Ricci on a rear flyleaf, some scattered light 

staining, 2 short tears, on upper cover 

ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST PRINTINGS OF LATIN LITERATURE AND THE EARLIEST 

APEARANCE IN PRINT OF ANY LATIN POEM. The De officiis occupied much the same place as 

the Bible, and continued to occupy it for generation after generation. There is no other 

secular book which approaches it. 

Cicero s De officiis, Tully s Offices, as it was for long known in England, is a basic text of 

moral philosophy, written in a marvellously clear and elegant Latin. It is both a 

philosophical and a literary text, and it is primarily as the latter that it is here printed, 

although it was as a moral text that throughout the Middle Ages it was constantly 

quarried as a source by Christian writers, notably St. Ambrose, whose De officiis 

ministrorum draws heavily, both in style and content, on Cicero. There exist many 

manuscripts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries - a host of recentiores (Michael 

Winterbottom in Reynolds Text and Transmission (1983) p. 131) , and it was its huge 

and almost 

popularity that led to its being the first classical work to be printed, 

immediately to be reprinted. The De officiis is here followed by the Paradoxa, a work 

dealing with the unbelievable, and belonging to a tradition of ancient paradoxographi, 

which, through various mediums, was popular not only in medieval but also in 

Renaissance times: there is in fact a whole group of such writers in the early modern 

period, stretching up to, and beyond, Sir Thomas Browne. 

Added after the end of the Paradoxa, are the Versus xii sapientum. . . 

91 

positi in epithaphio 

Marci Tulii Ciceronis , placed at the end,and followed by Appolonius [sic] rhetor grecus 

secundum Plutarcum. /Te nempe cicero. Et laudo et admiror. Se grecorum/fortune me 

miserete.. cum videam erudicionem & eloquentiam./que sola bonorum nobis relicta erat. 

Per te romam accessisse./ This must be Apollonius Molon who taught the young Cicero 

who praised him in his Brutus. 

Why did the printer choose Horace s ode Diffugere nives? Here, as often, it is given the 

title Manlio torquato. Flaccius. De vite hu=/mane brevitate. Per aparacionem, temporis 

hec . But what we have is one of Horace s most famous odes with its intimations of 

mortality Quo pius eneas. Quo tullus dives et ancus/Pulvis et umbra sumus-. It can 

- but yet the history of is early printing riddled with ne 

hardly have been to fill a page , 

pagina vacet . Odes IV. 7, a poem memorably translated by Housman, appears to be 

about spring, and it yet isn t, it contains the marvellous images of other seasons, of

92 

39 

to2quato.f/aedf8*fe\>itef>ti* 

ttianc brciurarc.p ^paiaroj tCjpis.bec* 

fj uiffugrcro mucs.rcdcfct lam gramma campis 

Arbonbufcp come* 

.ct tecrcfcenoa rtpad* 

audd 

__ 

^[ |ti moxraita tie fpercs moriet auntie Talmu 

Ouc mpit lioja Dicw. 

li yn$WA rnitcfcuncpbins* Vttr proecm.cfVaa. 

fl Porni fbr ati:ittiu6 frug-cs ffudcwf 

bruma rccurnt mere. 

{J_ Damna ranic cdcrcs rcp.irant cclcHia lunc 

ft QuopiuB cncas.quotulludDmcB 

^Duiius ctr\>mbta firnius. 

4J Omsfatan adietanthodtcrtic 

ucf>a m.inus amdns fiigicnt 

Owe tcdcrifi animo* 

Cu femcl ocadcns.rt is fplcdida mmoa 

|]_ |2o totqnaee g-cnue.ncc te facudia.non ttt 

Rcfhrtict pictas* 

c^ a rcncbrio t))?ana pudtcu 

c crfva valet dTcfcus ab rump e caro

summer and of autumn with its fruits, and of the return of winter, all closely followed by 

the images of death and decay, and it is death which is its real subject (cf. E. Fraenkel, 

Horace p. 419). Did this have some particular resonance for the editor of this volume? We 

know that for Housman it did: one morning in May, 1914, when the trees in Cambridge 

were covered with blossom, he reached in his lecture Ode 7 of Horace s Fourth Book... 

and in quite a different voice said: I should like to spend the last few minutes considering 

this ode simply as poetry ... He read the ode aloud with deep emotion... That , 

he said 

hurriedly, almost like a man betraying a secret, I regard as the most beautiful poem in 

ancient literature , 

and walked quickly out of the room (Mrs Pym in Grant Richards, 

Housman (1941) p. 289). 

This beautiful copy was decorated in 

Italy, although by the first half of the eighteenth 

the Atlantic ocean. 

century it had migrated northwards before crossing 

This editio princeps of De officiis competes for priority with the undated Subiaco edition 

of the same author s De oratore which has been dated, on the basis of an inscription in a 

copy, once at Leipzig and now missing, [before 30 September 1465]. 

The present edition was printed both on paper and vellum, in approximately equal 

quantities. A page-for-page reprint was completed on 4 February 1466 and a considerable 

number of copies contain mixed sheets from both editions. The present copy, however, is 

made up entirely of pure 1465 sheets. All copies of both editions measure considerably 

less than the approximately 30-cm height of a standard Chancery folio, suggesting that 

the paper sheets were trimmed down, probably before going to press, to conform in size 

to rather smaller vellum sheets. 

THIS BOOK IS LIKEWISE ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST TO CONTAIN GREEK TYPE; an edition of 

Lactantius s Opera, printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz at Subiaco on 30 October 1465 

contains substantial Greek quotations. The Greek type of the present edition, used for the 

apopthegms printed at the beginning of each of the six sections of the Paradoxa, was 

crudely designed, with some of the letters printed backwards, indicating that the printers 

did not know Greek. After Fust and Schoeffer s second edition of 1466, German printers 

did not attempt to use Greek type for another twenty years, instead using transliteration 

or leaving space for manuscript additions. 

According to De Ricci s published description of this copy the date in the colophon was 

altered to read 1440 instead of 1465 . This spurious change has since been removed, 

leaving behind faint signs of erasure. 

Provenance: Samuel Engel, of Berne, 1743; Dresden, Konigliche Bibliothek; Willis 

Vickery; Raymond and Elizabeth Hartz, sale Sotheby s New York, 12 December 1991, lot 

163 

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"SI Negocus famihanbus im, 

mix fans ocmm ftudio 

fuppeu 

pofTimus:&: id ipfu quod datur oa 

jlibentius in philofophia confume;< 

!confueuimus:tuanos tamenCai He 

[rent uoluntas cdmouit utderatione 

cdfcnberemus:neauc tua caufa noluide:aut 

nos fugilTe laborem pu tares, <S<:eo ftudiofms 

gociu fufcepimus cj> 

hoc ne 

te no fie caufa ueliecognoiceu- 

rhetoricam ftelligebamus.Non efm parum iru<flus 

hab&: copia dicendi dt cdmodiras orationis;ii recfta 

mtelligecia & diffinica afmi moderatione gaberneu 

Quas ob res ilia qua: grazci fcnptores fanis arroganx 

caufa fibi affupfere reliquimus.Nam lili ne parurri 

multa fciffe uiderent":ea conquifiueru c qux nihii ad 

propofitum attmcbant:uc ars difficilior cognitu ui 

deretur,Nos autemeaqux putauimus ad ranoneni 

dicedi pertmere fumpfimus.Non efm fpe quccftus 

aut gloria comoti uefmus ad fcnbendu queadmoin 

cxten : fed ut induftna noftra tux morem gcramus 

uoluntati.Nunc ne nimiu longa fumatur orauo de 

re dicere fcipiemus.Sed fi te illud unu monuenmus 

artem fine afTiduitate dicendi non multum mu.ue: 

ut ftelligas hac prxceptiofs ronem ad exercuaaoeni 

accommodan oportere . 

( De Oratoris Offiao . 

kRatons oflicium eftde his rebus pofle ciicf-rr: 

res ad ufum ciuilem monbus & Icgibus

40 detail 

40 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Rhetorica nova ad Herennium ([De inventione] Rhetorica vetus, 

edited by Omnibonus Leonicenus). Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1470 

FIRST EDITION, Royal quarto in half sheets (254 x 183mm.), 138 leaves, 30 lines, Roman 

letter, 5- and 6-line initials in gold on coloured panels, the first with white-vine border 

ornament, the others either on blue-red-green 

white-vine grounds, or on single-colour 

grounds with gold floral filigree, 2-line initials and paragraph-marks alternately 

in red and 

blue, eighteenth-century English diced Russia, gilt dentelle border, spine gilt, marbled 

endpapers, cloth box and chemise, a few early manuscript notes in margins, earlier vellum 

flyleaves bound in, first page stained and with a vellum repair in lower margin, a single 

wormhole running through text of last 11 leaves, rebacked retaining original spine 

FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH TEXTS. Although many incunable catalogues treat the two texts 

as separate editions, BMC is in fact correct to consider this as a single edition. The titles 

Rhetorica vetus and Rhetorica nova, used in Jenson s edition, were given to these works in 

the Middle Ages. The anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium, c. composed 86-82 BC, is 

addressed to the unidentified C. Herennius. Neither Quintilian s assignment of 

authorship to Cornificius, nor the medieval assignment to Cicero is now accepted. The 

Rhetorica vetus, or De inventione, a treatise on some techniques of rhetorical argument, is 

one of Cicero s earliest extant writings and bears a close resemblance in parts to the 

Rhetorica ad Herennium. 

To the humanist of the fifteenth century every word of Cicero, and even some with which 

like the Rhetorica ad Herennium he had no connection at all, was sacred, to be read, 

copied, commented upon, and ultimately printed. His importance as the master of Latin 

prose in every style, rhetorical, oratorical, epistolary and philosophical (which in some 

ways he created) has at no time been other than admired and copied, and this was still 

true for schoolboys in England in the 1950s. The De inventione and the spurious 

Rhetorica ad Herennium were closely linked. Various manuscripts, some incomplete, 

survive. 

In the fifteenth century printed texts of Cicero were a lucrative item, something which 

Jenson quickly realised: his first two books were editions of Cicero, although he was not 

the first to print many texts. The printing of Cicero s works followed on the literally 

hundreds of manuscripts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries which were in 

circulation. By 1500 over three hundred editions of different works or groups of works 

had been printed. 

Jenson chose his editor wisely. Ognibene da Lonigo was a humanist and educator of great 

as the verses of the colophon state. Himself a 

learning quern dat utraque lingua patrem , 

pupil of the famous educator Vittorino da Feltre, he taught at Treviso and Mantua, and in 

1443 was made public preceptor at Vicenza, where he remained until 1493 attracting 

students from all over Italy. He edited a number of texts for Jenson. 

Jenson s entry onto the Venetian market came in 1470, when he printed four editions. In 

1471 he increased this to 18. The beauty of his type and layout of his books have been 

much admired from the outset. Apart from Gutenberg and (in the Anglo-Saxon world) 

Caxton, Jenson is probably the only fifteenth-century printer generally known, and that 

by virtue of his excellence in type. The partnership of editor and printer is elegantly made 

in elegiacs preceding the explicit: 

Emendata manu sunt exemplaria docta 

Omniboni: quern dat utraque lingua patrem. 

Haec eadem lenson ueneta Nicolaus in urbe 

Formauit: Mauro sub duce Christoforo. 

95

96 

The deluxe book market in printed books demanded from the outset that copies be 

printed on vellum, a tradition revived by the Kelmscott and Ashendene presses, although 

it had never completely died out. Jenson printed a number of both secular and 

ecclesiastical texts on vellum, including other works by Cicero (Somnium Scipionis 

Epistolaefamiliares (2 editions) and the Epistolae adBmtum). Vellum dedication copies 

were also printed for the dedicatees or progenitors of works, and sometimes were 

elaborately decorated (the marvellous Douce copy of the Jenson 1476 Pliny, decorated for 

Filippo Strozzi is a famous example; Douce 310 in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; there 

are other similar copies, e.g. that at Holkham). 

In the eighteenth century the great collectors, beginning with Lord Harley, sought out 

vellum copies: he possessed (1743 sale catalogue) 210 editions; Gaignat had 98; the due 

de la Valliere 176. The growth of printing on vellum manifested in France in the late 

eighteenth and early nineteenth century means that whereas in the case of Harley, the 

books printed on vellum are early books, the highest score of Van Praet s contemporaries, 

that of A.A. Renouard, included a 

large number of contemporary items, some published 

by Renouard himself. Lord Spencer, the great English bibliophile, possessed some 108 

vellum copies. The British Library has today 178 incunabula printed on vellum, and 

about twice that number for the sixteenth century (a number swollen by the production 

of liturgical books). 

There seems to be some confusion as to how many copies printed on vellum exist today 

of the two texts here printed. Van Praet lists seven (Paris BNF, Paris St. Gen. (with initials 

in gold and colours), Parma, Vienna, Upsala, one belonging to the chevalier Bartolini at 

Udine, and Blenheim.) ISTC however lists only four on vellum (BNF, Vienna, Upsala 

(lacking ff. 67-70), and Washington LC Rosenwald Collection 213: this last the erstwhile 

Sunderland/Blenheim copy, sold in 1881 (lot 2887) bound in French red morocco with 

the device of the sun and bought by Robert Hoe (Vision of a collector, p. 29; it was lot 742 

in the Hoe sale, where the binding is described.) 

Copies at the Bibl. St. Genevieve and that at Parma are listed in ISTC but not as vellum 

copies, although that at Parma is. This copy, listed in GW under its previous 

location at 

Chatsworth, is the sixth copy which can be physically attested. The is binding an early 

eighteenth-century English russia binding (for the introduction of Russia leather into 

binding in England see G. Pollard Changes in the style of bookbinding, 1550-1830 in 

The Library 5th series XI (1956) pp. 81-82) probably dating from the 1720s or 1730s. 

The decorative border resembles that on the presentation copies of Burnet s De statu 

mortuorum et 

resurgentium (and other works by Burnet) in various English libraries. THIS 

MAGNIFICENT BOOK therefore was clearly 

in England at this , period when the Sunderland 

library was created, although when it was acquired for Chatsworth we do not know (is it 

from Thomas Dampier s celebrated collection acquired en bloc by the sixth Duke?). 

Provenance: Orandius Jacobonius, of Terni, with early inscription on vellum flyleaf; 

Dukes of Devonshire, with Chatsworth bookplate; sale Christie s, 6 June 1974, lot 8; H. 

Bradley Martin, with bookplate, sale Sotheby s New York, ix, 14 June 1990, lot 3349 

References: H *5057; GW 6733 & 6709; BMC v 166; Goff C672 & 644; Van Praet, 

Velins du roi, iv, no. 3 1 

200,000-300,000 

323,000-485,000

41 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Tusculanae quaestiones. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1472 

Royal 4 in half-sheets (271 x 183mm.), 87 leaves (of 88, without the initial blank leaf), 

33 lines, Roman and Greek type, 6-line initial spaces, illuminated by the Putti Master 

with 5 historiated chapter initials and a frontispiece armorial (Priuli arms) in brown ink 

and grey and blue wash (camaieu gris), early eighteenth-century English red morocco gilt, 

narrow gilt border, small fleuron at corners, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt, 

marbled endpapers, modern quarter morocco box, a few early manuscript notes in 

margins, the firstpage and several other pages with a few spots and stains, joints and corners 

slightly rubbed 

Cicero s Tusculan Disputations predominantly a school text bearing on Platonic 

cosmology , and often quoted from the tenth century in glosses on the commentary on 

the Somnium Scipionisof Macrobius (Richard Rouse in L. D. Reynolds, Texts and 

Transmission, (1983) p. 135) were well known in the Middle Ages. In this text Cicero 

writes of the problems of the psychology of the life: happy death, grief, pain, fear, passion 

writes here with a 

and other mental disorders, and of what is essential for happiness. . . He 

passionate intensity and lyrical beauty (OCD3 (1996) p. 1563). 

The relationship between Jenson and the printer and the Putti Master was close: the 

Wendelinus de 

printed books listed by Lilian Armstrong, are almost all printed either by 

Spira or Jenson in Venice. It appears that the decoration was organised by the printer, not 

by the client. Some books clearly were obvious candidates for decoration, the 

e.g. 1472 

Pliny printed by Jenson, of which several copies are extant, and the Livy of 1470. For the 

most part the works are in Latin, but there are two editions of works by Petrarch in Italian 

(Armstrong nos. 8, 21-22), in one of which occurs the motif of the Cupid riding a 

dolphin, which is found in the present work. The books are to be found in many libraries, 

but copies in private hands are most unusual: a copy of this edition of the Tusculan 

Disputations, printed on vellum, which is atTreviso, has the arms of the Donado or 

Dona family of Venice. 

The provenance of this copy is immensely distinguished. Originally it was decorated for a 

member of the Priuli, a distinguished family in Venice, that owned a number of decorated 

books from the Jenson shop, e.g. the Columella of 1472 (which has passed through the 

rooms several times since 1978) and the Sallust of 1474. It contains some early 

annotations of a fairly basic nature. By the early eighteenth century it belonged to the 

Earl of Pembroke, the celebrated English collector, ofwhom Pope wrote in Of Taste: an 

epistle to the Earl ofBurlington (1731): 

Artists must chuse his Pictures, Music, Meats: 

He buys for Topham, Drawings and Designs, 

For Pembroke Statues, dirty Gods, and Coins, 

Rare monkish manuscripts for Hearne alone, 

And books for Mead, and Butterflies for Sloane. 

97

98 

Pembroke, who enjoyed considerable public office in England in the reigns of William 

and Mary, Queen Anne and George I, but was also a man of scientific interests and tastes. 

He was president of the Royal Society 1689-90, and as well as his statuary, had as well a 

distinguished library. It then passed to the friend of William Morris, and great collector, 

Charles Fairfax Murray on whose death in 1918 it passed to Mr. C. S. Ascherson (who 

also owned the Columella mentioned above), and thence to the great collector of 

incunabula, bindings and sale catalogues Mr. Alfred Ehrman. It subsequently belonged to 

the American collector George Abrams, at whose sale it was acquired by Mr. Ritman in 

1989. 

Of volumes decorated by the Putti Master only this volume and the magnificent copy, 

printed on vellum, of the 1471 of Quintilian Institutiones oratoriae (lot 9 in the Garden 

sale, 1989), have appeared at auction in the last thirty years. 

The present edition is the second or third of this text, preceded by Ulrich Han s 1469 

Rome edition (Goff C630) and possibly the undated Paris edition of Gering, Crantz and 

Friburger (Goff C632). In the present copy the last word of fol. 45 is in its corrected state 

uoluptater, in most copies it is incorrectly set as uoluptatem. GW misdescribes the format 

as folio. 

Provenance: Priuli, with illuminated arms; Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, with a 

Pembroke binding and shelfmarks (sale in our rooms, 25 June 1914, lot 67); Charles 

Fairfax Murray (sale Christie s, 18 March 1918, lot 182); C.S. Ascherson, with bookplate; 

Albert Ehrman, Broxbourne Library, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, ii, 8 May 1978, 

lot 632); George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 November 1989, lot 37) 

References: H *5313; GW 6890; BMC v 171; Goff C631; Lilian Armstrong, Renaissance 

Miniature Painters & Classical Imagery, 1 98 1 , no. 19 

200,000-300,000 

323,000-485,000 

41 details, actual size

quo uelis perferent. 

rapuifTe cUcuntur : te : & excipient 

omnem omittas timorem.Sic urgentibus & afperis odio - 

fis dolonbus : fi tann non fmt: ut fercndi fint : 

quo fit 

cofugiendu uides.r-Lec fere hoc teporeputauieffediccn 

da.Sed tu fortafTe in. fententia pmanes. A.Mmime uero: 

meqj biduo duarum rerum:quasmaximetimeba:fpero 

libcratum metu M.Cras ergo ad clepfydram : ficenim. 

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*M,Etillud quidem ate mendiem; A.Hoc code tempore, 

*M*Sic faciemus:tuifqj optimis obfequemur ftudiis, 

MARCI TVLLII CICERONIS TVSCVLAx 

NARVM QVAESTIONVM LIBER TERTIVS. 

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| cum conftemus ex ammo 6C corpora: 

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poffemus:haud erat fane:quod quifq 

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tis fie extiguimustutnufqnat"^ lumeappareat.Sut cnf 

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liceretn pfa nos ad beatam uitam natura perducerer.Nuc 

99

100 

42 actual size

42 Conrad von Megenberg. Das Buch der Natur. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 24 July 1482 

Chancery 2 (277 x 192mm.), 240 leaves, 35 lines, Gothic letter, 9-line woodcut 

Maiblumen initials, 1 2 full-page woodcuts, initials and woodcuts all coloured by a 

contemporary hand, in contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, outer 

border of upper cover composed of a repeated large rosette, border of lower cover 

composed of a repeated large palmette, central panels filled with a repeated artichoke 

tool, spine decorated with palmette tool, modern morocco slipcase, fol. 3 suppliedfrom a 

shorter copy and bound beforefol. 2, short tear in text 

offos. 177 and 234 repaired with 

partial loss ofa few letters, afew repairs in margins, afew small wormholes andfirst and last 

few leaves, some light staining mostly in margins, lacking 2 clasps and catches, lower cover 

slightly wormed 

The fifth edition of this earliest encyclopaedia to be written in a vernacular language. 

Conrad von Megenberg (1309-1374) based his work on a thirteenth-century text 

attributed to Thomas of Cantimpre, De rerum natura. It contains sections on astronomy, 

meteorology, human anatomy, zoology, botany, metals, stones and monsters, each section 

headed with a full-page illustration. The first edition, printed by Bamler in 1475, was the 

first printed book to contain botanical and zoological illustrations. The second and third 

editions, of 1478 (Goff C843) and 1481 (Goff C844), were also from the press of 

Bamler; the fourth edition was printed by Johann Schonsperger exactly two months 

before the present edition (BSB-Ink K-46). 

According to both St. Augustine and Berthold von Regensburg, the laity possess two 

books of Nature, those of heaven and earth. Conrad s wish in this work was to teach 

knowledge of the God created world of Nature in its being (res) and in its meaning 

(significatio) . He 

101 

used an abbreviated version ofThomas von Cantimpre, and a number of 

other sources (Isidore s Etymologiae, Avicenna s Canon, the Physiologus and the De 

vegetabilibus of Albertus Magnus). At the end of his text he writes that he has mer dan 

daz drittail gemert und den sin erlaucht his Latin sources. The is 

largest space 

in fact 

given to the tropological and moral meanings of the text, and the various different 

attributes of the Clerus, and of the various orders of society: the teacher and pupil among 

one of the 

them, are treated at length. The text is written for his good friend , probably 

community of the Stephanschule in Vienna, and was probably meant, like so many 

works, as a useful source for preachers. 

The woodcuts used by Sorg are close copies of those used by Bamler, except 

that the 

portrait of St Ulrich at the head of the chapter on stones is replaced with a scene of a Turk 

at his bench. 

bringing a precious stone before a jeweller 

The binding is from Augsburg, the two tools palmette and rosette differing only in 

minute variations of size from Kyriss, no. 90, an Augsburg workshop. 

References: H *4045; BMC ii 349; Goff C845; Schreiber 3782; Klebs 300.5 

70,000-100,000 

113,000-162,000

102 

43 

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^ A i?apam. EC prima de conFeflione.Felicicer. 

lio Fram falutem.Cognom/ 

Umuf (rater canOime fideiac utrcuof ueftre 

itefhmoia glonofa.& coFeffioif ueftre bonore 

he exulcancer accepimuf uc in mennfac lau/ 

b dibuf ueftrif nof quoq: parcicipefac fotiof 

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cu nobif ec Ecclefia una 

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poffe.qutcqdfimul pecicura cuncHrifdeu pacifpaciFiafexbibere. 

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43 Cyprianus, Saint. Opera (edited by Johannes Andreae Bussi, bishop of Aleria). Rome: 

Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz, in the house ofPetrus de Maximo, [before 26 July] 

1471 

FIRST EDITION, Median 2 (306 x 224mm.), 184 leaves (of 186, without first and last 

blank leaves), 38 lines, Roman and Greek letter, 2-, 6- and 7-line initial spaces, 7-line 

initials on fol. 5 recto in blue with red penwork decoration, other initials in red, initial- 

strokes in yellow, eighteenth-century Italian vellum, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, edges 

stained yellow, extensive early manuscript notes in m&rgms, first page stained and other 

scattered stains, a few small wormholes, two gouges on upper cover 

FIRST EDITION, FROM THE LIBRARY OF AULUS JANUS PARRHASIUS (1470-1 534), editor and 

commentator of many classical texts, the most informed humanist and most brilliant 

critic of his age (R. Sabbadini, Le scoperte dei codici latini e greci, 1905, 159). His 

extensive library of classical manuscripts and early printed editions was bequeathed to 

Cardinal Antonio Seripandi (1493-1563), and the largest portion of it is now in the 

National Library, Naples. The marginalia are probably in Parrhasius s hand. 

Cyprian (d. 258), bishop of Carthage, was the first great Christian writer, who remained 

without rival until Jerome and Augustine. His extant writings consist of some eighty-one 

letters and several important treatises including: the celebrated De ecclesiae catholicae 

unitate; an exposition of the Lord s Prayer De oratione dominica; De mortalitate, composed 

during the plague which struck Carthage in 252; and two popular short works, De bono 

patientie and De zelo & livore, written during the controversy over the rebaptism of 

heretics. The edition also includes a number of pseudo-Cyprian tracts; the final text, a 

fabulous narration of how King Pepin had the head of St John the Baptist translated to 

Angers, was not part of the Cyprian 

tradition and is not included in the table of the 

preliminary quire (see Socii Bollandiani, Bibliotheca hagiographica latina, 1898-1901, no. 

4293, and Acta sanctorum (third edition) lunii V, 650-652. 

Vindelinus de Spira s Venice edition of the same year (Goff C101 1) was reprinted from 

this edition, whose terminus is provided by the death, on 26 July 1471, of Pope Paul II, 

to whom the work is dedicated. In his dedication, Giovanni Andrea Bussi, who edited 

almost all the early publications of Sweynheym and Pannartz in Rome, states that he was 

hard at work in preparing for press Nicholas de Lyra s Bible commentary (edition 

completed 18 November 1471 and after, Goff Nl 31). Sweynheym 

says, in the process of printing the Vulgate Bible (Goff B535, dedication dated 15 March 

103 

and Pannartz were, he 

1471), when they told him that their supply of Royal paper (carta maior) was depleted 

and asked if he could supply some work for smaller paper, so that their workmen would 

not have to be laid off. Such information suggests that GW and BMC s dating [January 

or February] 1471 is over-precisely calculated. 

Provenance: Aulus Janus Parrhasius, by bequest to Antonio Seripandi, with inscription 

(see above); (Seripandi bequeathed his library to the monastery of S. Giovanni di 

Carbonara in Naples; in 1718 the monks, following a hint from Vienna, presented their 

manuscripts to Emperor Charles VI; they were returned to the National Library in Naples 

by the terms of the Treaty of Saint Germain, 1919); monogram FG in ink at foot of first 

page; Albert Ehrman, Broxbourne Library, with bookplate and note: Binding damaged 

in return from USA 1945 (sale in our rooms, ii, 8 May 1978, lot 525); George Abrams, 

with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 November 1989, lot 41) 

References: H *5896; GW7883; BMC iv 12; GoffClOlO 

30,000-50,000 

48,500-81,000 

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funfiontelligite fratrco mei 15 qtf vo5 oico* 

ipfiderateetcpluqjJvobobvfamitelligen* 

tia ,pfero2lrb02e0 fructifere rge fuo pmu in 

mnfec cocipiutfructU poftcatfo-oiuinonu 

wejcmnfec 9 pferut/fm fua natura/ifructfi 

i oieilla rerribili/oc0 bofe0 

folia^gfrcm que 

cficp in 13 fccttlo qfun rpefuo occultc mrnnfe 

cue/fiuebonafiuemalageneft ibLqfi fruct"

Ephraim Syrus. Libri sancti Effrem de compunctione cordis judicio dei & resure. &c. 

beatitudine anime penitentia luctamine spiritali 

die judicij. [Freiburg im Breisgau: 

Kilian 

Fischer, not after 1491] 


modern vellum 

letter, rubricated, 4-line initials supplied in red (with guide-letters), 

binding 

Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373 AD) wrote his many works in verse. His fame and 

influence as both hymnodist and model of the monastic life spread throughout the 

church both East and West, and led to a huge body of work in a wide variety of languages 

being attributed to him. 

He wrote in Syriac but early translations into Greek were made, and from these Latin 

versions. The text here printed is the old Latin version. Ambrogio Traversari was the 

translator of a group of sermons published in 1481 and subsequently reprinted, and this 

formed the basis of a French translation by Pierre Cueuret published c. 1500 (GW 9335). 

A manuscript in the Huntington Library (HM 1068) contains these six chapters in a 

form generally the same as this printed edition, the major difference being that in the 

manuscript the end of the first section is given 

in a shortened version. 

References: H 6598; GW 9334; BMC iii 693; GofTE44 

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alia ell beliimavm. qqc ell : eqmlatera led rtcunula non ell.

45 Euclid. Elementa [Latin] (in the translation of Adelard of Bath, with commentary by 

Campanus of Novara). Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 25 May 1482 

Super-Chancery 2 (305 x 210mm.), 138 leaves, 45 lines, Gothic letter, 3-part white-onblack 

ornamental border, white-on-black initials, over 500 typemetal geometrical 

diagrams, contemporary South German binding of tawed pigskin 

over wooden boards, 

blind-stamped with pineapple tools within leafy lattice on front cover, rose and small 

campion-like flower tool within a border of Maria hilf scrolls on lower cover, clasps 

intact, guards from a fifteenth-century German liturgical manuscript, modern morocco- 

backed slip-case, a few tiny and insignificant wormholes in some margins and on spine of 

binding 

A SUPERB COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF EUCLID IN LATIN (the Greek text was published 

in 1533), and the first appearance of Euclid in print. 

Euclid s fortuna in the Middle Ages, of which this edition formed the textual summation, 

is based on translations made, not from the Greek, but from the Arabic, of which that by 

Adelard of Bath, made in the early twelfth century, subsequently used by Roger Bacon, 

and surviving in a number of manuscripts, is here printed. Adelard of Bath is an 

enormously important figure, and one little-known other than to specialists. He 

introduced into western Europe the notions and terms of sine and tangent. 

In his dedication to the Doge, Ratdolt speaks of the problem of printing Euclid, and 

more particularly the diagrams in the text: how there are many printed books, but this 

problem of diagrams 

is difficult of resolution. This is not an idle remark, and it is 

generally thought today that these sharp, clean diagrans were achieved by means of type 

metal, not woodcuts. 

Provenance: arms emblazoned on recto of a2 (gules, a fess between three stars, or); Ph. 

Werner dono accepi a D.D. Joh: Ludov. Eberi heredibus 8 May 1670 ; 

Robert 

Honeyman IV, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, ii, 30 April 1979, lot 970); the Garden 

Ltd., with bookplate (sale, Sotheby s New York, 9 November 1989, lot 26) 

References: HC 6693*; GW 9428; Klebs 383.1; Stanford 1A; Sander 2605; Goff E-l 13; 

7WM25;see also M. Clagett The medieval translations from the Arabic of the Elements 

in Isis44 (1953)16-42; J.E. Murdoch The medieval Euclid , 

in Revue de Synthese, 3rd 

series, 49-52 (1968) 67-94; C. Burnett. Adelard ofBath. London: Warburg Institute, 

1987 pp. 55-68 (by M. Folkerts); J.H.L. Busard Lateinische Euklidiibersetzungen und 

Bearbeitungen aus dem 12. und 13. Jahrhundert in Mathematische Probleme im 

Mittelalter, ed. M. Folkerts (Wolfenbutteler Mittelater-Studien 10), Wiesbaden, 1996 

139-157 

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Incipit Liber Htftone ecclefiaftice Eufebii c^fanefis qua 

beatus iLuffmus pre fbiter de grpco in latmum tranftukt. 

Inciptt Prologus eiufdemK-ufftni. 

ERJTOR.VM DICVNT ESSE 

medicorum ubi imminere urbibus uel 

regionibus generales uiderint morbos 

3" proutdere ahq medicameti uel pocult 

genus.quibuspremumti homines ab im 

minenti defendanturexitio. Quodtu 

quocp uenerade pater cbromati medicine cheques genus, 

tempore quo difruptis itahae clauftns balancbo duce go 

tborum fe 

peftifer morbus infudtt.dc 

agros arraenta uiros 

longe latecp ttbi 

uaftauit.popuhs 

a deo commiflfis ferahs ex 

itii ahquod remedium queras.per quod egrp mentes ab in 

gruentismalicogitatione fubtra<5lp mehonbus occupate 

ftudus teneretur-Iniungis mtbi ut ecclefiafttca bjftonam 

qua utrerudittflimus Eufebms cffarienfis greco fertnone 

in 

confcnpferat latmum uerterem.Cuius lecftione animus 

audientiu uincftusdum notitiam return 

geftarum autdius 

peteret obliuionem quodammodo malorum qup gererent 

acciperet. Aquoego onere cu excufare me uellem utôte 

inferior Sc impar & qui in tam multis annis ufum latmi fer 

monis amiferim Cofideraui que no abf^ altquo apoftolice 

inftitutionis ordine nobis ifta pciperes. Nam 6c cum do 

minus altquando efunentibus in defer to audttoru turbis 

dixtffet ad apoftolos date eis uos manducare, Pbihppus 

unus ex apoftohs intelltges eo magis fplendefcerediuine 

uirtutis 

inftgnia.fi mimmoy, fuoru^ minifteriis explerent 

non ^tulit panes apoftohcc recoditos pere fedpuerulum 

adelte dtcit babente Sc 

quto^ panes duos ptfces que uere/ 

cunde excufans adiecit. Sed bee funt iter 

cjd 

tantosr quo 

clara fieret dtuina 

magis in anguftis optbus fee defperatis

46 Eusebius Caesariensis. Historia ecclesiastica (translated byTyrannius Rufinus). Rome: 

Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, 15 May 1476 

Median 2 (326 x 218mm.), 219 leaves (of 220, without initial blank leaf), 33 lines, 

Roman letter, 2-, 3- and 6-line initial spaces, that on fol. 2 recto supplied in yellow and 

brown pen, first leaf ruled in red, eighteenth-century vellum, modern morocco-backed 

slipcase and chemise, contemporary manuscript foliation and headlines and some other 

annotations, small repairs in text offirst 3 leaves with a few letters supplied in pen facsimile, 

long tear in margin affinal leafrepaired, several other repairs in margins, some staining in 

margins 

The third edition of Eusebius s monumental history of the early church, preceded by 

editions printed at Utrecht and Strassburg, in 1474 and c. 1475-80 respectively (GofF 

E124 & 125). The original Greek text was first printed by Robert Estienne at Paris in 

1544. 

There are two issues of the present edition, the first with a dedication to Pope Sixtus IV, 

the second as here dedicated to Cardinal d Estouteville with an entirely reset first quire. 

References: HC *6710; GW 9436; BMC iv 34 ; Goff El 26 

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EVSEBQCAESARIENSIS EPISCOPICHRONICON ID 

EST TEMPORVM BREVIARIVM INCIPIT FOELICI/ 

TERvQVEM HlERONKMVS PRAESBITER DIVING 

EIVS INGENIO LATINVM FACERE CVRAVIT:ET VS 

QVE IN Valentc Gdarem Romano Adiecit Eloquio Quc ET 

cofecuta (ut adiicere 

Prolper delude Matne* palmeri Qui ca qu 

curauere eidepoftpofiti fubfequunf,At primfl Hieronymi in bui* 

codicis aliquado adoriptores utarcbetypusdefaibaf adiuratiê 

VERBADIYI UTTBRARVM PRINCIPIS H1ERONKMI 

Diuro tc quicuc^ bos defcripleris iibros 

E dominu noftnl iefu cbriftu et gloriolu 

eius aducnru : in quo u cnict iudi care ui 

uos &: mortuos ut coferas quod fcripfe 

ris &: emedes ad exeplaria ea de quib^ 

(cripieris diligenterEt boc adiuratiois 

genus tranfcribas &rtranfieras in cum 

codicem quern defcripleris* 

Cbronica Eufebii Hieronymi bidpit 

Prf&tio Hicronyjni 

Vfebius Hicronymus Vinccntio &: Galieno fuis 

Salutem*Vetus irte diiertorum mos fuit ut exercen 

di ingenii caula grecos Iibros latino fermone abfol 

ueret* Et quod plus I (e difficultatis babet poemata 

illuftrifluiroru addita metri neceflitate tranfferret, 

Vnde& nofter Tulius Platonis integros Iibros ad 

uerbu interpretatus eft.Et cu Aratu ia Romanu bexametris uerfib? 

edidiflet in xenopbontis economico lufitJn quo opere ita i^pe au 

reu illud flume eloqueti^ quibufda (cabris &: turbuletis obicib? re/ 

tardat ut qui interpr^tata nefciut a Cicerone dicta no credat,Diffi/ 

cile eft eni alienas linguas infequente no alicubi excidere arduu:ut 

qu in aliena lingua bene dicta (untteunde decore in tranflatione 

coferuet. eft 

Significatu aliquid unius uerbi proprietate no babeo 

meu quoidefficia:cVdurnqugroirnplerefententia longo ambitu 

a i

47 

. Sdcbim amiis.io 

47 Eusebius Caesariensis. Chronicon (translated by Hieronymus; with additions by Prosper 

Aquitanus [to 448], Matthaeus Palmerius Florentinus [to 1448] and Matthias Palmerius 

Pisanus [to 1481]; edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter). Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 13 

September 1483 

Second edition, Median 4 (218 x 155mm.), 180 leaves (of 182, without blank leaves al 

and xlO), 41 lines, Roman and Gothic letter, 6-, 8- and 1 1-line white-on-black woodcut 

initials, headings on a2 recto printed in red, tables printed in red and black, eighteenthcentury 

Italian vellum, mottled edges, occasional early manuscript notes in margins, small 

ivormhole in first 3 leaves with minimal loss, fore-margin of last leafstrengthened 

The second edition of Eusebius s chronicle of world history down to the year 225 consists 

largely of chronological tables with short historical notices. The original Greek text is lost 

but St Jerome s translations of the Canons , or tables, survive. 

Eusebius s Historia ecclesiastica is at the root of all Christian historiography, and forms the 

basis of all chronology. It was much read in its Latin version, even although the Greek 

text was not published until the 1 540s in Paris, and had in various forms circulated from 

an early date throughout the Christian world: part of the text is known in an Armenian 

version. 

Eusebius followed what became orthodox Christian teaching, seeing the New Testament 

and the figure of Christ attested in the Old Testament. Wisdom -Sophia-Sapientia- in the 

OT stands for Christ, the logos of St. John s gospel, who existed from all eternity, and 

who, with the father, formed Adam. The whole of the history of the Jewish people as told 

in the OT is a preparation for Christ and the Christian Church, something Eusebius 

wrote of in his Praeparatio evangelica. 

The editio princeps, printed by Philippus de Lavagnia in Milan c. 1474 (Goff El 16), also 

contains the continuations of Prosper of Aquitaine and Matthaeus Palmerius of Florence 

(as far as 1448), while those of Matthias Palmerius of Pisa (as far as 1481) are new to the 

present edition. They include the famous reference, under the year 1457, to the invention 

of printing by Johann Gutenberg in 1440 solerti ingenio ( with great skill ), a phrase which 

is reused by Ratdolt in the colophon to describe himself. 

Footnote: HC (+Add) *6717; GW 9433; BMC v 287; Goff El 17; Redgrave 36 

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PJTAGOFAS 

PYTACOFW 

PYTACORA 

PHYXOL.^75!

48 

THEORICA MVSICE FRANLHINI GAIVRI 

i 

48 Gafurius, Franchinus. Theorica musicae (with additions by Lancinus Curtius). Milan: 

Philippus de Mantegatiis, Cassanus, forJohannes Petrus de Lomatio, 15 December 1492 

Chancery 2 (284 x 202mm.), 68 leaves, 38 lines, Roman letter, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-line 

initial spaces with printed guides, woodcut on the title-page showing a cleric (possibly 

Gafurius) at a 

positive organ representing gamuts, four full-page woodcuts (one quartered 

1 3 woodcut 

showing musical instruments) illustrating Pythagorean proportions, 

diagrams (one on a musical stave), smaller woodcuts within text, modern calf ruled and 

stamped in blind, a few early manuscript annotations, first leaflightly browned and with 

repair at inner margin, some light spotting 

THE WORKS OF GAFURIO ARE THE EARLIEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT PRINTED 

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DIFFUSION OF MUSIC THEORY. Gafurio (1451-1522), organist 

first at Lodi Cathedral and, from 1484, at Milan Cathedral, was the most important of 

the late fifteenth-century music theorists. The present work was his earliest, first printed 

as Theoricum of us at Naples in 1480 (Goff G5). It is dedicated to Lodovico Sforza, and 

the woodcut of an organist on the title-page is thought to be a portrait of Gafurio himself 

(this woodcut was also used in the 1480 edition). 

The Theorica contains his interpretation of ancient Greek theory, in which the Boethian 

tradition is 

attractively presented, with charming illustrations of Pythagorean 

proportions. Gafurio made important changes to the text of the present second edition, 

which is a more sophisticated text than the earlier edition, drawing as it does on 

additional sources such as Aristides, Quintilianus, Ptolemy, of whom he had translations 

made especially (Reese, Music in the Renaissance, 1959, p. 180), Bacchius, Marsilio 

Ficino s translation of Plato, and Aristotle. Gafurius s own copy of the Ficino translation 

of Plato, Florence, 1484-85 (Goff P771), containing his notes, is in the Bibliotheca 

Philosophica Hermetica. 

Provenance: St Michael s College, Tenbury Wells (sale in our rooms, 21 November 1990, 

lot 339) 

References: HCR 7406; GW 10437; BMC vi 785; Goff G6; Klebs 430.2; Sander 2982; 

Kristeller, Lombardische Graphik, 161; RISM, Ecrits, p. 343; Hirsch 191 

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>,300-40,400 

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49 

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(Bnerabib ac cariflimo ni crifto patri bugo 

m be coluberrjs fancte aquenfia ecclcfie prc 

pofito* fratef ôf;annes 3uno2o2&inis fra 

Mrum pretricatoium fitius vefter fcumilis* fe 

jpfutn cumrecommenDatione biimili & beuoea, (turn 

ertim rpue^nbs pater.mipoflibile fit nobts fuperluccne 

triuinum natrium nifi fub \x?lamme fimilitu trims 5i figu 

re* tJttcftatwr in angelica lenarc^ta^bwceftcpmen 

toe noftre rado m tam cjtcctlend (ucc non ftgitor.mfi ea 

afpidat psr fimifctutrines& ejtempla!5?nbe vitigemtu 

tec vcrbii^t febentes in fcenebzis Si hi -pmbra mctis 

ab celeflia eleuaret m eremptis & parabcfe loqueba 

hir eo q? foztius moueantatutriii8 autriantur* firnrius 

retineantur* & a terrems mentcm engant aD eterna * 

t?t augufthi? attefiatwr* Siua \ro nofter am m^^pi 

tet aa oeleftia hif;iarBeo q? bdertefnarracombD & fa 

côzum eêmplio* ^bdrco aD glciam 5i bonozem om 

itipotenris bei^Si bcadfRme wgntis mams eius^beati 

bonnirid pris meiac bcatiflfime marie magtâlene* f?ac 

Icalam ecu comporui^ ptper cam mterbum^pon pofito 

alio ftutrio terreno & curiofoâfcenbamusaD ccntem 

plaDa aliqua be etermo * Latera autem l;ui? fcale Cut 

Duotibelicct*cogititToitiperno2um.gi amoceozum* 

Cjc qiubus cjtctuewntur triuerfa pcccata- & fccunDanf 

t>irtutes Snamis bums (cale Tut triuerfematene qwe 

Pm alphabet! 02trine cotejrwifcur (jûe nc contenantur 

a Irgentibiis* ejcponolibros a qiubus flcces elegiiccu 

a beoeft mil;i tenatum-ffjcritafpatrum lero* 

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A 

V

49 Gobius, Johannes. Scala coeli. Lubeck: [Lukas Brandts], 1476 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (276 x 207mm.), 242 leaves, 31 lines and headline, Gothic 

letter, 3- and 4-line initial spaces, most initials supplied in red outline, initial-strokes in 

red, lower board of contemporary pink blind-stamped doeskin over wooden boards, 

upper board replaced with nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, a few short 

tears in margins, damp-staining in margins of last few leaves, a few leaves lightly soiled, 

binding worn, lacking metal corner- and centre-pieces and hasp on lower cover 

This popular collection of medieval oriental tales consists of 125 devotional texts taking 

themes from the secular and spiritual world. It also contains a section entitled Femina, 

which includes an abbreviated version of the Seven Wise Masters. 

References.-UC 9405; GW 10944; BMC ii 551; Goff G310 

10,000-15,000 

16,200-24,300 

115

116 

50 Gregory I, Saint, Pope. Epistolae. [Augsburg: Giinther Zainer, not after 19 March 1477] 

FIRST EDITION, Royal 2 (409 x 275mm.), 164 leaves, double column, 59 lines and 

headline, Roman and Gothic letter, 8-line Maiblumen woodcut initials, 3-line outline 

woodcut initials, headings of the register printed in red, modern brown morocco, several 

uncut edges, some worming in firstfew leaves, first 2 leaves lightly stained 

The first and only fifteenth-century edition of Gregory I s letters. The book appears in 

Giinther Zainer s broadside list of books for sale, which contains publications dated 

between 1471 and 1476 (K. Burger, Buchhandleranzeigen, 1907, no. 20). The ex- 

Tegernsee copy contains a purchase date of 1477; the Wiirzburg University Library copy 

has a purchase date of 19 March 1477; and the Nakles copy (sale Christie s New York, 17 

April 2000, lot 42) has a rubricator s date of 1477. 

A mistake in type-page makeup on folio 11/3 resulted in the last line of column b being 

placed instead at the foot of column a; this has been corrected in manuscript in this copy. 

Provenance: Franciscans, Eggenburg, Lower Austria, with deleted seventeenth-century 

inscription; Clifford Rattey, with bookplate; W.R.H. Jeudwine, with bookplate (sale 

London, 18 September 1984, lot 14); George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 

16 November 1989, lot 55) 

References: H *7991; GW 1 1439; BMC ii 322; Goff G415 

10,000-15,000 

16,200-24,300

50 

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Difficile creoc quia 

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quam tad s ciuitatis amcooecocoe vcftro 

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fingunt fe religiofe viuere tr onadcnis pre 

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vt muficum abbatej monaHerii agilitatu 

remotisprius omnibus preiuoici/S vtin 

monacbos fuos quos illic ojoinare ceperat 

fumopcre vacare feftinet-quatenus ipfi vc 

nerabiti loco oecenti regulariqj mo puos 

nomino iuuantc Oifpofito-necftequcs vos 

prefiiclc religiofe feminc oc no impietis bo 

nis ncf.oeni.sfuisi quercla conaiciatnc cu 

\-e(he netrimcnto At ale fitam pium jpofi 

tijfn aliqua vobis negligcntibo qcl no ere/ 

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(TOcegtci^ rominicD cpifcopo ii) 

a5 nos fprper pcefentium 

lato? refpofalis vctter p? alios vfc 

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is cu allcgatione principalium iuf 

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paflcaadter i;eritis ;clo 6: piifljmos Oiios 

ooraliore illatas venadtim peribnanim te: 

motiific calumnias niaxime autc quia fhi 

Miitfiratniiitas vcflra affncanam incon/ 

cufliitn fcruarc.puinciam \t nullatcnus De 

M HS hcrcticocurn fcftas cum fcruccc facer/ 

rvtali colx-rcire ncîgatis.Dc quihs ctiaj 

r mnibus Ibpienpis Kantei.)j caritatis vfe 

rolulcreir.ur apieibus in tin nos fubtilius 

tiifinifle men,inim?-^ t nibil rurfus tie bis 

vobis refponn rinecefl ariu creoam?-Qua 

qua crpo K-c ita fe ba brant (V pefiOeremus 

on.nes bcreticosacatbolicis facerootibus 

(ci 

vigcce feinpet rationcqj compr tn fubti= 

litrr inf u tes omnino nos :tctigit tie per ea 

que aput vos gef te funt-aliccum concilio/ 

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tis cacitas intcrna (uctur-vtfimus mcntc 

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51 

5 1 Gregory I, Saint, Pope. Dialogorum libri quattuor. Venice: Hieronymus de Paganinis, 13 

November 1492 

Chancery 4 (205 x 149mm.), 79 leaves (of 80, without final blank leaf), double 

column, 37 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 2-, 6- and 7-line initial spaces, heading on 

al recto printed in red, printer s woodcut device of St Peter on Al recto, modern vellum, 

repaired at inner margin and slightly 

soiled 

library stamp on Al , Al 

Gregory I s Dialogues tell the lives of St Benedict and other early Latin saints. They were 

printed in at least eleven incunable editions, the earliest being that printed anonymously 

by Heinrich Eggestein at Strassburg, c. 1472-1474 (Goff G399). Translations in German, 

Italian and Spanish were also printed before the end of the century. 

De Paganinis printed an edition of Gregory I s Pastorale exactly one month after the 

present edition. 

References: HC *7963; GW 1 1401; BMC v 457; Goff G405; IGI 4422 

3,000-5,000 

4,850-8,100

52 Gregory I, Saint, Pope. Homiliae super Ezechielem. [Basel: Michael Furter], 1496 


letter, 4-, 6- and 7-line initial spaces with printed guide-letters, sixteenth-century Spanish 

blind-stamped light brown goatskin over pasteboards, outer roll-border composed of 

snails, birds, dogs and hares, inner floral roll-border, central panel with an acorn tool at 

corners and with a tool of a warrior s head in profile in the centre, plain edges, a few early 

manuscript notes in margins, early Spanish note of ownership on final pastedown deleted 

The third edition of Gregory s homilies on Ezechiel, the first printed anonymously at 

Brussels by the Fratres Vitae Communis, c. 1476-1477 (Goff G424), the second, also 

anonymously at Paris by Georg Wolff, c. 1489-1491 (GW 1 1426). 

Provenance: Don Mateo de Norzagaray, with printed label on Al recto 

References: HC *7946; GW 1 1427; BMC iii 784; Goff G425 

4,000-6,000 

6,500-9,700 

119

120 

53 

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fincentate cultus g fo* 

lus peo aUifTimq acceptus c ac oe legtb? 

acriribus 7 facustauinr.ii locti obtineatr 

quinco toco fit traadda ooccda oifccn 

at> 

da.facile c manifefhi tibi fieri fdenciam 

oefacrametis 7 facramctalib ? atq>iufhfi 

cationibus inter foblimcs iftas nobilefq; 

fciccias cpnfequentc locti id c fextum p:di 

ne rectilTimo obrincre.fum em ifta tria q 

nominauim? no fint nifi ppter culm 7 re 

figionc oiuind manifeftti c ipa pofterioja 

ipfts effe qfi 7 pfequccia. Sacramctis em 

fan ant 7 fanctificnf bomies adoei religi 

pne7cuUu.$acramentalibu8veropar< 

tim adiuuanf at> cftdii tur. Sacramctis 

partim fandc 7 fanctificanf res necelfane 

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fiit vn e feipfas manifefte fme 

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q: idc c 

p:do fdenciaru qui i reru ncceffa 

no qui c o:do fanctitatis 7 facramcri idej 

erit fciendc oe fanctita te i fdccie oe facra 

mctis.iJLuare poltfdcncid oeipa qud piq 

mus oe facramcnris.Sanctitas cm p:inci 

piu eft tocius $e religionis ac facri cultus 

(i 3Hmpliusquoniap:io:coom 9 crjpo! 

la eiufdc cii >pter oomu firpo:ta. Sacra 

mentayero font po:te fanctitatis ac religi 

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Li necerTario c ifta fciccia qua bic trac tare 

i tradere intendimus.^pparet ctid co tic 

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ram poftalterdinfpexeris. duidenim re 

f h; t qutdue confequcs c poll ftabilita rcli 

gionis veritatc poft oeclaratd oiuini cuU 

tus finceritatc poft p_fcrutatd legisveri no 

minis purttatc ppft oemonftratd oeo gra 

tiflimd finferitatc lta^qjpmniu ineftima 

bilem fructuoftrarc nifi vias patefacere et 

po:tas aperire quibus ad eas veniaf7 in 

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trin font oe quibus bic intcdim^.ffliuare 

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tur fdendci oe facramctis 7 facramentali 

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^ 

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ter illd qua bicintendim9 fta* 

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lut fenfu fpuaii virtutis oiutne et ogatioo 

nis in eis. Aerdo atteftatione facrom elo 

quiomm J&uarto via .pbationu. Depn 

mo t vcmplu c ilia famofa curario a mo: 

bo elepbande imperatohs .Conftantmi 

laecnoT 

apparitip 

faluato:is qudipemei 

impato: ftbi factd in ipo falutari ac nutft* 

co lauacro tclla tus c. jpe etid mo raquc 

qut ibidc vifus c ac fi aqua ipa virtu tc bit 

diction is i fanctifkationis eet: 

yiuincara 

i vi talc motii exinde fufcepirTet. Scd et it 

lud oe v?irtute i efficacia facri bapofmatJ 

fidem facit qo accidit and im qni rora f> 

c barbas volenti m u tare fo:mn facramC* 

ti illms-z oiccn ti. &aptifo te barbas in no 

mine pamsp fiini infpiruul anctoaqua 

(latim oifparuit quafi blafpbemifl pfumi 

ptuofe mutationis iniuria omine aucto:i 

ratis et inMitunonis q fo:md aliam oicto 

fa era men to pfcripferat ferre no fulhnens 

Sunt i alia multa bm 6 1 quib virtus oi 

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fe opart oftendit. Item quia tria ilia q in 

- 

bapnf mo Domini fa lua tons factalcgmi 

turnompdicamerTtcaciam baprifmifua 

dent pie intelligentibm; videlicet cclo:um 

apertio oefcenfus fpiritu ifancti in co tiibc 

fpecie et voi om nip o teas paths ibi audira 

oiccs.bic c filius incus oilectus in q mi 

bi coplacuit.ficut legif ?atbci.iti. et luce 

iiu.etinard pmo.fi.uc em erat ncct (Titas 

7 fop. ipm bapusam cell aperientur. fpiri 

tutl anc tus in columbe fpecie pefcenderet 

i vor patris audiref.oiccs.bic eftlb me 

Dilectus 7c.cii femp. eidem celt agti elTent 

nunql claull fpintuiTanctus femper in co 

fuei it plenirudine cbairfmatu ex quo p:<> 

nobisfactuscbomoetftliusoetpatrifB 

Oilectus fimilitcr fucnt nifiquia ipfc eft U* 

ber fcrtptus in tus t fo:is in quo quicquid 

factii c vita erat id eft liber vi te npftre. fn 

quo no folti ortiis regula noftre info:ma 

tipnis legitur fed vl etiam quid in nobis 

virtus oiuina opererar cofpecrti mtelligi^ 

tur.fc: ergo baptisatis p_ gradd baptifma 

lisfaiictificatioisccli apcrianr i liber eis 

in celu ingreffus pateat ($> fpirituftanctua 

in ets tbioefcendat cp filu oei et bered es 

C gracia adoprionis offidanf tribue bija

53 Guilelmus (Alvernus). De sacramentis. De causis cur deus homo et de penitencia cum 

registro. [Nuremberg: Georg Stuchs, not after 1497] 


letter, 3- and 7-line initials alternately in red and blue, paragraph-marks in red and blue, 

initial-strokes in red, modern limp vellum, many uncut edges, tear in lower margin ofF3 

repaired, margins offinal leafrepaired, a few light damp-stains in margins, final leaflightly 

browned 

References: HC 8316; GW 1 1869; BMC ii 470; Goff G723; BSB-Ink G-472 

3,000-4,000 

4,850-6,500 

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54 Guilelmus Paraldus. Summa de vitiis. [Basel: Bertold Ruppel, c. 1473-1474] 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (283 x 202mm.), 351 leaves (of 352, without final blank 

leaf), 38 lines, Gothic letter, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-line initial spaces, contemporary Augsburg 

blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, two brass fore-edge clasps, vellum title-label on 

upper cover, printed- waste paste-downs from Giinther Zainer s shop (see below), plain 

edges, modern cloth box, early manuscript foliation in upper margins, the first gathering 

(table) bound between gatherings 16 and 17 

FIRST EDITION. Paraldus, a native of Peyraut between Vienne and Lyon, was for some 

years prior of the Dominican convent in Lyon. The Summa de vitiis, probably composed 

c. 1236, is a florilegium of moral examples arranged under the seven deadly sins; it was 

followed some dozen years later by a Summa de virtutibus. Both Summae had a very wide 

diffusion. 

None of Ruppel s early printing is dated. The present edition is printed with his type 2, 

and several of his books printed with this type can be dated not after 1474, on the basis of 

inscriptions. The P-marked papers of the Paraldus may have been on the market about 

1473 (see G. Piccard, Wasserzeichen P, Abt. IX, nos. 175-178, 199, 202). Basel University 

Library s copy is in a original binding with and endleaf marked with one of the Bull s 

Head papers from the so-called Constance Missal (Goff M655), and that paper too was 

on the market in 1473-1474 (see T. Gerardy in Archivfur Geschichte des Buchwesens 5, 

1962, 399 sqq.). A second Basel edition by Michael Wenssler (Goff P90) has the same 

collation as the present edition and was probably copied from it. It is dated not after 1475 

on the basis of an inscription in the British Library copy. 

The present binding is from an anonymous Augsburg shop which was active from the 

early 1470s onward. The waste printing used as pastedowns are two leaves from Giinther 

Zainer s second edition of the German Plenarium, dated 1474 (see lot 85). The rear 

pastedown, fo. xxxiii, includes a woodcut of the Adoration of the Magi (Schramm ii Abb. 

304). 

Provenance: George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 November 1989, lot 

60) 

References: H * 

12385; BMC iii 715; Goff P89 

15,000-20,000 

24,300-32,300 

123

124 

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55 detail 

55 Heiligen Leben (Der), Sommerteil. Augsburg: Johann Bdmler, 19 August [14J75 

Third edition, Chancery 2 (270 x 192mm.), 420 leaves, 28 lines, Gothic letter, one 6- 

line woodcut Maiblumen initial at the beginning, 125 small woodcuts in the text, a few 

coloured by hand, full-page woodcut of the Virgin and Child on verso of fol. 420, partial 

woodcut border on fol. 1 recto, contemporary German blind-stamped pigskin over 

wooden boards, metal corner- and centre-pieces, 2 clasps and catches, modern cloth box, 

early manuscript foliation, afew small wormholes in 

firstfew leaves, border in upper margin 

offol. 1 slightly shaved, occasional short tears in text, light damp-staining in afew leaves, one 

corner-piece on lower cover partly detached 

A FINE COPY, ONE OF ONLY SEVEN RECORDED. Bamler had printed the Winterteil on. 20 

March of the same year. 

Der Heiligen Leben, a late fourteenth-century compilation was first printed 

in two parts, 

the Winterteil and Sommerteil, by Giinther Zainer at Augsburg, 27 April and 25 October 

1472 (Gofif J156). Johann Sensenschmidt printed both parts together at Nuremberg on 

28 July 1475 (BSB-Ink H-l 1). A new set of woodcuts was made for each of these 

editions. The cuts used in the present third edition of the Sommerteil were copied from 

those made for Sensenschmidt s second edition. 

References: H *9970; GofifJ157; Schreiber 4300 

40,000-60,000 

64,500-97,000 

125

126 

56

56 Heiligen Leben, Der (Sommerteil). [Strassburg?: c. 1490-95] 

Chancery 2 (272 x 191mm.), 208 leaves (a 10 b 8 c 6 d-g 6 - 8 h-t 6 - 6 - 8 v-y 6 z 8 A-B6 C 8 

D-H"), a3-H5 foliated j-ccv; 44 lines and headline, Gothic letter, full-page woodcut of 

the Crucifixion on fol. 1 verso, approximately 130 smaller woodcuts in the text, ALL 

WOODCUTS COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, contemporary blind-stamped calf- 

backed boards, tools include a small Agnus Dei (round) and a MARIA scroll, one clasp and 

catch, small paperflaw in e7 with loss of a few letters, occasional short tears repaired, some 

light staining 

EXTREMELY SCARCE: ONE OF ONLY THREE OR FOUR KNOWN COPIES of an incunable which 

remains to be properly identified. A copy is known at the municipal library of Nancy 

(cursorily described in Polain s notes as Pellechet-Polain 6537-8); courtesy 

of the 

Gesamtkatalog commission two more copies can be cited, one at Gotha, and one (appar 

ently different from the present copy) auctioned by Karl & Faber in 1970, where it was 

described as an early sixteenth-century edition. 

From what is presently known of its physical elements, the edition can with reasonable 

probability be dated to about 1490, and perhaps localized to Strassburg. One of its paper 

stocks is a P/quatrefoil very close to Piccard s P VIII 579 and 581, traced by him from an 

unspecified Strassburg incunable of 1495; another is Fleur-de-lis/crown, perhaps identical 

to Piccard s Lilie 636 (Frankfurt/Main 1489) and very close to Briquet 7233 (Luxemburg 

1485, with variants Mainz, Strassburg, Metz, 1486-92). Both stocks are plausibly from 

Lorraine mills. The text type is a Schwabacher, very close to such founts as Gruninger s 

type 

5:98 and Pruss s 12:93. 

The in-text woodcuts are apparently those used in Johann Otmar s Reutlingen edition of 

the Sommerteil, 12 March 1482 (an extremely rare edition entered in ISTC as part 2 of 

Otmar s Winterteil, n.d., Goff J-160). The full-page 

crucifixion cut is either a close copy 

of, or was copied by, a block used by Martin Schott in 

Strassburg for his Missale 

Vratislaviense, 17 Dec. 1491 (GfT 442; IBP 3771: a 

single copy recorded at the National 

Library of Warsaw). Finally, the open lombards used as initials are close but not identical 

to such sets as those used in Speyer by Peter Drach (GfT 1 189), and in Strassburg by 

Martin Schott (GfT 438) and Gruninger (GfT 445, 447). 

References: Pellechet-Polain (vii) 6538 (6537) 

10,000-15,000 

16,200-24,300 

127

128 

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57 

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arnculos fidei noui ac uetens teftamenti auftontatibusconfirmat:&Chirefes 

fV deftruit . 

>^contranas Epiftola Pnma . 

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animus non eft tarn cupidus : c nee idoneus:fcienti no effe 

abfq; periculo multo^ mdiciis tenue &C exile co/ 

ingemum 

mittere.Sed quonia ut cum uenia tui dixenm)id temere m 

epiftola tua per Chnfti me facramenta qux a nobis maxia 

cum rcuerenna 

fufcipiuntur 

aftrloisrut aliquid tibi de fide 

fecundum fymboli traditionem 

rationemcjj c6ponam:quis 

fupra uires noftras fit podus pncepti (Non enim me latet 

fententia 

fapientum:qua; probe admodum de deo 

dicit:qa 

&C uera dicere 

periculofum eft) tamen fi a te 

expetitois ipo/ 

^fitae neceffitatem orationibus iuues:dicere 

aliqua obedientia; reuerentia 

magis 

<| igenn 

^J pfumptione tentabimus:qux qdem non ta perfctfto^j exercitiis digna uidcant": q qua; ad 

1 -v 

paruuloînChrifto&Cincipienti jlibrenturauditum. Equidecoperi nonullosilluftnii 

traftatorum aliqua 

de his &C 

pie 

breuiter edidiffe . Photmum uero haereticu foo eatenus 

fcnpfiffe:no ut ratione" diftojjj audietibus explanaret : fed ut fimpliciter fidehterqj dicta 

ad argumentum fui dogmatis traheret:cum in his ucrbis fanftus fpiritus prouident nil 

abiguum:ml obfcurii:nil a reliquis 

diflbnas uideri : 

cja m his uere copletur pphetia qua; 

dicit Vcrbum enim confumans 8C uerbii 

breuiasimquitatetcja 

breuiatu facitdommus 

fupcr terra. Nos ergo fimplicitatem fua uel uerbis apoftolicis reddere 8C fignare tetabi/ 

mus:ucl qux omiffa uidentur a pnonbus adiplere. Sed ut mamfeftius fiat argume tum 

uerbi hums ut diximus breuiati :caufa qua ha-c traditio ecclefus data eft ab ongine repe 

temus. Tradunt maiores noftri cj poft afcenfione domim cu per aduentu fpiritus fandti 

fupra fingulos quofqj apoftolos ignea: lingua; fediffent:ut loquelis diuerfis loa / 

uamfcp 

rentunper quod eis nulla gens extraneatnulla bnguz barbanes inaceffa uideret"8i iuia: 

pceptum eis a domino datum hoc ad pdicandu dei uerbum ad fingulas quencp pficifci 

natoes . Difceffun abiuice" norm! fibi 

itaqj prius 

futurz 

pdicatois 

in comune coftituut: 

ne forte alii aho abdudti diuerfum aliquid his 

qui ad fide" Chnfti inuitabatur ret. 

expone 

Omnes in uno igitur pofiti:&C fpintu 

fando breue 

repleti 

jftud futurz fibi ut diximus 

pdicatioms indicium in unum confcrendo quod fentiebat unufqfc coponunt. atcp hanc 

credentibus danda effe regula ftatuunt. Symbolu aut hoc multis 8C luftiffimis ex caufis 

appellah uoluerunt. Symbolu enim graxe K. indicium dici pot&i collatio: hoc eft quod 

plures in unum coferunt.Id enim fecerunt i apoftoli 

his fermonibus in unum coferedo 

quod unufquifq; fcnfit. Indicium autem uel fignum iccirco dicitunquia in illo tempore 

ficut Paulus dicit 5C I 

apoftolus 

aftibus rcfert"multi 

apoftolo^z 

ex circueuntibus mdaris 

fimulabant fe effe 

apoftolos 

Chrifti:& lucn alicuius uel uentris ad 

gratia prardicandum 

pficifcebatunnoiantes qde Chriftu fed non integns 

tradinonj Dneis nunciates. Iccirco 

iftud indicium 

pofucriit:per quod is 

agnofceretur qui Chriftu uere fecundu 

apoftolicas 

regulas pdicaret.Deniq; 8C in bellis ciuilibus hoc obferuan fcruntrquoniaSiarmon: ha/ 

bitus fonus uocis ide":Si mos unus eft. cade" 

par:8< 

Atq; iftituta belladi nequa doli furrc/ 

ptio fiat:fymbola diftmfta unufquifq? dux fuis militibus tradit. quaslatme fi^na uel idi/ 

cia fi 

nuncupatunut forte occurrent quis de quo dubitetur fi fymbolum fit 

pdat hoftis 

uel focms.Iccirco dcniq? hie no fcnbi chartulis aut mebrams:fed requin in credentium 

cordibus tradiderunt:ut certum effet hzc ncmme" ex leftone qui mterdu peruenire etia 

ad infideles folet fed ex apoftoloi^ traditoe didiciffe. Difceffun igitur ut diximus ad pdi 

candum iftud unamrmtatis 8C fidei fuz apoftoli indicium pofuere : no ficut filn Adam 

difceffun ab alterutrum turrem ex latere cod;o &C bitumme coftruetes : cuius cacumen 

ufq) ad carlum pertmgeret:fed monumeta fidei quz ftarent aduerfum faciem inimici e 

lapidibus umis Si margaritis dommicis atdificates: quam necj uenti impellerenttneque 

fulmma fubmerent:nec| te peftatum ac procellapi turbines promouerent. Mento igitur

57 

o 

57 Hieronymus, Saint. Epistolae et tractatus. Parma: [Printer ofHieronymus], 18 January- 15 

May 1480 

2 volumes, Super-Royal 2 (422 x 277mm.), 584 leaves, 53 lines, Roman letter, 2 8-line 

initials supplied by an Italian hand in colours on gilt grounds, 2-, 4- and 6-line initials 

and paragraph-marks alternately in red and blue, early eighteenth-century Italian 

sprinkled calf, spines gilt with red labels, sprinkled edges, modern morocco-backed boxes, 

bindings rebacked retaining original spines, worn at edges 

FIRST EDITION WITH THESE SUPPLEMENTS. There were numerous fifteenth-century 

editions of the collected letters and tractates of St Jerome, together with various pseudo- 

Jerome writings, letters addressed to Jerome, and several lives of Jerome. The present 

edition derives from the collection assembled byTheodorus Lelius (d. 1466) and printed 

after his death by Sweynheym and Pannartz, 13 December 1468 (Goff H161) and by 

Sixtus Riessinger, not after 1470 (Goff HI 63). Mentelin s Strassburg edition of not after 

1469 (Goff HI 62) and Schoeffer s Mainz edition of 7 September 1470 (Goff HI 65) are 

from Miscomini s 1476 

independent compilations. The present edition was reprinted 

Venice edition (Goff HI 66), with the addition of several letters and tractates in volume 2; 

these additional texts are advertised in the colophon as not available in other editions. 

The anonymous life ofJerome (Socii Bollandiani, Bibliotheca hagiographica latina, 1898- 

1901, no. 3873) included in Miscomini s edition is here replaced with the life by pseudo- 

Sebastian of Monte Cassino (ibid., no. 3870), which was first printed by Sweynheym and 

Pannartz s 1468 edition. 

This eponymous press has never been identified. The present edition was its first and 

most important production, followed by some five folio and quarto editions of classical 

texts, including Chrysoloras s Greek-Latin grammar (GW 6697). 

Blank spaces have been left in the text of the present edition for the supply of Greek 

words in manuscript, but the word TeA-Oc; is printed in Greek at the end of the life of 

Jerome and at the end of the second colophon. 

Provenance: Augustinian Hermits of Milan, with contemporary inscription: Iste liber est 

Conventus sancte marie coronate mediolani fratrum Eremitarum sancti Augustini 

observantium congregationis Lombardie ; Count Carlo Archinto of Milan, 1670-1732, 

with bookplate (sale Paris, 1863); Cuthbert Hamilton Turner, with inscription, bought in 

Paris, 1919; Albert Ehrman, Broxbourne Library, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, ii, 7 

May 1978, lot 493); George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 November 

1989, lot 65) 

References: HC *8558; BMC vii 942; Goff H 169 

50,000-60,000 

81,000-97,000 

129

130 

58 

flefcj in teo pat 

pzhtfcp hmpiam be ipfis feemonu viz 

tutibuG bifpntatC tHud no hnpotfcmc 

m bis iccebis muemucuc abirfhv;jf 

defia tn vtbis tome boc no bcpzebenbitut fcm 

t> co atbitcotg> ncqj beeefia vlla iliic fumpfit 

eôrdium.a mos mibi fecuatuc anaqu?cos q 

gtaoam bapttfrni (tifcepturi nittt-publicc ibsm 

fifcclium populo 

au&icfc fimtolu ccbiccc

q; abicdioncm vni? faltcm fennoms coj^ qut 

pccctfTccunt m fibe no abmittit aubicus,jn cc 

nuoc p que 

tiouellc ioa-chic fcnfue vibscc^ e^dudufRoc tn 

(Mum fequamuc quc mAguiiicnfi cccia p {aua 

ebci geanj (ufocpim?* IJTccbo ccgop2fmo o{ 

urn a 

pomtuc.ficut apoftol^ ad tebrcos fccife 

bmt Ccctccc cntm pzfmo ommuacce&ntc ad 

feum eft 

opottct-qz 

a ceebentib? m fe fit tmune 

&i* flifi ctcbitccifis-neq? ; 3pt>a 

mtc( 

.Vt ecgo hit elligcttc ibi abituo patcfcat 

tfmo oint te cccterc piofitencûia nee 

58 Hieronymus (pseudo-) [Rufinus Aquileiensis] Expositio symbol! gloriosi leronymi 

contra louinianum hereticum. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, c. 1472] 

Chancery 4 (217 x 143mm.), 30 leaves, 27 lines, 4-line initial space, initials, paragraphmarks 

and initial-strokes in red, nineteenth-century blind-stamped calf, edges stained 

green, 

corners rubbed 

Rufinus s commentary on the apostle s creed was, following a common manuscript 

tradition, attributed to St Jerome both in this editio princeps, and in the Oxford edition 

of 17 December 1478 (Goff R352). 

Provenance: Dukes of Arenberg, with inventory label on spine (Schab catalogue 23, no. 

42); Walter Goldwater, with bookplate (sale New York, ii, 5 December 1985, lot 119) 

References: HC *8578; BMC i 191; Goff R351; VK 1057 

7,000-10,000 

11,300-16,200


5De immottalifafe animc. 

59 Houppelande, Guillermus. De immortalitate animae. Paris: [Pierre Le Drufor] Denis 

Roce, 4 September 1499 

Chancery 8 (131 x 91mm.), 24 leaves, 31 lines, Gothic letter, one 7-line initial space 

with printed guide, printer s woodcut device on title, later vellum 

The last of four fifteenth-century editions, all printed in Paris. Although described by 

most bibliographies as quarto, this edition is in fact printed in octavo, like the three 

earlier editions. 

References: HR 8969; Goff H495; IGI 4909; CIBN H-301; Gates 3130.5 

400-600 

650-950 

131

132 

" 

60 

i>LE\j x.ovpj 

X.opHTOJ O.VT"HC 

/ Au&HCT-e x-au. au.<r^toc ovx.e cri 

y x_oyiKcri 

w^ , 

* 

> 

> / Vjt 

p oAooy (Ja.Atfy J x. r<{i;ai2i. Mpua-c; CLÔAOV 

T-V U-tp-rc x-ou 

ovV e 

v ox*. 

MC x.ai. a-fuvôyoc op^HSM-oJo 

1^ TroAtA-ov r uec ê M-OU^HC aux-opHToj 

c tfnj-w^T^t. jw^/ <xvr(a- a-iro^pooc at^.a. rotV 

o-vAMO-oLC îôv 

eT-a.poj<r 

"oc 

pet. nj-aTi îA,u 

i-wHo nroAfM-i 

(c oiM ovSiexwric cuîKCT Tra-rjd a. l 

aLo ft-to-ov o-a-X.oc oraurt 

o-H-riKv X-aLTau x.t>q-iVv-5roq-toy f

60 Homer. Opera [Greek] (edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas). Florence: Demetrius Damilas 

[in the shop ofthe Printer of Virgil (Copinger 6061)]for Bernardus and Nerius Nerlius, and 

Giovanni Acciaiuoli, 9 December 1488 [dedication printed 13 January 1488/89 or shortly 

after] 

bound in 2 volumes, Median 2 (325 x 235mm.), 189 leaves (of 190, without final blank 

leaf)) 39 lines, Greek letter, 2- and 10-line initial spaces, brown crushed morocco by 

Marius Michel, brown morocco gilt doublures decorated with a seme of fleurs-de-lys, gilt 

edges, occasional contemporary manuscript notes, lackingfinal blank leaf 

FIRST EDITION IN GREEK OF HOMER, PRINCE OF POETS, AND THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE 

PRINTING IN GREEK. 

The editor, Demetrios Chalcondylas, had come to Italy at the invitation of Cardinal 

Bessarion in 1447 and came under the patronage of Lorenzo de Medici in the 1470s. 

The Greek font of the Homer is, with variants of a few sorts, that of the earliest Milanese 

Greek font, used in 1476 and after. The maker of this font was Demetrius Damilas of 

Crete, whose skill and pains are commemorated in the colophon and dedication of the 

Homer. Despite the lengthy and circumstantial colophon, bibliographers have had 

trouble in agreeing on the correct imprint and date. Robert Proctor ( 77^- Printing of Greek 

in the Fifteenth Century, 1900, p. 66 sqq.) argued that the edition was actually printed in 

the shop of Bartolommeo di Libri, whose type was used to print the dedication to Piero 

de Medici on the first page. BMC assigned the edition rather to the Nerli brothers. 

Roberto Ridolfi (La stampa a Firenze nelsecolo XV, 1958, p. 95 sqq.) has pointed out that 

the Nerli were well-born and wealthy Florentines whose role would have been a purely 

financial one. He has assigned the Homer to the anonymous Florentine shop, the Printer 

of Virgil (Copinger 6061, Goff V183), which flourished from 1488 to 1490 or so. Ridolfi 

has supposed that only the first, dedication page was printed in di Libri s shop, more than 

a month after the completion of the edition proper, this page hitherto having been 

planned as a blank. 

The Batrachomyomachia ( Battle of the Frogs and Mice ), a pseudo-homeric text, which is 

also included here with the Iliad, Odyssey and Homeric Hymns, had been earlier printed 

in an unsigned Greek-Latin edition printed perhaps at Brescia or Ferrara, which is known 

only from the unique copy in the John Rylands University Library, Manchester. 

Provenance: University of Lyon, with stamp ACAD. LUGD. and release stamp dated 1843; 

Constantine Radoulesco, with leather booklabel; H. Bradley Martin, with bookplate 

(Sotheby s New York, 14 June 1990, lot 3355) 

References: HCR 8772; BMV vi 678; Goff H300 

60,000-80,000 

97,000-129,000 

133

134 


poie csMjcnit ad tcrram:quf cum torus occidit vt pcn 

ex arctico drculo vidcatur. xories ante pcdibus $ rcliqui* n;c/ 

b:is.babct autem in capitc ftdla vnam. ftnifti 3 o b::tfbto vua. 

3n ttroq5 bumcro fingulas dare luccntee.3" wnn fimftra vna. 

3 :i ocxiro cubito vnam.3 vtroc^ Intcrc : fingulas fed c!ano:cm 

in finiftro.3n txr^tro fcmoic ona9.3n Scnu vnan.3" Popltrc v/ 

nam.3" cnirc ouas.3 n P e(^ c ^nam ^ U 2 oicitur dara . 3" fiwftu 

manu quattuoj.quas pdle Iconis.nonulU clTc oixerunt. 3 1^ func 

onmino occcm i nouan. 

bcrculcs

61 

3dr.i [rium fijnoinm longirndini cxcupano c.mcri 

Iconio c virjniiîiiter cquinoctulo circu urn i DW 

nulcm ccllocmir: 3 ijmcn vtcjput 0110 con/ 

i endow ad fignu id qtud piocrau voc.ii :T loiui j 

bydrj ,vp:ic quan.i p jro uiicr clhuu t e^lnouu/ 

tc (irculfi vidc.if . i jud.1 out cytrcn.i pcnc cam \ apnt u^ce: In 

ftincl in ro:fo Co:uu:roftro coûa ciue ui^cntc 7 tcio caôx: 

ad tt.itcrcm tcndcntc:qui fans longo oifcidcntc mrcriullo p:opc 

met Iconcm ( virgincm coiiihtuiiiu vidcrar uuiiiutior ad caput 

61 Hyginus Mythographus. Poeticon astronomicon (edited by Jacobus Sentinus and 

Johannes Lucilius Santritter). Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 14 October 1482 

Chancery 4 (186 x 143mm.), 57 leaves (of 58, without the initial blank leaf), 31 lines, 

Gothic letter, 5-, 6- and 1 1-line white-on-black woodcut initials, heading on a2 recto 

calf, modern morocco- 

printed in red, 47 woodcuts in text, nineteenth-century polished 

backed slipcase and chemise 

SECOND, BUT FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, CONTAINING THE EARLIEST PRINTED 

REPRODUCTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS, PLANETS AND SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. The first 

edition, printed at Ferrara in 1475, contains blank spaces presumably intended for hand 

illustrations. The woodcuts of the present edition, ascribed by Hind to one of the two 

editors, Johannes Lucilius Santritter, were reused by Ratdolt in his 1485 reprint of the 

same work (see lot 62) and also in his 1488 Augsburg edition ofJohannes Angelus, 

Astrolabium (see lot 10). 

The text is often misattributed to Caius Julius Hyginus, Augustan freedman, librarian of 

the Palatine Library, and friend of Ovid. Its primary source is the Phaenomena of Aratus 

(c. 315-240 BC), a poem about the constellations and weather signs which became, after 

the ///Wand Odyssey, the most widely read poem in the ancient world. In it we find 

clearly explained the basics of astronomy, world, sphere, diameter and pole, as well as a 

treatment of the 42 constellations and the zodiac, all embroidered with mythological 

stories. When discussing Capricorn we are told of an divine assembly in Egypt, in which 

irrupted the enemy Typhon. To escape him nay gods changed their shape: Mercury 

turned into an Ibis, Apollo became a crane, and it was for this reason that the Egyptians 

considered these birds to be gods. 

Leaf a3 is signed b3; but d3 is correctly signed (see BMC). 

Provenance: Gilbert R. Redgrave, Ratdolt s bibliographer, with bookplate and a long 

bibliographical note on flyleaf dated 13 May 1891; Robert Honeyman IV, with bookplate 

(sale in our rooms, iv, 6 November 1979, lot 1735); George Abrams, with bookplate (sale 

in our rooms, 16 November 1989, lot 69) 

References: HC *9062; BMC v 286; GorTH560; Sander 3472; Essling 285; Klebs 527.2; 

Redgrave, Ratdolt, 30 

25,000-30,000 

40,400-48,500 

135

136 

j Ndromeda,ppe cafliopeia fapra caput perfei bre/ 

j 

ui interuallo diflldete pfpicir collocata: manibus 

diucrfis uincta ut antiqs biftoriis e traditu: cuius 

j caput equi pegaii uetri coiungif.Eade cni ftclla ut 

l 

umbilicus fl^ 

pegafi andromed^ caput appellatur 

Hui^mediu pectus & manu flniftra circulus fftm diuidit. Oc/ 

cidit aute cd pifce de duob^lccudotque andromed^ fubiectum 

bracbio fupra diximÊxoricte libra & fcorpione capite priuf/ 

q^ reliquo corpe puenit ad terra.Exorit aute cu pi(cib^&: ariete 

Hf c ut fiipra dixim9 !^ I capite ftella clare luceteunaJn utroq; 

.buero.iJn cubito dextro4tlri ipCa mau tijn finiftro cubito ufi 

62 actual size

62 Hyginus Mythographus. Poeticon astronomicon (edited by Jacobus Sentinus and 

Johannes Lucilius Santritter). Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 22January 1485 

Super-Chancery 4 (214 x 155mm.), 56 leaves, 32 lines, Roman letter, 3, 5- and 11-line 

white-on-black woodcut initials, full-page woodcut schematic sphere on al verso, 47 

Hebrew notes in 

woodcuts of the constellations, nineteenth-century olive morocco, early 

Rabbinic script on verso of final leaf and captions for woodcuts, occasional early 

manuscript annotations in Latin, cl and c8 misbound in place of each other, small paper 

repairs in lower margins of a few leaves, some light damp-staining in a few leaves, edges of 

binding slightly rubbed 

Third edition. The woodcuts were first used in Ratdolt s 1482 edition (see previous lot). 

This second, Ratdolt edition is printed in Roman type rather the Gothic used in his 

earlier edition. It also contains a full-page schematic sphere at the beginning of the text, 

and the two concluding Carmina adlectorem by Sentinus of the earlier edition are here 

omitted. 

The present copy contains early Hebrew notes in Rabbinic script on the blank verso of 

the final leaf and in a few captions for the woodcuts. 

Provenance: Hewell, with bookplate; Robert George Windsor-Clive, P.C., C.B., Earl of 

Plymouth, with bookplate 

References: HC *9063; BMC v 289; Goff H561; Sander 3473; Essling 286; IGI 4960; 

Redgrave, Ratdolt, 48 

62 

10,000-15,000 

16,200-24,300 

- - 

; _ 

, \ "*>. 1*1 

137

138 


ftropcdceiu .quiaurigaappcllatur.intcrhuiusfinitfoncm cor 

pons&arieds caudamftcihfunt:quas ucrgclias noftri grseci 

& cxontur. 

autempleidasappellaucrunt.Hicauerfusoccidit 

Habcc in cornibus ftellasrfed in finiftro clariore.Vtrif 

fingulas 

qj oculis fingulas.in frontc media uniEx quibus locis cornua 

nafcuntur fmgulas:qu3E fcptem ftcllz hyadcs nuncupatur.Et fi 

ce: uc 

nonuliiquasduasdiximusnouifTimasftcIlas ncgau^rit 

olno hyadcs cflfet quincp.praecerca in finiftro gcnu priorchabcs 

ftella una.Et 

fupcr ungula una.indcxtrogcnu una.& intcrfca ^ 

pilio trcsmouirfima cam caetcris clariorcm.in /^" " 

pcdorc una 

funt omnino praetcr ucrgilias quattuordccim. 

^ Vv ^ Û^ltvv 2~OtM*l 

**~\ 

*f 

?! Taurus

63 Hyginus Mythographus. Poeticon astronomicon. Venice: Thomas de Blavis, de Alexandria, 

7June 1489 

Chancery 4 (204 x 141 mm.), 56 leaves, 34 lines, Roman letter, 5-, 6- and 1 1-line whiteon-black 

woodcut initials, some initial spaces with printed guides, 47 woodcuts of the 

constellations, ALL COLOURED BY AN EARLY HAND, some early manuscript notes and 

captions in red ink, other early manuscript notes on first leaf, nineteenth-century vellum, 

occasional 

staining 

A reprint of Ratdolt s 1485 edition (see lot 62), from which the woodcuts are copied, 

some in reverse. Copies of this edition are known with the date 1485 (see H 9064 and 

Proctor 4760). The heading for the schematic diagram on al verso is here printed in 

Gothic letter, while in Ratdolt s 1485 edition this was in Roman letter. 

References: HC *9065; BMC v 318; Goff H562; Sander 3474; Essling 287; IGI 4961; 

Proctor 4765 

3,000-5,000 

4,850-8,100 

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140 

64 

JAMBLICHVSDEMYSTERirS. 

De cognitione diuin or urn 

gyptiifcriptorcsputantesomniainuetaeflea Mcr 

curio Juoslibros nierciino infcnbebat. Mcrcuhus 

peftfapietk&elocjp. Pythagoras, 

Plato. Democri 

cus. Eudoxus. & inulti ad facerdotes xgyptiosaccclfc 

nit- Dogmatahumslibrifutairynoru,&,egyptioru. 

&cxcolunis Mcrcurii. Pythagoras& Plato didice/ 

implnioiophiaexcoliinis Mcrcurii in aegypto. Co 

crcurii plen<edoctrinis. A utco nine ratio ins ufum inert na- 

turaliter infitadeorumnotio .Immo tactus quida diuinitads mclior, 

quani notitia , exquo incitatur naturalis appetitus boni ,& ratiocmatio 

atûidiciiiin. E{Icntialiscognitioduiinoru.,quânimacfl:perpctua 

acre ucranoncft cognitio hêc, qua deo fruimur. Incognitionecnim 

eft alteri tas.led co n tactu ; q uidam effentiaiis & i im p lex . N 

on enim pof- 

fitmus attingerc unitatemipiam,nifi unitii iimo quodam & imitate" 

mentis, qux ruperanim<e,mentisqucproprietaremextar. 

ipia 

Vnitas 

dcorum unit (ibi anima? ab <cthcrno unitatcs carum fecunduni 

per 

contiguitatem tarn propnam &c eflicacem,utefic contintiitas uideatur.Inteliectusdiiuiiusdateircanim 

i-perintelligcrefuuincfientiale. 

Ergo ci~leanim<ecftqiioddam iiitclligcrcicilicetdeuinunde depcndct. 

Effe no ftrum eft deuin cognoicere. quia prcccipuum cffe anima?,eit iii- 

tellectus fuus,in quo idem eft , cffe quod mtclligcrc diuma actu perpe- 

tuo. Abilloaufpnieflcprcccipiioderiuanturpotcnti.canini.cdiiairreii 

tes. 

Poftdeosponimiisd;emoinji.licroc:.o7Tiniaspiiras,hitresordme5 

folitis humanierationisdif. 

pediffequi funtdeoriinv Nonpoflumus 

curfionibusattingeredeorumpcdi{{equosdsmoncs:heroesanimospu 

ros. Sed necefle cit confurgere ad centialem intclligcntiam &c xtherna. 

Sicutdiifeniperattingunturnotioneinnata/icnummadeorumpe 

diflequa,tuncprimtimattingunturquando animadepofuitmodum 

cognitionij mobilem, qui ad potcntiam fpectat rationalcm, qux mtel 

. 

lectLiintelligentiaq; formatur,qucin uocantiiitellectumadeptum Na 

priinanotitiainagcnteintellectLiconiiftit. Cum cognitio pcrada^qua 

tioncm fiat.lequitur ut minima lempitcrna,&; immobiliaattingamus, 

iiotionefempiternaimmobilifimplici. Cognitio qua cognofcimus 

fubftatitias fcparatas: eft in alia fpccic,<| ilia, qua cognofcimus alia~ 

: Cognitio 

duiinoriimfiiitfeinperiiianimaperfimplicemintuitum 

a, in

64 lamblichus. De mysteriis aegyptiorum, chaldaeorum, assyriorum (and other Platonic and 

neo-Platonic writings, translated and edited by Marsilius Ficinus). Venice: Aldus 

Manutius, September 1497 

FIRST EDITION, Super-Chancery 2 (291 x 199mm.), 185 leaves (of 186, without the final 

blank leaf), 37 lines and headline, Roman letter, 3- and 7-line initial spaces with printed 

guide-letters, outline woodcut on a3 recto illuminated in gilt, red, green and blue, an 

armorial painted in lower margin of a3 recto, early nineteenth-century Italian sheep richly 

gilt, green silk pastedowns with gilt dentelle borders, gilt edges, 

slipcase and chemise, sides rubbed 

slightly 

141 

modern morocco-backed 

FIRST EDITION of this important collection of classical and Byzantine Platonic texts 

translated and edited by Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), dedicated to Cardinal Giovanni de 

Medici (later Pope Leo X), second son of Ficino s patron Cosimo de Medici. It was at the 

behest of Cosimo that Ficino learned Greek and for whom he made translations of Plato s 

works. These translations were first printed at Florence by Laurentius de Alopa, c. 1484- 

85 (Goff P771). Ficino was also the founder and leading spirit of the Platonic Academy 

of Florence. 

The present collection comprises two groups of translations: the first (lamblichus to 

Priscianus Lydus) made in the late 1480s; the second (Alcinous-Xenocrates) in the early 

1460s. To this second group is added Ficino s own early tract De voluptate (written in 

1457). For details on the dates and textual history of each text, see Paul O. Kristeller, 

Supplementum Ficinianum, 1937, iii, Index operum; and for indentification of the Greek 

manuscript sources used by Ficino, see Kristeller, Marsilio Ficino and his Work after Five 

Hundred Years, 1987, appendix V. 

lamblichus (c. 245-325AD), a pupil of Porphyry, is one of the most important figures in 

the history of Neoplatonism, and through his Vita Pythagorae and Protrepticus of 

Pythagorean number symbolism. lamblichus also knew the works of Hermes 

Trismegistus, and was an early critic of certain spuria. In his De mysteriis lamblichus 

writes of the importance of ritual and of how the initiate (mustes) must transcend 

corporality and matter in the service of the gods, and become one with them through the 

power which unites the cosmos. 

The importance of lamblichus in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries cannot be 

overstated, not can his influence on the history of Neoplatonsim. His succcessors credited 

him with the whole orientation of later Neoplatonic philosophy, by his establishing a 

curriculum, drawing up a system for the interpretation of Plato, by his extension of the 

use of mathematics in philosophy (cf. his In Nichomachi arithmeticam introductio) , by his 

refining of Neoplatonic metaphysics, and by his extraordinary syncretism of the various 

theologies, demonology and rites of the ancients, including the Egyptians, Persians, 

Chaldaeans and others. Some of his lost works were known to Macrobius and to the 

Emperor Julian the Apostate. 

All but two of the texts are here published for the first time. Alcinous was first printed in 

the translation of Petrus Balbus at Nuremberg in 1472 (Goff A365), and the original 

Greek text of the Pythagorean Golden Verses was included in the first book from Aldus s 

press, 

Lascaris s Erotemata of 1494/95 (GoffL68). 

This handsome copy, later in the Saks and Abrams collections, belonged in the 

nineteenth century to Lord Vernon the great Dante scholar, whose editions of Dante and 

the commentators upon him are of great importance. The manuscripts of his own 

commentary on Dante are in the College Library, Eton, which has a number of his books. 

Provenance: George John Warren, 5th Baron Vernon (1803-1866), with bookplate (sale in 

our rooms, 10 June 1918, lot 300); John A. Saks, with bookplate (sale New York, 1 

October 1980, lot 122); George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 

November 1989, lot 70) 

References: HC *9358; BMC v 557; Goff J216; Klebs 529.1; Renouard p. 13; Ahmanson- 

Murphy 17; Christ, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus ( 1 990) no. 127 

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duplicator corpora 

&c vaporantur. Vnde & ex ftella dies canicularcs dicuntur- 

ipa 

qliando et molefte font purgationes.CCanis autem vocat ,pptei? 

quod corpora. raorbo afficiat-fiuepropter flamme candorenv 

eiufmodi fit ut <j pre 

cetens lucere 

videatur.Itaq^ quo magis ea ^ 

cognofcerent Unon appellarunt. i^Lb metes ffcella didra eft-eo 

? 

Iff 

(j comas luminis ex fe fundat. Quod genus fidens quado ap/ 

paruent-aut peftilentiam-aut famem-aut boella fignihcat. (Eo/ 

metes autem latme crinite appellantur-cj? in mo dum crmium P=-4^ l 

flammas fpargunt. Q^.ias ftoici dicunt eiTe vltra-xxx- quarum 

nomia &c effec tus 

quida aftrologi fcripferut. ^fCucifer 

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in ortu. IfTPlanete ftelie (unt que non funt fixe in caelo ut rehq 

led m acre feruntur.Did:e autem planete a potefplanes id eft ab 

errore.Nam interdum in auftrum-mterdum in 

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contra mundum-nonunqm cum mundo feruntur 

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pbetonta-phmona-beiperus. ftelbon. Wasromam nomimbus > 

deorum (uoru id eft louis-faturni-martiS Veneris-atqj mercuni- 

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K, concepta eft oppmio vanitatis.Manc oppimone errons dna/ 

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tprmatur.utaryion.aries-taurus-libra &i buiufmodi alia.Mi Q 

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65 Isidorus Hispalensis, Saint, Bishop ofSeville. Etymologiae. [Augsburg]: Giinther Zainer, 19 

November 1472 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (304 x 218mm.), 264 leaves, 38 lines, Roman letter, 3 full- 

page woodcut diagrams, small woodcut world map, numerous woodcut diagrams and 

symbols in text, 3- and 6-line initials supplied in red or blue, many with penwork 

decoration and extensions in green and blue ink, headlines and paragraph-marks in red, 

nineteenth-century half sheep, several early manuscript annotations in Latin, with a few 

in Hebrew, a few small wormholes in the firstfew leaves, first and last gatherings loose and 

guarded, damp-stain in some outer margins, occasional other light soiling and staining 

FIRST EDITION of Isidore s encyclopaediaa of medieval knowledge composed at the turn of 

the sixth century. IT CONTAINS THE FIRST PRINTED MAP, of the diagrammatic T-O form 

showing the three continents separated by a T-shape Mediterranean Sea, the whole 

enclosed within the ocean. The three genealogical woodcuts show trees of consanguinity 

and affinity and a large wheel-form diagram of family relationships. 

The Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville stand out as THE GREAT ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE 

EARLY AND HIGH MIDDLE AGES. Isidore (died 4 April 636AD) left this remarkable work 

unfinished, although even before his demise, the work was in circulation. The division 

and editing of the text in twenty books was carried out by Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa, to 

whom Isidore sent the text before his death, and there are three versions of the text (and 

three groups of manuscripts), the pirated version, the unedited text of the author and the 

text as edited by Braulio. Within less than a hundred it years was known across Europe, 

e.g. to Aldhelm in England, who used information derived from Isidore (died 709 AD, 

some of 

see A. Orchard, The poetic art ofAldhelm, Cambridge, 1994. p. 14). Manuscripts, 

great antiquity, attest to the rapid dissemination of the text (see M. Reydellet, La 

Diffusion des Originesd Isidore de Seville au Haut Moyen Age , 

in MEFR78 (1966) pp. 

383-437). The Etymologiae cover the liberal arts, medicine, law, language, geography 

hence the map in this editio princeps - and natural history, and constituted ONE OF THE 

MAIN ROUTES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF CLASSICAL LEARNING TO THE MIDDLE AGES (cf. E 

Brunholzl, Histoire de la litterature latine du Moyen Age, 1 , pt. 1 (1990), 78-93, 257-260). 

The present edition is the first complete book to be printed with this Roman type, which 

Zainer had previously used to print a broadside calendar in 1471 (GW 1293). Mentelin s 

Strassburg edition is dated not after 1473 on the basis of an ownership inscription 

in a 

copy at Bamberg. 

The early manuscript notes include on fol. 54 some Hebrew translations of the names of 

planets, some scattered notes in the section on medicine, and at the beginning of Book VI 

a contemporary note with the date 1483. 

Provenance: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, with release stamp 

References: H *9273; BMC ii 317; Goff 1181; Klebs 536.2; Schreiber 1532; Shirley 1 

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3Jncipit piologus in legedasfancto* 

rum quascollegit in vnufrater 5 acx>b? 

ianuenfis oe ozdine piedicato?, 

te in quattuo: oi^ 

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pcuiatoiarenoti a* 

tionisfmereuoca* 

ni&7peregrmatio 

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peuiatio piirno? parenru . ? 3CempU3 

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/lib oyfe: 1 oura iw vfcg ad nannitatn 

|:pinn quo boiwper^pbctaead ftderci 

nocari fun 1 7 rcnoiwci . iSt iftud temp 15 

repfmtacecdefia ab aduecu oni vfi^ ad 

pud reconciliation eft rcpjio in quo per 

jcpm fumuo recociliao. SSt iftud temp^ 

repiefeucat ccckfia a pafcba vfy ad pen 

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vbi plene afii oe mifterio bni^ rccdal i j 

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fpintuali9figna6 *JjLempus autcil; 

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tempoie peregrin atoio.f.ab octaua epy 

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fia a feptuagefimavf(p ad pafcba.&uar 

to oe illi0 q occurrut infra temp reconrf 

lunonio.qD tempus repfentacecddia J 

pafcba vfcg ad octauan) pentbecofkd. 

luinro oe illic que occurrut infra tents 

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66 Jacobus de Voragine. Legenda aurea sanctorum. Nuremberg: Georg Stuchs, 1 October 1488 


letter, first 8-line initial in blue on a gilt panel with coloured borders, other 2- and 3-line 

initials supplied alternately 

in red and blue, paragraph-marks in red, contemporary 

Nuremberg binding, blind-tooled calf over unbevelled wooden boards, both covers with 

an outer border ruled in blind, that on upper cover decorated with a repeated leafy staff 

tool and a gryphen, central panel filled with a repeated artichoke tool, title originally 

tooled in gilt at head of the upper cover, lower cover decorated with a leaf staff tool, a 

large rosette and a gryphen, four metal corner- and centre-pieces, two clasps and catches, 

title lettered along upper edges, modern cloth box, lower margin of initial blank leaf and 

M4 strengthened, slight worming in margins of last few leaves, some leaves in gathering L 

misbound, rebacked, new endpapers 

The Legenda aurea sanctorum, written by the Italian Dominican friar Jacobus de Voragine 

(1230-1298), was a popularly written collection of lives of the saints following the church 

year. Of wide circulation and influence from the late thirteenth century onward, it was 

first printed by Heinrich Eggestein at Strassburg, not after April 1472 (Goff J81), and 

was reprinted at least seventy times before the end of the century. 

A Nuremberg binding by the Hieronymus Miinzer Binder (Kyriss 116), so-called after 

his chief customer (see E.P. Goldschmidt, Hie ronymus Meunzer und seine Bibliothek, 

Warburg 

Institute, 1938). 

Provenance: Library of the Prince Bishop at Eichstatt, with note of ownership on title Ad 

Brother Julian, ES.C. Collection, 

Biblioth[ecam] aul[icam] Eystettense[m] ; The 

Manhattan College, with bookplate recording gift from Christian A. Zabriskie 

References: C 6450; BMC ii 468; Goff J 120 

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8,100-11,300 

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146 


quen0queftio fcctcrmmate eft inquodlibeto 

r(fo:denfis BJnno*i4d lludtj 

poft>artbolo 

met add petitionc mulro^ tarn religtofbm c^ fc/ 

culariu contra tripliccm errorc* |/p2imo cotra. 

^clumut cakutarc i t)cterminarct>tcnoiunimrj 

jContr^ qooepotitt clt condufio ^ma 015 fuis co^dati^ 

quo ad auqua* CSfctfo cotra qucnda cractam inip:cfl uj* 

qui t>iat ^ anti^ps non fit gfonalitcrvcntur 9 ncc nocb 

7 &cka8lintgfonalift:r vcnturi. led q? macb^mc^fucric 

va- 9 7 gfbnalis anrirpg/ duanm at tllctractat p t)cuiet 

averimtcracrcfcripturcymoafidccrcdcntmapp^rcbiti 

fct>4 codulkmc cum fuia co:rcLir^8: T in p:imo co:rebrto 

qucndalibmm cmufda 

none vcre vite* T afleribuntbcato Sugufrino* fcd 

me. Jn quo tractatu auto: nititur/pbarc, q? rcgnu cclo:u5 

cgpjiuatio vifiom0&cute]tbijsconcludi q? nodtloc9 

vbirccipiantbeatiinccfitloc 9 vbicolUganfoanati Et (Ic 

nesatcelumempuTcuefielocu5bcato* ferealem infer/ 

numin terra confiitcntc.ftconcluditejcb^qd^cteri 9 ^ 

fcilsq? ^non necveret>cfcendit 

vcrcafccnditadcelo^ 

ad mfernaquc omnia quantum llntfacre fcripture i ftdci 

cotraria.ymopcflimavcnenabercticaoftendcfmtertU 

co ndulionc, cum fu is co:rda ri s An n euo . 

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67 [Johann von Paltzj. Quaestio determinata contra triplicem errorem de Antichrist! 

revelatione. Memmingen: [Albrecht Kunne, after 24 August i486] 

Chancery 4 (197 x 139mm.), 44 leaves, 33 lines, Gothic letter, 4-line initial, initialstrokes 

and underlining all in red, modern calf, yellow edges (from an earlier binding), 

some spotting and staining 

Second edition, closely reprinted from the first edition printed at Erfurt (Goff A771). 

Johann von Paltz, an Augustinian Hermit, was a leading intellectual in Erfurt at the end 

of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth. His Quaestio de Antichristo 

was an academic disputation delivered at the University of Erfurt in August i486. In it 

Paltz argues against the orthodoxy of two printed works: Annius s Defuturis 

Christianomm triumphis (GoffA750 sqq.), which claimed that Mohammed was the 

Antichrist; and the pseudo-Augustine (i.e. Honore of Autun) De cognitione verae vitae 

(Goff A1250), which denied the physical reality of heaven and hell. 

Provenance: George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 November 1989, lot 

74) 

References: HC *1 155; BMC ii 604; Goff A772 

5,000-8,000 

8,100-12,900 

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148 

P* 

Ltlj 

carta et oiucrfa patiaris-gauoerc fcebrs in immcnfum ejiftimanCJo 

cpbabcas oel f>m equiualenriam.rel fupeminendam omr.e genus 

munoano2 gr.uioo?.-Nimirum ficut paiP per fozorem meam di&i 

cifti cp tribulatio in prefenti auget cozona in futuro-Ita aO gauoij 

tui augmentum ejdftima.cp carietas tribulationnm earium few C>u 

werfumfutwrecosonetue.relOni equiualentiamaDicit oznatum 

Sicut ergo in cozona materiali non e(T^ bonum carere olio genere 

gemmae cosone oueniennumIta enam cum puentu potenrie fu 

flinendique in ipis tribulaconib? fiDelie de? facit.meli? eft t?llo 

carere genere tribulationum. 

Capituluni qu^rtu contincna ofclationco fuper gaersis 

co ftatui contrari jo 

Varto a> pcfl paemilTa (upâDiclra J5ominam ccnfola 

triceni acceflit. etaliPtnfltscofolationem requireno 

fuper fe turbantib? guerris* cut ilia pzo cofolatione 

Oe fuie puellio Duas Oepucauit. 

Bima pulla fie ait-aut turbans oc gnerris e^ eo q? oergunt in 

malum tuu? pfonale-aut e^ co q> cergunt ctiam in malurn aii 

i eje eo prefctfeq? oergunt in matum tuu pfonale plcr.n po 

teris ofolari in bcc opere diuerfis in capitulm p oicta meaxjifoDa 

lium panter ct oicen&aSi oero ep eo turbans cp oergunt guerre 

in malum alio^L 

earn fuper boc ofolarione reapiao qua circa fine 

totiP bu\9 libsi potcrts rcpcrire cbi poncnt 1 

ofolaaones bcminia 

opaffmi $ptcr palTiones alioix ^pancnfto crucian* 

Scuf>a puella fie ait HefciB q? miliria eft oita bominis fuper 

terram. Âilitanti autem oalet eêrcitium. qo in guerrie r>el 

fosinfecus magis cf> 

paucis tempo? e eft patunv quippe pacis tem 

pose t02pent bomincs inbcrtia atq? ab intra piculofi? impugnan 

tur-tunc em inimtci bominis oomeftici c?iua.tunc temptat luûria 

tune inuic>iatuc auaricta tuc ct aha oida plura numero cp i gueri 

ri quibP pacis tpe inferuitur* 

CapKulum quintu cotines Dfolationce fup bello feu ofliclu et 

cniuerfaliter fnp impugnatoe in ccmuni. 

Vinto poft pzcmina accelTitao Dominant fuprafcicto? 

caa ah? triftie De bell 10 feu of liclitbP immenribus to 

CUB perturbat? Defioerans confolari cui ilia mcr pzo 

confolatione oe fuis pucllis feptem oeputauit* 

I.COHSIOSP^TIO. 

Bima puella fie ait-O miles jcpi nefcis qp maius bonu eft bo; 

tium pacifi cp malum fit maluj belli imrainenris- patet boc e^ 

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68 Johannes de Tambaco. Consolatio theologiae. [Strassburg: printer of Henricus Ariminensis 

(GeorgReyser?), c. 1478] 

Chancery 2 (287 x 208mm.), 294 leaves, 44 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-line 

of wooden boards, 

initial spaces, contemporary South German (Franconian?) binding 

blind-tooled pigskin spine, the leather extending 90mm. over the boards, green edges, 

modern cloth box, contemporary manuscript headlines and annotations in table at the 

end, lacking two clasps, upper board split and repaired, upperjoint repaired, some light damp- 

staining 

FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. Johannes de Tambaco (1288-1372), from Dambach, near 

Strassburg, was a Dominican of Strassburg until his appointment to a lectureship at 

Prague in 1347. 

This unsigned edition was assigned by BMC and Polain to Speyer. It is printed in the 

type (4:88G) which is ascribed by Ohly to Georg Reyser. BMC records a copy presented 

to the Kreuzherren at Diisseldorf in 1479. 

Provenance: Franciscans of Wiirzburg, with seventeenth-century inscription at head of 

first leaf; E. Gordon Duff, with inscription; Laurence W. Hodson, with booklabel; John 

Gribbel, St Austell Hall, with bookplate 

References: HC (+ Add) * 15236; BMC ii 484; GoffJ436 

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150 

3nciptt 

logicupicclanirimi vintmagiftri 3< 

bannie 

criptafutad nfamooctrini 

"cripta Cut: vtper pfolatione 

teripturap fpem babeamus: 

qua fc? fpe gaudetes in tribu 

^^ L. Utione ob quozficucp triftw 

uonea tpfrituali gaudio mono cotinuan 

do muume reftciamua. ^ddrco confideratia 

muidii bui 9 tribulationib^ ac multiplicib 9 tup 

bationft caufis feu occafiomb ? :cogitaitt tcin 

ftmtis pfolationib 9 cotenrio impUcitc vd ep 

plidte in rcrtpmri3:quarda redigere in qua/ 

licucp oge in fcriptis:Bd bono:e oei cofolato 

ris optimiT e.imij :ac gloziof^ ^ginis marip: 

quaiprepacUmsfic f^cudautf (y oefi totius 

cofolationis nobis genuittatc^ btiflfimi ioba^ 

me euagelift^ qui ,^pter euagelisadt pftatiam 

meruit creb:a pfolarfonerdeuari:lBecn6 om 

niu fctdr:quo3 p multas tribulationeo opoj 

tuit intrare in regnii eglop:Hc oentcp ad o5fo 

latione oitnboiimpdpuedttts illo?qui;pic 

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69 Johannes de Tambaco. Consolatio theologiae. Basel: Johann Amerbach, [14]92 

Chancery 8 (\36 x 92mm.), 112 leaves, 27 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 6-line 

initial on al recto supplied in blue on a gilt panel with green and pink leafy decoration in 

margin, 4-line initials supplied in red and blue, 2-line initials and paragraph-marks 

supplied in red, crushed red morocco by A. & R. Maylander, gilt edges, a few early 

manuscript notes in margins and some underlining, initial on al recto rubbed, firstfew 

leaves lightly soiled in margins 

One of several abridged versions of the complete text. Amerbach presented twelve copies 

of this book to the Basel Charterhouse in 1492. 

References: HC * 15237; BMC iii 754; GoffJ437 

2,000-3,000 

3,250-4,850

70 

70 Johannes de Tambaco. Consolatio theologiae. Basel: Johann Amerbach, [14]92, 

leaves 

Gerardus de Zutphania. De reformatione virium animae. [Basel: Johann Amerbach], 

1492, 60 leaves, woodcut ofAdam and Eve within a four-piece border on al verso 

Bernardus Claravallensis (pseudo-) Meditationes de interiori homine. [Basel: Johann 

Amerbach], 1492, 32 leaves 

3 works in one volume, Chancery 8 (143 x 100mm.), 27 lines and headline, Gothic 

letter, 2-, 4- and 6-line initial spaces with printed guide-letters, contemporary Tubingen 

binding (Kyriss workshop 123), blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, border of a 

hunting roll, one clasp and catch, contemporary manuscript notes including a list of 

contents on front pastedown and minor penwork additions to the woodcut 

The woodcut ofAdam and Eve in the Gerardus de Zutphania is one of the fifty-five used 

in Ludwig Moser s Bereitungzu dem Heiligen Sakrament, printed at Basel by Michael 

Furter, c. 1493 (GoffM 866). 

Provenance: Canons Regular of Waldsee, with contemporary inscription 

References: Johannes de Tambaco: HC * 15237; BMC iii 754; GoffJ437; Gerardus de 

Zutphania:HC *16291; BMC iii 755; Goff G171; Schreiber 4096; pseudo-Bernardus 

Claravallensis: HC *2883; GW 4032; BMC iii 754; Goff B404 

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152 

71 

tttllb" CUU4CM |> 

ur 

^L 

ru 

at- 

im ^tia 

wr fmmn f 

rurf fufn^je ui|ru t^Ji f 

tvm ya f 

OAw ?>^t 

(I gflfhtf MI 

ct tmp UiK>^r ^fim fp u-ualm 

ttu fUit tttt 

tm ma 

te fiuiaire ma -enu-^v ^ tra 

14^ tU4i^ÛCltTHrt 

war (FvliTtt tw rcfwnvrturiT 

4H nor ^H^ca^ tc c 

-rurfa *n-fiutw 

tc 

t 1 . ctfliilri;f)>njjfut Mto Uk 

- Uit 

IrtJ? fivfamW 

ttai 

* tpT c 

cuutcr tun 

j* n *cai> 

un

71 John Chrysostom, Saint. Homiliae super Matthaeum. Cologne: Johann Koelhoff, 

the Elder, 

1487, 140 leaves, double column, 45 lines and headline, Gothic letter, first 7-line initial 

supplied in blue, other 2-, 3- and 5-line initials, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in 

red 

John Chrysostom. Libri II De cordis compunctione. Manuscript on paper, 14 leaves, 

double column, 49 lines, two 7-line initials in blue, heading, and initial-strokes in red 

John Chrysostom. Liber De reparatione Lapsi. Written at Hohenbusch by 

Ruremund, 23 April 1490. Manuscript on paper, 16 leaves, double column, lines, one 

initial in blue, heading and initial-strokes in red 

153 

frater German 

3 works in one volume, Chancery 2 (271 x 206mm.), eighteenth-century marbled calf 

over contemporary wooden boards, fol. 1 offirst work remargined, heavy staining in first 

few leaves offirst work, some damp-staining in fore-margins, slight worming in margins of last 

few leaves 

Second edition of the Homiliae super Matthaeum, preceded by Mentelin s Strassburg 

edition of not after 1466 (Goff J288). The present copy is bound with two signed and 

dated manuscripts of further texts by John Chrysostom, written by frater German 

Ruremund, Crutched friar of Hohenbusch, as recorded in the colophon: Explicit liber 

beati Johannis Crisostomi episcopi contstantinopolitani de reparacione lapsi - sive ad 

amanticum lapsum. Serif turn Anno Domini MCCCCXC in festo Georgii martins Post 

pascha per me Germanum Ruemundensem fratrem conventi altinemoris. Deo gracias. 

Provenance: Crutched friars of Hohenbusch, with manuscript colophon dated 1490 and 

inscription at beginning of first work dated 1778 

References: H *5035; BMC i 228; Goff J289; Voull (K) 647 

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72 

rplicit fctte^ncipit tercius. 

trJfficere quidcm * ifta 

poterar quc oicta ft it adejcriguedamtiicrozta 

fl.i m.i: .1 tq.; ad gfuadedu mclioie .ic traquillio 

re ce aio.Uerii vt confolatio fit cumuUmo* : ec 

buc libai adiccre infti tin 3 llud abs tc p:iti m; 

mqiures.&ic 0:0.Si q"a re ad rcgnu tcrreftrc i iperiu yocarct: 

atcp ante mgrcii ii eius citiitatis: in qua coionadus crtconu fta 

bum otuerrere ncccfle cet :vbi luti ac fimi pluriniiis: viatorucp 

tumultus et latronu gturbatioifiunacp pjeflura i anguftia: nu 

ad ilia tnftia cogitatione onertcree: jn ilia oia qualt nibiledec 

gaudio i fpe regni cotepncrce: *per qua igif.ineptii t tndignu 

eucrrenis moualibtifqj rebus ponturumibil bus que itcri con 

ciderit cotrabireterni aiir regni fpe elatu i erccturatqj ad celoa 

acccrfiturper fingula que in boc oiucrfozio cormgut tnftia occt 

dcre atqj gnirbari.T>zofecto eni ac ftabulo mbtl 

oiucrfozip p:e 

fcntis vite ftatus melio: e Jdc$ cu facti nfi pke nobis idicare 

cuperet:bofpitc0 fcipos acperegrios appcllabat:by0 vbis nos 

erudtctea * Icta fcculi pntis t tnftia part metis altitudine cote 

nereiatq? a terra longiflunc remotes.: celeftia 

tptoanimo am 

bire atqj ad ea tota tralTcrre cogitattone ,Hge itaq? ad fanctos 

illos Uemamus a 3fofepb ad Woyfen ojationem tranlTcreted 

C bic eni ZDoyfes oim qui in terra verfabaf mitiflimus: gig 

ntttir quidc getibus fuis vt 

puriflime 

feruitutis oppzeffts ^llie 

natus aiit a gttbus vcl paretibtts ignozanftg a quibus genitus 

fiiiflet:p:io2C3 etate omne a barbans viris cducaf:quo quid g 

uiusbebjeofmgutariqjpnidetiapjcdito adotcfceim potuttco 

tingcrc: r ft rmltcs ftlius regis films putaretur ."lion aute boc 

foto angebatur tile tunc.Ucniin Q intucretur gentcm fuaj fup 

mis calamitatibus oppzimi gramd timi fibi videbatur.Qui eni 

pzctcr illojtim falutcm: ne viucrc quidcm neq? in oei hbio con 

fcribi paticbatunquando aule regie regniqj bonis frui pottrif 

fet:cii tata oes tepeftare iact.iri getilcs cerncret lias ft nos Q<^ 

poft tarn multa fecula c,roups:nulluq? buitifmodt mifcratiois 

puuilegtumad iudeos babetcs tanta fubit nnferatio:ann ifan 

ttum tllain imantmma iugulatione audim* aut legim . 

72 John Chrysostom, Saint. De providentia Dei (De dignitate humanae originis). Alost: 

Thierry Martens, 22 March 1487/88 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 4 (201 x 136mm.), 42 leaves, 40 lines, Gothic letter, 5- and 6- 

line initial spaces, vellum leaf from a later printed hymnal over modern boards, 2 tears 

through text ofgl repaired without loss, light damp-staining in a few margins, early 

inscription and library stamp washed from al 

The only fifteenth-century edition of this text, printed at the third press of Thierry 

Martens, who printed firstly at Alost with Johannes de Westfalia in 1473, and then 

contined on his own for a few months. There then followed a period of twelve years when 

he did not print and may have visited Venice, before he returned to Alost in i486 and 

continued to print until 1492, producing some fifteen books. His two main types are 

modelled on Ratdolt s Venetian types. 

Provenance: Eric Sexton, with bookplate (sale Christie s New York, 8 April 1981, lot 4) 

References: HC 5053; BMC ix 127; Goff J293 

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73 

23efattcto1Bicolao Sermo II 

futr;fn qua nudus ftbi fin iilio fuit: vt t 

.ipp.t uenrua fimilia bearo tlieolaci Jit 

rcrcrfapienaDciqueintatavarictarelan 

cto?. 

rione.jfuitemgrariofegcitcmnic^ptcrqf 

tanr-i pofuir vanctare virruro: quc It. mo:A rer nobia no lit cognira:tso ramcn eft nora 

S3i cm raiita eft v-rieraa in facicb^bominu 

no mini fl ranra potclt effe in aiabiia. i qa 

brua Hicoiaua maicimecirccflit inoperib- 

]?iino ct parrc vtriufqj gcneranri* 

2iiccr emcfTcnr tuucnea tame 1110 j: vr "flico 

laus nat^ eft princnf vircrur, vnde erat ms 

mmonio iuncri no vt Ubidini ocfcruircnng 

vtplcj cducanda adocifcruiriu gcncrarec 

mifcoic.3ii.aiUud.2iucc,vi. i:ftotcmiferi Sicutcmmiraculunjitinnaruiitate ioBis 

cozdco.licutparvcftcrcelc.miic.eft.Jdco 

af.non ct iimcntue nmilia ic, 

bapri.q>patrimutoloquclarcddidirJiuce 

t 

i| ;sic iiiiraculu fuit in nanuirarc bri TMcof 

eftinucntDe litnilio illi, 

iJ Jai:q> vtricp parenti prinenna ocinccps iin 

3nfanihcarione, ptraucnt. Sccudocjpartcgeiiiriquo34 

gaicratioiif 

"|n 

, Bn nobilirate. 

Bn cdiicjtiouc. 

co:puo.qz ad vbera pcndceiquarra i.fcxt9 

fcna ieiunabar.lpoc aiit no fuit a natura.q* 

ttktii oibue paruulis idempriugcrctfemg 

Jnperfccrionc. 

Jin iulhficatione. 

vetfrcquctcr.vtOiqf.ti.pbifi. nccacafuâ 

tune feria a feria no Difttngiieref.nee a pip 

jn clccrione. 

n conucrfationf. 

pofiro,qz we vfum liberi arbitrij non babe 

bat.lRcftat ergo g>fuerit en nnglinicrtoo 

yn tmigratipnf. 

y u ruinularione. 

Bn aflumprione. 

no.3ob.vtu."p>aeatu redder babitaculu iu* 

fricie tue,i<ecrio cic gre geniri quo ad anif 

nia:q mojc yr nar eft btus Tlieola 1 

fuit t?a 

iraculoôpmotioe. biraeuliifpulTancri.pB,ti.3nquoitvo8eo 

rtnrtnpft mn/ fti^ edificaminiinbabiraculijtrimfpijfanefo. 

OIJOneil inUCnlS ift3rimccpitfcniircKo.ccf.^m|,3nl?3 

ftniito bto nieolao m fancrificarione.Ziiet bitationc fancta co:a ipfo ininiftraui./l6a< 

em in vtero nutria fanctifiear no ftjcrit ta gnii miraculii fuit ioBes q> baprifta (jnque 

me mot naruo fcnie fuir. Jujcta illud pfaf, nio Jefertu pîchr. i iciunare S>} cegit. ma 

1 

piie pzeucnilh eu in bndierionib ouleedi iuo miraculn c q> Tlico.niot nar eame fuaj 

nio Jnrelligcnduiqi qnattuo: modis ali^ tnomficauit. 3deo.iu|.TRe^.ij.oicir .afFcr 

quifanaificat. pnmoinvreromatri8.fi tevasnouunonvctuftujimirrire inillud 

cut ?obaneo baprifta. iuce, i. firpofancro fal. t (Suarro pane modi generandi:4a 

replebifadbucc.t vtero matris.^tpi.Jn gmeratU8eftp.To:arione.Su:uremyfaae 

re cofinnaruo fum ex vrero ocvctrc rnatrio per ojationcj ab:abe genirus eft.vt Oicirur 

mcel iSccudo name ex vrcro: ficut TMw tSentf. jt^ t ncut famucl per ozarionem 

Iau8:qiptiluncri gratia ab vberib- marris anne.vtpatct.i. lReg i,@ieparenree beart 

obftincbat.p6.<5p:8 mea ab vbcrib 1 

mfis Tlicolai Deum e|co:aucrunr.vt film eis eow 

mee. r 2cmo in uuicrutejficut /lOarniv1 : 4 ccdcrcr.qucm non tantu oinirianim.fed eri 

in fua iuucnrute oco feruire ccpir,pe,opc8 an j mo:um babcrent beredem.i. lRegu5,i. 

mea one a iuucrute meal tJuarto in fene? p:o pucro ifto oiaui:^ oedic mibi Oomiiv* 

ctute:ncut larro in cruce: Dices. ilDcmenro peritioneincam ic. 

meioneoumvcncrisinregnutuu.tjtpus IrTV-j- . . 

rancnficaneenDijarramenDieotibiibodie fl^CltlOltOn ClUltDCHtUS 

mccu erie in paradifo. vr Dicif /Iftar. jrppij. ftmlife bearo Ilicolao in llobairarione.Pm 

JTafe autenj cum no poffit De fum meriris enim iSrego.-najajenntnobiliraa eft qua* 

coimdcrenep:oiicurura o

tebct owre.pfal.lkîicua me in rempoze garione, fcihcet cum quis cr uobilibus P3# 

fenecrurisicuni ocfccciit virrua mca-ne Oc* renribua nafcirur.I3Mdcemardu8 in cpi 

relmquaa me. Jn feamdo mode fancri^ ft (a ad magiftnim /Sualrcru* oc cclioma 

fteatioms non iu2wua fimilw êato te Oiarfk./3enua darum.cozpiis aperru5, 

Ilicolao. fozma cuidene: ingenium veloj: erudition 

iCX^/W</4/\ M<s/9/\f<^ /Â. nia vriliraa.ermozum f?oneftaa.gloziof 

CCUClO mOdO !|0 eft m* w&m tm. V ^ iDwc mtcm no 

73 Leonardus de Utino. Sermones de sanctis. Lyon: Johannes Trechsel, 14 March 1495/96 

4 (199 x 137mm.), 222 leaves, double column, 53 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 

printer s woodcut device at the end, first 6-line initial supplied in red on a green and 

brown panel, 3-line initials and paragraph-marks supplied in red and blue, some 

underlining in red, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over unbevelled wooden boards, 

two clasps and catches, a few early manuscript notes in margins, slight worming offore- 

margins offirst and last few leaves (with very slight loss ofprinter s device), occasional light 

staining, one clasp renewed 

References: HC * 161 38; BMC viii 298; Goff LI 64 

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74 

74 Lichtenberger, Johannes. Prognosticatio latina. Mainz: [Jacob Meydenbach], 8 June 1492 

Chancery 2 (254 x 196mm.), 36 leaves, 45 lines, Gothic letter, 9- and 1 1-line woodcut 

initials, 43 large woodcuts (3 full-page), sixteenth-century German vellum, decorative 

borders and central arabesque stamped in black, some small wormholes in text at the 

beginning and end 

Second Latin edition published in Germany. Johannes Lichtenberger, a hermit named 

after the Clairmont region of Alsace where he lived, was astrologer to Emperor Frederick 

III. His prognostications relate to the years 1490 to 1567 and were calculated upon the 

conjunction of the planets on 25 November 1484. They were first printed in Latin 

probably at Heidelberg by the Printer of the Vocabularius , after 1 April 1488 (Goff 

L204; BMC and Schreiber both assigned this edition to the Ulm press ofJohann Zainer). 

Italian and German translations were also printed in the fifteenth century, and the life of 

the text continued well into the next. 

The striking series of woodcuts was first used in the earlier Latin edition (there with a 

further two cuts not used here), and was then reused for Meydenbach s German edition 

printed barely a month after the present book (ISTC il00205500). The first image depicts 

Ptolemy, Aristotle, the Sybil, St Bridget and Ramon Lull, the five people who were the 

inspiration for Lichtenberger s work. The cut on A4 verso shows the author kneeling 

before God and below, on A5 recto, line 1 1 , is Lichtenberger named. 

This is the second book printed by Meydenbach, the first being his Hortus sanitatis dated 

23 June 1491. 

Provenance: Anton Schiller?, Convent of the Blessed Virgin, Vienna, with inscription on 

title-page 

References: H * 10082; GoffL205; Schreiber 4500; Schramm xv 7; Klebs 606.6; Fairfax 

Murray 239; Zinner 476 

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158 

75 Margarita davitica, seu expositio psalmorum. Augsburg: Giinther Zainer, [c. 1475-76] 

Chancery 2 (297 x 208mm.), 124 leaves, 35 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 19-line 

woodcut knotwork initial in margin of fol. i verso, 12-line Maiblumen initial (partly 

coloured in red) with floral extensions forming woodcut in inner margin of fol. ii recto, 

3-line outline woodcut initials, contemporary wooden boards, modern cloth bo\,fos. ii 

and viiii suppliedfrom another copy, a few small wormholes in text offirstfew leaves, several 

small wormtracks in margins throughout, repairs in upper margin of last two leaves with 

partial loss ofafew letters in each case, afew other small repairs in margins, rebacked with 

modern pigskin, lacking one clasp and catch 

First edition. This compilation of pearls from the Psalms are largely based on the great 

commentaries of St. Ambrose, St. Augustine and Cassiodorus. The Psalms have always 

been the focus of a personal approach to religion, and from early Christian times onwards 

have served as a source of devotion and piety. Said to have been written by King David, 

king, priest, poet and musician, generally depicted with his harp in Home, through divine 

inspiration, the Fathers of the Church, as well as later commentators, interpreted them 

more mystico. The fact that throughout the Middle Ages (and to this day) they were sung 

as the poetry of the church on a daily basis, and the fact that music and metre were by 

some viewed as divine emanations, was again recognised as of great importance by 

Renaissance Neoplatonists (see C.V. Palisca Humanism in Italian Renaissance musical 

thought, New haven & London: Yale UP., 1985) 

This book, the only recorded edition of this anonymous, popular explanation of the 

Psalms, was listed in Zainer s second advertisement of c. 1476. 

Provenance: Henricus, Nicolaus and Leo de Alberg, nobiles, of Galen, near Regensburg, 

with inscription dated 1521; Jorge Beristayn, with bookplate 

References: HC * 10754; BMC ii 323; Goff M262; Christ, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus 

(1990) no. 141 

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75 

(iJInapiunt tituit pfalmo; 

turn ct cvpofmo ereum 

minuet Fuit atcba n 

facrtficiu alttahc.<3cfi-jcjcq. 

mari8mb2i.jcp jciitj.(TVel j> 

Iftophea a eft 

infpimtiD DI 

inn a q cuet2 

trruîmobili 

xentate : pec 

fa eta : xel pec 

Dicta pzonu 

aute mobie* 

bee gra&ata 

Dracoes bo. 

natiui 

tareS Vt efau i iacob-4 futuui fignift 

cabat*gcn-jqct>(r Vcl p locfntes angtro 

ioquit :7 alps.CTVfg vifioes fie pfaie 

^fa*x) . et e^chicli Cjfd5 *v^ ortts.fVf 

p fomnia*! 

(f0auic aut nlfo boîfco ccicfli infpi 

ocoe into etocbo-fpu in CD loqucntc IE 

IccuBC.Hn UhzD rt-Qil &!tcd: cfcfpuB 

^^ _-_ V 

?i DaiuD in fpiatu vcrat cum oiinv 

Films cm 8 cf 

quornoco 

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160 

76 

Q.VARTVS 

msciusqu.tlrbrtnitcntioisdcrpulfiocftzqu.iiiurnticiiclfpulfio no 

e :a nee coilitutio dhncc pars colbtutiois.J te partial lar is abdjca 

tiua pot hoc mocoumi.Si.n.quoddi aial ho no eft. Quodda non 

hoaialeit.Et i haccouer6cobt>uadu e:ubi no eft nego:cu dircdto 

.pponim ibrfitdu coucmm .Hacuicifliscoucrf ocifcipiLtduoî 

lo-ja.-qu.T ilia prim j no muucrlalc 

recipiebat.Solu abdicanuu; no 

ah.i 

n.ipir.uocec 

iecuda. 

crgod]cedicauiaillaprimac6urrfio:hac 

1 1 ic ant inter 

proloqa qucmadmodu & a llc^la ( mt : hoc mo manife 

De ftiusapparcbit. 

afiedbs inter (e. 

Quatuor lincifquadrata formula c.vpnmaf :inprimo jgulo iu 

periorislinej:fcribat untueriaIisdedicatiua:6sialiociufdemai)gU 

lo uniucrlalisabdicatma.Ite; infra ad primu angulum infenons h 

nca particularis dcdicatiua:ad angulu reliquu pamcularis abdica 

tiua. DcindeducanturanguIaresliiKM.-&abuniuer(ali dedicatiua 

ad particularc;abJ!catmi:5;abuniucrlali atJicatiuaad pamcula 

remdcdicatiuam. 

<s> - 

Vniurrfalis dedicatiua 

Uis uoluptas bonum cit 

Vniaerlalis abJicatiua . 

Ois uoluptas bonu no < 

atticularis dedicatiua. Particulansabdicatma 

qujda uoluptis bonu e;quadt uoluptas bonu nc {ft 

76 Martianus Capella. De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii de grammatica (edited by 

Franciscus Vi tails Bodianus). Vicenza: Henricus de Sancto Ursio, Zenus, 16 December 1499 

FIRST EDITION, CHANCERY 2 (302 x 204mm.), 124 leaves, 37 lines and headline, Roman 

letter, 3-, 4-, 5-, 7- and 8-line initials with printed guide-letters, printer s woodcut device 

at the end, one diagram on g6 recto, eighteenth-century vellum, occasional early 

manuscript notes in margins, a few small wormholes in text offirst and last few leaves, 

slightly more extensive worming in some margins, some light staining mostly in margins, spine 

slightly wormed 

Martianus Capella (fl. 5th century AD) was a native of North Africa and an advocate at 

Carthage. His encyclopedia of the liberal arts, written in the form of an allegory in prose 

and verse, was widely used in the Middle Ages. It is composed of nine books, the first two 

of which are entitled De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii and recount how Mercury gives his 

bride, who is made divine, seven maidens each representing one of the liberal arts. The 

seven remaining books then contain the declamations by each of the maidens on each of 

these arts. The seventh book relates to arithmetic, the eighth to astronomy and the ninth 

to music. 

The earliest book to contain the name of Henricus de Sancto Ursio is an edition of 

Juvenal dated 1480; he continued to print until 1507. 

Provenance: L.S.F.C.S.D.M.H.M.F, initials inscribed on title-page with date 1558 

References: H 4370; BMC vii 1048; Goff Cl 17; Klebs 668.1; Smith p. 66; Stillwell 

(Science) 77 

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(Pdicecirca 

teipfum.4nce-iin/o 

^tcut art gregcmue 

pJitna parte fn i pafto 

__ 

togifarYonum r ufncra occutacca ne 

cwrefieTulnerito Tifceru ; IRimira 

pidcturmedicri (pnakj tnulto fubti 

IkwejtrtcTcfiMe medico cojgah-q Tt 

brnecutct Ttciamiulra pmtiaopne 

twbEt-pfcrtitn TtTitn pigmentmum 

fpuahum confidera"6-pjuifq3 ccterof 

furaretrfidcret- ciraJquaqj regulae 

mcdione cognofcat.Blioquin n artf 

fpualiermptue-iinfeipo igncearie 

eofbfliw vulncnto alioe mederi.jpef 

ret . j udirc non immcnro merebirut 

tnfdicecura teipfuj -f agna quifpc 

ftulticia eft vt idem ait (Frrg.fuliqe 

alioe medenjperafcqm i if* in facie 

Tii!nuepi:tJt.<5:tmanrna plane w 

itientu eft vt inqtnt in paftotali cap. 

i]. T>um bi qut ncqttaqg pccpra fpua 

lu fcxTnouerunt-cojdieff mrdkog 

.pfften non metuut-Pii qui pignicn > 

torn rim ncfciu n t-nderi media ran 

nw non eruhrfhit,8^cctc igifcuilibrt 

igitur mcdicoeco?dium afpdlanrad 

ffens me! me con uelii t:

fi jrtifqii i to ille t trjaurus? eft rradir". 

p quo non parcet tru0pf.qui ff>no 

filio Too non (xpmtt-vt tnafad 9ô. 

nq.Ciuib) rtiaj ilk vulnera tuo qui 

modi t in btronee cuiandue fo ucn ; 

dufcg a famantano relutue cft.l uc-rniniiq; 

cni ipfo? oidf:cutam illi" 

bate.<t rutfue tma p jpfrtam.iCu 

ftodiTitutfhjm.quuf!lapfu(?fiicnt 

arnma tuaerttproanima ipiue.pe; 

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gume eiiw tc nijnu n requtra-q-o- 

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quia rita 7mr;e fubdifcnl pofita efl 

mTnanu0platojum.Tndeoiaf.3u* 

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loju- fli>ac itaqj fcntentia OHIO n 1 1 us 

quifqj pjdatop : rector pcnfct pen* 

culum fill rcgimmio. T jnem Vxtrit 

natrKBTnfcatfpualie curanome.qua 

tin in fc ignoran tic curare poflit TU! 

ncra.-: in fubditot co?dito p Jina to* 

ctnnamifalubx^prriam fciatfana* 

re con tJITU tclietosum-lRc quod ab 

fit rum fanandi regular ndna t .-7 ad 

fanandn comiffoe uibdiroe fcfimer: 

. lufrcfibiobinaudiatcr cifdrmCTc; 

Mce curj tnpm ff^cctc namqjplato 

ignozanti waf.rr jstue in fefumno 

tern aitem curandi fpnaliuj morlup 

bJtrat cp rmp!j(;al laruiiitieTulnr; 

ribui? jdbitrat -lâm Tt ait (Eregoin 

rrgiftro tcrccundn efi ivum pa) 

tet-gi facctdotee tmeafti arnp; un t.ij 

crozdium religiotf rue non none* 

njnt.&Kjin qbufda cat tr 1 icio mvfte/ 

Ttj0igno?antia rokranda foxtro cp 

in plenfcp meliue efi ncpbarc an 

<$ 

rare ^nqbufdj ena mrtj aug".in lu 

te xtrtne Pm.mclius eft fidelicigno) 

rantia^g temerana ofamtia. 3ln co 

defiafncie tn Tninifterijaosdinandia 

Pifponcrdifcg omnmo fcamnabilie i 

"Bit quitoeft illud xrrbn aptiLad /Co 

nnf-ruii- gx quie ant ignozat igno> 

rabmr . iC:di m>? rarrq? ignorantu 

qucni1clino:dineiiuifqd agenduj 

eft in ecclcfia co n rurba t negonomm 

na tur.ifc:mamcg men to?u m .Iflam 

ffatohe racntiniuria^trl contraire 

non eft intelligere fed crrare. Tt mqt 

Smteo.fuQ trari immaoilati . ItMnc 

d}Q>T)n0requRitferun pnidentem 

qticconfhtuit fupcr familiam fuam 

07atb-rrun!. Pidentem tMrrnvrt 

that quo o:d in c -ciio fen fu- a uo mot 

tf.q no fin c qu icqd gcren dii fit-S I io 

qum fi cecuc ceco oucatum pzefkt: 

I 

77 Nicolaus de Blony. Tractatus sacerdotalis de sacramentio. [Strass burg: Johannes PrussJ, 21 

October i486 


letter, one 5-line initial supplied in blue, 3-line initials in red, eighteenth-century 

speckled calf, light damp-staining in first 9 leaves, a few other light damp-stains in margins, a 

few small wormholes in text offirstfew leaves, an early ownership inscription on title pasted 

Second edition, scarce. Nicolaus de Blony (fl. 1434-1438) was chaplain to the Bishop of 

Posen, Poland, and this work was first printed in Breslau c. 1475 (Goff N80). 

Polain assigned this edition to the Basel press of Michael Wenssler, and erroneously 

described it as containing 78 leaves. 

Provenance: B.F. Bisping paroccie Harsewinkelensium sacellanus , with inscription dated 

23 April 1801 

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78 

PVBLII OVIDII NASONIS META 

MORPHOSEOS LIBER PRIMVS. 

N NOVA PERT AN IMVS 

mutatas dicere formas 

C orpora. du coeptis(nam 

uos mutaftis & illas) 

A fpirate meis:pnmaq? 

ab engine mundi 

A d mea perpetuum deducite 

tempora carmen. 

A nte mare& terras :5t 

quod ofa carlu 

tegit 

V nus erat toto naturx uultus in orbe: 

Q_ uem dixere chaos :rudis indigeftaqj moles* 

N ec nifi 

quicq pondus mers 

:congeftaq; eodem 

N on bene lundiarum dtfcordia femina rerum. 

N ullus adhuc mundo prxbebat lumina titan* 

N ec noua crefcendo 

reparabatcornuaphoebe. 

N ec arcunfufo 

pendebat in aere tellus 

P ondenbus librata fuis.nec brachia 

longo 

M argme terrarum 

porrexerat amphitrite, 

Q_uac]j erat& tellus ullic dC pontus & aer. 

S ic erat inftabdis tellus : mnabdis unda: 

L ucis egensaer.nullifua forma manebat. 

bflabatqj alus aliud:quia corpore in uno 

F ngidapugnabantcalidis.-humentia ficcis: 

M o]hacumduris:fme pondere habenria 4 pondus 

H anc deus : & melior litem natura diremit: 

N am cxlo terras :& terns abfadit undas: 

E t 

liquidum fpiffo fecreuit ab aere crlum: 

Q_ ux poftq euoluittcxcoqj exemit aceruo: 

D ilToaata loas concordi 

pace ligauit. 

1 gnea conuexi uis & fine pondere cell 

i micuit: fummaqj locum fibi legit in arcc, 

y roximuseftaerilli leuitate:locoqj. 

D enfiorhis tellus:elementaq? grandia traxit: 

i t preila eft grauitate fua.drcunfluus humor 

V ltim.apofTedit:folidumq3 coercuitorbem 

S ic ubi difpofitam quifquis futt die deorum 

- 

ongenem fecuit:feclamqj in membra 5 

redegitt 

nncipioterram:nenona:qualisabomm 

3 

arte 

foret:magm fpeciem glomerauit in orbis ,

78 Ovidius Naso, Publius. Opera (edited by Johannes Calphurnius). [Venice]: Jacobus 

Rubeus, [before December] 1474 

Median 2 (331 x 225mm.), 412 leaves, 43 lines, Roman letter, first 10-line initial 

supplied in maroon on gilt panel with floral border extension in gilt and gold, blue, red 

and green paint, 4-, 6- and 7-line initials supplied in red and blue with reserved white 

decoration, with penwork infill and extensions in black and red, one initial historiated 

with a monster, 2-line Lombard initials and paragraph-marks alternately red and blue, red 

headlines and capitals with yellow wash, modern tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf, edges gilt 

from an earlier binding, a contemporary manuscript index on front flyleaf, the first leaf 

hinged, 

occasional stains 

Third edition. The first two editions were printed in 1471, by Azoguidus in Bologna 

(Goff O126), and by Sweynheym and Pannartz in Rome (Goff O127), with slightly 

different respective contents. The present edition is apparently reprinted from the 

Bologna edition. Its Vita Ovidii, though left anonymous, is that supplied by Franciscus 

Puteolanus (d. 1490) for the Bologna book, and the remaining contents are identical, 

though in a different order. Puteolanus wrote of the Epistola consolatoria ad Liviam (on 

the death of Drusus, 9 B.C.) as recently discovered . No manuscript of it before the mid- 

fifteenth century is known; it is generally accepted as authentically ancient, though not by 

Ovid. Puteolanus correctly identified the Philomena, Pulex and Nux as not authentic (on 

the first, see P. Lehmann, Pseudo-Antike Literatur des Mittelalters, 1927, 3 sqq.). 

A terminus within 1474 for this edition is provided by the dogal reckoning: Nicolo 

Marcello died on 1 December 1474. Rubeus completed in January 1475 an edition of 

Virgil in the same format (Goff V166). 

The illumination and rubrication of the present copy are Flemish. The Pierpont Morgan 

Library s copy was decorated, somewhat more elaborately, in the same shop; closely 

similar combinations of illumination and rubrication are found in several of the 

manuscripts collected by Raphael de Mercatellis, humanist abbot of St Bavo, Ghent (see 

A. Derolez, The Library ofRaphael de Mercatellis, 1979, especially no. 10, acquired by 

Mercatellis in 1479). A portion of Rubeus s edition must have been marketed in Flanders, 

presumably via Bruges, aimed at a more or less de luxe market. In Heroides II (Phyllis) 

the missing lines 18-19 (attested before the printed tradition only in a Giessen 

manuscript) are supplied by an early hand, signed A. Tournes (?). 

Provenance: Earls of Sunderland (sale in our rooms, iv, 6 November 1882, lot 91 1 1); 

William Morris, with the Kelmscott House bookplate; Richard Bennet (by en bloc 

purchase of Morris s library, then sold by him in our rooms, 5 December 1898, lot 923); 

C.S. Ascherson, with bookplate and note that he commissioned the present binding; 

H.R. Creswick, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 27 April 1982, lot 473); George 


References: HC 12138; BMC v 214; Goff 128 

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164 

79 

CASTITATIS

79 Petrarca, Francesco. Trionfi e canzonieri (commentaries by Bernardo Lapini da Siena, 

Franciscus Philelphus and Hieronymus Squarzaficus; revised by Gabriel Bruno and 

Girolamo Centone). Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis, 1 1 July-30 August 1497 

2 parts in one volume, Super-Chancery 2 (316 x 216mm.), 135 leaves (of 136, without 

initial blank leaf) and 97 leaves (of 98, without final blank leaf), 62 lines of commentary 

and headline, Roman letter, 4-, 6- and 9-line white-on-black woodcut initials, 3-line 

initial spaces with printed guides, 6 full-page woodcuts within woodcut borders, Italian(?) 

red morocco of c. 1700, crudely gilt with small rosettes and fleurs-de-lys, two scallop 

clasps and catches, modern cloth box, a few early manuscript notes and underlining in 

text, a few small wormholes in text offirst and last few leaves (one small hole running through 

text), some light staining, recased and rehacked retaining original spine 

The six full-page woodcuts of the triumphs of Love, Chastity, Death, Fame, Time and 

Eternity were first used in the edition printed by Giovanni Capcasa at Venice between 12 

January 1492/93 and 28 March 1493 (Goff P388). They are copies of the blocks used for 

the 1490 edition printed by Petrus de Plasiis Cremonensis on 22 April 1490 (Goff P386). 

In this copy, as in that in the British Library, the inner forme of sheet aa3.6 was mis- 

imposed, with pages 6r.3v instead of 3v.6r. 

References: HC * 12776; BMC v 433; Goff P392; Essling 81; Sander 5606 

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80 

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Uquib 

fct xittute coti 

^ tn ftbuU0 ftoit (Mro |r CjCOraw^tc aquam 

poûbt jbtia a a"riuo/magifl bif 

ripulo fricntta/ ccnfrplaautio ab 

actiuo/ab arcfyibpaeono picful/fpt 

nturtlwr a arua j.faMrtuOf aptttatn 

K Fa.JiniSab-cj latn/ttfitrau qui 

tc-n t)ui? 0319 tit me f tunt off ft 

fuofa fccuatio ^Jcb fiait p opljrts 

wnrmarat/tiirrc? noti l;abct pattu 

Rcnff{t>io quite quob polTtloCt ft d 

tea UnMttj fnatltatia fujpenbatuc 

affectuff Ooaof fetmcn rjcubewna"^ 

omtmulattt ac acruratxi tx)!untaor 

meu fujplcat mip^t ftctu-utac itaq| 

Dice oo a j quc obtufa cfl % tarncn 

fferw aaiit* t tit ivrbo fapicntiff 

ininuo fapieng l>fcac/qu jt> fine fie 

tione bibid* ixflre fine tuibta comit 

tc fpt nnt meo pzop^c^tnor/rfb ra 

quc pzcfirrs tmrt.itua f jcpDfut fdc 

toiti pactu aurtccimtt conficmano 

(T)icae cnt coUcgt que ccatrtuc tc 

tnenfa tomi-io;*, mcozOêt cu wtlj 

tnovibsbtt ut agto boo;fpiaac a 

abunaiti que man? euafcatnt mcf 

fo K H forte ut f,m ejt; aifjiotic inuc 

ma tut menfiica cpîtc qua tn ml 

ic p!atiorti!7* prints anttff a bfto 

confHttc (ibi pancm tonfiaat lacn 

matum 

it ut cut? aife twnue: 

roictt txmct ab faacta 

fern ^ [c c(lcntntiUt* p?t quob ttel 

ligttnîc^ pcrtats wn(^j]fio tKpa 

nato pec If pzarn ft)4cntQ r(l facee 

koti* Cerium ctum ouî{li)it cfl 

f7cmo bimt fibt oa ulte confioi 

ct aô pcmtcn&am opub ttu- $ji 

cnim fufftdcnor c(i if! a cDttfr(|io* re 

go fit ttuja tn t fiiHt dauro petto 

(tuftca e narn bictum c{l * <2uoba! 

qp folucaa fup?c itcoam rat folti tii 

in <z ccb& Omnia fan* in a|r|fioe 

louaturvBt fiait roitr cabitut ob 

t fca 021? anifrfjio fit ab fa 

)a0n<* c(l wnfcflionior Die 

ttto quia ficuc bcotuo ombioftuec 

ui Ubzo tv fxtmbpfo fcabit* Cojtf 

fio iau t animom* (onfrffio ajxwfc 

puabpfu/lpc r ft ff ô po[l liouftngi 

urn tabula / bapbfmuj^ *-t pinittn 

fca ^)cuofcj (otifc||io r{ 

to txtlife fewfoner 32tn 

fcngttia ttf^ ab btmftoncm amme 

ac fpin(uoT rtlânnfno h: mfbul 

lia antnic^ncpalfa affedua^J&i 

cut auft g iMgrattubtitcm pccrafcl 

Wttunt/ fie fXt ronfvjTioncm cp?m 

Ubzo fcc prmt;ntiaputm c(I reebcts 

aim in q> Ipminr gratia tvi* mala 

tcjlm.wtit pzuna amuncMt bona 

ct cum tv{lni]cct q^ non ccat* futi 

onu >7 fbuet q^ ifi plan hi 

trcr funtnmetum pentfttitic ab ope 

cburt mtKûte Opgca moztua futtC 

: 

q<ic fcamucr

80 Petrus Blesensis. Epistolae. [Brussels: Fratres vitae communis, c. 1480] 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 2 (289 x 212mm.), 207 leaves (of 208, without initial blank 

leaf), double column, 40 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 3- and 7-line initial 

spaces, initials and 

paragraph-marks in red and blue, underlining in red, initial-strokes in yellow, modern 

calf, note by the rubricator dated i486 at the end, early manuscript notes in red in 

margins, modern calf, new endpapers, note in red chalk on verso of final leaf Epistole 

Blesensis , slight worming in inner margin offirstfew leaves 

Peter of Blois (c. 1 130-c. 1203), statesman and theologian, came to England from his 

native France and became Henry II s chief counsellor. In 1 176 he was appointed 

chancellor to the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archdeacon of Bath, and in 1 177 and 

1 187 was sent on diplomatic missions to the popes. After the death of Henry II in 1 189 

he entered the service of Eleanor of Aquitaine, to whom he was secretary from 1 190-1 195 

and was made Archdeacon of London. 

The Brothers of the Common Life at Nazareth Cloister established the first and only 

fifteenth-century press in Brussels. Their first book was printed in 1475 and they 

produced thirty-five known editions between then and 1485, almost all theological texts. 

Their earliest type appears to have been supplied by the prototypographer of Louvain, 

Johann Veldener. 

The type of the present edition (l a :100B) was in use between 1476 and 1481. The 

present copy bears a rubricate r s date of i486. 

Provenance: Benedictines of Hasnon, near Valenciennes, with rubricator s inscription 

dated i486; William Hutchinson, of Eggleston, with bookplate 

References: HC (+Add) 3240; BMC ix 174; Goff P456 

80 

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81 

jlncipit p:dogus cplarie. 

pn ac DO/ 

mio fuo giulbdmo. 

Dei gratia fenonenfi 

arcbiepo. êtr? fen 

uusdwifti pzefbyter 

trecenfis.3ttambcv 

nam7ejritumbeatw\ 

ti labcv 

rin fuit mltano petmo iociojL (Bui cii bifto 

namfocrefcnpturemfcrie^glofisDtffufaj 

Iccnra ivn : b.vue mm 10 ? m ctpofita 5 

opus 

aggrcDi mecopulcrunt aO quoDp2O ucrit* 

tebiîecofequenDarecurrercnt-.^nquo 

lie amm- ? ftilo imgauir.pt a Dietispatrii no 

incboans . nuulu biftoncu ; DC 

afcenfioncfaiuat02is;pclag^myftcri02um 

L 

pcniio:ib >c!inqucns.mquibii0prilta :t e 

netempopmfcrui-.inftamuuliquifecâU 

ueumDiuertJcu!aqueinuencritrepIcs.p2ei 

terflueretft no ceffar. Têruntamen q2 ftilo 

ruDiopusclilima-.pobispatcrtnditelima 

rcfcruauhPtbuicogi 

< 

Deo polete zco2rectio 

p:ftra rplenD02e.7aucro2itas pbcatpbenni 

tate.lJber otnta bnoictus De^; 

.Uncipitbiftozia fcdaftica rtxolo 

Ditonu pelconfiftoziu in quo mra Oecernit 

^ cenaculurquocibariaciftribuit.tbalamu 

vnt 

lterquumpcratpeti07mari.munDubunc 

anima cum fq? fponfa ,C?acr a fcptura ba bj 

p:o cenaculo.m qua fie fuos mcb:iat. vt (o 

Dei cu cofenfuao ellin facra fcptura iDipm 

Dicif paterfamilias, (rfnmcraeftfebhfq 

cCenaeuli b? tres fii t Durat tan t li p Diem 

partes.fiiDamentu; 

n j.funDamcnttim c 

cum B tree funtfpca- 

Ieg02tapa2iesfuper 

mmtcnsqucpcrfa*^ 

cnim aliuo Return 

ftgurat. clropoloi 

gia Doma culniuu 

fuperpofuumquep. 

ID quoD factum eft 

quiDanobisfttfaei 

PcPicmo:ifqnafcit 

cmmchalcDariabi. 

fto2ia.qirnomcnfe 

ftgne.i 

faetue 

qorcpaefactucim 

fis.lbac filituoie cfi 

fimeraepifcisqmo* 

nfeoOeDieqnafcifr 

ma plamoxi5cOa acu02.^cn ia fuauio?. 

*2Gumitur allcgo2ia 

ÎfunDametofume quanDoq;apfona: 

muspncipiuloquei 

Damentipnctpioxo requcnoeftpfonaj 

iuuanteo. otm p^ni pt perucjc occif^ bui. 

ccpscftcrp ncipui. manttatem paffam 

fignificat^(berfona 

em eft inoiuiouaronabilis nature fubfta< 

tiactfjfiqj a numerc\pt apcbenOent fepte 

mulieres pini pnH.2c.ufeptc Dona gratia::. 

gapeftrabiemepelfabbato.Linrefriacra; 

IieaDauiD.iDe.interfectioOiaboliacb.MRo 

clropologiaeftfermoeonucrfmus.pertu 

"Nwaqoe ptmetaOecdeftam midtame 

3nasogeaOtnupba.ite,.aoommn.tatc. 

5equif tabula in biftonajOe 

_J T.

81 

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/ 

I 81 Petrus Comestor. Historia scholastica. Strassburg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de 

l-ci t Quedlinburg (GeorgHusner), after 24 February 1485] 

Chancery 2 (298 x 207mm.), 231 leaves (of 232, without blank leaf A8), double 

column, 47 lines and headline, Gothic letter, first initial supplied in pink on green panel 

with leafy border-piece in lower margin of the page highlighted in gold, other 4-, 9- and 

10-line initials alternately in red and blue, paragraph- marks and underlining in red, 

initial-strokes in yellow, contemporary (central European?) blind-stamped pigskin over 

wooden boards, brass clasp plates, modern cloth box, contemporary manuscript notes 

and sketches in margins, clean tear in K6just touching the text, occasional light soiling and 

browning, lacking two clasps 

Petrus Comestor s twelfth-century schoolbook of sacred history, Historia scholastica, 

contains much information drawn from rabbinic scholarship. It enjoyed great popularity: 

after it was first printed in Strassburg [not after 6 February 1473], printed editions 

continued to appear until the 1 540s. 

The present copy contains several early sketches in the margins of women, women s 

heads, animals, the Tower of Babel and other subjects. 

Provenance: Bartholomaeus of Lewnpergk [Lemberg/Lvov?] , with presentation inscription 

dated 1581 to; the priest Sebastianus Prachaticaenus; Antonius Augustus Frankowsky, 

parish priest of Putimy (Bohemia), with ownership inscription dated 1768; Martin 

Sch0yen, sale at s Sotheby New York, 1 2 December 1991, lot 33 

References: H *5533; BMC i 132; Goff P463 

15,000-20,000 

24,300-32,300 

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170 

82 

P>:oemm in fcbolaftica b iftcwa 

uerendo 

paniactmo fuofiiuib 

be Imo oci gratia ICMO/ 

ncnfi 

arcbicpp.-jbcmjs 

fcrtiu s cbzfiti pzefbrter 

crccenfis* "0iri boria z 

cnrum bcarii .auia fa 

fccpti labor; nut tnl las 

petftfo fodoQu{ di bilto:ia fcriptu> 

(acre 

re in fcric 7 glofis oiffufam leoitarcnt b:cuc 

nimia etmcjcpofiia.opu8aggrcdimcc6pu 

Icruntadqd p veritaK btfto.ne cpfcqucnda 

recurrerctOn quo fie aninflttlo imRauiMt 

a oicrio patru non rcccderctiicj nouiraa fa 

nozabiUs firt mulcens aurc0/o:ro a col / 

mograpbia mo? ft incboans,riuulu billon* 

cumocdujd vfqj ad afccnfionc falnarozi8.pc 

lagusmvlkriof pcririozitoreunqucnsun q 

bus vrilia 7 " 

rcrcra^fc^^ 

ua aidcre licer* 

rta p:o rjnonc tempof infcruu inftarhuuU 

qui fccus alucum Diucrrfcula que uiucncric 

ncplcnsrpMerflucre tn no ccflat J3eruiamc 

qrlhlo nidi optioclt lima.vobsn pater incU 

te UmJ rcfcruauuvt buic operi oco volctect 

co;rccrto 

rejlra fplcndo:c7aucfo:ita8 pbc* 

arpennitarevpxr oia benedict? ocu9 

<OnopttbiJto:ia fcbolalWca rbcologfeob 

T"3fipcrato:iema 

idbria c in palario trcs baberc mi 

fionc0audttojtuvclconfifto:iu3i 

quo fun oecernit.ccnaailnm in quo a tuna 

t>(iMbuiubaUtnu3 in quo qutdcir, 3d buc 

modudngato: noitcrqut impcrarvcnnsct 

man mundu bunc babct p:o audirono .v tn 

ad nut u euie o miria t>ifponunf I Jtui c illttd 

jEfaie^Cclut tcrram ego implco.SrtJj boc 

t(afOpmiii 9 , mndcpom<ni c terra tplcnf 

tudoeuis.animliufti babetpzotbalamo, 

quto Oelfcic funt ci (bi quicfccre * efle aij ff/ 

Iqs bominuSct55 boc ofaf fponfue7 ani> 

maoiiufqjfponfa.iBacramfcriptura babet 

pro cenaculo^n qua fie faos incb: i.u. vt lo / 

b:io8 redd jr. UiJiic.SmbuLuj inni u lnt>o> 

mo oei cum con fen lu.id cit in facra fcrtptura 

uiipfti fap icnrct3,i3com bone oicirur p -irer- 

bums trca ftit par/ 

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lcgo:ia paries fug 

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ftgurar* Zropolp 

gu ooma cuUnini 

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id quod factum eft 

quid a nobis fir fact 

fftmcra c fcb:fe quc 

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me Dieta * qui codem 

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fi925acfifitudineef> 

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ni codcoic q nafcif 

ma planio: Sc?5a acution ZTcrda fuaufo:, 

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na enun ell indiuidua 

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ftanrfa.Ouandocp a numcro.Ttapp:cbedcc 

fcptcm muUcrea virum rnum 7c id c leptcj 

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quo ooccbat cbciitus cminctia ^tunitOul / 

do

fabbato.idc in rcfrigcrarioe cbaritafis.0ul 

a facto: vt iterfecrio fiolie a Dauid, id 

doq3 

eft inrcrfccrio Ciaboli a cb:ifto Zropologia 

eft fcnno conucrfiu^pcmncs ad mo:cs ani / 

mitmagt8inouct qjallcgozia queetinet 

adccclcfiam miuranrcanagogcadtriupban 

tcm,t ad oomini trinitatem* 

i] Scquu*tabulamb((lo:(am Scncfia, 

crcationc t>c empird cell ? quami o: clemen 

ro:iuii. ca.f 

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82 Petrus Comestor. Scholastica historia. Stmssburg: [Georg HusnerJ, 15 July 1500 

Chancery 2 (255 x 186mm.), 207 leaves (of 208, without final blank leaf), double 

column, 51 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 3-, 4-, 5-, 7- and 8-line initials supplied in 

red, eighteenth-century calf, sides ruled in blind and with fleurons in blind, a few 

headlines shaved, rebacked retaining original spine, new endpapers 

References: H *5538; BMC i 163; Goff P466 

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83 Petrus Lombardus. Sententiarum libri IV. [Strassburg: Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1471] 

FIRST EDITION, Royal 2 (397 x 295mm.), 266 leaves, double column, 42 lines, Gothic 

letter, 3- and 6-line initial spaces, initials and headlines supplied in blue and red, initial- 

strokes and underlining in red, contemporary vellum over bevelled wooden boards, sides 

ruled in blind, brass corner- and centre-pieces on each cover, two contemporary labels on 

upper cover lettered with title and pressmark, several uncut edges, contemporary 

manuscript signatures (some shaved), occasional small wormholes in margins, light damp- 

stain in fore-margin of last few leaves, lacking two clasps 

A FINE, TALL, MONASTIC COPY OF THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF ONE OF THE FOUNDATION 

THEOLOGICAL TEXTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES. Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, wrote his 

Sentences between 1 146 and 1 158 (for further discussion of the text, see the sale in our 

rooms, A selection of printed books... the property of J.R. Ritman , 

lot 29). 

6 December 2000, 

The Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, is one of the most important books of 

the Middle Ages. Written between about 1 146 and 1158, it was divided into four books 

by the author, who also introduced the capitula, although the full division into 

Distinctiones is somewhat later, and far from regularised. The subjects covered are: 

Book I (48 Distinctiones) The Trinity and attributes of God 

Book II (44 Distinctiones) Creation, grace, angels, original sin 

Book III (40 Distinctiones) Incarnation, christology, redemption, the commandments etc. 

Book IV (50 Distinctiones) The sacraments (an excellent summary is given in Fr. 

Ghellinck s article in DTC xii 2 col. 1969-1972). 

Its success was enormous, although Lombard s ideas on the Trinity did not escape 

criticism and even persecution, notably from Joachim of Flora, but at the Lateran council 

of 1215 he was formally received as orthodox: Nos autem, sacro et universal! concilio 

approbante, credimus et confitemur cum Petro . The use of the Sentences quickly spread 

to Germany, where he was studied by Eberhard of Bamberg and others, to France and to 

England. Manuscripts quickly found their way into monastic libraries: three English 

libraries possessed texts before 1200; he was copied at Clairvaux in 1 158 and other 

Benedictine and Cistercian houses also had the text. 

Not only was the text quickly diffused but before 1 1 76 the Sentences were already 

attracting commentary, and were taking their place at the centre of the Schools, and their 

use by the student members of the great orders like the Dominicans and Franciscans, 

extended to the great universities: the Sorbonne received before the middle of the 

fourteenth century 50 copies as gifts, and Merton College, Oxford by about 1360 had 

fifteen copies (Powicke, The Mediaeval Books of Merton College, Oxford, 1931 pp. 54-55). 

The Sentences attracted numerous commentaries, including those of St Bonaventure, 

Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus. A copy of Koberger s 1491 edition of Bonaventure s 

commentary on the Sententiae also from the Abbey of St Magnus at Fiissen was sold in 

the first selection of printed books, the property of J.R. Ritman, sale in our rooms, 6 

December 2000, lot 31. 

Provenance: Benedictine Abbey of St Magnus at Fussen, with contemporary ownership 

inscriptions 

References: H *10183; BMC i 

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113,000-129,000 

See also illustration on p. 171 

67; Goff P479 

173

174 

84

84 Picus de Mirandula, Johannes. Opera (Cyprianus: De Pascha; Johannes Franciscus 

Picus: Vita Pici; edited by Johannes Franciscus Picus). Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de 

Vitalibus, 14 August-9 October 1498 

Chancery 2 (303 x 207mm.), 262 leaves, 44 lines and headline, Roman letter, 6-line 

outline woodcut initials, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-line initial spaces with printed guides, one 

woodcut diagram on kl recto, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, 

borders of a floral roll and an interlocking strapwork roll, central panel filled with a 

vertical roll of birds and flowers and a small rosette, OPERA MIRAN stamped at head of 

upper cover, two clasps and catches, brass corner- and centre-pieces on covers, modern 

cloth box, slight worming in margins of several gatherings, title browned, some other light 

dampstaining, spine repaired at head and foot 

Second or third edition, reprinted from the first, which was printed at Bologna by 

Benedictus Hectoris in 1496 (Goff P632). In addition to the present edition, there is 

another printed anonymously at Lyon by Jacobinus Suigus and Nicolaus de Benedictis, 

which also reprints the colophon of the first edition; it is dated by CIBN as not after 

1498 and therefore may or may not precede the present edition. The work is edited by 

the author s nephew. 

The texts in this edition include Pico s famous manifesto of the Renaissance, his Oratio de 

hominis dignitate, in which he refers to the saying of Hermes Trismegistus, Man, Oh 

Asclepius, is a great 

miracle . 

References: HC * 12993; BMC v 548; Goff P634; Klebs 764.2 

30,000-50,000 

48,500-81,000 

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176 

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85 detail 

85 Plenarium. [German] Plenari. [Augsburg: Giinther Zainer], 4 April 1474 

2 parts in one volume, Chancery 2 (269 x 192mm.), 341 (of 342) leaves, 33 lines and 

foliation, Gothic letter, full-length woodcut initial in inner margin of fol. 2 recto, 7-line 

woodcut Maiblumen initials, 54 woodcuts in the text, ALL WOODCUTS AND INITIALS 

COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, sixteenth-century South German pigskin over 

bevelled wooden boards, richly decorated in blind with four rolls, THE UPPER COVER 

OVERSTAMPED with numerous impressions in black of a lozenge-shaped acorn tool, pale 

brown edges, modern cloth box, lackingfol. 1 with woodcut on verso (as in almost all 

copies), damp-stain in upper margin of several gatherings, margins offos. 76-78 (part 2) 

repaired, occasional light spotting, lacks two clasps and metal corner- and centre-pieces 

A FINE COPY FROM THE ANCIENT BAVARIAN ABBEY OF ST. QUIRINUS AT TEGERNSEE, IN A 

REMARKABLE BINDING. 

Intended as a devotional manual for the laity, and using the liturgical gospel texts which 

were read out loud at mass on the Sundays and feast days of the year, but here presenting 

them for personal and internal study and reflection, the Plenarium is not unlike the 

Speculum humanae salvationis (in fact some editions contain part of it). Expounding 

through Scripture the life of Christ, it is a product of that religious atmosphere 

fifteenth century which gave rise in the Low Countries to the Devotio moderna, the 

of the 

founder of which, Groote stressed the Gospels for they contain the life of Christ . It is 

perhaps worthy of note that the early editions of the Plenarium were like the first edition 

of the Imitatio Christifrom the press of Zainer at Augsburg. The present edition is the 

second, preceded by Zainer s edition of the previous year (Goff E72). ISTC lists forty-six 

editions, of which seven are in Low German. 

The colophon of the present edition reads as follows: finiunt feliciter Anno incarnationis 

d[omi]nice Millesimo quadringentesimo Septuagesimo q[ua]rto die ip[s]o die mensis... , 

which ISTC interpretes as 4 April 1474 , which if correct would give it precedence over 

Bamlers edition which is dated 20 September of the same year (see lot 86). 

Of the dozen or so recorded copies of this edition, the 

full-page woodcut at the beginning 

of the text is known in only a couple of copies. Its conjugate leaf is unnumbered and 

inserted between fol. x and xi, suggesting that it may have been printed after the main 

of text. 

body 

We know of no other example of a binding similarly overstamped in black. The 

overstamping predates the application of the title-label (now faded) and the Tegernsee 

pressmark to the upper cover. Loosely inserted is a postcard about the binding written by 

Ernst Kyriss. 

Provenance: Benedictine Abbey of St Quirinus, Tegernsee, with ownership inscription 

inside the lower board and pressmark label P II 3 pasted on upper cover (the Tegernsee 

books were removed to Munich at the time of the Secularisation in 1803 and many were 

subsequently sold as duplicates); Dukes of Arenberg (?) 

References: HC 2317-2319; Goff E74; Schreiber 4946; Schramm ii 1 1 & 24, nos. 300- 

349; Fairfax Murray 335 

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86 Plenarium. [German] Plenari. Augsburg: Johann Bamler, 20 September 1474 

2 parts in one volume, Chancery 2 (312 x 218mm.), 368 leaves, 28 lines and foliation, 

Gothic letter, 54 woodcut Maiblumen initials, text on fol. 1 verso printed in red, 2 full- 

page 

woodcuts of the Salvator Mundi on fol. 1 recto and of the Entombment of Christ 

on fol. 168 verso, 55 small woodcuts in text, ALL WOODCUTS AND ALMOST ALL INITIALS 

COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, contemporary South(?) German calf over wooden 

boards slightly bevelled outwards, decorated in blind with vertical rows of tools, a free 

rosette, rectangular flowers, square unicorn and maria hilf scroll, at head and foot are 

three impressions of a square tool of the eagle of St John, the lower cover decorated with 

the same tools to a different design, plain edges, many uncut leaves, with contemporary 

manuscript signatures, inscription dated 1541 on verso of final blank leaf, slight worming 

in first and last few leaves and in inner margins offos. 161-168 just touching edge of text, 

short tear in border of woodcut on fol. 1, short tear at head offol. 46 in first 5 lines of text, 

light soiling in margins offirstfew leaves, lacking two clasps, both covers slightly worn 

A FINE, VERY TALL AND COMPLETELY UNSOPHISTICATED COPY WITH CONTEMPORARY 

COLOURING. 

The third German edition of the Plenarium, the first to be printed by Bamler, who copied 

the woodcuts of Zainer s two earlier editions. Two variants of this edition exist: in some 

copies, as here, the full-page woodcut at the beginning of part 2 shows the Entombment 

of Christ; in others this is replaced with a woodcut of the Resurrection. 

This is perhaps an Augsburg binding. The unusual large square tool of the eagle of St 

John and the rectangular flower tool are identical, or almost identical, with tools 

belonging to the Augsburg printer and binder Ambrosius Keller. The rosette (although 

very similar to one of Keller s), unicorn and maria hilf scroll are not recorded in his kit 

(see Ernst Kyriss, Der Augsburger Drucker Ambrosius Keller als Buchbinder , Gutenberg- 

Jahrbuch, 1952, 176-179, pis. XV-XVI, tools 1 1 and 30). 

References: C 2318; BMC ii 332; Goff E73; BSB-Ink 580, copy 2; Schreiber 4947; 

Schramm iii 5 & 25, nos. 103-149, 151 

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87

87 Publicius, Jacobus. Oratoriae artis epitomata (Artes orandi, epistolandi, memorandi). 

Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 30 November 1482 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 4 (174 x 137mm.), 67 leaves (of 68, without initial blank leaf) 

leaves, 31 lines, Gothic letter, 2-, 5- and 1 1-line white-on-black woodcut initials, heading 

on A2 recto printed in red, full-page woodcuts of a tree of oratory, a mnemonic diagram 

with movable snake pointer, another mnemonic diagram composed of twenty-five 

animals, 42 woodcut roundels of a white-on-black pictorial alphabet, ruled in red 

throughout, brown morocco by Matthews, gilt edges, occasional light spotting in margins, 

rebacked retaining original spine 

FIRST EDITION. AN APPARENTLY UNRECORDED VARIANT ISSUE, in which the colophon and 

accompanying woodcut of a chessboard are printed on the recto of d8 with the verso of 

d7 left blank. In most copies the is colophon printed on d7 verso and d8 is blank. 

This manual of oratory deals in particular with commonplaces and mnemonics. 

Publicius, a Spanish humanist, lectured at Leipzig, Erfurt and Basel in the 1460s. Many 

more manuscripts of his works survive in northern libraries than Italian ones, and it may 

well be that Ratdolt s copy came into his hands from north of the Alps. 

Ratdolt reprinted the present work twice: firstly at Venice in 1485 (Goff PI 097); and 

secondly at Augsburg in 1490 (GoffP1098). 

Provenance: duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich, with stamps; H.M., with pencil 

note recording purchase at the sale of Hamilton Cole s Library, New York, 8 April 1890; 

Walter Goldwater, with bookplate (sale New York, ii, 5 December 1985, lot 108) 

References: HC * 13545; BMC v 287; Goff PI 096; BSB-Ink P-868; Redgrave 31; Klebs 

816.1; Essling 292; Sander 5982 

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gitur et fugatur .Vn <(}e êgemp re militari \ljcbil cnim i acie 

magis eft cuftodicdum.quam ut PCS milites incedendi p^rdinc 

feruent -quoii alitcr non poteft fieri nifi ut ,aml?|ilare celeriter 

et cqualitcrcxercitas sdifcant , J)erjculu enl abhpftibus femg 

grauiflimufuJftinet diuifu^ et inpr^riajUi? eescitu$X/^pua 

liter EjedoCa fanAa dciûin?,acie e&.ppti ne prdinatl a f 

nojducebab| fuos pnncipcsid^ft appftplpf -4t trjburips 

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I>p0i4cre terrain prpn5ilTiPiiCnSpualite^4jiwdecim ^rinî/ 

-pes ifrabej iignificant dupdeci appftolos a fe) prdinatps fug 

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ta dei que cofiftunt jri juera CAritate quam fet uando f u dep 8C 

rpximp.debtllati bpftibtisfioftris fecureptrgimus i\d ppf 

firfeadu Urram prpmifFipnis .Wee igittir ucxilla ipijbeati pri 

cipes npUri ui^toripfe pprtauemnt neqj imquam psna ,utj 

mcrjte pptuerutsgieniaijiibns ep^c cadere.S<n appftplus Rp>$ 

Qttis npsfeâbjt aariu.te xpi>$J igitur biinc caritatefequa 

mur & extty;e;amas / quam bti appftpli ferwauemt .quc^4n 

uicia SC miitaiierut elemeta *;ita 

ipi uicerut bpftes-et fugauerut 

et nps facipmus , Vn Amgp in fermone de appftplis. J?e4it 

diis -poteftatcm apoftplis Uig naturam ut earn curaret Super 

dempnes ut eos uincerJtt -fu^ elemfcta ut ca nvut^rit -JTug nipjr^ 

tern ut cam cotempneret-fug angel PS tf prpus d 

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appc-6 .Mii funt qui babet ppteftatedûdendi<eltt 

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88 [Rampigollis, Antonius] Compendium morale. [Augsburg: Monastery ofSS Ulrich and 

Afra, not after 1473] 

Chancery 2 (264 x 179mm.), 178 leaves (of 179, without blank fol. 9), 38 lines, Gothic 

letter, 3- and 7-line initials supplied in red, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red, 

eighteenth-century vellum, a few early manuscript notes (some shaved), light damp-stain 

in lower outer corners, a small wormhole in text of last few leaves, a few others in margins 

The prologue to this work is that of the Aurea biblia, sive repertorium aureum bibliorum of 

Antonius Rampigollis (see lot 89), but signed N. de Janua, from whom Hain created a 

Nicolaus de Janua. BMC suggests rather that Antonius de Janua, i.e. Rampigollis, or a 

scribe, wrote N (i.e. Nomen) instead of his name. 

The press at the Benedictine monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra was established by Abbot 

Melchior von Stamhaim in 1472. Most of the books from this press are undated, but 

editions of the Speculum humanae salvationis and Gregory I s dialogues in German were 

printed in 1473 and of Vincent of Beauvais s Speculum historiale and Leonardus de 

Utino s Sermones de sanctis in 1474. 

The present edition is dated on the basis of the Tegernsee copy which was given to them 

in 1473. 

Provenance: Johannes Franz Ecker, Freiherr von Kapfing und Lichteneck, Bishop of 

Freising 1695-1727, with engraved bookplate 

References: H *9359; BMC ii 339; GofTR22 

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tribua ftubentib? neapolim Conuenr? o!mr:i 

Fratp Ijeremita^ fcfi auguftim-Fraierantoni? 

Ampigoll|j9 oibls memoiati Salute ftilectiomvf c poftn 

lata rcFneno>mtiuo no inogiuc ne (it? macia ar.nic.-im 

Sunij multo labotc fuSo!f cj ooiocto.-oelut infipi&a rcli 

qoatia mti lab:ufc> * 

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tuli-lnftigat veto l.irgito:ia manus quc fapiam picflat 

piiulia a fiti9 pmt>cnna pollutantibu9-]f2.im Faarum 

mennu piecib? inclinata largicnfta Son.irs nouit<a ct iv 

gita Put bniiidionie roic pFunScna Tufcipientis K fern-,. 

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meum viBeft oculi vfi- ^bcirco fagitte quaa jpe area i 

iarit pidcitt minus Fcriunt-picf lim cu mee tanto ampli ? 

imbecittitati tcncamini comp in- qnro apcctiua vfa p : 

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tibua impacriri ^n f;?mo&i figurap opcnoio -nf loco re 

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in Fabac.i collocans- vt paupm ingent) Facultaa pmifeit 

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89 Rampigollis, Antonius [and Bindo of Siena] Aurea biblia, sive Repertorium aureum 

bibliorum. Ulm: Johann Zainer, 17June 1475 

Chancery 2 (289 x 204mm.), 159 leaves (of 160, without initial blank leaf), 34 lines 

and headline, Gothic letter, 3-line outline woodcut initials coloured in red, paragraphmarks 

and initial-strokes in red, contemporary German pigskin over wooden boards 

bevelled outwards, blind-tooled to an unusual design of a saltire decorated with 

impressions of a foliate border-tool, the other tools include a lozenge-shaped crowned 

eagle displayed, a round rosette, a small square lion rampant and a maria scroll, modern 

cloth box, contemporary signatures in red in the lower margins, a few early manuscript 

annotations, some light spotting and damp-staining, a few small wormholes at the beginning 

and end of text, two clasps renewed 

The first dated edition, and probably the editio 

princeps, of the Aurea biblia, of which 

The rest of the text was 

only the prologue was written by Antonius Rampigollis. 

composed by Bindo de Senis. Rampigollis s prologue also appears in the Compendium 

morale (signed N. de Janua , see lot 88) and the Figurae bibliae (Goff R23-26). 

Another unsigned edition of this work printed at the Monastery of SS Ulrich and Afra in 

Augsburg is dated [c. 1475]. Zainer reprinted the present edition in 1476. 

The binding tools are not recorded in Kyriss or Schwenke/Schunke. 

Provenance: Jorge Beristayn, with bookplate 

References: HC * 13681; BMC ii 524; Goff R12 

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feaftiger man oer ficb in alien otngen reoitcb t?ab gebalten.vno ift geweft gar genenu 

cen r6mern vno oem volch oie friofam woieno vno frioe lieb txttcn * r bat oucb vil 

gfitef werck getfcon otc ocr geocct>tniif wol wirOt g wcrenD giber tn finem alter oo er 

oen r5mern 311 vaft wolgefallen wolt vno t>&:et von oer gebort iêfu crifli Do f6zct?t er 

fere er wtirPe ate ein vflenDiger von Dem rici) geftoflen vft vil elenoiglicl) vft fcbentlicb 

vonfinenr^nnenvnoverli eprinalte erberheit vnD gute werck*vno lief M evnfct?ulwg 

en kpnolen t5ten vno oucfr etlici? finer fun oo von er fict> ouct> befozgt oas er vertriben 

Wiiroe in finem alter Oozumb in 5$ left poerman leaflet vnO vtgeno wuroevno ftarb di 

parser welt. 

Shelimecrifti. 

oea 

2acbartas vn elifabet lino UOe cine txtlign lebena gefm vnielternfanT io^linelbaptift 

3Joacl?im v " annafmo 

clar vn fcl>tnbare in bcil kett iro lebena oie ooznoc^ vf funoer/ 

licfcer genaoe vno l?eiltkeit wirotg fino gefm 3d gebern Die blomen 6 gantsen feliheit* 

mariam*pt e Do vbmriflft alle creatur welcl?e marta vne got gebozn t?at . 

Jobannee bapttfta wart gebozn oem npmant gr6ifer vnoer oer geburt oer \iber vffer 

tricbpeerflonoe* 

5n oen 3pten fino vffkomen oie bnrgunoumea oie all ?pt fino gar manbar gefin vn men 

l ct> geflriten t>abent vno angefefcen 039 fp vf oem rmfiram vil biirg get?abt l>aben fino 

fiegenant wozoen burgunoer * /Uârcnsagrippaein fcbwager octaufanioeekeifers 

bat angefangen 56 buwen vff oem rin ein Hat nacb finem namen genant agripna. 

cê flat Ooznoct? C6ln gebeiflen wozoen ift*

90 Rolewinck, Werner. Fasciculus temporum [German] . Eyn biirdin oder versamlung der 

zyt. Basel: Bernhard Richel, 31 August 1481 

FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN, Chancery 2 (288 x 210mm.), 142 leaves, 43 lines (variable), 

Gothic letter, 12 woodcuts in the text (including 4 repeats), numerous woodcut roundels 

enclosing typeface, contemporary wooden boards, one clasp and catch, contemporary 

inscription fassiculus tpm deutsch at head of initial blank leaf, final leafrepaired 

in inner 

margin with loss ofsome letters in each line (supplied in pen facsimile), afew small wormholes 

with loss, mostly in the first and last few leaves (one in inner margin extending through several 

gatherings with occasional minimal loss), upper outer corner offol. 99 lacking (paperflaw), 

rebacked with modern blind-stamped calf, clasp mounting renewed 

THE FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN OF ROLEWINCK S CELEBRATED WORLD HISTORY. Werner 

Rolewinck (1425-1502) inhabited the Cologne Charterhouse for more than fifty years. 

The Fasciculus temporum was first printed in Latin at Cologne by Arnold ther Hoernen in 

1474 (Goff R254) and at least another twenty editions followed in the fifteenth century 

(including one printed by Richel the year after the present edition, Goff R267). A Dutch 

translation was first printed at Utrecht in 1480 and a French translation at Geneva in 

1495. 

The Fasciculus, like the famous Liber cronicarum of Hartmann Schedel, is a world 

history , beginning with the Creation, and passing through biblical, classical and medieval 

times, right up to the contemporary period. It synthesises two chronological systems, that 

of Creation in the 1 year continuing up to 6673, and that also 

treating the birth of Christ 

as the 1 year and working backwards (BC) and forwards (AD), in which scheme the BC 

dates are printed upside down. The work is horizontally presented. On f. [61] verso the 

birth of Christ (on the verso of the leaf with the woodcut of the city of Cologne) is 

printed as an announcement in the middle of the page within a border, forming, as it 

were, a firm break in the history of the world. 

The eight woodblocks, which appear to be copied from those cut for the Cologne edition 

of 1476 printed by Conradus de Hoemborch and from one of Ratdolt s Venice editions, 

depict Noah s Ark, the Tower of Babel, the Temple of Solomon, and four small town 

views, including one of Cologne showing boats on the Rhine. 

References: HC *6939; BMC iii 738; Schreiber 5121; Goff R281 

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91 

91 Rolewinck, Werner. Fasciculus temporum. [Strassburg: Johann Priiss, not before 1490] 

Chancery 2 (280 x 196mm.), 96 leaves (of 98, without 2 final blank leaves), 49 lines 

and headline, Gothic letter, woodcut of a blind pilgrim on verso of title, 17 small 

woodcuts (including repeats) and numerous woodcuts diagrams and roundels, 

eighteenth-century vellum, new endpapers, a few early manuscript notes in margins, 

inner margin offirst leaf restored, some light browning and spotting, short tear in lower 

margin ofF4, small repair in fore-margin offirst and final leaf 

The text of this edition ends with the death of King Mathias (Corvinus) of Hungary on 6 

April 1490. 

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92 

FoK CLXXXVH 

fHdiofo ocio/lraijz feruore:^) ludo/hiftoriaijj legion? 

jp oftetacione/frugalitate aflumite: fnduire; fedami; 

ni.Si c apud exteros:apud Principes; in couentu ci uf 

tatu:cora quibuflibet Oratoribns vobisipfi s glon5: 

Amicis voluptare:& reipubliccArgcntmefi increme: 

turn Khonore affereris fcmpiternii. 

Vale candide Le<3or, 

Imprefla aMartino SchottojCiue Argrii. 

Sexto Nonas Oflobres AnnoChrifh v 

,M, 

cccc.LXxxxvm. 

Q_uod minus eft fupplq"d plos abradetqd hirtum 

Come; quod obfcurum dgclararquodvidoftjm 

Ifmcnd<i;acuris i fb s(intomnia(ana. 

PETRYS SCHOTTVS 

92 Schott, Peter. Lucubratiunculae ornatissimae (edited by Jacob Wimpheling). Strassburg: 

Martin Schott, 2 October 1498 

Chancery 4 (213 x 155mm.), 192 leaves, 34 lines and headline, Roman letter, Peter 

Schott s woodcut device at the end of the text, modern morocco-backed boards, extracts 

from Ovid, Horace and others copied onto the final blank leaf by the original owner Beat 

Volck, library stamp on title, small wormhole in text offirst 4 leaves, a small tear affecting 

headline on xl recto 

The only collected edition of Peter Schott s writings, edited posthumously by Jacob 

Wimpheling. Schott (1458-1490) was one of the earliest members of the circle of 

Alsatian humanists. His writings consist of verse, legal consilia and letters, the latter 

addressed to leading scholars of the day, including Wimpheling, Johann Reuchlin, 

Sebastian Brant, Geiler von Keisersberg, Rudolph Agricola and Adolf Rusch. 

Martin Schott was related to Peter and son-in-law ofJohann Mentelin, the proto- 

typographer of Strassburg. His usual device of a cabbage has been transformed into a 

flourishing 

tree for this commemorative volume. 

Provenance: Beat Volck of Strassburg, with inscription: Ego Beatus Volck Argentinus 

depositus sum a domino baccalaureo Nicolao Textoris spirense Anno domini 1499 infesto 

sancti Thome de Aquino ordinis predicatorum; Heneage Wynne Finch, signature dated 

1 936 on flyleaf; Alfred Ehrman, Broxbourne Library, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 

ii, 9 May 1978, lot 594); George Abrams, with bookplate (sale in our rooms, 16 


References: HC (+Add) * 14525; BMC i 

Histoire litteraire de I Alsace, ii, p. 332 no. 54a 

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190 


Jntipit life* <ltrf 

o ftuc ipfri Jmifocio ^ m Oirfta* fcffiuio 

tte feu I aCue fcaeg egi6j 

, ce fmci coe out ott>mah funt 

g ItiapDtcaoHcnj g auctotifofcty 

a^ aftoe * ^(Hfotmaw au(c g tfcfc poe Snuf ; 

ftcn^fuu I owtri tjjc^ G>co ojt6ino / f? 

t6t / cgjxSm quia ^>c5 cumoffna 

/ 

(OOnuTquifqj ftcuf acciyit g?am m 

73 ot ta6etr qute 

etf g ctue amwm ajpcfew^ ft

93 Speculum Christian!. London: William de Machlinia, for Henry Frankenbergh, [c. 1484- 

1485] 

FIRST EDITION, Chancery 4 (183 x 131mm.), 118 leaves, 23 lines, Bastarda and Gothic 

letter, 2- and 3-line initials and paragraph-marks supplied in red or blue, eighteenthcentury 

mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, a few early manuscript notes 

in margins, a few small wormholes at beginning and end of text, further worming in lower 

margins repaired, corners ofbinding slightly worn 

FIRST EDITION of this anonymous religious treatise of the second half of the fourteenth 

century. It is erroneously ascribed by Duff, Goff, Pforzheimer, STC and others to one 

John Watton or Wotton, who was no more than the scribe of a fifteenth-century tract 

volume containing the Speculum Christiani together with many other treatises (Corpus 

Christi College, Oxford, MS 155). The text, of which more than sixty extant manuscripts 

have been recorded, is divided into eight chapters, or tabulae, devoted to the Athanasian 

and Apostles Creed, Ten Commandments, Seven Virtues, and so on. Scattered through 

the Latin text is miscellaneous English verse intended to serve as doctrinal mnemonics for 

the laity. This first printed edition added to the text two distinct groups of additional 

doctrinalia, one group interpolated into Speculum Christiani proper, the other added to it; 

none of the recorded manuscript copies contains these additions. 

The Speculum Christiani is largely derived from a Latin pastoral summa , the Cibus 

anime, the parent of a complex family of texts of which the Speculum Christiani appears 

to have been the most successful and most widely circulated. . . whereas the Cibus anime 

adopts a tone of tolerant fraternal exhortation. . . the Speculum Christiani is more urgent 

and more pragmatic, in a manner typical of manuals aimed at the clergy and not simply 

for their use (V. Gillespie, The evolution of the Speculum Christiani in A.J. Minnis, 

editor, Latin and Vernacular Studies in late-medieval texts and manuscripts, Cambridge: 

D.S. Brewer, 1989, pp. 39-62 (with a complete list of surviving manuscripts and of the 

printed editions). 

This edition shares paper stocks with several Caxton editions dated or datable to 1484- 

1485, notably Mallory s Morte dArthur, completed by Caxton on 22 July 1485. 

Machlinia printed his edition at the instance and expenses of an alien merchant of 

London, Henry Frankenbergh, who is known to have been active in importing 

continental printed books for sale in England (see Nelly J.M. Kerling, 

Caxton and the 

trade in printed books , Book Collector, iv, no. 3, 1955, 191 sqq.). It may be that, 

conversely, Frankenbergh exported some copies of Speculum Christiani for sale on the 

continent. This copy was probably in France from the time of its first sale: its rubricator 

was manifestly incapable of 

supplying initials competently to the 

English passages. 

Speculum Christiani was not reprinted in England, but there were at least six Parisian 

editions of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries (cf. Shaaber W-141 to 146), 

derived from Machlinia s edition but omitting the English portions. 

Provenance: Paul Beuvain de Beausejour, Archbishop of Toulouse, with bookplate (sold in 

our rooms, 27 March 1972, lot 155); H. Bradley Martin, with bookplate (sale Sotheby s 

New York, ix, 14 June 1990, lot 3354) 

References: HC 14914; GoffW9; Duff 415; Pforzheimer 1097; STC 26012 

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mrf qiuYjcuu fcfan iiitjcni.it 

Tf&cccft f-cfida pars in qua pom tfeciida naftira cmu .(9(f 

in fcuae eres.na p mo fjctt lôc.? fctfo ponir allcgozu.fcfa gs ibi;. fVr ra 

Ics mo:es.6Ct Oicit pmo fic.fctfa natura ccrui c fc> tul certri pjfcua qriic 

lucpfingifeosaliqnBahqucflumtl narre.7i n natarcne raicobfcruac 

tnodu t O2dinc#oc9o:dinare,pcedutfc5 vn 9 poftalul etia fice 

rint in ojdinc vnufquifcj ccruo?, pom t cs futl fug ffinur ceriri pcc 

et Ou ceriiua anrerto: fcflus c tile rctroccdit t ponir oe futl fug ferny r 

utvlrimitiftomoomcsccruifcvcrriittmuruofe pc:rattire^ eonun 

apftciuf fic,pcedcndo ncc aliq^ co Ocficifrt.Xuc tbi. ]Qcr take mo:es. 

Sufojponitallego:[aoicte nature oiccs fie recte.fictit ccruus fubleuae 

l>ebilio:c coniti.fic ôtee fo:rio:ee fublcuarc OH t ccbiliozee. t oiuttee fce 

bnr paugtb in co^ ncccflarijs fubucntre i fie adimplcda e Ujt jcpi.cui 9 le^ 

gem t pccpra q^ fldimplcucrit ad ccleftc pace gucniat vbi vitc fur pafcua 

<3nDicitapf6.^l ircralrcri9 oncra po:farc,2fic adimplebirt s legc )cpi 

<L)[n onuo alrcrius po:tatcnil?i(aliudcq?miam l?fe circa ^jcimii fuurn. 

fc5 infirmos viftrardo.nudos veftiando-efuricres fariado.motcftoa co^ 

fola do.c^p:cffia coparicdo.cl?a:irarc am ado.7 fie oe aitje.^tc alibi0c 

ciiq? vulris vt vobi6 facia c Ijotee l?cc eis facice. Item cemue Oicitur i 

ceres grecc quod eft co;nu t.i t inc. 

rnii9 Branca ticctcpigii 

fSIunma vila ncctiraflfidauo 

^cpcre qui ftudctartifictjs 

mtcarctbia mufca tibi 

^t volttans capiaris ibi 

Dulcis ct vtilis efca cibi 

l^mc placet ilUid opus tcncrc 

tfibinil valet vtfragilc 

Ouclibet aura rn bit in patulum 

Rumpitur etcaditin nibilum 

ôsfcquiturbomo vermiculos 

êcipiendo fuos minimoa 

OUOB comedit faciens miferos

94 Theobaldus, Episcopus. Physiologus de naturis duodecim animalium. [Cologne: Heinrich 

Quentell, 1495] 

Chancery 4 (200 x 135mm.), 14 leaves, 46 lines of commentary, Gothic letter, initial- 

spaces, modern vellum, some browning and spotting 

Theobaldus s verse physiologus was written in the eleventh century and was first printed 

in Antwerp in 1487. It is composed of allegorical interpretations of twelve animals: the 

lion, eagle, snake, ant, wolf, stag, spider, whale, siren, elephant, turtle-dove and panther. 

This is the last of four editions printed by Quentell. 

References: HC *15468; BMC i 295; GoffT140; Klebs 956.8; Voullieme(K) 1131 

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194 

95 

In hoc volumine CD rj tin en tut fubfcripta 

Jecommus re viris lUuftrib? cum tabula ra p log in peincipio dHifaet htei* 

Jeronimuote dfentia Dtuinitatis 

ce articulis fitd et caddie faccamentis 

Cb^mas aquino 

Quguftinus ae quantitate an mi 2 

Quguftinus te Sôliioquio* 3Item.5Opeoihsm peccatroiB. 

Quatutw libzi ^datcs ce imttacoe )cpi cum tabfa capiDpt in hne c2Uht Iibzt* 

llrcm ctrozcsiuteoturn qdCalmut 

Item \mtates pô probation c attioilorum jcpi 

pcocdTus iudiriatius ipftus Qâfcaron pzocuris tattato^ 5 genus buanu 

Donat? arte gram atic8 boi in fqupfig D^nicojg atiegozia oftd2 vct(t(Tim3 

^^ 

fie 

* 

i * 

Apu& latir.os aut Varro-SantranepoD-iginuB.et 

ao cuius nos qcempiu ius p:ouocarc tnquillis S>et? 

non c in ca qciilo^ ftmilis traDirio Htii*nbirto2ias 

vetetes annalef^ rEpltcantES-potuctut qft a tngcntt 

pzato puam opuftuk fui creonam tqcorc-go qupo 

actutus qui nuni p:cuium fc^s peffimu i?t &*rngtm 

mcmctipm bafeo et ^tifcbius 

pampbihin^-ttricftaf* 

ibiftozic UfeiG-majcimti nbbis a&iumcntfi fuctit*ct 

ftngulo^tc quibusfcripturifumus ôlumia etatcs 

an dop fuo^ fcpe teftent- 5ta$ Dnrn $m 111 WP F^ 

ut qo ciccro tuus 4 in arcc rone elpcjfae fletit * non e 

facerc a&tgnanter hko mb:uto O2ato^ la tine lingue 

tejccno catologu-tD ego in ccdefie cius fcciptohb? enu^ 

metan&is oignc coboztacionc tua imple^ -Si 4 aut 

4 ufcg boîe fcriptitant a me in 5 -pplwc ptermifli ft 

fibi magis $ mibi imputare cetebt jHecp n-celantEB 

fccipta fua ce bijs q non legi hofie potui-et qt? alrjs 

notu^mibi in j>oc tenra^ angiiio fuent ignotu Certe 

cu fcnpns fuis claruert no magnoge no filentt^ oif? 

pen&ia fuftinebt iDiftat i^celfuB-pozpbitiS-iutianus 

rabi&i aDufus jcpm caneo t?iftat ferfatozes eo^ 4 Pu - 

tant eai^ nlFce pBos ct clo^tes nllbs babuifle toe - 

to2C8 qhti ^r qles viti ea fu&auecit inftrujcerit atorna? 

uccit * rdinat ftDe nra; rufticc tm fipliatatie 

fuacg poaus impicia recognofcat jcplidt* v-i

95 Thomas a Kempis. Imitatio Christi. [Augsburg:] Giinther Zainer, [before 5June 1473], 

FIRST EDITION, 76 leaves. Goff HI 92; PMM 13 

Hieronymus, Saint. De viris illustribus (with continuation of Gennadius of Marseilles). 

37 leaves. Goff HI 92 

Hieronymus (pseudo-) De essentia divinitatis (Thomas Aquinas: Summa de articulis 

fidei). 16 leaves. Goff HI 79 

Augustinus, Saint. De animae quantitate. 29 leaves. Goff Al 225 

Augustinus. Soliloqiua (Anon.: Speculum peccatoris). 28 leaves. GoffA1333 & 1337 

[Theobaldus subprior] Errores iudaeorum (Probationes NoviTestamenti). 12 leaves. Goff 

E106 

Bartholus de Saxoferrato. Processus iudicarius. 10 leaves. Goff PI 001 

Gerson, Jean. Donatus per allegoriam traductus. 8 leaves. Goff G221 

[Nider, Johannes] Liber de arte moriendi. 21 leaves. Goff Al 089 

9 works in one volume, Chancery 2 (285 x 196mm.), 35 lines, Gothic letter, 3-, 5- and 

6-line initials supplied in red, title-slip of 12 lines (85 x 190mm.) bound at the beginning 

with text on recto (originally reversed, with text on verso), calf over unbevelled wooden 

boards, blind-stamped in the gothic style, brass corner- and centre-pieces, moroccobacked 

box, contemporary manuscript headlines and occasional marginal notes in some 

works only, a few small wormholes in text, spine repaired at head and foot, a remboitage 

FIRST EDITION OF THE iMITATIO CHRISTl THE MOST INFLUENTIAL DEVOTIONAL TEXT OF 

THE LATER MIDDLE AGES. The Imitatio has remained among the most read and printed 

classics of Christian spirituality, printed in a huge number of editions (more than 3000 

are recorded), in many formats and languages. AN OUTSTANDING COPY BOUND WITH 8 

OTHER CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGICAL TRACTS. 

The Imitatio is made up of four independent treatises: Admonitiones adspiritualem vitam 

utiles, Admonistiones adinterna trahentes, Devota exhortatio adsacram communionem, Liber 

internae consolationis, consisting of 25, 12, 59 and 18 chapters. It takes its title from the 

title of the first chapter of Book I: 

Incipit libellus consolatorius ad instructorum 

devotorum cuius primum capitulum est de imitatiuone christi & contempotu damni 

vanitatum mundi. Et quidam totum libellum sic appellant. Sicilicet libellum de 

imitatione christi. Sicut evangelium Mathei appellatur liber generacionis iehsu christi eo 

quo in primo capitulo sit mentio de generacione 

Christi secondum carnem... . 

Written as a model of the spiritual life for the brethern of the Devotio moderna, it became 

the most widely read of all texts of this movement. 

The text was remodelled over a period of about twenty years, and it was only when 

Thomas a Kempis judged it definitive that he added the colophon on the last page of his 

autograph manuscript, 1441 . But over those twenty years the various sections had been 

many times copied, sometimes all together, sometimes in manuscripts containing one, 

two or three of them, and some thirty manuscripts dated before 1441 are known. The 

text was therefore well known by the time it was printed. 

195

196 

95 

ceTieetat Tit gtatus pio gratia Data paries p Tublata 

Oret vt tectat cautus Tit tt bumilis ne amittat 

^x>^ 

Oepaudtate amato^ crucis )cpi Cap-jci. 

AtoiWusnuncmultceamatoicsTuiregni 

ceteTtts pauccs baislatozcs Tuc crude Q9ul ; 

ji jA* tosbabettcTiccratoicsconTolatiDniofipaucDB 

cnbulationis Plutes inuenit Tocice menfc-g pauccs 

abftinentic Dmcs cupiunt cu CD gautcrc Tet> paud 

cum co aliquiD mTtinerc . Cpulti ibeTum Tccuntut 

vftj; aD Fradioncm panis-TcD paud vT^ aD bitcn&u 

calicem pafiionis -Cpulti tniracula dusvencrantur 

TCD paud igtiominiatn RrucisTceuntut CpultiijJm 

Diliguntqin Diu aDucrTa cisnon otingunt -Cpulti 

ilium lauDant ct beneDicunt cjoi Dm conTolationes 

ab co pcrdpiunt .Sî autem ibeTus Tc abTconDcdt ct 

irioDicu ecorcUcfritaut in cftimonia aut in cdcdoig 

nimiam caDunt GUI aut iBm ^Jptcc i|5m ^ no ^pter 

Tuaali^ oTolationcm Diligunt ipm in DI tdbulacoe 

anguTtia coi&is Ticut in TumaoTolatoe bcncDicunt 

ft nuncj? cis conTolationcm vdlct Dare ipTum tn 

Tcmjvr lauDaretet Temper gratiao agcre xtllcnt-O 

quantupotcTt amcc ibcTu puruc-nulio tiptio am-cce 

xclompto permijctus Jfionne omcs mcrcenattj Tunt 

DicenDi qui conToladoncs Temper querunt .fionne 

am a trees Tui magiTg^ jcjpi pjobantur qui Tua omofca 

ctlucra Temper mc&itanturvbi inucniturtaltsqui 

\rlit ceo Tenure gratis H\aro inuenitur tarn Tpuahs 

ahqs qui omite tit nuDatus -([iaj \^^ paupej Tjpu et 

ab pi creata nuDu quis inuenict p:ocul ct tc vltimis 

finite pjedu eius .>i cetcrit bo omcm TubTtandam 

Tuam p:o bac nu&itate aDbuc nibil eTt .t ft ftcerit 

penitenda magna aDbuc cjciguu e t Tt afptebcn&ft 

omern Tcicn tiaj aDbuc longc eft 6t ft babuit virtute 

ma gntêt emotion 13 nimisaromtem aDbuc multu 

Tibi eeeTt Tcj vnu quob Tume Tibi neceflatiu eft duio 

;:;:

Even before the death ofThomas a Kempis, this work was often attributed incorrectly to 

Jean Gerson and this false attribution persisted in many incunable editions and beyond. 

Zainer, however, correctly attributes the text to Thomas, canon regular of St. 

Agnietenberg near Utrecht . A manuscript of the Imitatio Christi, dated 1471, at Harvard 

University (fMS lat. 246), formerly owned by the Carthusians of Buxheim, presents a text 

very close to that of Zainer s edition; whether it served as Zainer s exemplar has not been 

definitively shown. As in most copies, leaf 3/10 is here a cancel; the uncancelled leaf 

survives for example in the New York Public Library and Lilly Library copies. 

The Imitatio Christi is one of nine theological tracts printed by Zainer in identical format, 

c. 1472-early 1473, and marketed together. The complete set of nine is present here, with 

the Imitatio Christi bound fifth. Hain describes a complete set with a rubricator s 

completion date of 5 June 1473; the Otto Schafer copy of all nine was acquired by the 

Benedictines of St Mang at Fiissen in 1473; and a copy of the first part tract, Jerome De 

viris illustrious, contains a rubrication date of 1472 (L. Feinberg catalogue 4, 1979, no. 

1). When the entire group was sold together, perhaps ready bound, it was provided with 

an inserted 

title-slip of 12 lines, listing the contents (present in this copy). 

The present volume, although perhaps integral from the eighteenth century onwards, is 

apparently made up from three different copies, as indicated by variations in rubrication, 

presence or absence of manuscript headlines, and patterns of worming, the Thomas a 

Kempis and the Theobaldus both appear to be of separate provenance from the remaining 

7 tracts. An early owner of the Imitatio Christi, Leonardus Pruckhain, wrote several 

marginal notes dated 1530, including one referring to the Franciscans of Landshut and 

another referring to an act of witchcraft in flickendorff (?). 

Provenance: Imitatio Christi: Leonardus Pruckhain, priest of Chambstorff (?), fl. 1530, 

with inscription; an unidentified religious house (perhaps Unering, near Starnberg), with 

deleted inscription, ...B VMVnelensium 1606; Augustinians of Polling (Upper Bavaria), 

with inscription dated 1769; all parts: Lucius Wilmerding, with bookplate (sale Sotheby s 

New York, ii, 5 March 1951, lot 343); Charles van der Elst, with bookplate (sale Ader 

PicardTajan, 13 May 1985, lot 183; the Collection of the Garden Ltd., with booklabel 

(sale Sotheby s New York, 9 November 1989, lot 12) 

References: H *8589; BMC ii 318; IGI 5106; Christ, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus (1990) no. 

184 

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emettfptttob wit watltd? 1 

fytet wee4c**mb von allee plmt^tt 5ee fce 

cêtt ecle&i8ct*atttmb vitfee l>od)ptee flei 

fe fey ^bettac^tctt feas lebett mfti^rnin cti 

fttts lee ufccctttfft allee êpltgett lee vn fcyi 

fceit êjnn Jas verpozflett V>tmelp20 1 

êt &t* tos vtl menfên hleftie te ? 

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96 Thomas a Kempis. Die wahre Nachvolgung Christi. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 20 November 

1486 

Chancery 4 (202 x 14 1mm.), 198 leaves, 23 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 4- and 10- 

line woodcut Maiblumen initials, contemporary Nuremberg binding blind-tooled calf 

over unbevelled wooden boards, outer frame of triple fillets, outer border with small 

lozenge-shaped stamp of a pierced heart, central panel divided with triple fillets into 

triangular compartments each containing the stamp of an artichoke (Kyriss workshop 

113, Taf. 227, no. 9), metal corner- and centre-pieces, one clasp and catch, modern cloth 

box, a few early manuscript notes at the beginning, outer corner offol. 1 repaired, short tear 

infol. 161, firstfew leaves lightly damp-stained, rebacked retaining some oforiginal spine, 

clasp renewed 

FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN OF THE iMITATIO CHRISTl . Although Goff places Johann 

Zainer s Ulm edition earlier, c. 1480 (Goff 139), the type employed in that edition was 

not used by Zainer until 1487. A fine copy in a contemporary binding. 

In the present edition the text is treated as anonymous. A German translation was made 

as early as 1434, and there are several manuscripts of fifteenth-century Dutch 

translations. 

The present copy contains an apparently unrecorded setting of fos. 106 and 1 12, in 

which they are misnumbered cxii and cvi 

respectively. Anton Sorg, 

like Zainer, printed 

many works in German in this format. The British Library copy has the early sixteenthcentury 

ownership inscription of a German nun. 

Provenance: Augustinians of Herzogenburg, near St Polten, Austria, with bookplate and 

inscriptions; Rendel Harris library, with stamp 

References: HC *91 16; BMC ii 352; Goff 140 

25,000-30,000 

40,400-48,500 

199

200 


r 

J

97 Trithemius, Johannes. De triplici regione claustralium et spiritual! exercitio 

monachorum. Mainz: Peter von Friedberg, 6 August 1498, FIRST EDITION, 98 leaves, 36 

lines, Gothic letter, title printed in red, initials in red 

Trithemius, J. De statu et ruina monastici ordinis. [Mainz: Peter von Friedberg, after 11 

April 1493], 32 leaves, 36 lines, Gothic letter 

Trithemius, J. De cura pastorali. Mainz: Peter von Friedberg, [after 1 May 1496], FIRST 

EDITION, 10 leaves, 36 lines, Gothic letter, initials supplied in red 

Trithemius, J. Oratio de duodecim excidiis observantiae regularis. [Mainz: Peter von 

Friedberg, after 28 August 1496], FIRST EDITION, 22 leaves, 35 lines, Gothic letter, initials 

supplied in red 

4 works in one volume, Chancery 4 (212 x 143mm.), initial-strokes supplied in red 

throughout, contemporary South German blind-stamped pigskin 

over wooden boards, 

metal corner- and centre-pieces, 2 clasps and catches, contemporary paper label on upper 

cover, modern cloth box, a few small wormholes in margins, some light staining in margins 

A collection of four works on monastic spirituality byTritheim (1462-1516), abbot of the 

Benedictine Abbey of Spanheim, three of them first editions, all printed by the Mainz 

printer Peter von Friedberg. Of the twenty-six editions of Tritheim listed by Goff, 

eighteen are from this press, mostly dating from the mid 1490s. The Abbey of Spanheim 

is in the diocese of Mainz. Trithemius became abbot on the 9th July 1483. 

The De triplici regione is an important work, and in 1499 the annual chapter decided to 

adopt it, together with the Exercitium Spirituale of Thierry of Bursfeld, as an official 

book. For Trithemius reading was very important - lectio sacra mentem provocat - and his 

own collections and works bear testimony to this. 

Another undated edition of De statu et ruina monastici ordinis was printed by Peter von 

Friedberg (Goff T453), which BMC describes as the first edition. 

References: De triplici regione: HC * 1561 8; BMC i 49; GoffT456; De statu et ruina 

monastici: GoffT454; De cura pastorali: GoffT436; Oratio de duodecim excidiis: Goff 

T449 

15,000-20,000 

24,300-32,300 

201

202 

98 

Jib rancWimum ac beatiffimum bominum onm fhum fecubum 

pontificcm majcimu coitio in tibrum pfalmozfi quc alt) foliloqum 

bicunt intipit felidter.a*Jobanne be turre cremata. $abmcn(i epo 

ac foe romane coic araiaUa fen Sijcti tulgariter nucupato cbita, 

Bipfatimmo 

i 

J 

ac dementiflimo bomino 10 

patri 

(ccunbo pontihd majdmo* Johannes be turrc 

cremata Cabmen epudTancleiomane ccclcfie 

car oin alia fanî Pi](tt vutgaritcr nuncupatua> 

pod bumilcm recomenoatione ao pccu ofcula 

beacomm* mibi Ouoiofc fa 

|>crfcrutanri p (mop 

UDmm* quc airj ell foliloqum oicunt^quob 

coUocutto boia cum beo 

fingularitefvel Fecu tantum* lauoati couenit ct ozari 

quozu \>tru$ 

alg libmm bpmnop bgmnus aute eft taua bei cu cantico* alg pfab 

tcrium-quia q intus bauio oiuina infpiratioe pcrdpicbat-bcc mo; 

Dulato carmte p:ofcrebatmira oocurrit pulcrituro fcnfuu-ct fhUan: 

tium mcDidna verbopet amplimma ccpia îrtutu ao o;m anime 

perftcltone* ut mcrito aptcc pzopbctc illuo p9ci* pabunoatia in. 

tumbus tuia ic c in pfalmis tuiaq rcfte turrea afpiUari pntû 

p:opccr incop2ebenfibilem alritucinc fapiette ! eia cotente . *tu $>t 

m&eficictis befenfiois aujci(m-q5 abucrfua bofUea incurfua pzcft \t 

bia q intento fcnfu ct -cigilantt mctc pfalmooia oipotrnri beo cjcfoU 

mint, Jn bia turrito c babuoaria majcie vtiUtaris. plane bic pfal s 

mop liber regiftru e cociua Tacrc fcripre 

etconfumaciotonusfacre 

paginc, Alia nag; Cunt ut ait AugufKnua q pzopbcte trabut*alia 

q biftozici libzi- Iqc $ alia -alia libzi yubiop- pfalmop vo liber quccun$ 

vrilia funt ej: otto connet* ct fufa pieoicit, JDic em anudatio 

jcpi in came fuftbic oim jî miftcriop 

reuelatio-bic cois rcfurrecK; 

onis tatto , 

fpco pzeoiciturTufpliaop metuaglozie pMUa ^.ibcr ifte 

vcteru <?iuctib? 

gefta comemozat-lcge 

tnbmt gweDop (bruit moou 

t ut bzeuic Dicacoi3 quioe boe bo^rie tbefaurua c quio em eft qo 

no oiCcac ejc pfalmi^g bic ota magmtubo "ctutiamozma iuftiacpu 

cidcie bccozp2UDctic confumatto^pacietie nrgula,J^falmooia ut ait 

ûguftinuafugat bemonce angeloa i aoiutoziu vocat cjcdrat &e: 

uotioco. placat beu -impetrat vcnia bilarat aiam illuiat ofcicntta

98 

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ine miwii* iim finir>tm 

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I\ IH i>tnuin nimi<iuel>iB 

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ompliup vcj|Ktt

"*i *i$w rHUmtn i0 *tft->tto<n >i> *<fû<*2i ticgnMf otmnu* 

i tuu-i mint . wKteiia ->i i IM m VM hf :Jw tin ii*:ii 

ntpii(if 

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<f?~*"i9 iwafpau? xpi76 <fr 

n ftlB tn tine <-?Oltt 

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98 Turrecremata, Johannes de. Expositio super toto psalterio. [Augsburg:] Johann Schussler, 6 

May 1472, 134 leaves (of 136, without 2 blank leaves), 35 lines, Gothic letter, 2- and 6line 

initials, paragraph-marks, initial-strokes and underlining in red 

Bible. Latin. Gospel of St Matthew. Manuscript on paper, 24 leaves, double column, 

initials, headings, and initial-strokes in red, [last quarter of the fifteenth century] 

Manuscript [begins:] Alpha et omega principium et finis Deus omnipotens , 

manuscript 

on paper, 47 leaves, double column, initials, and initial-strokes in red, [last quarter of the 

fifteenth century] 

3 works in one volume, Chancery 2 (307 x 215mm.), contemporary blind-stamped calf 

over wooden boards, slight worming in upper outer corner offirstfew leaves, one leaf soiled, 

rebacked, library stamps erased 

Juan deTorquemada (1388-1468), Dominican and Cardinal, uncle of the Spanish Grand 

Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada, played an important role at the councils of Basel 

(1432-1437) and Florence (1439). His commentary on the Psalms was first printed by 

Ulrich Han at Rome in 1470. 

The present, third edition of this commentary is reprinted from Schiissler s undated 

edition, printed not after 1471. The text of Schiissler s editions is based on a different 

manuscript from that used by Han. The present edition corrects the textual disorder in 

quires 1 1 and 12 that exists in Schiissler s earlier edition; there are also a few changes in 

the setting of the final leaf. 

The second of the two manuscript texts appears to be the Postilla Gratiae dei dicta by 

Johannes Milicius, a manuscript of which exists in Budapest (Univerzitna Kniznica, Lat. 

42). 

References: HC * 15696; BMC ii 329; GoffT519 

40,000-50,000 

64,500-81,000 

f 

203

204 

99 

, 

_ bittirprocsfluamteatttodinc. 

^CfPraJmusprmiuamquoWcri* 

fxceatozu no ftcaOfcdvita fiia m? 

maculata e6werfac6e trafiin>( ct q 

pefHJc 

mittaintncc pstltna pmdofc toarmcctcmpb rdiqmf . 

- * cd m leg* oiii firit wltitas cui6)ut tntihic !cgi s m.in; 

bata pfi0at(cttntcgv coi6).idtmplcnda([mcdttaoir nffi 

Oucmj)(peri&im adiicrfisDno tantum fcdionclegis fed 

iugi obFuaooncranctitaris.^-^ tcritfancpliytiumqv> 

plantato c fccue flucnfa aquar5viro:c0mc gnatt* icmp 

Jviuus qw teno^-operurt plcnitudmcfi:aidu8(Fruchi3 

fcabtt trmpcvite feliafatis 

fuc?tM^nii 

etpfnc. 

^Jrwrbactu8n6lrfliKt)avmfntrmmcdadii ncmcari 

furmcvtihtatrfiad.îoucrudifonc.-iralutv^pfiricnr rt 

r 

otnmaqdiiiqjfadtfp 

<prpctabiir)fibi ad oolecuttoncm 

vice ctemc.j_ von fie hnpti no fie fed tanq pulins^mfrnl 

at afaaOftabilitatis ctrrne.T jCtco^qzftitficputuisrno 

nrinettir. qt no crcdcwe pjm a errttfrnnrs iamiudieao. lunt 

i 

no^nrefurgvrCm c6grcg ac6ncrafK);ii)q: no admittctiir 

advitam cternatn ad qun iufti cog-rcffabuntuf. 

crpcdita via adbfattaJmc^trrain <mpioni)non ap 

probar.Tcd rcprobat. ntp>tc qtn.i mimundum tencbro* 

(urn triftc tedticcns m pjrdittoncm. 

99 Turrecremata, Johannes de. Expositio super toto psalterio. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 11 

September 1474 

- 

Chancery 2 /Royal 4to in half-sheets (313 x 215mm.), 173 leaves, 35 lines, Gothic 

letter, colophon and printer s device printed in red, first 2 initials supplied in blue and red 

with leafy red penwork extensions, 2- and 3-line initials and paragraph-marks in red and 

blue, initial-strokes and underlining in red, CONTEMPORARY ERFURT BINDING BY 

CONRADUS DE ARGENTINA, blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, sides ruled in blind, 

stamped with tools, brass corner-pieces, plain edges, modern cloth box, several small 

wormholes in firstfew leaves, a few at the end, some worming on upper board, lacking 10 

metal bosses and 2 clasps, small neat repairs to joints and at head and foot ofspine 

Fourth edition of Turrecremata s commentary on the psalms, the text being that used in 

the editio princeps printed by Ulrich Han at Rome in 1470. The second and third 

editions, both printed by Schussier in Augsburg [not after 1471] and 6 May 1472 (see 

previous lot), derive from a different manuscript of the text. 

The psalm incipits are printed in the smaller of Fust and Schoeffer s two Psalter types, 

while the text type is that used in their 1462 Bible. The broad printed versal initials of the 

present edition were based on those used by Han for his edition. They are not used in the

first quire, in the second quire in the inner formes only and from the third quire onwards 

in all formes. 

Like the British Library and Pierpont Morgan Library copies, the present, unusually tall 

copy has Royal half-sheets of paper in quire 17 (bifolia 2.1 1, 4.9, 5.8 and 6.7); and 

additionally in this copy in quire 15 (bifolia 4.7 and 5.6). 

The binding is apparently from the Erfurt workshop of Conradus de Argentina, active 

late 1460s to mid- 1470s; a litte over a dozen examples of his work are recorded. In about 

1475 Conradus apparently moved back to Strassburg, where his tools merge with those of 

Kyriss s shop 147 (Michael Laird, Bulletin du bibliophile, 1998, 7-36). The present 

volume stands chronologically more or less at the crux of that move, and is conceivably 

Conradus s Strassburg work, but the brass corner-pieces hint at Erfurt as the likelier place. 

Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps, with his printed-book number label 887 on spine; 

Raymond and Elizabeth Hartz, sale Sotheby s New York, 12 December 1991, lot 197 

References: H * 

15698; BMC i 31; GoffT520 

50,000-60,000 

81,000-97,000 

205

206 

100 

< 

rmiuon qtiQ 

big^proccfTusmtcatimdmc; 

atueUirqninort 

o- mipio^ prauie CD^L, macE 

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no flttitj)^ vita fua hn- 

tnaoilataoucrfacoc trafiujr^.a q 

iqtv 

t Diumc Icgis ma? 

cdaCmcdtta 

nontantuicchoni? I 

gi obhiarionc fancHtatis.Jg^r crir tanq^ Itgnu qp 

ucra aquaru^trogctJhicgfc kmp 

^ 

frabit trmpc vitHucQpi gnu fehdratre ctrrnc; 

no fceflutt)a\ritats i mcdaaTi/ncfnafe 

no 

dr afaa cjOabidfaris ctcrnc* 

ct 

Dfifai ad cofccuconc 

(no rcfurg-ct hiipti^fe; mfiddcgiCiii uidicDîfculTiomf 

Wtcjcamhictu^qi no crGtrtcs pcmeccrdnmiis iawdica 

îto filt^n(?q5 pccotcg^^fclTtonc xpiani/0 mincwite pccif 

ebnoyn rcrurfrctCniQfrrcg-ac6ciiifto;uj)qt no admitcsnmr 

ad vita ctrrna ad qua uifH cogrcg-abutur. 

<r% 

uoniam nouitDnsQ no tina ai

100 Turrecremata, Johannes de. Expositio super toto psalterio. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 10 

March 1476 

Chancery 2 (273 x 204mm.), 197 leaves (of 199, without the two blank leaves), 31 

lines, Gothic letter, colophon and device printed in red, first initial in red with blue 

penwork decoration, second initial in blue with red penwork, 2-line initials, paragraphmarks, 

initial-strokes and underlining in red, modern brown morocco, red edges from an 

earlier binding, contemporary manuscript foliation, some leaves with brown stains from 

removal ofmarginal leather tabs 

Sixth edition: a reprint of Schoeffer s 1474 edition (see lot 99). The large titling capitals 

were copied from those used by Ulrich Han in his editio princeps of Turrecremata (Goff 

T517). The headings are set from the smaller fount of the 1457 Psalter. In quire 8, the 

compositor skipped a page of copy when setting the outer forme of sheet 3. This was 

rectified by the insertion of a single leaf between fols. 2 and 3, with 22 lines on its recto, 

and 14 on its verso. These lines were set to a narrower measure than the standard page. 

Fol. 8/2 verso was also set 3 lines short, implying that the order of composition was from 

the middle of the quire outward. The red-ink colophon and device were printed in a 

separate, second impression. 

Provenance: Albert Ehrmann, Broxbourne Library (sale in our rooms, ii, 8 May 1978, lot 

349); George Abrams (sale in our rooms, 16 November 1989, lot 124) 

References: HC * 15699; GoffT522; CIBN T379 

30,000-50,000 

100 

48,500-81,000 

cardmafia/tituliratieH 

fce Turrccremata/orpfitto braus ctvtilis 

fupzr toto pfalteno MoûnttcrniprcfTa/ Artno tommi 

a t>i c marcij pp 

eft-confumara. 

207

208 

101 

ftirpjiMgniiambe 

(Earns 

"Cirqinnon 

abqtaviare 

eta recedcdo: 

mpftlto tm 

pto:itm pja 

ui0 cop ma/ 

cbinanomb* 

confenriendo qtli in VW peccato 

rumnon Item (5 vita fua imma 

culata?uerfaride 

trafiuit et qill pe 

ttllenttSDOtpnansvenena non 

feminawtnecpofteris gniciofe oo* 

ctnne ejcempla reliquit. 

ffeedmleseDmfurt 

s oluntaf 

eiUS vtoiuie legis madata gftctat 

et in lege ei9 adimpieda mcdtta 

turaffiduein pwfperis et in 

aduerftd no tm lectione le^ fed iu 

at obfcru j noc fjnct itano. 

f/tttenttan^lwnu quod plan 

tatttm elt fee9 nttenta aquaru 

I viro:cDtuutc gfc pvtuM bonozu 

opcr plcnitudmc fecudue friictu 3 

oabit tge vitefue otgnu Wtcita 

ns eterne. f/ i.t verfra ciôn 

DefUtent a vcritare in mcndacium 

neincaflU5fine vtiUtatefjadaUop 

cruuinonc ? falutcpficient etom/ 

ma quectiq5 factct fg.pfpera 

bttntur fibiad confecuttoncm vite 

eterne. W Tôn ftc tmpvj n ftc 

fed tanqua piilins infecudus et 

I lccut ab bumo:c Piuic gfe que ait 

raDtabolt.pi)ata facie ftabili/ 

tatie eterne. 

2) d co quta funt ftcut pulutd n on 

refurgentimptjfcjinftddee in 

liidiao oiff ulTcotnvJ v t epniMictur 

iiuu 110 credentee pcnt0 certtfltmid 

latntudicattfunt neq? peccatd* 

respjofeflioiiejcpiant ifjmwojtb 

peccatieobnojcurefurgctin p0re 

tentur ad vita eterna ad qua? iwfti 

eon^regabunrur 

iA&iioniam nonitoonimus 

noincia appwbariote viani itllto 

flint vtputc quta mil da fpletidida i 

via ad bea- 

> 

tlectabili0 .q: ejcpcdira 

ntuduieni iter auton tmptccuj. 

no app:obat : fed repzobat .vrpore 

immundu retiebzoftini i tnftc 

quia 

ceduceneinedittcme. 

cbinanone etrebelUonc nioiv 

entiuni ptra rcsnti5 cb:iltt ct 

pe ipftuecbnftt excellentu ct 

a3mpcrrccuto:ii3Cb:ilh qua 

p:etndebatrpmtuait; 

a!3arc fremu 

mintmozefera?. ftnera 

noiic iJCtllCO romani nir 

litee cruciftto:e0 ipi et pcpuli itt 

ocomcditati runt mania ere 

oentc0 B cb:ifti nionent qxingutre 

nomc i fama i regnu cm0. 

fauo:e:berodee t pilatus facrilegif 

mentibue in boc fcelere cofentictea 

ifacerdorumpzincipes conue^ 

nenmtm vna pjawa -volunta 

te aducr fits oonnnum oet5 pa 

rremetaduerruecl?2tlbini fatu 

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"Cincula.f.t)octrina i miracula if 

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imfru>ne0quibu0b:iftu0 

101 Turrecremata, Joannes de. Expositio super toto psalterio. Strassburg: [Printer ofthe 1481 

Legenda Aurea], 23 April 1482 

Chancery 2 (286 x 203mm.), 125 leaves (of 126, without initial blank leaf), double 

column, 42 lines, Gothic letter, 4-, 7- and 9-line initials in red, paragraph-marks and 

initial-strokes in red, red morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt edges, 2 small wormholes in text 

offirst 2 leaves, a few others in margins offirstfew leaves, a few repairs in margins offirst 2 

leaves, scratch on upper cover repaired 

A scarce edition. 

Provenance: Bibliothek Oberherrlingen, with bookplate dated 1839 

References: H * 15703; BMC i 97; GorTT527 

6,000-10,000 

9,700-16,200

102 

TJndpitttadatus c* efficada aque bme&ide/ pet <oenetanou 

magjfhum ôbannem oe tutce ccemata/facce tbeobgie .pfef* 

fotem/otomia pteoicato^/ tempo* condlij bafihenne copdat^ 

contca pettu anglicum betetico^ afenfotem m bobemia* 

Ifliunjrit rnibi nupet patetnitas oeftta patet/^ra 

pleumarefponeetraomagjftto ^Jobanmoe tfiagj 

3? fio/pumo bobemotum acticuio ceiponoeti j} magi 

fttum pcttu anglicu ptopofitum notate cu oili* 

getiaKnnotaui fiquioeii patec ct one t 

oenecato; 

ampliffmie/ne oum ^pieumads btulum memoue confignans <ce 

ru edam eiufoem ptopieuniads latentis ambiguitade D .fToiucn 

to nooulce animu patump accomooans -qtûe bcnigmffime pa 

tetmtadstliuminatiflmte fapiende emenoanoum oifcto et fujple 

oum Cuiug quiatm ^pieumatie xnaiicet vttu aqua beneoida 

fit maioue efficade et oictutis y factamentum fenfibile altauis . 

oedfio iufta ptefumptu * qutfitu ouoe complcditut acticube < 

<Quom aquam beneoidam beceda tan<^ tern mutilem et nullius 

oicuida aciKte waentuf JOe cuius mftituioe ac efficad virtu 

te pee oiuetfa wpitula oiflnbutS eat pamus^SecHnous veto 

atttcuius tefpsnccbit ptopsfito Qibio 

SDetuinaaquabciieDida* Gspitulum pamu 

iRiplex genus aque bcneoide tepeuo Ctiiuo vfum xpi* 

t ane teligiome otus auotc amplcSitut et ob(cruat 

|Duma aqua beneoida eft qwe oiutnis ptedb? factat* 

ct bencoiotut in oeoicatone eccJefie ct ahaus Oe qua fit medo 

cjctta ce cofeeccle -XJel a!ra-C ^pofuifti/etc Kqua g epm Ix* 

neoidaSecunoa aqua bfloida eft fonds bapufmalia* o? qua o? 

cofe.oi. 

iij.c.m fabbatofando pafcbe t pntlxcoftee Sj qub 

aquam fetMOtftfi et cofectata "oelit m comwrn fuam ao afpedicne 

teopere/ante ctifmads mftifionem redpiat-îecda aqua fcewoi 

da eft qua comumtec afpecgmiut m ecclefia.ot qua se confe-oiiij 

-c.Kquam^bi oidtut- fale 

Kqûa afgfaj populis bemoidm^ 

t ea cudi confpejfi fandificent -Pamis ouobus gencab* aque 

ptetmiffis ee tetdo geiiece quo flpleuma .mofitum motu eft/ 

nuncfctmo bafcenous eft- (Ht quoj vmuecuj^ tei notida a q& 

102 Turrecremata, Johannes de. De efficacia aquae benedictae. [Augsburg: Anton Sorg, c. 

1475] 

Chancery 2 (280 x 198mm.), 8 leaves, 38 lines, Gothic letter, 3- and 5-line initial 

spaces, modern morocco-backed boards, slipcase 

Presumed second edition. The Efficacia aquae benedictae was printed by Bartholomaeus 

Guldinbeck at Rome in an edition 30 August 1475. Sorg printed a second undated 

edition in the following year. 

Provenance: Georg Kloss, with bookplate; Society of Writers to her Majesty s Signet, 

Edinburgh, with bookplate; Alex Bridge, with bookplate 

References: H * 15739; BMC ii 342; GofTT508 

10,000-15,000 

16,200-24,300 

209

210 

103 

CiJtocipiut queftioneseuangdio? 

oefanctis, 

C$n fefto beati nm 

oreeefteuangelium. 

poltuntOifputari fequentc0queftione0. 

uitaDp8icaoni0 offictu et l IJbetrum n 

Ozcametâcobumjebeoeietôbannem 

f[ 3?etfa, ^Jtru oporteat fequentib^pm 

omiatempalia relmque?c.f! 3Tcrna.tlt^ 

bt u gtnD2C3 o cr all) ft-cii fii t q PO can ba c 

pocattone,fumtpocatu0aDapo(lo!atu. 

_ icc0etinDoctt<pbibetur 

eligi.pt.jrjcjnjr.OiCoe petro,S?eO ifti apofto 

li erat fimplice0 * mDocti.ergo pueniet no 

Oebuerutehgi. f/ êdofie. (flectio aOof 

fteiu quoo refptcit pnmerfu 02beO; effe De 

gfoni0oeomninationeetnonDepnafpe 

fc? Oe tuOea woef tncoucnuntelcgifre.f; 

3Tertioquentur.quare magi0 dartepifca 

toua q piDctur pittoz ec inter oe0 elegem 

eo0q30ealia. f^noipofuumeft cuageJ 

Uu.cuinon pt fubeffe falfum.necm cgtbuf 

jrpi ahqp inconueniens. 

lcu3a jrpo fuerutDeputati 

P0icatoi0offtcio.ii5efcatipo0i0oneo0et 

0" pultipotj 

ultifapi 

Iapiente0.uo0 q oe fapunna muoi conft 

Dunt,7inft2mamunDi,t.boie0impotc"tf6 

Pmmunt>u.t.rufticp0ctcolono0ckgitt)0 

aOpDicat6i0offiati,etBiCico.wconfiiDat 

pDicatoi0 oftciu ignobilia munDi.i.cosd 

^mmunDnfutignobilee.etptemptibib, 

I0e(l.eo0 q fm munoii funt ptcmptibib! 

effe in fcculo ahq o clegu aopDicatoieoft 

cul .et boc iDeo.pt ea que fu n t.i .cos q faifc i 

munOoaltqOeffepiOefocftrucrcr.^taffi; 

ejccellcnte0infcculofeOabieao0.wn6glo 

rietur oje earo in pfpectu e? t.wnull? p:o 

qu3cuq5carni0crccllcnti3glo:utgcopa 

ratoem ao Deil.c,c Bent qjmunpii fucfir i 

fubice.it non gfublime0 in mtiDofiucfctb 

fco per abicctoo no potcft bo glonarurp 

abqua carnaiem crccllcnt in faluat^fumu 

Ous.lBotatniy licet cbnftâpnncipiow) 

c3ucruaDppicat6i0officuifimplicc0bo 

mme0 non in ita q nullii poeaucm littcra 

tum.qilBatbanaeles zlBicoDemii wxa; 

uit.ptpat33oB.|.et,u|.qzfi foloe fimpkcs 

pocaffetcrcOipolTetq>fuiirentc]rfimplui! 

rtttui t apfo0 et poica tojce eua n gchi q;lir 

tcrato0 pt fi8c0cuangcliim3gw3ttribuc 

returfapientie&iuineq5bumane.ftcutOi! 

ctum eft. f / 3lD fdam itfponOetJicR" 

oopfeqnriaamoconuenienterDe lib 

fjW 

gente luDaica affumenCH erantapo(toli.D 

qua alfumpti faewtppbete,caieiw

103 Turrecremata, Johannes de. Questiones evangeliorum de tempore et de sanctis (Nicolaus 

de Byard. [Dictionarius pauperum] Flos theologiae sive Summa de abstinentia). 

[Strassburg: Printer ofthejordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner), c. 1487], 292 leaves, 

double column, 47 lines and headline, gothic letter, 3-, 4- and 5-line initials, paragraph- 

marks and initial-strokes in red 

Corona Beatae Virginis Mariae. [Strassburg: Printer ofthejordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg 

Husner), not after 1488], 86 leaves, double column, 47 lines and headline, gothic letter, 4and 

7-line initials, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red 

2 works in one volume, Chancery 2 (298 x 217mm.), contemporary blind-stamped calf 

over unbevelled wooden boards, outer border composed of alternating tools of a four- 

leaved flower and a lion passant, central panel ruled to a diaper pattern, with alternating 

rows of small fleurs-de-lys and rosettes, four metal bosses on each cover, 2 clasps and 

catches, remains of a hasp on lower cover, modern cloth box, inner margins offirst leaf 

repaired, tears in margins of2/3, bl,fiandN2 (first work) repaired, b2 and 3 of the second 

work misbound with contemporary manuscript note recording the error on b3, rebacked 

retaining original spine 

The Flos theologiae, or Dictionarius pauperum, is attributed to Nicolaus de Byard. It was 

first printed with five of the thirteen incunable editions of Turrecremata s Quaestiones, and 

therefore by association is often attributed to Turrecremata himself. The Quaestiones were 

first printed at Rome by Johannes Schurener de Bopardia in 1477 (GoffT544). 

Provenance: Franciscans of Bielefeld, with inscription on first page; Hans Furstenberg, 

with booklabel 

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GW 7573; BMC i 136; GoffC923 

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211

212 

refusafeflotmw 

Iefus uocelaudatus 

Cgne c fortirudinis:hec Ber.([~Vbi didt $ ungue 

ofponfifuntuirtunsfragrantie & luauirans do 

fcndenns in fponfam quibus attrahit in micem 

pod iplu.Na eius fapictia c occultu fidci.Eius emi 

nennaarduu fpeirfumabonitas incendium diari* 

Rns:&ausdoiannaregulaprudcac:eius uita for 

nutcperanrieeius mifencordu infufio uiftirie:eius 

ftrenuapaitlo fortitudiais Hi 

uiôrarit) iiature.(j 

funtinfluxus fpiritualis tradture diledh icfu qui^ 

bus petit fpon& fctrahi poftdiledu ie(u:8Cpmit 

titfibi non oao fe reapere-.fed fimul cu oibus his 

fibi 

q 

uoluennt adhuc delcdabditer curreic in odo 

rem ungueto^ fue 

precedentisidirigetisudmua^ 

tis:8dde<ftantisperfone:donec introduatur in 

cellauinarii in qua inebriaturab aberrate domus 

fuemr cam ia no trahi oporteat odore lunginquo 

fedmamplexibusdilctbfljmiiefuetetnaliterconx 

quiefcat^TEt hie terminetur Lber tcraus qui plus 

q crcdidi idiffi idi t ram o s dodhne iefu Si miraculo 

foru operum: quibus fud diuinitatc condefcendc 

(_ 

tern humano generi in unione noftre in firm i tati s 

fisificlc per aflumpoonempaflibuis nature uu- 

ftremoftrauit. 

Explidt felicii liB terrius arbonfcrudfixe uite iefu. 

Inapicciufdem uite iefu prologusquard libti. 

y^TV VIripIicaris ramis perf&Sionis 

uite 8 do 

\ <bine icfu 6 opennonis miraculi ile mf 

3 I !_,tipIids:8Cadhefioncditoplinans cohor^ 

tuque omniafecundum proportioneradias&fti 

pmshuiusfaaearbons la 

prixiefferunt. tcpus eft 

ut in hoc libra quarto hecfelix arbor produatui 

idfumu.Itatncj) eius finis pncipio Xmedio appareatcouenire-Na 

in oibus claret 

premiftls per^ 

currenti quod fonptu fumus dcus iefus alia 

e:cf p 

pta naturam femp ab humilitate incipies aeature 

tn fuu lumii uirtualiter reafcesdat. Qui cu femper 

huncordineferuaucrir copies quod docuit maxi/nerirca 

fuii fineeuidctirtimedemoftnuit: du ab 

numilitate afdlimapies:aiper dcratiltime cruas 

fuppliduufâdinfemadefcedens: 6C poftuictor 

morris eloriofe refurgens ad Jextera dei patns ef^ 

wliter felTurus afcendens.Et quia (anda maf cede 

jiain die palmarum filii dei iefu inapit paflloncm: 

wcohunchbrum quaitumab hacdKuichoaiitcs 

diomus. 

Iefus Klachrymatue Cap.i. fefusrexorbisBenics Iefus t&Imn iffi-edics 

lejus zik) amutus Iefus urbicopatics 

fiddiu dirTundiintiir.d.Gc.Qnid uobis cum (Jefos afdlo iarus (Me/us rctorbis uenies 

bus qui dei uirtutc iefum ignotans.- 1 

Vbi ni 

(flefus uoce laudarus iTTefus urbi cumpanens 

{Hefus 6C uirtuobus qui 

lachrymarus (Tefus tcplum injrejiens 

dei uirtute ic/iim : ignorans Vbi ni 

quefo uera prudcntia mfi in xpi docrnna. Vnde 6C 

nOTmfntianifidedirifhrnifencordia. Etubi uera 

nifi in rhrifti uitaf EC ubi uen fottitudo 

tcpcraria 

nill in >! 

Et infra. Ineallum chnlti.paiTi<inc. 

quidcm 

ejkboratinarqfmoneuimitufialiuJeeas fpcri 

cus pu tat q a domino mrtutu.Cuius d >An 

i ia fo 

minariumpruderie. Cuiusmilericordiaopus iiu 

fhne.Cmus uita Ttende \ Cf hoc faclo domini 

laluatons myfhco Si mirabili 

coprehenduntur multa deuo 

ta 

memorierumindda:que ut 

fpcculu tcpcr.itie.Gims more infadlius 

occurrerent memone 

illius q uult uita 

xpi trafcur- 

ICTC i 

.j ~ 

iitos mM meditido uerficu^ 

* 

"^ 

Ios:quodfubunopoteraruet 

1 

ficulo did.In feptc multiphcaui qd Kin aliis locis 

fcpe fed:ubi (ut laluatuns fada myftica K dcuota: 

ut per multos refpedus eiufde facia licet fint diucr 

la opa mulriplicetur 6C attedat deuorio meditatis.. 

Et Leer dequohbetponer per fecapFm fieri ualde 

rnagnurppcoiucbone memorieci breuitans ama 

re liroul tractado 

pftringo. 

In 

(J hoc autc Ciclo my 

ftico continet hiltonaliter cnnfti 

([Keceflio de betiiania lumo mane: 

MifTto difapuloiji p addudione pulli & afine. 

êflio xpi fup iumetadjfaproii; ueftibus adoouta, 

" 

Occurfus rurbapi ipfii ut rege recipicuuum 

rroftraoo ueftimetoiji in uia: 

Etccfio dearbonbus ramorum oliuaru: 

[Et baiulario K oblano palmaii;: 

;Etomniufimulprecedetiu8Clequetiucocors ao 

clamario:utlaluarenturppotctia noui regis. Infu 

diaDopharifeoK&inaepatiodiceriufibi titdiid 

pulos:&turbaslaudatesincreparet. CopalCo be^ 

nigmtTima dniicfucu uiduTetfacrilegaauitatem: 

fupercuius futuru exddiii i uoces laudantiu cu ma 

gno fletu allupfitlametu.Comorio roaus duira^ 

tis pro gloria 

itroeutis icfu.Et i 

ingrefliis teplu ubi 

fymoniacos 8C rapaces fiippfni latrodnio fpolian* 

tesrilupedo miraculo aecit de teplo cu duro iacpatioisucrbo.Ibiq;inrcplomulasianatisceas 

C 

daudis aliis in hr m is acdamanbus pueris.Ofana 

filio dauid i 

teplo:5C pharifei tabefcctes inuidia 

& iracudia dilTlxati drcudederut eu. bt oftcdentes 

idignatione cordis fui de laude pueroru audicrunt 

cofutationc per uerbuppheticu. Et iteru idigne fe 

rentes expuliioncfuop; raanoKde teplo queilc^ 

ruta xpo.In qua poteftate hoc faceret:ubi p nega> 

riua nifi fuilfent cea eis plenc rridiKoC fie bemgnif 

fimus iefus tola die cu eis difputas ad ipfos couer 

tcdos:8C i oculis com fades dinitatis miracula Si ac 

trahens turba gcnbu ad fc:uoce ad ipfa dilapla de 

dahrlcatione patenu Gc didt. loanncs fue 

paffiois 

modu cC mirabilc frudiieis predicens: ufcp ad UC 

fpcra pdicaair:8C drcufpechs uibus fiair diar Mar. 

cu ia uelpera ecr hora:quafi a^piceret f qs cum ex 

pietatc in totaciuitate (acnlega 

inuiraret holpirio: 

&; non uiuenies cu fuis difcipulis ededuitateegref 

*ui&melkusS4iidunus. Qui tame mane a popa 

104 Ubertinus de Casali. Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu. Venice: Andreas de Bonetis, 12 March 

1485 

Chancery 2 (265 x 193mm.), 250 leaves, double column, 58 lines and headline, Roman 

letter, 3-, 6- and 8-line initial spaces, initials and paragraph-marks supplied alternately in 

red and blue, seventeenth-century Spanish vellum, title lettered in ink on spine, several 

early manuscript notes in margins, tear in the first 6 lines oftext ofc8 without loss, some 

light staining in margins, lower hinge broken 

The Franciscan Ubertinus de Casali wrote his Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu, a meditation on 

the Passion, in 1305. This is the only fifteenth-century edition of the work. 

References: HC *4551; BMC v 361; Goff U55 

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. 

}utipic copcnbiofu (crip 

turn pialrcrn mtfrionrm 

KuifUc ikbos 

1 cut olun ma / 

na bsbuit br 

Icctamentu it 

omncmfapcec 

fuauatatin inc 

carmen jnitug 

libei fiabrt onrne fpualc bom// 

mcntu et i ft d>udbilc ab ocin 

fc nfu cuiuOib; m&aoma <tu 

mcôco canitur cue futrcrl a 

eccicfie bru hub .men * mn 

a uifco tunitur tuc Cut wba 

graa agcnt.s um a pcecacott 

carat tuc fut -arba \cnum be 

puinris (Siibclpjubiflbcdtat 

tune fut tba befu)}.lico ab 

bzuctamaiids t tquoruq; ff 

nireao amentia countit mcp fr 

(tnfus 

I uiMR Ubn afftctui in /- 

nct>8 cofoetnabit Cum bcnebi 

wtr biVjicit cu malebiclte ma 

Icbidt fttdcbicit mcbra bp.i to - 

Ji bttbiat mcbra p?\ ilacrollc 

Q\] nrl caatas \\tub encbmbio 

î 

tj ibeft Ub-a manuaiem bnlv 

fltvnb: Hinlunr om->plalinoru 

mttllcttu luir innnwi.1 fn ob* 

liuione fp ten cat Btlr cm ct 

falubrt cfk itelligf q6 nu$ tef 

fat bccantart augct qui|f>e be 

uononu inttlltgcdas ct turn 

intr Iligif Q antatut inrne p 

tttUcctum obiigara n cunga* i 

tcdcctus qq; dtacni mcti ppm 

frrit pt itf q 

bum inteUcttu ct ere bcduut 

co3u?t ^potlbubio attrnrnia 

oniibu pa ppa t mctc (ua c bu 

bcfantas ppa tn ozetuorft 

Fcuctu vtinipie 

tibi vtcuq; occuint tcftamcn 

tuplal nwuin bcurjco p-ldun 

ppiccfiliatingcto? congtula* 

com gnieot igmtos tncoa af* 

fcctus fufntat in U j purg.it 

bcmonea fiigat glabio fpu? 

qS rTr TCzbum bci - 

quia bru 

com pfaUcnetu luftincre non 

psffut pfjlmoruboioco Ipin 

tui fancto r 

iparat ct oim tona 

mecatpralmotumbice8 non 

ntc:w feb in cclo fi-ji fuc quil 

tbi eft crirtus qui om pfajwoji 

matecta cfletmCcoibicouc:/ 

face rcclrfir q corpus rpi eft 

que eaam p mapime pfalmo^ 

tcm cotinct ^cuocionS pTal 

fcnbi tocct apfs di btdt pfal 

la fpintu fpallam ct mere 23 c 

uodoni pfullcncm cociulato tii 

agelita ^ cct pfalim fr.i q agit 

vjncofpcctu angcloru pfallam 

abi <ûob piailcnnKis fancti 

angdi abmiftci fdr.int ?naii 

frft-u pl^lnnft i rbi apt 

eunt pdripcs ibcft angcli 

iam plaUctitib? vnbe 

rftncpcoptci ncftta 

agcli rcccbat Sli cm bmii fcws 

ft a nobte clongaiicmit V" 

jxtus malozuquie fultincbit 

105 [Walafridus Strabo] Scriptum compendiosum Psalterii intentionem declarans. [Basel: 

Johannes Solidi (Schilling), c. 1472-1474] 

Chancery 2 (287 x 210mm.), 30 leaves, double column, 38 lines, Gothic letter, 3-, 4and 

6-line initials supplied in red outling, initial-strokes in red, modern vellum-backed 

boards, a few early manuscript notes, slight worming in some inner margins, some light 

damp-staining 

The press ofJohannes Schilling, formerly located in Cologne, is now reassigned by 

Dalbanne and Droz to Basel. See Paul Needham, Corsten Festschrift, pp. 126-127. None 

of the books printed by Schilling at Basel is dated, but the Uppsala copy of the Albertus 

Magnus has a purchase inscription dated 1473 and the Hain copy of the Leonardus de 

Utino a purchase inscription dated 1474. Schilling s first set of matrices are almost 

identical to those used by the Printer of the Flores Sancti Augustini c. 1472. 

References: H * 14571; BMC i 237; Voullieme (K) 1 108; Claude Dalbanne and Eugenie 

Droz, Limprimerie a Vienne en Dauphine au XVe siecle, Paris, 1 930, V 

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9,700-12,900 

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214 

HONOR, 

Duodecim ccrtamina Herculis. 

Rofcom wuiftifhper<ttfocun<lia laudcf. 

Diftft Sopbifhrum kquebstyrefol 

Norc rabies uirtutc ufl<t 

furor,4Ut potentior eft. 

Continutmob curfwmfapienti opukntwmiit. 

Spcrnit 

SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES 

106 Alciati, Andrea. Emblemata. Lyons: Mathieu Bonhomme, 1550 

8 (190 x 1 17mm.), title within architectural woodcut border, 197 woodcut emblems, 14 

small woodcuts of trees, each page within a woodcut border, red morocco by Trautz- 

Bauzonnet, gilt edges, some light spotting 

The emblems of the Italian humanist and jurist Andrea Alciati (d. 1550) were first 

published in 1531 and enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime and after. The 

both Bonhomme and Guillaume Rouille, is the last to be 

present edition, published by 

printed during his lifetime and contains emblem no. 97 for the first time. The woodcuts 

were designed by Pierre Eskrich for Bonhomme and Rouille s first edition of 1548. 

References: Green 45; Landwehr, Romanic emblem books, 51; cf. Harvard Catalogue 15 & 

16 ( 1 549 & 1551 editions) 

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2,450-3,250

107 

107 Alciati, Andrea. Omnia emblemata (edited and commented by Claude Mignault). 

Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1581 (1580) 

8 (168 x 103mm.), title within woodcut border and with printer s device, 196 woodcut 

emblems within borders, 14 full-page woodcuts of trees, CONTEMPORARY PARISIAN 

FANFARE BINDING, calf gilt a la fanfare, flat spine similarly decorated, gilt edges, 

nineteenth-century morocco slipcase and chemise, occasional underlining in text, some 

light spotting and staining 

Claude Mignault s commentary was first printed by Plantin in 1573. Mignault (1536- 

1606) was professor of canon law at Paris. 

Provenance: Leo Olschki, with booklabel; James William Ellsworth, with bookplate 

References: Green 99; Voet 29; Landwehr 18 

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216 


Tertia tephtnte tempeflas kta locab/c 

Quidamaitin fomnisuifusadefle fib 

Pradixiflefuocuidamtunc ferturamfco: 

Quod trjs ad dies interiturus era t. 

Cecropidis ilium morti damnantibus inquit: 

Etuosfatafimulimperiofa trahcnt. 

Cum precii magniueftem.donaretamicus 

Qiia fcpelircmr;dumc^recufat;ait. 

An mini dum uiuo uefts mea conuenit ( 

Apra cft:defuncflo cdngruet ilia minus 

Damnato iniufle moreris cum diceret uxor. 

Ille refen.iuftc me cupis ergo moru 

De xenophonte archiaso* 

Enophon patre gry llo patria 

uero archteus 

expagoactico diicipulus fuitSocratis Flo* 

ruitqjnonagefimacjrca olympiadeatc^ obu 

iit corinthiiam grandis natu* 

Eiuslententiaefl. 

Ille cororratus dum facrum redditad aras 

Hi 

Accepit 

funera acerba fui. 

gty 

Atcp itadcpofea fercur dixiAe corona 

Jam fcio mortalem mihi. 

progcnuifle 

Sed poftquamaudknt pulchrecccidifle:coronam 

Dclapfumcapiti compofuiflc fuot

108 Antonius Nebrissensis, Aelius. Vafre dicta philosophorum. [Salamanca: Juan de Porras, c. 

1502] 

One part only (of 2), Chancery 4 (205 x 152mm.), 30 leaves, 29 lines, Roman letter, 

one 4-line initial space with printed guide-letter, 3- and 5-line white-on-black woodcut 

initials, brown morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt edges, early manuscript foliation and a few 

early manuscript notes in margins, lackingpart 2 (see below), lightly washed, upper cover 

partly detached 

RARE: ONE OF ONLY EIGHT RECORDED COPIES. Traditionally assigned by Haebler, Vindel 

and GW to the Salamanca press of the Printer of Nebrissensis, Grammatica , this edition 

is more recently assigned by Norton, ISTC, IBE and Ruiz Fidalgo to the Salamanca press 

ofJuan de Porras, c. 1502. Norton and Ruiz Fidalgo describe the work as containing 52 

leaves, with the second part (not here present) containing Antonius s commentary. Of the 

copies listed by Ruiz Fidalgo, that in Madrid contains only the first part (as here) and that 

in Toledo contains only the second part. 

The Vafre dicta philosophorum was printed in at least nine editions in the late fifteenth and 

sixteenth centuries, in several recensions (see Antonio Odriozola, La caracola del bibliofilo 

Nebrisense, Madrid, 1947, 51-52). Based on the Lives of the Philosophers of Diogenes 

Laertius, it comprises brief notes on Greek philosophers followed by Nebrija s Latin 

couplets on each. The present edition may be the only one to include additional neo- 

Latin poetry by Nebrija, including his exchange of verses with Petrus Martyr Anglerius 

(1455-1526), historian of the early American explorations. 

Provenance: Maggs catalogue 656, Bibliotheca incunabulorum, 1938, no. 395; George 


References: GW 2244; Goff A91 1; Haebler(BI) 478; Vindel ii 227 no. 143; Norton 463; 

IBE Post-incunables 36; Sallander 2040; Palau 189238; L. Ruiz Fidalgo, La imprenta en 

Salamanca 1501-1600, Madrid, 1994, 28 

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,300-40,400 

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218 

109 

antfio vnico:ni.:aco vero fc teffificatttt verms cod ct fgnem ct fetozc* qt o:c 

mittebatJed com os apcrtrct vntco:nis qpcttius cucarrit yolens (plum in gut * 

turetranfuib:are.>:aci)o vero agitaaitcapat ivnicoims contain terrain fu 

pit oicens mo:iendo,ui p:o alto vult pugnarc fe cupit trucidare. fc cm ftul 

turn eft oe fe confidcrc ac oc quo fi&f no perttnct agoni5arcSlndc cede* >e ea 

re que tc non molcftat ne certaucris. 6rgo require in animo tuo a teipfo 4d eft 

q$ facere vis,ltram factumillud a te pcrttnca; an potfoe ad almm.te imifcere 

non oebes^TToli p:o alio pugnarc nee inter oifcozdationes oifcozdtam augere 

0ed facvt oicitfcneca(5emper oiJTelfio at> alio icipiatta te recocilianoûe 

dam agrefliTuntiniimid fed alias qufdamoccurritvolens ipfam oefeudere et 

armauit fe verfus infmicos illiusJUi autem oi]cerunt*amicc tibi infuriam no,i 

facimus.tolle qood tuum eft ? vadc qm oe noftro vindictam qiiertm ; îii no 

acquiefcens fermonibas eo:um ad bcilum contra cos ic parauit.tlli autem in* 

dignati cum inunico ipfum inutiiaucrm it. 

Sê elepbante qui p lie aui t co:am Icon:, Ca i p tol uin J t f nt . 

Zcpbao cam (It inter alias feras nomfna 

ttflitn 5 

et faraofas tamen fe genitulare no 

poteft pwpter q6 genaa no babetûa^ 

dam autem vice leo icns per ftlaam cu fe 

re tranficbant omnes ei genua fiectebant 

vt rcgiferaram^lepbaa non gena fleFit 

qaia non potit,3nde cuedam fere in in 

dicio ad leone conuenerunti elepbante 

infamaucrunnXeo autc ad elepbante ac 

cclfit oicc3,fcuarc es tn ita ourns t acer 

bns cp genua ante me no flectia vt cetere 

Cui elepbaa* S>omfe polfc mco te oiligo 

i bono:o fed ftecte* e me non poflantP O 

pter quod genua non babco* Bt leo (I tu

109 Destructorium vitiorum ex similitudinum creaturarum exemplorum appropriationem 

per modum dyalogi. Lyon: Claude Nourry, 11 June 1509 

4 (239 x 167mm.), 68 leaves, title printed in red and black, heading on a3 recto printed 

in red, 5-, 6- and 14-line woodcut initials, numerous woodcuts in the text, modern 

brown morocco, two-line gilt border on sides, gilt edges, several early manuscript notes 

on title and in margins (washed and deleted), some light browning and soiling 

VERY SCARCE: von Giiltlingen records only two copies of this edition, one in the British 

Library, the other in the Bibliotheque municipale in Lyon (the latter incomplete). 

This anonymous work, first printed in 1480 by Gerard Leeu at Gouda under the title 

Dialogus creaturarum moralisatus (Goff N151), ranks alongside Aesop and the Fables of 

Bidpai by Johannes de Capua as one of the three great illustrated fable books to be 

printed in the fifteenth century. It is ascribed both to the physician Mayno de Mayneriis 

(d. 1368), on the basis of a manuscript in Cremona, and to Nicolaus Pergamenus, on the 

basis of Paris BN MS. lat 8512. 

A dozen or so editions were printed by the end of the fifteenth century, including 

translations into Dutch and French; and all but two of them used Leeu s original 

woodblocks. The woodcuts of the present edition, and another printed by Nourry on 4 

September 1511, are copies of Leeu s blocks. 

Provenance: J.B. Asseste(P), with French purchase inscrition dated 1587 on title; 

unidentified Jesuit house, with inscription dated 1635 on title; Robert George Windsor- 

Clive, Earl of Plymouth, with bookplate 

References: von Gultlingen i p. 76 no. 32; Baudrier xii 108 

30,000-40,000 

48,500-64,500 

219

220 


DAVID Sauli s armisreiecftis,acfolius Dei 

iacfto Go> 

potencia confiftisjapidefunda 

liath mterficic.Philifthceos in uertit. 

fogam 

I . R E G V M X V I K

110 [Holbein, Hans] Historiarum veteris instrumenti icones ad vivum expressae. Lyons: 

Melchior and Caspar Trechsel [forj. and F. Frellon], 1538 

FIRST EDITION, second issue, 4 (187 x 130mm.), s 

printer woodcut device on title, 92 

woodcut illustrations, colophon within woodcut frame on recto of final leaf, green 

morocco gilt by Chambollo-Duru, wide border of leafy tendrils, gilt edges, morocco 

slipcase, Kl neatly remargined, early manuscript notes on M2 andfoliation partly washed out 

FIRST EDITION OF HOLBEIN S FAMOUS SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD TESTAMENT 

SCENES. Two further woodcuts were added in the second edition of 1539, and all editions 

thereafter contain 94 illustrations. Eighty-six of the woodcuts were used in the same year 

for the Trechsel brothers folio Latin Bible. 

This is the second issue with signatures of gatherings I-M in larger type and with 

woodcuts transposed in gathering I. 

Provenance: Sir David Salomons, with bookplate (sale Christie s, 25 June 1986, lot 172) 

References: Harvard Catalogue 277; Baudrier v 175; von Giiltlingen, vi, 139 

7,000-10,000 

11,300-16,200 

221

222 

111

111 Homer. O&uaaEia. Bca;paxoûjO[a,axia. Yfrvoi A.p. Ulyssea. Batrachomyomachia. 

Hymni xxxii. [Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1504] 

8 (164 x 100mm.), Greek letter, initial spaces with printed guides, Aldine anchor and 

dolphin device on title-page, CONTEMPORARY PADUAN (?) RED MOROCCO GILT, line 

borders in gilt in borders, small gilt fleuron at corners, gilt figure of Fortune and her sail 

in centre of sides, 3 double and 4 single sewing bands on spine, edges gilt and gauffered, 

black morocco box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 15 recto dust-soiled, small repairs to two 

corners 

THE FIRST ALDINE EDITION OF THE ODYSSEY, the second volume of the Aldine complete 

edition of Homer which also includes the Vitae Homeri. This is in fact the first octavo 

edition, printed in the smallest size of Aldus Greek font. Although textually of no 

importance, it occupies an important place in the reading of Homer forming part of the 

group of Octovo texts, published from 1501 onwards, both in the classical languages and 

in Italian - 

Virgil, Sophocles, Euripides, Petrarch, Dante etc. - which revolutionised books 

and reading. One of Aldus s early customers wrote in 1501: For since my various 

activities leave me no spare time... your books - which are so handy that I can use them 

walking, and even, so to speak, while playing the courtier... have become a special delight 

to me (cited by Grafton, The humanist as reader in Cavallo and Chartier, A history of 

reading in the West, 1999, p. 186). There is no colophon, the preface is dated 3 November 

1504. 

Grolier owned a copy of this edition (Austin 232.1) now in the Grolier Club. The 

impresa of Fortune stamped on the covers is discussed by Mazzucco in Marcon & Zorzi p. 

176-177, and the tools illustrated, and is reproduced in Hobson (1989) p. 262 in his 

discussion of Paduan bindings from a shop active from about 1530 onwards, many of 

them on Aldine editions. 

Provenance: German-speaking Capuchin convent, with stamp partly erased; Tammaro de 

Marinis; The Garden Ltd., with booklabel (sale Sotheby s New York, 9 November 1989, 

lot 33) 

References: Renouard p. 46; Ahmanson-Murphy 68/2; Marcon & Zorzi, Aldo Manuzio, 

1994no.99 

15,000-25,000 

24,300-40,400 

223

224 

112 Homer. O[ir|pou IXiao... O&uoaeia. Homeri Ilias... Ulyssea. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, et 

Andreae Asulani soceri, April 1524 

2 volumes, 8 (160 x 99mm.), Greek letter, Aldine anchor and dolphin device on title- 

pages and at the end of each volume, initial spaces with printed guides, early nineteenth- 

century French blue straight-grained morocco gilt, narrow leafy border, inner beaded line 

border, small corner-pieces with dotted grounds, spine gilt in compartments, three with 

dotted grounds, gilt edges, inner gilt border with Greek key pattern border, occasional very 

slight worming in lower margins, edges ofbindings very slightly rubbed 

Third Aldine edition. A VERY PRETTY, CLEAN COPY. The Aldines in the Clive collection 

passed to the 2nd Earl of Powis, often described before his father s death as Lord Clive. 

They were sold as one lot and formed the base for Quaritch s Catalogue ofa most 

important collection ofpublications of the Aldine press (1929). The binding is reminiscent of 

work by Bozerian. 

Provenance: College of St Charles, Salzburg, with inscription on first title; Edward 

Herbert (1785-1848), 2nd Earl of Powis, Viscount Clive, with bookplate; Earl of Powis 

(sale in our rooms, March 23, lot 479) 

References: Renouard p. 98; Ahmanson-Murphy 

3,000-5,000 

4,850-8,100 

197/1 & 2; Hoffmann ii 460

112 

225

226

113 Homer. Odyssea ad verbum translata, Andrea Divo lustinopolitano interprete. Eiusdem 

Batrachomyomachia... Aldo Manutio interprete. Eiusdem Hymni deorum XXXII. Georgio 

Dartona Cretense interprete. Paris: Chretien Wechel, 1538 

8 (169 x 108mm.), italic letter, woodcut white-on-black initials on crible grounds, 

woodcut printer s device on title-page and at the end, SIXTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH CALF 

GILT FOR THOMAS MAHIEU, in the atelier of Claude de Picques, outer border of two fillets 

painted red and white, sides decoratd with interlacing fillets painted in red, white, green 

and yellow, leafy azured tools, including the stirrup stamp, within the central cartouche 

and between the fillets, upper cover lettered in gilt 

in centre HOMERI/ODYSSEA and at the 

foot TO MAIOLI ET AMICORUM, lower cover lettered in the centre 

INGRATIS/SERVIRE/NEPHAS, flat spine decorated with gilt cross-hatching, gilt edges, 

modern morocco box, some light damp-staining, lacking two pairs of ties, spine slightly 

damaged at head and foot and neatly repaired, colours slightly rubbed in a few places with 

some repainting 

BOUND FOR THOMAS MAHIEU, principal secretary to Catherine de Medicis from 1549 to 

1560, and later a conseiller du /fo/ at the court of Henri II. Some 109 books from his 

library are recorded almost all in Latin or Italian. The present book is no. 40 in G.D. 

Hobson s list (Maioli, Canevari and others, 1926, in his group VI). It was exhibited at the 

Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition, 1891, was reproduced in the catalogue (pi. XLI); it 

was also included in the First Edition Club Exhibition of Bookbindings in 1926. 

The present edition of Homer s works includes a second volume containing the Iliad 

which is not present here. Of the two copies in the British Library, the Grenville copy also 

lacks, as does that in the Bibl. Mazarine, the Iliad. Legrand (374) describes it as a rare et 

jolie edition . He also describes another similar edition in two volumes of these texts 

published in the same year at Lyons with the device of Vincentius de Portionariis (no. 

373; Baudrier v 467; von Gultlingen ii (1993) p. 186 nos. 248-249). 

As can be seen the provenance of this copy is extremely distinguished, having belonged to 

Mahieu, to Richard Heber who bought it at Leigh & Sotheby s in February 1812- 

possibly at the sale of duplicates from Colonel Stanley s library (19 February) or possibly 

at the sale of Matthew Raines s 

library (27 February), then to the great 

Vernon (cf. lot 64), and then to the Holfords of Dorchester House. 

Dante scholar 

Provenance: Thomas Mahieu; Richard Heber, with autograph note of purchase Sale by L. 

& S. Feb. 1812. 6.0.0 (sale, ix, 1 1 April 1836, lot 1465, for 3.0.0 to Thorpe); George 

John Warren, 5th Baron Vernon (1803-1866); Robert Stayner Holford; Sir George 

Holford (sale in our rooms, ii, 5 December 1927, lot 370) 

References: Hoffmann ii 478; Adams H773; Foot, Thomas Mahieu and his binder in The 

Henry Davis Gift, vol. 1 (1978) 

15,000-20,000 

24,300-32,300 

227

228

1 14 Homer. Ilias... Latino carmine reddita, Helio Eobano Hesso interprete. Paris: Guillaume 

Morel for Martin Le Jeune, 1 July 1550 

16 (1 16 x 80mm.), italic letter, ruled in red throughout, CONTEMPORARY PARISIAN 

BROWN CALF GILT, border of interlaced fillets, two large azured bud-tools, leaves and 

roundels, dotted grounds in some compartments, partly painted black, spine gilt in 

compartments, gilt edges, new spine label, cloth box, spine repaired at head and foot, 

corners repaired 

POSSIBLY BOUND FOR THOMAS WOTTON. This binding is the work of the binder of Wotton 

Group I (see H.M. Nixon, Twelve Books in Fine Bindings... Hely-Hutchinson, 1953, p. 10), 

and as it has an English provenance from at least the it is 

eighteenth century, quite 

that it was bound for Wotton. 

possible 

Most of the bindings executed for Wotton are either identifiable because they have his 

name or arms on them, or because they have a provenance which stems ultimately from 

Boughton Malherbe, the Wotton seat in Kent, such as the books sold in the April 1919 

sale, which came from Lord Carnarvon (e.g. the Eton Agrippa, 1533, at Eton, which 

resembles this binding, see reproduction in Nixon (1953) pi. 10, and in Quarrie, 

Treasures of Eton College Library, New York: PML, 1990, no.l 12). This volume has no 

such obvious connection. 

229 

These delightful I6mo volumes, which were very popular from the mid-sixteenth century 

onwards, and led, one may presume, to the bijou Elzevier formats of the seventeenth 

century, were printed in Paris in the 1 530s and 1 540s by Simon de Colines, by Le Jeune 

in Lyons by Gryphius, Payen, Frellon and others, by Plantin in Antwerp, and in Geneva. 

Some were also printed in England. They were often, but not exclusively used for Latin 

writers or translations, e.g. the Lactantius owned by Jacques Malenfant in the Henry 

Davis Gift, the series of volumes owned by Pietro Duodo, printed in the 1590s by 

Gryphius in Lyons and Stoer in Geneva, the various editions of Ovid, Virgil, Horace, the 

Psalms, Juvenal, Aesop and others printed by Plantin from the 1550s onwards, and often 

found in handsome bindings. Another feature of these small books is that they are 

generally (as here) ruled in red. 

Scrope Berdmore, who owned the book in 1790, was warden of Merton College, Oxford. 

Provenance: Scrope Berdmore, 1790, with bookplate; Henry C. Compton of Lyndhurst, 

with bookplate; H.B. Wheatley (sale in our rooms, 8 April 1918, lot 16); Lt.-Col. WE. 

Moss (sale in our rooms, 2 March 1937, lot 821); J.R. Abbey, with morocco book-labels 

(sale in our rooms, iii, 20 June 1967, lot 1916) 

References: Adams H785; G.D. Hobson, English Bindings ofJ.R. Abbey, 

no. 1 1 

3,000-5,000 

4,850-8,100

230 

115 

S>it jfrftpt is mttfp#n$m/0ua: aiic ganften totyetofocpt

115 [Joris, David] T Wonder-Boeck: waer in dat van der Werldt aen versloten gheopenbaert 

is. Opt nieuw ghecorrigeert unde vermeerdert by den Autheur selve: Intjaer 1551 [Vianen: 

Dierck Mullen, 1584] 

Second edition, 4 parts 

in one volume, 2 (312 x 208mm.), 3 full-page engravings, 2 

engravings in the text, 6 woodcut illustrations in text, seventeenth-century Dutch vellum, 

bibliographical notes in Dutch on front flyleaf, upper margin oftitle-page cut away 

Second edition of TWonderboeck by David Joris (1501-1556), one of the most important 

Anabaptist leaders in the Low Countries and the founder of the Davidists, or Jorists, a 

sect whose members considered Joris a prophet. TWonderboeck, Joris s most important 

work, was first published in 1 542, with woodcut illustrations said to have been designed 

by Joris himself (his first known occupation was as a glass-painter and he is known to 

have worked as such in Holland, France and England). 

The present edition was published at the instigation of Herman Herberts, prescher in 

Dordrecht and Gouda, for whom the printer Dierck Mullem had already printed three 

works. Mullem later admitted under interrogation that he had printed on commission in 

1583/4 an edition of 100 copies which had been sent to Emden. The three large 

woodcuts of the first edition were replaced with two engraved and one etched plate, two 

of which were by Hieronymus Wierix. There are also two engravings in the text, that of 

the Lamb on f2 recto and that of a river scene on 4C6 recto. The woodcut diagram on 

4C6 verso contains some captions printed in civilite type. A third edition was printed by 

the same printer at Rotterdam c. 1595, in which the two text engravings were replaced 

with woodcuts. 

Provenance: W. van Rossen, with bookplate 

References: A. van der Linde, David Joris Bibliografie, s Gravenhage, 1 867, no. 57; Paul 

Valkema Blouw, Printers to the arch-heretic David Joris, Prolegomena to a bibliography 

of his works , Quaerendo, 21/3 (1991), pp. 163-209; Roland H. Bainton, David Joris, 

Wiedertaufer und Kampfer fiirToleranz , 

in Archivfur Reformationsgeschichte, 

Erganzungsband VI, Leipzig, 1937; P.V. Blouw, Typographia Batava 1541-1600 

(Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1998) no. 5643 

6,000-10,000 

9,700-16,200 

231

232 

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fedeint (remit . fidt igitur amalgdmd 

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gwnem, quod efiftcundwn opw & in Metliodo iam dtclda 

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116 Lacinius, Janus, editor. Pretiosa margarita novella de thesauro, ac pretiosissimo 

philosophorum lapide... collectanea ex Arnaldo, Rhaymundo, Rhasi, Alberto & Michaele 

Scoto. Venice: apud Aldi filios, 1546 

FIRST EDITION, 8 (142 x 97mm.), Aldine anchor and dolphin device on title and on 

verso of final leaf, 22 woodcut illustrations, initial spaces with printed guides, modern 

calf, some early manuscript annotations to illustrations, a few slight stains 

FIRST EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT ALCHEMICAL WORK, the Pretiosa margarita novella, 

purported to be written by one Petrus Bonus in c. 1330. To this abbreviated version of 

the text, Janus Lacinius, of Calabria, added writings by Raymond Lull, Arnold of 

Villanova, Albert the Great and Michael Scotus. 

Janus Lacinius [Therapus] (Giano Lacinio) is named as editor of this work. He was, as he 

and the various liminary verses proudly proclaim (those by Hippolytus Fantotius of 

Perugia, written as if the Ars divina is speaking give both his forenames), a native of 

Calabria from Psychronea, and a minorite friar, i.e. a Franciscan. Sbaralea (Suppl. ..ad 

scriptorum trium ordinum s. Francisci, II, Rome, 1921 p. 22) treats the name as a 

pseudonym and identifies him with John of Croton, from a promontary in Calabria 

called Lacinium. The Pretiosa Margarita novella circulated in manuscript and is attributed 

generally to one Petrus Bonus (Pietro Bono, see article by C. Vasoli in DBI12 pp. 287- 

289), who in turn refers to many earlier alchemical sources. It is interesting not only for 

its alchemical content, and the practicalities of alchemy, but also for the light it throws 

generally on fourteenth-century technology. It is (as Vasoli remarks) distinguished 

noteworthy simplicity of the procedures proposed and by nature of being a practical 

manual, written for a public of scientists and scholastic academics . 

233 

for the 

This edition, the only such work to be published by the Aldine press, was said by 

Georgius Merula to have many errors (Thorndike, op.cit. v, 546), but it was nevertheless 

much read, and also reprinted. Another edition Preciosa. . . artis chymicae collectanea 

appeared in Nuremberg in 1554 from the press of G. Hayn (also Basel, 1572, 

Mompegard 1602 and Strassburg 1608). That the work remained very much alive is 

shown by the publication in 1714 of a German translation published in Leipzig, and in 

the 1890s the Englishman Arthur E. Waite abbreviated and translated this Aldine edition 

(London: J. Elliott & Co., 1894, reprinted London, 1963). There is also a modern Italian 

translation, Preziosa margarita novella / [di] Pietro Bono da Ferrara ; edizione del 

volgarizzamento, introduzione e note a cura di Chiara Crisciani, Firenze: La nuova Italia, 

1976. 

The present copy contains the errors in the headlines of gathering L as described in the 

Mellon catalogue. The copies in the Beinecke Library and in the Garden Ltd. collection 

(sale Sotheby s New York, 9 November 1989, lots 55 and 56) all have these errors 

corrected. 

Another issue of this edition appeared with the first 8 leaves reprinted, with the device of 

Giordano Ziletti and the date 1557 on the title-page. 

Ce volume est rare et ne se trouve guere que mal conserve et delabre: il aura du eprouver 

plus d un accident aupres des fourneaux des adeptes (Renouard). 

Provenance: John Carr (1764-1817) of Dunston Hill, co. Durham, and Hedgeley, 

Northumberland, who was in Florence from May 1792 until 19 November 1793 (see 

Ingamells A dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy 1701-1800(1997) pp. 185- 

186) 

References: Renouard p. 135; Ahmanson-Murphy 312; Caillet 5910; Duveen 332; 

Ferguson ii 2; Mellon Collection 17; Thorndike, iii, chapter ix passim 

800-1,000 

1,300-1,600

234 

PENSE ES 

DE 

M.PASCAL 

SUR LA RELIGION 

ET SUR QUELQUES 

AUTRES SUJETS, 

ont cfte trouvccs aprcs fa wort 

farmy fes 

A PARIS, 

Chez GUILLAUME DESPREZ, 

rue Saint Jacques , a Saint profper. 


M. DC. LXX. 

Privilege & Approbation.

117 Pascal, Blaise. Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets, qui ont 

este trouvees apres sa mort parmy ses papiers. Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1670 

8vo (154 x 86mm.), 234 leaves, (41 + 183 + 10), [82], 365, [21] pp., (a 12 e 12 i 8 o 8 u 1 

A-P 12 Q 4 R 8 S 2 (-S2=ul?), Contents: al r title (verso blank); a2r-i8 v preface [de Port- 

Royal, by Etienne Perier]; ol r -o6 r 

approbations; 06V -07 V contents; 08 r extrait du 

privilege; 08V errata; ul r "v 

avertissement on the subject of editing; Al r 

-Q3 r text (Q3 V 

blank); Q4-S1 V table des matieres, RULED IN RED THROUGHOUT, monogrammatic 

printer s device on title, contemporary French red morocco, gilt triple fillets on covers 

enclosing a central panel of triple fillets with flower spray fleurons at corners, spine gilt in 

5 compartments, one compartment lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, in red 

morocco slip-case by Mme Alix, occasional very light browning 

FIRST EDITION. THIS IS PROBABLY THE FINEST COPY KNOWN, RULED IN RED AND IN A FINE 

CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO BINDING, COMPLETELY UNRESTORED. 

Pascal s Pensees, published posthumously in 1670, is the greatest 

work of one of the 

outstanding French thinkers of the seventeenth century. Despite being composed largely 

of notes and fragments jotted down a mesure qu elles lui venoient dans 1 esprit in 

preparation for a treatise which he did not live to complete, it is a major exercise in 

Christian apologetics. The avertissement underlines the disjunct nature of the work by 

drawing attention to the typographical distinction of certain Pensees. The published work 

was not something carefully overseen its by author, but rather a work in which the hand 

of the editors at Port-Royal was very powerful. In fact the Pensees were already circulating 

in manuscript by the time of publication, as were other works by Pascal, which was a 

source of concern to his nephew s family. They therefore acquired a privilege for the 

Fragments etpenseesxi the end of 1666 and registered it with the booksellers on 7 January 

1667. The work of editing continued from 1667 until 1669. 

The original autograph recueil(now BnF. ms f.fr. 9202) is a collage of disparate fragments 

pasted into a guard book. Pascal originally made his notes on large sheets of paper (23.5 x 

35cm., sometimes divided in half). These he divided up taking care to put a small cross at 

the top of the page. When in mid- 1658 he decided to classify them, he cut up these large 

sheets and constructed bundles held together by a thread or a metal staple. The guard 

book into which they were pasted was made later, and was presented in 1711 to the 

library at Saint Germain-des-Pres in 1711 by Etienne Perier, where it remained until the 

Revolution. Two other copies exist: BnF f.fr. 9203 (Cl), and f.fr. 12449 (C2), both of 

these containing some new material. It is on these manuscript sources that modern texts 

of the Pensees s.re based. 

235 

,

236 

The acheve d imprimer of the 1670 edition is dated 2 January 1670, but the bulk of the 

text was printed in 1669. In fact, two copies of a so-called edition preoriginale with the 

date 1669 are known to exist, one at the BnF (Res. D. 2 1374, acquired in the 1850s, and 

used by Sainte-Beuve) and the other atTroyes. The copy in Paris consists of 30 

preliminary leaves, 365pp. for the text and 1 leaf at the end of Table des matieres (Q4), 

which ends at the letter C: it has no approbations, privilege, table of chapters, errata or 

avertissement. These absences would definitely serve to accord it a quasi interim status 

(does it have a title-page solely as an identifying mark?). The 1669 edition has 424 

fragments, of which five were suppressed before the appearance of the 1670 edition, the 

edition originale. 

The supposition is that the 1 669 copies were printed a tirage restreint (Le Guern speaks 

of thirty or so copies) for submission to the censors and friends: the approbations are 

dated August-November 1669, and a letter from Arnauld to Florin Perier (dated 20-xi- 

1669) mentions some of the difficulties connected with this edition preoriginale. Certainly

the edition originate was published early in 1670: the archbishop of Paris Hardouin de 

Perefixe had summoned the printer Desprez, who, after consultation with Arnauld and 

others, provided one on 24 December 1669, although he declined to add the declaration 

by the cure de Saint-Etienne (on Pascal s denial of Port- Royal on his deathbed), which the 

archbishop wanted to inserted with the approbations. Daniel Huet bought his copy of the 

first edition (now in the BNF Res. D. 21375) in February 1670. The 1670 edition 

contains additionally twelve fragments drawn from Pascal s letter to the Roannez family, 

five taken from the letter on the death of his father, and fifteen taken from the Priere pour 

le bon usage 

des maladies (=section xxxii, the text being divided into 32 sections.) It is clear 

that substantive changes were made to the text very late in 1669. 

The long preface by Etienne Perier, Pascal s nephew, gives some account of Pascal and of 

his virtue and piety, and of the work: de quelle maniere ces Pensees ont etc ecrites et 

recueillies: ce qui en a fait retarder 1 impression [Pascal died 19 August 1662]; quel 

dessin de 1 auteur dans cet ouvrage et comment il a passe les dernieres annees de sa vie. 

237 

etait le 

Desprez, who was the official printer for Port Royal, published another edition in 1 670 

with identical 

title-page, and ornaments, but with 221 leaves ([64], [1]2-312, 307-330, 

3 13-334, [20] pp.), and the errata corrected (Le Guern C; Maire 6). He also published the 

Seconde edition (348 pp., Le Guern D; Maire 70), and the textus receptusof 1678. There 

are two other editions with his name but these are clearly Low Countries piracies or 

clandestine editions (Le Guern A; it has a woodcut fleuron on title-page, a frieze bandeau 

on [2]nd Al, rose cul-de-lampe on p. 294 (end XXX) and fruit cul-de-lampe on p. 342 

(end XXI) as well as a number of other differences), and another (Le Guern B, with a 

fleuron of two crossed palms with interlacing leaves and flowers.) 

In this copy the list of errata the final item has been crossed out: an addition to p. 337 1. 

12 where car leur but principal n estoit pas d instruire, mais d echaufer should have 

seulement added after instruire . 

Provenance: Montcelor, seventeenth-century inscription on title; sold Paris, Ader Picard 

Tajan, 29 March 1984, lot 78; The Garden Ltd. (sale Sotheby s New York, 9-10 


References :T. Goyet, Le Visage de 1670 , in Les Pensees de Pascal en trois cent ans, 

Clermont-Ferrand: Bussac, 1971; HJ. Martin (1987) Guillaume Desprez, libraire de 

Pascal et de Port-Royal , reprinted in his Le livrefrancais sous IAncien Regime, Paris: 

Promodis, 1987, pp.65-78; Antony McKenna, De Pascal a Voltaire: le role des Pensees de 

Pascal dans I histoire des idees entre 1670 et 1734, Oxford: Voltaire Foundation 1990, vol 

1.; Pascal, Oeuvres completes II Edition presente... par Michelle Guern, Paris: Gallimard, 

2000; Printing and the Mind ofMan 152 

100,000-120,000 

162,000-194,000

238 

IL PETRARCHA CON t ESP OS ITIONE 

ANDRO VELLVTELLO E 

<;ON &OLTE ALTRfc VTlLl$ 

SIME COSE IN DiVERSl 

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118 Petrarca, Francesco. II Petrarcha con 1 espositione d Allessandro Vellutello. Venice: 

Bernardino de Vidali, February 1528 

2 parts in one volume, 4 (197 x 138mm.), hand-coloured double-page woodcut map of 

the Vaucluse region, two full-page illuminations in camaieu d or on title-page and sub 

title, gold on brown with occasional touches of green, early nineteenth-century diced 

russia by Binda of Milan, edges marbled and gilt, modern cloth box, manuscript poem in 

a sixteenth-century hand on n3 verso and n4 recto, two wormholes in title and one in last 5 

leaves repaired, illuminated border on title slightly shaved at head, lower cover detached 

FROM THE LIBRARY OF PIETRO BEMBO, ILLUMINATED BY BENEDETTO BORDONE. This is one 

of the few surviving books from the library of the Renaissance humanist and Cardinal 

Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), who edited Petrarch s Rime for Aldus Manutius s 1501 

edition. This edition of Petrarch was very highly regarded and established Bembo s 

reputation as one of the finest literary scholars (for Bembo s editing of Petrarch and other 

writers see B. Richardson Print Culture in Renaissance Italy, Cambridge 1994 chap. 4). 

His own copy of this edition, printed on vellum and with his arms illuminated on the 

first leaf of text, is in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. The Pierpont 

Morgan Library has a 1501 Petrarch on vellum with miniatures attributed to Bordone 

(reproduced in Fletcher In Praise ofAldus Manutius, 1995, plates 1-2). In 1544 Bembo 

was able to purchase Petrarch s autograph manuscript, from which he had earlier prepared 

the Aldine edition. Alessandro Vellutello s commentaries were first printed by the da 

Sabbio brothers in 1525.

The illumination appears to be the work of Benedetto Bordone (c. 1450/60-c. 1530), 

who worked in Venice as a book illuminator from the early 1 500s and was the author of 

the Isolario published in 1 528. The architectural border on the title-page is designed as a 

marble monument with a classical frieze of figures at the foot. Below the title the arms of 

Bembo are within a cartouche. The other border, on the sub-title to the Trionfi, is also 

architectural and is composed of satyrs, eagles, putti and and ram s head. At the foot is a 

classical frieze with figures and Medusa heads, and above the title is a semi-circular 

compartment depicts the Triumph of Love watched by a seated poet. 

The Bembo provenance of this copy was only identified by Cecil H. Clough in 1969- 

1970 (see below). 

Provenance: Pietro Bembo, with his illuminated arms added to title-page; Miss B. Hall, 

Beech House, Cheltenham (sale in our rooms, 24 April 1939, lot 44); Major J.R. Abbey, 

with faded acquisition note on end flyleaf; sale in our rooms, 16 May 1977, lot 35 

References: Sander 5631; C.H. Clough, Pietro Bembo s Library, 1971, note 27; and his 

article, The library of Bernardo and of Pietro Bembo , The Book Collector, 33, 1984, pp. 

305-331, especially p. 317; Nella Giannetto, Bernardo Bembo, Florence 1985. 

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240 

119 actual size

119 Reisch, Gregorius. Margarita philosophica, cum additionibus novis. Basel: Michael Furter, 

5 March 1517 

4 (203 x 148mm.), Gothic, Greek and Hebrew types, title printed in red within 

woodcut border, 17 full-page woodcuts, some woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, 

numerous small woodcuts in margins of the chapter on geometry, printer s woodcut 

device at the end, some music printed on 4-line staves, WOODCUTS ALL COLOURED BY 

HAND, woodcut initials, border on title, initials, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes all 

supplied in red, modern morocco, sides ruled in blind to a diaper pattern, title and author 

lettered in an early hand round the margins of title, red silk indexing tabs on most of the 

full-page woodcuts, lacking the world map found in some copies and two folding diagrams 

relating to Music, short tear at head ofa3 

Eighth edition, the fourth to be revised by the author. Gregor Reisch, prior of the 

Carthusian monastery of Mons S. Joannis Baptistae near Freiburg im Breisgau, was 

confessor to Emperor Maximilian I. His popular handbook was a compendium of the 

trivium, the quadruvium and the natural and moral sciences and was first printed in 

Freiburg by J. Schott, before 13 July 1503. Following this first edition, a pirated edition 

was produced by Griininger at Strassburg in 1504; Schott then printed the third in 1504, 

and the fourth in partnership with Michael Furter at Basel on 17 February 1508. 

Griininger then produced three further pirated editions in 1508, 1512 and 1515, before 

the present edition appeared. 

The woodcuts in the present edition are those used in the first edition, with the exception 

of that of Geometry, which did not appear in the first edition. The subjects of the large 

cuts are: Philosophy, Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, 

Astronomy (2), Astrology, the Creation (repeated), Fortune, Anatomy, Childbirth, a 

phrenological head, the mouth of Hell and Purgatory. 

References: VD16 R1040; Wellcome i 5418; Smith p. 83; Fairfax Murray 354 

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242 

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120 Tertullianus, Quintus Septimius Florens. Opera... per Beatum Rhenanum e tenebris 

eruta. Basel: Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, March 1539 

2 (304 x 204mm.), printer s woodcut device on title and at the end, white-on-black 

woodcut initials, full-page woodcut diagram on PI verso, contemporary 

South German 

binding of blind-stamped calf over bevelled wooden boards, borders and central panel 

composed of a roll composed of four bust portraits separated by ornament (Hobson, op. 

cit. pi. 4b), two clasps and catches, fore-edge (56 mm. wide) decorated with a painted 

figure in white robes writing in an open book, lettered Q. SEPTIMUS TERTULLIANUS, top 

and bottom edges marbled, modern morocco slipcase, gathering Vv mishound, small 

wormhole in upper margin of title and following leaf, one clasp renewed, spine slightly chipped 

at head and foot 

FROM THE PILLONE LIBRARY, WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY CESARE VECELLIO. Belluno is 

a town in the Veneto, due north of Venice, on the edge of the Grappa Hills, and the 

Pillone (properly Piloni ) family, originally from the Val Cadore, came there in the late 

fifteenth 

century. Antonio Pillone acquired the earliest books in the collection. He moved 

to Belluno in 1506, where he was a prominent citizen much involved in the town s 

defence, and died there in 1533. His eldest son Odorico (1503-1594), who in the 1520s

had been at Padua University, built a villa at Casteldardo in the foothills of the 

mountains, and established there his Studio, collections of books, pictures and other 

objects. His son Giorgio, author of a history of Belluno published in Venice in 1607, and 

who may have had some connection with the decoration of the books, died in 1611. 

The library was large and varied, but the most remarkable feature of it was a collection of 

172 volumes, of which most had beautifully painted fore-edges, decorated with portraits 

of the authors or similar images. The painter who executed these remarkable paintings 

was Cesare Vecellio (c. 1521-1601), cousin of the painter Titian, who came from the 

region and was working in the late 1 570s in the parish 

243 

church at Lentiai and in numerous 

other churches around Belluno. The work of painting the fore-edges seems to have been 

carried out over a number of years: certainly in his Habiti antichi e modern* (1 590) 

Vecellio pays tribute to the folk at Casteldardo and their hospitality over the years. 

Confusion with his more famous cousin led to the attribution to Titian of a mural 

representing the rape of Paola di Lusa, a famous episode in the history of Feltre, dating 

from 1590, which still existed in 1744 in a room of the villa (see A. Alpago Novello, Ville 

della provincia di Belluno, Milan: Rusconi, 1982, pp. 411-413, note 4). 

It may have been in the late 1570s, therefore, that work began on the decoration of 

certain chosen books, all already in the library. Those acquired by Antonio Pillone before 

1500 were in half bindings of wooden boards and leather 

spines, decorated only with 

lines, executed either in the Val Cadore or in Belluno. Later acquisitions had been bound 

by two Belluno workshops which Hobson distinguished as Belluno bindery A and B; 

there was a group of books in South German bindings (see below); and a further group 

(including several volumes in quarto format) acquired later were bound in plain vellum. 

The present binding is one of a group of fifty-nine volumes in German bindings of blind- 

stamped calf or pigskin. Three quarters of these books were printed in Basel or Cologne 

and the latest was printed in 1 550. The bulk of this group were bound in one of two 

binderies, one at Augsburg (see lot 121), the other (of which the present book is an 

example) possibly at Gorlitz (see Anthony Hobson, The Pillone Library , 

Collector, Spring 1958, pp. 34-35). 

The Book 

It is thought that this group of bindings was acquired by Odorico Pillone from the estate 

of Bonaccorso Grino (d. 1553), who was in the service of Emperor Charles V and was 

granted the castle of Burtembach, near Augsburg (Odorico s sister had married a member 

of the Bellunese family of Grino). 

The ecclesiastical writer Tertullian (c. 160-240), a native of Carthage, was much admired 

by both Cyprian and Augustine. His earliest writings were the apologetics of 197. After 

206 he jointed the Montanist sect and a few years later definitively separated from the 

Church. Virulant writings against the Church followed and he eventually left the 

Montanists and founded his own sect, the Tertullianists, who were eventually reconciled 

to the Church by St Augustine. This is the third edition of his works, edited by Beatus 

Rhenanus, printed by Froben, preceded by editions in 1521 and 1528. 

Provenance: Odorico Pillone; Paolo Maresio Bazolle; Sir Thomas Brooke, with his 

bookplate; Pierre Beres 

References: Bibliotheque Pillone 124 (illustrated); VD16 T561 

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121 Theophylactus, Archbishop ofAchrida. Ennarationes in quatuor Evangelia continens. 

loanne Oecolampadio interprete. 

Basel: heirs ofAndreas Cratander, August 1541, title 

within historiated woodcut border, s 

printer woodcut device on verso of final leaf, 

woodcut initials 

Theophylactus. In omnes D. Pauli Epistolas enarrationes... Christophoro Porsena 

Rhomano interprete. Cologne: Peter Quentell, January 1531, index leaf at the end, 

woodcut initials 

2 works in one volume, 2 (31 1 x 209mm.), contemporary South German binding of 

over bevelled wooden boards, outer border of a roll of David and 

blind-stamped pigksin 

his harp, St Paul and the Resurrection (Hobson, op. at., plate 4a), fore-edge (47 mm. 

wide) painted with the figure of an archbishop seated at a table covered with a red drap 

and writing in a open book, upper and lower edges marbled, two clasps and catches, 

modern morocco slipcase, a censored copy of the first work with the name ofOecolampadius 

erased on title and at the beginning of the text and several words erased from Oecolampadius s 

address to the reader with paper damage and slight text loss, small stain on title and following 

leaves offirst work 

FROM THE PILLONE LIBRARY, WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY CESARE VECELLIO. One of 

twenty-six volumes in the library probably bound at Augsburg (see lot 120). 

Theophylact, born in Constantinople and Archbishop ofAchrida and metropolitan of 

Bulgaria from 1078 to 1 107, was considered the most learned exegete of his time. His 

fame rests 

largely on his biblical commentaries. s Oecolampadius Latin translation of his 

245 

commentary on the Gospels was first printed by Cratander in 1522; and Porsena s 

translation of the commentary on St Paul was first printed by Quentell in 1527. Melchior 

von Neuss printed an octavo edition also at Cologne, and in the same year as the present 

edition. 

Provenance: Odorico Pillone; Paolo Maresio Bazolle; Sir Thomas Brooke, with his 

bookplate; Pierre Beres 

References: Bibliotheque Pillone 126; VD16 B4614 & 5001; Hoffman iii 740 

30,000-40,000 

48,500-64,500

246 

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122 Vergilius Maro, Publius. Opera (edited by Sebastian Brant). Strassburg: Johann Griininger, 

1502 

2 (275 x 200mm.), 449 leaves (A 6 B-G 8 H 10 1 I-S 8 T-V 10 x-z 8 Aa-Hh 8 ii 6 KK-W 8 

xx" yy-zz a-f aa-cc ), full-page woodcut on title, some 210 other woodcuts in text, 

some full-page, one double-page, woodcut initials, title printed in red, printer s woodcut 

device at the end, nineteenth-century blind-tooled green morocco by W. Pratt, gilt edges, 

a few early manuscript notes in margins, some headlines shaved, tears in Rl, MM3, a7 and 

f2 repaired with minimal loss in all cases, repairs in margins of a few other leaves, printing 

flaw on CCS recto, occasional light spotting 

If for the Middle Ages Aristotle was ille philosophus, Virgil was ille poeta - Ad Maronis 

mausoleum/ ductus flevit super eum . It was Virgil, savio gentil, che tutto sepe (Inferno 

7.3.) who guided the greatest poet of medieval Catholicism, Dante, through to the gates 

of heaven, where he has to abandon him. 

This first illustrated edition is one of the most wonderful illustrated books ever 

produced (Redgrave, The illustrated books of Sebastian Brant , in Bibliographica II 

(1896) p. 56), and a landmark in the presentation of Virgil. The charming rural 

evocations for the ten Eclogue are founded in contemporary life, as are the illustrations for 

the Georgics, the first of which shows the poet at his desk with Augustus, the emperor, 

Pallas (Minerva), and as signs of the contents of the books Neptune and Triptolemus. 

Each of the four books has a number of carefully considered illustrations, again drawing 

on what the artist knew. The illustrations of bee-keeping which accompany book IV are 

particularly striking, even if Orpheus and Euridice on fol. cxviii are somewhat stiff. A 

similar general allegorical frontispice heads the Aeneis, and all the great scenes of that 

great poem are depicted: there is a wonderful wooden horse with a very angry-looking 

Laocoon, with an enormously long spear, there is a vivid Polyphemus on fol. cciii, a 

frightening Fama in book IV (fol. xxcv verso), a very biblical looking Dido and her sister 

Anna with a fearsome high priest on fol. ccx verso, and very martial cuts in the closing 

books of Virgil and in the additional book XIII of Mapheus Vegius, including on fol.iiii 

verso of that section a splendid feast with Aeneas, Lavinia, Ascanius and Latinus sitting 

down to a fine peacock. Even the poems of the Appendix Virgiliana (plus some others like 

the Aetna} are prolifically illustrated: there is a particularly inviting garden with 

musicians, on fol. vi verso at the end of the Copa Surisca, of which Helen Waddell would 

surely have approved; a group of drunkards outside a thriving whorehouse (fol. vii verso) 

and beneath it a cut of two black men belabouring a peasant, a cut of games with dice 

and cards on fol.ix recto, a neatly fronded Priapus on fol. xiii with a bevy of chaste 

beauties 

shielding their eyes ( Expurgatio Seb. B. cur priapeia imprimi is prohibuerit the 

running title). The final cut is on fol.. xxxiii and is of Virgil lying dead Hic.Maro.Docte. 

laces. 

247

248 

122 

These illustrations show a detailed knowledge of the text of Virgil and of mythology, but, 

of course, the styles and locations, like those in Horae, are strictly contemporary. 

In a prefatory poem, Brant traces the history of depiction, listing many painters and 

sculptors of antiquity, and stressing the importance of illustration for the indoctus: 

His legere historias commentaque plurima doctus: 

Nee minus indoctus perlegere ilia potest. 

Dardanium Aeneam doctum non legimus usque: 

Picturam potuit lerlegere ille tamen 

The reader may wonder, he says, why he has given these praises of illustration. It is, he 

continues, that the reader may enjoy the pictures he provides, which no one had done 

before, and enjoy them with ease: 

Quam nisi: ut has nostras quas pinximus ecce tabellas 

Virgilio: charas tu quoque habere velis 

Has tibi nemo ante hac tarn plane ostenderat usquam: 

Nemo tibi voluit pingere Virgilium 

Nunc memorare potes monochromata cuncta maronis 

Quam leuiter: pictis lector amice locis. 

This copy, like those in the British Library, contains nine leaves in gathering H; this ninth 

leaf is unrecorded by Adams, nor was apparently present in the Klotz copy (sale Christie s, 

2 November 1994, lot 259). Adams also records a copy which has gatherings DD and EE 

are printed in Gothic, rather than Roman type, and without the four woodcuts which 

normally appear on D2 and 7.

122 

Provenance: John Holmes, with bookplate; Dyson Perrins, with bookplate 

References: VD16 VI 332; Proctor 9888; Schmidt, Histoire litteraire de IAlsace, ii, 369 no. 

163; P. Kristeller, Die Strassburger Buchillustration, 1888, no. 99; B. Schneider Vergil 

Handschriften und Drucke der HAB. Wolfebuttel: HAB, 1982, D5; and see the essays by 

E.W. Leach and Ruth Mortimer in The early illustrated book Essays in honor ofLessingJ 

Rosenwalded. S. Hindman. Washington:LC, 1982 

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END OF SALE 

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250 

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(Freiburg 

i. Br., 1966) 

Arnold: Klaus Arnold, Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516), 2nd ed. 

(Wiirzburg, 1991) 

Bekker: Aristotelis opera, ed. Immanuel Bekker, vols. 1-2 (Berlin, 

1831) 

Busard 1996: H. L. L. Busard, Lateinische Euklidiibersetzungen 

und -bearbeitungen aus dem 12. und 13. Jahrhundert , 

Mathematische Probleme im Mittelalter, ed. Menso Folkerts (1996: 

WolfenbiittelerMittelalter-Studien, 10), 139-57 

CC: Corpus Christianorum, series Latina 

CPL: Eligius Dekkers, Clavis patrum Latinorunr (Steenbrugge, 

1995) 

Cont. Eras.: Contemporaries of Erasmus, ed. Peter G. Bietenholz (3 

v., Toronto, 1985-87) 

CTC: Paul Oskar Kristeller, et al., eds., Catalogus translationum et 

commentariorum: Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin Translations and 

Commentaries (Washington, D.C., 1960 ) 

DAGL: Dictionnaire des auteurs et 

grecs latins, ed. Wolfgang 

Buchwald . . . mis a jour par Jean Denis Berger & Jacques Billen 

(Turnhout, 1991) 

DBI: Dizionario biografico degli Italiani 

Distelbrink: Balduinus Distelbrink, Bonaventurae scripta authenti- 

ca, dubia, velspuria critice recensita (Rome 1975 = Subsidia scien- 

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DSB: Dictionary ofScientific Biography 

During: Ingemar During, Aristotle in the Ancient Biographical 

Tradition (Goteborg, 1957) 

Eubel I-II: Conradus Eubel, Hierarchia catholica medii aevi ... ab 

anno 1198 usque ad annum 1431, (II:) ... ab anno 1431 usque ad 

annum 1503 (Minister, 1914 [II, ed. altera], 1901 [I]) 

Flashar: Die Philosophic der Antike, 3: Altere Akademie - 

Aristoteles - Peripatos, ed. Hellmut Flashar (Basel/Stuttgart, 1983) 

Geanakoplos: Deno John Geanakoplos, Constantinople and the 

West (Madison, Wis., 1989) 

Geldner: Ferdinand Geldner, Die deutschen Inkunabeldrucker (2 v., 

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Glorieux: Jean Gerson, Opera, ed. Mgr. Palemon Glorieux (10 v., 

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Kaeppeli: Thomas Kaeppeli, Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum Medii 

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in 

Kl. Pauly. Der kleine Paufy, ed. Konrat Ziegler et al. (5 v., Munich, 

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LMA: Lexikon des Mittelalters, ed. Robert Auty et al., 10 v., 

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Lohr: Charles H. Lohr, SJ, 

Medieval Latin Aristotle commen 

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[Johannes de Kanthi-M]; 28 (1972) 281-396 [N-Richardus] ; 29 

(1973) 93-197 [Robertus-end] ; 30 (1974) 119-44 

[Supplementary Authors] 

LThK: Lexikon fur Theologie und Kirchtr, ed. Josef Hofer et al. (10 

v., i. Freiburg Br., 1957-67) 

MGG: Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, ed. Friedrich Blume 

(18 v., Kassel, 1949-86 [2nd ed. in progress]) 

Munoz Sendino: Jose Munoz Sendino, ed., La escala de Mahoma: 

Traduccion del arabe al castellano, latin yframes, ordenadapor 

Alfonso X el Sdbio (Madrid, 1 949) 

Murdoch 1968: John E. Murdoch, The Medieval Euclid , 

ttesynthese3rdseT. 49-52 (1968) 67-94 

NDB: Neue Deutsche Biographic 

Revue 

Needham: Paul Needham, Venetian Printers and Publishers in 

the Fifteenth Century , 

La Bibliofilia 100 (1998 [1999]) 157-200 

Neue Pauly. Der neue Pauly, ed. Hubert Cancik & Helmuth 

Schneider (Stuttgart, 1996 ) 

New Grove: New Grove Dictionary of Music and Muscians, ed. 

Stanley Sadie (20 v., London, 1980) 

OCD: Oxford Classical Dictionary* , 

Antony Spawforth (Oxford, 1 996) 

ed. Simon Hornblower & 

Orlandi: Aldo Manuzio editore: Dediche, prefazioni, note ai testi, 

ed. and transl. Giovanni Orlandi (2 v., Milan, 1975) 

Reichhart: Gottfried Reichhart, OSB, Beitrdge zur Inkunabelkunde 

[pt. 

1 : Die Correctoren der Buchdruckereien des funfzehnten 

Jahrhunderts] (Leipzig, 1895) 

Rupprich: Hans Rupprich, Die Deutsche Literatur vom spdten 

Mittelalter bis zum Barock, 1: Das ausgehende Mittelalter, 

Humanismus und Renaissance, 1370-1520 (Munich, 1970: H. de 

Boor & R. Newald, eds., Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur, vol. 

4) 

Sicherl: Martin Sicherl, Griechische Erstausgaben des Aldus 

Manutius: Druckvorlagen, Stellenwert, kultureller Hintergrund 

(Paderborn, 1997) 

Stegmiiller, Rep. bibl.: Fridericus Stegmiiller, Repertorium biblicum 

medii aevi (1 1 v., Madrid 1940 [=1950]-80) Sent.: Repertorium 

commentariorum in Sententias Petri Lombardi (2 v., Wtirzburg, 

1947)

Thorndike & Kibre: Lynn Thorndike and Pearl Kibre, A 

Catalogue oflncipits ofMedieval Scientific Writings 

in Latin, 

Revised ... Edition (Cambridge, Mass., 1963) 

TLGC: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, Canon of Greek Authors and 

Works, 3rd edition, ed. Luci Berkowitz & Karl A. Squitier 

(Oxford, 1990) [authors, arranged sequentially, are given reference 

numbers, and the texts classed under them decimal numbers; page 

numbers are given below only when 

VL: Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters: Verfasserlexikon, 2nd 

edition, ed. Kurt Ruh et al. (10 v., Berlin, 1978-1999) 

Wadding-Sbaralea: Lucas Wadding, Scriptores ordinis minorum; 

Joh. Hycinthus Sbaralea, Supplementum et castigatio (3 v., Rome, 

1906-22) 

Zumkeller: Adolar Zumkeller, OSA, Manuskripte von Werken der 

Autoren des Augustiner-Eremitenordens in mitteleuropa ischen 

Bibliotheken (Wiirzburg, 1966: Cassiciacum, vol. 20) 

Texts entered by titles: Auctoritates Aristotelis Auslegung der 

heiligen Messe Biblia Latina Corona Beatae Mariae 

Virginis Gesta Romanorum Heiligen Leben Historia 

septem sapientum Romae Kalender Lucidarius 

Margarita Davitica Martyrologium (Viola sanctorum) 

Plenarium Processus iudiciarius Speculum Christiani 

ABRAHAM ibn Ezra, c. 1089/90-1 164/7, Toledo [Encyc.jud. 

8.1 163; DSB 4.502] 

De nativitatibus (Dixit quoque abraham iudeus: optimum 

instrumentorum ad inveniendum gradum orientem 

[Thorndike & Kibre, 446]; an anonymous Latin version of 

the mid- 12th cent., not, as BSB-Ink. 1-130, a version by 

Petrus de Abano (c. 1250-13 15/1 8): Alexander Birkenmajer, 

A propos de 1 Abrahismus , Archives Internationale d histoire 

des sciences 3 (1950) 378-90, esp. p. 385 n. 24] (with: 

Henricus Bate, Magistralis compositio astrolabii): II 1 (A-7) 

Adelardus Bathoniensis / Adelard of Bath, early 

[Sharpe, 23]: 

tr. Euclides 

AEGIDIUS Romanus (Aegidius de Columna), 

12th cent. 

c. 1243-1 3 16, OESA, 

probably not a member of the noble Colonna family 

[DAGL,350;LThK1.193]: 

De regimine principum (excerpt: Lib. 1.3, chs. 1-9: De XII 

passionibus animae: Duodecim sunt passiones animae videlicet 

amor ...) [Zumkeller 54, this excerpted form not noted]: II 

5 (A-297) 

Aegidius de Tebaldis, fl. 1257, of Parma, notary to Alfonso X of 

Spain [Munoz Sendino, 84]: translator from Castilian to 

Latin of Haly 

251 

AESOPUS, i.e. the life of Aesop and a composite fable compilation, 

translated by Heinrich Steinhowel with extensive editorial 

prose, and dedicated by him to Duke Sigmund of Tyrol; his 

sources include Rinuccio da Castiglione s Latin Aesopic 

translation, printed Milan, 1474 (Goff A-99), with added 

stories selected from the verse fables of Avianus (cf. OCD, 

226), Petrus Alfonsi (DAGL, 683), and Poggio Bracciolini 

(DAGL, 706). For a detailed account of contents and 

sources, see Gerd Dicke, Heinrich Steinhowels Esopus und 

seine Fortsetzer (Tubingen, 1994), 40 sqq.]: II 2 (A- 122) 

ACRICOLA, Rudolf, 1444-1485, of Frisia, humanist [Cont. Eras. 

1.15; VL 1.84; G. C. Huisman, Rudolph Agricola: A 

Bibliography of Printed Works and Translations (Groningen, 

1985)]: Commendatory verse in Joh. Tritheim, De laudibus 

S. Annae 

ALANUS de Insulis, c.l 128-1202/3, Lille, OCist, Doctor univer- 

salis [VL 1 .97; Alain de Lille: Textes inedits, ed. with lengthy 

introduction by Marie Therese d Alverny (Paris, 1965)] 

Doctrinale ahum seu liber parabolarum (with anonymous 

commentary: [Iste liber duobus modis solet nominan]) 

[authenticity questioned, but favored by d Alverny, 51-2]: II 

3 (A- 174) 

see also: Ludolphus de Saxonia 

Albertus de Orlamunda, 13th cent., OP, of Orlamiinde 

(Thuringia): see Albertus Magnus, Philosophia pauperum 

ALBERTUS Magnus, c.l 193-1280, OP, Paris, Regensburg, Cologne 

[VL 1.124] 

ps.-: Compendium theologicae veritatis [Kaeppeli 1982: 

Hugo (Ripelin) Argentinensis; with shortened II 

ending;]: 4 

(A-236), 27.2 (A-237: with table ofThomas Dorniberg) 

ps.-: Mariale (Opus virginis gloriosae) [A. Kolping, Zur 

Frage der Textgeschichte, Herkunft und Entstehungszeit der 

anonymen Laus Virginis (bisher Mariale) Alberts des 

Grossen , 

Recherches de theologie ancienne et medievale 25 

(1958) 285-328]: II 6.1 (A-272), 7 (A-273) 

ps.-: De laudibus Beatae Mariae Virginis: see Richardus de 

Sancto Laurentio 

ps.-?: Philosophia pauperum, sive Isagoge in libros 

Aristotelis physicorum, de coelo et mundo, de generatione et 

corruptione, meteororum et de anima [Lohr vol. 23.345 and 

Kaeppeli 112 query or doubt an attribution to Albertus de 

Orlamunda, q.v. After book IV of is 

Philosophia pauperum 

an interpolated extract from Aegidius Romanus, De 

regimine principum [Zumkeller 54], treated as a tract De 

XII passionibus animae (Duodecim sunt passiones animae 

videlicet amor . . .); book V is then treated as a 

separate tract 

(fo. 49r) De intellectiva] : II 5 (A-297) 

ALCINOUS, 2nd cent.? [OCD, 54; Neue Pauly 1.506; formerly 

assimilated with, now generally accepted as a different figure 

from Albinos of Smyrna, 2nd cent. AD Platonist]: De doctri- 

na Platonis in lAMBI.ICHUS 

Marcus An tonius, fl. 1490s, of Mantua: commendato 

Aldegatus, 

ry verse in Bossus

252 

ALEXANDER Aphrodisiensis [fl. c. 200: OCD, 61; Neue Pauly 

vol. IV 

1.480] (pseudo-): see Aristoteles, Opera (Gr.), 

Alten, Bartholomaeus de, M.D., of Nussia, late 15th cent. 

[Reichhart, 10]: editor of Haly 

AMBROSIUS, Saint, c.340-397, Bp. of Milan from 374 [CPL, 39; 

OCD, 71; Neue Pauly \5%2;VL 1.327] 

Opuscula I (De officiis - Vita S. Agnetis - Passio SS. Vitalis 

et Agricolae - Passio SS. Protasii et Gervasii - Paulinus 

Mediolanensis, Vita Ambrosii): II 8 (A-560) 

Opuscula II (Opuscula I + De obitu S. Satyri - De resurrec- 

tione et cruce domini - de bono mortis): II 9 (A-561) 

De officiis ministrorum [CPL 144]: Opuscula I, II 

De bono mortis [CPL 129]: Opuscula II 

De lapsu virginis [CPL 149] (extract): see ps.-Hieronymus, 

In iuvenem sceleris perpetratorem 

ps.-: Vita S. Agnetis [BHL 156]: Opuscula I, II 

ps.-: Passio S. Vitalis et Agricolae [BHL 8690]: Opuscula I, 

II 

ps.-: Passio S. Protasii et Gervasii et de inventione corporum 

eorum [BHL 3513-4]: Opuscula I, II 

ps.-: De obitu S. Satyri [BHL 7509]: Opuscula II 

ps.-: De resurrectione et cruce domini [CPPM 1.93-4: 

Maximus of Turin]: Opuscula II 

ANASTASIUS I, d. 401, pope 

from 399 [CPL, 528; Altaner, 56] 

Epistola ad Johannem Hierosolymitanam [CPL 1640]: in 

Hieronymus, et 

Epistolae 

tractatus 

ANGELUS, Johannes (Johann Engel), d. 1512, of Aichach [VL 

2.523; DSB 1.165] 

Astrolabium planum in tabulis ascendens (Etsi plurima 

astrologiae divini numinis accommoda astrolabii officio demon- 

strentur), with dedication by Erhard Ratdolt to Albrecht IV, 

Duke of Bavaria: I 1 - II 10 (A-71 1) 

Anghiera, Pietro Martire d (Petrus Martyr Anglerius), 1457- 

1526, of Arona (It.), to Spain 1486, acquaintance of 

Christopher Columbus, etc., historian of early American 

explorations [DBI 3.257]: commendatory verse in Antonius 

Nebrissensis 

ANSELMUS, Saint, c. 1033-1 109, Arbp. of Canterbury from 1093 

[Sharpe, 59; Diet, spir 1.690; VL 1.375; Opera, ed. 

Franciscus S. Schmitt (6 v., Edinburgh, 1936-61), cit. as 

SAO infra] 

Opuscula (with a prefatory index, Annotatio principalium 

sententiarum ... Anselmi ; contents infra): II 11 (A-761) 

Cur deus homo (SAO 2.37) 

De incarnatione verbi (SAO 1 .277) 

De conceptu virginali et originali peccato, with anonymous 

Declaratio cuiusdam de eodem (SAO 2.139) 

Monologion (SAO 1.13) 

Proslogion (SAO 1.93) 

De processione Spiritus Sancti (SAO 2.175) 

De casu diaboli (SAO 1.233) 

Liber apologeticus adversus Gaunilonem Pro insipiente 

(SAO 1.130) (prefaced by the text of Gaunilo, SAO 1.125) 

Meditatio ad concitandum timorem (De miseria hominis) 

(SAO 3.76) 

De sacramentis ecclesiae epistola (SAO 2.239) 

De sacrificio azimi et fermentati epistola (SAO 2.221) 

ps.-: Expositio membrorum et actuum Dei 

ps.-: De voluntate Dei 

De concordia praescientiae 

at praedestinationis et 

gratiae 

Dei cum libero arbitrio (SAO 2.243) 

De libero arbitrio (SAO 1.207) 

De veritate (SAO 1.173) 

ps.-: De Anselmi similitudinibus [has been attributed to 

Eadmer of Canterbury (as in Migne PL) or to Alexander of 

Canterbury (A. Wilmart, 1929), but see Sharpe, p. 49: now 

attributed to Robert de Braci , Augustinian prior of 

Lanthony, d. 1137] 

De mensuratione crucis 

ps.-: 

ps.-: Meditationes (Domine Deus meus da cordi meo) [ps.- 

Augustinus: extracts, ch. 1-9] 

Meditatio redemptionis humanae (SAO 3.84) 

ps.-: Dialogus Anselmi et Beatae Mariae Virginis de pas- 

sione Jesu Christi.[cf. VL 1.378] 

ps.-: Stimulus amoris. [Ecbertus Schonaugiensis] 

ps.-: Homilia in Lucam (10.38: Intravit Jesus in quoddam 

castellum ) [Radulphus Cantuariensis? (CIBN); Hervaeus 

Burgidalensis? (BSB-Ink.)] 

ps.: De excellentia virginis Mariae [Eadmerus 

Cantuariensis] 

Epistolae (101, 112,416, 121, 168,258,231,37,65, 160, 

161, 188, 281, 285: SAO vols. 3-5) 

ps.-: De imagine mundi [Honorius Augustodunensis: 

extracts, lib. i-ii] 

Invocatio matris virginis 

et filii eius (Sancta et inter sanctos 

post deum singulariter) - Ex gestis Anselmi colliguntur 

forma et mores beatae Mariae [extracts] (SAO 3.13, etc.) 

ANTONIUS Nebrissensis, Aelius (Elio Antonio de Nebrija), 

1441/4-1522, humanist professor at Salamanca and Alcala 

[Cont. Eras. 3.9; Antonio Odriozola, La caracola del bibliofi- 

lo Nebrisense , Revista bibliogrdfica y documental, 1 (1947) 3- 

114] 

Vafre dicta philosophorum, dedicated to Juan Rodriguez de 

Fonseca, Bp. of Badajoz 1495-99, with additional verses by 

Nebrija and by Pet. Martyr d Anghiera: II 108 (GW 2244) 

APULEIUS, of Madaura (Numidia), Carthage, 

131; Neue Pauly 1.910] 

fl. c. 125-1 59 [OCD, 

Asinus aureus (Commentarii a Philippo Beroaldi conditi in 

Asinum Aureum . . .: commentary, verse, Vita Apulei, and 

dedication to Petrus de Varda, metropolitan of Kalocza-Bacs 

and chancellor of the king of Hungary [Eubel 2.147] by 

Philippus Beroaldus; commendatory verse by Coelius 

Calcagninus): II 12 (A-938) 

ARGYROPOULOS, Johannes, c.1393-1487, Constantinople, Padua, 

Florence, Rome [DAGL, 75; DBI 4.129; Geanakoplos, ch. 

4]: tr. Aristoteles, De anima 

ARISTOPHANES, c.445-386 BC [OCD, 163; Neue Pauly 1.1122] 

Comoediae novem (Greek): the first 8 plays in the recension 

of, and with prolegomena and scholia by, Demetrius 

Triclinius (1. Plutus [TLGC 19.1 1]. 

2. Nebulae [Nubes: 

19.3]. 3. Ranae [19.9]. 4. Equites [19.2]. 5. 

Acharnes [Acharnenses: 19.1]. 6. Vespae [19.4]. 7. 

Aves [19.6]. 8. Pax [19.5]. 9. Contionantes

[Ecclesiazusae: 19.10]); edited, and with Greek preface by 

Marcus Musurus; Latin dedication by Aldus Manutius to 

Daniel Clarius; 2 Greek epigrams by Scipio Fortiguerra; 

other Greek introductory material belonging to the 

Triclinian recension, including a life of Aristophanes 

[TGLC, 399: 4158.1] and grammatical and metrical sections 

by or attributed to Hephaestion, Demetrius Triclinius, 

Platonius, and Thomas Magister [Nigel Wilson, The 

Triclinian Edition of Aristophanes , 

Classical Quarterly 56 

(1962) 31-47; Sicherl ch. 3, Die Editio princeps des 

Aristophanes ]: I 2 (A-958) 

ARISTOTELES, 384-322 BC [OCD, 165; Neue Pauly 1 . 1 1 34] 

Opera (Greek) [Aldus s collection in 5 volumes of the known 

Greek works of Aristotle and Theophrastus (some pseudo- or 

doubtful, some with authenticity still under discussion, some 

fragmentary); with related texts of Porphyry, ps.-Philo, and 

ps. -Alexander Aphrodisiensis. The commendatory and intro 

material includes Aldus s 5 Latin dedications to 

ductory 

Alberto Pio, Prince of Carpi (Orlandi III, VIII, VII, IX, 

XIII), and Greek verses Alexander Agathemeros 

(Bondinus): to the reader (Gr.) Scipio Carteromachus 

(Fortiguerra): to students of philosophy (Gr.) and Greek 

verses Anonymous verses on the Organon Diogenes 

Laertius, Vita Aristotelis and Vita Theophrasti (Gr.: Vitae 

philosophorum, TLGC 4.1, extracts; the life of Aristotle ed. 

During, 29-56) ps.- Johannes Philoponus, Vita Aristotelis 

(Gr.: the Vita vulgata, ed. During, 120-39) ps.-Galenus, 

De historia philosophica (Gr.: TLGC 530.42]. The list 

below gives the contents in sequence, vols. I-V, using the 

of vol. I, 

printed foliation of vols. II-V and printed signatures 

which lacks foliation. In vol. IV there are five cycles of quir 

ing and foliation, indicated as i-v before the folio numbers. 

Aristotelian texts are further specified by their page-column 

numbers in Bekker, which are included in all later editions. 

Texts are indicated as pseudo-Aristotle according to the 

grouping of Flashar, 288. On manuscripts identified as 

printer s copy, see Sicherl, ch. 2.]: 

I. (Organon), 1 Nov. 1495: 

II 13 (A-959) 

1. Porphyryius, Isagoge (A3-B4v) [TLGC 2034.6] 

2. Categoriae (B5-D6) [TLGC 86.6; Bekker la] 

3. De interpretation (D6v-E8) [TLGC 86.17; Bekker I6a] 

4. Analytica priora (E8v-N6v) [TLGC 86.1.1; Bekker 24a] 

5. Analytica posteriora (al-e8, v blank) [TLGC 86.1.2; 

Bekker 7 la] 

6. Topica (fl-p4) [TLGC 86.44; Bekker lOOa] 

7. Sophistic! elenchi (p4-s5) [TLGC 86.40; Bekker I64a] 

II. (Natural Philosophy, part 1), Feb. 1497: 

8. Physica (l-87v, 88 blank) [TLGC 86.31; Bekker 184a] 

9. De caelo (89-137) [TLGC 86.5; Bekker 268a] 

10. De generatione et corruptione (137v-62) [TLGC 86.13; 

Bekker 3 14a] 

11. Meteorologica (I62v-2l4v) [TLGC 86.26; Bekker 

338a] 

12. ps.-Arist.: De mundo ad Alexandrum (215-35v) [TLGC 

86.28; Bekker 39 la] 

13. ps.-Philo: De mundo (226-36) [TLGC 18.47: extracts 

from Philo, particularly his De aeternitate mundi, TLGC 

18.29] 

14. Theophrastus, De igne (236-45v) [TLGC, 387: 93.5] 

253 

15. Theophrastus, De vends (245v-54) [TLGC 93.10, fr. 5] 

16. Theophrastus, De lapidibus (254-60v) [TLGC 93.4] 

17. ps. -Theophrastus (Aldus: "incerti authoris"): De signis 

aquarum et ventorum (261-8v) [TLGC 93.10 (Fragmenta), 

5 (De ventis), 6 (De signis tempestatum)] 

III (Natural Philosophy, part 2). 29 Jan. 1497: 

18. De historia animalium (2-l45v) [TLGC 86.14; Bekker 

486a5] 

19. De partibus animalium (l46-204v) [TLGC 86.30; 

Bekker 639al] 

20. De incessu animalium (205-14) [TLGC 86.15; Bekker 

704a4] 

21. De anima (2l4v-46v). [TLGC 86.2; Bekker 402a] 

22. De sensu et sensibilibus (247-59v) [TLGC 86.41; 

Bekker 436a; Parva nat. 1 ] 

23. De memoria et reminiscentia (260-3v) [TLGC 86.24; 

Bekker 449b; Parva nat. 2] 

24. De somno et vigilia (264-9) [TLGC 86.42; Bekker 

453b; Parva nat. 3] 

25. De insomniis (269-73) [TLGC 86.16; Bekker 458a; 

Parva nat. 4] 

26. De divinatione per somnum (273v-5) [TLGC 86.8; 

Parva nat. 5; Bekker 462b] 

27. De motu animalium (275v-81v) [TLGC 86.21; Bekker 

698a] 

28. De generatione animalium (282-362) [TLGC 86.12; 

Bekker 7 15a] 

29. De longitudine et brevitate vitae (362v-5) [TLGC 

86.20; Bekker 464b; Parva nat. 6] 

30a + b De juventute et senectute, de vita et morte, de res- 

piratione (365v-79) [TLGC 86.18 + 86.37: Bekker 467blO- 

480b30. Aldus subdivides with initial for De respiratione, fo. 

368v; Parva nat. 7] 

31. ps.-Arist.: De spiritu (379v-85) [TLGC 86.43; Bekker 

48 la] 

32. ps.-Arist.: De coloribus (385v-94) [TLGC 86.7; Bekker 

79 la] 

33. ps.-Arist.: Physiognomia (394v-404) [TLGC 86.32; 

Bekker 805a] 

34. ps.-Arist.: De mirabilibus auscultationibus (404v-18v) 

[TLGC 86.27; Bekker 830a] 

35. ps.-Arist.: De Xenophane, Zenone et Gorgia [i.e., De 

Melisso, Xenophane, Gorgia] (419-26) [TLGC 86.47; 

Bekker 974a] 

36. ps.-Arist.: De lineis insecabilibus (426v-35) [TLGC 

86. 19; Bekker 968a] 

37. Theophrastus, De piscibus (435v-7) [ Theophrastus, his 

Psychological, Doxographical, and Scientific Writings, ed. 

William W. Fortenbaugh & Dimitri Guptas (New 

Brunswick, N.J., 1992), 347-85 (ed. Robert W. Sharpies)] 

38. Theophrastus, De vertigine (437v-9) [TLGC 93.10 fr. 

8] 

39. Theophrastus, De lassitudine (439-41) [TLGC 93.10 fr. 

7] 

40. Theophrastus, De odoribus (44lv-51) [TLGC 93.10 fr. 

4] 

41. Theophrastus, De sudore (451v-5v) [TLGC 93.10 fr. 9]

254 

42. De historia animalium, lib. X ([459-65v]: an appendix 

quire, with note by Aldus re the late arrival of copy to set 

from) [TLGC 86.14 Bk. 10; Bekker 633b] 

IV (Natural Philosophy, part 3), 1 June 1497: 

43. Theophrastus, De historia plantarum (i. 1-1 19) [TLGC 

93.1] 

44. Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (i.l 19v-226, 

vblank) [TLGC 93.2] 

45. ps.-Arist.: Problemata (ii.1-1 16v) [TLGC 86.36; Bekker 

859a] 

46. ps.-Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Problemata (iii.l-42v) 

[TLGC 732.2] 

47. ps.-Arist.: Mechanica (iv.lr-12v) [TLGC 86.23; Bekker 

847a] 

48. Metaphysica (v.lr-1 16v) [TLGC 86.25; Bekker 980a] 

49. Theophrastus, Metaphysica (v.l 17r-21v) [TLGC 93.6] 

V (Ethics, Economics, and Politics), June 1498: 

50. Ethica Nicomachea (2-93v, [94] blank) [TLGC 86.10; 

Bekker 1094a] 

51. Politica (95-209v, [210] blank) [TLGC 86.35; Bekker 

1252a] 

52. ps.-Arist.: Economica (fragmentary) (unfoliated quire of 

12 leaves, 12v blank, 19 on 12r) [TLGC 86.29; Bekker 

1343a] 

53. Magna moralia (210-45v) [TLGC 86.22; Bekker 1 18 la] 

54. Ethica Eudemica (246-316) [TLGC 86.9; Bekker 

12l4a] 

LATIN VERSIONS: 

De anima [TLGC 86.2] (Lat.), tr. Johannes Argyropoulos, 

with title-page Epigramma (Pythia fatidici monuere oracula 

Phoebi \ . . .); ed. Wolfgang Mosnauer with commendatory 

verse and dedication to Georg Puecher, pastor 

in Wels: II 1 5 

(A-972) 

De animalibus (Lat.), i.e. the collection of De historia ani 

malium [TLGC 86.14], De partibus animalium [86.30], 

and De generatione animalium [86.12], tr. Theodore Gaza 

with dedication to Pope Sixtus IV; ed. Ludovicus 

Podocarthus: I 3 (A-973) 

De coelo [TLGC 86.5] (Lat.), with comms. ofThomas 

Aquinas [Lohr 29.166 no. 6; Grabmann, 296 (no. 4)] and 

Petrus de Alvernia [Lohr 28.337 no. 4]; ed. Hermannus de 

Virsen: II 14 (A-978) 

see also: Auctoritates Aristotelis 

Auctoritates Aristotelis (Auctoritates Arestotelis, Senece, Boetii, 

Platonis, Apulei, Affricani, Porphirii, et Gilbert! Porretani) 

(Cum enim aristotelicae) [Les Auctoritates Aristotelis : unflorilege 

medieval, ed. and comm. Jacqueline Hamesse 

(Louvain, 1974); see review by Jean-Francois Gilmont, Edi 

tion critique et support du texte: a propos des Auctoritates 

Aristotelis , Scriptorium 31 (1977), 283-94]: II 16 (GW 

2814), 17(A-1196) 

AUGUSTINUS Aurelius (Saint), 354-430, Bp. of Hippo [CPL, 97; 

OCD.215; New Pauly 2.293; VL 1.531) 

in solemnitate sanc- 

Opuscula, I and II, with (I:) Sequentia 

ti Augustini (De profundis tenebrarum mundo lumen exit 

clarum) (I-II:) Possidius Calamensis, De vita et moribus 

sancti Augustini; commendatory verses (Barbara quid 

prodest vel quid romana trophea) (II:) colophon verses 

(Has iuuat arguta scrutari indagine verum): II 20 (A-1217: 

Opusculal), II 21 (A-1219: Opusculall) 

Ars praedicandi (= De doctrina christiana, book IV, 

anonymously edited and with preface by Stephan Hoest: 

Canon pro recommendatione huius famosi operis (Cum sit 

res non solum : I presumptuosa) 4 (A- 1 227) 

Confessiones [CPL 251]: Opusculal-ll 

De agone christiano [CPL 296]: Opuscula II 

De animae quantitate [CPL 257]: II 95.4 (A- 1225) 

De caritate [CPL 284 sermo 350]: Opuscula II 

De consensu evangelistarum [CPL 273]: Opuscula II; II 18 

(A- 1257) 

De cura pro mortuis gerenda [CPL 307]: Opuscula I-II 

De decem chordis [CPL 284 sermo 9; CPPM 1.456]: 

Opuscula II 

De disciplina christiana [CPL 310]: Opuscula II 

De [diversis] quaestionibus LXXXIII [CPL 289]: Opuscula 

II 

De divinatione daemonum [CPL 306]: Opuscula I-II 

De doctrina christiana [CPL 263] ; 

see also Ars 

praedicandi: Opuscula I-II 

De moribus ecclesiae catholicae [CPL 26 1 ]: II 22 (A- 

1296) 

De musica [CPL 258]: Opuscula II 

De vera religione [CPL 264]: Opuscula I-II 

De beata vita [De vita beata] [CPL 254]: Opuscula I-II 

Enchiridion ad Laurentium [de fide, spe et caritate] [CPL 

295]: Opusculal-ll 

Epistola ad Julianum Demetriadis matrem (Domine debitis 

in christo officiis honorandae . 

. . 

filiae) [CPL 262, Ep. 188]: 

in Hieronymus, Epistolae et tractatus - [ibid., Ep. 55]: see 

ps.-Hieronymus, De celebratione paschae 

Expositio evangelii Johannis [CPL 278]: II 22 (A- 1275) 

Quaestiones evangeliorum [CPL 275]: Opusculall 

Regula [tertia] de communi vita clericorum (Ante omnia 

fratres charissimi diligatur deus) [CPL 1839b; CPPM 

2.3592a], in Opuscula I with prefatory epistle 

of Eusebius 

Corradus to Sixtus IV, de errore scribentium sanctum 

Augustinum fuisse heremitam , and his Annotatio brevissima 

in errorem scribentium sanctum Augustinum fuisse 

heremitam: Opuscula I-II 

Sermo de pastoribus (Spes tota nostra quia in christo) [PL 

284, 46]: in Hieronymus, Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Sermones II de vita et moribus clericorum suorum [CPL 

284, sermones 355-6]: Opusculal-ll 

ps.-: Soliloquia animae ad deum (Cognoscam te domine cognitormeus) 

[CPPM 2.3071: 13th-cent. compilation from 

Augustine, Hugh of St. Victor, and John of Fecamp]: 

Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: Contra V haereses (Debitor sum fateor) [CPL 4 10; 

CPPM 1.1204: Quodvultdeus, sermo 10]: in Hieronymus, 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De spiritu et anima [De anima et spiritu] (Prol.: 

Quoniam dictum est mihi) [CPPM 2.153: Cistercian anony 

mous, late 12th cent.. Leo Norpoth, Der pseudo-augustinis- 

che Traktat: De spiritu et anima (Cologne, 1971)]: Opuscula

I (abridged recension, 33 chapters) -II (full text, 65 chap 

ters) 

ps.-: De assumptione beatae Mariae virginis (Prohemium: 

Ad interrogata de virginis matris domini resolutione temporali 

[ch. 1]: Quia profiindissime & sua dignitate altissime sum 

responsurus questioni: lectorem meum obsecro) [CPPM 1.161: 

school of Anselm, c.l 100?]: Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De bono disciplinae (Multi sunt qui sanae doctrinae 

aduersantur) [CPL 1002, CPPM 1.1 122: Valerianus 

Cemeliensis]: Opuscula II 

ps.-: De cognitione verae vitae (Prohemium: Sapientia del 

que os muti aperuit et rudibili animali humana verba formare 

tribuit) [CPPM 2.156: Honorius Augustodunensis]: 

Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De contemptu mundi (Auditefratres charissimi salu- 

tiferam nostri patris doctrinam) [CPPM 1 . 1 1 2 1 = 1 1 86: 

sermo 59 of ps.-Aug., Sermones LXXVI ad fratres in eremo 

(CPPM 1.1 127: Flemish compilation, 12th or 13th centu 

ry)]: Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De contritione cordis (Nihil certius morte ac incertius 

horn mortis] [CPPM 2.3073: chapters 8-29 of CPPM 

2.3072h, ps.-Aug., Meditationes (Eta tune homuncio): late 

12th century, derived from Anselmus, Proslogion]: 

Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De convenientia X praeceptorum et X plagarum 

Aegypti (Non sine causa fratres dilectissimi preceptorum legis) 

[CPL 1008: Caesarius Arelatensis, sermo 100A (ed. 

Germain Morin, CC 103.413)]: Opuscula\-l\ 

ps.-: DeXII abusionum gradibus (Primus abusionis gradus, 

si sine operibus bonis) [CPL 1 106; CPPM 2.3067; Lapidge 

& Sharpe 339: Hibernian anonymous, mid-7th century]: 

Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De ebrietate (Frequenter caritatem vestram) [CPL 

1008, CPPM 1.1080: Caesarius Arelatensis] : Opuscula U 

ps.-: De fide ad Petrum diaconum (Epistolam fili Petre tue 

caritatis accepi in qua significasti te velle ierosolimam pergere) 

[CPL 826; CPPM 2.152: Fulgentius]: Opuscula l-ll 

ps.-: De honestate mulierum (Nemo dicat fratres quod tem- 

poribus nostris martirum certamina non possunt esse) [CPL 

1008: Caesarius Arelatensis, sermo 41, De fuga mulierum]: 

Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De oboedientia et humilitate (Nihil sic Deo placet) 

[CPL 605, CPPM 1.1123=1181: Hieronymus]: Opuscula 

II 

ps.-: De diffmitionibus orthodoxae fidei et ecclesiasticis 

dogmatibus (Credimus unum esse deum et patrem etfilium et 

spiritum sanctum) [CPL 958, CPPM 2.174: Gennadius 

Masssiliensis]: Opusculall 

ps.-: De triplici habitaculo ( Tria sunt sub omnipotentis 

manu habitacula) [CPL 1006 note; CPPM 2.155: Patricius 

episcopus, later 1 1th century]: Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De vanitate hums saeculi (In hac vita positifratres) 

[CPPM 1.1 120=1 184: extracts from Eligius, Bp. of Noyon 

(d. 660), Sermo de supremo iudicio, CPL 2096]: Opuscula 

II 

ps.-: De vera et falsa poenitentia (Quantum sit appetenda 

gracia penitentie omnis auctoritas clamat) [CPPM 2.3081: 

anonymous, variously dated 9th- 1 1th cents.]: Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: De vita christiana (Ego primus peccator et ultimus) 

[CPL 730, CPPM 2.157: Pelagius or his circle, early 5th 

cent.]: Opusculall 

ps.-: Epistola ad Cyrillum de magnificentiis beati 

Hieronymi ( Gloriosissimae christianae fidei athletae) [BHM 

903, CPPM 2.145 ep. 18: 14th cent., Italy, Dominican]: in 

Hieronymus, Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: Manuale de verbo dei (Quoniam in media laqueorum 

positi sumus) [CPPM 2.3074: anonymous, early 13th cent.; 

CIBN A-669: expanded recension, with 36 chapters]: 

Opuscula I-II 

ps.-: Meditationes (Domine deus meus da cordi meo) 

[CPPM 2.3072: mostly extracts from Jean de Fecamp, per 

haps an Italian 1 5th-cent. compilation within the 

Augustinian order] : Opuscula l-ll 

ps.-: Scala paradisi (Cum die quadam corporali manuum 

labore occupatus) [CPPM 2.3077: Guigo II Carthusiensis]: 

Opuscula I-II 

Soliloquia ( Volventi mihi multa) [CPL 252], with ps.-Aug. 

II 95.5 

[but anon, in this edition], Speculum peccatoris: 

(A- 1333 +1337) 

ps.-: Speculum peccatoris (Quoniam fratres carissimi in via 

huius seculi fugienties) [CPPM 2.3076: anonymous 13th- 

cent. compilation]: Opuscula II - see Soliloquia (Volventi 

mihi multa) 

Auslegung der heiligen Messe (Incip.: Messe singen 

das thun sol, wenn, wye, oder wo) [VL 6.446: 

Messerklarung ]: I 5 (A- 1396) 

255 

oder lesen wer 

AVICENNA, 980-1037, at court of Isfahan [LMA 1.925; Encyc. 

Islam 3.941} 

Metaphysica (Lat.), ed. Franciscus de Macerata and 

Antonius Fracantianus: II 23.1 (A- 1431) 

BACHIARIUS, monachus, fl. early 5th cent. [CPL, 198; AJtaner, 37] 

Epistola ad Evagrium de levita lapso: see ps. -Hieronymus 

Badius, Jodocus, Ascensius, c.1461/62-1535, scholar, printer, and 

publisher [Cont. Eras. 1.79; Ph. Renouard, Bibliographic des 

impressions et des oeuvres dejosse Bade Ascensius imprimeur et 

humaniste(3 v., Paris, 1908)]: Commendatory verse in 

Tritheim, De laudibus S. Annae 

BARBERIIS, Philippus de (Barbieri, Filippo), 1426-1487, OP 

Syracuse; inquisitor for the kingdom of Sicily 1476 [DBI 

6.21 7; Kaeppeli 3.271] 

Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et 

Augustini (Duo luminaria magna) [Kaeppeli 3371], followed 

by: [6v:] Sibyllarum et prophetarum de Christo vaticinia - 

[20r] : Proba Falconia, Cento vergilianus (extract) [36v] - 

ps.- Thomas Aquinas: Praefatio super symbolum Athanasii 

- [45v]: Explanatio super orationem dominicam - [49v]: 

Explanatio super salutationem angelicam - [52v]: 

Explanatio super Te Deum - [58r]: Explanatio super Gloria 

in excelsis - [61r]: Donatus theologus; with Philippus de 

Lignamine s dedication to Pope Sixtus IV, describing 

Barberiis as a kinsman, affinis meus: II 24 (B-l 19) 

BARTOLUS de Saxoferrato, 1313/14-1357, jurist, Perugia, Bologna 

[DBI 6.640]: see Processus iudiciarius

256 

Beissel, Jodocus, d. 1514, of Aachen, jurist, councillor of the Duke 

of Austria [Cont. Eras. 1.119, NDB 2.22; also wrote dedica 

tion of GoffB-296: Joh. Beets, Commentum super praeceptis 

decalogi, Louvain: Aeg. van der Heerstraten, i486]: 

Commendatory verse in Joh. Tritheim, De laudibus S. 

Annae 

Bellatus, Bartholomaeus, d.1479, of Feltre, OFM Conventual, 

theology lecturer, University of Bologna [DBI 7.614]: part 

editor of Joh. Duns Scotus 

Bergamo, Petrus de, OP Bologna, fl. 1452-d. 1482 [Kaeppeli 

3.219; Bonaventura Kruitwagen, 5. Thomae de Aquino 

Summa opusculorum (Kain, 1924), 82; author of the Tabula 

operum Thomae Aquinatis, Goff P-450 et seq. (Kaeppeli 

3210)]: ed., Thomas Aquinas, Commentaria in epistolas S. 

Pauli 

BERNARDUS Claravallensis (Bernard of Clairvaux), Saint, c.1090- 

1 153 [Diet. spir. 1.1454; VL 1.754] 

Sermones de tempore et de s. metis et de diversis (with con 

tents register by anonymous compiler, addressed to Drach 

from Heidelberg, 31 Oct. 1481, and commendatory verse, / 

nunc i tandem totum Bernarde per orbem I . . .: II 26 (B-437) 

Flores (Colophon: Flores de diversis sermonibus et epistolis 

beati Bernardi) [?compiled by Guillelmus deTornaco]: II 

27.1 (B-389) 

ps.-: Meditationes de interior! homine (Multi multa sciunt et 

seipsos nesciunt): II 70.3 (B-404 + J-437) 

BERNARDINUS de Siena, 1380-1444, OFM Obs. [DBI 9.215; 

Diet, spir 1.1 518; VL 1.789] 

Sermones de evangelic aeterno: II 25 (B-350) 

BEROALDUS, Philippus, 1453-1505, Bologna [DBI 9.382; Cont. 

Eras. 1.135] 

De felicitate opusculum (with dedication to Jakob II, 

Margrave of Baden, and commendatory verses, including on 

the German invention of printing [ O Germania muneris 

repertrix\ ...): II 28 (B-482) 

Heptalogos (Libellus quo septem sapientium sententiae dis- 

cutiuntur; with dedication to Johannes von Wartenberg, 

Bohemian scholasticus): II 29 (B-487) 

Comm.: Apuleius 

BERTHOLDUS, 14th (or 15th?) cent., Germany, OP; possibly iden 

tical with Bertholdus Friburgensis, German translator of 

Johannes Friburgensis, Summa confessorum [VL 1.801, 

Kaeppeli 1.241]: 

Zeitglocklein [Latin:] Horologium devotionis circa vitarn 

Christi [Kaeppeli 670 (German), 671 (Latin)]: I 6.1 (B-506) 

Biblia Latina (with the enlarged prologue set first found in F. 

Renner s 1475 Venice edition [Goff B-541]; Capitulare lec- 

tionum et evangeliorum, and verses Fontibus ex graecis, both 

first printed in this edition; Casus summarii prefixed to the 

four evangelists; and printed marginal concordances in the 

New Testament, first found in Richel s 8 Sept. 1477 Basel 

edition [Goff B-553]): II 30 (B-561) 

BlENATUS, Aurelius, c. 1450-1496, of Milan, Bp. 

of Martorano 

(Calabria) from 1485; au. of Epitomata elegantiarum 

Laurentii Vallae (GW 4343-5) [DBI 10.369; Eubel, 206] 

Oratio in funere Laurentii de Medicis (16 Apr. 1492): II 31 

(B-667) 

BlNDO de Senis, d. 1390, OESA, prior in Siena 1383 [Zumkeller, 

96; LThK 2.483] 

Distinctiones exemplorum veteris et novi Testamenti: see 

Ant. Rampigollis 

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni, 1313-1375, Florence [DBI 10.838] 

De Claris mulieribus: II 32 (B-717) 

Bodianus, Franciscus Vitalis, fl. Vicenza, 1499 [briefly cited CTC 

2.368]: ed. Martianus Capella 

BONAVENTURA (Johannes Fidanza Bonaventura), Saint, c.1217- 

1274, OFM [DBI 1 1.612; Diet. spir. 1.1768; VL 1.937; 

Distelbrinck]: 

Tractatus et libri quamplurimi (with Octavianus de Martinis, 

Oratio in vitam et merita S. Bonaventurae, and his dedica 

tion to card. Giuliano della Rovere): II 34 (B-927) 

Apologia pauperum contra calumniatorem [Distelbrink 

: 26] in Tractatus et libri 

Breviloquium [Distelbrink 1]: Tractatus et libri 

Collationes de decern praeceptis (Sermones de ...) 

[Distelbrink 55/1]: in Tractatus et libri 

De praeparatione ad missam (Prol.: Adhonorem gloriosae et 

individuae Trinitatis - ch. 1 : Primo accessurus ad mensam cae~ 

lestis convivii) [Distelbrink 24]: in De triplici via, infra 

De reductione artium ad theologiam [Distelbrink 3]: in 

Tractatus et libri 

De regimine animae (Epistola ad dominam Blankam reginam 

Hispaniae ...) [Distelbrink 16]: in Tractatus et libri 

De triplici via (Parvum bonum / Regimen conscientiae / 

Fons vitae) (Prol.: Ecce descripsi earn tibi tripliciter- ch. 1: 

Nunc primo meditationis formarn) [Distelbrink 18: recently 

attributed to Hugo de Balma, q.v.]: in Tractatus et libri - 

(with ps. -Methodius, Revelationes - Bonaventura, De 

praeparatione ad missam): II 33 (B-970) 

De V festivitatibus pueri lesu [Distelbrink 15]: in Tractatus 

et libri 

Epistola ad omnes provinciales (cavens a frequentia discursuum, 

ab importunitate quaestuum, a sumptuositate aedifi- 

ciorum, librorum, vestium ac ciborum, a praedicatione con 

tra praelatos coram laicis, et a litigiosa invasione 

sepulturarum et testamentorum) [Distelbrink 40]: in 


Epistola ad omnes provinciales et custodes (de reformandis 

fratribus) [Distelbrink 39]: in Tractatus et libri 

Epistola continens XXV memorialia : [Distelbrink 42] in 


Epistola de sandalis apostolorum (Epistola de eo quod 

Christus et apostoli . . . incesserunt discalciati) [Distelbrink 

45]: in Tractatus et libri 

Epistola de tribus quaestionibus (Epistola ad magistrum 

innominatum eliminans errorem contra regulam beati 

Francisci) [Distelbrink 46]: in Tractatus et libri

Itinerarium mentis in deum (In principio) [Distelbrink 19]: 

in Tractatus et libri 

Lignum vitae [Distelbrink 21]: in Tractatus et libri 

Quaestiones disputatae de perfectione evangelica (Tractatus 

de paupertate Christi contra magistrum Wilhelmum) 

[Distelbrink 5]: in Tractatus et libri 

Soliloquium [Distelbrink 23]: in Tractatus et libri 

ps.-: Centiloquium (Prol.: Ecce descripsi earn tibi 

tripliciter- 

1 : 

pars Malum considerare) [Distelbrink 67: compilation by 

Johannes Marchesinus?]: in Tractatus et libri 

ps.-: De VII gradibus contemplationis (Contemplativorum 

aquilonis) [Distelbrink 107: Thomas Gallus]: in Tractatus et 

libri 

ps.-: Expositio orationis dominicae (Pater noster ..." Oratio 

haec privilegiata est) [Distelbrink 140]: in Tractatus et libri 

ps.-: Liber de tribus ternariis peccatorum infamibus 

[Distelbrink 114] in Tractatus et libri 

ps.-: Pharetra: in Tractatus et libri 

ps.-: Speculum beatae Mariae virginis (Quoniam ut ait beatus 

leronimus Nulli dubium est) [Distelbrink 214: Conradus 

deSaxonia]:II35(B-959) 

ps.-: Viginti passus de virtutibus bonorum religiosorum 

de informatione spiritualis vitae) (Si vis in spiritu proficere) 

[Distelbrink 238: David de Augusta]: in Tractatus et libri 

Commentary on Petrus Lombardus, Sententiae, q.v. 

[Distelbrink 2; Stegmiiller Sent. Ill] 

Bondinus, Alexander (Agathemeros), d.a. 1505, Venice, Greek 

scholar, friend of Nicolo Leoniceno [DBI 1 1.735; Orlandi 

2.318 n. 12]: commendatory matter in Aristoteles, Opera 

(Gr.) 

BOSSUS, Matthaeus, c.l 427-? 1502, OSA Lateran prior 

in many 

houses 

including Verona, procurator general of the order, 

1486-8 [DBI 13.341] 

De instituendo sapientia animo (with dedication to 

Severinus Calcus, OSA Lateran, Verona, 19 Sept. 1485; 

commendatory verse by Marcus Antonius Aldegatus [Illustret 

quae vere animum sapientia nostrum I 

...]): II 36 (B-1043) 

BRANT, Sebastian, 1458-1521, humanist jurist [Cont. Eras, i.190; 

VL 1.992] 

Carmina (with commendatory verse to the s publisher dedi 

catee Wynmar von Ercklens, decanus of I Aix-la-Chapelle): 8 

(B-1099) 

BURLEY, Walter, 1275-1344 or after, Oxford and Paris [Sharpe, 

709; C. Martin, Walter Burley , in Oxford Studies Presented 

to Daniel Callus (Oxford, 1964) 194-230] 

De vita et moribus philosophorum [Jan Prelog, Die 

Handschriften und Drucke von Walter Burleys Liber de uita 

et moribus philosophorum , 

(. . . 

Codices manuscripti9 (1982) 1- 

18; GW 5.669, re recensions A ( Cologne ), with complete 

text, and B (S. German, or better Koberger ) omitting 13 

lives and with other differences]: II 38 (B-1316 [rec. A]), 37 

(B-1319[rec. B]). 

Bussi, Johannes Andrea, 1417-1475, ofVigevano, Bp. of Acci 

1463, of Aleria (Corsica) 1466 [DBI 15.565; Eubel 2.88, 

95]: ed. Cyprianus 

CAESARIUS Arelatensis, c.470-542, Bp. of Aries from 530 [CPL, 

329; Neue Pauly 2.926; Altaner, 475]. Sermo 47: see 

ps.- 

Augustinus, De ebrietate. 

Caietanus, Thomas de Vio, 1469-1 534, OP, General of the order 

1508-18, Cardinal 1517, Bp. of Gaeta 1519 [Cont. Eras. 

257 

1.239]: Commentator ofThomas Aquinas, De ente et essen- 

tia; with his dedication to Benedictus Tyriaca. 

Calcagninus, Coelius (Celio Calcagnini), 1479-1541, Ferrara; 

Opera aliquot, Basel: Froben & Episcopius, 1544, F [DBI 

16.492; Cont. Eras. 1.242]: commendatory verse in 

Apuleius 

Calphurnius, Johannes (Giovanni Calfurnio / Giovanni Planza de 

Rufiniono da Bordgona), d. 1503; prof, of rhetoric, Padua, 

from c.1474; editor of various classical and humanist texts, 

Venice and Vicenza, 1470s and after; author of a Simon of 

Trent verse libel (Goff C-62: Trent, c. 1481) [Vittorio Cian, 

Un umanista bergamasco del Rinascimento: Giovanni 

Calfurnio , Archivio strico lombardo 4.t\\ sen 14 (1910) 221- 

48; Reichhart, 36]: ed.: Ovidius 

Campanus of Novara, d. 1296 [DSB 3.23; DBI 17.420], ed. and 

comm., Euclides 

Carteromachus: see Forteguerri 

Celtis, Conrad, 1459-1508, poet laureate [NDB 3.181; Lewis 

Spitz, Conrad Celtis (Cambridge, Mass., 1957)]: 

Commendatory verse in Tritheim, De laudibus S. Annae 

Chalcondylas, Demetrius, 1423-1511, Byzantine scholar, teacher 

in Perugia, Padua, Florence, and Milan [Cont. Eras. 1.290; 

DBI 16.542]: editor of Homer 

Chromatius, d. 407, Bp. of Aquileia c.387 [CPL, 75; Altaner, 

457], pseudo: see ps.-Hieronymus, Praefationes in 

Martyrologium Hieronymianum; Responsio ad 

Chromatium et Heliodorum 

CICERO, Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC, Rome [OCD, 1558; Neue 

Paufy2.\\9\] 

De inventione: in Rhetorica ad C. Herennium, infra 

De officiis - Paradoxa stoicorum (with medieval com 

mendatory verses Tullius hesperios cupiens componere mores 

and Versus XII sapientum (Baxilius: Hie iacet Arpinas 

manibus tumulatus amici), a commendation by Apollonius 

Rhodius ( Te nempe Cicero et laudo et admiror); and Horatius, 

carm. iv.7, Diffugere nives): II 39 (C-575) 

Tusculanae quaestiones: II 41 (C-631) 

ps.-: Rhetorica ad C. Herennium - De inventione (ed. 

Omnibonus Leonicenus [emendata manu sunt docta \ 

Omniboni: quern dat utraque lingua patrem}): II 40 (C-672 + 

C-644) 

Compendiosum scriptum Psalterii intentionem declarans: see 

Ludolphus de Saxonia 

CONRAD von Megenburg, 1309-1374, stud. Erfurt, Paris; teacher 

Vienna, Regensburg [VL 5.221] 

Buch der Natur: II 42 (C-845)

258 

CONRADUS de Saxonia, d.1279, OFM Braunschweig, Hildesheim, 

provincialis for Saxony [VL 5.247; Diet. spir. 2.1548] 

Speculum beatae Mariae virginis: see ps.-Bonaventura 

Corona Beatae Mariae Virginis (Prol.: Signum magnum apparuit 

in caelo) [attributed in the 17th cent, to one Daniel Agricola, 

OFM (Obs.), Basel, d. 1515 (Lexicon der Marienkunde, ed. 

K. Algermissen [Regensburg, 1967], 1.1251; that is, evident 

ly, the author of the Passio domini nostrijesu Christi, with Urs 

Graf woodcuts, Basel: Adam Petri, 1511, 4to, unmentioned 

in the Lexicons entry on Agricola. Evidence for Agricola s 

authorship of the Corono BMV is II 

lacking]: 103 (C-923 + 

T-534) 

Corradus, Eusebius, 1447-1500, Milan, OSA Lateran [DBI 

29.412; Reichhart, 50]: see Augustinus, Regula tertia 

Curtius, Lancinus, d. 1512, of Milan [DBI 31.487]: commenda 

tory verse in Gafurius 

CYRILLUS, d. 444, Bp. of Alexandria from 412 [OCD, 422; Neue 

Pauly 4.309; Altaner, 283] 

ps.-: Epistola ad Augustinum de miraculis beati Hieronymi 

(Illius sancti Hieronymi gloriosi cuius memoria) [BHM 903, 

CPPM 2.146 ep. 19: 14th cent., Italy, Dominican]: in 


Epistolae 

tractatus 

CYPRIANUS, Thascius Caecilius, Saint, fl. c.240-d.258, Bp. of 

Carthage from 248/9 [CPL, 11; OCD, 419; Neue Pauly 

3.253; Altaner, 172] 

Opera (ed. Johannes Andreae Bussi, with dedicatory letter to 

Pope Paul II, and including as final text De revelatione capitis 

beati Johannis Baptistae [BHL 4293: re Pepin s translation of 

head of St. John Baptist to II 

Angers]): 43 (C-1010) 

Epistolae [CPL 50; of the 83 letters edited by G. Hartel, 

CSEL 3.2 (1871), the following are omitted: 8, 21-4, 27, 31, 

33-6, 41-2, 62, 71-5, 77]: Opera 

Ad Donatum [CPL 38]: Opera 

Ad Demetrianum : [CPL 46] Opera 

De opere et eleemosynis [CPL 47]: Opera 

Ad Fortunatum de exhortatione martyrii [CPL 45]: Opera 

De zelo et livore [CPL 49]: Opera 

De bono patientiae [CPL 48]: Opera 

De mortalitate [CPL 44] : Opera 

De habitu virginum [CPL 40] : Opera 

De catholicae ecclesiae unitate [CPL 41]: Opera 

Delapsis [CPL 42]: Opera 

De dominica oratione [CPL 43] : Opera 

Quod idola dii non sint (Deos non esse quos colit vulgus) 

[CPL 57, CPPM 2.550: authenticity questioned, but 

defended by most recent editor, Manlio Simonetti] : Opera 

Testimoniaruni libri I-II (Ad Quirinum adversus ludeos) 

[CPL 39]: Opera 

ps.-: De singularitate clericorum (Promiseram quidem vobis) 

[CPL 62, CPPM 2.3229]: Opera 

ps.-: De montibus Sina et Sion (Probatio capitulorum) [CPL 

61, CPPM 2.551]: Opera 

ps.-: Carmen de ligno crucis / de Pascha (Est locus ex omni) 

[CPPM 2.544]: in Pico 

Damasus I, pope 

366-84 [CPL, 525; Altaner, 354], pseudo: see 

ps. -Hieronymus, Rescriptum ad Damasum papam 

Danhauser, /Thanhauser, Petrus, of Nuremberg, M.A., 

fl. 1490s: 

dedicatee of and commendatory letter in: Thos. a Kempis, 

a? dedication in Guillelmus Alvernus 

Opera 

DAVID de Augusta, c. 1200/1 0-1 272, OFM, novice master in 

Augsburg, Regensburg [Diet. spir. 3.42; VL 2.47] 

De exterioris et interioris hominis compositione: excerpts in 

Ger. de Zutphania - see also ps.-Bonaventura, Viginti passus 

Demetrius Triclinius: see Triclinius, Demetrius 

Dio Chrysostom, c.40/50-after 1 10 AD. [OCD, 470; Neue Pauly 

3.621]: Vita Homeri [TLGC 612.1, Oratio 53, De Homero 

(Orationes, ed. J. de [Hans Fried. Aug. v.] Arnim (Berlin, 

1893-6), 2. 109]: in Homer 

Diogenes Laertius, 3rd cent. AD, place unknown [OCD, 474]: 

Vita Aristotelis Vita Theophrasti: in Aristoteles, Opera 

(Gr.) 

Directorium vitae humanae: see Johannes de Capua 

DORNIBERG, Thomas, c. 1440- 1497, of Memmingen, Dr. iur. can. 

Heidelberg, Ratsadvokat of Speyer [Allan Stevenson, The 

Problem of the Missale speciale (London, 1967), 240; 

Reichhart, 57]: table in ps.-Albertus Magnus, Compendium 

theologicae veritatis 

DUNS SCOTUS, Johannes, c. 1265-1 308, OFM [Sharpe, 239; 

DAGL, 256] 

Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum (Opus 

Oxoniense version, ed. Thomas Penketh and Bartholomaeus 

Bellatus: GW 7.702): I 30 

EADMERUS Cantuariensis (Eadmer), d. a. 1 124, OSB, Christ 

Church, Canterbury [Sharpe, 104]: De excellentia virginis 

Mariae: see ps.-Anselmus 

ECBERTUS Schonaugiensis (Ekbert von Schonau), 12th cent., OSB 

[VL 2.436] 

Stimulus amoris: in Anselmus 

EPHRAEM Syrus, c.306-373, of Nisibis [CPL, 373; OCD, 530; 

Neue Pauly 3. IQ9Q; Diet. 

spir. 4.788 and esp. 815 Ephrem 

Latin ; VL 2.360; Altaner, 373] 

Libri Sancti Effrem (De compunctione cordis - De iudicio 

dei et resurrenctione - De beatitudine animae - De penitentia 

- De luctamine spiritali - De die iudicii) [CPL 

H43]:II44(E-44) 

Eucherius, Bp. of Lyons 

Formulae spiritalis intelligentiae [CPL 488: extracts]: see ps.- 

Hieronymus, De essentia trinitatis 

[fl. c.428-50: CPL, 174; Altaner, 455]: 

EUCLIDES / Euclid, early 3rd century BC, Alexandria [OCD, 564; 

Neue Pauly 4.238} 

Elementa in artem geometriae (TLGC 1799.1: Latin, tr. 

Adelard of Bath; ed. and comm. Campanus of Novara; with 

Erhard Ratdolt s dedication to Giovanni Mocenigo) 

[Murdoch 1968; Busard 1996]: 

II 45 (E-l 13)

EuSEBlUS Caesariensis, c.260-c.340, Bp. of Caesarea from c.315 

[OCD, 575; NeuePaufy4.3Q9; Altaner, 217] 

with the continuations of 

Chronicon (tr. Hieronymus; 

Prosper Aquitanus, Matthaeus Palmerius Florentinus and 

Matthias Palmerius Pisanus, ed. Johannes Lucilius 

Santritter):II47(E-117) 

Historia ecclesiastica (Tr: Rufinus Aquileiensis): II 46 (E- 

126: with dedication to Card. Guillaume d Estouteville) 

De situ et nominibus locorum Hebraicorum (tr. 

Hieronymus, with prologue) [BHM 202]: in Hieronymus, 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De vita et transitu Hieronymi (Multifariam multisque 

modis) [BHM 903, BHL 3866]: in Hieronymus, Epistolae et 

tractatus 

EUTROPIUS, presbyter, fl. c.400, place uncertain [CPL, 197; Diet, 

4. 

spir. 1729; Altaner, 370] 

De perfecto homine: see ps. -Hieronymus 

De vera circumcisione: see ps. -Hieronymus, Epistola de tes- 

tamento Geruntii 

FlCINUS, Marsilius (Marsiglio Ficino), 1433-1499, Florence 

[Com. Eras. 2.27; DBI 47.378]: translator, editor and com 

mentator of the collection of Platonic texts, IAMBLICHUS, 

including his own treatise De voluptate 

Forteguerri, Scipione (Carteromachus), 1466-1515, of Pistoia, 

humanist [Cont. Eras. 2.44; DBI 49.163]: Greek commenda 

tory material in Aristophanes and Aristoteles 

Fracantianus, Antonius, c. 1450?- 1506, Vicenza, Padua [DBI 

49.522] :ed. Avicenna 

FRIDOLIN, Stephan, c. 1430- 1498, Nuremberg, OFM Obs. [VL 

2.918; Petra Seegets, Passionstheologie und 

Passionsfrommigkeit im Spatmittelater: der Niirnberger 

Franziskaner Stephan Fridolin (Tubingen, 1998)] 

Schatzbehalter [Anonymous; attributed to Fridolin in a 

notice by his friend Fr. Matthaeus, bound into a former 

Rebdorf OSA copy, now at Munich SB (BSB-Ink F-263, 

cop. 1, Ran 293)]: I 9(5-306) 

GAFURI, Franchinus, 1451-1522, Milan, cathedral canon and 

choir master [New Grove 9.410; Paul Hirsch, Bibliographic 

der musiktheoretischen Drucke des Franchino Gafori , 

FestschriftfurJohannes Wolf, [ed. Walther Lott et al.] (Berlin: 

Martin Breslauer, 1929) 65-72] 

Theorica musicae (with commendatory verse by Lancinus 

Curtius): II 48 (G-6) 

Galenus, 129-C.216, of Pergamon [OCD, 621; Neue Pauly 

4.748], pseudo-: see Aristoteles, Opera (Gr.), heading 

Callus, Jodocus, c. 1459-1 5 17, of Ruffach, student and teacher 

Basel, Heidelberg; member of the Sodalitas litteraria 

Rhenana; his library bequeathed to the Franciscans of 

Ruffach [NDB 6.55]: Commendatory verse in Pet. Schott 

GAZA, Theodore, c.l400-c.l477, Byzantine scholar [Cont. Eras. 

2.81; Geanakoplos, ch. 3]: tr. of Aristoteles, De animalibus 

GENNADIUS Massiliensis, presbyter, Marseilles, fl. late 5 cent. 

[CPL, 309; Neue Pauly 4.918; Altaner, 474] 

259 

De ecclesiasticis dogmatibus: see ps.-Augustinus, De diffini- 

tionibus orthodoxae fidei 

De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis [CPL 957]: see Hieronymus, 

De viris illustribus 

Gerardus de Zutphania: see Zutphania, Gerardus de 

GERSON,Jean (Charlier de), 1363-1429, Cardinal [VL 2.1266; 

Opera, ed. P. Glorieux (8 v. in 10, Paris, 1960), cit. as Opera 

by vol. and page, with Glorieux s item numbers bracketed] 

Opuscula (De examinatione doctrinarum. De duplici 

statu in Dei ecclesia. Admonitio brevis quo modo caute 

legendi sunt quorundam libri. De appellatione peccatoris 

a divina justitia ad divinam misericordiam. De unione 

ecclesiae. Dubium de delectatione in servitio Dei): 110 

Appellatio peccatoris ad divinam misericordiam (De appel 

latione peccatoris a divina justitia ad divinam misericordiam: 

In tua o regina coeli et mundi totius domino) [ Opera 8.536 

(no. 420)]: Opuscula 

De delectatione quaerenda in divino officio (Dubium de 

delectatione in servitio Dei: Dubitabat nuper aliquis an delec- 

tatio cordis) [Opera8.l6l (no. 417)]: Opuscula 

De examinatione doctrinarum (Attendite a falsis prophetis 

clamat Christus) [Opera 9.458 (no. 456)]: Opuscula 

De meditatione cordis (Meditatio cordis mei in 

conspectu 

tuo 

semper) [Opera 8.77 (no. 409)]: in Thos. a Kempis, Opera 

De modo se habendi tempore schismatis (De unione eccle 

siae: Ad tollendam quorundam in praesenti schismate) [ Opera 

6.29 (no. 256)]: Opuscula 

De statibus ecclesiasticis (De duplici statu in Dei ecclesia: 

Pax quam omnes observare convenif) [Opera 9.25 (no. 424)]: 

Opuscula 

Donatus moralisatus . . . (Donatus per allegoriam traductus: 

Panes orationis quot sunt? Octo. Quae? Cognitio substantiae 

...) [Opera9.689 (no. 479); GW treats as pseudo-Gerson]: 

II 95.8 (G-122) 

Epistola ad fratrem Johannem (Admonitio brevis quo modo 

caute legendi sunt quorundam libri: Quia unum est necessari- 

um) [Opera 2.259 (no. 55)]: Opuscula 

Monotessaron (Monotessaron aut unum ex quatuor - 

Unum de quatuor cuius titulus esse potest Tetramonum vel 

Monotessaron: Evangelium latum esse et magnum) [Opera 

9.254 (no. 450), with tables including Tabula Confluentina 

l471 ]:Ill(G-236) 

Gesta Romanorum (German) ([ch. 1, Von dem sun Gorgonii]: 

Gorgonius der kaiser wa z getualtig zu rom in der statt der nam 

im das allerschonst weibe) [VL 3.25; GW 10903 gives con 

tents as 89 stories from the Latin Gesta Romanorum, 6 from 

Historia septem sapientum]: I 12 (G-299) 

GOBIUS, Johannes [junior], 14th cent., OP [Kaeppelli 2.442; 

Diet. spir. 6.542; VL 3.299] 

Scala coeli [Kaeppeli 2369]: II 49 (G-310) 

GREGORIUS I, Saint, fl. 573-d. 604, Rome, Pope 

552; OCD, 656; Neue Pauly 4. 1216; Altaner, 466] 

from 590 [CPL, 

Dialogorum libri quattuor [CPL 1713]: II 51 (G-405) 

Epistolae [CPL 1714]: II 50 (G-415) 

Homiliae Super Ezechielem (Expositio super . . . / Homeliae 

super...) [CPL1711]:II52(G-425)

260 

Gresemund, Dietrich, Jr., 1477-1512, of Speyer, jurist and poet, 

canon of St. Stephan, Mainz [NDB 7.48; Hans-Heinrich 

Fleischer, Dietrich Gresemund der Jiingerer: Bin Bericht zur 

Geschichte des Humanismus in Mainz (Wiesbaden, 1967)]: 

Commendatory verse in Tritheim, De laudibus S. Annae 

GUIGO II Garth usiensis, prior of the Grande Chartreuse, d. 

c.l 193 [LMA 4.1777; Diet. spir. 6.1 175]. Scala paradisi: see 

ps.-Augustinus 

GuiLLELMUS Alvernus, c.l 180-1249, Bp. of Paris 1228 [LThK 

\Q.\\27; Diet. spir. 6.1182] 

Tractatus Guilhermi Parisiensis (De sacramentis [ Cum inter 

sapientiales spiritalesque scientias] - Cur Deus homo [Ponam 

ad hoc quattuor radices] - De poenitentia novus tractatus 

[Secunda tabula post naufragium]): II 53 (G-723) 

Guillelmus deTornaco, fl. 1264-1275 Paris [Kaeppeli 2.167; 

LMA 9.190]: see Bernardus, Flores 

GuiLLELMUS Paraldus, c.l 200- 1274, of Peyraut (Ardeche), OP 

[Kaeppeli 2.133; Diet. 

spir. 6.1229] 

Summadevitiis [Kaeppeli 1622]: II 54 (P-89) 

HALY filius Abenragel (Albohazen), 1 1th cent., d. n.b. 1040, of 

Tunis [Carmody, 150; GW 10.570; Encyc. Islam 3.688] 

De iudiciis astrorum [Carmody 28. la: translated from 

Arabic to Old Castilian by Jehudah ben Moshe ha-Cohen, 

then from Old Castilian to Latin by Aegidius de Tebaldis & 

Petrus de Regio, 1257: Duodecim suntsigna in celo similia 

membris corporis (Thorndike & Kibre, 475)]; ed. 

Bartholomaeus de Alten; dedicated by Ratdolt to Johann von 

Werdenberg, Bishop of Augsburg: I 14 (H-4) 

Hassenstein: see Lobkowitz 

Heiligen Leben, Der [VL 3.618: Nuremberg, late 14th century 

(not before 1384), probably a Dominican compilation of 

saint s lives, perhaps intended as a refectory text for 

Dominican nuns; treated as a German translation of Jacobus 

de Voragine s Legenda aurea in most incunable catalogues 

before Vera Sack s Freiburg catalogue, 1985]: II 55 (J-157), 

56 (Pell-Pol 6538) 

HENRICUS Bate, 1246-C.1310, of Malines [DSB 6.272; LMA 

4.2088] 

Magistralis compositio astrolabii (3 Oct. 1274; Prol.: 

Universorum entium radix et origo) , composed ad petitionem 

of Wilhelmus de Morbeke, OP [Thorndike & Kibre, 1604, 

14): in Abraham ibn Ezra 

Hephaestion, 2nd cent. AD, of Alexandria, Greek grammarian 

[OCD, 681; NeuePauly^.350]: Epitome of his Introductio 

metrica [TGLC 1402.2; cf. Hephaestion, Enchiridion, ed. 

M. Cornsbruch, Teubner 1906]: in Aristophanes 

Herbenus, Matthaeus, 1451-1538, musician, rector of St. 

Servatius Maastricht [MGG 6.190]: commendatory verse in 

Tritheim, Oratio de XII excidiis 

Herbst, Johannes, pupil ofJohann Tritheim, 

fl. 1490s: 

Commendatory verse in Joh. Tritheim, De laudibus S. 

Annae 

HERODIANUS, of Syria, fl. c. 180-238 AD [OCD, 696; NeuePauly 

5.467] 

Historia de imperio post Marcum [TLGC 15.1, transl. by 

Angelus Politianus; Incip.: Qui res antiquas posteris prodiderunf^: 

I 15 

Herodotus (pseudo), Vita Homeri [TLGC 1805.1; ed.: T. W. 

Allen, Homeri opera, 5.192]: in Homer 

HERVAEUS Burgidalensis, c.l075-c.H50 [LMA 4.2 186; Diet. spir. 

7.373]: see ps.-Anselmus, Homilia in Lucam 

HEYNLIN, Johann, von Stein (Johannes de Lapide), c.l 430/33- 

1496, rector of the Sorbonne, founder and patron of the first 

Paris printing shop, OCarth Basel from 1487 [VL 3.1213] 

Resolutorium dubiorum circa celebrationem missarum 

occurentium: I 18 (J-374) 

HlERONYMUS (Eusebius H.; Jerome), Saint, 331/48-419/20, of 

Stridon (Dalmatia), Trier, Rome, Antioch, Bethlehem [CPL, 

203; BHM; OCD, 794; Neue Pauly 5. 548; VL 3.1221; 

Altaner, 394] 

Epistolae et tractatus (collected and edited by Theodorus 

Lelius; with the Vitae Hieronymi of ps.-Augustinus, ps.- 

Cyrillus, and ps. -Eusebius and the laudation of Vergerius; 

136 of the 158 letters, ed. I. Hilberg, CSEL 54-6, including 

a number of letters to Jerome [omitting Jerome s letters nos. 

33, 114, 15 1-4; and other letters nos. 80, 92-6, 98, 100, 

113, 135-7, 144, 149, 150, 156]; and a wide variety of other 

letters, sermons, tractates, and translations, authentic and 

inauthentic; 16 items [8 of which authentic letters of 

Jerome] were added to the Lelian corpus in this edition): II 

57 (H- 169) 

Ad Paulinianum de opere Didymi de spiritu sancto [BHM 

258, prologue]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Adversus Helvidiam [BHM 251, CPL 609]: Epistolae 

et trac 

tatus 

Adversus Jovinianum [BHM 252, CPL 610]: Epistolae et 

tractatus 

Altercatio Luciferiani et Orthodox! [BHM 250, CPL 608]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Apologia adversus libros Rufini [BHM 255, CPL 613]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Contra Johannem Hierosolymitanum [BHM 254, CPL 

612]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Contra Vigilantium [BHM 253, CPL 611]: et 

Epistolae 

trac 

tatus 

De oboedientia [BHM 240]: see ps.-Augustinus 

De viris illustribus, with continuation of Gennadius 

Massiliensis [BHM 260, CPL 616]: Epistolae 

et tractatus- II 

95.2 (H-192) 

Dialogi contra Pelagianos [BHM 257, CPL 615]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

In die dominica Paschae, I [BHM 231, CPL 603]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

In die dominica paschae, II (In psalmum CXVII) [BHM 

232, CPL 604]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

In psalmum XLI [BHM 230, CPL 602]: et 

Epistolae 

tracta 

tus 

Liber tertius adversus libros Rufini [BHM 256, CPL 614]: 

et 

Epistolae 

tractatus

Sermo de die epiphaniorum [BHM 227, CPL 599]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Sermo de quadragesima [BHM 228, CPL 600]: Epistolae et 

tractatus 

Tractatus de Exodo in vigilia Paschae [BHM 229, CPL 

60 1 : 

] Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Vita Malchi monachi captivi [BHM 263, CPL 619]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Vita S. Hilarionis [BHM 262, CPL 618]: Epistolae 

et tracta 

tus 

Vita S. Pauli primi eremitae [BHM 261, CPL 617]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Ad filiam Mauritii laus virginitatis (Ad virgines deo 

dicatas) (Quantam in coelestibus beatitudinem) [BHM 313, 

CPPM 2.862: Pelagianist, 5th cent.]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Ad virgines deo dicatas (Solae idcirco 

filiae) [Regula 

monachorum, ch. 26]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Carmen de puella (Quis consoletur te virgo filia Siori) 

[BHM 805, CPPM 2.3385]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De celebratione paschae (Lectis litteris tuis ubi me com- 

monuisti) [Augustinus, Ep. 55: Ad inquisitiones Januarii, lib. 

II] : 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De corpore et sanguine Christi (Magnitudo caelestium 

beneficiorum) [BHM 338, CPPM 2.887]: Epistolae 

et tracta 

tus 

ps.-: De diversis generibus leprarum (Admirabile divinae dis- 

positionis) [BHM 334, CPPM 2.883]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: De diversis generibus musicorum (Cogor a te) [BHM 

323, CPPM 2.872: Carolingian, possibly Rabanus]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De duobus filiis frugi et luxurioso (Omnium quidem de 

scripturis quaestionum absolutio) [BHM 335, CPPM 2.884]: 

Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: De essentia trinitatis (Omnipotens deus pater etfilius et 

spiritus sanctus unus atque trinus) [BHM 314, CPPM 2.863: 

extracts from Eucharius, Formulae spiritalis intelligentiae]: 

Epistolae et tractatus - as De essentia divinitatis, with 

Thomas Aquinas, De articulis fidei: II 95.3 (H-179) 

ps.-: De homine poentitente (Obiurgatio in eum qui se dicit 

poenitentem) (Ad te surgo hominem quern scio esse fidelem) 

[BHM 333, CPPM 2.882: Pelagian]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: De honorandis parentibus (Parentum mentis subiugans) 

[BHM 311, CPPM 2.860]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: De lapsu virginis (Obiurgatio acerrima in Susannam) 

(Quid faces o anima Susannae?) [BHM 320, CPPM 2.869]: 


ps.-: De locis et nominibus hebraicorum quaestionum 

(Cum in 

principiis librorum] [Liber Hebraicarum quaestion 

um in Genesim, Praefato]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: De nativitate domini (Hodie verus sol) [BHM 325, 

CPPM 2.874]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: De nativitate sanctae Mariae (Petistis a me) [BHM 350, 

CPPM 2.899; cf. CPL 633 ep. 50 re doubts on attribution 

to Paschasius Radbertus]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De observatione vigiliarum (Dignum estfratres 

aptumque prorsus) [BHM 331, CPPM 2.880, CPL 648: 

Nicetas Remesianensis] : 


ps.-: De perfecto homine (Ecce iterum) [BHM 306, CPPM 

2.855, CPL 566a: Eutropius]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: De resurrectione domini [BHM 324, CPPM 2.873]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

261 

ps.-: De tribus virtutibus fortitudine sapientia et prudentia 

(Tres quodammodo virtutes) [BHM 308, CPPM 2.857: 

Origenes, Homilia (5) in Hieremiam]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De vera circumcisione, ad Terentiam (Superiori epistola 

quam ex me) [BHM 319, CPPM 2.868, CPL 566: 

Eutropius] : 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: De virtute psalmorum (Quia me dulcissimae 

filiae) 

[BHM 351, CPPM 2.900]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: Decem tentationes populi Israel in deserto (Haec sunt 

verba quibus corripuit Moyses filios Israel) [BHM 409, CPPM 

2.2346]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Dialogus sub nomine Hieronymi et Augustini de origine 

animarum (Cum apud vos caelestis eloquentia) [BHM 

337, CPPM 2.886: N. Italian, c.430-50]: in Hieronymus, 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola [ad Augustinum] (Cum in urbe leges anteriori 

tempore) [BHM 352, CPPM 2.901]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad amicum aegrotum (Quanquam noverim certissime 

experientiam tuam) [BHM 305, CPPM 2.854: Gaul, 

c.500?]: Epistolae et tractatus 

de oboedientia 

ps.-: Epistola ad Ctesiphontem 

(Praesumptionem meam) [BHM 307, CPPM 2.856: Rome? 

5th cent.?]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Damasum de oblationibus altaris (Noverit 

sancta auctoritas) [BHM 343, CPPM 2.892: 5th-6th cent.]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Demetriadem (Si summo ingenio parique 

frequentus) [BHM 301, CPPM 2.850, CPL 737: Pelagius]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Desiderium de XII doctoribus (Vis nunc 

acriter) [BHM 357, CPPM 2.906: Hibernian, 8th cent.]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Eustochium de vinculis Petri (Saepissimo 

rogatu o virgo) [BHM 330, CPPM 2.879: 12th cent.]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Evagrium de levita lapso (Nisi vererer beatis- 

simefrater) [BHM 358, CPPM 2.907=836, CPL 569: 

Bachiarius] : 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Marcellam de sufferentia temptationum 

(Magnam humilitati nostrae fiduciam scribendf) [BHM 303, 

CPPM 2.852, CPL 738: Pelagius]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad militem saeculi (Etsi ignotus tibi sim facie) 

[BHM 359, CPPM 2.908, CPL 202 ep.: Paulinus Nolanus]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Oceanum de ferendis opprobriis 

(Diversorum opprobrii tribulationes multiplies) [BHM 341, 

CPPM 2.890: Pelagian]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Oceanum de vita clericorum (Deprecatus es 

uttibi breviter exponerem) [BHM 342, CPPM 2.891: 

Pelagian?] 

ps.-: Epistola ad Pammachium et Oceanum de renuntia- 

tione saeculi (Qui aethiopem invitat ad balnea) [BHM 332, 

CPPM 2.881: Pelagian]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Paulam et Eustochium de assumptione 

Mariae virginis (Cogitis me o Paula) [BHM 309, CPPM 

2.858: Paschasius Radbertus]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Rusticum de VII ordinibus ecclesiae

262 

(Sufficere quidem arbitrorfidei tuae) [BHM 312, CPPM 

2.861: related to Isidorus Hispalensis, De ecclesiasticis offici- 

is] : 

et 

Epistolae 

tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Tullianum (Sancti corruunt si fuerint negli- 

gentes) [BHM 990, cited from 2 Vatican Mss.]: Epistolae et 

tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad Tyrasium super morte filiae suae (Caritatis 

tuae scripta percept) [BHM 340, CPPM 2.889]: Epistolae et 

tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola ad virginem in exilium (Si deus ac dominus noster 

iesus christus securitatem pacem) [BHM 304, CPPM 

2.853, CPL 739: Pelagius]: Epistolae et tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola de testamento Geruntii (Cuncti mei sensus) 

[BHM 302, CPPM 2.851, CPL 565: Eutropius]: Epistolae et 

tractatus 

ps.-: Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum de ducat uxorem (Loqui 

prohibeor et tacere non possum) [BHM 336, CPPM 2.885: 

Walter Map] : 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Explanatio fidei ad Damasum (Credimus in deum 

patrem omnipotentem cunctorum uisibilium et inuisibilium 

conditorem) [BHM 316, CPPM 2.865, CPL 731: Pelagius]: 

Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Expositio fidei ad Cyrillum (Credimus in unum deum 

patrem omnipotentem omnium uisibilium et in uisibilium cre- 

atorem) [BHM 317, CPPM 2.866: early 5th cent.]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Expositio in symbolum apostolorum (Mihi quidem 

fidelissime papa Laurenti ad scribendum animus tarn non est 

cupidus) [CPL 196; BHM 514, CPPM 2.840: Rufinus. In 

GoffR-351 the title is given as Exposicio symboli gloriosi 

leronimi contra louinianum hereticum, and the text begins 

in ch. 3: Credo in deo patre omnipotente. Verum priusquam 

incipiam}: Epistolae 

et tractatus- II 58 (R-351) 

- 

ps.-: Homelia super evangelium Matthaei (Sanctus evange- 

lista docet nos) [BHM 339, CPPM 2.888]: Epistolae 

et tracta 

tus 

ps.-: In iuvenem sceleris perpetratorem (De te autem quid 

dicam fili serpentis) [Ambrosius, De lapsu virginis conse- 

cratae, ch. 9, extract]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Praefationes in Martyrologium Hieronymianum (ps.- 

Chromatius to Jerome, and reply) [BHM 640, CPPM 

2.518-20: Gallican, 6th-7th cent.]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Prologus in librurn de infantia salvatoris (Qui terram 

aurt) [BHM 349, CPPM 2.898]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Regula vivendi sanctimonialium (Prol.: Tepescens in 

membris] [BHM 560, CPPM 2.3663]: Epistolae 

et tractatus 

ps.-: Rescriptum ad Damasum papam (Legi litteras apostolatus 

vestri), with preceding ps.-Damasus, ad Hieronymum ut 

Graecorum Psallentiam sibi mittat (Dum multa corpora 

librorum) [BHM 346-7, CPPM 2.895-6: Rome, 6th cent.?]: 


ps.-: Responsio ad Chromatium et Heliodorum (Dominis 

sanctis . . . Qui terram aurt); with ps.-Chromatius, Epistola ad 

Hieronymum de ortu beatae Mariae virginis ( Ortum 

Mariae reginae) [BHM 348-9, CPPM 2.897-8 = 515-6]: 


ps.-: Sermo de nativitate beatae Mariae . . (de assumptione .) 

(Sdentesfratresdilectissimi) [BHM 310, CPPM 2.859: 7th 

cent.] : 


ps.-: Tractatus fidei, credulitatis et conversationis vitae 

Christianae (Dauid gloriosus in psalmo sic dicif) [BHM 515, 

CPPM 2.830: Spain? 4th cent.]: Epistolae et tractatus 

tr.: Eusebius Caesariensis, Chronicon. De situ et 

nominibus locorum Hebraicorum. Origenes, 

in Cantica canticorum 

see also Biblia Latina; Lupus de Olmeto 

Homilae II 

Historia septem sapientum Romae (German) (Ein gar schone 

Cronick unnd hystorie ausz den geschichten der Romern) 

[15th-cent. prose version; VL 8.1 174]: I 13 (HC 8729) 

Hoest, Stephan, c. 1430-1472, theology professor at Heidelberg 

University [VL 4.79; Frank Baron, Der erste Druck einer 

SchriftAugustms\HistorischesJahrbuch9l (1971) 108-18]: 

editor of Augustinus, De arte praedicandi 

HOMER, fl. c.700 BC? [OCD, 718; NeuePauly 5.686] 

Opera (Greek: 1. 7/zW[TLGC 12.1]. 2. Odyssey [12.2]. 

3. Batrachomyomachia [TLGC 1220.1]); ed. by 

Demetrius Chalcondylas with a preface, with lives of Homer 

by pseudo-Herodotus, pseudo-Plutarch, and Dio 

Chrysostom: I 16 (H-300: prelims); II 60 (H-300) 

HONORIUS Augustodunensis, c. 1080-1 137, fl. Regensburg, per 

haps of Irish origin [Sharpe, 179; VL 4.122] 

De cognitione verae vitae: see ps. -Augustinus 

De imagine mundi: see ps.-Anselmus 

Elucidarium [Dagmar Gottschall, Das Elucidarium des 

Honorius Augustodunensis (Tubingen 1992)]: see Lucidarius 

(German) 

HORATIUS Flaccus, Quintus, 65-8 BC [OCD, 724]: see Cicero, De 

officiis 

HOUPPELANDE, Guillermus, mag., fl. 1490s, Paris 

De immortalitate animae (Antiques philosophos floruisse ac 

studio profecisse): II 59 (H-495) 

HUGO de Balma, fl. 1289-1304, OCarth. [Diet. spir. 7.859; VL 

4.225] 

Theologia mystica / Viae Sion lugent [ed. Francis Ruello, 2 

v., Paris, 1995: Sources chretiennes 408-9]: see Bonaventura, 

De triplici via 

HUGO (Ripelin) Argentinensis, C.1210-C.1270, OP [VL 4.252; 

Kaeppeli 2.251]: see ps.-Albertus Magnus, Compendium 

theologicae veritatis 

HVGINUS (C. Julius H.), fl. c. 28 BC and after, Augustan freedman, 

prefect of the Palatine library, Rome, author also of a mythographic 

handbook Ge nealogiae I Fabulae [OCD, 735; Neue 

Pauly 5.778. OCD doubts the identification, accepted by the 

editor of the Teubner edition, Ghislaine Vire (Hygini De 

astronomia, 1992), suggesting the Poeticon astronomicon 

belongs to the 2nd cent. AD, its author being essentially 

unidentifiable as an historical figure] 

Poeticon astronomicon (ed., and with commendatory verse 

byjac. Sentinus and Job. Luc. Santritter): II 61 (H-560), 62 

(H-561), 63 (H-562) 

lAMBLICHUS, c.240-c.325, of Chalcis (Syria), pupil of Pirphyry 

[OCD, 743; Neue Paufy5.848] 

De ... 

mysteriis Aegyptiorum [A compilation of Marsilius

Ficinus s translations, many excerpted, of classical and 

Byzantine Platonic texts; including Ficinus s earlier dedica 

tions of individual texts to Card. Giovanni de Medici, 

Lorenzo and Piero de Medici, Philippus Valor, and Giovanni 

Cavalca. In contents, infra, roman numbers refer to the 

items in Paul O. Kristeller, Supplementum Ficinianum 

(1937), pt. Ill: Index operum]: II 64 (J-216) 

lamblichus, De mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, 

Assyriorum (XVIII; TLGC 2023.6) 

Proclus, In Platonis Alcibiadem (XIX; TLGC 4036.7) - De 

sacrificio et magia (XIX; TLGC 4036.18) 

Porphyrius, De occasionibus (XX) - De abstinentia (XX; 

TLGC 2034.3) [BSB-Ink. 1-127 as De divinis et dae- 

monibus, viz. Epistola ad Anebonem, TLGC 2034.13] 

Synesius, De insomniis (XXV; TLGC 2006.5) 

Michael Psellus, De daemonibus (XXI) 

Priscianus Lydus, In Theophrastum De sensu (XV, with 

interpolations by Ficinus; TLGC 4014.1) 

Alcinous, De doctrina Platonis (XXII; TLGC 693 

[Albinus].!) 

Speusippus, De Platonis definitionibus (XXIII; TLGC 

1692.5 (Fragmenta); cf OCD, 1434) 

Pythagoras (Pythagorica), Aurea verba - Symbola (XXVI; 

TLGC 632.1) 

ps.-Xenocrates, De morte (XXIV; TLGC, 322: 59.38, i.e. 

ps.-Plato, Axiochus) 

Marsilius Ficinus, De Voluptate (7457; IX) 

Ilicinus, Bernardus: see Lapini, Bernardus 

INSTITORIS, Henricus, c. 1430-1 505, OP [VL 4.1408], jointly 

with Jac. Sprenger 

Malleus maleficamm (Apologia: Cum inter mentis saeculi 

calamitates Text: Super bullam ergo Innocentii octavi adver- 

sus haeresim [Kaeppeli 2127 (sub I 

Sprenger)]): 17 

ISIDORUS c. 

Hispalensis, 560-636, Bp. of Seville 599/600 [CPL, 

398; OCD, 768; Neue Pauly 5. 1 1 22] 

Etymologiae [CPL 1186]: 

II 65 (1-181) 

JACOBUS de Voragine, c.1228/9-1298, OP, Arbp. of Genoa 1292 

[Kaeppeli 1.348; VL 4.448; Legenda aurea, ed. Giovanni 

Paolo Maggioni, 2 v., Tavarnuzze, 1998] 

Legenda aurea (with 27 supplementary lives added at the 

end, and indicated as Additiones ; 

their order suggests that 

the edition derives ultimately from that of Anton Koberger, 

Nuremberg, 1 1 Aug. 1478 [GoffJ-90]): II 66 0-120) 

see also Heiligen Leben 

Jehudah ben Moshe ha-Cohen, 

Alfonso X of Spain, translator of Haly, De iudiciis astrorum 

fl. 1231-1257 at the court of 

from Arabic into Old Castilian, from which it was translated 

into Latin [ed. Gerold Hilty, El libra libra conplido en los 

iudizios de las estrellas (Madrid, 1954), see xxxviii sq. on 

Jehudah, and also Munoz Sendino, 85 sq.] 

JOHANNES Chrysostomus, Saint, c.349/54-407, Patriarch of 

Constantinople from 397/8 [OCD, 329; Neue Paufy5.\Q59; 

Diet. spir. 8.331; Altaner, 322] 

De providentia Dei, Lat. (noviter translatutus est de greco in 

latinum: Oportuerat quidem o mihi amantissime omnium 

Stagiri) - De dignitate humanae originis (Dignitate 

263 

humanae originis facile agnoscitur) [colophon identifies trans 

lator as Ambrosius, abbot general of the Camaldolese order, 

i.e. Ambr. Traversarius] : II 72 (J-293) 

ps.-: Expositio super Matthaeum / Opus imperfectum in 

Matthaeum, Lat. (Sicut referunt, Matheum conscribere evangelium) 

[Diet. spir. 8.362: A 5th-6th cent. Latin text, of 

Arianist II 

origin]: 71.1 0-289) 

ps.-: Sermones de patientia in lob, Lat. (Annuus ad nos 

hodierna die certator orbis), ed. and trans. Lilius Tifernas, 

with his dedication to Pope Nicholas V: I 19 (J-304) 

JOHANNES de Capua, 

from Hebrew to Latin of the Sanskrit fable collection 

fl. 1263-1278, Jewish convert, translator 

Panchatranta (as transmitted to the Latin West via Persian to 

Arabic to Hebrew), under title Directorium vitae humanae 

[VL 1 .402, s.v. Antonius von Pforr] 

Directorium vitae humanae [ed. F. Geissler, Berlin, I960]; 

with Johannes s dedication to Card. Matthaeus Rubeus 

Ursinus: I 7 0-268) 

Johannes de Lapide: see Heynlin, Johannes 

JOHANNES deTambaco / Dambach, 1288-1372, OP Strassburg 

[Diet. spir. 8.466, Kaeppeli 2.400; VL 4.571] 

Consolatio theologiae [1366: Kaeppeli 2256. Goff J-436 is 

the frill text, J-437 an abridgment]: II 68 0-436), 70.1 (J- 

437), 69 0-437) 

JOHANNES Marchesinus, 

fl. c. 1300, OFM in custodia of Ferrara, 

au.of Mammotrectus [Wadding-Sbaralea 1.166, 3/204; cf. 

Stegmuller, Rep. bibl. 4776-7] 

Centilioquium: see ps.-Bonaventura 

Johannes Philoponus [c.490-c.570/5, Alexandria: OCD, 

Neue Pauly 9. 860], pseudo-: see Aristoteles, Opera (Gr.) 

1 168; 

Kalender (German) [Peter Amelung, ed. and comm.: Das ist der 

teutsche kalender mit denfiguren gedruckt zu Ulm imjahre 

1498 von Johannes Schaffler(Dietikon-Zuric\i, 1978)]: I 20 

(H 9745) 

KEMPIS, Thomas (Hemmerken) a, c.1379/80-1471, OSA [VL 

9.862; Opera, ed. Jos. Pohl, 7 v., Freiburg 1902-22] 

Opera et libri vitae, ed. Georg Pirckamer, with commendato 

ry letter by the dedicatee Pet. Danhauser . I (1 mi tat io 

Christi. 2. Jean Gerson, De meditatione cordis. 3. 

Liber vitae magistri Gerhardi Magni vulgariter Gross. 4. 

Liber de hu militate Christi (quam dominus Florentius 

studuit imitari). 

5. Liber de discipulis domini Florentii. 

6. Soliloquiurn animae. 7. De disciplina claustralium. 

8. Aliqua notabilia de conversatione Thomae de 

Kempis. 9. Alphabetum 10. Sermones ad novitios. 

1 1. (De tribus tabernaculis:) Libellus de paupertate, humili- 

tate et patientia. 

12. De vera compunctione (cordis). 

13. Hortulus rosarum. 14. Vallis liliorum. 15. 

Alphabetum monachi. 16. Consolatio pauperum et 

infirmorum. 17. Epitaphium monachorum. 18. 

Sermones devoti. 19. Dialogus novitiorum. 20. 

Canticum de laudibus sanctarum virginum (et alia). 

Epistolae V. 22. Manuale monachorum. 23. 

Doctrinale iuvenum. 24. I Hospitale pauperum): 34 (T- 

352) 

21.

264 

Imitatio Christi: II 95.1 (1-4) (German, anon.): II 96 (I- 

40) in Opera 

Meditationes de vita et beneficiis Jesu Christi, sive 

Gratiarum actiones (Si desideras perfecte mundari a vitiis) 

[authenticity unclear, anonymous here]: I 6.2 (M-432) 

LACTANTIUS (Lactantius Caelius Firmianus), 

fl. c.250-325, of 

Nicomedia [GPL, 24; OCD, 811; Neue Paufy6.lQ43; 

Altaner, 185] 

. Opera (1 De divinis institutionibus [CPL 85] 2. De ira 

dei [CPL 88] 3. De opificio 

dei vel de formatione 

hominis [CPL 87] 4. De phoenice carmen [CPL 90] - 

5. Epitome divinarum institutionum (chs. 56-73) [CPL 

85]; with Venantius Fortunatus, [Carmen] De resurrectione 

Christi [Saluefesta dies toto uenerabilis euo I 

num uicit. et astra tenet]): I 21 (L-9) 

Qua deus infer- 

Langen, Rudolf von / c. Rudolphus Langius, 1438-1 5 19, human 

ist, canon of Miinster cathedral [Cant. Eras. 2.290; VL 

5.590; Reichhart, 79]: Commendatory verse in Joh. 

Tritheim, De laudibus S. Annae 

Lapide, Johannes de: see Heynlin, Johann 

Lapini, Bernardus (Bernardus Ilicinus, of Montalcino), 1435- 

1476, Siena, physician and humanist [C. Corso, L llicino 

(Bernardo Lapini) , Bullettino senese di storia patria 64 (1957) 

3-108; Valerie Merry, Una nota sulla fortuna del commento 

di Bernardo Ilicino ai Trionfi petrarcheschi , 

Giornale storico 

della letteratura italiana, 163 (1986) 235-46; Reichhart, 67]: 

comm.: Petrarca 

LEONARDOS de Utino, c. 1400-1469, of Udine, OP, prior 1456 

[Kaeppeli 3.80] 

Sermones de sanctis [1446; Kaeppeli 2874]: II 73 (L-164) 

Leonicenus, Omnibonus (Ognibene Bonisoli da Lonigo), c. 1412- 

1474, taught in Vicenza, Treviso, Mantua; editor also of 

Jensen s 1471 Quintilian (Goff Q-26) in which he praised 

Jenson as librariae artis mirabilis inventor, etc. [DBI 12.234; 

Reichhart, 111]: ed., ps. -Cicero, Rhetorica ad C. Herennium 

Leontorius, Conradus, OSB, Maulbronn, late 15th cent., member 

of the Sodalitas litteraria Rhenana [Rupprich, 524; 

Reichhart, 83]: commendatory material in Pet. Schott 

LlCHTENBERGER, Johannes, c. 1440-1 503, court astrologer to 

Emp. Friedrich III, c.1476; priest in Brambach 1481 [VL 

5.770] 

Prognosticatio latina (Prol.: Quanquam solus deus in sua 

potestate): 

II 74 (L-205) 

Lignamine, Johannes Philippus de, printer 

in Rome, c. 1470-84: 

dedicatory letter to Card. d Estouteville in Eusebius, Historia 

ecclesiastica 

Lobkowitz von Hassenstein, Bohuslaw, 1462-1510, I.U.D. 

Bologna, Bohemian statesman and humanist [NDB 14.730]: 

commendatory material in Pet. Schott 

Lucidarius (German) (Ein liebliche hystory von dem hochgelerten 

meister lucidarius, incip.: (Meister:) Dis buck heysset 

Lucidarius das spricht zu teutsch also vil alsz ein erleuchter) 

[VL 5.939; based on Honorius Augustodunensis, 

Elucidarium, q.v.]: I 22 (CR 3041) 

LUDOLPHUS de Saxonia, c. 1300- 1377, OP then (1340) OCarth, 

Strassburg, Koblenz, Mainz [Diet. spir. 9.1 130; VL 5.967] 

Compendiosum scriptum Psalterii intentionem declarans 

(Anon.; Sicut olim manna habuit delectamentum) [cf. 

Stegmiiller 5428 (5429, 5430), Sack 2280: entered under 

Walafridus Strabo in incunable catalogues from Proctor 

onward, treated as anonymous by BSB-Ink. S-237. Sack 

treats as an abridgment of Ludolphus s full Expositio 

psalterii, first printed [Speyer: Peter Drach, 1491], Goff L- 

336. The relations of the latter with other Psalm commen 

taries attributed to Alanus (de Insulis?) and Jordanus de 

Quedlinburg are discussed by Walter Baier, Untersuchungen 

zu den Passionsbetrachtungen in der Vita Christi des Ludolfvon 

Sachsen, 1.86 sqq. (3 v., 1977: Analecta Cartusiana, 44)]: II 

105 (W-l) 

Lupus de Olmeto: see Olmeto 

Macerata, Franciscus de, 

: [Reichhart, 86] ed. Avicenna 

fl. 1495, Venice; B.Th., OFM 

Manutius, Aldus, 1452?-1515, scholar-printer in Venice [Cont. 

Eras. 2.376; Martin Davies, Aldus Manutius (London, 

1995)]: dedicator of Aristophanes (to Daniel Clarius, 13 July 

1498: Orlandi XIV) of Aristoteles (5 to Alberto Pio, 

prince of Carpi, Orlandi III, VIII.VII, IX, XIII) 

Marchesinus: see Johannes Marchesinus 

Margarita davitica seu Expositio psalmorum (Prol.: In nomine 

sanctissimae et individuae trinitatis et Ihesu Christi humani- 

tatis . . . Liber maragarita, Davitica . . . nuncupatus regalem 

exponens prophetam David . . . 

feliciter incipit 

Tituli 

psalmorum: Prophetia est inspiratio divina quae eventus rerum 

immobili veritate . . . Comm. to 1 , ps. Beatus vir: Innutuis ab 

omni male): II 75 (M-262) 

MARTIANUS Capella, fl. later 5th cent., ?Carthage [OCD, 932; 

NeuePaufy 7.961] 

De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (ed. Franciscus Vitalis 

Bodianus, with his dedication to Johannes Chieregatus, Bp. 

of Cattaro, Vicenza, 3 Oct. [1499?]): II 76 (C-l 17) 

Martinis, Octavianus de, 

fl. Rome, late 15th cent., I.U.D., advo- 

catus consistorialis sacri palatii: see Bonaventura, Tractatus et 

libri 

Martyr, Peter: see Anghiera 

Martyrologium (Viola sanctorum: Si cuncta corporis mei membra 

verterentur in linguas, et omnes artus) [A brief digest listing a 

major saint or occasionally several saints for each day of the 

year, with printed shoulder notes in form Ci A , si b , 

j 

ij 

etc., keying these to, respectively, the syllabic Cisiojanus, the 

days of the week (a-g), and the days of the year]: 

339) 

I 23 (M-

METHODIUS (pseudo-), St. Methodius, episcopus Pararensis , i.e. 

St. Methodius, said to have been Bp. of Olympus, martyred 

in the Diocletianic persecutions (Hieronymus, De viris illus- 

tribus) c. 31 1 [OCD, 969; Neue Pauly 8.96] 

Revelationes (De regnis gentium et novissimis temporibus 

certa demonstratio Christiana: Sciendum namque est quod 

exeuntes Adam quidem et Eva) [a Syrian-Christian apocalypse, 

later 7th cent., with early translations into Greek (TGLC, 

270: 2959.14-17) and Latin (E. Sackur, ed., Sibyllinische 

Texte und Forschungen [1898] 59-96]: in ps.-Bonaventura, 

De triplici via 

Mosnauer, Wolfgang, fl. 1 500, liberalium disciplinarum magister 

[cf. Reichhart, 14]: ed., Aristoteles, De anima 

Musurus, Marcus, c. 1470-1 5 17, of Crete [Cont. Eras. 2.472; 

DAGL, 586 (s.v. Mousouros); Reichhart, 106]: ed. 

Aristophanes 

Nebrija, Antonio de: see Antonius Nebrissensis 

Nerlius, Bernardus, Florentine noble, student of Demetrius 

Chalcondylas, professor of civil law at Pisa, 1492 [R. Ridolfi, 

La stampa in Firenze nel secolo XV(F\orence 1958), 96 n. 1]: 

publisher and dedicator of Homer (to Piero de Medici, 13 

January [idib. Ian.] 1488) 

NlCETAS Remesianensis, fl. late 4th/early 5th cent., Bp. of 

Remesiana (Bela Palanka, Serbia) [CPL, 228; Diet. spir. 

1 1.214; Altaner, 391] 

De observatione vigiliarum: see ps. -Hieronymus 

NlCOLAUS de Blony, d. c.1440, M.A. Cracow 1421, priest; of 

Blony nr. Warsaw [Diet. spir. 1 1.253] 

De sacramentis: II 77 (N-81) 

NlCOLAUS de Byard, fl. mid-13th cent., OP [Kaeppeli 3.148; 

Diet. spir. 11.254]: [Dictionarius pauperum] Flos theologiae 

sive Summa de abstinentia [Kaeppeli 3046]: in Joh. de 

Turrecremata, Quaestiones Evangeliorum 

NlDER, Johann, c. 1380- 1438, OP, of Isny, prior in Basel, profes 

sor in Vienna [VL 6.971; Kaeppeli 2.500; Diet. spir. 1 1.322] 

Dispositorium artis moriendi [Kaeppeli 2536]: II 95.9 (A- 

1089) 

Formicarius [Kaeppeli 2537]: I 24 (N-176) 

Sermones de tempore et de sanctis cum quadragesimal! 

[Kaeppeli 2548]: I 25 (N-216), 26 (N-217), 27 (N-219) 

OLMETO, Lupus de, 1370-1433, of Valladolid, OHier and 

reformer of his order, friend of and patronized by Martin V 

(pope 1417-31) [Diet. spir. 11.786] 

Regula monachorum ex variis epistolis Hieronymi excerpta 

(with prefatory Bulla of Martin V): in Hieronymus, Epistolae 

et tractatus 

265 

OaiGENES Adamantius, C.184-C.254, of Alexandria [OCD, 1076; 

Altaner, 197] 

Cornrnentaria in Cantica canticorum (tr. Rufinus) [PG 

13.61]: in Hieronymus, Epistolae et tractatus 

Homilia 5 in Hieremiam: see ps. -Hieronymus, De tribus 

virtutibus 

Homiliae II in Cantica canticorum (tr. Hieronymus, with 

prologue to Pope Damasus [Origenes cum in ceteris libris}) 

[BHM 206]): in Hieronymus, Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Super epistola Pauli ad Romanes (tr. Hieronymus): in 


Epistolae 

tractatus 

OVIDIUS Naso, Publius, 43BC-AD17, Rome, and exiled toTomis 

(Constantsa, Black Sea) [OCD, 1084; Neue Pauly 9. 1 1 0] 

Opera, ed. Johannes Calphurnius, with his commendatory 

verse (Perlege Nasonis divina poemata lector \ ...) and with 

[Franciscus Puteolanus], Vita Ovidii - 

[Metamorphoses 

Heroides - Ars amandi - Amores - De remedio amoris - 

De medicamine faciei - De nuce (ps.-?): [cf. Neue Pauly 

8.1067] - Fasti - 

(ps.-:) Epistola consolatoria ad Liviam de 

morte Drusi [9 BC; cf. Neue Pauly 3.133] - Tristia - 

Epistolae ex Ponto - 

(ps.-:) De - 

pulice (ps.-:) De 

Philomena-Ibis]: II 78 (O-128) 

PALMERIUS, Matthaeus, Florentinus; humanist, d.1475 [cf. Eric 

Cochrane, Historians and Historiography in the Italian 

Renaissance (Chicago, 1981), 24]: Annals 448-1448: in 

Eusebius Caesariensis, Chronicon 

PALMERIUS, Matthias, Pisanus; 1423-1483; pupil of Matthaeus 

Palmerius, humanist, papal secretary: Annals 1449-1483 

(including a reference to Gutenberg s invention of printing, 

entered under 1457 but referring back to 1440): in Eusebius 

Caesariensis, Chronicon 

PALTZ, Johannes de, c. 1445-151 1, of Pfalzel nr. Trier, OESA, 

Erfurt [Zumkeller, 255; VL 4.698] 

Quaestio determinata contra triplicem errorem de 

Antichristi revelatione [Aug. i486, Erfurt, anonymous as 

printed: Zumkeller 555a: opus dubium (?)]: II 67 (A-772) 

PASCHASIUS Radbertus (Radbert of Corbie), c.790-c.859/60 [Diet, 

spir. 12.295] 

De nativitate sanctae Mariae: see ps. -Hieronymus 

Epistola ad Paulam et Eustochium de assumptione Mariae 

virginis: see ps.-Hieronymus 

PASSAU, OTTO VON, fl. 1362-1386, OFM [VL 7.229] 

Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder der Goldene Thron der 

minnende Seele (Prol.: Als du mynnen sele von mir begert hast 

ein leben [ed. Wieland Schmidt, 1937]: I 28 

PATRICIUS Episcopus, / Patrick of Dublin, OSB Worcester, Bp. of 

Dublin 1074-84 [Sharpe, 414; A. O. Gwynn, ed., The 

Writings ofBishop Patrick (Dublin, 1955)]. De triplici 

habitacula: see ps.-Augustinus 

Paulinus Mediolanensis, diaconus, fl. Africa, 422 [CPL, 52; 

Altaner, 379]: Vita S. Ambrosii [as Paulinus Nolanus; CPL 

169, BHL377]: inAmbrosius, Opuscula

266 

PAULINUS Nolanus, c.353-431, of Bordeaux, Bp. of Nola from 

395 [OCD, 1 128; NeuePaufy9A26; Altaner, 409] 

Epistola ad militem saeculi (ep. 25): see ps.-Hieronymus 

Paulinus et Therasia ad Sebastianum eremi cultorem (ep. 

26): in Hieronymus, Epistolae et tractatus 

(ps.-): Vita Ambrosii: see Paulinus Mediolanensis 

PELAGIUS, fl. c.380-418, British birth [GPL, 250; OCD, 1131; 

NeuePauly 9 A87; Sharpe, 415] 

Libellus fidei ad Innocentium papam: see ps.-Hieronymus, 

Explanatio fidei ad Damasum 

Epistola ad Demetriadem: see ps.-Hieronymus 

Epistola ad Marcellam de sufferentia temptationum: see 

ps.-Hieronymus 

Epistola ad virginem in exilium: see ps.-Hieronymus 

Penketh, Thomas, fl. !466-d.l487; OESA, theology lecturer, 

University of Padua, 14/4-79 [Sharpe, 674; Francis X. 

Roth, The English Austin Friars (1966), 398-9, 561-4]: part- 

editor of Joh. Duns Scotus, Quaestiones in quattuor libros 

Sententiarum 

PETRARCA, Francesco, 1303-1374 [DAGL, 659] 

Trionfi, Canzoniere (ed. Franciscus Philelphus, with dedica 

tion to Filippo Maria Angelo Visconti; Trionfi with comm. 

of Bernardo Lapini da Siena ( Bernardus Glicinus ); 

Canzoniere with comm. of Philelphus and Hieronymus 

Squarzaficus): II 79 (P-392) 

Petrus de Alvernia, fl. 1275-d.l304, canon of Notre-Dame, Paris; 

Bp. of Clermont 1302 [Lohr 28.334; Grabmann, 89; Eubel. 

1.192]: comm. of Aristoteles, De coelo 

PETRUS Blesensis / Peter of Blois, d.1212, archdeacon of Bath and 

London [Sharpe, 418; Diet. spir. 12.1510] 

Epistolae: II 80 (P-456) 

PETRUS Comestor, d.l 178, ofTroyes, 

[Diet. spir. 12.1614] 

chancellor of Paris 1 168 

Historia schokstica: II 81 (P-463), 82 (P-466) 

PETRUS Lombardus, c. 1095-1 160, of Novara, Bp. of Paris 1 159 

[LThK 3.367; Diet. spir. 12.1604] 

Sententiarum libri IV: II 83 (P-479) 

Sententiae (Lemmata only): 131 

Petrus de fl. Regio, 1257-1280, imperial protonotary at the court 

of Alfonso X of Spain [Munoz Sendino,, 97 sq.]: translator 

from Castilian to Latin of Haly 

Philelphus, Franciscus, 1398-1481, humanist and Greek scholar, 

Bologna, Florence, Milan [DBI 47.613; Reichhart, 117]: ed. 

and comm.: Petrarca 

Philo Judaeus, c.15 BC-c. AD 50, Alexandria [OCD, 1167; Neue 

Paufy9.850], pseudo-: see Aristoteles, Opera (Gr.) 

Philoponus: see Johannes Philoponus 

PlCO della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494 [DAGL, 678; 

Fernand Roulier, Jean Pic de la Mirandole (Geneva, 1989)] 

Omnia opera, ed. Giovanni Francesco Pico, with his dedica 

tion to Lorenzo de Medici and his Vita of his uncle; ps.- 

Cyprianus, Carmen de ligno vitae; and an extensive series of 

commendations and testimonies by contemporaries; fuller 

details of contents, including dedications of the tracts, given 

BSB-Ink. P-481 (Heptaplus - Deprecatio ad deum - 

Apologia - De Ente et uno - De dignitate hominis - 

Epistolae - Disputationes adversus astrologos): II 84 (P- 

634) 

Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni di Francesco, 1469-1533, nephew 

of Giov. Pico, q.v. 

Pirckamer, Georg, d.l 506, OCarth, prior of the Nuremberg 

Charterhouse: editor ofThos. a Kempis, Opera; with his 

dedicatory correspondence to and from Petrus Danhausser, 

14 Feb. 1494 

Platonius, Greek grammarian, 9th- 10th cent.? [OCD, 1 193]: 

fragmentary tracts on Greek comedy [TGLC 1615.1]: in 

Aristophanes 

Plenarium / Plenari (Epistolae et Evangelia, German) [VL 7.737; 

Paul Pietsch, Ewangely und Epistel Teutsch: Die gedruckten 

hochdeutschen Perikopenbiicher (Plenarien) 1473-1523 

(Gottingen, 1927)]: II 86 (E-73), 85 (E-74) 

Plutarch (pseudo), Vita Homeri [TLGC 1805.2]: in Homer 

Podocarthus, Ludovicus, d. 1504, of Cyprus and Venice, secretary 

of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI), Bp. of Capaccio 

1483-1503, Cardinal (titulus S. Agathae) 1500, Arbp. of 

Benevento 1503 [Eubel 2.25, 117, 132; Reichhart, 121]: ed. 

Aristoteles, De animalibus 

POGIUS, Jacobus, of Bologna, 

him with Jacopo di Poggio Bracciolini, 1441-1478] 

fl. 1500 [Cosenza 1 .693c confuses 

Opus morale (Italian, with Latin: quodSigillum auris appel- 

latur [dedication]; dedicated (Cosi como la salamandra in el 

fuoco si nutrica) and with commendatory verse to Camilla 

Bentivoglio, Poor Clare, daughter of Giovanni II 

I 

Bentivoglio: 32 (P-882) 

Politianus, Angelus (Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano), 1454-1494, 

Florentine scholar [Cont. Eras. 3.106; DAGL, 707]: transla 

tor of Herodianus, Historia de imperio post Marcum; with 

dedications to Andreas Magnanimus of Bologna, 6 May 

1483 (Incip.: Efflagitari scribis istic ab Us qui libros excudunt 

formis: Herodianum meum); and to Pope Innocent VIII, 

1487 (Incip.: Cum Rome ab hinc triennium ferme in comitatu 

essem) 

PORPHYRIUS, 234-C.305/10, of Tyre? studied at Athens, Rome 

[OCD, 1226; NeuePauly 10.174]: De occasionibus (XX) - 

De abstinentia: in lamblichus 

Isagoge (Gr.): in Aristoteles, Opera (Gr.), vol. I 

Possidius Calamensis, d. after 437, Bp. of Calamo (Guelma, 

Algiers) [CPL, 134; NeuePauly 10.217; Altaner, 419]. De 

vita et moribus sancti Augustini [CPL 358; BHL 785]: in 

Augustinus, Opuscula

Priscianus Lydus, 6th cent. [Netie Pauly 10.344]: In 

Theophrastum De sensu: in lamblichus 

PROBA, Faltonia Betitia, 4th cent., d. bef. 380, Christian poetess 

[OCD, 1249; Neue Pauly 10.365; Altaner, 405] 

Cento Vergilianus (extract): in Phil, de Barberis 

Processus iudiciarius (explicit: Litigatio Manscaron contra genus 

humanum) (Accessit Mascaron ad del omnipotentis presentiam 

etait) [attributed to Bartolus de Saxoferrato in some Mss.; 

anonymous in all incunable printings, the Italian editions 

mostly with title: Tractatus procuratoris editus sub nomine 

diaboli. Robert Jacquin, Le proces de Satan , in Bartolo da 

Sassoferrato: studi e documenti (Milan, 1962), 2.269-80, cau 

tiously positive on Bartolus s authorship]: II 95.7 (P-1001) 

PROCLUS, 412-485, Constantinople, Alexandria, Athens [OCD, 

1250; Neue Pauly 10.383]: In Platonis Alcibiadem and De 

sacrificio et magia: in lamblichus 

PROSPER (Tiro) Aquitanus, fl. c. 420-455, Gallia, Rome [GPL, 

184; OCD, 1263; Neue Pauly 10.447] 

Chronicon (to 455) [CPL 2257]: in Eusebius, Chronicon 

PSELLUS, Michael, 10 18-? 1078, Constantinople [OCD, 1269; 

Neue Pauly 10.506]: De daemonibus: in lamblichus 

PUBLICIUS, Jacobus, Florentinus , fl. 1 450s- 1 470s, of Salamanca, 

used Florentinus as a cognomen of prestige, itinerant 

humanist teacher: Valentia, Toulouse, Louvain, Erfurt, 

Leipzig, Vienna, Cologne, Cracow, Basel, ?Rheims 

[Agostino Sottili, Giacomo Publicio, Hispanus, e la diffusione 

dell Umanesimo in Germania (Barcelona, 1985)] 

Oratoriae artis epitomata (Oratoriae institutiones [dedicated 

to Cyrillus Caesar] - Ars epistolandi [dedicated to Federico 

of Aragon, Prince ofTarento] Ars memoriae; edited by Joh. 

Luc. Santritter, who interpolated his name, and once that of 

Erhard Ratdolt, in the Ars epistolandi): II 87 (P-1096) 

Puteolanus, Franciscus (Francesco dal Pozzo), 

fl. c.l467-d. 1490, 

Bologna, Parma, Milan [DBI 32.213; Lino Sighinolfi, 

Francesco Puteolano e le origin! della stampa in Bologna e 

Parma , 

La Bibliofilia 15(1913/14) 263-6, 331-44, 383-92, 

451-67; Reichhart, 124]: Vita Ovidii: in Ovidius 

PYTHAGORAS, 6th cent. BC, viz. later Pythagorean writings [OCD, 

1283; Neue Pauly 10.649]: Aurea verba, Symbola: in 

lamblichus 

QUODVULTDEUS, fl. 417-437, Bp. of Carthage [CPL, 156; Neue 

Pauly 10.735; Altaner, 449] 

Sermo 1 0: see ps.-Augustinus, Contra V haereses 

RADULPHUS Cantuariensis (Ralph d Escures), d. 1 122, of 

Normandy, OSB, Arbp. of Canterbury 1114 [Sharpe, 447]: 

see ps.- Anselmus, Homilia in Lucam 

RAMPIGOLLIS / RAMPEGOLUS, Antonius, d. a. 1423, of Genoa, 

OESA [Zumkeller, 62] 

Compendium morale (Prol.: Religiosis viris in Christo sibi 

267 

dilectis studentibus Neapolitan! conventus fratrum heremitarum 

ordinis sancti Augustini, frater 

.N. de lanua . . . salutem) 

[Zumkeller 1 17; addressed to the Naples 

Augustinian Hermits]: II 88 (R-22) 

convent of 

ps.-: Aurea Biblia (Abstinentia primo est meriti augmentativa) 

[Zumkeller 115. Victor Scholderer, A Further Note on 

Nicolaus Hanapus , 

Gutenberg-] ahrbuch 1939: 153-4, argues 

that the text is identical to Bindus de Senis, 

convincingly 

Distinctiones exemplorum veteris et novi Testamenti 

(Zumkeller 202), with Rampigollis prologue from his 

Compendium morale prefixed by an editorial error in 

Giinther Zainer s shop. Bindus s text with his own prologue 

( Tanta pallet excellentia) , and with author s name as frater B. 

ordinis sancti Augustini , was printed Memmingen: A. 

Kunne, 1485 (Goff N-104, misassigned to Nicolaus de 

Hanapis)]:II89(R-12) 

Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447-c. 1528, printer in Venice and Augsburg 

[Geldner 1.150, 2.72; Needham, 170, 173]: dedicator of 

Joh. Angelus, Astrolabium (to Albert, Duke of Bavaria) 

Haly, De iudiciis astrorum (to Johann von Werdenberg, Bp. 

of Augsburg) 

Reuchlin, Johannes, 1455-1522, of Pforzheim [Cont. Eras. 

3.145]: Commendatory matter in Pet. Schott 

RlCHARDUS de Sancto Laurentio, d. c.1260, penitentiary, Rouen 

[Dict.spir. 13.590] 

De laudibus Beatae Mariae Virginis [NB: entered as 

Albertus Magnus or pseudo-Albertus in most incunable cata 

logues, but anonymous in this edition and all preceding 

manuscripts; Richardus implicitly identifies himself by refer 

ring to his earlier De virtutibus as by the same author]: II 6.2 

(A-247) 

Robert de Braci, OSA, prior of Lanthony, d. 1 137 [Sharpe, 526]: 

see ps. -Anselmus, De Anselmi similitudinibus 

ROLEWINCK, Werner, 1425-1502, OCarth, Cologne [VL 8.153] 

Fasciculus temporum: II 91 (R-275) 

281) 

German: II 90 (R- 

RUFINUS, Tyrannius, c.345-41 1, of Aquileia [CPL, 63; OCD, 

1337; Neue Pauly 10. 1 1 54; Altaner, 392] 

Apologia ad Anastasium [CPL 198]: in Hieronymus, 


Apologia contra Hieronymum [CPL 197]: in Hieronymus, 


Expositio symboli: see ps. -Hieronymus, Expositio symboli 

Praefationes in libros peri archon Origenis [CPL 198e]: in 

Hieronymus, Epistolae et tractatus 

tr.: Origenes, Commentarius in Cantica canticorum 

Santritter, Johannes Lucilius, ofHeilbronn, editor-publisher- 

printer in Venice, I480s-90s [Geldner 2.86; Needham, 179, 

190, 197; Reichhart, 133]: ed.: Eusebius Caesariensis, 

Chronicon - Hyginus, Poetica astronomica- Jac. Publicius, 

Oratoriae artis epitomata 

of

268 

SCHOTT, Peter, 1458-1490, Srrassburg 

humanist patrician [VL 8.831] 

Lucubrationes ornatissimae, ed. 

Jacob Wimpheling, including his 

letter to the reader, afterword, and 

verse; other commendatory verse 

and prose by Jodocus Gallus, 

Bohuslas von Hassenstein- 

Lobkovic, Conradus Leontorius, 

Johannes Reuchlin, Johannes 

Symler, and Adam Wernher: II 92 

(S-321) 

Sentinus, Jacobus, Ricinensis, 

fl. 1480s, 

Venice, au. also of brief tract De 

quibusdam lyricis carminibus, print 

ed in Franc. Matartius, De compo 

nents versibus, Venice: Ratdolt, 25 

Nov. [1482], GoffM-347 [cf. 

Cosenza 4.3247c; Reichhart, 135]: 

ed. and commendatory verse: 

Hyginus 

Sicamber, Rutger, b. c. 1456, fl. to 

1516/17, OSA ofVenray, close 

friend of Joh. Tritheim [Cont. Eras. 

3. 301; MGG 11.1994s.v. 

Rutgerus de Venray] : 

Commendatory verse in Tritheim, 

De laudibus S. Annae 

Sieben weisen Meister: see Historia 

septem sapientum Romae 

Speculum Christian! (leronimus in prin- 

cipio cuiuslibet opens) [Speculum 

Christiani, ed. Gustaf Holmstedt, 

EETS, OS 182 (1933), anonymous, 

later 14th cent.; the author given in 

many catalogues (Duff, Goff, STC), 

John Watton / Wotton, was the 

15th-cent. scribe of Corpus Christi 

Oxford Ms. 155, a miscellaneous 

volume including this text; more 

than 60 Ms. copies are known. 

Interspersed 

in the Latin text is mis 

cellaneous English verse intended to 

serve as doctrinal mnemonics. 

Machlinia s edition adds additional 

similar doctrinalia, not found in the 

Mss.]:II93(W-9) 

SPEUSIPPUS, c.407-339 BC, Plato s 

nephew [OCD, 1434; Kl. Pauly, 

5.304]: De Platonis definitionibus: 

in lamblichus 

SPRENGER, Jacobus, c. 1436-1495, OP 

[VL 9.149; Kaeppeli 2.341], co 

author of the Malleus maleficarum 

(see Henr. Institoris) 

Squarzaficus, Hieronymus, humanist, 

editor, fl. Venice, 1471-1503 [J. 

Allenspach & G. Frasso, Vicende, 

cultura e scritti di Gerolamo 

Squarzafico alessandrino , 

Italia 

mediaeval* e umanistica 23 (1980): 

233-92; Reichhart, 137]: comm.: 

Petrarca 

Steinhowel, Heinrich, 1411/12-1479, 

Ulm, student in Vienna, Padua, 

M.D., city physician of Ulm, 

humanist, chief patron of the press 

ofJohann Zainer [VL 9.258]: see 

Aesopus 

Symler, Johannes, later 15th cent., 

Vienna [Rupprich, 476]: 

Commendatory verse in Joh. 

Tritheim, De laudibus S. Annae - 

Peter Schott, Lucubrationes 

SYNESIUS, c.370-413, of Gyrene, Bp. of 

Ptolemais from 410 [OCD, 1463; 

Kl. Pauly 5.453; LThK 9.1231]: De 

Somniis: in lamblichus 

THEOBALDUS, episcopus ; 

llth cent., 

Italy?; not Theobaldus, Abb. of 

Monte Cassino 1022-35 [Theobaldi 

Physiologus, ed., comm., tr. P. T. 

Eden (Leiden, 1972)] 

Physiologus de naturis XII animalium 

(with prose comm.: Quoniam 

secundum Platonem nihil est ortum 

sub sole): II 94 (T-14Q) 

THEOBALDUS de Sexannia, fl. mid- 13th 

cent., Paris, OP [Kaeppeli 4.392] 

Errores Judaeorum in Talmud - 

Probationes novi testament! ex vet- 

eri [Anon.; Kaeppeli 3672]: II 95.6 

(E-106) 

THEOPHRASTUS, c.371-c.287 BC, of 

Eresus (Lesbos), colleague and suc 

cessor of Aristotle [OCD, 1504; Kl. 

Pauly 5.720]: see Aristoteles, Opera 

(Gr.) 

Thomas a Kempis: see Kempis 

THOMAS Aquinas (Saint), c. 1225-1274, 

OP [James A. Weisheipl, Friar 

Thomas d Aquino (Oxford, 1974); 

Grabmann; DAGL, 842; VL 9.813] 

De articulis fidei (Postulavit a me 

vestra dilectio) [Grabmann, 32 1 (no. 

8]: see ps.-Hieronymus, De essentia 

trinitatis 

De ente et essentia (Quia parvus 

error in principio magnus est in fine) 

[Grabmann, 342 (no. 28)] , with 

commentary of Caietanus and his 

dedication to Benedictus Tyriaca: I 

44 (HR 1505) 

Summa theologica, II (ii) (Post 

communem considerationem de vir- 

tutibus et vitiis) [Grabmann, 294 

(no. 3), c.l 266-72]: I 35, 36, 37 

Summa theologica, III (Quia salva- 

tor noster Dominus lesus Christus 

teste angelo) [Grabmann, 294 (no. 

3)]: I 38 

Postilla in lob (Sicut in rebus quae 

naturaliter generantur paulatim ex 

imperfecto adperfectum pervenitur) 

[Grabmann, 251 (no. 1)]: I 39 (T- 

236) 

Summa contra gentiles ( Veritatem 

meditabitur 

guttur meum) 

[Grabmann, 290 (no. 2)]: I 40, 41 

Super quarto libro Sententiarum 

(Misit verbum suum et sanavit eos) 

[Grabmann, 286 (no. 1)]: I 29 

Catena aurea super quatuor evan- 

gelistas (colophon: Glosa continua 

super quatuor Evangelistas [dedica 

tion of Matthew to Pope Urban IV]: 

Fans sapientiae unigenitum Dei ver 

bum) [Grabmann, 261 (no. 7)]: I 

42 

Commentaria in epistolas Pauli 

(prologue, Romans: Vas electionis 

etc. Homines in sacra scriptura 

invenibuntur vasis comparatf), ed. 

Petrus de Bergamo [Grabmann, 

266 (no. 10)]: I 43 

comm.: Aristoteles, De coelo 

THOMAS Gallus, d.1246, OSA St. Victor, 

Paris, then abbot of OSA St. 

Andreas, Vercelli [Diet. spir. 11.786] 

De septem gradibus contemplatio- 

nis: see ps.-Bonaventura 

Thomas Magister, c. 1275-1346, of 

Thessalonica, Byzantine scholar 

[DAGL, 846; TLGC 9023.x l-x2]: 

see Aristophanes 

Tifernas, Lilius, c. 1417-1486, notary, 

travelled to Constantinople, taught 

in Volterra, Perugia [cf. CTC 

7.160]: ed. and transl., Johannes 

Chrysostomus, Sermones de paten- 

tia in Job 

Traversarius, Ambrosius (Ambrogio 

Traversari), 1386-1439, OCamald, 

vicar general of the order; Greek 

scholar [DAGL, 857]: tr. Johannes 

Chrysostomus, De providentia Dei

Triclinius, Demetrius, c. 1280- 1340, 

Byzantine scholar [DAGL, 857]: 

scholia and introductory material in 

Aristophanes 

TRITHEIM, Johann, 1462-1516, abbot of 

OSB Sponheim (1483), then of 

OSB Scotorum Wiirzburg (1506) 

[Cont. Eras. 3.344; Arnold] 

De cura pastorali [Arnold, 234]: II 

97 (T-436) 

De laudibus S. Annae [ Voti compel- 

lit necessitas et mentis perurget devo- 

tio. BHL 1.82, no. 492; Arnold, 

237]; with his dedication to 

Rumoldus Laupach, Carmelite 

prior 

in Frankfurt am Main 

(Sponheim, 1 July 1494: Voto nostro 

et tuis petitionibus optime pater); and 

with commendatory verse by 

Conrad Celtis, Dietrich Gresemund 

Jr., Rudolf von Langen, Rudolf 

Agricola, Rutger Sicamber (8 

poems), Jodocus Beissel, Adam 

Werner ofThemar, Badius 

Ascensius, and Johannes Herbst: I 

45 (T-446) 

De statu et ruina monastic! ordinis 

/ Liber penthicus, with dedication 

to Blasius Scheltrub, OSB Abb. of 

Hirsau (21 Apr. 1493) [Arnold, 

229]: II 97(T-453) 

De triplici regione claustralium et 

spiritual! 

exercitio monachorum 

Compendium quotidiani spiritualis 

exercitii [Arnold, 231]: II 97 

(T-456) 

Oratio de XII excidiis observantiae 

regularis, with dedication to 

Johannes Distenius (24 Aug. 1496) 

and commendatory verse of 

Matthaeus Herbenus) [Arnold, 

234]: II 97(T-449) 

TURRECREMATA, Johannes de, 1388- 

1468, ofValladolid, OP, Card, from 

1439 [Kaeppeli 3.24; Diet. spir. 

15.1048] 

Quaestiones Evangeliorum de tem- 

pore et de sanctis [Kaeppeli 2735] 

(with Nicolaus de Byard, Flos the- 

ologiae sive Summa de abstinen- 

tia): II 103 (T-554) 

Expositio Psalterii [Kaeppeli 2734): 

II 98 (T-519), 99 (T-520), 100 (T- 

522), 101 (T-527) 

De efficacia aquae benedictae 

[Kaeppeli 2715]: II 102 (T-508) 

UBERTINUS de Casali, 1259-C.1329, 

OFM, leader of the Spiritual 

Franciscans [Diet. spir. 16.3] 

Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi 

(7503): n 104 (U-55) 

VALERIANUS Cemeliensis, d. c.460, Bp. 

of Cimiez [GPL, 325]. De bono 

disciplinae (Homelia 1) [CPL 

1002]: see ps.- Augustinus 

VENANTIUS Fortunatus (V. Honorius 

Clementianus F.), c.530-600, poet, 

Bp. of Poitiers [CPL, 337; OCD, 

1586; KL Pauly 5.1 162; Altaner, 

499]: De resurrectione Christi: in 

Lactantius 

VERGERIUS, Petrus Paulus, 1370-1444, 

author of De ingenuis moribus [John 

M. McManamon, SJ, Pierpaolo 

Vergerio 

the Elder: the Humanist as 

Orator (Tempe, Ariz., 1996)] 

Sermo de laudibus Hieronymi 

(Sermo 8) [BHM 915; ed. John M. 

McManamon, SJ, Pierpaolo Vergerio 

the Elder and SaintJerome (Tempe, 

Ariz., 1999), 220-33]: in 

Hieronymus, Epistolae 

et tractatus 

Viola sanctorum: see Martyrologium 

Virsen, Hermannus de, 

fl. Venice, 1495 

[Reichhart, 153]: ed., Aristoteles, 

De coelo 

Vitalis, Franciscus, Bodianus: ed., 

Martianus Capella, De nuptiis 

Philologiae 

et Mercurii 

Walafridus Strabo, 808/9-849, abbot of 

Reichenau 838, teacher of Charles 

the Bald [VL 10.584]: see 

Ludolphus de Saxonia 

WALTER Map, c.l 140-1210, archdeacon 

of Oxford [Sharpe, 737] 

De nugis curialium (Dist. IV 3-5): 

see ps. -Hieronymus, Epistola 

Valeriani ad Rufinum 

Watton / Wotton, John, 15th-cent. 

English scribe, apocryphal as 

known author: see Speculum 

Christian! 

Wernher, Adam, c.l 462- 1537, of 

Themar, M.A. Heidelberg 1489, 

tutor to the children of Palgrave 

269 

Philip [VL 10.9 15]: 

Commendatory verse in Joh. 

Tritheim, De laudibus S. Annae - 

Pet. Schott 

Wimpheling, Jacob, 1450-1528, of 

Selestat, professor in Speyer, 

Heidelberg, Strassburg [Cont. Eras. 

3.447] :ed. Pet. Schott 

ps.-Xenocrates, De morte: in lamblichus 

ZUTPHANIA, Gerardus de (Gerhard 

Zerbolt, Zutphanensis), 1367- 

1398, OSA Windesheim [VL 

10.1537] 

De spiritualibus ascensionibus 

(Beatus vir cuius est auxilium abs te) 

(with excerpts from David de 

Augusta, De exterioris et interioris 

hominis compositione)]: I 6.3 (G- 

177) 

De reformatione virium animae 

(De lapsu hominis a statu rectitudinis: 

Homo quidem descendit de 

Hierusalem in Hiericho): II 70.2 (G- 

171)

270 

INITIALS; OTHER UNIDENTIFIED OWNERSHIP MARKS 

FaVX Satanae Sedes Apostolica 666 (early inscn.): II 30 (B-561) 

F G, monogram in ink at foot of first II 

page: 43 (C-1010) 

H M, fl. NYC, 1890 (pencil note of purchase at Hamilton Cole 

sale, q.v.): II 87 (P-1096) 

L S F C S D M H M F, 1558 (title-p. inscn.): II 76 (C-l 17) 

M S P S: initials within large key: 131 (P-486, v. II) 

Unlocated religious houses: stamp: Annunciation, with letters N 

E: II 12 (A-938) 

inscn.: Monasterium S. Urbani: I 6 (B-506 + M-432 + G- 

177) 

deleted inscn., ... apparently ending B VM Vnelensium 1606 

(?cf. Unering, nr. Stamberg): II 95 (1-4 + H-192 + H-179 + 

A-1225 + A-1333 & 1337 + E-106 + P-1001 + G-221 + A- 

1089) 

INSTITUTIONAL OWNERS 

ANDECHS (Upper Bav.), Benedictines (S. Nicolaus, BMV): I 38 

(T-219) 

AUGSBURG, Benedictines (Ss. Ulrich & Afra): I 5 (A- 1396) 

BAMBERG, Benedictines (S. Michael Archangel): I 27 (N-219) 

BERLIN, Staatsbibliothek / Kgl. Bibliothek: II 65 (1-181) 

BlBERACH, Capuchins (inscn.): I 39 (T-236) 

BIELEFELD, Franciscans, Observant (inscn.): II 103 (T-554 + C- 

923) 

BIRMINGHAM, Selly Oak Colleges, J. Rendel Harris Library: II 34 

(B-927), 96 (1-40) 

BRITISH RAIL Pension Fund: II 10 (A-71 1) 

BUXHEIM (Swabia), Carthusians (Aula BMV / Maria Saal); see 

also Hilp. Brandenburg: I 24 (N-176); II 20 (A- 12 17) 

CELLS (Lower Saxony, 35 km NE of Hannover), unidentified 

monastery (ex bibliotheca monasterii Cellemis): I 8 (GW 

5678) 

CORDOBA, Jesuit College (inscn.; stamp): II 5 (A-297) 

DORTMUND, Dominicans (S. Johannes Baptista): I 30 (D-381) 

DRESDEN, Konigliche Bibliothek: II 39 (C-575) 

EDINBURGH, Society of Writers to the Signet: II 102 (T-508) 

ECGENBURG (Lower Austr.), Franciscans (deleted 17th-cent. 

inscn.): H 50 (G-415) 

ElCHSTATT, Episcopal Library (Bibliotheca aulica) (inscn.): 

0-120) 

ERFURT, Benedictines (Ss. Peter & Paul): I 35 (T-208) 

INDEX OF PROVENANCE 

II 66 

FORLI, Hieronymites (Me ex amicorum sumptibus emptum concessit 

fratrifrancisco phylolauro de castrocario f-corio?J reverendus 

pater Fr. hyeronimus Torniellus ... anno p M. D. Vij. Et 

pertineo ad bibliotecam Sancti hieronimi intra forliuium); see 

also Franc. Phylolaurus, Hier. Torniellus: II 11 (A-761: 

1507) 

Fundatio Baldaufica: see Hall (Tyrol) 

FOSSEN (Swab.), Benedictines (S. Mang / Magnus) (15th-cent. 

inscn.): I 31 (P-486, vol. I); II 83 (P-479) 

HALL (Tyrol), Franciscans, Fundatio Baldaufica / Waldauff sche 

Stiftung, founded 1 509 by Florian Waldauf, imperial coun 

cillor: II 3 (A- 174) 

HASNON, nr. Valenciennes, Benedictines (rubricated i486): II 80 

(P-456) 

HERZOGENBURG (Austr.), Augustinians (stamps; II 

bkpl.): 96 (I- 

40) 

HOHENBUSCH nr. Aachen (Alti nemoris), Crutched Friars (inscn., 

1778; see also Germ. Ruremund): II 71 Q-289 + two 15th- 

cent. Mss.) 

LlESBORN (Westph.), Benedictines, Bursfeld congr. (Ss. Cosmas & 

Damian): II 27 (B-389 + A-237) 

LOBECK, Hospital (Antonites): I 30 (D-381) 

LUCCA, Franciscans (Delia libreria di san francesco di Lucca): II 1 1 

(A-761) 

LVON, University (stamp: ACAD. LUGD.; release stamp 1843): 

(H-300) 

MANCHESTER, John Rylands University Library; auct. Sotheby s 

II 60 

London, 14 April 1988 (monogram and stamps): II 13 (A- 

959: lot 10) 

MILAN, Augustinian Hermits / Austin Friars, Observants (BMV 

Coronata) (15th-cent. inscn.): II 57 (H-169) 

Biblioteca Trivulziana (dupl. stamp): II 9 (A-561) 

MOSCOW, University: I 2 (A-958) 

(outside Moscow:) Monastery (Lavra) / Seminary, Holy 

Trinity and St. Sergius of Radonzh (S. Thaumaturgi Sergii- 

Bibliotheca seminarii ad Laurat. Stae. Triados) [Marguerite 

Studemeister, Bookplates and their Owners in Imperial Russia 

(Tenafly, N.J., 1991), 162, 192): I 2 (A-958) 

MUNICH, Staatsbibliothek / Kgl. Bibliothek (stamps): II 87 (P- 

1096) 

NEW YORK CITY, Grolier Club: I 37 (T-21 1) 

Manhattan College; auct. Christie s NY 1 June 1991: II 66 

(J-120) 

NUREMBERG, Carthusians (Cella BMV/ Mariazell): 

Ad cellam E] 

Stadtbibliothek: I 34 (T-352) 

Oberherrlingen, Bibliothek: see Eug. Maucler 

I 34? (T-352: 

PARIS, Augustinian Hermits / Austin Friars (Blancs Manteaux) 

(15th-cent. inscn.: Sum librarie fratrum alborum mantellorum 

ordinis sancti guillelmi parisius): II 4 (A-236)

POLLING, Augustinians (S. Salvator, Crux, Jacobus) (inscn.): II 95 

(1-4 + H-192 + H-179 + A-1225 + A-1333 & 1337 + E-106 

+ P-1001 + G-221 + A- 1089: 1769) 

REBDORF, nr. Eichstatt, Augustinians (S. Johannes Baptista) 

(15th-cent. inscn.): II 26 (B-437) 

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Benedictines (Omnes Sancti): I 42 (T-229, exdono 

Jo. Henr. Colmannus) 

SEITENSTETTEN (Austr.), Benedictines: I 4 (A- 1227) 

Selly Oak: see Birmingham 

STUTTGART, Landesbibliothek: I 39 (T-236) 

TEGERNSEE (Bav.), Benedictines (Ss. Petrus, Paulus, Quirinus) 

(inscn.): II 85 (E-74) 

TENBURY WELLS (Worcs.), St. Michael s College; auct. Sotheby s 

21 November 1990: II 48 (G-6: lot 339) 

VIENNA, Dominicans (BMV): II 74 (L-205) 

University, Faculty of Philosophy: I 41 (T-190: 1686) 

WALDSEE (UPPER SWAB.), Augustinians (S. Petrus) (15th-cent. 

inscn.): II 70 Q-437 + G-171 + B-404) 

WEINGARTEN, Benedictines (Ss. Martinus, Oswaldus, Johannes 

Baptista, Alto) II 

(bkpl.): 7 (A-273: 1630) 

WiJRZBURG, Franciscans, Conventuals (S. Crux) (17th-c. inscn.): 

II 68 (J-436) 

PERSONAL OWNERS 

Abbey, J. R., Major, 1894-1969; Redlynch House, Salis. [DNB]; 

auct. Sotheby s, I, 21 June 1965: II 21 (A-1219: lot 103) 

Abrams, George, 1919-2001, New York City, graphic and type 

designer; auct. Sotheby s, 16 Nov. 1989 (label): I 15 (H-86: 

lot 15), 39 (T-236: lot 120); II 43 (C- 10 10: lot 41), 50 (G- 

415: lot 55), 61 (H-560: lot 69), 78 (O-128: lot 91), 92 (S- 

321: lot 112), 100 (T-522: lot 124), 6 (A-272 + 247: lot 3), 

67 (A-772: lot 74), 108 (A-911: lot 8), 16 (GW 2814: lot 

11), 64 0-216: lot 70), 41 (C-631: lot 37), 57 (H-169: lot 

65), 54 (P-89: lot 60) 

Adams, Crawford W., M.D., auct. s Sotheby NY 5 May 1982: II 

16 (GW 2814: lot 16) 

Alberg, Henricus, Nicolaus and Leo de, nobiles, of Galen(?) nr. 

Regensburg (inscn.): II 75 (M-262: 7527) 

Ammianus, Samuel, of Schaffhausen, fl. 1574: 1 42 (T-229: gift to 

J. H. Colmannus, Strassburg, q.v.) 

Andrade, Jose Maria, 1807-1883, Mexico City, bookseller-editor; 

his important library purchased by Emperor Maximilian, 

q.v., for a destined Biblioteca Imperial; at the latter s death 

shipped to Europe, and sold at auction, Leipzig, 18 Jan. 

1 869 (bkpl.) [Diccionario Porrua de ... Mexico, 6th ed. 

(Mexico City, 1995) 1.166]: I 29 (T-168; not in the auction 

catalogue) 

Anetenwyl, Ludovicus a, 16th cent, (inscn.): I 6 (B-506 + M-432 

+ G-177, 1569) 

Aquavita, Bartholomaeus ab, 16/1 7th cent, (inscn.): 115 (H-86) 

Archinto, Carlo, Count, 1670-1732 [DBI]; auct. Paris, 1863 

(bkpl.): 

II 57 (H-169) 

271 

Arenberg, Dukes of, the chief bibliophile Engelbert August, 8th 

Duke, 1824-1875 (many books sold in 1950s in NYC dealer 

catalogues, e.g. Walter Schab cats. 22, 23, 25; H. P. Kraus 

cat. 83, L. C. Harper cat. 4): II 58 (R-351: Schab cat. 23 no. 

42), ?85 (E-74) 

Ascherson, C. S., d. 1945, of Merton Coll., Oxf., member of 

London Metal Exchange; his library purchased by Quaritch 

(bkpl.): II 41 (C-631), 78 (O-128) 

Barros, Ferdinand, fl. 1847: II 12 (A-938: presentation letter, 24 

June 1847) 

Bennett, Richard, of Worsley, nr. Manchester: see Wm. Morris 

Beristayn, Jorge, d. 1954, of Buenos Aires: II 75 (M-262), 89 (R- 

12) 

Beuvain de Beausejour, Paul, Arbp. of Toulouse, early 20th cent.; 

auct. Sotheby s 27 Mar. 1972: II 93 (W-9: lot 155) 

Bisping, B. F, sacellanus of Harsewinkel, 18th/19th cent, (inscn. 

23Apr.l801):II77(N-81) 

Brandenburg, Hilprand, 1442-1514, of Biberach, canon of 

Stuttgart, donate priest of Buxheim Charterhouse to which 

he gave his extensive library [P. Needham, The Library of 

Hilprand Brandenburg , 

Bibliothek und Wissenschaft 29 

(1996 [1997]), 95-124; Thirteen More Books from the 

Library of Hilprand Brandenburg , Einbandforschung, 

(Feb. 1999), 23-5]: 124 (N-176) 

Bridge, Alex (bkpl.): II 102 (T-508) 

Heft 4 

Brooke, F. C., Capt., fl. 1845, of Ufford, Woodbridge (Sufi): II 

23 (A- 1431 + Galen: Venice. 1521) 

Bruce, George and David Wolfe, NYC printers, their collection 

given 

to the Grolier Club: I 37 (T-21 1) 

Cavendish: see Devonshire 

Chamerato, Agostino, 17th cent, (inscn.): II 1 (A-7: 2 Oct. 1628) 

Cilia, Bricius de, mag. (Briccius Prepost, of Cilli/Celje, Lower 

Steiermark), fl. !469-d.l505, cathedral canon, Vienna; dean 

and rector of the 

university [A. Lhotsky, Die Wiener 

Artistenfakultdt 1365-1497(1965), 171-3]: I 4 (A- 1227) 

Cole, Hamilton, 1844-1889, B.A. Yale 1866, of NYC, lawyer, 

collector of Richard de Bury (auct. NYC, Bangs, 8 April 

1 890): II 87 (P- 1096) 

Colmannus, Joannes Henricus, pastor of Oberhochstadt, fl. 1574: 

I 42 (T-229, ex-dono Sam. Ammianus, Strassburg, Apr. 

1574; to be given to Benedictines of Schaffhausen) 

Creswick, H. R. (Harry Richardson), Cambridge University 

Librarian, 20th cent.; auct. Sotheby s, 27 April 1982 (bkpl.): 

II78(O-128:lot473)

272 

Cretschmar, Nicolaus, de Borlitz, 15/l6th cent, (inscn.): I 23 (M- 

339) 

Davis, Michael: see Garden Ltd 

D Elci, Antonio Maria, 1754-1824 [Angela Dillon Bussi et al., 

Incunaboli ed edizioni rare: La collezione di Angela Maria 

D Elci (Florence, 1989)]: I 16 (H-300) 

Dent, John, d. 1826; aucts. Evans, 29 Mar. & 25 Apr. 1827: I 16 

(H-300) 

Devonshire, Dukes of; Chatsworth (William George Spencer 

Cavendish, 1790-1858, 6th Duke; et al.); auct. Christie s, 6 

June 1974 (bkpl.): II 40 (C-672 + 644: lot 8) 

Digby, Kenelm, Kt., 1603-1665 (inscn.: Vacate et videte Kenelme 

Digby) [DNB]: II 23 (A- 1431 + Galen: Venice. 1521) 

Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958, Los Angeles, widow of oil producer 

Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935), created papal countess 

1939, her library given to archdiocese of Los Angeles, its 

incunables auct. Christie s New York, 22 October 1 987: 1 36 

(T-209),40(T-190) 

Du Bourg de Bozas, (...) (bkpl., with motto or anagram(?) Chaix 

d EstAnge): II 12 (A-938) 

Duff, Edward Gordon, 1863-1924, Oxford, Manchester; eminent 

bibliographer; auct. Sotheby s, 17 Mar. 1925: I 24 (N-176); 

II 68 0-436) 

Dunn, George, 1865-1912; of Woolley Hall (nr. Maidenhead, 

Kent); aucts. Soth., 4 pts., 1 1 Feb. 1913-22 Nov. 1917: II 8 

(A-560: August 1900) 

Eberus, Johannes Kudovicus, d. by 1670 (see Ph. Werner): II 45 

(E-113) 

Eckher von Kapfing, Johann Franz, 1649-1727, Prince-Bishop of 

Freising from 1695 (engraved bookplate): II 88 (R-22) 

Ehrman, Albert, 1890-1969, diamond merchant; Broxbourne 

Library, aucts. Sotheby s, I, 14 Nov. 1977; II, 8 May 1978 

(bkpl.): II 41 (C-631: lot II 632), 43 (C-1010: lot II 525), 

57 (H-169: lot II 493), 92 (S-321: lot II 594), 100 (T-522: 

lot II 349) 

Elci: see d Elci 

Elst: see Van der Elst 

Engel, Samuel, 1702-1784, librarian in Berne; auct. ibid. 1743 

(inscn. 7743): II 39 (C-575) 

Ernest Augustus, 1771-1835, 5th son of George III, King of 

Hannover from 1 837: Fideicommiss Bibliothek: I 8 (GW 

5678) 

Finch, Heneage Wynne (inscn.): II 92 (S-321: 1936) 

Frankowsky, Antonius Augustus, parish priest of Putimy (Boh.), 

18th cent, (inscn.): II 81 (P-463: 1768) 

Fryenstein, Petrus a, canon of Strassburg, 15th cent, (inscn): II 6 

(A-272 + 247: 1473) 

Fiirstenberg, Hans /Jean, 1890-1982, Berlin, Paris, Beaumesnil; 

banker, economist and scholarly book collector (label) [B. H. 

Breslauer, The Book CollectorWmtet 1982: 427-44]: I 25 

(N-216); II 103 (T-554 + C-923) 

Garden Ltd, The, auct. Sotheby s New York 9-10 November 

1989; collection of Haven O More, direct descendant of 

three of the most eminent men of all time (afterword), and 

Michael Davis: I 3 (A-973: lot 15), 16 (H-300: lot 31), 37 

(T-21 1: lot 14); II 45 (E-113: lot 26), 95 (1-4 + H-192 + H- 

179 + A-1225 + A-1333 & 1337 + E-106 + P-1001 + G-221 

+ A-1089:lot 12) 

Germanus, apothecary in Strassburg: see Nicolaus, mag. 

Goldwater, Walter, NYC bookdealer, specialist in chess, Afro- 

Americana, radical literature, longtime buyer of cheap incun 

ables (auct. NYC, Swann, I-II, 30 Dec. 1983, 5 Dec. 1985): 

II 36 (B-1043: lot I 82), 58 (R-351: lot II 119), 87 (P-1096: 

lot II 108) 

Gribbel, John, 1858-1936, of NYC and Philadelphia, banker; 

aucts. Parke-Bernet 30 Oct . 1940, 22 Jan. 1941, etc. (bkpl.: 

StAustell Hall): II 68 Q-436) 

Gundelius, Philippus, 15/l6thcent. (inscn.): I 14 (H-4) 

Hannover, King of: see Ernest Augustus 

Harris, James Rendel, 1852-1941, Biblical scholar, orientalist 

[DNB]: see Birmingham, Selly Oak Colleges 

Hartz, Raymond E. and Elizabeth, Bernardsville, N.J.; auct. 

Sotheby s NY, 12 Dec. 1991: II 39 (C-575: lot 163); 99 (T- 

520: lot 197) 

Heathcote, Robert, d.1823: I 16 (H-300) 

Hehn, Martin, filiusfabri ex Lambaco, capellanus in Gebolzkirchen, 

15th cent, (inscn.): I 26 (N-217, 1483) 

Herbert: see Pembroke 

Hewell, (...) (bkpl.): II 62 (H-561) 

Hodson, Laurence W, ofCompton Hall, nr Wolverhampton; 

auct. Soth., 3 Dec. 1906 (label): II 68 (J-436) 

Hoffman, Samuel V. (auct. Christie s 12 Nov. 1975): II 10 (A- 

711) 

Honeyman, Robert B., IV, collector of history of science; aucts. 

Sotheby s, 7 parts, 30 Oct. 1978-19 May 1981: I 3 (A-973: 

lot I 140); II 45 (E-113: lot II 970), 61 (H-560: lot IV 

1735) 

Hoskier, H. C., 1864-1938, b. London, then of South Orange, 

N.J.; banker and trader; auct. Sotheby s, 29 June 1908: II 36 

(B-1043: Feb. 1903; lot 244) 

Huston, Kenneth Garth (bkpl.): II 23 (A- 1431 + Galen: Venice. 

1521) 

Hutchinson, William, of Eggleston: II 80 (P-456)

Jacobonius, Orandius, ofTerni, 16th cent.(?) (inscn.): II 40 (C- 

672 + 644) 

Jeudwine, W. R. H. (Wynne), auct. Bloomsbury, pt. I, 18 Sep. 

1984 (bkpl.): II 50 (G-415: lot 14) 

Junod, Madeleine and Rene (bkpl.): II 22 (A-1275), 25 (B-350), 

30(8-561) 

Kammerer von Worms (painted arms), perhaps Johannes 

Camerarius de Dalburg, d. 1503, Bp. of Worms from 1482; 

cf. also BPH I 18 (A-924): I 2 (A-958) 

Kay, Arthur, d.1939, F.S.A. Scot!.; auct. Sotheby s 29 May 1930 

(bkpl.): II 8 (A-560) 

Klemperer, Victor von, 1876-1943, Dresden banker, Rotarian, 

escapee from Nazi anti-Jewish persecutions, d. in Southern 

Rhodesia; auct. Sotheby s 28 June 1991 : 

I 4 (A- 1227), 12 

(G-299); II 4 (A-236: lot 376), 20 (A-1217: lot 583) 

Kloss, Georg, M.D., 1787-1854, professor of medicine, 

Freemason, Frankfurt/Main; auct. Sotheby s, 7 May 1835 

[De Ricci 1 

(EngL), 17]: I 30 (D-381), 37 (T-21 1); II 102 

(T-508) 

Kondinos, Philandreios, o pogonatos , 16/1 7th cent. (Greek 

inscn.): I 2 (A-958) 

Kyber, Elias, of Gengenbach, 16th cent, (inscn.): I 42 (T-229, exdono 

Veronica Stutmin, 3 Jan. 1566) 

Lewnpergk, Bartholomaeus de, 16th cent. [Lemberg/Lvov?] (gift 

inscn. to Sebastianus Prachaticaenus): II 81 (P-463: 1581) 

Magliabecchi, Antonio, 1633-1714, scholar, his library forms part 

of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence: 116 (H-300) 

Martin, H. Bradley, 1906-1980, NYC, dir. of Bessemer Trust; 

auct. Sotheby s NY, IX, 14 June 1990): II 40 (C-672 + 644: 

lot 3349), 60 (H-300: lot 3355), 93 (W-9: lot 3354) 

Massa, Petrus Antonius a, fr., Tuscany (16th cent.(?) inscn.): II 1 1 

(A-761) 

Maucler, Eugen (Theodor Eugen) von, Freiherr, 1809-1870, of 

Schloss Oberherrlingen nr. Ulm; Wiirttemberg official, 

diplomat, emissary to Vienna (bkpl., 1839): II 22 (A-1275), 

25 (B-350), 101 (T-527) 

Maximilian, 1832-1867, Austrian archduke, brother of Emperor 

Franz Joseph, Emperor of Mexico from 1864, captured and 

executed by rebels supporting Benito Juarez, 19 June 1867; 

see also J. M. Andrade (bkpl.): I 29 (T-168) 

Meyer, Hans, 1858-1929, Leipzig, explorer, colonial officer, pub 

lisher: II 32 (B-7 17) 

Middendorff, B. ofWidenbruge(P), fl. 1670. (seejoh. Oisthaus): 

II 27 (B-389 + A-237) 

Morris, William, 1834-1896, poet, artist, socialist, printer; his 

library purchased en bloc by Richard Bennett, 1897, who 

sold the books he did not want under the name of Morris, 

Sotheby s 5 Dec. 1896: II 78 (O-128: lot 923) 

Moss, William E., Col., 1875-1953, B.A. Oxon. (Trinity Coll.) 

273 

1898, of Sonning-on-Thames (Berks.), collector and student 

of fine 

bindings, etc.; auct. s Sotheby 2 March 1937 

[Strickland Gibson, Colonel William E. Moss , Bodleian 

Library Record 53 (July 1955) 156-66]: I 11 (G-236) 

Murray, Charles Fairfax Murray; auct. Christie s, 1 8 March 1918 

(et al.) [De Ricci (EngL), 1 17; David B. Elliott, Charles 

Fairfax Murray (2000)]: II 41 (C-631: lot 182) 

Nicolaus, mag., Strassburg, 15th cent, (purch. inscn.: from dom. 

Germanus, apothecary in Strassburg): II 6 (A-272 + 247) 

Norzagaray, Mateo de, Don, 19th cent.(?) (label): II 52 (G-425) 

O Hagan, Baron; auct. Sotheby s 6 June 1939: II 21 (A- 12 19: lot 

566) 

O More, Haven: see Garden Ltd 

Odell,A.:II32(B-717) 

Oisthaus, Johannes, fl. 1670 (ex-dono B. Middendorff): II 27 (B- 

389 + A-237: 1670) 

Parrhasius, Aulus Janus, 1470-1534, Naples, humanist, biblio 

phile, his library given to Ant. Seripando, q.v.: 

II 43 (C- 

1010) 

Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl, 1656-1733, of Wilton 

House, Wilts., Pres. Royal Society, 1689/90; auct. Sotheby s, 

25 June 1 9 1 4: II 4 1 (C-63 1 : lot 67) 

Perrins, C. W. Dyson, 1864-1958, of Davenham, Malvern, 

Worcs.; auct. Sotheby s, I, 17 June 1946 (bkpl.): II 24 (B- 

119: lot 36) 

Phillipps, Thomas, Bart, 1792-1872, of Middle Hill, then of 

Thirlestain House, Cheltenham: I 16 (H-300); II 99 (T- 

520) 

Phylolaurus, Franciscus, de Castrocorio(?), 15/1 6th cent., 

Hieronymite of Forli, q.v. (ad usum, 1507): II 11 (A-761) 

Pinelli, MafFeo, come, 1736-1785, state printer of Venice; aucts. 

London, [James Edwards], 2 March et sqq. 1789, 1 Feb. et 

sqq. 1790 [De Ricci (EngL), 89]: I 15 (H-86: lot 2514) 

Pinelli, Vincenzo, kinsman of Maffeo Pinelli: 115 (H-86) 

Plymouth, Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of (bkpl.): II 62 

(H-561) 

Prachaticaenus, Sebastianus, fl. 1581 (see Barth. de Lewnpergk): 

II 81 (P-463) 

Priuli family, Venice patricians, with illuminated arms: II 41 (C- 

631) 

Pruckhain, Leonardus, priest of Chambstorff(?), 16th cent. 

(inscn.): II 95 (1-4 + H-192 + H-179 + A-1225 + A-1333 & 

1337 + E-106 + P-1001 + G-221 + A-1089: 1530) 

Radcliffe, Joseph, Kt., of Rudding Park (bkpl.): II 27 (B-389 + A- 

237) 

Radoulesco, Constantine, d. c.1957, Monte Carlo (mor. label: CR 

in circle): II 60 (H-300)

274 

Rattey, Clifford C., 1886-1970; privately printed incunable cata 

logue, The Library at Corbyns, Torquay (1965) (bkpl.): 

II 50 

(G-415) 

Redgrave, Gilbert Richard, 1844-1941, Muswell Hill, London; 

Ratdolt s II 

bibliographer (bkpl.): 61 (H-560: 13 May 1891) 

Reviczky, Karoly Imre Sandor de, Count; his library sold en bloc 

to Earl Spencer: II 13 (A-959)? 

Rigola(P), Joannes Fidelis, of Ancona(?) (17th cent.(?) inscn.): II 

11 (A-761) 

Ruremund, Germanus, Crutched Friar of Hohenbusch, 15th 

cent.: II 71 (J-289 + two 15th-cent. Mss.: Ruremund wrote 

both Mss., the 2nd dated 1490) 

Saks, John A., 1913-1983, Greenwich, Conn.; auct. Christie s NY 

1 Oct. 1980): II 64 (J-216: lot 122) 

Schefold, J. F., 17th cent.(?) (script-form stamp): I 12 (G-299) 

Schiller, Anton: II 74 (L-205) 

Sch0yen, Martin, Norwegian book collector; auct. Sotheby s NY 

12 Dec. 1991: 1 35 (T-208); II 81 (P-463: lot 33) 

Sears, George Edward: II 32 (B-717) 

Seripandi, Antonio, 1485-1531, Neapolitan humanist, brother of 

Card. Girolamo Seripando, owned an important library, 

many volumes from Janus Parrhasius, q.v.: II 43 (C-1010) 

Sexton, Eric Hyde Lord, F.S.A., 1902-1980, of Philadelphia / 

Chestnut Hill; B.A. Princeton 1924; auct. Christie s NY, 8 

April 1981:11 72Q-293: lot 4) 

Spencer: see Sunderland 

Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, 1758-1836, of Althorp, 

Northants; M.P., ambassador to Vienna, Whig cabinet min 

ister, creator of the finest private library 

in : Europe II 13 

(A-959) 

Strauss, Felix, 18th cent, (purchase inscn.): II 26 (B-427: 1771) 

Stutmin, Veronica, fl. 1566: I 42 (T-229: see Elias Kyber) 

Sunderland, Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of, 1674-1722; Sunderland 

Library, Blenheim Palace; auct. Sotheby s, pt. IV, 6 Nov. 

1882: II 78 (O-128: lot IV 91 1 1) 

Syllanus, Ludovicus, fr., de Grimaldo (inscn.): II 14 (A-978) 

Terhaarius, Paulus, c. 1625/6-1667, Amsterdam, prof, at 

Duisburg, auct. Amsterdam 8 Oct. 1667 [D. E. Rhodes, 

Studies in Early European Printing and Book Collecting 

(1983), 258-62]: 1 2 (A-958) 

Torniellus, Hieronymus, fr., pater, Hieronymite of Forli, q.v., 

15/1 6th cent.: II 11 (A-761) 

Torre del Palasciano (supralibros on doublure): II 1 (A-7) 

Towneley, Richard, 1628-1707, ofTowneley, Lanes, (bkpl., 

1702): II 21 (A-1219) 

Tuano, Stefano, di Grosetto, ?l6th cent.: I 43 (T-234) 

Turner, Cuthbert Hamilton, 1860-1930; Dean Ireland s Professor 

of Exegesis, Oxford (purch. inscn. Paris, 1919): II 57 (H- 

169) 

Vambre, Albertus (17th cent.(?) inscn.): II 11 (A-761) 

Van der Elst, Charles, d. 1982; auct. Monaco, 13 May 1985: II 

95 (1-4 + H-192 + H-179 + A-1225 + A-1333 & 1337 + E- 

106 + P-1001 + G-221 + A-1089: lot 183) 

Venosta, Giacomo, di Matio, ?l6th cent.: I 43 (T-234) 

Vernon, George John Warren, 1803-1866, 5th baron, of Sudbury 

Hall, Derby; auct. Sotheby s, 10 June 1918 (bkpl.): II 64 (J- 

216: lot 300) 

Vickery, Willis, 1859-1932, Cleveland, Oh., judge: II 39 (C-575) 

Volck, Beat, of Strassburg, with inscription: Ego Beatus Volck 

Argentinus depositus sum a domino baccalaureo Nicolao 

Textoris 

spire 

nse Anno domini 1499 infesto 

sancti Thome de 

Aquino ordinis II predicatorum: 92 (S-321) 

Vowel, Richard, 

fl. 1507-1540, B. Theol. Oxf, Austin Canon 

prior of Little Leighs (Ess.) and Walsingham (Norf.)[N. R. 

Ker, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, 2nd ed. (1964), 

312; A. B. Emden, BRUO 3.1952] (inscn.): II 21 (A-1219) 

Warren: see Vernon 

Werner, Ph., fl. 1670 (dono accepi a D.D. Joh: Ludov. Eberi hered- 

ibusSMay 1670): II 45 (E-l 13) 

Wilmerding, Lucius, 1879-1949, of NYC and Far Hills, N.J., 

stock broker, former president of the Grolier Club; auct. 

NYC, Parke-Bernet, II, 5 March 1951 (bkpl.): II 95 (1-4 + 

H-192 + H-179 + A-1225 + A-1333 & 1337 + E-l 06 + P- 

1001 + G-221 + A-1089: lot ii.343) 

Windsor-Clive: see Plymouth 

Wodhull, Michael, 1740-1816, Thenford (Northants.), translator 

of Euripides, auct. Sotheby s 1 1 Jan. 1886 [De Ricci (Engi), 

81]: I 15 (H-86; 20 Apr. 1789, lot 1252) 

Zabriskie, Christian A. to Manhattan (gifts College, NYC): II 66 

(J-120)

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the sale, or the catalogue description indicated 

that there was a conflict of such opinions; or 

(ii) 

the only method of establishing at the 

date of the sale that the item was a counterfeit 

would have been by means of processes not 

then generally available or accepted, 

unreasonably expensive or impractical to use; 

or likely to have caused damage to the lot or 

likely (in Sotheby s reasonable opinion) to 

have caused loss of value to the lot; or 

(iii) the item complained of comprises an 

atlas, an extra-illustrated book, a volume with 

fore-edged paintings, a periodical publication 

or a print or drawing; or 

(iv) in the case of a manuscript, the lot was 

not described in the catalogue as complete; or 

(v) 

the defect complained of was mentioned 

in the catalogue or the item complained of 

was sold un-named in a lot; or 

(vi) the defect complained of is other than in 

text or illustration. (For example, without 

limitation, a sale will not be set aside on 

account of damage to bindings, stains, foxing, 

marginal wormholes, lack of blank leaves or 

other conditions not affecting the 

completeness of the text or illustration, lack of 

list of plates, inserted advertisements, cancels 

or any subsequently published volume, 

supplement, appendix or plates or error in the 

enumeration of the plates; or 

(vii) there has been no material loss in value of 

the lot from its value had it been in 

accordance with its description. 

This Guarantee is provided for a period of 

twenty one (21) days after the date of the 

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relevant auction, is solely for the benefit of the 

Buyer and may not be transferred to any third 

party. To be able to claim under this 

Guarantee, the Buyer must:- 

(i) notify Sotheby s in writing within such 

twenty one (21) day period with the reasons 

why the Buyer considers the item to be 

counterfeit or materially defective in text or 

illustration, specifying the lot number and the 

date of the auction at which it was purchased; 

and 

(ii) 

return the item to Sotheby s in the same 

condition as at the date of sale to the Buyer 

and be able to transfer good title in the item, 

free from any third party claims arising after 

the date of the sale. 

Sotheby s has discretion to waive any of the 

above requirements. Sotheby s may require 

the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer s cost the 

reports of two independent and recognised 

experts in the field, mutually acceptable to 

Sotheby s and the Buyer. Sotheby s shall not be 

bound by any reports produced by the Buyer, 

and reserves the right to seek additional expert 

advice at its own expense. In the event 

Sotheby s decides to rescind the sale under this 

Guarantee, it may refund to the Buyer the 

reasonable costs of up to two mutually 

approved independent expert reports. 

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ESTIMATE: $13,000 - 15,000 

STARTING BID: $10,000 

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.P. A. 

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GUIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS 

Buying at Auction 

The following pages are designed to give you 

useful information on how to buy at auction. 

Sotheby s staff as listed at the front of this 

catalogue will be happy to assist It is 

you. 

important that you read the following 

information carefully. 

Provenance 

In certain circumstances, Sotheby s may print 

in the catalogue the history of ownership of a 

work of art if such information contributes to 

scholarship or is otherwise well known and 

assists in distinguishing the work of art. 

However, the identity of the seller or previous 

owners may not be disclosed for a variety of 

reasons. For example, such information may 

be excluded to accommodate a seller s request 

for confidentiality or because the identity of 

prior owners is unknown given the age of the 

work of art. 

Buyer s Premium 

For Books the buyer s premium payable by the 

buyer of each lot is at a rate of 17.5% on the 

first 10,000 of the hammer price, 15% on 

the next 50,000 of the hammer price up to 

and including 60,000, and at a rate of 10% 

on the amount by which the hammer price 

exceeds 60,000. 

VAT 

Value Added Tax (VAT) may be payable on 

the hammer price and/or the buyer s 

premium. Buyer s premium may attract a 

charge in lieu of VAT. Please read carefully the 

"VAT INFORMATION FOR BUYERS" in 

this catalogue. 

1 . Before the Auction 

Catalogue Subscriptions 

If you would like to take out a catalogue 

subscription, please ring 020 7293 6410. 

Pre-sale Estimates 

Pre-sale estimates are intended as a guide for 

prospective buyers. Any bid between the high 

and low pre-sale estimates would, in our 

opinion, offer a chance of success. However, 

all lots can realise prices above or below the 

pre-sale estimates. 

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It is advisable to consult us nearer the 

time of sale as estimates can be subject to 

revision. The estimates printed in the auction 

catalogue do not include the buyer s premium 

or VAT. 

Pre-sale Estimates 

in US Dollars and Euros 

Although the sale is conducted in pounds 

sterling, the pre-sale estimates in some 

catalogues are also printed in US dollars 

and/or Euros. The rate of exchange is the rate 

at the time of production of this catalogue. 

Therefore, you should treat the estimates in 

US dollars or Euros as a guide only. 

Condition of Lots 

Prospective buyers are encouraged to inspect 

the property at the pre-sale exhibitions. Solely 

as a convenience, Sotheby s may provide 

condition reports. The absence of reference to 

the condition of a lot in the catalogue 

description does not imply that the lot is free 

from faults or imperfections. Please refer to 

Condition 3 of the Conditions of Business for 

Buyers. 

2. Bidding in the Sale 

Bidding at Auction 

Bids may be executed in person by paddle 

during the auction, in writing prior to the sale 

or by telephone. 

Auction speeds vary, but average between 

50 and 120 lots per hour. The bidding steps 

are generally in increments of approximately 

1 0% of the previous bid. 

Please refer to Conditions 5 and 6 of the 

Conditions of Business for Buyers. 

Bidding in Person 

To bid in person, you will need to register for 

and collect a numbered paddle before the 

auction begins. Proof of identity will be 

required. If you have a s Sotheby Identification 

Card, it will facilitate the registration process. 

If you are an existing client and do not have a 

card but would like one please contact the 

Bids department on 020 7293 5336. 

Should you be the successful buyer of a 

lot, please ensure that your paddle can be seen 

by the auctioneer and that it is your number 

that is called out. Should there be any doubts 

as to price or buyer, please draw the 

auctioneer s attention to it immediately. 

All lots sold will be invoiced to the name 

and address in which the paddle has been 

registered and cannot be transferred to other 

names and addresses. 

Please do not mislay your paddle; in the 

event of loss, inform the Sales Clerk 

immediately. At the end of the sale, please 

return your paddle to the registration desk. 

Absentee Bids 

If you cannot attend the auction, we will be 

happy to execute written bids on your behalf. 

A bidding form can be found at the back of 

this catalogue. This service is free and 

confidential. Lots will always be bought as 

cheaply as is consistent with other bids, the 

reserves and Sotheby s commissions. In the 

event of identical bids, the earliest received 

will take precedence. Always indicate a "top 

limit" - the hammer price to which you would 

bid if you were attending the auction yourself. 

"Buy" 

and unlimited bids will not be 

accepted. Please refer to Condition 5 of the 


Telephoned absentee bids must be 

confirmed before the sale by letter or fax. Fax 

number for bids only: 020 7293 6255. 

To ensure a satisfactory service, please 

ensure that we receive your bids at least 24 

hours before the sale. 

Bidding by Telephone 

If you cannot attend the auction, it is possible 

to bid on the telephone on lots with a 

minimum low estimate of 1,000. As the 

number of telephone lines is limited, it is 

necessary to make arrangements for this 

service 24 hours before the sale. 

We also suggest that you leave a 

maximum bid which we can execute on your 

behalf in the event we are unable to reach you 

by telephone. Multi-lingual staff are available 

to execute bids for you. Please refer to 


Buyers. 

Employee Bidding 

Sotheby s employees may bid only if the 

employee does not know the reserve and fully 

complies with s Sotheby internal rules 

governing employee bidding.

UN Embargo on trade with Iraq 

The United Nations trade embargo prohibits 

us from accepting bids from any person in 

Iraq (including any body controlled by Iraqi 

residents or companies, wherever carrying on 

business), or from any other person where we 

have reasonable cause to believe (i) that the 

lot(s) will be supplied or delivered to or to the 

order of a person in Iraq or (ii) that the lot(s) 

will be used for the purposes of any business 

carried on in or operated from Iraq. 

Acceptance of bids by the auctioneer is subject 

to this prohibition. 

For further details, please contact a 

member of the Specialist department or the 

Legal department PRIOR to bidding. 

3. The Auction 

Conditions of Business 

The auction is governed by the Conditions of 

Business and Authenticity Guarantee for 

Books. These apply to all aspects of the 

relationship between Sotheby s and actual and 

prospective bidders and buyers. Anyone 

considering bidding in the auction should 

read them carefully. They may be amended by 

way of notices posted in the saleroom or by 

way of announcement made by the 

auctioneer. 

Consecutive and 

Responsive Bidding 

The auctioneer may open the bidding on any 

lot by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The 

auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the 

seller, up to the amount of the reserve, by 

placing consecutive or responsive bids for a 

lot. Please refer to Condition 6 of the 


4. After the Auction 

Payment 

Payment is due immediately after the sale and 

may be made by the following methods: 

Sterling Cash, Sterling Bankers Draft, 

Sterling Travellers Cheques, Sterling Cheque, 

Wire Transfer in Sterling, Credit Card (Visa, 

Mastercard & Eurocard), Debit Card (Delta, 

Connect & Switch). 

It is against Sotheby s general policy to 

accept single or multiple related payments in 

the form of cash or cash equivalents in excess 

of the local currency equivalent of 

US$10,000. It is Sotheby s policy to request 

any new clients or purchasers preferring to 

make a cash payment to provide verification 

of identity (by providing some form of 

government issued identification containing 

a photograph, such as a passport, identity 

card or driver s licence), confirmation of 

permanent address and identification of the 

source of the funds. Thank you for your co 

operation. 

Cheques and drafts should be made payable to 

Sotheby s. Although personal and company 

cheques drawn in Sterling on UK banks are 

accepted, you are advised that property will 

not be released until such cheques have cleared 

unless you have a pre-arranged Cheque 

Acceptance Facility. Forms to facilitate this 

are available from cashiers. 

Bank transfers should be made to: 

Barclays Bank pic 

50 Pall Mall 

London SWIA 1QA 

Account name: 

Sotheby s Client Receipts 

Account No. 60163058 

Sort Code: 20-67-59 

Please include your name, Sotheby s 

account number and invoice number with 

your instructions to your bank. 

Payment by Mastercard, Visa and Eurocard 

will be subject to a 1.5% administrative fee. 

Payments exceeding 20,000 can only be 

made by the card holder in person. For 

absentee payments below 20,000 please 

contact cashiers on 020 7293 5220. 

The Conditions of Business require buyers to 

pay immediately for their purchases. However, 

in limited circumstances and with the seller s 

agreement, Sotheby s may offer buyers it 

deems credit worthy the option of paying for 

their purchases on an extended payment term 

basis. Generally credit terms must be arranged 

prior to the sale. In advance of determining 

whether to grant the extended payment terms, 

Sotheby s may require credit references and 

proof of identity and residence. 

Collection 

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Lots will be released to you or your authorised 

representative when full and cleared payment 

has been received by Sotheby s and a release 

note has been produced by our Cashiers at 

New Bond Street, who are open Monday to 

Friday, 9 am to 5.30 pm. 

Smaller items can be collected from the 

Packing Room at New Bond Street, large 

items will be sent to Sotheby s Kings House 

Warehouse. 

If you are in any doubt about the location 

of your purchases, please contact the Sale 

Administrator prior to arranging collection. 

Removal, interest, storage and handling charges 

will be levied on uncollected lots. Please refer to 

Conditions 7, 8 and 9 of the Conditions of 

Business for Buyers. 

Storage Charges 

Storage and handling charges plus VAT may 

apply. Please refer to Condition 9 of the 


Insurance 

Buyers are reminded that lots are only insured 

for a maximum of five (5) working days after 

the day of the auction. Please refer to 


Buyers. 

Shipping 

Sotheby s Shipping Logistics can advise buyers 

on exporting and shipping property. Our 

office is open between the hours of 9.00am 

and 5.30pm and you can contact the Shipping 

advisor on the number set out in the front of 

this catalogue. 

Purchases will be despatched as soon as 

possible upon clearance from the Accounts 

department and receipt of your written 

despatch instructions and of any export 

licence or certificates that may be required. 

Despatch will be arranged at the buyer s 

expense. Sotheby s may receive a fee for its 

own account from the agent arranging the 

despatch. Estimates and information on all 

methods can be provided upon request and 

enquiries should be marked for the attention 

of Sotheby s Shipping Logistics and faxed to 

020 7293 5952. 

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Transit insurance will be arranged unless 

otherwise specified in writing and will be at 

the buyer s expense. All shipments should be 

unpacked and checked on delivery and any 

discrepancies notified to the transit insurer or 

shipper immediately. 

A form to provide shipping instructions 

is printed on the reverse of the bid slip in this 

catalogue or on the back of your buyers 

invoice. 

Export 

The export of any lot from the UK or import 

into any other country may be subject to one 

or more export or import licences being 

granted. It is the buyer s responsibility to 

obtain any relevant export or import licence. 

The denial of any licence required or delay in 

obtaining such licence cannot justify the 

cancellation of the sale or any delay in making 

payment of the total amount due. 

Sotheby s, upon request and for an 

administrative fee, may apply for a licence to 

export your lot(s) outside the UK. 

An EU Licence is necessary to export from 

the European Community cultural goods 

subject to the EU Regulation on the export of 

cultural property (EEC No. 391 1/92, Official 

Journal No. L395 of 31/12/92. 

A UK Licence is, necessary to move from 

the UK to another Member State of the EU 

cultural goods valued at or above the relevant 

UK licence limit. A UK Licence may also be 

necessary to export outside the European 

Community cultural goods valued at or above 

the relevant UK licence limit but below the 

EU Licence limit. 

The following is a selection of some of 

the categories and a summary of the limits 

above which either an EU or a UK licence 

may be required for items more than 50 years 

old- 

Paintings in oil or tempera 

1 19,000 

Watercolours 23,800 

Prints, Drawings & Engravings 

1 1,900 

British Historical Portraits 6,000 

Photographs 

6,000 

Arms and Armour 20,000 

Textiles 6,000 

Printed Maps 

11,900 

Books 39,600 

Any Other Objects 

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39,600 

Manuscripts/Archives/Scale Drawings 

Archaeological items 

(* a licence will be required in most instances, 

irrespective of value) 

Export to Italy 

Buyers intending to export their purchases to 

Italy under an Italian Temporary Cultural 

Import Licence are advised that the Italian 

authorities will require evidence of export 

from the UK. Please contact Sotheby s 

Shipping Representative or your own shipping 

agent prior to the export for more 

information. 

Endangered Species 

Items made of or incorporating plant or 

animal material, such as coral, crocodile, ivory, 

whalebone, tortoiseshell, etc., irrespective of 

age or value, may require a license or 

certificate prior to exportation and require 

additional licenses or certificates upon 

importation to any country outside the EU. 

Sotheby s suggests that buyers check with their 

own government regarding wildlife import 

requirements prior to placing a bid. Please 

note that the ability to obtain an export 

license or certificate does not ensure the ability 

to obtain an import license or certificate in 

another country, and vice versa. It is the 

buyer s responsibility to obtain any export or 

import licenses and/or certificates as well as 

any other required documentation (see 

Condition 10 of the Conditions of Business 

for Buyers). 

5. Additional Services 

Financial Services 

s Sotheby Financial Services makes loans to 

clients of Sotheby s. These include loans 

secured by property consigned for sale and 

loans secured by art collections which are not 

intended for sale. It is Sotheby s Financial 

Services general policy to lend no more than 

40% of the total of its low auction estimates 

for such property. It is also general policy that 

the minimum loan for consignor advances is 

25,001 (in the US $50,000) and for secured 

loans is 500,000 (in the US $1,000,000). For 

further information please call Sotheby s 

Financial Services in New York at (1-212) 508 

8061, or in London at (44) 20 7293 5273. 

This is not an offer or solicitation. The 

services described are subject to the laws and 

regulations of the jurisdiction in which any 

services may be provided. 

Pre-sale auction estimates 

Sotheby s will be pleased to give preliminary 

pre-sale auction estimates for your property. 

This service is free of charge and is available 

from Sotheby s experts in New Bond Street on 

week days between 9 am and 4.30 pm. We 

advise you to make an appointment with the 

relevant expert department. Upon request, we 

may also travel to your home to provide 

preliminary pre-sale auction estimates. 

Valuations 

The Valuation department provides written 

inventories and valuations throughout Europe 

for many purposes including insurance, 

probate and succession, asset management and 

tax planning. Valuations can be tailored to suit 

most needs. Fees are highly competitive. For 

further information please contact the 

Valuation department on 020 7293 

5177/5082, fax 020 7293 5957. 

Tax and Heritage Advice 

Our Tax and Heritage department provides 

advice on the tax implications of sales and 

related legal and heritage issues. It can also 

assist in private treaty sales, on transfers in lieu 

of taxation, on the obtaining of conditional 

exemption from tax and on UK export issues. 

For further information, please contact the 

Tax and Heritage department on 020 7293 

5082, fax 020 7293 5965.

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Furniture, Longcase Clocks, large Works of Art, 

Carpets, Rugs, Tapestries and large Musical 

Instruments 

Consignments mentioned in the above should 

be delivered to Sotheby s Kings House. 

By appointment telephone 020 8232 5600. 

Opening hours Monday to Friday 8.30am to 

4.30pm, Saturdays 8.30am to 1 1 .30am. Please 

arrive at least half an hour before closing. 

Small items including Pictures, Ceramics, Silver 

and small Works of Art 

Delivery in person between 9.00am and 

4.30pm 

for all Wl locations. 

Paintings and Books 

1-2 St. George Street, London, W1A 2AA 

Ceramics, Silver, Jewellery, small Works of Art 

and Oriental and Islamic Works of Art 

6-7 St. George Street, London, W1A 2AA 

Collectables, small Musical Instruments, Clocks 

and Watches, Wine, Stamps and Coins 

Aeolian Hall, Bloomfield Place, London 

W1A2AA 

Delivery by Courier or Shipping Agent 

When instructing a Courier or Shipper to 

deliver items to Sotheby s, address your 

property to the Arrivals Department, 

1-2 St. George Street, London, W1A 2AA. 

Consignments sent by this method must be 

packed appropriately and clearly 

labelled with 

the owners name, address, telephone numbers, 

s Sotheby Client Account Number, (if known) 

and necessary licences from the country of 

export. Contact Sotheby s Shipping 

Department on 020 7293 5357 for further 

information. 

To avoid delay ensure 3 days notice is given 

along with full consignment details. 

Collection 

Purchasers wishing to collect lots from Kings 

House must ensure that their payment has 

been cleared prior to collection and that a 

release note has been forwarded to the 

warehouse by the cashiers at Sotheby s New 

Bond Street. Buyers who have established 

credit arrangements with Sotheby s may 

collect purchases prior to payment, although a 

release note is still required from the cashiers 

as above. Please note that the cashiers 

department is not open on Saturdays. Lots 

will be released only if full payment has been 

received together with settlement of any 

removal, interest, handling and storage 

charges thereon. Handling and storage 

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charges plus VAT for all purchase lots sent to 

Sotheby s Kings House will apply two weeks 

after the sale date at the following rates: 

Handling Charge: 20 plus VAT per lot 

Storage Charge: 21 plus VAT per lot per 

week or part thereof. 

Payments should be made to Sotheby s at 

Kings House. 

Route Guidance 

From Bond Street to Hyde Park Corner take 

the Knightsbridge Road leading into 

Brompton Road then the Cromwell Road. 

Over the Hammersmith Flyover onto the 

Great West Road. At the Hogarth 

Roundabout take the Hogarth Road to 

Chiswick. Follow the A4 route from slip road 

round the Chiswick Roundabout and take the 

second turning on the left. Follow the A4 past 

Capital Interchange on your left and take next 

left down the ramp signed Sotheby s. Kings 

House is situated adjacent to the DHL 

Building. 

Kings House Warehouse 

Paul Dennis and Salim Hasham 

Telephone: 020 8232 5600 

Fax: 020 8232 5625 

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VAT INFORMATION FOR BUYERS AT BOOK SALES 

The following paragraphs are 

intended to give guidance to buyers 

on the VAT implications of 

purchasing at Sotheby s book 

department 

sales. The information 

concerns the most usual 

circumstances (arising from the VAT 

rules introduced on 1 June 1995) and 

is not intended to be complete. In all 

cases the UK VAT legislation takes 

precedence and the VAT rates in 

effect on the day of the auction will 

be the rates charged. It should be 

noted that, for VAT purposes only, 

Sotheby s is not usually 

treated as an 

agent and most property is sold as if 

it is the property of Sotheby s. 

In the following paragraphs, 

reference to VAT symbols shall mean 

those symbols located beside the lot 

number or the pre-sale estimates in 

the catalogue (or amending sale 

room notice). 

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1 . Property with no VAT symbol 

Where there is no VAT symbol the property is 

free from VAT and Sotheby s will not charge 

VAT on either the hammer price or the buyer s 

premium. 

2. Property with a # symbol 

Although these items are not free from VAT, 

s is Sotheby able to use the Auctioneer s 

Margin Scheme and VAT will not normally be 

charged on the hammer price. 

Sotheby s must bear VAT on the buyer s 

premium and hence will charge an amount in 

lieu ofVAT at 17.5% on this premium. This 

amount will form part of the buyer s premium 

on our invoice and will not be separately 

identified. 

Please see Exports from the European 

Union for the conditions to be fulfilled before 

the amount in lieu ofVAT in the buyer s 

premium may be cancelled or refunded. 

(VAT-registered buyers from within the 

European Union (EU) should note that the 

amount in lieu ofVAT contained within the 

cannot be cancelled or 

buyer s premium 

refunded s by Sotheby or HM Customs & 

Excise.) 

(VAT-registered buyers from within the 

EU requiring an invoice under the normal 

VAT rules, instead of a margin scheme 

invoice, should notify the Cashier s Office or 

the Client Accounts Department on the day 

of the auction and an invoice with VAT on the 

hammer price will be raised. Buyers requiring 

reinvoicing under the normal VAT rules 

subsequent to a margin scheme invoice having 

been raised should contact the Client 

Accounts Department for assistance.) 

3. Property with a t symbol 

These items are standard-rated and will be 

sold under the normal UK VAT rules. Both 

the hammer price and buyer s premium will 

be subject to VAT at 17.5%. 

Please see Exports from the European 

Union for the conditions to be fulfilled before 

the VAT charged on the hammer price may be 

cancelled or refunded. Sotheby s must always 

charge VAT on the buyer s premium for these 

lots and will neither cancel nor refund the 

VAT charged. 

(VAT-registered buyers from other 

European Union (EU) countries may have the 

VAT on the hammer price cancelled or 

refunded if they provide Sotheby s with their 

VAT registration number and evidence that 

the property has been removed from the UK 

within three months of the date of sale. A 

form is available from the Cashier s Office 

which will act as such evidence once 

completed by the buyer or the buyer s agent. 

If the shipping is undertaken by Sotheby s, no 

such form will be required.) 

(All business buyers from outside the UK 

should refer to VAT Refunds from HM 

Customs & Excise for information on how to 

recover VAT incurred on the buyer s 

premium.) 

4. Property with a a symbol 

Items sold to buyers whose address is in the 

European Union (EU) will be assumed to be 

remaining in the EU. The property will be 

invoiced as if it had a # symbol (see Property 

with a # symbol above). However, if the 

property is to be exported 

from the EU, 

Sotheby s will re-invoice the property under 

the normal VAT rules (see Property sold with 

a f symbol above) as requested by the seller. 

Items sold to buyers whose address is 

outside the European Union (EU) will be 

assumed to be exported from the EU. The 

property will be invoiced under the normal 

VAT rules (see Property sold with a t symbol 

above). Although the hammer price 

will be 

subject to VAT this will be cancelled or 

refunded upon export - see Exports from the 

European Union . The s buyer premium will 

always attract VAT. However, buyers who are 

not intending to export their property from 

the EU should notify our Client Accounts 

Department on the day of the sale and the 

property will be re-invoiced showing no VAT 

on the hammer price (see Property sold with 

a # symbol above) . 

5. Property sold with a * or Q 

symbol 

These items have been imported from outside 

the European Union (EU) to be sold at 

auction under temporary importation. When 

Sotheby s releases such property to buyers in 

the UK, the buyer will become the importer 

and must pay Sotheby s import VAT at the

following rates on both the hammer price and 

buyer s premium: 

t - 5% 

Q- 17.5% 

Buyers intending to take their purchased 

property out of the EU should see Exports 

from the European Union . 

(VAT-registered buyers from the EU 

should note that the import VAT charged on 

property released in the UK cannot be 

cancelled or refunded by Sotheby s.) 

(VAT-registered buyers from the UK 

should note that the invoice issued by 

s Sotheby for these items is not suitable 

evidence for VAT return purposes. You 

should confirm with the Shipping 

Department that s Sotheby has a record of 

your VAT registration number and wait for a 

certificate C79 to be issued by HM Customs 

& Excise.) 

(VAT-registered buyers from other EU 

countries may be able to seek repayment of 

the import VAT paid by applying to HM 

Customs & Excise with a copy of the C88 

import declaration available from the 

Shipping Department - see VAT Refunds 

from HM Customs & Excise .) 

6. Exports from the European Union 

The following types ofVAT may be cancelled 

or refunded by Sotheby s on exports made 

within three months of the sale date if strict 

conditions are met: 

- the amount in lieu ofVAT charged on 

buyer s premium for property sold under the 

or a a 

margin scheme i.e. with a # symbol 

symbol. 

- the VAT on the hammer price for 

property sold under the normal VAT rules i.e. 

with a t symbol or a a symbol. 

- the import VAT charged on hammer 

price and buyer s premium for property sold 

under temporary importation i.e. with a t or a 

2 symbol. 

In each of the above examples, where the 

appropriate conditions are satisfied, no VAT 

will be charged if, at or before the time of 

invoicing, the buyer instructs Sotheby s to 

export the property from the EU. If such 

instruction is received after payment, a refund 

of the VAT amount will be made. If a buyer 

later decides not to use Sotheby s shipping 

services a revised invoice will be raised 

charging VAT. 

Where the buyer carries purchases from 

the EU personally or uses the services of 

another shipper, Sotheby s will charge the VAT 

amount due as a deposit and refund it if the 

lot has been exported within three months of 

the date of sale and the following conditions 

are met: 

- For lots sold under the margin scheme 

(# symbol) or the normal VAT rules (t 

symbol), Sotheby s is provided with 

appropriate documentary proof of export 

from the EU. Buyers carrying their own 

property should obtain hand-carry papers 

from the Shipping Department to facilitate 

this process. 

- For lots sold under temporary 

importation (t or Q symbols), Sotheby s is 

provided with a copy of the correct paperwork 

duly completed and stamped by HM Customs 

& Excise. It is essential for shippers acting on 

behalf of buyers to collect copies of the 

original import papers from our Shipping 

Department. Buyers carrying their own 

property must obtain hand-carry papers from 

the Shipping Department. 

Once the appropriate paperwork has 

been returned to Sotheby s, a refund of the 

VAT charge will be made. Please note, an 

administrative fee of 20.00 will be charged 

for this service. 

Sotheby s is not able to cancel or refund 

any VAT charged on sales made to UK or EU 

private residents unless the lot is subject to 

temporary importation and the property is 

exported from the EU within three months of 

the date of sale. 

Buyers intending to export lots under 

temporary importation ($ or Q symbols) 

should notify the Shipping Department 

before collection. Failure to do so may result 

in the crystallisation of the import VAT charge 

and Sotheby s will be unable to refund the 

VAT charged on deposit. 

7. VAT Refunds from HM Customs 

& Excise 

Where VAT charged cannot be cancelled or 

refunded by Sotheby s, it may be possible to 

seek repayment from HM Customs &C Excise. 

Repayments in this manner are limited to 

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businesses located outside the UK and may be 

considered for VAT charged on buyer s 

premium on property sold under the normal 

VAT rules (i.e. with a t or a symbol) or import 

VAT charged on the hammer price and buyer s 

premium for lots sold under temporary 

importation (i.e. with a $ or Q symbol). 

Claim forms are available from: 

HM Customs & Excise 

Overseas Repayment Section 

8th/ 13th Directive 

Customs House 

PO Box 34 

Londonderry, BT48 7AE 

Northern Ireland 

Tel: (44) 1504 372727 

Fax: (44) 1504 372520 

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CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS FOR BUYERS 

The nature of the relationship 

between Sotheby s, Sellers and 

Bidders and the terms on which 

Sotheby s (as auctioneer) and Sellers 

contract with Bidders are set out 

below. Bidders attention is 

specifically drawn to Conditions 3 

and 4 below, which require them to 

investigate lots prior to bidding and 

which contain specific limitations and 

exclusions of the legal liability of 

Sotheby s and Sellers. The limitations 

and exclusions relating to Sotheby s 

are consistent with its role as 

auctioneer of large quantities of 

goods of a wide variety. Bidders 

should pay particular attention to 

these Conditions. 

1 . Introduction 

(a) Sotheby s and Sellers contractual 

relationship with prospective Buyers is 

governed by: 

(i) 

(ii) 

these Conditions of Business; 

the Conditions of Business for Sellers 

displayed in the saleroom and which are 

available on request; 

(iii) Sotheby s Authenticity Guarantee as 

printed in the sale catalogue; and 

(iv) any additional notices and terms printed 

in the sale catalogue, 

in each case as amended by any saleroom 

notice or auctioneer s announcement at the 

auction. 

(b) As auctioneer, Sotheby s acts as agent for 

the Seller. A sale contract is made directly 

between the Seller and the Buyer. However, 

Sotheby s may own a lot (and in such 

circumstances acts in a principal capacity as 

Seller) and/or may have a legal, beneficial or 

financial interest in a lot as a secured creditor 

or otherwise. 

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2. Common Terms 

In these Conditions of Business: 

"Bidder" is any person considering, making 

or attempting to make a bid, by whatever 

means, and includes Buyers; 

"Buyer" is the person who makes the highest 

bid or offer accepted by the auctioneer, and 

includes such person s principal when bidding 

as agent; 

"Buyer s Expenses" are any costs or expenses 

due to Sotheby s from the Buyer, including an 

amount in respect of applicable VAT thereon; 

s Premium" is the commission 

"Buyer 

payable by the Buyer on the Hammer Price at 

the rates set out in the Guide for Prospective 

Buyers; 

"Counterfeit" is as defined in Sotheby s 

Authenticity Guarantee; 

"Hammer Price" is the highest bid accepted 

by the auctioneer by the fall of the hammer, or 

in the case of a post-auction sale, the agreed 

sale price; 

"Purchase Price" is the Hammer Price and 

s applicable Buyer Premium and VAT; 

"Reserve" is the (confidential) minimum 

Hammer Price at which the Seller has agreed 

to sell a lot; 

"Seller" is the person offering a lot for sale 

(including their agent (other than Sotheby s), 

executors or personal representatives); 

"Sotheby s" means Sotheby s, the unlimited 

company which has its registered 

office at 34- 

35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA; 

"Sotheby s Company" is Sotheby s Holdings, 

Inc. and any of its subsidiaries (within the 

meaning of Section 736 of the Companies Act 

1985) (including Sotheby s); 

"VAT" is Value Added Tax at the prevailing 

rate. Further information is contained in the 

Guide for Prospective Buyers. 

3. Duties of Bidders and ofSotheby s in respect of 

items for sale 

(a) Sotheby s knowledge in relation to each 

lot is partially dependent on information 

provided to it by the Seller, and Sotheby s is 

not able to and does not carry out exhaustive 

due diligence on each lot. Bidders 

acknowledge this fact and accept 

responsibility for carrying out inspections and 

investigations to satisfy themselves as to the 

lots in which they may be interested. 

(b) Each lot offered for sale at Sotheby s is 

available for inspection by Bidders prior to the 

sale. Sotheby s accepts bids on lots solely on 

the basis that Bidders (and independent 

experts on their behalf, to the extent 

appropriate given the nature and value of the 

lot and the Bidder s own expertise) have fully 

inspected the lot prior to bidding and have 

satisfied themselves as to both the condition 

of the lot and the accuracy of its description. 

(c) 

Bidders acknowledge that many lots are 

of an age and type which means that they are 

not in perfect condition. All lots are offered 

for sale in the condition they are in at the time 

of the auction (whether or not Bidders are in 

attendance at the auction). Condition reports 

may be available to assist when inspecting lots. 

Catalogue descriptions and condition reports 

may on occasions make reference to particular 

imperfections of a lot, but Bidders should 

note that lots may have other faults not 

expressly referred to in the catalogue or 

condition report. Illustrations are for 

identification purposes only and will not 

convey full information as to the actual 

condition of lots. 

(d) Information provided to Bidders in 

respect of any lot, including any estimate, 

whether written or oral and including 

information in any catalogue, condition or 

other report, commentary or valuation, is not 

a representation of fact but rather is a 

statement of opinion genuinely held by 

Sotheby s. Any estimate may not be relied on 

as a prediction of the selling price or value of 

the lot and may be revised from time to time 

in Sotheby s absolute discretion. 

(e) 

No representations or warranties are 

made by Sotheby s or the Seller as to whether 

any lot is subject to copyright or whether the 

Buyer acquires copyright in any lot. 

(f) Subject to the matters referred to at 3 (a) 

to 3(e) above and to the specific exclusions 

contained at Condition 4 below, Sotheby s 

shall exercise such reasonable care when 

making express statements in catalogue 

descriptions or condition reports 

as is 

consistent with its role as auctioneer of lots in 

the sale to which these Conditions relate, and 

in the light of (i) the information provided to 

it by the Seller; (ii) scholarship and technical 

knowledge; and (iii) the generally accepted 

opinions of relevant experts, 

in each case at 

the time any such express statement is made.

4. Exclusions and limitations ofliability to 

Buyers 

(a) s Sotheby shall refund the Purchase Price 

to the Buyer in circumstances where it deems 

that the lot is a Counterfeit and each of the 

conditions of the Authenticity Guarantee has 

been satisfied. 

(b) 

In the light of the matters in Condition 3 

above and subject to Conditions 4(a) and 

4(e), neither any Sotheby s Company nor the 

Seller: 

(i) 

is liable for any errors or omissions in 

information provided to Bidders by Sotheby s 

(or any Sotheby s Company), whether orally 

or in writing, whether negligent or otherwise, 

except as set out in Condition 3(f) above; 

(ii) gives any guarantee or warranty to 

Bidders and any implied warranties and 

conditions are excluded (save in so far as such 

obligations cannot be excluded by law) other 

than the express warranties given by the Seller 

to the Buyer in Condition 2 of the Sellers 

Conditions of Business; 

(iii) accepts responsibility to any Bidders in 

respect of acts or omissions (whether negligent 

or otherwise) s by Sotheby in connection with 

the conduct of auctions or for any matter 

relating to the sale of any lot. 

(c) 

Unless Sotheby s owns a lot offered for 

sale, it is not responsible for any breach of 

these conditions by the Seller. 

(d) Without prejudice to Condition 4(b), 

any claim against Sotheby s or the Seller by a 

Bidder is limited to the Purchase Price with 

regard to that lot. Neither s Sotheby nor the 

Seller shall under any circumstances be liable 

for any consequential losses. 

(e) 

None of this Condition 4 shall exclude or 

limit Sotheby s liability in respect of any 

fraudulent misrepresentation made by 

Sotheby s or the Seller, or in respect of death 

or personal injury caused by the negligent acts 

or omissions of Sotheby s or the Seller. 

5 . Bidding at Auction 

(a) s Sotheby has absolute discretion to 

refuse admission to the auction. Bidders must 

complete a Paddle Registration 

Form and 

supply such information and references as 

required by Sotheby s. Bidders act as principal 

unless they have Sotheby s prior written 

consent to bid as agent for another party. 

Bidders are personally liable for their bid and 

are jointly and severally liable with their 

principal if bidding as agent. 

(b) s Sotheby advises Bidders to attend the 

auction but will seek to carry out absentee 

written bids which are in pounds sterling and, 

in Sotheby s opinion, clear and received 

sufficiently 

in advance of the sale of the lot, 

endeavouring to ensure that the first received 

of identical written bids has priority. 

(c) 

Where available, written and telephone 

bids are offered as an additional service for no 

extra charge, at the Bidder s risk and are 

undertaken subject to Sotheby s other 

commitments at the time of the auction, 

Sotheby s therefore cannot accept liability for 

failure to place such bids. Telephone bids may 

be recorded. 

6. Conduct of the Auction 

(a) 

Unless otherwise specified, all lots are 

offered subject to a Reserve, which shall be no 

higher than the low presale estimate at the 

time of the auction. 

(b) The auctioneer has discretion at any time 

to refuse any bid, withdraw any lot, re-offer a 

lot for sale (including after the fall of the 

hammer) if he believes there may be error or 

dispute, and take such other action as he 

reasonably thinks fit. 

(c) The auctioneer will commence and 

advance the bidding at levels and in 

increments he considers appropriate and is 

entitled to place a bid or series of bids on 

behalf of the Seller up to the Reserve on the 

lot, without indicating he is doing so and 

whether or not other bids are placed. 

(d) Subject to Condition 6(b), the contract 

between the Buyer and the Seller is concluded 

on the striking of the auctioneer s hammer, 

whereupon the Buyer becomes liable to pay 

the Purchase Price. 

(e) Any post-auction sale of lots offered at 

auction shall incorporate these Conditions as 

if sold in the auction. 

7. Payment and Collection 

(a) 

Unless otherwise agreed, payment of the 

Purchase Price for a lot and any Buyer s 

Expenses are due in pounds sterling 

immediately on conclusion of the auction (the 

"Due Date") notwithstanding any 

requirements for export, import or other 

permits 

for such lot. 

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(b) Title in a purchased lot will not pass until 

s Sotheby has received the Purchase Price and 

Buyer s Expenses for that lot in cleared funds. 

Sotheby s is not obliged 

to release a lot to the 

Buyer until title in the lot has passed, and any 

earlier release does not affect the passing of 

title or the Buyer s unconditional obligation 

to pay the Purchase Price and Buyer s 

Expenses. 

(c) 

The Buyer is obliged to arrange 

collection of purchased lots within five days of 

the auction. Purchased lots are at the Buyer s 

risk (and therefore their sole responsibility for 

insurance) from the earliest of i) collection or 

ii) five days after the auction. Until risk 

passes, Sotheby s will compensate the Buyer 

for any loss or damage to the lot up to a 

maximum of the Purchase Price paid. Buyers 

should note that Sotheby s assumption of risk 

for loss or damage is subject to the exclusions 

set out in Condition 6 of the Conditions of 

Business for Sellers. 

(d) For all items stored by a third party and 

not available for collection from Sotheby s 

premises, the supply of authority to release to 

the Buyer shall constitute collection by the 

Buyer. 

(e) 

All packing and handling is at the Buyer s 

risk. Sotheby s will not be liable for any acts or 

omissions of third party packers or shippers. 

Remedies for non-payment 

Without prejudice to any rights the Seller may 

have, if the Buyer without prior agreement 

fails to make payment for the lot within five 

days of the auction, Sotheby s may in its sole 

discretion (having informed the Seller) 

exercise one or more of the following 

remedies: 

(a) 

store the lot at its premises or elsewhere 

at the Buyer s sole risk and expense; 

(b) cancel the sale of the lot; 

(c) 

set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by 

a Sotheby s Company against any amounts 

owed to Sotheby s by the Buyer in respect of 

the lot; 

(d) reject future bids from the Buyer or 

render such bids subject to payment of a 

deposit; 

(e) charge interest at 4% per annum above 

Barclays Bank pic Base Rate from the Due 

Date to the date the Purchase Price and 

relevant Buyer s Expenses are received in 

cleared funds; 

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(f) 

exercise a lien over any of the Buyer s 

property which is in the possession 

of a 

Sotheby s s Company. Sotheby shall inform 

the Buyer of the exercise of any such lien and 

within 14 days of such notice may arrange the 

sale of such property and apply the proceeds 

to the amount owed to Sotheby s; 

(g) 

resell the lot by auction or private sale, 

with estimates and reserves at Sotheby s 

discretion. In the event such resale is for less 

than the Purchase Price and Buyer s Expenses 

for that lot, the Buyer will remain liable for 

the shortfall together with all costs incurred in 

such resale; 

(h) commence legal proceedings to recover 

the Purchase Price and Buyer s Expenses for 

that lot, together with interest and the costs of 

such proceedings on a full indemnity basis; or 

(i) 

release the name and address of the Buyer 

to the Seller to enable the Seller to commence 

legal proceedings to recover the amounts due 

and legal costs. Sotheby s will take reasonable 

steps to notify the Buyer prior to releasing 

such details to the Seller. 

9. Failure to collect purchases 

(a) 

If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price and 

Buyer s Expenses but fails to collect a 

purchased lot within fourteen calendar days of 

the auction, the lot will be stored at the 

Buyer s expense (and risk) at Sotheby s or with 

a third party. 

(b) If a purchased lot is paid for but not 

collected within six months of the auction, the 

Buyer authorises Sotheby s, having given 

notice to the Buyer, to arrange a resale of the 

item by auction or private sale, with estimates 

and reserves at Sotheby s discretion. The 

proceeds of such sale, less all costs incurred by 

Sotheby s, will be forfeited unless collected by 

the Buyer within two years of the original 

auction. 

10. Export 

It is the Buyer s sole responsibility to obtain 

any necessary export, import, firearm, 

endangered species or other permit for the lot. 

Without prejudice to Conditions 3 and 4 

above, s Sotheby and the Seller make no 

representations or warranties as to whether 

any lot is subject to export or import 

restrictions or any embargoes. 

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The denial of any permit or licence shall not 

justify cancellation or rescission of the sale 

contract or any delay in payment. 

1 1 . General 

(a) 

All images and other materials produced 

for the auction are the copyright of Sotheby s, 

for use at Sotheby s discretion. 

(b) Notices to Sotheby s should be in writing 

and addressed to the department in charge of 

the sale, quoting the reference number 

specified at the beginning of the sale 

catalogue. Notices to s Sotheby clients shall 

be addressed to the last address formally 

notified by them to Sotheby s. 

(c) 

Should any provision of these Conditions 

of Business be held unenforceable for any 

reason, the remaining provisions shall remain 

in full force and effect. 

(d) These Conditions of Business are not 

assignable by any Buyer without Sotheby s 

prior written consent, but are binding on 

Buyers successors, assigns and representatives. 

No act, omission or delay by Sotheby s shall 

be deemed a waiver or release of any of its 

rights. 

(e) 

The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) 

Act 1999 is excluded by these Conditions of 

Business and shall not apply to any contract 

made pursuant to them. 

(f) 

The materials listed in Condition l(a) 

above set out the entire agreement and 

understanding between the parties with 

respect to the subject matter hereof. It is 

agreed that, save in respect of liability for 

fraudulent misrepresentation, no party has 

entered into any contract pursuant to these 

terms in reliance on any representation, 

warranty or undertaking which is not 

expressly referred to in such materials. 

12. Data Protection 

Sotheby s will use information provided by its 

clients or which Sotheby s otherwise obtains 

relating to its clients for the provision of 

auction and other art-related services, real 

estate and insurance services, client 

administration, marketing and otherwise to 

manage and its operate business, or as 

required by law. 

Some gathering of information about 

Sotheby s clients will take place using 

technical means to identify their preferences 

and provide a higher quality of service to 

them, and Sotheby s may gather information 

about its clients through video images or 

through the use of monitoring devices used to 

record telephone conversations. 

Sotheby s will generally seek clients express 

consent before gathering any sensitive data, 

unless otherwise permitted by law. Bidders 

agree that Sotheby s may use any sensitive 

information that they supply to Sotheby s. 

By agreeing to these Conditions of Business, 

Bidders agree to the processing of their 

personal information and also to the 

disclosure and transfer of such information to 

any Sotheby s Company and to third parties 

anywhere in the world for the above purposes, 

including to countries which may not offer 

equivalent protection of personal information 

to that offered in the UK. Bidders can prevent 

the use of their personal information for 

marketing purposes at any time by notifying 

Sotheby s. 

13. Law and Jurisdiction 

Governing Law These Conditions of Business 

and all aspects of all matters, transactions or 

disputes to which they relate or apply shall be 

governed by and interpreted in accordance 

with English law. 

Jurisdiction For the benefit of Sotheby s, all 

Bidders and Sellers agree that the Courts of 

England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to 

settle all disputes arising in connection with 

all aspects of all matters or transactions to 

which these Conditions of Business relate or 

apply. All parties agree that s Sotheby shall 

retain the right to bring proceedings in any 

court other than the Courts of England. 

Service of Process All Bidders and Sellers 

irrevocably consent to service of process or 

any other documents in connection with 

proceedings in any court by facsimile 

transmission, personal service, delivery by 

mail or in any other manner permitted by 

English law, the law of the place of service or 

the law of the jurisdiction where proceedings 

are instituted, at the last address of the Buyer 

or Seller known to Sotheby s or any other 

usual address.

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Deputy Chairman 

Palazzo Broggi 

Via Broggi 19, 20129 Milan 

Telephone: 39 02 29 5001 

Fax: 39 02 29 5 18595 

Rome 

Luisa Lepri 

Director 

Silvia Geddes da Filicaia 

Piazza di Spagna 90 

00 187 Rome 

Telephone: 39 6 699 41791 

Fax: 39 06 679 6 167 

Florence 

Clementina Bartolini Salimbeni 

Telephone: 39 55 247 9021 

Fax: 39 55 247 9563 

Turin 

Laura Russo 

Director 

Corso Galileo, Ferraris 18B 

10121 Turin 

Telephone: 39 1 1 544898 

Fax: 39 1 1 547675 

LUXEMBOURG 

Please refer all enquiries to 

Count Hubert d Ursel 

in the Brussels Office 

Telephone: 32 2 648 0080 

Fax: 32 2 648 0757 

MONACO 

Mark Armstrong 

B.P.45, Le Sporting d Hiver 

Place du Casino 

MC 98001 Monaco Cedex 

Telephone: 377 93 30 88 80 

Fax: 377 93 25 24 98 

NETHERLANDS 

John L. van Schaik 


Patrick van Maris 

Deputy Managing Director 

De Boelelaan 30 

1 083 HJ Amsterdam 

Telephone: 3 120 5 50 22 00 

Fax: 31 205502222 

NORWAY 

Ingeborg Astrup 

Bj0rnveien 42, 0774 Oslo 

Telephone: 47 22 1472 82 

Fax: 47 22 49 38 36 

Madrid 

Carmen Araoz de Urquijo 

Chairman 

Helene Marie Montgomery 


Serrano 32, 2 Int-Dcha 

28001 Madrid 

Telephone: 34 91 5765714 

Fax: 34 91 781 2490 

SWEDEN 

Stockholm 

Lars Nedergaard 

Arsenalsgatan 6 

S - 1 1 1 47 Stockholm 

Telephone: 46 8 679 5478 

Fax: 46 8 61 14826 

Gothenburg 

Viviann Kempe 

Villa Thalatta 

James Keillers 1 Vag 2 

S - 429 43 SARO 

Telephone: 46 31 937150 

Fax: 46 31 937550 

South Sweden 

Baroness Catharina von 

Blixen-Finecke 

Nasbyholm Sateri 

S - 274 94 SKURUP 

Telephone: 46 411 43981 

Fax: 46 41 143982 

SWITZERLAND 

Guy Jennings 

Chairman 

Geneva 

Peter-Paul Guthman 

13 Quai du Mont Blanc 

CH- 1201 Geneva 

Telephone: 41 229084800 

Fax: 41 22 908 4804 

Zurich 

Dr. Claudia Steinfels 

Gessnerallee 1 

CH-8021 Zurich 

Telephone: 

41 1 2262200 

Fax: 41 1 2262201 

Lugano 

Iris Fabbri 

Riva Caccia 4a 

CH - 6900 Lugano 

Telephone: 41 91 993 3060 

Fax: 41 91 9933061 

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AFRICA 

SOUTH AFRICA 

Johannesburg 

Stephan Welz 

Mannrim Director 

o o 

13 Biermann Avenue 

Rosebank 

Johannesburg 2196 

Telephone: 27 11 8803125/9 

Fax: 27 1 1 880 2656 

Cape Town 

PO Box 818 

Constantia 7848 

Cape Town 

South Africa 

Telephone: 27 21 794 6461 

Fax: 27 21 7946621 

ASIA 

CHINA 

Wang Jie 

Dynasty Business Centre 

Room 401 

457 Wu Lu Mu Qi Road (N) 

Shanghai 200040, PRC 

Tel: 86 21 6249 7450 

Fax: 86 21 62497451 

HONG KONG 

Henry Howard-Sneyd 

Managing Director, China and 

Southeast Asia 

5/F Standard Chartered Bank 

Building 

4-4A Des Voeux Road Central 

Hong Kong 

Telephone: 852 2524 8121 

Fax: 852 2810 6238 

INDONESIA 

Martina Sudwikatmono* 

Mitra Bldg., 8th Floor 

JL. Gatot Subroto, Kav. 2 1 

Jakarta 12930 

Telephone: 62 21 5220156 

Fax: 62 21 5220074 

JAPAN 

Tetsuji Shibayama 

President 

Fuerte Kojimachi Bldg. 3F 

1-7 Kojimachi 

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 

Telephone: 81 3 3230 2755 

Fax: 81 332302754 

KOREA 

c/o Hong Kong Office 

Telephone: 852 2524 8121 

Fax: 8 52 28 10 6238 

Walter Cheah 

Manannv Director 

o o 

25 Jalan Pudu Lama 

50200 Kuala Lumpur 

Telephone: 60 3 2070 03 19 

Fax: 60 3 2070 6833 

SINGAPORE 

Esther Seet 


1 Cuscaden Road 

01-01 The Regent Singapore 

Singapore 249715 

Telephone: 65 732 8239 

Fax: 65 737 0295 

TAIWAN, R.O.C. 

Winnie Chang 


1 st Floor, No. 77 

Sec. 1 , An Ho Road 

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. 

Telephone: 886 2 2755 2906 

Fax: 886 2 2709 3949 

Rika Dila 

Sotheby s Representative 

Sukhothai Hotel 

13/3 South Sathorn Rd 

Bangkok 10120 

Thailand 

Telephone: 662 286 0788 

& 662 286 0789 

Fax: 662 286 0787 

AUSTRALIA 

Justin Miller 

Chairman 

Martin Gallon 


Melbourne 

926 High Street, Armadale 

Melbourne, Victoria 3143 

Telephone: 61 3 9509 2900 

Fax: 61 3 9563 5067 

Sydney 

Queen s Court, Level 1 

11 8- 122 Queen Street 

Woollahra 

New South Wales 2025 

Telephone: 61 29362 1000 

Fax: 61 29362 1100 

LATIN AMERICA 

ARGENTINA 

Buenos Aires 

Adela Mackinlay de Casal 

Avenida Alvear 1640 (P.B.) 

C1014 AAQ, Capital Federal 

Argentina 

Telephone: 541 148144454 

Fax: 541 148145033 

BRAZIL 

Rio de Janeiro 

Katia Mindlin Leite Barbosal 

Caixa Postal 62619 


RJ CEP 22250-970 

Telephone: 55 21 2553 1946 

Fax: 55 21 25534594 

Heloise Guinlet 

Estrada da Gavea 611 

Bloco 1, Apt 2503 

Sao Conrado 

22610-000 Gavea 


Telephone: 55 21 3322 4500 

Fax: 55 21 3322 6397 

Sao Paulo 

Pedro Correa do Lago| 

Rua Joao Cachoeira 267 

Sao Paulo SP CEP 04535-010 

Telephone: 55 11 3167 0066 

Fax: 55 11 3168 1559 

MEXICO 

Mexico City 

Ana Yturbe de Sepulveda 

Campos 

Mexico 11560D.F. 

Eliseos 325-5 Polanco 

Telephone: 525281 2100 

Fax: 525 280 7 136 

Luis C. Lopez Morton^: 

Jewelery Consultant 

Monte Athos 179 

Lomas Virreyes 

C.P. 11000 

Mexico, D.F. 

Telephone: 525 520 5005 

525 502 9936 

Fax: 525 540 32 13 

Monterrey 

Barbara Perusquia de Lobeira^ 

Via Triumphalis 127 PTE. 

Fuentes Del Valle 

Monterrey 66220, Nuevo Leon 

Telephone: 528 675 7573 / 74 

Fax: 528 129 5081 

Diana Boccardo 

Edf. Torresaman, 

Piso9, Ofc91 

Avenida Romulo Gallegos 

con calle El Carmen 

Los Dos Caminos, Caracas 1 062 

Telephone: 58212 234 8298 

Fax: 58212 237 3920 

HEADQUARTERS 

1334 York Avenue 

New York, New York 10021 

Telephone: 212 606 7000 

Fax: 212 606 7107 

212 606 70 16 Bids only 

OFFICES AND ASSOCIATES 

Atlanta 

Virginia Groves Beach t 

77 West Paces Ferry 

Atlanta, Georgia 30305 

Telephone: 404 355 7225 

Fax: 404 355 8599 

* Associate ofSotheby s 

t International Representative 

% Consultant


Baltimore 

Aurelia Bolton* 

Elizabeth Schroeder* 

P.O. Box 250 

2 1 1 39 

Riderwood, Maryland 

Telephone: 41 0252 4600 

Fax: 410 561 9738 

Chicago 

21 5 West Ohio Street 

Illinois Chicago, 60610 

Telephone: 312 396 9599 

Fax: 31 2 396 9598 

Helyn D. Goldenberg 

Chairman, Midwest 

Larry J. Sirolli 


Cassie Spencer 

Trusts dr Estates 

Eve Reppen Rogers 

Jewelry 

Richard T. Nelson 

Furniture & Decorative Art 

F. Gary Metzner 

Fine Arts 

Marcus Tremonto 

Art Nouveau cjrArt Deco 

Michael Davis 

Paul Hart 

Wine 

Marjorie S. Susmanf 

Dallas 

Serena Ritch* 

Nancy Strauss Halbreich* 

The Quadrangle 

2800 Routh Street, Suite 140 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

Telephone: 2 14 871 1056 

Fax: 214 871 1057 

Delaware 

Barbara C. Riegel* 

P.O. Box 67 

Montchanin, Delaware 19710 

Telephone: 302 652 6570 

Fax: 302 652 6575 

Honolulu 

Andrea Song Gelber* 

P.O. Box 177 

Honolulu, Hawaii 968 10 

Telephone: 808 732 01 22 

Fax: 808 732 01 22 

Houston 

2001 Kirby Drive, Suite 805 

Houston, Texas 77019 

Telephone: 71 3 524 0044 

Fax: 71 3 520 1602 

Los Angeles 

9665 Wilshire Blvd. 

Beverly Hills, California 90212 

Telephone: 3 10 274 0340 

Fax: 310 274 0899 

Andrea L. Van de Kamp 

Chairman, West Coast 

Richard S. Wolf 

Managing Director, West Coast 

August O. Uribe 

Director, Fine Arts, West Coast 

Lisa Hubbard 

International Jewelry 

Katherine Watkins 

Director, Decorative Arts 

Montana 

Kathryn Wilmerding Heminway 

Bar 20 Ranch 

West Boulder Reserve 

McLeod, Montana 59052 

Telephone: 406 222 9399 

Fax: 406 222 0051 

Miami 

Douglas Entrance 

800 Douglas Road, Suite 125 

Coral Gables, Florida 33134 

Telephone: 305 448 7882 

Fax: 305 448 7 168 

Axel Stein 

Director 

Tracy Sherman 

Jewelry 

Maria Bonta de la Pezuela 

Decorative Arts 

Minneapolis/St. Paul 

Laura MacLennan 

2030 Foshay Tower 

821 Marquette Avenue 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 

Telephone: 612 332 8938 

Fax: 612 332 7456 

Naples 

Barbara Deisroth 

Telephone/Fax: 813 261 6787 

New England 

William S. Cottingham 

Director 

Patricia Ward 

Representative 

67 /2 Chestnut St. 

Boston, Massachusetts 02108 

Telephone: 61 7 367 6323 

Fax: 617 367 4888 

New York City 

Barbara Gates* 

Suzette de Marigny Smith* 

Brooke Douglass de Ocampo* 

Lee Copley Thawf 

Telephone: 212 606 7442 

North Carolina 

Robert V. Ruggiero^ 

597 Fog Hollow Cove 

Clyde, North Carolina 28721 

Telephone: 828 627 6004 

Fax: 828 627 2059 

Palm Beach 

225 Peruvian Avenue 

Palm Beach, Florida 33480 

Telephone: 561 833 2582 

Fax: 561 655 4583 

David G. Ober 

Chairman, Southeast 

P. Hope Kent* 

Louis J. Gartner* 

Philadelphia 

Angela Hudson 

Director 

Wendy Foulke 

1 8 Haverford Station Road 

Haverford, Pennsylvania 

Telephone: 61 0649 2600 

Fax: 610 649 7995 

Richmond 

Virginia Guest Valentinef 

Telephone: 804 353 1579 

Fax: 804 353 0575 

San Francisco 

Jennifer Foley Biederbeck 

Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale* 

1 904 1 

Mrs. John N. Rosekranst 

214 Grant Avenue, Suite 350 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: 41 5 772 9028 

Fax: 41 5 772 9031 

Santa Barbara 

Robin C. Woodworth* 

661 Corte de Quintero 

Camarillo, California 93010 

Telephone/Fax: 805 485 6120 

Seattle 

Catherine Vare 

1 1 Union Street 

Suite 300 

Seattle, Washington 98101 

Telephone: 206 667 9575 

Fax: 206 667 9576 

St. Louis 

Telephone: 312 396 9599 

Washington, D.C. 

Sidney Ferguson^ 

Penne Percy Keithf 

William S. Cottingham 

c/o Margot Cooper 

Property Group Ltd. 

Nautilus House 

82 S. Road 

Warwick WK08 Bermuda 

Telephone: 44 1295 6891 

4412957392 

CANADA 

David Silcox 


9 Hazelton Avenue 

Toronto, Ontario M5R 2E1 

Telephone: 416 926 1774 

Fax: 416 926 9179 

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GUIDE FOR ABSENTEE BIDDERS 

If you are unable to attend an auction in 

s person, you may give Sotheby Bid 

Department instructions to bid on your behalf 

by completing the form opposite. 

This service is free and confidential. 

Please record accurately the lot numbers, 

descriptions and the top hammer price you are 

willing to pay for each lot. 

We will try to purchase the lot(s) of your 

choice for the lowest price possible and never 

for more than the top amount you indicate. 

"Buy" or unlimited bids will not be accepted. 

Alternative bids can be placed by using the 

word "OR" between lot numbers. 

Bids must be placed in the same order as in 

the catalogue. 

This form should be used for one sale only - 

please indicate the sale number, title and date 

on the form. 

Please place your bids as early as possible, as in 

the event of identical bids the earliest received 

will take precedence. Wherever possible bids 

should be submitted at least twenty-four hours 

before the auction. 

Where appropriate, your bids will be rounded 

down to the nearest amount consistent with 

the auctioneer s bidding increments. 

Absentee bids, when placed by telephone, are 

accepted only at the caller s risk and must be 

confirmed by letter or fax to the Bid 

Department on 020 7293 6959. 

Please note that the execution of written bids 

is offered as an additional service for no extra 

charge at the bidder s risk and is undertaken 

subject to s Sotheby other commitments at the 

time of the auction; s Sotheby therefore 

cannot accept liability for failure to place such 

bids, whether through negligence or 

otherwise. 

Successful bidders will receive an invoice 

detailing their purchases and giving 

instructions for payment and clearance of 

goods. Unsuccessful bidders will be advised. 

Successful buyers of large objects are earnestly 

requested to arrange early collection of their 

goods. 

Bidders on large objects are recommended to 

check on the afternoon of the auction whether 

they have been successful. 

Lots marked W in the catalogue will be sent to 

Kings House warehouse immediately after the 

auction. 

All bids are subject to the conditions of 

business applicable to the sale, a copy of which 

is available from Sotheby s offices or by 

telephoning 020 7293 6152. Conditions of 

Business particularly relevant to buyers are 

also set out in the sale catalogue. 

Sotheby s will use information provided by its 

clients or which Sotheby s otherwise obtains 

relating to its clients for the provision of 

auction and other art-related services, real 

estate and insurance services, client 

administation, marketing and otherwise to 

manage and operate 

its business, or as 

required by law. Some gathering of 

information about Sotheby s clients may take 

place using technical means to indentify their 

preferences and provide a higher quality of 

service to them, and Sotheby s may gather 

information about its clients through video 

images or through the use of monitoring 

devices used to record telephone 

conversations. Sotheby s will generally seek 

clients express consent before gathering any 

sensitive data, unless otherwise permitted by 

law. You agree that Sotheby s may use any 

sensitive information that you supply to 

Sotheby s. By signing 

this Absentee Bid Form, 

you agree to the processing of your personal 

information and also to the disclosure and 

transfer of such information to any Sotheby s 

associated company and to third parties 

anywhere in the world for the above purposes, 

including to countries which may not offer 

equivalent protection of personal information 

to that offered in the UK. You can prevent 

the use of your personal informaton for 

marketing purposes at any time by notifying 

Sotheby s. 

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Henry Wyndham 

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Princess de Beauvau Craon 


Melanie Clore 


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Jonathan Baddeley 

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