^ammaumiBme^msmHmaammBi' ^•„ ' Mp%{p^i ]) i ffCSB LIBRARY 7 -266/6 LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA PRESENTED BY Mrs. MacKinley Helm *v SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIBLIOTHECA SPENCERIANA; OR A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS PRINTED IN %ty jTifteentf) Centurg, IN THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE JOHN EARL SPENCER, K. G. &c. &c. &c. BY THE REV. THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN, F.R.S. S.A. LIBRARIAN TO HIS LORDSHIP. LONDON : PRINTED BY W. NICOL, SUCCESSOR TO W. BULMER AND CO. AND SOLD BY PAYNE AND FOSS, LONGMAN, HURST AND CO. J. AND A. ARCH, R. H. EVANS, R. TRIPHOOK, AND JOHN MAJOR. 1822. ERRATA IN VOL. II. Page 36, line 16, for prefato, read prefatio. 82, 2, Bentivoglio, Burtius. 94, 27, Julianus Lorenzo, &c. Julianus the son of Lorenzo &c. nl » 4, Sunday, Saturday. The observation, therefore, falls to the ground. 119, 18, Halicarnessensis Halicarnassensis. 120, 25, dele— The foregoing. 153, last line, tiana, tiani. 158, 27, Caladerini, Calderini. ' 204, 16, France, Savoy. 236, 17, Orbi, Orbis. 267, note. The observation of (the late) Mr. Bernard is incorrect. Count d'Elci has no such edition of Terence. SUPPLEMENT TO THE 33tWtot!)eca ^pemertmta- Mimllmtom &utJjor& 1005. .ZEneje Silvii Epistol^. Printed hy John de Westphalia. 1483. Folio. 1 h i s volume is rather a valuable bibliographical acquisition, since it presents us with the only known specimen, with which I am acquainted, of the Roman fount of letter used by J. de Westphalia. What is also not a little singular, this letter is precisely conformable to the types of Adam Ambergau and Florentius de Argentina. A fidl page has 31 lines. The signatures are printed at right angles with the bottom line, and there appear to be eight leaves to each signature. Sign, a i is a blank leaf. On a ii the text begins with a prefix, in four lines, of capital letters — ■ and a part of the concluding word is the fifth line. The nature of the work may be gathered from the colophon — on the recto of qq viij. Pii Secundi pontificis maximi cui ante summu epis- copate primu quidem imperiali secretario Mox episcopo. Delde etia Cardinali senesi. Enee siluio nome erat. Farailiares Epistole date ad amicos I quadruplici uite eius statu finiunt per me Ioane de uuestfalia In alma uniuersitate louaniesi comorate. Anno incarnatois dominice M.CCCC.LXXXIII. The present copy was obtained from the duplicates of the library of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It had been previously in the libraries 4 MISCELLANEOUS. of the Duke de la Valliere and the Bishop of Ely ; and is in sound rather than fine condition. In russia binding. 1006. iEsopi Fabulje. Latine. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. The Life of iEsop extends to D 4, in eights : a i being blank. The Fables commence on a fresh set of signatures : a to c 4, in eights. On the recto of c 4 is the colophon : Explicit liber esopi . Deo . Gratias . Amen . In all probability this impression was executed at Venice or at Milan. In calf binding. 1007. Abano, Petrus de. DeVenenis. Printed at Mantua in 1473. Quarto. A table occupies the first three pages. Then a prologue on the reverse of the second leaf. The impression is without numerals, signatures, and catchwords ; and is executed in a small neat roman character, like that of Bcrtochus or I. de Reno. A full page has 30 lines. In the whole, 25 leaves ; concluding with two pages ' De Lapide Begaar ex Pandectis.' The imprint is thus : FINI: TVM . MAN TVE ANNO . DO : MINI . M . CCCC . LXXIII . . : DEO GRATIAS : . Laire, Index, vol. i. p. 257.. notices an impression of the date of 14/2, at the end of another treatise of the same author, — in folio, which he says has only 7 leaves, and which was unknown to De Bure. According to Panzer (on the authority of Fossi) this present impression should be followed by another of Arnaldus de Villa Nova de arte cognosccndi venena, &c. : but this copy seems quite perfect, as the reverse of the last leaf is blank. Annul. Typog. vol. iv. p. 353. As to the large ornamental capital initial, in the copy of this work possessed by Senator Heydegger at Zurich, (noticed by Laire) it is probable that this might have been a gratuitous ornament — introduced by some ancient possessor of the book. We have ornamented lirst pages as early as the year 1470 : witness the MISCELLANEOUS. 5 Suetonius of Sweynheym and Pannartz. The present is a fine large copy, bound in green morocco. 1008. Abano, Petrus de. De Venenis. Printed by I. P. de Lignamine. 1475. Quarto. A table occupies the first two leaves, and a portion of the following page. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 50th leaf is the colophon, thus : Finiunt Petri de Abano reme/ dia uenenorum . Rome in domo Nobilis uiri Iohan iris Philipi de Lignamine Messari . S D N familiaris . hie tractatus im- pressus est . Anno domini . M CCCC LXXV . DIE XXVII . Mensis Ianuarii Pont . Syxti IIII . Anno eius quarto The register occupies the recto of the following and last leaf. This, like the greater number of the smaller specimens of De Lignamine' s press, is a wretchedly printed little book. In olive morocco binding. 1009. [D]'Acciesole GlVOCHO di Scacchi. Printed by Miscomini. 1493. Quarto. All the treatises upon Chess, whether moralised or otherwise, and especially those in the Spanish and Italian languages — which are printed in the xvth century, and adorned with cuts — are considered as rare and estimable. Yet I know not if any impression, of the same period, exhibit equal elegance with the present. Indeed, at first view, we recognise all the beauty of Florentine art, whether in the ornaments or in the printing ; though with pain it must be admitted that the present copy is very defective both in size and condition. I hope to be able to gratify the reader by fac-similes of all the pieces as they appear in this elegant edi- tion — which he may compare with the clumsy delineations of the same pieces by Caxton (as seen in the Typog. Antiq. vol. i. p. 39, &c.) and with similar representations from a MS. given in vol. iv. p. 542, &c. of the Bibl. Spencer. It may be only just further observed, that the Bishop is the same figure which appears in Miscomini's impression of the Italian version 6 MISCELLANEOUS. of Virgil's Bucolics, &c. 1494, (see vol. iv. p. 91), and which is selected in the Bibliographical Decameron (vol. ii. p. 299) as an early exemplifi- cation of an ornamented title page. Reverting to the elegant little volume before us, I shall commence the description of it by giving the title of the work, and the ornament beneath — premising only, that the same ornament may be seen at the conclusion of it — and that, when and where seen, it cannot fail to gratify the reader of taste. CLIBRO DI GIVOCHO DI SCACCHI intitolato de costumi deglhuomini & degli offitii de nobili ^§;^^^SgSg§S ggS§§5 Eo3 r2i I IE IE JC MISCELLANEOUS. On signature a v is the King, thus : f[ Dellaforma del Re Cap. I. B^^j^^^^^^^^^g ^^^ j^^j^g^g a^BMBiiiBisigsig! €1 Delia forma della Reina & de costumi che ella debbe hauere. Cap. II. MISCELLANEOUS. C Delia forma et de gluffitii degli Alfini cio sono giu dici et deulialtri assessor! del reame Cap. III. ra^r^x^/^v*^^^ mi^A&y^&^te&Lt >i^E C Delia forma et degliuffitii de caualieri Cap. MI. MISCELLANEOUS. C Delloffitio & forma de rochi iquali sono uica rii delregno Cap. V €E Dellauoratore Cap. I. ^ ^^EEEEEEEEEEIi »taj>)PI')l-? H)|-)h>?>;>^jg lBEIK 10 MISCELLANEOUS. d Dellopere de fabri Cap. II C Dellarte della lana Cap: III &^^M3IMM3333[M[ia[MMim m m^^M^iiii^MAAAiiii^M a MISCELLANEOUS. 11 C De mercatanti & cambiatori Cap. IIII. ttfc)fr)E)fcVM*>fr)b)fr)fc)^b^kVETETET1 €1 De medici et degli spetiali et dicoloro che medi cano di cerursia Cap. V. •jc-5? xx.\' an 5c;i><^ st *rjciM i .■m&teaiA 12 MISCELLANEOUS. €1 Deltauerniere et albergatore Cap. VI C De guardiani delle cittadi & degliufficiali delcomu ne et de passagieri Cap. VII. mn&rnxwrzMmcmommsas&aia ^ B lBEEBEEm^ ^^E^EEEEEB MISCELLANEOUS. 13 C De rubaldi & degliscialacquatori & de barattieri & de corrieri Cap. VIII. On the reverse of i iii is the colophon : f[ Finito e/ illibro utile & bello del giuoco degliscachi intitolato de chostumi deglhuomini & degliufitii de nobili & daltri human! stati Coposto p Maestro Iaco po dacciesole dellordine de frati predicatori ad hono re & sollazo de nobili maximamete di coloro che sano ilgiuoco degli schacchi. C Impresso in Fireze per Maestro Antonio Miscomini Anno M.CCCCLXXXXIII. Adi primo di marzo The table follows, and ends on the recto of the ensuing and last leaf. The large cut, first given, is repeated on the reverse of this leaf, with sixteen lines of poetry, double columned, below. This copy is in green morocco binding. 14 MISCELLANEOUS. 1010. Albertanus. De Doctrina Djcendt & Tacendi. Printed by Levet at Paris in 1486. Quarto. A remarkably pleasing specimen of Levet's handsomest gothic type in the xvth century. It is executed upon signatures a and b in eights : but a i and b 8 are blank leaves. On the recto of b 7 is the colophon, thus : <£x*pluit lite fcc boctrina tmetii & tactbi all %\ tetano caufibico fetiriifi cfcit^. Slmprefliifiqft $a^ riff*) pet $ctrft %ctot. 3Um hvxtoi. trie teo. jetoiii $tmcmbzi$. A desirable copy, in olive coloured morocco, neatly bound, by Smith. 1011. Albertt Magni Liber Secretorum. With- out Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. Apparently this is the production of the press of J. de Westphalia : though probably less skilfully executed. The signatures, a to f, run in eights : / has only four. This is a large, but soiled copy : too elegantly bound (in olive coloured morocco) for the antiquity or rarity of the impression. 1012. Alberti Magni Compend. Theolog. Veri- tatis. Printed by Christophorus Arnoldus at Venice. 1476. Quarto. The productions of the press of Christophorus Arnoldus are by no means of common occurrence ; and it is probable that those executed in the gothic type (like the present) are yet rarer than those in the roman letter. There is not much value, however, attached to this book — except it be as a mere specimen of the printer's skill in a neat and close type. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The work is printed in double columns j and on the recto of the last leaf we read the following colophon : <£*plicit copcntJiii tfjeofogice ueritati£ copilatu g SQI&crtu; MISCELLANEOUS. 15 mamm, tprcflumns uenctijg g magrm irgofom arnoltm ate' maim. 1476. die 5. aprili.^ M>& rcniffimo Dure SCntirea fte&ra mcno rcgnantc. The present is a sound copy, in dark calf binding with gilt leaves. 1013. Antoninus. De Confessoribus. Printed by Laver in 1472. Quarto. The prefix to the prologue gives us the nature of the work, thus : Incipit prologus sup tractatu de institutive seu directive simplitiu cofesso^ editu a uene/ rabili pre fre Antonio* ordis frat$ pdicato^. There are 23 lines below : a full page contains 27 lines. The im- pression is destitute of signatures, numerals, and catchwords. On the recto of the 130th and last leaf, is the following singular colophon, in monkish metre : Nescio quo plausu : ni cp superbiant ausu . Multi doctoru conscripta sepe bonorum . Ap . uel de positis suis : sub nomine : dictis Sic temerant plane : doctoris nomen . inane Hec antonina simplex ex lege diuina Non syncopata . sed nee epenthesi data Studio correcta diligenti sepe q; lecta Per Celestinum nomine . sed re puluerinuin Sancto in Eusebio degentem cenobio Qui me scribebat . G . e . lau . . . nome habebat : Rome uersatus tunc . sed Herbipoli natus . Anno milleno quater . C . sep . q; deno Bis uno iuncto sed mense sub februo . Sub quarto Sixto pontifice zeraphico . * Sic. 16 MISCELLANEOUS. The present copy (elegantly bound in blue morocco by Lewis) is upon the whole in very desirable condition. 1014. Antonino (S.) Confessionale. Printed (by Balthazar Azoguidi) at Bologna. 1472. Quarto. I apprehend this to be a volume of considerable rarity. That it was printed by Azoguidi is quite evident from the similarity of the types to those of his celebrated edition of Ovid of 1471 : see Bill. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 193 : where a fac-simile of these types is given. A sort of table of contents occupies the first two leaves. The text, without any prefix, begins on the recto of the third leaf, with four lines and a half of Latin, immediately followed by the Italian. There are neither numerals, signa- tures, nor catchwords. A full page has 26 lines. The paper is suffi- ciently stout. In the whole, 131 leaves: having this imprint on the recto of the last leaf : BONONIE IMPRESSVM . M . CCCC . LXXII . This is upon the whole a very desirable copy; in stampt nissia binding by Hering. 1015. Apulei Platonic i Herbarium. Printed by J. P. de Lignamine. Without Date. Quarto. This book exhibits the smaller and somewhat barbarous type of the printer. It is replete with wood-cuts, descriptive of the several plants, which cuts are yet more barbarous than the text. I should conjecture the date of the printing to be somewhere about 14SO. The impression commences with an address, by ' J. P. de Lignamine, a Sicilian Knight,' to F. de Gonzaga, a Cardinal of Mantua, who appears to have been a zealous and liberal patron of the printer, in his earlier years. The 5th page of this address is very interesting. The title, within a sort of lau- reated circle, or wood-cut, is thus : ' INCIPIT HERBARIVM APVLEI PLATONICI AD MARC VM AGRIPPAM.' In the whole, 1 07 leaves : without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. A very desirable copy, elegantly bound in green morocco by C. Lewis. MISCELLANEOUS. 17 1016. Aquinas (Thomas.) Secunda SEcuNDiE. Without Name of Printer or Place. 1472- Folio. This edition is rather superficially described in Laire's Index, vol. i. p. 288 : where the Cat. de la Valliere, vol. i. no. 535 is referred to. Laire is quite right in assigning it to the press of Conrad Fyner of Eis- lingen. There can be no doubt about it, on a comparison with those books in which this printer's name is formally mentioned. De Bure thought the type to have a resemblance to the smaller character of Fust and SchoifFher ; but a closer inspection would have shewn that the re- semblance is much stronger to the supposed type of Gutenberg, and especially to the smaller character of Mentelin. The volume before us contains seven leaves of table, followed by a blank leaf. The text of the work, destitute of signatures, numerals and catchwords, comprehends c 281 leaves. Upon the recto of the last leaf, beneath the first and only column, is the date thus : critiion ficati 3£uguftim ♦ Confcriptusf ati Saurentmm primiccrium ccricfic tJrbicc ♦ The reverse is blank. This most desirable little volume is bound by C. Lewis in dark red morocco, in the most appropriate taste. It was obtained by his Lordship from Mr. Alexander Horn. ]023. Augustinus. De Salute Antm.e, &c. Printed hy Gerard de Lisa (or De Flandrid). 1471. Quarto. A beautiful little volume ; printed in the earliest type used by this Proteus of printers ! In the whole, 19 leaves : without numerals, signa- tures or catchwords. A full page has 22 lines. On the recto of the last leaf is the colophon, thus : BEATI AVGVSTINI DE SA LVTE SIVE DE ASPIRATL ONE ANIME AD DEVM LI BER EXPLICIT FELICITER In laudem scriptoris epigramma . Gloria debetur Gerardo maxima lisoe . Quern genuit campis Flandria picta suis . Hie Taruisina nam primus coepit in urbe . Artifici raros cere notare libros . Quoq; magis faueat excelsi numina regis Aurelii sacrum nuc manuale dedit . : : TARVISII : : : : M : : CCCC : : LXXI : : The word ' scriptoris ' is here to be considered as synonymous with ' impressoris.' The present beautiful copy is in elegant dark blue morocco binding, by C. Lewis. MISCELLANEOUS. 23 1024. Augustinus De Trinitate. Printed by J. de Amerhach. 1489. Folio. This edition has been obtained as a specimen of Amerbach's type ; the printer having been of considerable eminence in his time, and the famous Froben having learnt the art of printing in his office. See Bibliogr. Decameron, vol. ii. p. 169. The title, in very large lower case gothic, is on the recto of a i. The signatures run to d in eights : after- wards, in sixes and eights alternately. On the reverse of m 3, is the following colophon : 3HureIij 3Uitguftini be trinitate liber crplicitus? eft ♦ 5Cnno fcomint St? . tttt ♦ Irrrir ♦ Three leaves of table follow : so that I and in have in fact only six leaves each. On the reverse of m 6, and last, are ^0 hexameter and pen- tameter verses, concluding thus : Hhtmine fanete tuo pater o tueare Sloanne SDe 3Cmcrfiacf) : pre£cn£ qui tioi prcteit opu£ ♦ It is printed uniformly in a handsome black letter, in double columns. The present is a very desirable copy, neatly bound in calf. 1025. Augustini EpisTOLiE. TVithout Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. This edition is undoubtedly executed in that large type which has been usually attributed to Mentelin. It is certainly a very rare volume. It is printed in double columns, without numerals, signatures, or catch- words. A full page has 50 lines. It commences thus, at the top of the first column : %ihtt ♦ (gp&tolarum ♦ Jfoneti ♦ 3Uuo;u ftini ♦ Slncipit ♦ Jclicitcr ♦ <©mino iftujftti i me rito preftantifsfimo fc Jio toolufiano . 2Cugu &c. &c. &c. 24 MISCELLANEOUS. According to some anciently written numerals, this edition contains 9,63 leaves. It concludes thus, on the reverse of the last leaf — which has only <27 lines of one column : non toerfiorum infolcntia tontitamu$. This beautiful and large copy (with many rough edges to the leaves) was obtained from the public library at Augsbourg. It has been since very handsomely bound in russia by Hering. 1026. Augustini Opuscula. Printed by Martin Flach, at Strasbourg. 1491. On the recto of the first leaf we read the title only — as follows : ( Aurelii Augustini opuscula plurima.' Of course, the De Civitate Dei is not in the number ; but a variety of tracts, including his most popular, will be found among them. The table, concluding on the recto of a vj, is minute and satisfactory. The ' Meditations ' begin on the first (numbered) leaf of the text. The running titles shew the contents of the volume — which concludes with St. Austin's ' De communi vita clericorum,' followed by Possidonius's biography of him, in 17 pages— ending on the reverse of folio cclxvii. The colophon, in eight lines, tells us the work was printed ' impensis et opera Martini flach Argetinae accuratis- sime impressorum — Anno a natiuitate saluatoris nostri . M . cccc . xci . die . xi . mesis August!.' * This volume is desirable in a bibliographical point of view, as it affords a specimen of Flach's printing, quite different from what may be seen in vol. ii. p. 333, as a fac-simile of his usual but earlier type. The present is more in the common close gothic character of Planck and others. This copy, in very desirable condition, was obtained from the monastery of St. Peter at Salzburg. In gray calf, gilt leaves. * Teu lines, of hexameter and pentameter measure, follow — thus : Hos iuuat arguta scrutari idagie ve[mm]. Ulos Dulichio verba lepore tenent Ast aliis gratum est varios versare libellos. Sunt quoque scripta quibus non nisi sancta placent. Quisquis es existis : paucis minimis cme multos Aurelii libros : hancquc levato sitim. JNeruosos cernes rationu viribus : atque Ornatos : varios : de deitate simul. Hos menda expertes tulit Argentina : primique Maiitinus dotili simus ab arte dedit. MISCELLANEOUS. 25 1027. AUGUSTINUS DE ANCONA. De EcCLESIAS- tica Potestate. Printed at Rome, in the House of F. de Cinquinis. 14/9. Quarto. It is hardly possible to open a more elegantly printed volume, or a copy of greater beauty and soundness of condition, than the present. It was obtained from the monastery of St. Peter's, at Salzburg : and, till rebound, had all the appearance of a book printed upon vellum. The type is a small, full-faced, gothic letter, of a peculiar but not in- elegant form. The work is printed in double columns, upon paper of an admirable texture. There are neither signatures, numerals, nor catchwords. It commences with an ' epistolary prologue ;' and on the reverse of the 316th page, is the colophon thus : dtxvMtit gumma tic €cclefiagtica po teftate e&ita a ftatre &ugu£tmo tie SUncona <@tt>!£ ftatrli tjcrcmita^ get! SOiigujettim Sfmpfla Clonic i tiomo $0 fiilig tei f racigci be Cmquinig apuo J>anctam O^ariam tie jiopulo . 3Hnno tiomini 0? €€€€ %$mm%% SDie $$. £>ccemfoti£u The rubrics, titles, or a table follows ; concluding the work on the recto of the 10th leaf from its beginning. In the whole, 326 leaves. The binding, in dark green morocco, by Hering, is beautiful and appropriate. 1028. Avicenn^e Medicina Sacra. Printed by John Herbort, at Padua, 1476. Folio. It is impossible to open this volume, soiled, or rather dingy as the general aspect of the paper may be, without being convinced of the magnificent taste of the ancient editors and printers in publications on popular subjects. We have here rather an injured copy ; but such an exhibition of text and margin, as cannot fail to command the admiration of the knowing in typography. It is printed throughout in two columns, VOL. II. E 26 MISCELLANEOUS. in a small neat gothic type. A full page has not fewer than 63 lines. The first leaf (a 1 ) appears to be blank. The signatures run thus : a, b, each 10 leaves : c 8 : d, e each 10 leaves : /, g, and h, each 8 leaves. On the recto of h 8 is the first colophon, thus : <&X$tt 9 t liber pmu£ canonig que princcpg afcoaft Slbinfccm tic mcoicina ctiibit : iprcffug too patauij . 3Cnno ctjrifti opt! ♦ &? ♦ cccc . tota • iiij . M\ octo ♦ This is followed by 10 hexameter and pentameter verses ; of which the two last are thus : Scenic igitut prcffit fokrti£ cura 3!oanni^ J^crbort : impend fait i ingcnio . The reverse is blank. This is followed by four leaves of three- columned index. The text again ensues, on a a 1. The signatures run an 8, bb and cc each 10 : dd 8 : ee 10 : ff to ii, inclusively, in eights : kk, 11 in sixes : mm 10 : nn 8 : oo and pp each six. On the reverse of pp vj, is another colophon. Then a in 14 leaves : on a 8 is a third colophon. On a 14 is the last in 30 lines, of which it will be only requisite to copy the first six and a half. i^oc loci confumatut tmtuerfum op) JufpaJcngi£ primipig SUuiccnnc quob I facets meoicinte compo^uit . 3£mto fal uatorig Cftrifti %t$u ♦ $® ♦ cccc . fetJt ptifcie iou£ occcmbri£ ♦ ^[mpreffus pa tauij opcre i impend 3[oanm£ fjcr foort gcrmani, &c In handsome russia binding by Hering. 1029. Avtcennje Libri Quinque. Lat. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. 2 Vol. This Latin version is by Gerhardus Cremonensis. The edition under consideration is accurately described by Panzer, from the works of Braun, Denis, and Seemiller; but the first mentioned bibliographer is MISCELLANEOUS. 27 wrong in supposing, as he does in his index— that it was printed by Mentelin. It is precisely in the same character as that of the Catho- licon (mentioned in the following pages) and of many other w 7 orks of which I saw several specimens abroad — but of which the name of the printer is yet a desideratum. It is truly said, by Panzer, to be a semi-gothic type. It is executed without numerals, signatures, or catch- words : in double columns, having 56 lines in a full page. The prefix to the first column of the first volume is in four lines, with a portion of a word ('usceni') forming the 5th line. The first volume contains 258 leaves ; including a blank leaf between the second and third books, and another blank leaf between the third and fourth books. In conse- quence, Panzer's description is incorrect. The second volume commences with ' Fen decia de dispoib q pulmonis & pectoris,' &c. &c. which treatise appears to conclude on the reverse of the 154th leaf, with a paragraph entitled ' Inflatio unguis & prurit9 in ea.' This is followed by ' Liber canonis quartus incipit,' &c. The second volume terminates on the recto of the 3 1 8th and last leaf, with the following subscription : Canonic libtt quintu^ aukenc qui eft i anti&otarium ciu£ fihtt ♦ This fine and desirable copy was obtained from a private vendor of old books at Munich. It is now handsomely bound in russia by Hering. 1030. Baldus de Perusio. Repetitio Soeennis. &c. Printed by Severi?ius i at Ferrura. 14/6. Folio. This neatly executed volume appears to have escaped Panzer both in his first (p. 396-7) and fifth volumes. It is the performance of a printer of whom no other specimen is to be found in his Lordship's library. It is executed in double columns, in a thin small roman letter, like the smallest of Azoguidi ; and, being a civil-law book, is necessarily filled with contractions. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catch- words. A full page has 52 lines. The recto of the first leaf is blank. On the reverse, at top of the first column, is the title, thus : Repetitio solennis. §. proficisci in 1. obseruare. ff. de officio proconsulis p do 28 MISCELLANEOUS. minum Baldum de perusio cum tracta tu additionum plurimarum domini Ca taldini de Boncompagnis de uisso : & ite cum aliis additionibo domini Angeli de Perusio: & aliorum super materia sin dicatus. On the reverse of the 4th leaf the previous treatise ends with the word FINIS. On the recto of the 5th, begins the ' Tractatus in ma- teria sindicatus/ which concludes on the reverse of folio 27 from the beginning of the work inclusively ; having cclxxxi chapters. The following concludes thus : Expliciunt Additiones domini Ange li de Perusio ad dicta Bal. in. §. proficisci in. 1. obseruare de officio pro consulis. Im presse per Seuerinum. Ferrarie. Anno domini . M . CCCC . LXXVI . . XXI . Marcii . This large and beautiful copy (now bound in red morocco by Lewis) was obtained from the public library at Augsbourg. 1031. Bandelli. De Veritate Conceptionis B. V. Virginis. Printed by Valdarfer. Milan. 14J5. Quarto. This is a very indifferent specimen of the ingenuity of the printer, and very unlike the generally beautiful productions of his press : arising from the type being gothic, of a most miserable cast and execution. It is printed in double columns, having the following colophon on the reverse of the last leaf but one. <£rpftcit uatoc utilig liucHug tctol icctoriug tie ueritate coceptote feca re uir0i£ Static xpreg 9 flt^ctiiolam bnante jfriicif£imo <*3aiia$matia uicc comite tmcc <&utnto g <£f)rifto MISCELLANEOUS. 29 foru ftaltmrfcr $ati£ponen(cm 3iit no bominc ♦ 1475 . A register of the gatherings occupies the following and last leaf. In the whole, 126 leaves. A very desirable copy, with many rough leaves, in russia binding. 1032. Baptjsta de Albertis. De Amore. Italice. IVithout Name of Printer or Place, 1471. Quarto. The peculiar character of this rare and little known type will be noticed in the account of the Italian version of the Epistles of Pha- laris, in a subsequent page. The present copy is as beautiful as pos- sible. The impression is destitute of signatures, numerals, and catch- words. A full page contains 25 lines. The first part of the work relates to the Remedy for Love — having the following colophon on the reverse of the 20th leaf : BAPTISTAE DE ALBERTIS POETAE LAVREATI OPVS IN AMORIS REMEDI O VTILLISSIMVM FELICITER FINIT. . M . CCCC . LXXI . The second part relates to the Passion of Love itself— as the following- colophon, on the reverse of the 20th leaf of the same (second) part, denotes : BAPTISTAE DE ALBERTIS POETAE LAVREATI OPVS DE AMORE VTILIS SIMVM FELICITER FINIT . . M . CCCC . LXXI . In the whole, 40 leaves. This beautiful copy, of an exceedingly rare impression, was obtained of M. Chardin at Paris. It is handsomely bound in dark blue morocco. 30 MISCELLANEOUS. ]033. Bartholi Commentaria. Printed at Perugia. Without Date. Folio. This magnificent volume has escaped the researches of Panzer. Notwithstanding Tiraboschi (see Panzer, vol. ii. p. 379) was of opinion that the first book printed at Perugia was a production relating to the civil law, by P. P. de Nobilibus, of the date of 14*7., yet I am disposed to think, from the preliminary matter attached to this work, that the present book may dispute the claim on the score of priority of execu- tion. A portion of this preliminary matter is here submitted to the reader : ' Quantum bonarum artium studiis adiumenti afferat praeclara- rum & mirabile opifitium litterarum imprimendarum, omnes diuersarum disciplinarum studiosi plane iam intelligunt atque perspiciunt. Quorum enim inopiam antea patiebantur, nunc maximam librorum habent copiam. Et qui prius mendosissimi erant. nunc non nisi emendatissimi esse possunt. Vt non alienum sit credere hoc tam prsestantissimum opificium diuino potius munere aetati nostra? concessum quam humano ingenio excogitatum fuisse. Huius artifitii commoditatem maximam ac studio perusino pernecessariam considerans nobilissimus ac prsestantissi- musVir Bracchius Balionius sua cura ac diligentia homines huius artis peritos in hanc ciuitatem accersiri curauit. conduxitque eos ut haec Bartholi commentaria imprimerent,' &c. It goes on to notice the re- spectability of Bracchius, and the antiquity of his family : concluding thus — Bracchius o lector tabulis perusinus ahenis Hos patriae libros iussit in urbe pmi Bracchius & fortis & sanguine clarus auoru Et balionei fama decusq; laris Qua bene belligere fequit pcepta mineruae Qua colit & medio pectore semp habet Non tantu uiolente manu gerit armis s^ ide Vtilis & bellis vtilis atq; toga. It follows, that if Bracchius introduced the art of printing at Perugia, and commanded the Commentaries of Bartholus to be first printed there, that the present volume exhibits the earliest specimen of the Perugia press. It is executed in double columns, in a fine round roman type, not unlike the second type of Vindelin de Spira; but the text is MISCELLANEOUS. 31 full of contractions. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catch- words. The paper is very substantial. On the recto of the 198th and last leaf, is the following subscription : DEO GRATIAS. Explicit lectura bar. sup s'a pte. ucter o. The present fine sound copy (purchased of Baron Von Moll at Munich) is handsomely bound in russia by C. Lewis. 1034. Batrachomyomachia. Italice. (Verona, 1470.) Quarto. If the above date were that of the printing of this exceedingly scarce little tract, it might be considered as among the most precious speci- mens of early typography. On consulting Panzer, vol. iii. p. 501, it will be seen that this volume is inserted as the first book printed at Verona ; but I am persuaded that the date is the date of the completion of the Italian version, and not of the printing — for the following rea- sons. The type is clearly that of a Venetian, Parma, Bologna, or Florentine printer : more probably the latter. The Valturius of 1472, by John of Verona, is wholly a different type ; nor can we conceive, upon the adoption of so beautiful a letter as that of this little tract, that recourse would be had to an inferior fount— or that the printer, as the earliest Verona typographic artist, would have concealed his name. I incline to think therefore, that the place of the printing will be found to be Florence, and not Verona; and the date about 1480, and not 1470. At all events it is a volume of unquestionable rarity. An Italian sonnet of Georgius Summaripa of Verona (the author of the version) occupies the reverse of the first leaf. On the recto of the following the poem begins thus : Batrachomvomacbia. i. ranarum murum pugna Horneri poete clarissimi p Georgiu summaripam ueronensem I uernaculum sermonem traducta ad sp. Nicolaum pon tanum patauiuum iur consultum. 1 A crudel guerra de le rane e toppi Qual su zeochi hazo descritto al foco 32 MISCELLANEOUS. Voglio cantar in uersi non esoppi E diuulgarla in ogni parte e loco Prima inuocando le muse sacrate Che uoce presti a sto mio canto fioco. &c. &c. &c. A full page has 25 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In the whole, 10 leaves. On the recto of the 10th, beneath the 13th line of text, is the following subscription : Verone die . xv . Ianuarii : M . CCCC . LXX . This is a clean and desirable copy, in red morocco binding. 1035. Becket, Thomas A. Vit. et Proc. Printed hy John, the Son of Philip. Paris, 1495. Folio. This impression is, I believe, one of the three, with the same date, which was printed at Paris after the biographical work called the Quadrilogus of the Life of Becket. It is executed in double columns, in a very neat gothic type, having the title (on a i) thus : ftita i proccf£u£ fancti €fjome can tuaricn£i£ martpritf £upcr iifccrtate ec cfc£ia£tica. Nearly the same title is repeated, prefixed to the prologue. The signatures run to m in eights ; m has six : which concludes the fifth book of the biography. Then a table, on signature A four: next, a supplemental treatise by P. Bertrandus, which contains, according to an ancient ms. memorandum, ' many things most worthy to be known.' This occupies a a in eights, and b b with ten leaves. On the recto of bb 10, is the colophon thus : <£rplicit quib' lincllug tic iuri£bicti one ccclaftka, factum p fcnni pctcum . bcrtratii, i in cofilio 3ucnicti&u£ pia'tf rcgni francic n notcnu^ in gallico per igm fccputatum cr parte ipo2f plato^ rccitat 9 : 3[mprcfcw parifij per mgrm MISCELLANEOUS. 33 gjofj'em ppippi alemamt ♦ %n bico fctt acoBi . ati intcrfignittm fancte barbate 3Unno tint miHcfimo quafcrigctcfimo nonagcsimo nuimo , fcoa 2HpriIi£. An elegant, and rather striking device is on the reverse thus 1036. Bellovacensis (Vincentii) Speculum Historiale. Printed by Mentelin. 3 Vols. Folio. 1473. Unfortunately, the fourth volume, which completes the edition, and contains the above date, is wanting. This edition is important in a collection like the present, inasmuch as it is the only known work to which the name of Mentelin is subjoined in the colophon.* It * His name appears in the prefatory part of the volume, entitled De Arte Pradicandi, ice. as given in vol. i, p. 179, of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. VOL II. F 34 MISCELLANEOUS. is executed in a very neat ronian, broad-faced type, and considering its extent, is a very surprising production of early typography. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The most material thing, in a necessarily abridged account, will be to give a fac-simile of the colophon — in which the name of the printer thus occurs : EXpLiaT.pRIMVM.VOLVMEN.SpECVLI.HI- STOKLSLIS.TMpRESSVM -pER-IOHANNEM- MENTELLIlSr. This copy is handsomely bound in dark russia by Hering. 1037. Bellovacensis (Vincentii) Speculum Na- turale. TVithout Name of Printer, Place, or Bate. Folio. 2 Vols. These magnificent volumes (obtained from the sale of a portion of the Apponi library at Vienna) appear to be a reprint of Koeburger's edition of 14S3, and is considered by Panzer (vol. ii. p. 201, no. 157) as having been executed by that printer himself ' about the year I486.' The first printer of this work was Mentelin, who executed the preceding, and who also completed the present work, about the year 1473. A particular description is hardly necessary. The paper and print (the latter in black letter, in double columns) are of the finest order. The first volume ends with the xvmth book ; the second with the xxxmd book, on the recto of the last leaf, thus : ------------ Jj^cc q tarn fcicta £imt lie mtttspo i aimentu ivtomg : tucq; iu&icii : &' foonomm rcmuncrationc : malonfqs fcamnatoc fire- uiori fnc gtilo p^tricta glint £et» latiorc in fine gpc^ cuii fjnstoriaii^ pcrpatc£cunt oilmen* There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In sound condition, and ample dimensions. Foreign calf binding. 1038. Benedictus de Nursia de Regimine Sa- nitatis. Printed hy Dom. de Lapis at Bologna. 14f7. Quarto. The advertisement, or prefix, on the reverse of the first leaf, an- nounces this little volume to contain the works of B. de Nursia, ph) si- MISCELLANEOUS. 35 cian to the then Duke of Milan, and Tadeus de Florentina. The first chapter begins on the recto of the ensuing leaf — ' De Aere.' A full page contains 21 leaves. There are neither numerals nor catch- words : but the signatures, irregularly marked, extend in eights, to m ; where they cease. On the reverse of folio 50, from m, is the following colophon : Tractatus quidam de regimine sani tatis . opera & industria Dominici de Lapis . impendio tamen Sigismundi a libris ciuis atq; liberarii Bononien sis feliciter finiunt . Anno . D . M . CCCC . lxxvii . A register occupies both sides of the following and last leaf. See Panzer, vol. i. p. 209. A sound copy, purchased at the sale of the library of Count Apponi at Vienna in 1819. 1039. Benivjeni Canzoni e Sonetti. Printed at Florence in 1500. Folio. The title, in five lines of capital letters, is thus : ' Commento di Hierony. B. sopra a piu sve Canzone et Sonetti dello Amore et della Belleza divina.' A table of three leaves follows. The proheme begins on the following leaf, sign, a i, and is numbered i : the poetry, with the com- mentary., on folio in. I select, at hazard, the third canzone from folio xxvm. CANZONA. III. n E in pin secreto & abscoso Bosco albergo mai fera, Ne in piu fiorito & herboso Colle mai Primauera Regno : ne si dolce ombra Piu nitide acque & piu bel mote adobra In the same unpremeditated manner I submit a specimen of one of the Sonnets : — the xxxth in the Third Part — of which the 6th and Sth lines are constructed with all the melody of versification : 36 MISCELLANEOUS. 11 Alle no poggio alcu piu chiusa abscode Ne selua ubrosa piu, grata & amena, Ne piu salda, tranquilla & pura uena Piu bei nor bagna, o cu pi a nitide onde. Ne infra piu uaghe, acerbe & uiue fronde Piange o piu dolcemente Philomena : Ne in parte alcuna piu dogni mia pena Hecco pietosa a miei sospir risponde. Ne piu dolce secreto o piu tranquillo Porto in terra gia mai credo che amore Trouar potessi almio felice stato. Qui possio pur quel foco, ondio ffauillo Lieto catado aprir, ne eluulgo Igrato. Temo hor eh' icolpi elmio piu saggio errore. On the recto of fol. cxxxix. is the author's (metrical) ' deploratoria prefato ' to J. P. Mirandula. This terminates on the recto of cxlii. It is not accompanied by a commentary. On the reverse of cxliiii, begins a set of stanzas demonstrating the author's ' amore alio Illustre Signore Conte Messer Niccolo Vicecomite da Coreggio.' These stanzas appear to be composed with great attention to sweetness of rhythm and tenderness of sentiment. There is no room for further specimens. This poem con- cludes on the recto of fol. cl. On the reverse, is the following colophon : Impresso in Firenze per. S. Antonio Tu bini & Lorezo di Francesco Venetiano & Adrea Ghyr. Da Pistoia Adi. viii. di Septempbre . MCCCCC . The present is a veiy desirable copy, in calf binding with gilt leaves. 1040. Bergomensis (Pauli) Apologia. Printed in the House of Franciscus de Cinquinis, at Rome, 1479. Quarto. This elegant little volume is one of the few extant from the press above mentioned. The type is a close, elegant gothic letter — arranged MISCELLANEOUS. 37 in two columns upon each page, and having 45 lines in a full column. The paper is of a thin and silky texture. The full title of the book (Paulus Bergomensis being the author) is thus : < Libellus de Apologia religionis fratrum heremitarum ordinis sancti Augustini cotra falso im- pugnantes. ad Reverendissimum dominii Guilelmum de Estouteuilla di- uina miseratione epm Ostiensem. Cardinalem Rothomagensem. Et sanct. dom. nostri Sixti pape iiii. Camerarium dignissimu sacriq; ordinis here- mitarum diui Augustini protectorem : benefactoremq; singularissimum.' There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In the whole, 43 leaves. On the reverse of the 43rd, are the colophon and register. The former is as follows : Sfmjrreltum ftonic in fciomo noBi \\$ uiri f rancifci tic Cinnuini^ aputi fanctam &9ariam tjc pplo 3Cnno tmi. 1479, fcie. 18 nicnft'g » %xx\ii A desirable copy ; in russia binding. Consult page 29 for the account of another volume, printed the same year at the same press. 1041. Biblia Sacra Germanic a. Supposed to have been printed hy Mentelin. Without Date. Folio. Editio Princeps of the sacred text in the German language; and consequently anterior to the impression (described in vol. i. p. 42) usually considered to be of an earlier date. This is the opinion of two of the ablest bibliographers in Germany ; namely, of M. Le Bret at Stuttgart, and of M. Bernhart at Munich. The date of it is con- jectured to be about the year 1466 or 1468. It is just possible that the reader may not have forgotten a brief description of this exceedingly rare impression (as taken from a copy in the late Bishop of Ely's library) in vol. i. p. 46 of the Bibl. Spencer. A more copious descrip- tion will be necessarily here expected. The edition is printed in two columns, and is entirely destitute of signatures, numerals, and catch- words. A full page has 61 lines. There are no spaces for the insertion of the heads of books or chapters. On the recto of the first leaf, leaving a space for about three lines of ms. prefix, we read the com- mencement of St. Jerom's prologue, thus : 38 MISCELLANEOUS. ftuber 3Qmfcofiu£ bee fjat tm£ pracfjt tin clcine gab, SDo mit f)at cr ancf) prautgt bie alter £ulften pricffc* tsic ton be anegangc if freimtfcfjaft &c. &c. &c. The preliminary matter ends on the recto of the 4th leaf, when the first chapter of the book of Genesis follows, thus : n bem ancgang gcfcljicff got ben j>imri nnb bie crbc, toann [30 bit crbc toa£ entel tmb lerc ; tonb fcinftcr toaren anff bem antlut$c bes abgnmbc£. tonb ber gcift 5015 fcuarb gctragen auff bic toafier* &nb got ben farad*. iiccfjt tocrbc gemacftt &c. &c. &c. The present copy is divided into two parts or volumes : the first part concluding with an index to the Psalter : the text of the Psalter ending thus : on the reverse of the 193rd leaf from the beginning of the volume. He tocrcfc htg Jjcrrcn gc^cgent be germ : font L J in fcii ergoefjt in in ben tocrttcm The index to the Psalter, of five leaves, concludes this first part : the terminating sentence of the Psalter-index may be seen in vol. i. p. 46, (second extract) of the Bibl. Spenc. The second volume commences with the Proverbs of Solomon .- and the remaining portions of the Old Testa- ment extend to the reverse of the 123rd leaf inclusively, when the pre- liminary part prefixed to St. Mathew's Gospel immediately follows,* on * It is singular that there should be no hiatus to denote the commencement of the New Testament : whereas between the books of Jeremiah and Baruch there is almost an entirely blank leaf. It may be worth mentioning, that the present impression of the German text of the Scriptures is of infinitely greater rarity than the supposed first edition of it. His Lordship had been several years endeavouring to procure a copy of the above book ; which, with the copy in the Duke of Devonshire's library, (late in that of the Bishop of Ely) are supposed to be the only copies of Mentelin's impression in this country. MISCELLANEOUS 39 the same page, continuing in the opposite page, where we read the commencement of that Gospel, thus : 3d£ Mcf) &e£ o;c£cf)Iecf)t$ ifje^ fu crifti oc£ £un£oauio£: &e$ fun£ aftrat)am& Wan afcra Jjam gefcat pfaac : toaii pfaac gcfcar jacoli 2©ann jacofc ge liar juoa£ tmo fcin fritter : On the reverse of the 206th leaf, inclusively, from the beginning of the Proverbs of Solomon, we read the conclusion of the apocalypse thus : fjcrre ifjcfug icf) aum. £Dic genaoe tmfer£ gcrrcn ige- fu crifti fcp mit \m$ alien Slmcm In the whole, therefore, there should seem to be 404 leaves from beginning to end of the entire text of this edition. Although no name of printer be subjoined, it is indisputably the work of Mentelin from the conformity of the type (being his smallest) with that of the De Arte Prcedicandl of St. Austin : described in vol. i. p. 181. The condition of this copy, for amplitude and soundness, cannot be exceeded : it being full of rough leaves. It was obtained as a duplicate from the public library at Munich : the copy reserved being inferior, but possessing a ms. date of 1468. The binding by C. Lewis, in red morocco, vellum insides, &c. is in a state of perfect elegance. 1042. Biblia Latina. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date : but probably hy Mentelin. Folio. I consider this impression to be the rarest of all known editions of the Bible in the Latin language ,• not excepting that of Pfister. It is the only copy of it in this country; and with the exception of those copies in the libraries of Paris, Strasbourg, and Munich, I do not recollect another copy. The present, unluckily wanting 24 leaves at the end, was obtained through the kind offices of M. Schweighseuser the younger, from a gentleman resident in the vicinity of Strasbourg. Panzer, vol. i. p. 69, has described it accurately from the accounts of Crevenna and Laire. It was unknown to Masch. Laire asks, who can be the printer ? — and inclines strongly to believe 40 MISCELLANEOUS. that it was Mentelin. There can be no doubt, I think, of the accuracy of this conclusion. Indeed Crevenna, who has given an indiffereut fac- simile of the commencement of St. Jerome's prologue, also adopts the same opinion. The curious have only, in short, to compare the capitals of this type with those in the Terence, Virgil, Valerius Maximus, and St. Austin's Epistles, (each admitted to be by the same printer) and he will find a perfect conformity between them, except that the same letters are here more sharply impressed — owing to their newness. The lower- case, on the other hand, have only a strong family resemblance to those of Mentelin ; being much taller than his smaller type in the Bible noticed in the preceding article, and thinner and closer than that in the impressions of the authors above particularly noticed. But the subjoined fac-simile will best justify this remark. This impression is entirely destitute of numerals, signatures, and catchwords. It is printed in double columns, and a full page (as in the second column of the first page) contains 49 fines. The prologue of St. Jerom concludes on the reverse of the 3rd leaf. The first chapter of Genesis begins according to the following fac-simile. TV -prm cipio creatut oeus celfi et teram ♦ Terra attteni erat mams et vacua : ettenebre erant Tn^ facie abiffi • &i fpus &111 ferebat (uper acjs ♦ £>i£ttcp sens ♦ H^iat by . 6t facta e luy . 6t vidit&eusluceiii qKffetboiia:ettmiilttlit< cem a ten ebris ♦afltfUatiifcp luce ste et tenebras nocte»^actuc|5eveFjxredvtinaiieDtesvmi$» The Psalms begin on the recto of the 195th leaf, with 27 preliminary lines of introduction. The Prophets conclude on the reverse of folio 323, immediately followed by the first book of Machabees. After Machabees comes the prologue to the Gospels by St. Jerom, followed by the Gospels, without any hiatus or division. Unluckily this copy ends with the Epistle of St. Jude, wanting the whole of the Apocalypse. The paper (although this copy has been considerably stained) is of excel- lent manufacture, and the printing and ink equally commendable. Imperfect as is the volume, it is yet of very essential importance in com- pleting the series of a perfect set of the earlier impressions of the sacred text. This copy has been cleaned, and very handsomely bound in dark green morocco by C. Lewis. MISCELLANEOUS. 41 1043. Bjblia Latina. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. 2 Vols. Folio. This impression is printed in rather a coarse gothic type, and not improbably by Quentel at Cologne. It is between the character of Zel and Ter Hoernen, and therefore much inferior to that of Conrad Hom- borch. Nor should I apprehend its antiquity to be lower than the year 1478. It is printed in double columns, with running titles in coarse capitals, with 42 lines in a full page The first volume terminates with <£*plicit iifccr cftirc rce frifnec 25un0i* ticlcn^iief an turn lineralium magijfttis et 2oamti£ &n* fensefjmtt chiia pfati oppitii, arif impreftbric q magigtri, gotio2f, $\\i$ $\quu anotatis. 5tnno ab incarnation* fcomini fl£. ttct. texto. quinto i^n.sf &cccmbri.s? ; There is a copy of this impression of the same date, by the same printers, in the public library at Munich, which contains the colophon on the recto of the last leaf ; so that there should seem to be two edi- tions. The binding of these magnificent volumes by C. Lewis, in dark blue morocco, is in every respect worthy of their intrinsic value and beauty. 1045. Biblia Latina. Without Naine of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. This edition is supposed to be printed in the character of Bartholdus and Richel at Basil, and is chiefly estimable from being an impression ' Fontibus ex gratis,' as the following emphatic colophon denotes : jfontibug ex grecig tjebreorum qq$ Iibri£ <£ment>ata gatig et fcecorata £imul 22>iblia £um png gugog ego tegtoe et agtra. <£ft impfea nee in orbe migi simflig Singula qq$ Iota en eoncorfcanttb^ extat <®rtf)ograpJua gimul q$ bene pita manet 44 MISCELLANEOUS. It has running titles and signatures throughout ; but this copy seems to want a first leaf, containing a title. Bound in blue morocco. 1046. Liber Biblie Moralis. Printed hy John Zeiner, at Ulm. 1474. Folio. A noble specimen of John Zeiner* s prolific press. This impression is printed in double columns, with running titles, having ornamented capital initials, and an ornamented border round a portion of the first page of the text. This latter, and probably the larger capital initials, are cut in wood. On the recto of the 263rd and last leaf, is the following colophon : Slnfinita foei dementia ♦ if initio eft iiBer moralisationum niWie in ciuf foem laufocm i glorias compilatug ! ac per in fcmftrift SiOganne Seiner foe fteutfingen arttg impreilbric mgf m (non penna $ttx ftamieig earaeterife 9 ) in omfoo ftlmenft artiffcialiter effigatug.* 3Unno incar^ nation foiii ^iflefimo qforingentefhno- feptuage^imoqrto ! foie to o aprtfisnona,) A large and beautiful copy, from the duplicates of the public library at Munich. Handsomely bound in russia by C. Lewis. 1047- Biblia Italica. Malherbi ; KaL Aug. Vinci, de Spira. 1471. Folio. 2 Vols. This is perhaps the rarest impression of all the early Italian versions of the Bible. It is quite evident that Panzer (vol. iii. p. 70) had never seen a copy of it, as he relies upon Le Long and Chevillier, and as he is anxious to have a fuller description. That description, it is presumed, will be found in the present place. These are among the noblest volumes from the press of Vindelix de Spira ; especially if our opi- nion be formed from the evidence of a copy of the second volume only, which is in the public library at Stuttgard ; as nothing can exceed the condition and dimensions of that book. Unluckily the present copy, * Sic. MISCELLANEOUS. 45 obtained from the Mac-Carthy library, was in the most deplorable state, and is proportionably small; but the binder (C. Lewis) has done wonders in restoring it to its present condition. The recto of the first leaf of the first volume is blank. On the reverse commences the prefatory epistle of Nicolo di Malherbi to the theological professor Laurence, of the Franciscan order. This occupies seven chapters, or almost eight columns, (for the impression is wholly printed in double columns to each page) concluding at the bottom of the recto of the third leaf ; when there commences a brief reply of Father Laurence to Nicolo de Malherbis — ' ordinis gloriosi benedicti Monasterii sacti michaelis d' lemo : abbate dignissimu maiore colendu.' This epistle is in Latin, but the previous one is in Italian. It is followed Tabula dela prima parte dela bibiglia which occupies the three following leaves, ending with a reference to the cc.xxxiinth leaf of the text of the volume. Then follow four intro- ductory leaves of St. Jerome's address to ' Brother Ambrosius,' &c. and on the recto of the following leaf the book of Genesis begins thus — having a considerable space beneath the running title, which, throughout the impression, is printed in capital letters : EL PRINCI PIO DIO creo II Cielo et La terra. &c. &c. &c. A full column contains 50 lines. On the recto of the 320th and last leaf (including every thing) and beneath 1 1 lines only of text, we read as follows : AMEN FINISSE EL PSALTERI O DE DAVID The second volume begins with the c Prologue' to the book of Proverbs ; containing, in the whole, little more than one column. This is succeeded, on the reverse of the leaf, by the text of the Parables. On the conclusion of the book of Macchabees, the prologue to the New Tes- tament follows on the recto of the succeeding leaf ; and the first chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel succeeds, on the reverse of the second leaf of this prologue, with this prefix only : 46 MISCELLANEOUS. Finito largumento . Incomincia leuan gelio secondo Matheo . As in the previous volume, all the running titles are in capital letters ; when, on the recto of the 302nd and last leaf, the text of the Apocalypse ends, and after the translator's thanks to the Deity for the successful termination of his labours, there follows the Rime di Hieronymo Squarzafico de Ale xandria coposte a laude di questo uolume which are given in the note below.* This is immediately succeeded by * Le celere sagitte or mai Apollo deponer uogli : et larghuta lyra piglar tu mecho : et col secrato stollo De le tue sancte muse : et iui tira il resto de li dei : et semidei per ueder il lauor di chui se mka Ciaschun gientil inzegno : et per li dei giurauo non mai piu hauer ueduto piu gientil cosa si che se dourei Dargli ogni laude poi che an proueduto ala tenace eta che non puo fare chogni gientil lauor sia disoluto Zeusis parasio policreto stare se puo or mai larte del suo lauorio meglo di questo non si puo mostrare Promotheo quando si fece restio nela celeste spera per compire lhuomo per chui : sena tormento rio Non cosci bene nol puote inferire ala proportion come costoro le lectre belle nelo suo stampire Si che tra tutti di questo lauoro ne porta laude quel spiha gientile di Vindf.lin che na corona doro O beato germanico uirile che si notabel cosa a giorni nostii trouasti col ueder tanto sutile Qual e qutllo lauor che mai se mostri piu degno al tuo per mortal fantasia che par disceso da celesti chiostri Et mo per sua in nata vigoria figlia formato quel sancto volume de la sacra scriptura in fede inia MISCELLANEOUS. 47 the colophon (the verses having unequivocally assigned the impression to Vindelin de Spira) thus : Impresso fu questo uolume ne lalma pa^ tria de Venecia neglanni di la salutifera I carnatione del figluolo di leterno et omni/ potete dio . M . CCCC . LXXI . IN KALEN DE . DE . AVGVSTO . The reverse is blank. The impression has neither numerals nor sig- natures. This copy is most beautifully bound by C. Lewis, in dark blue morocco. 1048. Biblia Vulgare Historiata. Printed by Giovan Ragazo di Monteferata, at Venice, 1492. Folio. This is a very elegant volume ; notwithstanding the present copy is far from being desirable, either on the score of size or condition. The title, in red, is on the recto of a i : the table ends on the reverse of a v : the prologue, on the recto of a viij. On the reverse of a viij, is a large wood- cut, occupying the whole side of the leaf. The sacred text of the Old Testament begins on the opposite page, within an ornamented frame work of pure Venetian art. The leaves are regularly numbered as far as folio ccc — erroneously marked cccc — where the Psalter ter- minates. The numerals re-commence with the Book of Ecclesiastes, which begins with an almost similar frame work to that at the com- mencement of Genesis, The numerals continue regularly to folio cc, Si ben traducto in materno costume che nullo e mancho rial uero latino come puo ben ueder chia cbiaro lume O interprete uiril che per diuino inzegno credo che tu il translatasli non mai diuiso al testual charuino Ormai ciaschun aquesti gienti! pasti se po inuitar di la sacra scriptura per chui il ben sale et gli uicii son guasti Cosci sa!endo a la diuina altura. 48 MISCELLANEOUS. where the Apocalypse ends, which is succeeded by a Life of Joseph, and a table. The impression is throughout adorned with elegant little cuts in outline, either of the Venetian or Florentine school. Take, as a specimen, the ensuing — from the Psalms, fol. cxci. where probably David is represented at the organ, with a musical attendant.* \V\W\V\W ^ 1 Specimens, still more elegant, might be selected. I apprehend the artist to be the same as the one who executed the cuts for the Dante of 1491, vide post. The colophon, on the recto of fol. cc. of the New Testament, tells us that this edition was ---- -__- __- __ stampata ne lalma Citta de Venetia par Giouanne Ragazo di monteferata A instantia di Luchanthonio di Giunta Florentine) Sotto gli anni de la nostra redemptione . M . CCCC LXXXXII . Del mese di Luio . Sotto el po- tifieato Maximo Innocentio octauo Regnante Augu stino Barbadigo Inclito Principe de Venetia. The device of Lucas Antonio Giunta, in red, is on the reverse of the next following leaf 3 and the whole book has the aspect as if executed in his office at Florence. A table of five leaves then concludes the volume. There are signatures throughout. In elegant dark russia binding, by Hering. * The bellows-blower is worth attention. MISCELLANEOUS 49 1049. Bible (La Grande) Printed at Lyons. Without Bate. Folio. Vol.1. Unfortunately this copy wants the second volume ; the beauty of the printing, and the general splendor of the impression, rendering this defect the more to be regretted. As a specimen of early ornamental printing at Lyons, which may vie with some of the more magnificent productions at Paris, of the same period, the reader may be gratified with the fac-simile on the following page, taken from the recto of the first leaf, and being the first initial letter of the title : ' Le premier volume de la grat bible en fracois historiee et corrigee nouuellemet auec le psaultier.' The first nine leaves are occupied by the title, a prologue, and a table : of these, the table occupies eight : then a ' repertoire,' or register of signatures, on one page. As the leaves are regularly num- bered, the signatures become of subordinate consideration. There are, in the whole, CClvi. leaves. As a specimen of the manner of repre- senting three several actions, or subjects, in the same composition, take what here follows — from ' fueillet vij.' MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. 51 On the recto of the 256th leaf, is the colophon, thus : SCla louengc fee fcieu \t createur tt &e ga treffacrcc mere finist le premier Volume tie la grant foible en francops? jjpftoriee i eorrigee nouucllement aucc It ^faultier. 3[mprJmcc a Upon The Psalter, in fact, as the title implies, concludes the volume. There is no copy of this work in the royal library at Paris. The present copy is handsomely bound in blue morocco by Hering. 1050. Beesensis (Petri) de Amicitia Chris- tiana. Printed hy Ulric Zel. TVithout Date. Quarto. This may be safely pronounced to be the Editio Prixceps of the work. That it is printed by Ulric Zel is certain. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page has 27 lines. In the whole, 15 leaves. On the recto of the 15th, beneath the 6th line of text, is the imprint thus : €£piteit lifceHus? magi^trt $etri felefengig tic amicicia erigtiana. In large and desirable condition. Bound in calf, with gilt leaves. 1051. Boccaccio. Il Decamerone. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. Having already * delivered an opinion respecting the date, and place of printing, of this edition, it might appear capricious to offer an opinion different from that already laid down 5 were it not justifiable by the indulgence always granted to bibliographers, whose positions are necessarily conjectural, in the absence of all positive testimony. I presume, therefore, to consider this impression — not as before stated, posterior to thai of Valdarfer, in 1471, but more probably anterior .- in other words, of the date of 1470. Yet it cannot be denied that the types appear to have been much used, and that they are of themselves extremely ill-formed and disagreeable to the eye. It is also quite evident, from a comparison of the first few lines of the in- troductory part, with the same portion in Valdarfer's edition of 1471, * Bibliog. Decameron, vol. iii. p. 151, note. 52 MISCELLANEOUS. that the present text is taken, not only from a MS. of a more loose and ancient orthography, but from one which is also less copious. Thus, in the 5th line only, we read, in the present, nolo trouato inalcunb fragliquali segno . ogli . whereas, in Valdarfer's edition, between the words ' qualV and 'segno, 7 we read ' se alcuno max nhebbe.' Several other verbal omissions, as well as numerous variations in the spelling, &c. occur in the respec- tive pages of these two editions. But a more ample opportunity for the notice of these variations will be given at the end of the following article of Valdarfer's edition — in which the reader will find one com- plete tale, taken from the present edition, and from those of Valdarfer and the Mantua edition of 1472, running in parallel portions in the same page. In that of the edition under consideration, the critical reader will not fail to observe the more frequent joinings of the article and prepo- sition, with the adjective or substantive to which it belongs ; and numerous other instances of careless and inaccurate passages. Reverting to the typography of the present impression, Lord Spencer has been successful in detecting a perfect conformity of the type of this edition with that of a dateless Terence described in vol. ii. p. 409 of the Bibl. Spenc. Yet no further advances can be made, in consequence, as to the appropriating of the impression under consideration. It is well known that this copy came from the Borromeo Collection, purchased by Messrs. Payne and Foss, and sold by them by public auction in 1817- It is also equally well known that his Lordship gave \1\l. \6s. for the copy itself: — not in the most desirable condition (compared with the copy in the public library at Munich), and wanting four leaves of the text. This impression is executed in long lines, having 40 lines generally in a full page ; but it should be noticed that the last two full pages have each 44 lines, and the four pages preceding these two have each 43 lines : the last page of all has 41 lines. Like many of the earlier volumes, even from the press of Sweynheym and Pannartz, the register is very irregular towards the right margin. The body of the text is precisely 7 inches by 5| ; and the leaves, here numbered with the pencil, extend to 252 of text — with two ms. leaves of table. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords ; but all that we read on the last line of the text, on the reverse of the last leaf, is as follows : cosa gioua lauerle lecte : : DEO . GRATIAS : MISCELLANEOUS. 53 In the Borromeo Sale Catalogue, there is a well executed fac-simile of this conclusion, from which the edition has been emphatically distin- guished as the Deo Gratias Edition. How far the text substantially varies from that of the immediately succeding editions, has not yet been determined, as it has never been consulted in the formation of any pre- vious edition ; but some notion may be formed of this, from the colla- tions instituted in the following article. Upon the whole, the acquisition of this volume (by no means at an extravagant price) is of essential importance to the Noble Owner of this library, since it may be safely affirmed that there is no other copy of it in this country. It has been elegantly bound, since the purchase of it, by C. Lewis, in dark olive colour morocco. At Munich they possess an exceedingly fine and large copy of it j which had been taken to Paris, and was restored. 1052. Boccaccio. Il Decamerone. Printed hy Valdarfer. Venice. 1471. Folio. At length this far-famed volume comes to repose in what may be fairly called its natural resting-place. Need the reader be informed that this is the celebrated Boccaccio, respecting the acquisition of which, at the sale of the Roxburghe Library, almost every journal in Europe recorded the particulars ! An equally faithful, but more minute and less public, record of the same sale, will be found in the Bibliographical Deca- meron, vol. iii. p. 62-7. Celebrated, and unrivalled, both in price and rarity, as is this precious volume, the description of it need not here occupy a large space ; as a very particular account of the arrangement of its materials will be found in a long note, in vol. iv. p. 76-8, of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. But, as was promised in the preceding article, the most desirable object to be accomplished, is, a specimen of its text, compared with that of the preceding edition, and with that of the suc- ceeding one of 14/2 : described, in the work just referred to, at p. 73, &c. as without date or printer's name — and erroneously considered as the Deo Gratias edition. This succeeding edition (of which his Lord- ship's copy is greatly imperfect) happens to be the Mantua edition of 1472, printed by Adam de Michaelibus ; of which I saw a perfect copy in the royal library at Paris, and another perfect and truly magnificent one in the public library at Nuremberg. The reader is therefore now about to peruse the texts of these three editions, arranged in a parallel form, and of which the material dis- crepancies-are marked in italics. 54 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. [L]a lauretta fornita lasua nouella taceua et fra la- brigatta chi co un cbi conunaltro che della sciagura degliamanti siridolea et chi lira dellaninetta biasimaua & chi una cosa etchi altra dice ua qnando ilre quasi daprofondo pensier tolto . alzo iluiso et adelisa fece segno che appresso dicesse laquale humilmente inco- mincio . Iaceuo U donne assai son coloro checredono amor solamente dagliocchi accelo lesue saette mandare: coloro Valdarfer, 1471. []L]a lauretta fornita lasua nouella taceua et fra labri- gata chi co un chi con unaltro chi della sciagura degli- amanti siridolea et chi lira de laniuetta biasimaua & chi una cosa et chi altra diceua quando il re quasi dapro- fundo pensier tolto alzo iluiso & adelisa fece segno che appresso dicesse : laquale humilmente Icomecio Piace- uole donne assai son coloro checredono amor solamente dagli occhi acceso lesue saette madare : coloro schernedo che Mantua, 1472. A lauretta fornita la sua nouella taceua & fra la brigata chi con un : chi co un altro : chi della sciagura degliamati siridolea & chi lira de laui- netta biasimaua : & chi una cosa & chi una altra diceua : quando ilre quasi daprofundo pensier tolto alzo iluiso & ad elisa fece segno che appresso dicesse : laquale humil- mente incomincio. Piaceuole donne assai son coloro che credono amor solamente da gli occhi acceso le sue saette madare : Deo Grdtias, $c] MISCELLANEOUS. 55 Deo Gratias Edition. coloro schernendo chetener uogliono che alcun p udita sipossa innamorare . Liquli essere ingannati assai mani- festamente apparira in una nouella laqual dire intendo . Nellaquale non solamente cio lafama senza auersi ueduto giamai auere operato uedrete ma ciascuno admisera morte auer condocto uifia manifesto . Viglielmosecondo re dieicilia come ici ciliani uoglino ebbe due figliuoli lun maschio et chiamato ruggieri : laltro femina chi amata costanza ilquali ruggieri anzi che il padre morendo lascio Valdarfer, 1471. che tener uogliono che alcun per udita sipossa innamo- rare . Ilquali essere ingannati assai manifestamente apparira inuna nouella laqual dire intendo . Ne la quale non solamente cio la fama senza hauersi ueduto giamai hauere operato uedrete : ma ciascuno admisera morte hauer condocto uifia manifesto . Guglielmo secondo re dieicilia come iciliani uogliono hebbe due figluoli lun maschio et chiamato ruggieri : laltro femina chiamata constanza ilquale ruggieri anzi che il patre moredo lascio Mantua, 1472. madarercoloro schernedo che tener uogliono che alcun per udita si possa innamorare . liquali essere ingannati assai manifestamente apparira inuna nouella laqual dire intendo . Ne la'qle no solamente cio la fama senza ha- uersi ueduto giamai hauere operato uedrete:ma ciascuo admisera morte hauer codocto uifia manifesto. Viglielmo secondo re dicilia come iciliani uogliono hebbe due figluoli lun maschio & chiamato ru- gieri : laltro femina chiamata costanza ilquale ruggieri anzi 56 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. lascio un figliuolo nominato gerbino . Ilquale dal suo auolo condiligentia alleuato diuenne bellissimo giouane et famoso inprodeza et incortesia . Ne solamente dentro atermini dicicilia stette lasua fama racchiusa ma inuarie parti delmondo senando in barberia era chiarissima laquale in qnei tepi aire dicicilia tributaria era Et tragli altri adlecui orechi lamagnifica fama delleuertu et della cortesia delgerbin uenne fn adnna figliuola delre ditunisi laqualsecondo checiascnn cheneduta laueua ragionaua era Valdarfer, 1471. lascio un figluolo nominato gerbino . ilquale dalsuo auolo codilgentia alleuato diuenne belissimo giouane & famoso inprodeza et incortesia . Ne solamente dentro atermini dicicilia stette lasua fama renchiusa ma inuarie parte del- mondo senando inbarberia era chiarissima: laquale Iquei tempi aire dicicilia tributaria era: Et traglialtri adlecui orechi la magninca fama de lauertu et de lacor- tesia delgerbin uene fu adnna figluola del re ditunisi laqual secondo che ciascun che ueduta lhaueua ragio- naua : era Mantua, 1472. anzi che ilpatre morendo lascio un figluolo nominato gerbino. ilquale dal suo auolo condiligentia alleuato diuenne bellissimo giouane & famoso inprodeza & incor- tesia . Ne solamente dentro atermini dicicilia stette la sua fama renchiusa ma inuarie parti del mondo senado e Ibarberia era chiarissima: laqle inquei tempi al re dicicilia tributaria era : Et traglialtri adlecui orecchi la magninca fama dele uertu & dela cortesia del gerbin uenne fu aduna figluola del re ditunisi laqual secondo che Deo Gratias, 8?c] MISCELLANEOUS. 57 Deo Gratias Edition. era una dellepiu belle crature chemai dalanatura fosse stata formata et lapiu custumata et conobile & grande animo Laquale uolontieri deualorosi huomini ragionare udendo contanta affectione lecose ualorosamente opate dalgerbino dauno & daun altro raccontate racolse et si lepiaceuano che essa seco stessa imaginando come facto esser douesse feruetemente dilui sinamoro etpiu uolon- tieri che daltro dilui ragionaua et chinne ragionaua ascoltaua . Daltra parte era si come altroue Icicilia puenuta Valdarfer, 1471. naua : era una de lepiu belle creature chemai dala natura fossesta ta formata & lapiu custumata & conobile & grade animo laquale uoluntieri daualorosi huomini ra- gionare udendo contanta affectione lecose ualorosamete operate dalgerbino dauno & daunaltro raccotate racolse et si li piaceuao che essa seco stessa imaginado come facto esser douesse feruetemete dilui sinamero et pin uoluntieri che daltro dilui ragionaua & chi ne ragionaua ascoltaua . Dalaltra parte era sicome altroue incicilia peruenuta Mantua, 1472. che ciascun che ueduta lhaueua ragionaua : era una de le pin belle creature che mai dala natura fosse stata formata & la piu custumata & con nobile & grande animo laquale uoluntiere deualorosi huomini ragionare udendo contanta affectione lecose ualorosamente operate dagerbino dauno & da unaltro raccontate raccolse & si lipiaceuano che essa seco stessa imaginado come facto esser douesse feruentemete dilui sinamoro : & piu uolu- tieri che daltro dilui ragionaua & chi ne ragionaua ascoltaua . VOL II. I 5S MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. puenuta lagradissima fama delabelieza parimente et delualor dilei . et no senza grandilecto neinuano gli orecchi delgerbino auea tocchi anzi non meno che dilui lagiouane imfiammata fosse lui dilei aueua infiammato . plaqualcosa infino adtanto che conhonesta cagione dal- auolo dandare adtunisi lalicetia impetrasse desideroso oltre modo diuerderla adogni suo amico chela andaua inponeua cheadsuo potere ilsuo segreto et grande amore facesse perquel modo chemigliore gliparesse sentire et dilei Valdarfer, 1471. peruenuta lagrandissima fama delabelieza parimente & delualor dilei & no seza gradilecto ne inuano gliorecchi delgerbino hauea tocchi anzi no meno che dilui lagiouane ifiamata fosse lui dilei hauea infiamato : perlaqual cosa Ifino adtanto che conhonesta cagione dalauolo dadare adtunisi lalicentia impetrasse disideroso oltre modo diue- derla adogni suo amico chela andaua imponeua che ad suo potere ilsuo segreto & grande amor facesse perquel modo chemigliore gli paresse sentire et dilei nouelle gli recasse . Mantua, 1472. ascoltaua . Dalaltra parte era sicome altroue icicilia peruenuta lagrandissima fama dela belleza parimente & del ualor dilei & non senza gran dilecto ne inuano glio- recchi delgerbino hauea tocchi anzi non meno che dilui la giouane innammata fosse lui dilei hauea infiammato : perlaqual cosa infino adtato che con honesta cagione dalauolo dandare adtunisi la licentia impetrasse diside- roso oltre modo di uederla adogni suo amico chela andaua inponeua che ad suo potere ilsuo segreto & grande Deo Gratias, 8fc] MISCELLANEOUS. 59 Deo Gratias Edition. dilei nouelle glirecasse . Dequali alcun sagacissima- mente ilfece gioie dadonne et portandole come mercha- tanti fanno aduedere et interamente lardore delgerbino aptole lui et lesue cose asuoi coniandamenti offerse aparecchiate . Laquale conlieto uiso et labasciadore et labasciata riceuette et rispostomi che egli dipari amore ardeua una delepiu sue care gioie intestimonianza dicio glimado . Laquale il gerbino contanta allegreza riceuette coquanta qualunque cara cosa riceuer sipossa : & allei pcostui Valdarfer, 1471. recasse . Dequali alcun secretissima mente ilfece gioie dadonne et portandole come merchatanti fanno ad uendere et interamente lardore delgerbino apertoli lui & lesue cose asuoi coinmandamenti offerse aparecchiate. Laquale conlieto uiso et labasciadore & labasciata rice- uette et risposte che egli dipari amore ardeua una delepiu sue care gioie intestimonianza dicio glimando . Laquale ilgerbino contanta alegreza riceuette conquanta qualun- que cara cosa riceuer sipossa : & alle pcostui medisimo piu Mantua, 1472. grande amore facesse perquel modo che migliore gli paresse sentire & dilei nouelle gli recasse . Deqli alcuo secretissimamete ilfece gioie da donne portandole come mercatanti fanno aduendere & interamete lardore del gerbino apertoli lui & le sue cose a suoi comadameti offersse aparecchiate : Laqle conlieto uiso & labasciadore & labasciata riceuette & rispostoli che egli dipari amore ardeua una del piu sue car gioie intestimonianza dicio glimado . Laqle ilgerbino cotata alegreza riceuette con- quanta 60 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. pcostui medisimo piu uolte scripse et mado carissimi doni : collei certi tractati tenendo dadouersi selafortuna conceduto lauesse uedere e toccare . Ma andando lecose Iquesta guisa et un poco piu lunghe che bisognato non sarebbe ardendo duna parte lagiouane et daltra ilgerbino aduenne cheilre ditunisi lamarito aire digranata : diche ella fu crucciosa oltre modo pensando chenon solamente plunga distantia alsuo ainante sallontanaua ma ehe quasi deltutto tolta gliera & semodo ueduto anesse uolentieri Valdarfer, 1471. piu uolte scripse & mando carissimi doni : conlei certi tractati tenendo dadiuersi sela fortuna conceduto lhauese uedere e toccarse : Ma andando lecose in questa guisa et un poco piu lunghe che bisognato non sarebbe ardedo duna parte lagiouane & daltra il gerbino aduenne che ilre ditunisi la marito al re digranata: diche ella fu crucciosa oltre modo pensando che non solamente per- lunga distantia alsuo amate sallontanaua: ma che quasi deltutto tolta gliera : & semodo ueduto hauesse volun- tieri Mantua, 1472. quanta qualunque cara cosa riceuer sipossa & allei pcostui medesimo piu uolte scripse & mando carissimi doni : conlei certi tractati ten e do da douersi sela fortuna coceduto lhauesse uedere e toccarse : Ma adando le cose inquesta guisa & un poco piu lunghe che bisognato non sarebbe ardedo duna parte lagiouane & dalaltra ilger- bino aduenne che ilre ditunisi la marito al re digranata : diche ella fu crucciosa oltre modo pensando che non solamente per lunga distantia alsuo ainante sallotanaua: ma Deo Gratias, Sfc] MISCELLANEOUS. 61 Deo Gratias Edition. uolentieri accio chequesto aduenuto non fosse fuggita sisarebbe dalpadre et uenutasene algerbino . Similmente ilgerbino questo maritaggio sentendo senza misura neui- neua dolente & secospesso pesaua semodo ueder potesse diuolerla torre pforza se aduenisse chepmare admarito nadasse . lire ditunisi sentendo alcuna cosa diquesto . amore et delproponimento delgerbino et delsuo ualore et dellapotetia dnbitando . nenendo iltempo chemandar neladouea aire guiglielmo mando significando cio che- fare Yaldarfer, 1471. tieri accio che questo aduenuto no fosse fuggita sisarebbe dalparte et uenutasene algerbino . Similmente algerbino questo maritaggio setedo senza misura neuineua dolente &secospessopensaua semodo ueder potesse diuolerla torre perforza se aduenisse che permare admarito andasse : ilre ditunisi sentendo alcuna cosa di questo amore & del pro- ponimento del. gerbino et delsuo ualore & de lapotentia dubitando : uenendo iltempo chemandar neladouea aire guilielmo mando significando cio che fare intendeua et che Mantua, 1472. ma che qsi del tuto tolta gliera: & se modo ueduto hauesse uolutieri accio che questo adueuto no fosse fug- gita si sarebbe dal patre & uenutasene algerbino . Simil- mente ilgerbino questo maritaggio sentedo senza misura ne uiueua dolete & seco spesso pensaua semodo ueder potesse dipolerla torre perforza se adueisse che p mare admarito adasse lire ditunisi sentendo alcuna cosa di- questo amore & del proponimento del gerbino & del suo ualore & dela potetia dubitando: uenedo iltepo che mandar G2 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. fare intend eua et chesicnrato dalui chenedal gerbino neda altri plui leio impedito sarebbe lotendeua difare . lire guiglielmo che ueccbio signore era nedelo Inamo- ramento delgerbino auea alcuna cosa sentita : non ima- ginandosi che pquesto adomadata fosse talsicurta libera- mente laconcedette et isegno dicio mando aire ditunisi u suo guanto . Iquale poi chelasicnrta riceuuta ebbe fece una grandissima et bella naue nelporto dicartagine appre- stare et fornirla dicio che bisognio aueua adchi su uido- ueua Valdarfer, 1471. che sicurato dalui che ne dal gerbio neda altri perlui incio impedito sarebbe lontendeua difare : ilre guili- elmo che uecchio signore era nedelo iomorameto delger- bino hauea alcuna cosa sentita : non imaginandosi che perquesto adomandata fosse talsicurta liberamente la- concedette & insegno dicio mando aire ditunisi un suo guanto . ilquale doppoi chelasicnrta riceuuta hebbe fece una grandissima & bella naue nelporto dicartagine ap- pressare & fornirla dicio che bisognio haueua adchi su uidoueua Mantua, 1472. mandar nela douea al re guilielmo mado significando cio che fare intedeua : & che sicurato dalui che ne dal gerbino neda altri perlui Icio impedito sarebbe lontendeua difare : ilre guilielmo che uecchio signore era nedelo iiKtmoramento del gerbino hauea alcuna cosa sentita: non imaginandosi che per questo adomandata fosse tal sicurta liberamente laconcedette & insegno dicio mando aire ditunisi un suo guanto . ilqle doppoi che la sicurta riceuuta hebbe fece una gradissima & bella naue nel porto Deo Gratias, #c] MISCELLANEOUS. 63 Deo Gratias Edition. ueuaandare et ornarla et acconciarla psu madarui lafigli- uola ingranata ne altro aspectaua che tempo . Lagiouane donna chetutto questo sapeua et uedeua occultamente unsuo seruidore mando adpalermo et imposegli che ilbel gerbino dasua parte salutasse et glidicesse come ella infra pochi diera pandarne ingranata . pche hora sipar- rebe secosi fosse ualente huomo come sidiceua et se cotato lamasse quanto piu uolte significato laueua Costui adcui imposta fu optimamete fe lambasciata et adtunisi ritornossi . Valdarfer, 1471. uidoueua andare & ornarla & acconciarla persu : man- darin lafigluola ingranata ne altro aspectaua che tempo . Lagiouane donna che tutto questo sapeua et uedeua occultamente un suo seruidore mado adpalermo & im- posegli che ilbel gerbino dasua parte salutasse & glidi- cesse come ella in frapochi di era perandarne ingranata : perche hora sipaerebbe secosi fosse ualente huomo come sidiceua & se cotanto lamasse quanto piu uolte signifi- cato lhaueua costui adcui imposta fu optima mete fe lambasciata Mantua, 1472. porto dicartagine appressare &fornirla dicio che bisognio haueua adchi su uidoueua andare & ornarla & acconci- arla psu mandarui lafigluola ingranata : ne altro aspec- taua che tempo . Lagiouane donna che tutto questo sapena & uedeua occultamente un suo seruidore mando ad palermo & Iposegli che il bel gerbino dasua pte salutasse & glidicesse come ella infra pochi di era pera- dare ingranata: perche hora siparrebe secosi fosse ualente huomo come sidiceua & secotanto lamasse qto piu uolte significato 64 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. ritornossi . Gerbino questo udedo et sappiendo che ilregniglielmo suo auolo data auea lasicurta aire ditu- nisi non sapea chefarsi . ma purdamor sospito auendo leparole della donna intese et pnon parer uile andatosene admessina qniui prestamente fece due galee sottili amare et messiui sudiualenti huomini con esse sopra lasardigna nando aduisando qnindi douere lanaue delladonna passare nefu dilungil effecto alsuo aduiso . pcioche pochi de quiui fustato chelanane conpoco nento non guari lontana Valdarfer, 1471. lambasciata& adtunisi ritornossi: Gerbi no questo ndendo & sapiedo che il re guilielmo suo auolo data hauea lasicurta aire ditunisi non sapea chefarsi : ma pur damor sospinto hauendo leparolle della donna intese & pernon parer uile andatosene ad messina quiui prestamente fece due galee sottili armare & messiui su diualenti huomini con esse sopra lasardigna nando aduisando quindi douere lanaue de ladonna passare nefu dilungi leffecto alsuo aduiso . percio che pochi di quiui fustato che lanaue copoco Mantua, 1472. significato lhaueua o costui adcui Iposta fu optimamente fe lambasciata & adtunisi ritornossi: Gerbino questo udendo & sapiendo che il re guilielmo suo auolo data bauea lasicurta aire ditunisi non sapea che farsi:ma pur damor sospinto hauendo leparole della donna intese & per non parer uile andatosene admessina quiui presta- mente fece due galee sottili armare : & messiui su diua- lenti huomini con esse sopra la sardigna mando adui- sando quindi douere lanaue de ladonna passare.ne fu dilungi Deo Gratias, $c] MISCELLANEOUS. G5 Deo Gratias Edition. lontana alluogo doue aspectadola ripostosera soprauenne . Laqual ueggendo gerbino asuoi compagni disse . Signori seuoi cosi ualorosi siete comio uitengno niuiio diuoi senza auer setito o sentire am ore credo chesia . senza il quale sicome io meco medisimo estimo niun mortal puo alcuna uertu o bene inse auere etse inamorati stati siete o sete leggier cosa uifia conprendere il mio disio . Io amo amor mindusse addarui lapresente fatica et cio cheio amo nellanaue che qui dauanti neuedete dimora Valdarfer, 1471. copoco ueto no guari lontana allnogo doue aspectadola riposto sera soprauene . Laqual ueggedo gerbino asuoi copagni disse . Signori seuoi cosi ualorosi siete comio uitegno niuno diuoi senza hauer setito o sentire amore credo chesia . senza ilquale sicome io meco medisimo estimo niun mortal puo alcuna uertu o bene inse hauere et se inamorari stati siete o sete leggier cosa uifia con- prendere ilmio disio io amo : amor mindusse addarui lapresente fatica et cio cheio amo ne lanaue che qui dauanti Mantua, 1472. dilungi leffecto alsuo aduiso : percio che pochi di quiui fu stato che lanaue copoco uento no guari lotana alluogo doue aspectandola riposto sera soprauenne . Laqual ueggendo gerbino asuoi copagni disse . Signori seuoi cosi ualorosi siete comio uitegno niuno diuoi senza hauer setito o sentire amore credo che sia.senza ilquale sicome io meco medesimo niun mortal puo alcuna uertu o bene inse hauere:& se inamorati stati siete o sete leggier cosa uifia conprendere ilmio disio.io amo: amor mindusse addarui VOL. II. K 06 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. dimora Laqnale insieme coquella cosa cheio pin desidero e piena digrandissime riccheze lequali seualorosi huo- mini siete conpoca fatica uirilmente conbattendo ac- quistar possiamo : dellaqual uictoria io non cerco chei- parte miuenga senon una donna pk>cui amore imuouo larme ognialtra cosa sia uostra liberamente infindahora andiamo adunque et bene adnenturosamente assagliamo lanaue idio allanostra impresa fauoreuole senza uento prestar le lacitien ferma . No erano albel gierbino tante parole Valdarfer, 1471. dauanti neuedete dimora : laquale isieme conquella casa che pin disidero et piena digrandissime riccheze leqli seualorosi huomini siete conpoca fatica uirilmente con- battendo acquistar possiamo : delaqnal uictoria io non cerco che inparte miuega senon una donna perlocui amore io mouo larme : ognialtra cosa sia uostra libera- mente infin adhora andiamo adunque & bene aduentu- rosamente assagliamo lanaue che dio a lanostra impresa fauoreuole senza uento prestarle lacitien ferma . Non erano Mantua, 1472. addarui lapresente fatica. & cio che io amo ne lanaue che qui dauanti neuedete dimoradaqle insieme coquella cosa che piu disidero e piena digrandissime riccheze : lequali se ualorosi huomini siete con poca fatica uiril- mente conbattedo actjstar possiamo: delaqual uictoria io non cerco che inparte rniuenga senon una donna per- locui amore io mouo larme -.ognialtra cosa sia uostra liberamente infin adhora.adiamo adunque & bene aduen- turosamete assagliamo lanaue : che dio a lanostra im- presafauoreuole Deo Gratias, %c] MISCELLANEOUS. G? Deo Gratias Edition. parole bisognio pcio cheimessinesi che colui erano uaghi dellarapina gia conlanimo erano adfare quello cliche ilger- bino gliconfortaua conleparole : pchefacto mi grandissimo romore nellafine delsuo parlare cheeosi fosse letrombe so- narono etprese larmi dierono de remi inacqua et alanaue puennero . Coloro chesopra lanaue erano neggendo dilon- tano uenire legalee non potendosi partire sapprestarono alladifesa . libel gerbino adquella puenuto fe comadare che ipadroni di quella sopra legaiee mandati fossero selabattaglia Valdarfer, 1471. erano albel gierbino tante parole bisognio . percio che messinesi che conlni erano uaghi delarapina gia conla- nimo erano adfare quello diche ilgerbino glicofortana con le parole : perche facto un grandissimo romore nelafine delsuo parlare che cosi fosse letrobe sonarouo & prese larmi dierono deremi inacqua & alanaue per- uennero . Coloro che sopra lanaue erano ueggendo dilontano uenire legalee non potendosi partire sappres- tarono a ladifesa . ilbel gerbino adquella pernenuto fe comandare Mantua, 1472. presafauoreuole senza uento pstare lacitien ferma . Non erano albel gierbino tante parole bisognio . percio che messinesi che conlui erano uaghi delaraprina gia con lanimo erano adfare quello diche ilgerbino gliconfortaua con leparolerperche facto un gradissimo romore nela fine delsuo parlare che cosi fosse letrombe sonarono : & prese larmi dierono deremi inacqua & alanaue peruennero . Coloro che sopra lanaue erano ueggendo dilontano uenire legalee non potendosi partire saprastarono a ladifesa. ilbel MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. selabattaglia nonuoleano isaracini certificate chi erano et che domandassero dissero se esser cotro allafede lor data dalre da loro assaliti . et insegno dicio mostrarono ilguato delre guglielmo & deltutto negaron dimai senon pbataglia uinti arrendersi o cosa chsopra lanaue fosse lor dare . Gerbino ilquale sopra lapoppa dellanaue ueduta aueua ladonna troppo pin bella assai che egli secono estimaua ifiainmato piu cheprima almostrare delguanto rispose che quiuiui non auea falconi alpresente pche Valdarfer, 1471. comandare che ibaroni diquella sopra legalee mandati fossero se lal battaglia non uoleano isaracini certificati chi erao & che domadassero dissero se esser cotro allafede lor data dalre da loro assaliti : & insegno dicio mostra- rono ilgnanto delre guilielmo & deltntte negaron dimai seno perbataglia uinti arredersi o cosa che sopra lanaue fosse lor dare . Gerbino ilquali sopra lapoppa de lanaue neduta haueua ladona troppo piu bella assai che egli seco non estimaua infiammato piu che prima almostrare del Mantua, 1472. ilbel gerbino adquella peruenuto fe comandare che iba- roni diquella sopra legalee mandati fossero se labattaglia non uoleano. isaracini certificati chi erano & che doman- dassero dissero se esser contra alia fede lor data dalre da loro assaliti : & insegno dicio mostrarono il guanto del re guilielmo & del tutto negaro dimai senon per battaglia uinti arrendersi o cosa che sopra lanaue fosse lor dare . Gerbino ilquale sopra la poppa de lanaue ueduta hauea ladona troppo piu bella assai che egli seco no Deo Gratias, $c] MISCELLANEOUS. 69 Deo Gratias Edition. pche guanto uauesse luogo etpcio oue dar non uolesser ladonna adriceuer labataglia sappressero . Laqual senza piu attendere adsaettare & adgitar pietre lun uerso laltro fieramente incominciarono et lungamente condamno diciascuna delleparti intal guisa conbatterono Vltima- mente ueggedosi gerbino poco util fare preso un legnetto che disardigna menato aueano et inquelo messo fuoco con amendune legalee quello accosto allanaue : Uche ueg- gendo isaracini et conosciendo se dinecessita odouersi arreder Valdarfer, 1471. del guanto rispose che quiui non hanea falconi alpresente perche guanto uauesse luogo : & percio oue dar non uolesser ladonna adriceuer labataglia sapparechiassero . laqual seza piu attedere adsaettare & adgitar pietre lun uerso laltro fieramente inconminciarono & longamente condamno diciascuna de leparti intal gnisa conbatterono . Ultimamente ueggedosi gerbino poco util fare preso un legnetto che disardigna menato haueano & inquello messo fuoco conamendua legalee quello accosto alauaue: Ilche Mantua, 1472. no estimaua infiammato piu che prima almostrare del guanto rispose che quiui non hauea falconi alpresente: perche guanto uauesse luogo : & percio oue dar non uolesser ladonna adriceuer labattaglia sapparecchiassero. laqual senza piu attendere adsaettare & adgitar pietre lun uerso laltro fieramente incominciarono : & longa- mente condamno diciascuna de leparti intal guisa con- batterono . Vltimamete ueggedosi gerbino poco util fare pso un legnetto che disardigna menato haueao & inquello messo 70 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. aneder amorire facto sopra couerta lafigliuola delre uenire chcsotto couerta piagnea et quella menata alla- proda dellanaue et chiamato ilgerbino present e adglioecM suoi lei gridante mhercic et aiuto seuenarono et inmare git-taodola disson : togli noi latidiamo qual noi possiamo et chete latua fede lameritata Gerbino ueggendo lacru- delta dicostoro quasi dimorir uago noncurando disaetta nedipietra allanaue sifece accostare et quiui su mal grado diquanti ueneran montato non altramenti cheun leon Valdarfrr, 1471. Ilche ueggendo isaracini & cognosciendose dinecessita o douersi arrender amorire facto sopra couerta lafigluola delre uenire che sotto couerta piangea et quella menata a laproda de lanaue & chiamato ilgerbino presente adgliocchi suoi lei gridante mercie et aiuto la suenarono & inmare gittandola disson : togli noi latidiamo qual noi possiamo & quanto latua fede lameritata gerbino ueggedo lacrudelta dicostoro quasi di morir uago no currado disaetta nedipietra a lanaue si fece accostare & quiui Mantua, 1472. messo fuoco con amendue legalee quello accosto a lanaue. Ilche ueggedo isaracini & cognosciendose dinecessita o douersi arreder o morire : facto sopra couerta la figluola delre uenire che sotto couerta piangea: & quella menata a laproda de lanaue : & chiamato ilgerbino prestamente inanzi adgliocchi suoi lei gridante mercie & aiuto la suenarono & imare gittadola disson : togli noi latidiamo ijl noi possiamo & quale la tua fede lameritata.gerbino ueggendo lacrudelta dicostoro qsi dimorir uago no cu- rado Deo Gratias, #c] MISCELLANEOUS. 71 Deo Gratias Edition. leon famelico nellarmento degiouenchi uenuto hor questo hor quello suenado prima codenti . et conlunghie lasua ira satia chelafame comma spada imano horquesto horquel tagliando desaracini crudelmente molti nuccise gherbino et gia cresciente il fuoco nella accesa naue factone ama- rinari trarre quello chesipote pappagamento diloro giu sene sciese conpoco lieta uictoria desuoi aduersarii auere acquistata . quindi facto ilcorpo dellabella donna ricog- lier dimare lungamente et conmolte lagrime il pianse e incicilia Valdarfer, 1471. quiui su mal grado diquanti uergran montato non altra- menti che un leon famelico nellarmento degiouenchi uenuto hor questo hor quello suenado prima codenti & conlunghie lasua ira satia che lafame couna spada imano hor questo hor quel tagliando desaracini crudel- mente molti nuccise : gerbino & gia cresciente ilfuoco nel accesa naue factone asuoi marinari trarre quello che sipote perappagamento diloro giu sene sciese copoco lieta uictoria desuoi aduersarii hauere acquistata: quindi facto Mantua, 1472. rado disaetta ne dipietra a lanaue si fece accostare : & quiui su mal grado diquanti uene eran montato : no altramenti che un leon famelico nellarmento degiouen- chi uenuto hor questo hor quello suenado prima codenti & colunghie la sua ira satia che lafame . cossi costui couna spada Imano hor questo hor quel tagliado desa- racini crudelmente molti nuccise : & gia cresciete ilfuoco nel accesa naue factone asuoi marinari trarre quello che si pote per pagamento diloro giu sene sciese conpoco lieta 72 MISCELLANEOUS. [Boccaccio. Deo Gratias Edition. incicilia tornandosi inustica piccioletta isola quali adtra- pani diripecto honoreuolmente il fe sepllire et adcasa piu doloroso che altro huomo sitorno . lire ditunisisa- puta lanouella suoi ambasciadori dinero uestiti al re guiglielmo mando dogliendosi dellafede chegliera stata male obseruata et raccontorono ilconie . Diche ilre guiglielmo turbato forte ne uedendo uia dapoter lor giustitia negare che ladomandauano fece prendere ilger- bino et egli medesimo non essendo alcun debaron suoi checopri Valdarfer, 1471. facto ilcorpo de labella donna ricoglier dimare lunga- mente & conmolte lagrinie il pianse e incicilia tornadosi iustica piccioletta isola quasi adtrapani diripecto honore uolmete ilfe sepellire eta dcasa piu doloroso che altro huomo si torno . lire ditunisi saputa lanouella suoi am- basiadori dinero uestiti aire guiglielmo mando dogliedosi de lafede che gliera stata male obseruata et raccontorono ilcome . Diche ilre guiglielmo turbato forte ne uededo uia dapoter lor giustitia negare che ladomadauano fece prendere Mantua, 1472. lieta uictoria desuoi aduersarii hauere acquistata: quindi facto ilcorpo dela bella donna ricoglier dimare lunga- mente & con molte lagrinie la pianse . e incicilia tornan- dosi i ustica piccioletta isola quasi adtrapani dirinpecto honoreuolmete ilfe sepellire:& adcasa piu doloroso che altro huomo si torno . lire ditunisi saputa lanouella suoi abasiadori dinero uestiti aire guiglielmo mado dogliedosi de lafede che gliera stata male obseruata & racontorono ilcome . Diche ilre guiglielmo turbato forte ne Deo Gratias, 8fc] MISCELLANEOUS. 73 Deo Gratias Edition. checopri eghi dacio sifforzasse dirimuouerlo ilcondamno nella testa et insua presentia gliele fece tagliare uolendo auanti senza nepote rimanere che esser tenuto re senza fede . A dunque cosi miseramente Ipochi giorni idue a- manti senza alcun fructo dellor amore auer sentito dimala morte . morirono comio uo detto . Valdarfer, 1471. prendere ilg-erbino & egli medesimo non essendo alcun debaron suoi che conprieghi dacio sifforzasse dirimu- ouerlo ilcodano ne la testa & insua presentia gliele fece tagliare uolendo auanti senza nepote rimanere che esser tenuto re senza fede . Adunque cosi miseramente inpochi giorni idue amanti senza alcun fructo dellor amore hauer sentito dimala morte . morirono comio uo detto . Mantua, 1472. ne uedendo uia dapoter lor giusticia negare che lado- mandauano fece prendere ilgerbino & egli medesimo non essendo alcun debaron suoi che conprieghi dacio non sifforzasse dirimuouerlo ilcodamno nela testa: & insua presentia gliele fece tagliare uogliendo auanti senza nepote rimanere che esser tenuto re senza fede . Adunque cosi miseramete inpochi giorni idue amanti senza alcun fructo dellor amore hauer sentito dimala morte morirono comio uo detto . Reverting to the precious volume before us, it may be triumphantly remarked, that it yet obtains the proud distinction of being unique on the score of perfection : as the researches of no bibliographer (since the sale of it in lSl^) have been able to discover another similar copy, and as the known copies at Blenheim and Paris are imperfect : the latter VOL. II. L 74 MISCELLANEOUS. wanting the first leaf of the introductory part, as well as two leaves of the table. In the whole, there are seven leaves of table, and 260 of text. The present is a sound and fair, rather than a very fine copy ; and has been recently bound by C. Lewis, in dark green morocco, with every attention to splendor and propriety of decoration. On the outsides are ornaments in the Grolier fashion 3 in the centre of which are his Lordship's arms, surrounded by the riband of the garter. His cypher and coronet occupy the corner niches. The latter ornaments appear on the back. Within, are the Eoxburghe arms and supporters ; surrounded by much curious and beautiful gilt ornament. The fly leaves are vellum, edged with a fillet of gold. The fore-edges of the leaves are gilt, stamped in the arabesque style. Upon the whole, this book is both adorned and treasured as its extraordinary worth and value demand. 1053 Boccaccio. Il Decamerone. Printed hy J. de Reno. Vicenza. 1478. Folio. A table, of five leaves, precedes the text of this author : having the recto of the 5th leaf blank. On signature a (1) the text begins thus — the whole work being printed in double columns : VMANA . CO SA.E.LHAuer compassione a gliaflicti . e clio me che a ziascu &c. &c. &c. The signatures, as far as r, run in tens : r, s, and t have each only six leaves : u, x, y, and z, run in eights. Then A 8, B and C each 10, and D 8 leaves. On the recto of D 8, first and only column, is the colophon thus : according to the present copy — which however is not the original leaf, but a reprint — and which differs, in the collocation of the lines, from the colophon given by Panzer, vol. iii. p. 511-12 j although it is quite evident that this bibliographer had never examined the edition itself, and that he relies exclusively upon his authorities. What is singular, the printer has availed himself of the colophon in the Valdarfer edition, substituting his own name for that of Valdarfer — and the words ' Cu mirabile stamps,' for the place of nativity of the Venetian printer. The reader may consult vol. iv. p. 78 of the Bill. Spencer.— where Valdarfer's colophon is printed. MISCELLANEOUS. 75 I O son Vn cerchio doro che cir conscriue . Cento giemme ligiadre: I chni si stila . Le oriental perle : chanoda e perfila . Le tosche lingue pelegrine & diue . Pero qual cercha lombre di suo riue . Mi colga inpsso : che amor mi postila . Vostre dolceze : e par che acorsfauila Gioco e miserie di qualuche uiue . M esser giouan bocchacio el pri mo Autore . Fu di mie prose e di quel bel paese Che marte uenero p degno honore . Giouane da Reno quindi rninprese Cu mirabile stampa: il cui fulgore Dal ciel p gracia infra mortal discese Se adunque di mi arnese Vestir uoleti isuono ad ogni spirto Elmio uulgar che orna dilor e mirto . M . CCCC . LXXVIII . The type is in a large, round, and somewhat handsome character ; differing thereby from the smaller type of the same printer in his edi- tion of Terence and of Phalaris. The present is rather an indifferent copy j in French green morocco binding. 1054. Boccaccio. Il Decamerone. Printed by u4. da Strada. Venice. 1481. Folio. This edition has not been described by Panzer from actual examina- tion. It is printed in a round, handsome type, in double columns, the table occupying the first four leaves, without signatures. On the recto of the 5th leaf, a (1) the text begins, and continues in the following order of the signatures : a 10, b 8, c 6, d 8, e 6, and in eights and sixes, alternately, as far as z. Then A 8, B 8, C 9 — on the recto of C 9 (a blank leaf forming C ten) is the colophon, thus : 76 MISCELLANEOUS. Finise il libro Dechamerone altramente detto le Ceto Nouelle . Composto per lo Illustre Poeta Iohane Boccatio da Certaldo . Impresso p Antonio da stra da Cremonese I lalma Cittade di Ve nesia . Johanne Mocenigo felicissimo Principe Imperante neglianni del Si^ gnore . M . CCCC LXXXI . aligiorni . . xxx . de Mazo . A sound, desirable copy ; in elaborately ornamented russia binding. 1055. Boccaccio. Il Philocolo. Printed hy j4. de Gusago JBresano. Venice. 1497* Folio. The first leaf, in the present copy, presents us with the title ' Philo- colo Vulgare,* pasted upon the recto of it. The prologue follows on the recto of the ensuing leaf, a ii. The work is printed in double columns, with running titles throughout. On the reverse of n v is the colophon, thus — beneath four Latin verses of an epitaph upon Boccaccio. Qui finisce il Philocolo co la uita di Messer lo haiie Boccatio . Impresso I Venetia p Maestro An tonio da Gusago Bresano nel . M . cccc . lxxxxvii . adi . xxii . Nouebrio . Regnante linclito Principe di Venetia Messer Augustino Barbadico The register below tells us that the signatures, to n, run in eights : but that n has only 6, and o 2 leaves. This copy, obtained from the sale of the Apponi library at Vienna, is in fair sound condition ; and has been recently bound in yellow calf, with gilt leaves. 1056. Boccaccio. GenealogiaDeorum. [Printed hy Ter-Hoernen.} Without Date. Folio. There is a prefix, in three lines, of red ink ; 32 lines are below. A full page contains 36 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 120th leaf is the colophon, thus : MISCELLANEOUS. 77 €xplicit siij fooccacij tie genealogia bcorii genti Jhrni gufotilto ac apcntiiose auoreuiati ♦ §i$ que ab cognicoem poematil min 9 nccefcaria gunt re iccti£ ♦ et rliquitf trnofcu^ iiuri^ qt tie geneato gia tjcont non £unt omiflig . Seventeen verses of Dom. Silvester (with a prefix of two lines) succeed. Then a table of six leaves. Although there be no name of printer sub- joined, I am persuaded, both from the conformity of the types, and the introduction of red ink, that the present volume was printed by Ter- Hoernen, at Cologne. A sound, desirable copy; in elegant pale russia binding, by Lewis. 1057. Boccaccio. De Preclaris Mulieribus. Supposed to be Planted by Jffusner. Without Date. Folio. This volume may be considered as a companion to the work, by the same author, respecting the histories of the more celebrated characters of the opposite sex. It is also the typographical production of the same printer. It begins on the recto of the first leaf in the following manner : Hitiie mulie^ egrcgia paululu ab tetti tntlgo fe mot 9 , 1 a ceteris fere £ohtt9 curi£ . t esimia mail* &c. &c. &c. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page has 35 lines. The reader may see a fac-simile of the peculiarly con- structed capital letters of this edition, by consulting vol. iv. p. 455, of the Bibl. Spencer. ; where the same printer's impression of the ' De Casibus Virorum Illustrium ' is fully described. Although the name of Husner be wanting, there can be no doubt, from the reasons advanced in the page just referred to, that he was in fact the printer of this volume. In the whole, there are 83 leaves. On the recto of the 83rd and last leaf, we read thus : <£xp\itit compentiiu Sfogam^ 2E>occaci) tie Certaltio . quoti tie prertari£ tmitimftu$ ac fama gpetuam ctiitiit fditittt ♦ The present is a sound, large copy ; elegantly bound in red morocco bv C. Lewis. 78 MISCELLANEOUS. 1058. Boetius. Printed by Hans Glim. Without Date. Folio. It may be fairly inferred that the present impression, although desti- tute of date, is, in fact, the Editio Princeps of the author; as Hans Glim was not only an uncommon, but a very early printer. The copy under description may undoubtedly be considered a great acquisition ; although, towards the end, the text has been, in part, supplied by ms. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the recto of the first leaf the text begins thus : ANICII . MALII . SEVERINITORQVA, ti boecii expatrum cosulari ordine de phica con- sulacione* liber primus incipit . A R M I N A . Q V I Quondam studio florete peregi: Flebilis heu mestis cogor inire modos . Ecce michi lacere dictat scribeda Camene . Et ueris elegi fletibus ora rigant . Has saltern nullus potuit peruincere terror : &c. &c. &c. A full page contains 31 lines. On the recto of the 56th and last leaf, beneath seven lines of ' Registrvm Qvinternorvm,' we read the printer's name, thus : HANS GLIM . This edition may be said to be uncollated by editors, as well as almost unknown to bibliographers ; and the present is presumed to be the only copy of it in England. This copy is elegantly bound in dark blue morocco by C. Lewis. Consult also the Bibliogr. Decam. vol. ii. p. 6. * Sic. MISCELLANEOUS. 79 1059. BOECIUS DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIC. (Printed by Ther Hoernen.*) Without Date. Quarto. The signatures a S and b 6 occupy the preliminary leaves ; having 26 lines in a full page. The text is set up with great attention to lati- tude of margin. The text of the author begins on the second set of signatures, a 1 : being much spaced, and having only 1 V lines in a full page. The signatures, as far as s, appear to run in eights : but s, t, and v, have each only six leaves. On the recto of v vj is the colophon, thus : explicit fooeriug &e confolaconc pfylz This is a very uncommon edition. That it was printed by Ther Hoernen seems quite certain, from the similarity of the type to that of his avowed productions. Probably the same printer executed both the preceding and the present edition. The paper, and method of setting up the page, are similar. This copy is disfigured by one of the most overcharged annotations in ms. ever beheld. 1060. Boetius. Germanice. Printed by J. Schott at Strasbourg. 1500. Quarto. The title — ( Boecius der hoch berumpt meister vnd Poet dem trost der weiszheit' — is over a wood cut of philosophy, personated as a female, approaching Boetius, sitting upon a bank. The same ornament (precisely in the Strasbourg style of art) is repeated on the recto of a iiij. The initial letters of this impression are somewhat singular ; as a fac-simile of that on i ij may serve to shew : SO MISCELLANEOUS. The signatures, to o, run in eights : o has only six. On the reverse of the 6th is the colophon, thus : <&ctzutkt tonnti tooHetttiet tiurtf) 3[ofjanncm <£tf)ot $u £traf5' fturg W S^ontag nacjj fannt SfoJjang cntJjaufcttmg ♦ 3Unno 219 . funfHmnticrt ♦ The device of the printer — his initials, with an ornament between, more like a cauliflower than a tree, is beneath. This sound copy, obtained at Augsbourg, is bound in brown calf with gilt leaves. 1061. BOECIUS DE DlSCIPLINA SCOLARIUM. With- out Name of Printer, Place, or Date, Quarto. This is a singular and rare volume. The lines are much spaced, there being only 14 in a page. The impression begins thus : Cftra nouit intcntio tie fcola riu bifciplina 3pcnt>iofu pofc tularc tractatu ♦ titina copcnbi ofu afpiritug mei patuitate , pcout facul tag fuppctit . ct ingcnij tictfiuitag . erfip &c. &c. &c. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the recto of the 43d and last leaf, is the subscription thus : Explicit ttxtng fioecij: tic tiifciplina fcolarium This edition is printed with a stout gothic letter (of the Cologne cast*) upon paper of an excellent substance. The present copy is charged with a most plentiful sprinkling of ms. annotation. In calf binding. * Not unlike the characters of Ketelaer and De Lecnipt. MISCELLANEOUS. 81 1062. Boiardo. Comedie de Timone. Printed hy Peregrino di Pasquali, Sfc. 1500. Quarto. The present copy unluckily wants the title page, on sign, a i ; as the text follows on the recto of a ii. Another yet more important deficiency is to be regretted : the wanting of signature g i. The title, as prefixed to the prologue, on a ii, is thus : Timone Comoedia del Magnifico Con te Mathe Maria Boyardo C. de Scadiano tra ducta de uno dialogo de Luciao a complace tia de lo Illustrissimo principe Signore Her- cule Estense Duca de Ferrara : & csetera. The signatures run in sixes, with the exception of g, which appears to have only four leaves, including a blank one. On the reverse of g iii is the colophon, thus : Qui finisse una comoedia dicta Timone tra ducta de uno dialogo di Luciano per el Ma gnifico codam Mathe Marie Boyardo stam/ pata in Scandiano per Peregrino di pasquali e Gasparo criuello da Scandiano Regnante el Magnifico, e, generose Conte, e, caualiero Mi/ siere Zoanne Boyardo Conte de Scadiano de Casalgrande de Arceto : & csetera . M . 500 . adi 12 . Feuerare . One of the most barbarously printed volumes in the library. In dark calf binding. 1063. Bononia Illustrata. Printed hy Plato de Benedictis. Bologna. 1494. Quarto. Plato de Benedictis was a very elegant printer, and the present volume may justly be numbered among the most successful of his pro- ductions. The title, in red, in a large lower case gothic, is on the recto of the first leaf. On the reverse commences the commendatory set of VOL II. M 82 MISCELLANEOUS. verses by Nicolas Burt of Parma, to John Bentivoglio. The prefix is in red. Bentivoglio is the author of the work, and his text begins on the reverse of a ii. On the recto and reverse of d ii, are some interest- ing passages relating to the liberality of the author's father towards the comforts and conveniences of the city of Bologna* The work ends on the recto of d v. On the reverse begins a set of complimentary verses (some of them sufficiently interesting) by different authors, which ter- minate on the reverse of e v. On the recto of e vj — is the colophon : too curious and particular to be abridged. AdLectorem . BONOniae : anno salutis . M . cccc . lxxxxiiii . Ex of ficina Platonis de Benedictis huiusce artis exacro ris probatissimi Libellus qpulcherimis caractheri bus impressus . In quos Origo, situsq; Bononise . Hinc uiri illustres : qui ingenio claruerint tarn do mestici, c] externi . Templa quoq; ac corpora sane torum ibidem consepulta . Postmodum oppida, uicus, factiones : quae quondam hie uiguere . Ge staq; Bononiensium sub breuitate contenta : una cum illustri Bentiuolorum genologia connume/ rantur . Si quid tamen in eo mendae et erroris Iser * ' . . . Quot sudores : quot lucubrationes sit perpessus. Quas anxietates : quot metis suspiria : ut me ad fceliciore statum redigeret : ut me indemne et illibata conseruaret : nostvo non indiget testimonies comprobari. Nam opera; pretium nunc est, priuatorum domorum ornamenta cernere : qua: quidem aetastate qwudarn exesa : inculta consumptaq; aspiciebantur. Nunc uero ipsius principis cura istnurata : auro et argento delibula : nee nou et coloni uarietate leuigata nitescunt. Hie nimiru, post camera in me bona : senatus cosulto : ajreq; publico, uias : uicus stratasq; direxit : ac silice strauit durissimo. In me Edes: palatia construxit : et maxime pretorianum noua lapidum structure instaurari cura- uit : Acrariuni publicum prope forum reduxit : et adornauit. Hie forum publicum uariis apothecis circundatum ampliauit. Cloacas ad utilitatem sanitatemque commune in me plurimaa condidit. Torrim quoque quadrangularem ad raei ornatum, more priscorum nobiliuui, apud suum et pecnliare palatium (iam mira arte fubricatu) sua impensa con- rlauit : alquc perfecit,' \c. (/ ii, rev. No mention is made in this book of the printing office of Balthazar Azooi ID! — whereas matter of less importance might have been easily spared to make room for it ! On the reverse of c iiii, notice is taken of the little town of Nonantula, ' adorned with a magnificent monastery.' Was the vellum Breviary, printed at NonanUila in 1480 (see bill. Spencer, vol. i. p. 14o) executed in this monastery ? MISCELLANEOUS. 83 turn fuerit : non impressoris negligentia : sed poti/ us famulorum incnria pretcrmissum putes . Nam ille ing-enio : litteraturaq; no mediocri dotatus : et tali exercitio Iter cceteros excultissimus est . The register, below, indicates that the signatures a, b, c, d, run in eights ; and e in six. The present large and desirable copy is bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. 1064. Brant (Seb.) Opuscula. Printed hy J. Olpe. 1496. Quarto. The first of these tracts is entitled ' Liber Faceti docens mores homi- num : prsecipue Juuenum, in supplemental illorum qui a Cathone erant omissi : per Sebastianum Brant, in vulgare nouiter traslatus.' This title is over a large wood-cut of a schoolmaster with four children before him : to the right, at bottom, appear to be the anus of the printer. The work is, throughout, executed in Latin rhyming verses, with a German metrical translation — and seems to be the same as that known under the French version of the ' Contenance de la Table.' This however may be considered a much more rare and curious tract. The device of Olpe, at the end, a lion rampant with his fore-paws upon a shield, bears the date of 1496. Some verses of Brant ' to the studious youth,' conclude the volume on the recto of the 16th and last leaf. The second of these opuscula is entitled ' De Moribus et Facetiis Mense' (a 1). On the recto of the following leaf the work begins thus : €JjcmiopJjaa;ia <£0 return natura parent, ita ttipit oe£ <£t parit : tit nate, potuq; cifcotj; oietim gintiigcat : pafcig; todft, aut niuere nolit $atur em mutter after bhio; <£ntpfocf)t ton gefcirt W folicljgc&nj 3frgeg£ejjoppfbe : trn.3 fie on alle toancft £ieg firucfjen muffen fpiltj toft branefc &c. &c. &c. This work also contains rules for good conduct at table, and the name n S4 MISCELLANEOUS. of ' Catho ' is more than once introduced in the text. On the recto of the 18th leaf are some verses entitled ' Exhilaratio couiuij post fercula' — beginning thus : $aulatim corbi tanoem rorantc Ineo Seticia : ofcuIa£(j; gcni£, i nernula Unguis : fa£ tini : tjcr602f tjult^ ab luoicra nuamni£ 3[nclinare £cia£ : tencranj eupibini£ aurem ftellere: &c» On the recto of the "20th and last leaf, it concludes thus : $ofccrc qui mcn£i£ occori tint lector Jjonoreg £i cupt£ aut mores : dogmata nostra lega^ ♦ <£rccia iegifcre ccrcri fua tfjefmopfjoria Sjntrioit : at per no£ tfjefmoptjagia patet ♦ €ranfiatum in tcutfjonicum 2E>a£ilec per J>ebaftianft 25rant atriitu)3 inri£ ooctorem ♦ 3Un/ no re ♦ $onagc£imo &alcnoig aprilifoug . These are sound copies, (obtained at Augsbourg) neatly bound in russia by Lewis. I do not remember to have seen any other copy of either, at recent book sales. 1065. Brant. Stultifera Navis. Printed by Marnef, at Paris. 1498. Quarto. A reprint of the well known Basil edition of 1497 : of which see a copious account in the Bill. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 203. The present impres- sion contains clii. numbered leaves, exclusively of three leaves of index, and a fourth and the last with the printer's device on the reverse. The imprint is on the reverse of the cLiind leaf: - _ ___.____-_-_-- in laudatissima urbe Parisiensi : imp opera & mnotioe Gofridi de marnef. Anno salutis nostre . M . CCCC . XCViii . die . Viii . Martii MISCELLANEOUS. 85 The wood-cuts are much inferior (though the same in character) to those in the Basil edition. The present is a sound copy., in brown calf with gilt leaves. 1066. Breviarium Moguntinense. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. 2 Vol. These volumes appear to be printed in a very capricious manner ; as to the introduction of two or more different types in the same page. Mr. Horn (from whom his Lordship obtained the copy) has favoured us with a memorandum, which will be found in the subjoined note.* The type has, at first sight, the character of the Cologne press ; and yet we fancy we discover occasionally something like Schoyff her's work- manship. The smaller of the gothic types, with which a whole page is sometimes printed, is frecpiently very irregular in line. On the reverse of the first leaf Return fecne&icticmc£ in maturing Six leaves of calendar follow : then a leaf, on the recto of which are three tables, one fine each, and to the right of which we read Jpce m$ tauule 3;ncipiut . 2Cn no tint &$ilefimo quatiriwjcit tefimo fcptuagesimo qrto . &c. * In the library of St. Bartholomew at Frankfort, there is an edition of this same Breviary, printed with the identical type, but with some small differences. It is men- tioned by Panzer, vol. ii. p. 125, no. 35, and has, on the recto of the first leaf, which is here blank, the following printed note: [S] ubiectum volumen psalterii breviariique maguntinense irnpressorie a/tis industria perfectum & feliciter consummatum est in domo fratrum clericorum communis vite vallis sancte marie t eiusdem dioceseos in Ringkavia . Anno domini M cccc lxxiiii sabbato post Reminiscen. cuius primarium exemplar quum summa diligencia ac multo labore ad normam veri ordinarii moguntini emendatum fuit, i*:c. Here the author gives the reason why so great care was taken to procure this impres- sion ; namelv, to introduce uniformity, so little before attended to. As for instance, some churches said, ' asperges me hysnpo,' while others said ' asperges me domine hysopo.' This first page is printed in the large type of the Breviary, and has 30 lines and a half. Alex. Horn. t Vulgo Marienthal : a now suppressed monastery, in the district of Ringaw, opposite to Mentz, on the right bank of the Rhine. A. H. 86 MISCELLANEOUS. From hence we may infer that the work was printed in 1475 or 1470. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The first volume contains 341 leaves : concluding thus, on the recto of the last — tfoHccta . ftetcntic gm£ Dne fit>riiiui£ tui£ fccttcram eclcftiisf auviuj tot tt tc toto cortie gnuirant ct que tiignc poftttfant afenui mcreantur . $cr. x The second volume, or part, begins precisely in the same manner as to the calendar and table. It contains, in the whole, 380 leaves : ending thus, on the recto of the last leaf : ^Tfjoma Cantuaricn ♦ Sjtem tic amemoratione fite rigfg an . to f 3'uaba A remarkablv beautiful copy — bound with great taste in blue morocco by C. Lewis — of this very rare impression of the Mentz Breviary. 1067- Breviarium Sec. Us. Sar. Printed by Pynson. Quarto. Unfortunately the colophon has received an injury — part of it being deliberately cut out — so that I am unable to ascertain the date, if any, of this impression. This copy came from the Macarthy library. It is a very thick, small quarto volume, printed upon vellum, in double columns. The copy, though very sound and desirable, has been some- what cropt by a French binder. I suspect it had a title, although the text begins on signature aa i. There are several sets of signatures. The first, to gg inclusively, is in eights : then A with seven leaves, though it should seem, from the marked signature extending to A iiii, to have eight leaves : or, if eight leaves go to the first A, then sign. A i, of the second A, is wanting. A, B, C, in eights, then follow. Another set, A to H, succeeds, in eights ; as far as G : G has six and H four leaves. A fifth set follows: a to q in eights : on the reverse of q viij, is the colophon : 23rcuiariu fmmtm tofum J>arum caraniinatu raftiga^ tu ac torrcctu, nouoruq fc^torft ab&itioniuiuj % piec atiornatu, nia&ato ct impnuns fcrcniffimc principif£c tmc toitidicct SK^argarctc comitiffe nirfjemontiic ct MISCELLANEOUS. 87 bcrbie, ac matrix ittitjaftrifjefimi, tint noftri ftc$i3 Jjcnrici gcptimi %ttt qnog$ i intmsttria fticaroi $nn£on ehtfoem oni noftri ftci$i$ imnrcfeori£ prccinui ao gfignu fancti <*Beor0ii in ftttcfrtctz tontiott ♦ comoranti XX\y Die niClt£i£ % ♦ ♦ ♦ [cetera desunt.~] Pynson's small armorial device, with supporters, is at bottom. This copy is printed, in a very skilful manner, upon vellum of good quality. Originally it must have been a beautiful book. The present soiled appearance arises from the pious use made of it by a former owner. It is in red morocco binding. This edition was unknown to Herbert. 1068. Breydenbach. Itinerarium, &c. Ger- nianice. Printed by Erliart Rewich. Mentz. 1486. Folio. On a reference to the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 217, it will be seen that the subject of a German impression of Breydenbach, of the above date, has been pretty copiously discussed. The volume before us, beautiful and perfect in every respect, affords an uncontrovertible testimony of the existence of a Mentz edition, printed in the German language.* In the public library at Munich, from whence this copy was procured, (as a present to his Lordship) there are not fewer than four or five duplicates of this very impression ; but in the transactions which took place between the curators of that library and myself, respecting Men- telin's German Bible, described at page 37, ante, I was allowed the privilege of selecting the present copy : which contains (wanting in his Lordship's copy of the Latin impression of the same date) the large wood-cut of Venice — here, the very first plate in the book, preceding that of the city of ' Modon. 1 In describing this edition, it will be only necessary to observe, that it contains all the cuts peculiar to the Latin edition ;— and that the impressions are absolutely from the same blocks, as the retention of the Latin titles decidedly shews. The impression is without numerals, sig- natures, and catchwords ; but it contains 161 carefully counted leaves — and in this enumeration those portions of the folded plates are consi- dered as leaves which have printed text on one side or the other. On the recto of the 161st leaf is the colophon — in five lines, thus : * Since writing the above, Messrs. Payne and Foss have imported another German edition, without date, having the same cuts; and apparently exhibiting the same text. 88 MISCELLANEOUS. 2Dife£ toerefc pititfjaltenbc bte fjcpiigat repf$cn gen 3i!^ mfatau 511 tie m Jjeiligen graft tontr furbaf3 511 tier tyoefjge? lofcten jur.gfraittocn tonti mertrepn faiit ifatfjcrpn tmrcJ) <£rfjart rctoieJ) fcon uUttrtcftt pnn tier ftatt &9epnt$ getruefcet pin jar tmfa$ fteplfs ♦ tufent . bier ljutiert ♦ tit textoj . pit tiem . *.rj » tag tief; 25raeJjmonetit£ ♦ <£n&et fief) feliglicfjem The device, precisely as given in the Ui6Z. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 227j is below. The reverse is blank. The present copy is bound by C. Lewis in ohve coloured morocco — in a perfectly beautiful and appropriate style. *#* I cannot conclude the article of Breydenbach, without making the amende honorable to my bibliographical friend, at Paris, M. Brunet the Younger. In the Bibl. Decameron, vol. i. p. 196, I have questioned the accuracy of his judgment in specifying, as copper plates, what I thought must necessarily be icood, the cuts which accompany the French Lyons edition of 1488. I own that I advanced a mere argu- ment of probabilities, against the assertion of an accurate bibliographer, who spoke from actual knowledge, or ocular demonstration. When I was at Paris, M. Brunet shewed me the identical edition; and I was instantly convinced of my error at the first glance at the cuts. They are doubtless impressions from copper -plates, and form a very curious fink in the chain of research relative to early copper-plate engraving.* 1069. Bl ch der Weiszhait. Printed by Leonard Holl, at Ulm. 1483. Folio. We have here a (unluckily very indifferent) copy of a work of the greatest popularity in the xvth and xvith centuries. It is called the Book of Wisdom, ' which is here said to have been first written in the Hindoo language, and to have been presented to Anastres-Passri, King of Edom (?), who ordered it to be translated into the Persian language by his physician Berosias. It is said to contain, under enigmatical forms, a complete code of the mystical knowledge of the Bramins. Panzer, in his Annals of early German typography, says that this book was after- wards translated from the Persian into the Arabic under the title of * A copy of the same character was recently sold, if my recollection be accurate, at Mr. Sotheby's. MISCELLANEOUS. 89 Kellila wa Dimnah; from thence into Turkish and Hebrew, and from this last, by a certain John de Capua, into the Latin language ; the latter under the title of Directorium Vit,e Humane [for which see post — in alphabetical order.] The only known German copy is at Goettingen, and is described by Kaestner.' The preceding is a note by Mr. Horn upon the fly leaf of the present copy : his Lordship having obtained the volume from that intelligent bibliographer. As to the origin of this performance, perhaps, like that of all other similar performances, it must be attributed to an Eastern invention. Fables were the favourite channel of moral instruction by almost all the Asiatic writers, and perhaps .ZEsop himself, by some future erudite antiquary, may be traced to the same origin. This is a work, upon which the artists of the xvth century delighted to exercise their talents ; and as it appears to be a volume of extremely rare occurrence, the reader may not be displeased with the graphic specimens which are here submitted to his consideration. On the reverse of the first leaf we have a representation of King Anastres tassri delivering the ' Book of Wisdom,' to be translated, into the hands of his physician Berosias. (See the first wood-cut in the following pages.) The next representation, (see p.91) from the second chapter, describes the vain attempts of some monkies to light a fire with wood in the trunk of a decayed tree, where they saw a phosphoric light (' lucula ') on a cold night. They are represented as blowing with their breath and attempting with their hands, what, in the nature of things, cannot be accomplished. Some birds, in the branches of the tree where they are thus endeavouring to kindle a fire, reproach them for their vain efforts — telling them to desist from attempting impossibilities. One of these birds is caught, and beaten for ' his wisdom.' The third representation (see p. 92) relates to a Serpent going to the King of the Frogs, and imploring him to renew his lost strength and ap- petite : for that now he could not do as heretofore — in devouring half a score of his majesty's subjects for his breakfast. He tells the king that he happened to enter into the house of a hermit, when his beloved son trod upon him, and that he turned round and bit him in consequence. The hermit prayed to his god that the serpent might henceforth lose his venom and power of molestation. In consequence, he wanders very wretchedly among his companions. The King of Frogs tells him that if he will allow him to ride upon his back, whenever he chooses, he may be allowed two frogs each day for his support — for ' certainly he cannot live without food.' The request is complied with ; and we have here his croaking majesty upon the amphibious horse, the latter in the act VOL. II. N 90 MISCELLANEOUS. [Burh der 23tro(tt* IVeiszhait.] MISCELLANEOUS. 91 o- 92 MISCELLANEOUS. of taking advantage of the king's permission to devour one of his subjects. The impression under description is very handsomely printed, in long lines, with ornamental initials, such as we see in the Ptolemy of 1482, by the same printer : Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 303. The signatures A to z run in eights ; with the exception of a, which has 10 leaves. A fresh alphabet, with the letter A only, then follows : concluding the volume on the 10th leaf of the same signature, thus : <*3c&rucltt tm tooflen&ct fcurctj ttcntjatt fjoHen $u trim, narf) crifti gefiurt . 0$ . cccc ♦ te£*iij . tat aufF Uen ♦ £*tmj ♦ tag ta£ mapenf; . On the reverse is a large wood-cut of the fox and a bird — perhaps the cock. Notwithstanding the indifferent state of this copy, it is yet a volume of very great interest. In russia binding. 1070 Bulla Anni Jubilei. (Printed hy Ulric Haii) Borne. 1470. Folio. Although no name of printer be subjoined to this very curious docu- ment, there can be no doubt of its having issued from the press of Ulric Han. It consists of one sheet only, in folio ; to be dispatched, in the MISCELLANEOUS. 93 form of a letter, to the several metropolitan churches of the continent. The copy under description (procured for his Lordship by Mr. Horn) was absolutely folded and sent as a letter — with the following address : ' Honorabili Viro Domino Georgio Vicario Majoris Ecclesice Argentinensis, pio charissimo,' fyc. This address is yet preserved in the hand writing of the time 3 and the present copy, formerly in the archives of the cathe- dral at Strasbourg, ' was saved from destruction by a literary gentleman when the mob pillaged and burnt all public documents, in the beginning of the French revolution.' This is the observation of Mr. Horn. The Bull is entitled Bulla Anni Jubilei ; and at the fifth and sixth lines of the third page of it, we learn that it was to take effect upon Xmas- day, 1475 — which concluded the year 1474 — ' for the next following twenty five years.' The object in granting the indulgence was, to stir up the faithful to fight against the Turks — as it bewails ' grauissimas quoque turchoru & infideliu aduersus fideles persecutiones assiduas.' It is thus dated : ' Datum Rome apud sanctum Petrum Anno incarna~ cionis dominice Millesimaquadringentesimoseptuagesimo Tertiodecimo Kal. Maii Pontificatus nostri Anno Sexto.' The present valuable copy is in foreign red morocco binding. IO7I. C^sar (J.) Printed by Zarotus. Milan. 1477. The address of P. J. Philelphus to J. Simoneta, the Ducal secretary, is on the reverse of the first leaf; in which the author does not seem to have been aware of previous impressions of Caesar at Rome and Venice. He observes that the names of people, places, and rivers, subjoined to the text of Caesar, have been supplied by a learned man of the name of Raymundus Marlianus, who had long sojourned in foreign parts. On the recto of the following leaf, signature a z, the text of Caesar com- mences. The Gallic War concludes on the reverse of h 10 in eights, with the exception of this latter, which has ten leaves. On the recto of s vij, we read the following colophon : Anno Christi . M . CCCClxxvii . Die vero . x . Mensis Februarii . Hoc opus diligenter emendatum Antonius zarothus parmensis hums preclare artis magister poli- tissimus quam maxima potuit diligentia impressit . The reverse is blank. A blank leaf follows, forming the 8th to sig- nature s : all the preceding, from h, being in eights. On signature A i 94 MISCELLANEOUS. commences the ' Index Commentariorum,' &c. which concludes on the reverse of C vj, in eights. The present large and desirable copy, obtained from the Apponi collection, has been recently bound in dark olive morocco by C. Lewis. See Panzer, vol. ii. p 28. 1072. C;esar. Gallice. Printed by Verard (1488.) Folio. I apprehend this to be the earliest impression of the French version of Caesar's Commentaries. The author of the translation was Robert Gaguin. The dedication is to Charles VIII of France, and the date of the conclusion of the translation (on the reverse of the last leaf) is 1488. But I apprehend the date of the printing to be a year or two later. Each of the eight books has a wood-cut : the whole of which are repeated ; with the exception of the large wood -cut on the recto of a ii, a i appearing to be blank. The signatures run a to n in eights : o has six : and p three leaves. On the reverse of p Hi, is Yerard's usual im- print beneath his usual device. The book is printed in Yerard's smaller letter. A desirable copy ; in elegant red morocco binding by C. Lewis. J 073. Calandrus. De Arithmethrica. Printed by L. de Morgiani and G. T. da Maganza, at Florence. 1 49 1 . Octavo. This little volume, obtained from the library of the country residence of my friend Baron Von Moll, of Munich, is interesting — not so much for its intrinsic worth or absolute scarcity — as from its exhibiting an unquestionable proof of the great attention paid to the fink arts, at Florence, even in publications for the common use of the vulgar. The title page appears to be wanting. The address of Philip Calandrus to Julianus Lorenzo de Medici follows. It occupies only one page, and is succeeded by a brief exposition of the nature of the work. On the reverse of the third leaf (including the title-page) we have the follow- ing illustration of teaching numbers by means of the position of the fingers. MISCELLANEOUS. 05 A pretty close copy of the same wood-cut may be seen in Recorde's Grounde of Artes,* printed by Harrison and Bynneman in 1582, 8vo. Indeed it was common in most elementary works of the same character. After a considerable number of cuts, explanatory of the multiplication table, we come to a series of tables of a different description ; of which I beg leave to present the reader with the first embellishment, on sig- nature c Hi. It affords a pretty fair specimen of the elegance of these ornaments ; and may perhaps be the more interesting, as the portraits at bottom are probably intended for those of Petrarch and Laura. * Consult the Bibliographical Decameron, vol. ii. p. 529, for some account of this book. Df> MISCELLANEOUS. Zlfaredidanarifoldi I oo 9f S •^-oo9f I o ") oo W^-S 4oo $f H foo 9f 4 | 60 o 9f f ° >oo?f f 8 800 Sf » |ooo 9f 8? II 00 9f ? I |^-oo $f 5* Perhaps all popular books of arithmetic have been chiefly copies of their common origin. Hence, in the work before us, after going through the usual elementary parts, we come to the illustration of the Rule of Three, and other departments of the science, several of the questions being accompanied by an embellishment, of which the follow- ing are specimens. MISCELLANEOUS. 97 IfMwji \ >f^k it nlii^r- V tJ\ ""TOT— 5 : ^§|3r J-V Affencer. vol. iv. pp. 94, 478. MISCELLANEOUS. 103 1083. Cecho Ascueano. Printed hy Thomas di Piasis at Venice. 1492. Quarto. In describing the present edition, which has been obtained by Lord Spencer chiefly as a specimen of a printer of no very ordinary occurrence, it will be only necessary to observe that it contains signatures aa to kk in eights : kk having only six. On the reverse of kk vj, is the colophon, thus : Venetiis per Thoma di Piasis . Mccccxcii . The present is in every respect a large and desirable copy ; elegantly bound in dark russia by C. Lewis. 1084. Ceremoniale et Ordinaries Nigrorum MONACHORUM DE ObSERVANTIA BlJRSFEL- densi. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. This is a very curious volume to the ecclesiastical antiquary. It was obtained from the monastic library of St. Peter's at Salzburg, and was probably printed as early as 1476. In the absence of positive evidence, it may be difficult correctly to assign to it a printer ; but I apprehend it to have been executed by Schoeff her, at Mentz, in his second large type — precisely of the same form and character as that which appears in the Breviarium Moguntinense, described at p. 85, ante. It is executed how- ever with more regularity ; and at first glance might be mistaken for the larger type of Ulric Zel. An inscription on the reverse of the fly leaf, of the date of 1508, tells us that this book was brought to the monastery by brother Quiring, the venerable Abbot of the monastery ' Integeriisee,' (qu.?) The appropriation of it to the Salzburg library bears date 1634. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The ' Ceremo- nies, commence with a prologue and table, and conclude on the reverse of the 112th leaf, thus : <£*pliciut ccrimonic migro^ moc&o^ or&f£ ttl fcnfccl tie obCmacia fcurffelo The prologue to the Ordinary immediately follows, on the recto of 104 MISCELLANEOUS. the ensuing leaf, and concludes on the recto of the 202d leaf, from the beginning of the volume inclusively : explicit ort>inariu£ &iuino2f ntjto^ menace tic obDuacia 2$utffetoen£t A full page has 26 lines. The present is a most desirable copy ; in dark blue morocco binding by Hering. 1085. Chrysostomi Sermones. Latine. Printed by B. AzzoguidL 1475. Quarto. In Azzoguidi's smallest type, which might easily be mistaken for that of Bertochus or J. de Reno. It is upon the whole a neatly exe- cuted volume, with ample margins, which have been here unluckily invaded by the industrious pen of some ancient possessor of the copy. On the reverse of the first leaf is the register. This is followed by a Latin address to the Pope (Sixtus IV.) having the following subscrip- tion : M . CCCC . LXXV . Die duodecimo Maii . Ex offi cina Baldaseris azzoguidi ciuis Bononiensis . Eight leaves of table follow. Then the work; comprehending 99 leaves — without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. A sound and desirable copy. Bound by C. Smith in dark blue morocco. 1086. Cicero De Officiis. Printed by Ulric Han. Without Date. Folio. The copy under description occupies the second place after the ( De Oratore ' of 1468, in the precious volume mentioned in the Bibliogr. Decameron, vol. i. p. 387-8. It is an impression of the very rarest occur- rence. On the recto of the first leaf it begins thus : Uanq? te marce fiit anu iam audientem . Cratippum id'q; athenis habudare oportet preceptis institutisq; phi/ &c. &c. &c. MISCELLANEOUS. 105 There are 26 lines below. A full page contains 32 lines. The Greek passages are omitted. On the recto of the 24th leaf, we read Liber primus explicit Secundus Officiorum feliciter incipit : . On the reverse of the 37th leaf, is the following subscription : M. T. C. Liber Secundus Officiorum Feliciter explicit Tertius uero incipit. Then a blank leaf. On the reverse of the 54th leaf (of printed text) is the last colophon, thus : Marci Tullii Ciceronis officiorum liber feliciter explicit Tercius & Vltimus • : . The whole impression is uniformly in Ulric Han's smallest roman type, with the exception of the first line of text in each book, which is (as usual) in a very large gothic. The condition of this copy may be gathered from that of the succeeding. 1087- Cicero De Senectute. Printed by Ulric Han. Without Date. Folio. Editio Princeps. On the recto of the first leaf the text begins thus, without any prefix : ' titt st qutD ego te atitttfo curamue leuasso que nunc te coquit & uersat pectore fixa & qua deprimeris et ^d erit precii There are 26 lines below. A full page contains 32 lines. There are neither signatures, numerals, nor catchwords. The text is printed in the small, early type of the printer, and as the present treatise is inserted in a volume of Ulric Han's earlier editions of the works of Cicero, bequeathed by him to some monastery, (see Bibliogr. Decameron, vol. i. p. 387), and is placed between the years 1468 and 1469, it is fair to infer that the execution of it may be assigned to that period. In the whole, there are only 13 leaves : the colophon being thus — in the last line of the last page, VOL II. p 106 MISCELLANEOUS. . : • M. T. C. Liber de Senectute feliciter Explicit The condition of this volume is matchless in every respect. It has been recently covered in dark blue morocco, in a tasteful and appro- priate manner, by C. Lewis. 1088. Cicero. DeAmicitia. Paradoxa. [Printed by Ulric Zel?) Without Date. Quarto. We have here a very beautiful copy of a rare edition. The name of the printer is not subjoined, but there can be no doubt of its having been executed by Ulric Zel. What is rather uncommon in his produc- tions, a full page contains only 25 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 25th leaf we read, f init lifcet ricetonte oe amieieia • Then follow the ' Verses of the xij Wise Men ; ' succeeded, on the reverse of the second leaf, by the Horatian ode — beginning SDtffiigcre nmeg . teoeut iam gmina capig . . 3flr6oti&u#|; tome . which usually concludes the earlier editions of the Offices of Cicero. The ode terminates at the bottom of the ensuing leaf. The reverse is blank. Then an entire blank leaf. The Paradoxes ensue : Sr^arci Culij €ieeroni£ paraoosa SJneipit ♦ In the whole, 13 leaves : forming, with the preceding, including the blank leaf, 41 leaves. On the reverse of the 41st : sr^arci €ultj ini£ cartuften£i£ tie apparitioni** 1 ? et recepracultje? anima^ exutaru , impref£u£ in opibo23urgDorf 3Umto bm millcfimo quatiringentcfimo ^eptuagegimo nuinto, A register is beneath. This is a very desirable copy, in elegant calf binding. 1092. (De) Conservatione Sanitates. Printed by J. P. de IAgnamine. 1475. Quarto. The prefatory address of the printer to Pope Sixtus IV. is written with an animation, approaching to arrogance, in defence of the labours of the author of that preface : who, it seems, had been accused of care- lessness, frivolity, negligence, and almost even of insanity, in some of his previous labours. This address is also remarkable in some parts for its fulsomeness to the Pope. A table of two leaves follows it. The text comprehends 131 leaves, and concludes with a most extraordinary passage. On the following and last leaf, are the colophon and register. The colophon is thus : Rome in doino Nobilis uiri Iohan- nis Philippi de Lignamine Messaii S. D. N. familiaris hie libellus impss q est . Anno dm . M CCCC LXXV. DIE XIIII Mensis Ianuarii . Pont . Syxti IIII . Anno eius quarto . A sound copy ; in green morocco binding. 1093. Consuetudines Feudorum. (Printed by Schoeffher. Mentz?) IVithout Date. Folio. As far as one may judge from consulting Panzer's Index, vol. v. p. 164, this work seems to have escaped his researches. It is a curious and valuable, as well as a rare book. That it was printed by Schoeffher, 110 MISCELLANEOUS. in his largest and third size type, is unquestionable — from comparing it only with the Grammatica Rudimenta of 1468 — where these two founts of letter distinctly appear. The copy before us, in the finest condition, contains the text in two columns, in the largest type of the printer, with the commentary, surrounding it, in the third size type. The title, in red, is thus : SInctpiur afuctu&incg feu &02f ♦ €t primo &e f)tj£ qui feu&u tiare pnt . €t quar- ter acquiratur i wtincatur There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In the whole, 36 leaves only ; upon paper of very stout texture. The last leaf contains a chapter, U>t ftatutig ct Jfuetu&ifr contra lib tarcm ttt\c$ie e&iti£ This leaf is printed entirely in the largest letter, in two columns ; containing 51 lines in a full column. This desirable copy, elegantly bound in russia by Hering, was obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. 1094. Cronica Pontificum Imperatorumq; Printed by Schurener de Bopardia, at Rome. 1476. Quarto. This is a very indifferent specimen of the press of the printer. The work seems to be a mere reprint of the edition of Philip de Lignamine in 1474 : see vol. iii. p. 251. The passages therein extracted — 'relating to the operations of the early printers — Gutenberg, Fust, Mentelin, and Sweynheym and Pannartz — are also to be found in the present impres- sion. There are no signatures, catchwords, or numerals. On the reverse of the 76th and last leaf, is the following colophon : Hie Libellus Impressus est Rome p Magist^ Iohannem Schurener de Bopardia Anno a Natiuitate domini nostri Iesu Xpristi Mille simoquadringentesimoseptuagesimosexto MISCELLANEOUS. Ill Die Sabbati Decima Mensis Februarii Pon tificatus Sixti pape Quarti Anno eius . V . This colophon has the. singularity of noticing the completion of the printing on a Sunday ; from which we gather that the printers of old were probably in the habit of working on the Sabbath day. The present is an indifferent copy. In green morocco. 1095. Cronica Pontificum, &c. Printed at Turin, by lohannes Fabri (John, the son of Fabrus. ) 1477 '« Quarto. This elegant little volume appears to be a reprint of the edition of J. P. de Lignamine in 1474 : see the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 251. It is without signatures, catchwords, or numerals. On the reverse of the 77 th leaf, we observe the same notice of Gutenberg, Fust, and Men- telin, as extracted in the article just referred to : — the same of Sweyn- heym, Pannartz, and Ulric Han. On the recto of the 88th and last leaf, is the following colophon ; from which it may be inferred that the name of the author of the Chronicle was Martin. Cronica martini finit : Diuo philiberto : ac sabandorum sub duce magnanimo . Taurini : forls hac pressit : & oere : Iohaes fabri : quern ciuem lingonis alta tulit . Anno . M . cccc . lxxvii . Die uero . xxiii . augusti . Potificatq eiusde Sixti Anno sexto . A desirable copy 5 in old French blue morocco binding. 1096. Croniques de France. Printed by Pas- quier Bonhomme. 1476. Folio. 3 Vols. Premiere Edition. If I am not mistaken, the present publication presents us with the earliest specimen of black letter printing in France. This letter is small, of the secretary form of character, and somewhat unskilfully executed ; having the right side margin very uneven in the register. The work is uniformly printed in double columns, with 40 112 MISCELLANEOUS. lines in a full page. The first volume has 294 leaves, ending thus on the reverse of the last : €p finiffent ieg faig et gegteg tin ropg iopg ffl$ tie lopg legrog <£t pour It premier toolume* tieg cro nicqueg tie frame ♦ The second volume has 331 leaves, ending thus on the reverse of the last leaf: Cp ffniffent leg fairs et gegteg tm rop ie&an €t apreg fenfuiuet ceute tiu rop ejjarleg Jeqult fon The third volume contains 314 leaves; having the following colophon on the reverse of the last leaf: e fanto fjfibero 0$eno re ♦ 3 n Ciuioai £t ftiuli . |)d 3Unno bel noftro fhjnore 3efa Crifto ♦ 1480 . 3Udi ♦ 24 . be $oucmfire ♦ Haubato £ia J>em$>re €1 $oftro £io;nor SDio . This very desirable copy is bound in dark blue morocco by C. Lewis. 10,99. Dante. La Divina Commedia. Printed by Philippics, at Venice. 1478. Folio. An uncommon edition : exhibiting only the text without any com- mentary. On the recto of what should be marked a i, the poem begins. The impression is printed throughout in double columns, having 36 lines in a full page. The signatures, to i, run in eights : i having only six : k has eight : I six : m and n each eight. On the recto of n viij, beneath some Italian and Latin verses by C. Lucius La3lius, the colo- phon is thus : Opus impressnm* arte & diligetia ma gistri philippi ueneti . Anno domini Mcccclxxviii Inclyto ueneciarum* pricipe andrea Vendramino . A tender copy of an indifferently printed book. In russia binding. • Sic. MISCELLANEOUS. 115 1100. Dante. Col Commento di Landino. Printed hy Petro Cremonense dito Veronese, at Venice. 1491. Folio. Nineteen pages of prefatory matter occupy signature a. The poem, with the surrounding commentary, commences on sign. B, with the numeral ii, for that of the leaf. This edition contains extremely neat wood cuts throughout — in the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso; namely, one at the beginning of each Canto. I apprehend these cuts to be the performance of a Florentine, and not of a Venetian, artist. They are so pleasing that the following specimens may not be considered unacceptable : especially as, of late, the pencil of Mr. Flaxman has been exercised in outline delineations of the same subjects. The following accompanies the first Canto of the Inferno. This may be contrasted with the last wood-cut of the last Canto in the same poem of the Inferno. It will remind the curious of the print of the same character from the Monte Sancto di Dio of 1477, as pub- lished in the Cat. de la Valliere— and of a yet older one, of larger dimensions, alluded to in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iv. p. 115. 116 MISCELLANEOUS. i^w: There is uncommon elegance in what follows — from the second Canto of the Paradiso. And it is the more deserving of especial attention, as, in recent representations of the same subject, it has been hardly possible to avoid the imputation of plagiarism. &■#-#-# $t\ S\i\ "^T MISCELLANEOUS. 117 But one more, and we conclude these specimens — the rather to be admired, when we think of the low ebb at which the fine arts were in our own country, and even at Paris, during the same period — although I admit the then evident superiority of our Parisian neighbours over ourselves. The following is taken from the fourteenth Canto of the Paradiso. w $z ^jtt * N|*^ # # ^f * On the reverse of the 315th leaf (with arabic numerals) we read the following colophon : Et Fine del Commento di Christoforo Landino Floren- tine) sopra la comedia di Danthe poeta excelletissimo Et impresso in Vinegia per Petro Cremonense dito Ve- ronese : Adi . xviii . di nouebrio . M . cccc . Lxxxxi . emendato per me maestro piero da fighino dellorcline de frati minori. Then follow xmi. Canzone of Dante, in treble columns, for nine pages — Qui finisse le canzone de danthe 118 MISCELLANEOUS. A table of four leaves concludes the impression. The present copy is unluckily much cut, and is otherwise in rather unsound condition. It is very elegantly bound in stampt calf, with gilt leaves, by Hering. 1J01. Dante Col Commento di Landino. Printed hy Matheo di Chodecha, at Venice. 1493. Folio. This edition commences with ten leaves of prefatory matter, as in the preceding impression ; of which it is in fact a copy. Then a leaf with a title in large lower case gothic on the recto, and a very large wood-cut, with a border, on the reverse. The central subject is precisely the same, in kind, as that first given in the preceding article, but it is larger 5 whereas every other cut in the impression is smaller than those in the preceding impression, from which they appear to be closely copied — but they are not precisely the same. That these cuts should have been executed at Venice, is very probable. As the edition, after the prefatory matter, has numerals, it may be sufficient only to remark that the imprint is on the recto of the ccxcixth leaf, thus : after noticing the editorial care of ' Piero de Figino,' (sic) and that the text has been purified from its corruptions in many places : ------- Impressa in Venetia per Matheo di choclecha da parma del . MCCCC LXXXXI1I . Adi . XXIX . de Nouembre . The minor poems of Dante, beginning with the Creed, &c. follow immediately, and end with the Aue Maria, on the reverse of the same leaf. Then a register, on the recto of the ensuing and last leaf. This copy is not free from soil at the beginning. Neatly bound in dark russia, by Hering. 1102. Datti (AuGUSTiNi)ELEGANTioLiE. {Printed hy John de Westphalia?) IFithout Date. Quarto. One of the later, among the innumerable impressions of this work. The name of the printer is not subjoined, but the type warrants us in assigning the impression to the press of J. de Westphalia. The signa- tures run a, b, r, in eights : a i being blank. On the recto of c viij, is the following subscription : MISCELLANEOUS. 119 3Cu0uftim SDatti £enen <£fcgatio!e fdidter €*glmat ♦ The margins of this copy are frightfully disfigured by annotations of neither c pith nor moment.' In olive coloured morocco binding. 1103. De Deceinatione Nominum. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. At the very first glance of this barbarously printed book, we recog- nise the roman types used in the Muobatrachomyomachia described in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 53. The printer is unknown. Indeed it should seem as if the whole were printed by hand, letter for letter. A full page has 24 lines. There is no prefix by way of title. In the whole, 16 leaves — without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. On the reverse of the last leaf it ends thus : siuoK . de quoi? specieb 9 I libris trib 9 quos de uerbo scripsim 9 * latiq dissertu inuenies FINIS An indifferent copy of a volume of exceedingly great scarcity. Ele- gantly bound in dark blue morocco. 1104. Dionysius Halicarnessensis. Latine. Printed at Treviso by JB. C. de JLuere. 1480. Folio. The first impression in the Latin language — upon the merits of which consult Sylburgius's opinion in the Bibl. Grcec. vol. ii. lib. iii. c. 32, of Fabricius. The edition is very handsomely executed in a full, round, and well-proportioned roman type. The address to Pope Paul II. occu- pies the first two leaves. The text follows, on the recto of the third, and continues to the end of the volume, without numerals and signa- tures, but with catchwords and marginal notes, as far as folio 296, f on the recto of which is the following colophon — beneath a concluding address to the same Pope — signed ' Lappus Bibagus Flor.' [entinus]. * Evidently used for ' impressimus.' + Possibly folio 298, or 299 ; as the leaves in this copy are much stuck together. 120 MISCELLANEOUS. IMPRESSVM TARVISII PER BERNARDINVM CALERIVM DE LVERE . ANNO CHR . NATI . . M . CCCC . LXXX . BISSEXTORL . MARTIAS IOANNE MOCENIGO VENETO RVM DUCE INCLYTO . The present is a large, sound, and desirable copy : in russia binding. 1105. Dyalogus Creatuearum Moralisata- rum. Printed by Gerard Leeu. 1480. Folio. A well known edition, with wood-cuts, in the outline, copied in Mr. Haslewood's reprint of the old English version of this work.* It commences with a prologue and table, in nine leaves. The signatures run a to m in eights : in has only six. On the recto of the sixth of which, we observe the printer's mark and colophon— the latter thus : $tcitt\$ liteSDpatogug cteatnrarum appcflatus iocunbig fanuii£ plenum $et gerarbum fceu in opibo goubenfi incept^ muncre tici fining t$t 2tnno Domini miliefimo quabtingcnte£imo octuagesimo mcn£i£ iunij bic tercia This is, upon the whole, a very magnificent and early production of Gerard Leeu's press : but from the appearance of the large ornamental border round the first page of the text, it is evident that the copy before us has suffered from being cut by a former binder. The Duke of Devonshire's copy of this impression, from the late Colonel Stanley's library, is perhaps the most beautiful one in existence. The foregoing fac-simile will not be found in the Bibliogr. Decameron, vol. ii. p. 146-7, where the labours of the printer are briefly noticed. The present copy has been recently and elegantly bound by C. Lewis, in olive coloured morocco. * Of this edition, published in 1816, 4to. only 100 copies were elegantly printed in the office of Mr. Benslcy. MISCELLANEOUS. 121 1106. DlCTES AND SAYENGES OF PHILOSOPHERS. Printed hy Cox ton. Without Date. Folio. Thikd Edition. Since the descriptions of the two editions of this work, in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iv. p. <2 10-2 IS, the present, which I have ventured to call the third edition, has been procured. It contains the device of the printer on the recto of the first leaf; of which I had imagined (Typog. Antiq. vol. i. p. 72) that the copy in the Lambeth library presented the only specimen. It should seem therefore that the Lambeth volume and the present, are only copies of the same edition. Having so largely treated of this work, in both the authorities just referred to, it remains here only to remark, that the impression before us commences on the reverse of the first leaf (the recto of the same having the device of the printer) quite at top, and that this, and every full page, contains 31 lines. The first two leaves, containing the in- teresting preface of Lord Rivers (see it in the work last referred to) have no signatures. The text commences on the recto of the third leaf, sign. A j, and continues in eights to H — which has only six leaves. : I has five printed leaves, and a sixth blank. Unluckily, sign. Ij is want- ing in the present copy. On the recto of I v, at bottom, is the colophon, thus : Canton tiu fieri feett ♦ The reverse is blank. This edition may also be particularly known from wanting what may be called the upper loops to the w and h — discover- able in the preceding editions — the closeness of the words, and the constant recurrence of the J[ which disfigures the pages. I apprehend it to be the rarest of all the impressions. This is a cropt but sound copy : in olive colour morocco by Lewis. 1107. Dioscorides. Latine. Printed by J. A. de Medemhlick. Colle. 1478. Folio. A book of no ordinary occurrence. It is printed in a thin gothic character, not unlike those of Hailbrun and Jenson, in two columns, having however marginal (printed) explanations of the text in each column j so that the page, in appearance, seems to have four columns. The copy under description is of an uncommon character, inasmuch as the first word of each section, which is printed in a larger gothic letter, is, here, illuminated in gold — but, upon the whole, not with very VOL. II. R 122 MISCELLANEOUS. great success. The signatures are capriciously arranged : a 8, b 8, c 8, d 4, e 8, f6, g 6, h 8, A 6, B 6, C 8, D 8, E 8, and F 8 : the last leaf of F 8 having the register upon the recto. The colophon is on the recto of F 6, thus : toplic Dnafcorioc $ * que pcrtug jmtmancfitf Icrjcnbo correct i expo ncnfco cj fctiliora ffit I hicc$ bctmsit . 3!mprcffu£ colic g nutgi.gtru; icrt) cm aHcmanum tic mcbcniuiicfc . anno xpi niiflcfimo . tcct\ totiiij . menfe iulij . The present is a very desinible copy, fantastically bound in varied colour morocco, foreign binding. 1108. Directorium HuMANiE Vitje, &c. With- out Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. According to Panzer, vol. iv. p. 10G, no. 281, the author of this Latin version was Joannes de Capua. The recto of the first leaf gives the following title, in a very large lower-case gothic letter : ' Directo- rium humane vite alias parabole antiquoru sapientu.' A wood-cut, of the same composition as appears at page 90, ante (which in fact may be an earlier version than the present) is on the reverse of this first leaf. The prologue commences on the recto of the following leaf, signature a. The whole impression abounds with wood-cuts ; similar to those in the volume just referred to. The signatures, to n, run in sixes : n has 10 leaves. On the recto of n 10, is the colophon, thus : explicit liber paranoia^ antiquo2f fanicntum This sound and desirable copy, elegantly bound in dark green morocco by Hering, was obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. A copy of the same edition was sold at the sale of the Duke of Marlborough's library for \3l. 13s. • Sic. MISCELLANEOUS. 123 1109. Epistol^e Magni Turci. Printed by J. P. de Lignamine. 14/3. Quarto. Editio Prixckps. This is, upon the whole, a very curious collection of Epistles of the Great Turk (Mahomet II.) to the different potentates in Europe and other places. The letter and reply between Mahomet and the Pope, on the 6th and 7th leaves, are perfectly characteristic of the respective writers. This collection, which is very small, was fre- quently reprinted. The present edition, without numerals, signatures, or catchwords, ends on the recto of the 31st and last leaf, with the following colophon : Epistole magni Turci finiut : a Lau diuio eqte hierosolimitano edite : ac Rome impresse in domo No- bilis uiri Iohannis Philippi de lig- namie Messan . S . D . N . P . familia ris . Anno dni . M . CCCC . Lxxm . die uero . xxvn . mesis Nouebris . The present is a very sound, clean copy, in red morocco binding, by Lewis. 1110. Epistol/e Magni Turci. Printed by Gerard de Flandria. Without Date. Quarto. A soiled, but large (with rough leaves) copy of this elegant little impression — which seems to be a mere reprint of the same work by J. P. de Lignamine. It contains xxn. numbered leaves. At the bottom of ten hexameter and pentameter verses by Anthony Parnormitanus, ' respecting the hermaphrodite,' (which are ingenious and elegant) we observe the three following capitals : .G . . F. .T. designating ' Gerardus de Flandria Tarvisii.' This copy is elegantly bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. 124 MISCELLANEOUS. 1111. Evangelii et Epistol.e, &c. Italice. Printed m\4'J A. Folio. This is not only a rare, but an elegantly printed book, and evidently from an Italian press, perhaps at Vencice or Parma. It is executed in double columns, with the exception of the table, which is in long lines, and occupies the first 10 leaves of the book. On the recto of the following and 1 I th leaf the text begins, with the following prefix, which explains the nature of the work : AL NOME SIA DEL NO. stro signore & saluator iseu ch. risto : & di tuti isacti . In comic iao le pistole & lectioe & euage. lii : iquali si leghono Ituto la. no alia messa: cioe dominica. li festiui & feriali secondo lnso de la sancta chiesa romana . In prima in la dominica prima de lauento la epistola de sa pa. nlo a li romani nel . Cxiii . The prefixes to the several Epistles and Gospels, in the first 14 leaves, are in red : afterwards this distinction is discontinued. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the recto of the 156th and last leaf, from the beginning of the table inclusively, is the colophon, thus : EXPLICIuT . EVANGELII ET : EPISTOLE : AD . LAV DEM : DEI . ET : BEATE : M: VIRGINIS : ET . OMNIV. M . SANCTORVM : AMEn DEO . GRATIAS M . CCCC . LXXIIII : DIE : XX : 1VLII . . M . B:F: . B .D . P. MISCELLANEOUS. 125 From an impression of this work, which I saw in the library of the monastery of St. Goettwic, in Austria, I suspect the printer to be Arnoldus. The present is a sound copy, in russia binding by Lewis. 1112. Eusebii Historia Ecclesiastica. Latine. Printed by J. P. de Lignamine. 1476. Folio. The translation is by Rufinus. This impression will be always inte- resting to the bibliographical antiquary, from the preliminary epistle of the printer] who, though a very second rate artist as a printer, was a scholar, and a man of worth and of reputation. Audiffredi passes over the intrinsic curiosity of the epistle, but notices the variety which occurs in some copies (like the present) having this letter in two pages, and others having it in three pages : which arises in fact from the first eight leaves having been reprinted by De Lignamine. The edition is, in other respects, the same : and the diversity in the letter may be discovered by comparing the register, at the end, with the first words in the pages referred to. This impression, from a slight discrepancy in the references, proves that it was the second : in other words, that it contains the reprint of the first eight leaves. Consult the Edit.. Rom. p. 212-3. The preliminary epistle of the printer is dedicated to William de Estoutavilla, Bishop of Ostia, and Cardinal in the cathedral of Rouen. It begins by an observation of the author, that ' from infancy he was always distinguished for his diligence and detestation of idleness — and that when his own pursuits and powers of mind could not furnish him with materials for instruction, he had recourse to other aids : so that, what with his own, and with other people's assistance, he was always engaged in laudable undertakings. His abhorrence of idleness seems to have increased with his years.' ' But to the point,' continues he : ------------ Agitur iam tertius annus Reueredissime pr ex quo benignitate & gra. xysti . iiii . Pot . max . in eius familiaritate adscitus sum . Illius antea beniuolentia iniera quippe qui hois bonitate affabilitate & gumma doctrina allici ebar . Nfiq tii ab istituto meo discessi . Nam postea 5 hec Ipressoria ac proprie diuina ars miro excogi- tata ingenio ad nos peruenit, studui pro uirili aliqd mortalibus no ta mihi utile q illis gratii & necessariu 1 26 MISCELLANEOUS. afferre. tarn & si propter uarias animi curas reiq; familiaris angustias non absq; summo labore id egerimus . Itaq; supra Quinq; milia diuersoru auto2f, uolumina in hanc usq; diem nro iussu impressa sunt . &c. From compliment to his papal patron, the author gives a list only of the books which were composed by him ; beginning with the ' De Sanguine Christi,' &c. When J. P. de Lignamine says he had printed, up to the year 14/6, ' above 5000 volumes of different authors,' I should apprehend that he struck off a good round number of each author — for he is by no means a very general printer. On the second leaf the prologue of the translator commences; and on the third leaf the text of Eusebius. The chapters of each book are distinctly noticed in a summary manner. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page has 32 lines. On the recto of the 219th leaf is the colophon, thus : Millesimo. CCCC. LXXVi Die. X.V. Maii. P. M. Sixti quarti. Anno eius Quinto completu est hoc opus Rome. Two pages of register follow. The reverse of the last leaf is blank. The present may be called a large and desirable copy : bound in green morocco by Lewis. 1113, Fasciculus Temporum. Germanice. Printed hy Veldena?'. 1480. Folio. Had the present copy been in genuine and fine condition, it would have exhibited one of the most brilliant specimens extant of Veldenar's press ; but a glance upon the second and third leaves only, shews how much it has fallen short of its original dimensions. The work begins with the version of the first chapter of St. John's Gospel on the reverse of the first leaf, with the arms used as Veldenar's device below. On the recto of the following leaf, reference is made to the first chapter of Genesis, with St. Austin's illustrations, &c. This page, and the following page but one, are surrounded by a large wood-cut border — very much cut away by some former binder. In this second ornamented page, there occurs precisely the same capital initial T as is given in the Typog. Antiq. vol. i. p. cxxiv. — from the edition of the MISCELLANEOUS. 127 Golden Legend of the date 1493. Consult also p. 149, note, for an account of the author and editions of this work. The present impres- sion has prefatory matter and a table, extending to the first nine leaves, not numbered ; but the first leaf of the text of the chronicle appears to be wanting. The leaves are then numbered to the end of the volume ; when at folio CCCxxx we read a colophon, in ten lines, of which the termination is thus : ---------tot fjuben op ben batfjtoe 25p mp toolmacct jan toalbcnar tooennenbe tutccfjt opten bam %r\t jacr ons? fjerren !3$<*r€€€te££ op finte tjalcn^ tijng bacf) op bic toaftriauont it. The same device, as above mentioned, is below. In old calf binding. 1114. Fasciculus Temporum. Without Date, Sfc. Folio. The title is on the recto of the first leaf. On the reverse is rather a curious wood-cut of a religious mendicant* (as I take it) with his beads in his right hand and his staff in his left : within a kind of arch, formed of boughs. This and the table occupy six leaves. The leaves are then regularly numbered, in the centre of the rectos, as far as ' folium XC— and this copy ends on the reverse, having an entry of the liberation of Mathias Corvinus, King of Hungary, from the hands of Frederick, Emperor of Germany, &c. : which is dated Mccccxc — con- sequently the edition cannot be of an earlier period. A stained, but by no means an undesirable copy ; neatly bound in lilac coloured calf by Smith. 1115. Ficheti Rhetoric a. Printed by Gering, Crantz, and Frihurger. Paris. Without Date. Quarto. It is just possible that this may be the second book printed at Paris ; the Epistles of Gasparinus Pergamensis, edited by Fichetus, being con- sidered the first. The reader may consult the Biblogr. Decameron, vol. ii. p. 20, &c. where there is a pretty full abridgement of the history * In Herbert's interleaved copy of Ames's History of Printing (in my possession) this figure was introduced, and designated as the portrait of Goweb, the poet ! ! 128 MISCELLANEOUS. of early Parisian printing. The volume under description has been frequently described, and is probably of no very great rarity ; but is estimable in every point of view, as forming one in the suite of books printed in the Sorbonne Academy. It is without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. A full page has 23 lines. On the recto of the first leaf the work begins thus : GVILLERMI Ficheti Alnetani, artium & theologian parisiensis doctoris, rhetoric corum Hbro$ prsefatio ; Vanq ea res est dicendi precepta, que longii claro scriptori prorogat seuum ; hanc tame no auderem me/ diocri mea scriptioe conari nisi fre &c. &c. &c. There are, in the whole, 191 leaves. On the recto of the 190th is the colophon, thus : In Parisio# Sorbona conditse Ficheteoe rhetoricae finis ; Roberti Gagnini se- quit panagerieus in auctorem. This panegyric, which is poetical, occupies the next page and a half. The present is rather a cropt, but sound, and partially illuminated copy, in orange morocco binding. 1116. FlCINO DELLA CrISTIANA ReLIGIONE. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. This is a very elegant and a very uncommon edition. It appears, from a ms. note, prefixed, that Ficinus composed this work both in Italian and in Latin ; and that the present version might have been published between the years 1475-6 — most probably at Florence. The type has certainly a Florentine character. The address of Ficinus to Bernardo del Nero occupies the first two leaves. The work immediately follows, on the recto of the third leaf, thus : MISCELLANEOUS. 129 ETTERNA SAPIENTIA didio ordino che emisteri diuini almeno neprincipii della religio &c. &c. &c. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page contains 29 lines. On the recto of the 112th and last leaf is the colophon, thus : : FINIS DEO GRATIAS AMEN . : AMEN : The (foreign) author of the above mentioned ms. note says that he never saw but this copy of the Italian text by Ficino. The present is a large, clean, and (with the exception of a slight worm hole) sound and desirable copy. It is bound in dark stamped calf by Hering. 1117. Florianus. Lectura super Digest. Printed by Hiking. Naples. 14/5. Folio. This elegantly printed volume has escaped Panzer. Of the printer, indeed, there are very few productions extant; although he may rank, on the score of neatness and skill, with Morayus himself. The work is printed in double columns, without numerals, signatures, or catch- words. A full page has 52 lines. It is crowded with contractions like all the earlier printed law-books. On the recto of the 55th and last leaf, second column, is the following colophon ; whereby, at first sight, it should seem that the printer had attained a considerable period in fife, from the epithet ' venerabilis ' — but on consulting the Glossarium Manuale ad Scriptores Med. et Inf. JEtat. 1/84, 8vo. vol. vi. p. 745. I rather incline to conclude that this epithet relates to the respectability of his situation — or perhaps to his being of the clerical or monastic order. The colophon is thus : FLORIANI Vtriusq; Iuris In terpretis famosissimi lectura gloriosa super vigesimosecundo . ffo^ . finit . Per Venerabilem Dominum Bertholdum Rihing Argentinensem Neapolim Im 130 MISCELLANEOUS. pressa . Sub optimo Regum Rege ferdi nando pacifico Rege patrie & iusticie cultore inuictissimo infelicissimis* regnis Sicilie Hierusalem & Vngarie triupha tore de ,ppriis sumptib 9 Francisci tuppi parthenopei . eiusdem Regis familiaris . & infimi seruuli c^ ob gloriam dicti regis & utilitatem Almi studii sui in patulu; distribui curauit . Sub Anno a Natiui tate domini Millesimo quadringentesi mo septuagesimoquinto . Die uero vigesi masexta mensis Iulii Anni Iubilei . The reverse is blank. This large and most desirable copy, obtained from St. Peter's monastery, at Salzburg, is very neatly bound in russia by Hering. 1118. Fortalitium Fidei. Without Date, Place, or Name of Printer. Folio. The author, according to Panzer, is Alphoxsus de Spina : and the present is, in all probability, the Editio Princeps of the work. Before we come to the description of it (which need not be elaborate) it may be necessary to state that, at Munich, I procured from Mr. Bernhart, the sub-librarian of the public library, a hand bill, printed on one side only, and executed in the same type as that of the present work — in which it will be seen that the edition under description appears to have been the first book put forth by the printer who used these types. I have caused the following fac-simile of this advertisement to be executed upon wood, in a very faithful manner, by Mr. John Byfield ; and it will be found to be an exact representation of the original. It appears that the original was inserted in an impression of the Epistles of St. Jerom. * Qu. in felicissimis regnis? A very material difference in the reading. MISCELLANEOUS. 131 VoUntes emere Epiftolas Aurelij Augu^ ftmi}/]poiierifitt piefulis zngmffuriuln qtrib tiondu humane eloqitetie facundia fonat'veni etiam plttrimi facre fcripture paffttsoifficiles etobfcnrifftmi: Incise ejc* ponutnr«Herefesq; et errors a recta fioe aeiityqttafi malleo folioiiTinie veritatisco tcmnt^ettothtsvitcageoctioima in ipts ^ffcritigit-virtiitUTnonftratttr tnftgnia* etviaaqiteq^&imamergetia?'mfta ra* conccnlpatur* Fo2taliciii fiseu Itchi TEpifto las cfe bt( leronimi . lofepbit t>e antiqnitatito & bello ntoaico. VtYgiliii * Terenriti . ScmtLnm Pcriptnrai/* Ltbul ofefftonti beati Augitftmt. Valcrtii MaTCimu ♦ Veniat ao bofpicm 33* oem No doubt this advertisement is a great curiosity ; but it remains to be proved by whom all the books, executed in the same type, were printed. Panzer assigns the volume to a Strasbourg printer ; and the distinct mention of Virgil, Terence, and Valerius Maximus, should seem to justify us, at first sight, in attributing it to the press of Mentelin ; but a comparison of these characters with the known and admitted types of Mentelin, must immediately destroy such a conjecture. Panzer has accurately described this edition (apparently on the authority of Braun, vol. i, p. 16) as containing seven leaves of table, ending at the 22d line of the 8th leaf. This table is followed by the relation of two miracles : ending on the first column on the reverse of this same leaf. The body of the work contains 240 leaves : concluding thus — at the bottom of the second column, on the recto of the last leaf. aietani be tftienig flllincentim pTjjilo^opfji pmfari($imi I metfjeoro^ %i}. iifirog e^poni tx original: e£cerpt5 ffni£ lpo£itu£ e g me $e ttu Sr^aufcr normami; ftottjomagef' ciue$ i precIarif£imo ftutiio $atauino Die 6 a augu^ti ♦ 1476 . It should be noticed, that on the recto of the fly leaf of this volume, is the following coeval inscription ; in a large semi-gothic hand — common to the volumes which I obtained from the same quarter : Doctor egre'gius . Leonhardus Karte hyfringensis Physicus it obitum . fratrum mentor . donat Codicem hunc clarum . uiuat vt cethere tecum Xpriste nos audi . sis merces in ceuum . Amen . Actum incarnate deitat^ Anno . M. CCCC.XCV. This beautiful book is splendidly bound in blue morocco by Hering. 1123. Gentilis in Avicennam. Printed hy Da- mianus de Conphaloneriis de Binascho, at Papia. Without Date. Folio. This may be called a magnificent volume. It is executed in double columns, in a roman type, not remarkable for the individual beauty of the characters, or for the regularity of the press work. The paper is of excellent manufacture. There are two sets of signatures. The first, from A to V, is in tens, having the letters doubled, at D, to the end of the set. Then A to I ; the number of the leaf being designated by 136 MISCELLANEOUS. roman numerals — as A.I . A.II . &c. As far as H, the signatures run in tens ; and on the reverse of G 10 is the first colophon. H and I have each only eight leaves : and on the reverse of I is the last colo- phon, thus : Expliciut recepte. Gentilis de fulgineo sup p- quarti Auic. cu^ laude eius c^ coacta creauit. LAVS. DEO. Explicit Scriptu Gentilis de Fulgineo sup to turn tertium canonis Aui. Impressu^ Papie per Damianu de cophaloneriis de binascho. The present may be called a very fine copy : in russia binding by Hering. It was obtained from the library of the monastery of St. Peter's at Salzburg. 1124. Germanorum Veterum, &c. Fervor in Christ. Relig. Printed by J. Olpe de Berg- man, 1497. Folio. The author was a nobleman of the name of ' Lupoldus Bebenbur- gensis,' and the work is supposed to have been deservedly popular in its day. The full title is — ' Germanorum Veterum Principum Zelus et Fervor in christianam Religionem De'ujue Ministros.' 1 On the recto of the first leaf is an ' hexastichon ' of Sebastian Brant, in favour of the work. Beneath are the printer's initials and motto, and the date of 1497. On the reverse are hexameter and pentameter verses by Brant. The work of Lupoldus ends on the leaf numbered xxvi. The remaining pages (concluding on fol. xxvm.) are devoted to some additional verses of Brant — and the register. The imprint, in seven lines, is on the recto of folio xxvm, not numbered. This beautiful copy, recently bound in bright yellow calf, by Lewis, was obtained from the public library at Augsbourg. MISCELLANEOUS. 137 1125. Gesta Romanorum. (Printed hy Ter Hoer- nen.) JVithout Place or Date. Folio. This beautiful copy, of a very rare impression, was obtained from Mr. Horn ; that gentleman rightly attributing it to the press of Ter Hoernen, although it be destitute of his name. It is printed in double columns, having 38 lines in a full page. On the recto of the last leaf, it ends thus : bienti£ ft, €t fie eft fim£. The reverse is blank. This copy is elegantly bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. 1126. Gesta Romanorum. Printed hy Gerard Leeu at Gouda. 1480. Folio. In the same type, as well as in the same year, as the edition of the Dialogues of Creatures Moralised; see page 120, ante. The first page affords an unsightly proof of the manner in which a former binder has cut this copy. On the reverse of r vj, in eights, and beneath the same ornament as is given in the account of the previous work by Gerard Leeu, we read the following colophon : $refcn£ Doc opu£ ex ge£ti£ romanorfi qt*' fectur recoflectorium, cum plurifcu.£ applicant Jjpftoti- ig : tic totrtutifr 9 et tacij£ mtfticc ab intcHcctft tcanf fumptte iiei bono in gouba Iccptum . pec <&cvat bum leeu ffnttum eft ♦ 3Hnno a natiuitate bomini flt^ilicfimo (juabringentefimo octuagegimo pribie % fcartfjofomei aptt coleremt £olemnira£ ♦ • : ♦ A table or index of nine leaves follows, and concludes the volume. This copy has been recently and elegantly bound in olive colour morocco by C. Lewis. 138 MISCELLANEOUS. 1127. Gesta Romanorum. Printed at Hasselt. 1481. Folio. This uncommon impression, for an account of which Panzer (vol. i. p. 457, no. 2) refers chiefly to Denis and Mercier's Supplement to Marchand) has at first sight very much the aspect of an early printed book at Seville, in Spain. The type is a full, broad gothic, and the text is uniformly executed in double columns. A table of nine leaves precedes the first chapter of the work, which commences on a i, and which signature has, capriciously enough, seven leaves : all the re- maining, as far as r, are in eights : r has only six, on the recto of the sixth of which is the colophon, thus : $refcng tf opug tx ge£tig roma notu n8 ferf rccoUcctochij : en put rife 9 applicative ftpftorijg : tie ituti fe g t toicijs? migtice ati iteHcctu tcaf fumptig tici tJono i ipaffdt ffnituj 5Cnno fcomini $®. tut* Ixxxu $<&> The initials, P. B., are placed, I presume, for those of the printer of the volume, concerning whom I cannot venture a conjecture. The pre- sent copy is not in the very best condition, although in other respects a very desirable volume. It is beautifully bound in apple-green morocco, and was obtained of Mr. Triphook. 1128. GlOANNE DA CAPISTRANO. (La VlTA DEL.) Printed at Como. 1479. Quarto. We have here a desirable copy of a rare little volume ; commencing on the recto of the first leaf, thus : Nel nome del nostro segnore iesu christo inco menza la uita del glorioso beato Gioanne da Capistrano. Twenty lines are below. On the recto of the following leaf, the heads of the chapters (xn. in number) begin. The letter of Deodatus to MISCELLANEOUS. 13f) Theophilus, together with the reply of Theophilus, occupy nearly the eight following pages. This is succeeded by three pages and a half of poetry, beginning thus : Thesauro e de chi prende suo dilecto Di poema el mantoano o uero sulmona Et laltro di uulgare en dante ellecto. &c.,&c. &c. The first chapter of the life of Giovanne da Capistrano immediately follows — on the recto of the eighth leaf from the beginning of the volume. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 124th and last leaf, but two, is the subscription, an- nouncing the death of G. da Capistrano ' in 1456, in the city of Huylach.' On the recto of the ensuing leaf is the colophon, in 16 lines — concluding thus : .... laquale e stata impressa nela inclita cL tade de Como : nel anno dil signore. M ccccL^ xxviiii. adi Venere xvi. de Aprile . FINIS. LAVS DEO The reverse is blank. The register occupies the following and last leaf ; from which we learn that the gatherings run in eights. Elegantly bound in russia by Lewis. 1J29. Goaris Sti. Legenda, &c. {Printed hy Schoiffher.} 1489. Quarto. On the recto of the first leaf is the following title, in large lower-case gothic — similar to that of the Psalter — 'legenda et miracula sancti Goaris.' The reverse is blank. The other prefixes are, throughout, in the large lower-case gothic, which is seen in the Letters of Indulgence,* and in the Bull of 1462. On the recto of the following leaf, sign, a ij, we read a prefix thus : ' In xpi nole prologus mandalberti diaconi in vita et actus atj miracula beati Goaris. editus ad illustre virum Mar- quardu abbate monastery Prumie.' The life begins on the recto of the following leaf, and concludes on the recto of d j, in eights. The colophon on the same page is as follows : SJmpenfig Slopnte gifen tie $aftatien artiu li&eralift * Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. xlviii. 140 MISCELLANEOUS. magi£tri Hajenba fciui <&oarig confef£ori£ tximi) eft Slmprcffa $®*$\\tie 3Cnno tini. Qftxttttex. ♦ ♦ . Some addenda occupy the six following pages : d having only four leaves. There can be no doubt of this small and very scarce quarto volume having been printed by Schoiffher, although his name is not subjoined. It is executed in the smallest gothic type of his office. The date of this copy is defective ; inasmuch as its previous owner ( at Manheim) has deliberately erased the latter numerals, to make it appear as if it had been printed in 1470: but Braun and Laire each describe it as of the date first above given. Wurdtwein was ignorant of its existence. Panzer has committed several errors in his description of it, from which it should appear that he had never seen it. Annal. Typog. vol. ii. p. 131, no. 61. Bound in blue morocco. 1130. Gregorii Dialogi. Visio Tondaei. Ars Moriendi. Tract. Quat. Noviss. Teutonice. 1473. Folio. There can be no doubt, I think, of this volume having issued from the press of Bamler ; although the type is a little thinner than what we observe in the Summa I. Friburg. &c. A large wood-cut of St. Gregory and Petrus Dyaconus is on the reverse of the first leaf. The whole volume is printed in long lines, and contains 193 leaves — without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. On the recto of the 193d and last leaf is the colophon, thus : Expliciunt excerpta de tractatt. quatuor. nouissimorum. Anno. M. cccc. lxxiij. jar. This is rather an indifferent (wormed) copy ; in russia binding. 1131. Gregorii Sti. Dyaeogus. Germanice. 1473. Folio. A table occupies the first three pages. On the reverse of folio 2, the text begins. In the whole, 136 leaves— without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. On the reverse of the ]3Gth and last leaf is the colo- phon, thus : MISCELLANEOUS. 141 $pe gatt am mix t>ag putty gcnant &palosu£. fantti <&tt$ovp pace. tMi fca£ toarti gttitutftt fca ma $alt natty ttifti gtpurfc. *$♦ tttt. teiij* iar. The type has a strong resemblance to that of Bamler at Augsbourg. The paper is of a delicate colour and composition. This copy is elegantly bound in stamped calf by Hering. 1132. Guido de Monte Rocherii. Manipulus Curatorum. Printed by Bey am and Glim. Without Bale. Folio. In all probability the Editio Prixceps of the work. See Bibliogr. Decameron, vol. ii. p. 6, where some notice is taken of supposed earlier editions as well as of the present impression. The edition under consi- deration is printed in long lines, in an inelegant roman type, having however the letter d always in a gothic form : it has 34 lines in a full page, presenting us with the following colophon on the reverse of the 136th and last leaf: Hoc beyamus opus pressit Christoforus altum. Immensis titulis estat origo sua. Cui Glim cosocius clara fuit arte Iohannes Germanam gentem : non negat esse suam This is a volume of very rare occurrence, and is probably the oidy copy in England. It is unluckily not in extremely good condition. Bound in calf by Lewis. 1133. GuariniRegue^Grammaticales. Planted by Antonellus, at Venice. 14/8. Quarto. This book is a curiosity on more than one account. It is very rare, and very elegantly printed by one — who, in the opinion of Seemiller (fasc. hi. p. 9) ' might have supplied only money sufficient to defray the expenses of the work 5 ' but, adds the same authority, ' Antonellus, though a goldsmith, was a skilful printer.' This is the only production of his press in this library. It begins on what should be designated a ii, with a prefix in two lines and a half of capital roman letters. The 142 MISCELLANEOUS. lower rouian type is handsome, round, and delicate. A full page has 25 lines. The signatures, a to e, inclusively, run in eights ; but the first and third leaves only are marked by the letters of the respective signatures. On the recto of e viij is the colophon, thus : OPVS GVARINI VERONENSIS VI RI PERITISSIMI VENETIIS FELICI TER IMPRESSVM PER MAGIS. TRVM ANTONELLVM A MONE TA AVRIFICEM : M. CCCC. LXXVIII . XXVII . IVNII. A full page of aphorisms is on the reverse. This is a sound copy, but terribly defaced by ancient drawings with a pen. 1134. H^dus, De Amoris Generibus. Printed hy Gei*ard de Flandria, at Treviso, in 1492. Quarto. This is a very beautiful copy of a work of no very uncommon occur- rence. The first five leaves are occupied by a table. Then follows ' Quintii iEmyliani Cimbriaci Poetae Epos Hendecasyllabicon in Petri Haedi Anterotica ad Cupidinem.' These verses remind us, in fact, of Thomson's description (in his Spring) of an unfortunate passion upon the mind and body of a too susceptible youth : * On the following numbered page, or rather leaf, we read the general title to the work : Petri Haedi Sacerclotis Por- tusnaensis : ad Alexandrum ex Fratre Nepotem : In Anteroticorvm Li brvm Primvm Proemivm :: * Nee tactis edit ossibus medullas. Ilinc pallent iuuenum ora decoloruni. Hinc nee pocula ncc cibos amascunt : Nee soranos . agit hoc dolor subinde liiiciituns animo faces aniantum : &c. &c. &c. MISCELLANEOUS. 143 There are . xcvn . numbered leaves. The work concludes with Son Deo Honor et Gloria, with a ' Carmen Epigraphicon' by the same poet, as before. It begins thus : Tres sumus hie lector prisca grauitate libelli : Quos Huedus dominus sustulit aoniis. Scriptos in Venere : mellesq; cupidinis arcus : Quod si non credis : hoc lege epigraphion. &c. &c. &c. The reverse of this leaf contains the colophon, thus : ACCVRATISSIME IMPRESSVM TARVISII PER GERARDVM DE FLANDRIA . ANNO SALV> TIS . M . CCCC . XCII . DIE . XIII . OC TOBRIS . SVB MAGNIFICO PRAETORE AGVSTINO FOSCARINI . :: FINIS :: It only remains to add, that this beautiful copy is bound in dark blue morocco, and was obtained from Mr. Chardin at Paris. 1135. Hesse, I. de. Itinerarius a Hierusalem, &c. Printed by Pafraet. Deventer. 1499. Quarto. ' The journey of I. de Hesse, Priest, from Jerusalem, describing the disposition of the inhabitants of continents, islands, and oceans : also clearly relating certain marvels and dangers happening in diverse parts of the world'— occupies but the first five leaves of the text. This is followed by diverse opuscula — with a ' Tractatus pulcherrimus de situ et dispositione regionum et Insularum totius indie. Necnon de rerum mirabilium ac gentium diuersitate.' The whole upon signature a viij, b four, c eight. On the recto of c viij, is the colophon : <£epftciunt two ttactatuft be mira^ feittlmg mum totiug gjntiie ac princb 144 MISCELLANEOUS. pt torn preffiptero Jeanne, SfmprefB SDauetne pet me Hirfjartmm pafraet 3Unno tint S& cccc. *£&♦ This type is very much smaller, and wholly different, from what usually appears as the character of Paffroet. The larger letter resembles that in the edition of ' Conjugationes,' &c. The present sound and desirable copy, in blue morocco binding, was obtained at the sale of the Duke of Marlborough's library for 3/. 15s. 1136. Hieronimi EnsTOLiE. Printed by Sweyn- heym and Pannartz. Rome. 1470. Folio. 2 Vols. This is the second edition of the Epistles, &c. of St. Jerom, by the same printers. Audiffredi has also clearly and abundantly proved, in opposition to the opinions of Father Simon and Cardinal Qurini, that it is by no means a mere reprint of the preceding, but that it exhibits an amended text. The first volume concludes on the reverse of the last leaf, having the colophon in three lines— beneath which we read, in the centre, Vrbe & Ecclesia florente The second volume concludes on the recto of the last leaf, having the colophon in three lines and a half, the latter part of which is as follows : Anno dominici natalis M . CCCC . LXX . 5 . d . n . domini Pauli . II . Veneti Pontificis Maximi Anno . vi . Vrbe et Ecclesia florente . Audiffredi says (Edit. Rom. p. 52, 6) that the edition of 1468, con- tains 329 leaves in the last volume, and the present 335. The copy under description may be considered sound and desirable ; but it has been formerly much cropt, and is not free from holes and marginal annotation. It was a duplicate from the public library at Munich, and obtained at a price sufficiently extravagant. It is magnificently bound in nissia by Hering. MISCELLANEOUS. 145 113/. Hieronimi, Sti., QujEDamdeVita. Printed hy Ulric Zel. JVithout Date. Quarto. I consider this to be rather an intrinsically curious volume ; as pre- senting us, in all probability, with the earliest printed text of the Bio- graphy of St. Jerom. The first tract, of nine leaves, is by St. Austin— in an epistle to Cyril, the second Bishop of Jerusalem. Both the prefix and the colophon are in four lines. Among the austerities noticed, as practised by the deceased saint, we are told, (fol. 2, rect.) that ' thrice a day St. Jerom performed the office of flagellation upon himself with severe stripes, so that rivulets of blood (as it Avere) streamed from his body.' This first tract is succeeded by an epistle from the forementioned correspondent of St. Austin, in 4 1 leaves, with a portion of the follow- ing leaf. This epistle is a necessary appendix to the preceding, inasmuch as it is devoted to an account of the Miracles wrought by St. Jerom — after his decease. It is immediately followed by a tract of St. Austin, devoted to the praises of the defunct — and beginning with St. Jerom's epistle ' Ad Susanam lapsam.' This epistle occupies eight leaves. It is followed by St. Jerom's ' Epistle to Elyodorus,' which is comprised within six leaves only : €*piirit €pigto!a facti Sfterolmh 3C& <£Ipo&02f These tracts are doubtless printed by Ulric Zel. They are Avithout numerals, signatures, and catchAvords. A full page has 27 lines. The present copy is almost in its pristine state, as to condition ; and Avhat renders it the more A^aluable is, that it belonged to a copy of the same printer's ' Speculum Vitse HumanaV and a feAV minor tracts, in the original binding of the times. But a greater curiosity may yet be noticed. This volume, in its original binding, belonged to one W. Langton, Avho has not only Avritten his name at the beginning, and end, fly leaves, but also chose to have his rebus stamped upon the exterior of the covers, as represented in the following page. 1 Hi MISCELLANEOUS. In other words, lang-ton — similar to the pun upon the name of Car- dinal Morton, and Grafton the printer.* In characteristic calf binding by C. Lewis : preserving the ancient rebus. 1138. Hieronimi. Ordo Vivendi Deo. Printed hy Ulric Zel. Without Date. Quarto. This tract was contained within the binding just before mentioned. The prefix may be worth copying at length : 3inripit pto£9 in ortimcm bibefci fceo. esimij fcoctori£ Si&irconimi all <£uftotfntt team tieo teginem quam 23ert)tee cu plurib 9 tico fcicatig trirglbm* in monatfrerio Cub iftiu£ ottiimg obferuatiombug concmfit; A full page has 27 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The page is somewhat wider than that of the preced- ing work, and the effect less pleasing, from the comparative unskil- fulness of the printing. The opening of this tract is at once poetical and solemn ; and the whole is highly curious, as affording a picture * See post; Miss ale. Typog. Antiquities, vol. ill. MISCELLANEOUS. 147 of the internal regulation of a well conducted monastery. St. Jerom allows baths — but not too sumptuous : ' Balnearum mollicie care dei sponse non superbiant. Horii vsus castis corporib9 non copetit.' fol. 29, rev. In the whole, 30 leaves. The subscription, on the reverse of the last leaf, is little more than a repetition of the above title. The condi- tion of this copy is quite perfect. In blue morocco binding by C. Lewis. 1139. Hieronimus (STus.)ViTiE Patrum. Printed by John Zainer, at Vim. Without Date. Folio. This is an extremely desirable copy of an elegantly printed book ; in a type, of which I do not at this moment recollect any other specimen from the press of John Zainer. The text is set up with great attention to amplitude of margin. A table of 10 leaves, in double columns, pre- cedes the text; which latter begins on the recto of folio (1) so marked. The leaves are regularly numbered in the centre of the page, at top. On the recto of folio CCCLxxvii. is the colophon, thus : %ihtt mita$$attii £ancti ^icconimi tartiinalte pgfcircri £'m alpftaficti orfccine* freneregtetratug imprefeutf per Statute Gainer in opitio aim jfmiunt Micitcr. The reverse is blank. What is very singular, this copy contains, between folios lxiiii— lxxiii, the intervening leaves, not numbered, with the exception of fol. lxvi — vii — lxx and lxxi : these leaves also have the margins uncut ; and yet they are not so large as the remainder, which are cut, and which gives this copy the appearance of large paper. From the Apponi collection. It is now elegantly bound in dark calf binding, gilt leaves, by C. Lewis. 1 140. Historia de Calunia Novercali. Printed hy Gerard Leeu, at Antwerp. 1496. Quarto. This is an elegant book, and a very curious performance. A king gives up his son to be instructed by seven wise men. He afterwards marries again, and the queen tries to seduce the young man. The second marriage is represented by a cut, on the recto of a iiij. On the * Sic. 148 MISCELLANEOUS. reverse of a v, is a cut representing the son going out with the seven wise men, who are pointing to the stars. On the reverse of a vj is the following cut, with the inscription thus : ' De exceptione regij filij pafre obitiam Mi profecto cum multo ce/«.' The arts of seduction used by the queen, with an illustrative wood- cut, occupy the three or four following pages. The son resists the solicitations of his mother-in-law ; whereupon the latter screams aloud, which brings forth the king to aid his supposed injured wife. The wood-cut on b iij, recto, represents the monarch coming to the assist- MISCELLANEOUS. M9 ance of his queen, with a large drawn sword in his hand : and over the bed, in the back ground, which was to be the scene of her illicit love, is inscribed ' Ave Regina Celorum.' In the distance the son is seen secured, about to be conducted to prison. It is best understood by the following fac-simile. The remainder of the work is occupied by the entreaties of the queen to put this son to death, and the defence of the son by the several wise men. Each subject is represented by a wood-cut. At last the son is brought forward to face his wicked accuser : see the cut on the reverse 150 MISCELLANEOUS. of h iiij ; and the story concludes by the exaltation of the son, and the punishment of the queen. The preface occupies the recto of the first leaf. A cut of the death of the first queen is seen on the reverse, with this title : ' Historia Calumnie nouercalis que septem sapientu inscri- bitur. quod ab ijs sit refutata incipit. The signatures, to i, run in sixes : i has eight. On the reverse of i vij, is the following memorandum and imprint: ' Exegi mi gerarde* hanc narratione seruata serie veteris scripture vt nihil obmissum sit nihil magnopere mutatum nisi in verbis : res sedem sunt textum credo paulo connexiorem quam erat ille vet us. an melior sit tu iudicabis.' <&e$rficit fugtoria calumnie nouatcaftg :f imprcffa an- ttoerme pet me tas. Latine. Printed by Henry of Cologne and Statins Gallicus. Brescia. 1474. Folio. The productions of the press of the above printers are of extreme rarity, and very unlike, in typographical character, what we observe in the early Brescia books. The translation in question, by Laurentius a Valla, is in prose ; perhaps not of the most spirited description. It is preceded by a prefatory address, beginning on the reverse of the first leaf, which concludes on the reverse of the second leaf. Then com- mences the text thus : HOMERI POETARVM SVPREMI ILIAS PER LAV RENTIVM VALLENS. IN LATINVM SERMONEM TRADVCTA FOELICITER INCIPIT. CRIPTVRVS Ego 5ta exercitibus Gra- * Gerard Leeu : as I conceive. It is the address of the editor to Gerard Leeu the printer ; for whom the work appears to have been expressly compiled. It was doubtless very popular ; as indeed were most of this printer's. t Sic. MISCELLANEOUS. 151 us cladem excitauerit Achillis furens indi gnatio: ita ut passim aues fereqo. cadaueribo herou ac principum pascerenT : te Calliopa : &c. &c. &c. There are neither signatures, numerals, nor catchwords. A full page contains 36 lines. This copy possesses 160 (counted) leaves. On the reverse of the 160th and last, is the following colophon : ET SIC EST FINIS . LAVS DEO . En Graiis tantu quonda celebratus Homerus : Nunc quoq; & Ausonio gramate notus erit. Primus honor Valle (nanq; is traduxit) at alter Bernardus posthsec Iustinianus erit. Nan^; hie occiduas Orator missus ad oras. E Gallis Latias rettulit ipse domos. Quanq; prius puluis : qua blatta ac tinea pressit : I lias in luce cultior ecce redit. Brixie . VIII. KL. decebr . M. CCCC. LXXIIII. Hericus Coloniensis. & Statius Gallicus fceliciter impressere. The present is a beautiful copy, in blue morocco binding. 1142. Hor;e Beatissimje Virginis, &c. Printed hy Regnault, in 1536. Quarto. It is quite impossible to behold a more genuine and beautifully con- ditioned copy of this superbly printed book, upon vellum, than is the one under consideration. It is also replete with wood-cuts. The bind- ing, in dark blue morocco by Lewis, is worthy of the splendor of the book. 152 MISCELLANEOUS. 1143. Hor^Intemerat^eVirginis, &c. Printed hy Hardouin, in 1505. Octavo. In old fish-skin covered boards, with clasps. A perfectly genuine copy, and enriched with the most delicately printed borders round every page. The cuts are illuminated, but not in a gaudy and tasteless style of art. A desirable volume in every respect. 1144. Hortus Sanitatis. Printed by J. Meyden- hach. Mentz. 1491. Folio. The title of the work (' 2DrtU0 fanitatte') occupies the recto of the first leaf. On the reverse is a large wood-cut, not deserving of parti- cular description. The work is printed in a handsome gothic type, in two columns, throughout ; with an abundance of wood-cuts, descriptive of plants, animals, &c. The work treats of Herbs (which forms the greater portion) Animals, Birds, Fishes, Stones, and Urines ; and to each division a large wood-cut is prefixed : some of these are more interest- ing than others. There are four sets of signatures, running capriciously in eights and sixes. The fourth set begins on A j, recto, with the table, which has A 8, B 6, C 6, then D vj (which looks very much like B) . On the reverse of E v, is the colophon, of some length — the most material part of which is here extracted, beginning at the ninth line of the second column : <&mm quibem tibrum ornrn btfigetia eoHeetum i elabo tatum . inteHigibitt earactere proptiif tin #enfi£ 3[acobug mepbenbacJ) eiuig $$0 guntinug iucwetiftime imprcCfit fumaq, abfnbuit biugentiam, &c Stmprctfum eft autcm j)oc ipm in indita imitate fl^oguntina. que ab antique au tea UiBogimtia Dicta, at a magte i& eft la pientibug M fcrtur primitug funoata. in qua nobiliffima eiuitate 1 at# ac gcientia MISCELLANEOUS. 153 Jjcc giiutiliffima caractcrifan&t feu impti incntii fust primfi initcnta kntmo fafatte apiflcfimo <£ua&ringente gimo. $onagcfinia primo. £>ie too 3fo ui£ fckefima tercia mentis 3u»ij- The present is a most desirable copy, in dark blue morocco binding. 1145. [H]ortus Sanitatis. Ling. Sax. Infer. Printed by S. Armies. Lubeck. 1492. Folio. The title, on the recto of the first leaf (a i) is thus : ^tlr geuet an be iuftigJje fcn&e nocfjttgfje 25antie tier funtjett The first set of signatures extends to "), *J, and o, in sixes : then aa to zz in sixes : next, AA, BB, in sixes : C in four — on the reverse of the fourth of which is the colophon in six fines and a half — a portion of which runs thus : — ' vnde ghedruckt is dorch dat beueel Steffani Arndes in waner d' Keiserliken, stat Lubeck Na der borth vnses heren. Mccccxcij.' &c. A table of a and b in sixes, and c in four, concludes the volume. This impression is executed in a fine bold gothic "letter, and is full of wood-cuts fike those in the Mentz Herbals by Schoiffher. The present is rather an injured and short copy : in neat calf binding, with gilt leaves. 1146. Innocent VIII. Bull respecting the Mar- riage of Henry VII. and Elizabeth of York. (Printed by Machlinia.) Without Date. Broad- side. The present is probably among the greatest curiosities in the Library under description ; and is so scarce, as not only to have escaped the researches of all previous bibliographers, but to have been omitted in the Foedera of Rymer. That it is a production of Machlinia' s press, is quite evident on a comparison with the types in the Speculum Chris- tiana : see Bibl. Spencer, vol. iv. p. 387. I cannot do better than let VOL II. X 154 MISCELLANEOUS. this singular document speak for itself, by submitting a complete tran- script of it, Unluckily some parts have been injured, as the dotted hiatuses indicate : ' Our holy fadre the Pope Innocent the. viij. To the perpetuall memory of this .... to be hade, by his propre mocion without procure- ment of our soverayn lord the Kyng or ... . other person for conser- uacyon of the uniuersal peas and eschewyng of Sklaundres gendre the contrary of the same. Vnderstanding of the longe & greuous ons & debates that hath ben in this realme of Englond betwene the house of the Duchre one party, and the house of the Duchre of Yorke on that other party. Willing alle folowyng to be put apart By the Counsell & consent of his College of Cardynalls & app & stablishyth the matrimonye & eolhunction made betwene our sofiayn lord King Heme the seuenth of Lancastre of that one party And the noble Princesse Eli- zabeth of the house of Yorke with alle theire Issue laufully borne betwene the same. ' And in lyke wise his holiness cofermeth stablisshith & approueth the right and title to the of the sayde our souerayn lorde Henry the seuenth and the heires of his body laufully per- teynlg as wel by reason of his nyghest & undoubted title of succession us by and by eleccyon of the lords spyrituales and temporales and other nobles of his realme naunce & auctorite of Parlia- ment made by the. iij. states of this lande. ' Also our saide holy fadre the Pope of hys propur mocyon by hyegh and holy commaundiment chai requireth euy inhabitant in this lande & euery subgiect in the same of what degree, state or condition tha .... that non of them by occasion of any successyon, or by any other coloure or cause within this realme by selfe, or other mediate persones attempte, in worde, or dede ayenst the sayd oure souerayn lorde or the heires of his body lawfully begoten contrary to the peas of him & his Realme, vppon the payne of his grete curse and anatheme, the whiche thay & euery of thaim that so attempteth, fallyth in forth right by that selfe dede doyne . . the whiche curse & Anatheme noo man hath power to assoyle thaym : but our holy Fadre him selfe or his speciall depute to the same. ' Forthermore he approueth confermeth & declareth, That yf hit please God that the sayde Elizabeth whiche God forbede shulde decesse withoute issue bytwene oure souerayn lorde & hir of thair bodyes borne, than suche Issue as bytwene hym and hir whome after MISCELLANEOUS. 155 that God shall ioyne him to, shal be hade & born right heritours to the same croune & realme of Englande, Commaundyng that noo man attempte the 9tarie the payne of his grete curse, whiche thay and euery of thaym soo doynge fallyth in, in the selfe dede doyn may not be assoyled but by hym or his speciall depute to the same. ' Ouer this the same oure holy Fadre yeueth his blyssing to alle princes nobles and other this Realme or outwarde that fauoureth aydeth & assisteth the sayd our souerayn lorde and his heires or thaire rebelles, yeuing thayme that dye in his and thair querrall full and plenarye Pardon on of all thaire synnes. ' Fynally he commaundeth alle metropolitanes and Bisshopes upon the payne of inte the Chirche Abbates Prioures Archydecones Paresh priestes Priores & Wardeyns of th men 01 the Chirche Exempte and not Exempte opon the payri of his grete curse whiche thay it not to denuce & declare or cause to be deniiced and declared alle suche contrary doers and whiche time as thay to the same in the name of the sayd 6 souayn Lorde shal be requyred with same curse yf the case shall so require So that if they for drede shall not mo . . publiss . . . thene lefull to curse their resistentis to the same and to oppresse theim by power temporal! alle for theire assistence to the same in the sayde our holy faders name.' This precious relic of our early typography was supplied his Lord- ship by the active researches of Mr. Robert Triphook, at the moderate charge of 61. 6s. It is preserved among the Miscellanea Antiqua Typographica. 1149. (Instruzione Cristiana.) Printed by Antonio de Viotti, at Parma. \4tJJ. Octavo. The above is an assumed title ; the copy before us being destitute of any. Indeed it never had one — for the present is merely a manual of devotion, in eight leaves, commencing with the letters of the alphabet, followed by the Lord's prayer, salutation to the Virgin and Saints, &c. All the salutations and prayers are in Italian verse ; to each of which is prefixed an ornamented capital initial, of a figure, usually with a dark spotted ground. The sixth and seventh leaves are filled by Latin orisons, in prose. There is a plentiful sprinkling of red ink through the pages. The first page is surrounded by a border : this border, as well as the style of art observable in the decorations, is precisely of the character of the Florentine school, such as we see in the productions of 156 MISCELLANEOUS. Miscomini and the Giunti. On the reverse of the eighth and last leaf is the imprint, thus : the first three lines being in red. Stampato in Parma per maestro Antonio de Viotti, Ad instantia de Francesco detto Legietti MCCCCLXXVII If this date be genuine, the present is an early and rather precious specimen of the typographical art at Parma. But I suspect that the date is a posterior piece of printing. The letters, in the first place, do not exactly correspond with those in the body of the work ; and in the second place, they are executed as if they had been done with the hand. This desirable little book (though much cropt) has been recently re- bound byC. Lewis in his usually appropriate manner, in blue morocco. 1148. Jacoei Magni Sophologium. (Printed by Gering, §*c.) Without Date. Folio. Editio Pkinckps. A table of three leaves precedes the text. On the recto of the fourth is a prefix of the author, which tells us that the work contains ' Antiquorum Philosophorum atque Doctorum dicta memoratu digna.' On the reverse of the 217th leaf is the following subscription : Epigramma ad hujus operis conspectorem ; Istuc clarormn contendunt dogmata patrum ; Doctos atq; bonos, ut faciunt homines. At quom non leuiter posset perenrrere quisquam, Auctores cunctos ; mnlta neglecta manent. Omnia doctor quo ergo documenta legantur ; Ilunc Iacobus magni, condidit ecce librum. Tu quoque si bonus esse uelis, sapiensq; uideri ; Quod manibus tractas, disce Sophologium. Quicquid enim ueterum tetigit preeceptio digna, Mille uoluminibus ; clauditur hoc opere ; Vale. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 57 This is one of the impressions executed near the Sorbonne University, which distinguish the earlier productions of Gering, Crantz, and Fri- burger. It is printed in their first large roman type (see Bibl. Spencer. vol. ii. p. 221 ), in long lines, without numerals, signatures, or catch- words. The names of the printers are not found in the work, but it is questionless the production of their office. The paper is of that strong admirable texture which also distinguishes the same productions ; and the present is as fine a copy as possible of this very rare impression. Bound in russia by Hering. 1149. Jacobi Magni Sophologium. Printed by Gering, Crantz, and Frihurger. 14J\5. Folio. We have here a specimen of the larger gothic type of the above printers (like that of their Bible — see Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. 29) with a margin of entirely original dimensions. A table occupies the first three leaves. The text follows on the fourth. There are neither signa- tures, numerals, nor catchwords. On the recto of the 213th leaf from the beginning of the volume, is the concluding subscription. On the reverse, beneath ten lines of hexameter and pentameter verses, is the ensuing colophon : 3Cnno tommi Stifle, act. tab. trie prima mentis 3tmi> SJmprctfum fuit iftttti ^optjologium $arifiug per 09arti num crant3 . tUDairicft gering. <£t $$icgackm fttfmrger* With the exception of some worm-holes at the beginning of the volume, this may be called a most desirable copy of the work. It was obtained of M. Chardin at Paris. Beautifully and appropriately bound in mottled calf, with gilt upon the marbled edges of the leaves. 1150. Jacobi Magni Sophologium. Printed at Lyons by N. P. de JBenszheym and M. Reinart. Without Date, Folio. This is an elegantly printed volume, in double columns, in a close, neat, gothic letter. The names of the printers are of uncommon occur- rence. The text is a mere reprint of the preceding editions. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page contains 46 lines. In the whole, 1 19 leaves. On the reverse of the llSth we read : 158 MISCELLANEOUS. 3!acofci magni fopgofo giu finit feliciter. On the recto of the following and last leaf, is the colophon precisely similar to that at page 156, ante, followed by the imprint, thus : and in a large, clear, and handsome gothic type. gtmpreteum fogluffi pet $icoIaii $i)tfippi tie fccnfstjepm ct ft?arcfi ftcintjart tie Argentina* The present very desirable copy (obtained from the Apponi collection) is elegantly bound in yellow calf, gilt leaves. 1151. JacobiCarthusiensis,Quoti>ibetum Sta- tuum Humanorum. Printed by J. Hug, at Goeppingen. TVithout Date. Folio. A beautiful specimen, almost without a blemish, of the productions of a printer of very rare occurrence. The type is precisely similar, in general character or appearance, to that of Fyner of Esslinge.v. Indeed Goeppingen is the post town succeeding it, from Stuttgart. The material difference, among the capital letters, is the E. The generality of the rest is perfectly similar. The lower-case might also be easily mistaken for that of Fyner. A table occupies the reverse of the first leaf. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page contains 40 lines. On the reverse of the 69th and last leaf, at bottom, in a large lower-case character, we read the following colo- phon : $et tiifcretu toirii 3[oJjanem tjug tie goppmgein This most desirable copy is elegantly bound in russia by Hering. It was obtained from St. Peter's monastery, at Salzburg. 1152. Joannis Calderinis et Gasp. Calder. EjusFilii. Consilia. Printed by Adam Bo t. Rome. 1472. Folio. We have here a remarkably fine specimen from one of the rarest presses in Italy. This is the only volume which his Lordship has ever possessed from the press of Adam Rot : of which there are also fewer MISCELLANEOUS. 159 specimens (and those confined to public libraries) abroad, than almost of any other typographical artist. The type is decidedly of the characters of Laver and Schurener de Bopardia, but more particularly the latter.* Unluckily the volume treats exclusively of canon law, and is therefore, at the present day, of very little general interest. A table of rubrics, in 21 leaves, and a blank leaf, precede the commencement of the work, which has the following prefix : Consilia domini Io. Cal. Et. do. Gas. eius filii. redacta sub congruis rubricis et de curtata. assumptis rationibus substanti ficis per dominum Dominicum de sancto Geminiano. Incipiunt feliciter. The work is printed throughout in double columns, without nume- rals, signatures, or catchwords — upon paper of a fine quality, and with great attention to marginal amplitude. On the reverse of the 183d leaf, including the 22 preceding leaves, is the colophon thus : Finis Cosilio^ eximio^ utriusq; iuris doctor. Domini Iohan. d Calder. Et do. Gas. de Calder. Rome im pressor Per magistm Adaj rot Clerici Metten. dioe. Anno salutis . M. CCCC. L X XII. xxiiii. Mensis Decebris. Sub Sixto. iiii. Pontifice maxi. A blank leaf follows. This remarkably large and fine copy was obtained of Mr. Sams, the bookseller at Darlington. Bound with it, is a * Trac- tatus de Successionibus ab Intestato per Nicolaum de Vbaldis de Perusio,' printed in double columns, in a close small roman letter, at Rome, in 1477, without name of printer ; containing 32 leaves. Also two tracts, upon civil and canon law, by Ludovicus de Roma ; alias, Ludovicus Pontanus : in a small, thin roman type, in double columns, without numerals, signatures, catchwords, name of printer, or date : a full page containing 62 lines. The colophon to each tract is upon the recto of the last leaf, in four lines : the first tract containing 2 1 * Tlit; I's are rerj meagre, and have no dots. 160 MISCELLANEOUS. leaves, and the second <23 leaves. Doubtless these tracts were also printed at Rome. They are all in equally fine condition ; handsomely bound in russia by Lewis. 1153. Josephus. Latin&. Printed by Maufer, at Verona. 1480. Folio. The author of the version appears to be Ludovicus Cendrata ; whose prefatory epistle to Antonius Donatus occupies the first two leaves. It is dated Verona, 1480. Some Latin verses are however on the reverse of the second leaf. On the third leaf, a i, the Latin version begins, and extends to signature y vj, in eights : where the Jewish war ends. On the recto of the following leaf, sign. A, the Jewish Antiquities begin. This extends to D in eights — but D has only five printed leaves. On the reverse of D v is the following colophon : Impressum I inclyta ciuitate Veronae per Magistrum Petruj Maufer Gal- licum. Anno salntis. M. cccc. lxxx. octauo Kalendis Ianuarii. Pontifice maximo Sixto quarto. & illustrissi- mo Veneto?; duce Ioane Mocenigo. This copy was procured chiefly for the extraordinary beauty of the condition of it. In russia binding by C. Lewis. 1154. Justinus. Printed by Valdarfer. Milan. 1476. Folio. This is an elegantly printed, and rather uncommon impression. It should seem to be a reprint of that of Jenson. The first page, contain- ing 27 lines, exclusively of three fines of a title in capital letters, begins thus : VM MVLTI EX ROM AN IS etiam consularis dignitatis uiri res romanas grgeco peregrinoq; sermone in historian) cotu &e. &c &c. MISCELLANEOUS. 161 A full page contains 34 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 108th and last leaf, is the colophon : Impressum Mil'i per Xpofo^ Valdarfer Ratisponense anno doniini . M. CCCC. LXXVI. Kl\ Iunii. The register is below. Upon the whole, a sound and desirable copy (from the Apponi collection) recently bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. J 155. Justinus. Italice. Printed by J. de Colonia and J. Gheretzen. Venice. 1477- Folio. I apprehend this to be the first impressiox of the Italian Version of Justin. It is inferior in condition to the preceding, but was not obtained (at the sale of the Apponi collection) under double the price of it. At the sale of the Pinelli library, a copy of this edition, in fine preservation, was purchased for \Ql. 6s. The text commences with the introductory part, as before given, at top of the recto of sign, a z : a i appearing to be blank. The history, on the same page, commences thus : n El primo libro si contiene queste cose limperio degli Assyrii da Nino Re insino a Sardanapalo : il quale fu tramutato p Arthabato in media in fino ad astrage il qual fu ultimo re Et questo fu &c. &c. &c. The leaves are not numbered ; but the signatures, as far as p, run in eights : p has 10 leaves. On the recto of p ix, is the colophon thus : Finisse il libro di Iustino abreuiatore di Trogo popeio posto diligetamete in materna lingua. Et impresso in lalmo citade de uenesia ale spesse di Iohane de colonia : & Iohane gheretze copagno ne gli anni dil signiore. M. CCCC. LXXVII. ali giorni. x. septembr. Andrea uendermino felicissimo duce imperante The address of Hieronymo Squarzafico (who appears to be the trans- VOL. II. Y 162 MISCELLANEOUS lator) to Nicolo di Campobasso, concludes the impression on the reverse of the following and last leaf. This copy is rather small, and has been injured towards the latter end ; but it is, upon the whole, a desirable acquisition. Bound in russia, gilt leaves, by Hering. 1156. Juvenalis. Italice. Printed by M. Manzolino at Treviso. 1480. Folio. The name of the translator is Summaripa, of Verona. I suspect that the first leaf, probably possessing a title, may be wanting : as the address of the translator to the Doge Mocenigo commences on the recto of signature a ii. This is followed by a sort of metrical abridge- ment of the whole work of the Latin poet. On the recto of the follow- ing leaf begins the poetical version of the original, thus : Ero sempre auditor tanto agitato ? Ne mai riponero sentir cantare Al rauco codro : el suo Theseide lato ? Senza mia pena udiro recitare Le Comedie togate : & ellegie ? E il gran Thelepho el di poi consumare ? Sec. &c. &c. The signatures run somewhat capriciously : a has ten, b and c each six, d eight, e to o in sixes : o only four leaves. On the recto of o ii is an inscription, testifying the finishing of the Italian version in the year 1475. This is followed by the Doge's acknowledgement of the same, in Latin, of the same date. On the reverse is an Italian epigram upon transmitting the printed work to certain illustrious men. On the recto of the ensuing leaf is an epigram by Jerom Bononius of Treviso, in the Latin language, of the date of 1480 — followed by another epigram, of the same date, by Manzolinus the printer. This epigram is in the Italian language, beginning thus : OPRA de Iuuenal Iunio daquino : Che zaschun huom riprende flagicioso Da Zorzi Summarippa generoso Tradutta in rimma el bel uulgar latino : I mpressa sei per Michel manzolino MISCELLANEOUS. Ifi3 Parmense : insieme con il uirtuoso Ioannes hoglanth : suo corettor famoso : &c. &c. &c. This is followed by 16 more lines : having, at bottom, the following subscription : DEO ET MARCO HO NOS ET GLORIA On the recto of the ensuing and last leaf is a set of complimentary verses by Bononius of Treviso, to Summaripa the translator : 14 lines : with the word VALE beneath. The reverse is blank. I should appre- hend this to be rather a scarce book — and in all probability the earliest printed Italian version of Juvenal. The present copy must be greatly cut upon the right side margin, as the volume assumes the appearance of an elongated octavo — like some of the large paper copies of Aldus's earlier octavos. It is however very possible that this may be nearly its ancient form. The present desirable copy is elegantly bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. 1157. Justiniani Institutiones. Printed hy Ulric Han and Simon de Luca. Rome. 1473. Folio. This appears to be either the first or the second book executed by the above printers, conjointly, in the year 1473 : the Virgil (see Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 475) having been published in the same year. It is uniformly printed in two columns, of a large, black, handsome gothic type, surrounded by a commentary, on all sides, in a small roman letter— of the character of Ulric Han's usual type, but evidently thinner. On the reverse of fol. 171, is the colophon, thus : Presens ha^ institution li preclarum opus. Alma in urbe roma. Totius mundi regina & dignissima Impatrix. que sicut pre ceteris urbibo dignitate preest. ita ingeniosis uiris est referta. no attramento. plumali. calamo. neq; stilo ereo. sed artificiosaquada adinuen- 164 MISCELLANEOUS. tone imprimendi. seu caracterizandi sic effi- giatum. ad dei laudem industrieq;. est consu- maturn. Per Vdalricum gallum. Alrnanum. & Simonem nicolai. de Luca. Anno domini MCCCCLXXIII. die uero. x aprilis. A blank leaf follows. Then the register upon the recto of the ensuing and last leaf The present is a very fine copy, beautifully bound in russia by C. Lewis. 1158. Kempis (Thomas de). De Imitatione Christi. Printed at Strasbourg. 1489. Duode- cimo. This is one of the numerous pocket impressions of Thomas a Kempis, even in the xvth century. The title calls the author Thomas De Kempis, and specifies three other tracts by him, exclusively of the one above mentioned. The impression concludes with a tract of Gerson, ' De meditatione Cordis.' The signatures, to X, run in eights, with the exception of V, which has 9 leaves. On the recto of X viij is the colophon — in four lines, ending thus : ' Argii. impressus. Anno dhi M. cecc. Lxxxix finit feliciter.' This elegantly bound and well conditioned copy was obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. 1159. Landini : Formulario di Lettere, &c. {Printed at Florence.) Without Date. Quarto. Although there be no colophon to this elegant ■ little volume (here much diminished in size by the tools of some former binder) yet the first glance of the style of art, in the frontispice, clearly stamps it to be the production of a Florence Press. As this frontispiece exhibits an elegant specimen of art, strongly similar to what is seen in vol. ii. pages 299-301 of the Bibliographical Decameron, it may be worth submitting it to the reader's notice — as illustrative of the early history of decorative printing. The following title precedes it. MISCELLANEOUS. 165 €1 Formulario dilettere & di orationi uolgare con lapro posta & risposta coposto per Christophoro landini. The reverse is blank. The work begins on the recto of the following- leaf, a z, with a fuller title thus, in six lines : ' Formulario di epistole uulgare missiue & responsiue & altri fiori di ornati parlamenti alio excels & illustrissinio principe signore Hercule da esti dignissimo duca di Ferrara : Composto per Christophoro landini ciptadino di Firenze : dignissimo commentatore di Dante/ &c. The signatures run in eights. The body of the work ends on the recto of / 4. Then follow four leaves of ' Suprascriptiones et Subscriptions Litterarum Missarum.' This copy is elegantly bound in dark blue morocco by C. Lewis. 166 MISCELLANEOUS. 1160. Laudivius. Vjta Beati Hieronymi. Printed in 1473, at Naples. Folio. An address from the author (who was a Knight of Jerusalem) to Franciscus Beltrandus Barchinonensis, occupies the recto of the first leaf, concluding- nearly at the bottom of the second. In the whole, there are 17 chapters upon eight leaves. On the reverse of the eighth, the colophon is thus : Finis uite hieronymi per laudiuium equite hierosolymitanu eclite. millesimo. quadringen tesimo. septnagesimo. tercio. die qnartadecima Iunii. in alma urbe neapoli. The condition of this exceedingly rare book cannot be surpassed. It is without a spot, and the leaves may be fairly pronounced to be uncut. It was obtained from the monastery of St. Peter at Salzburg ; and has been recently elegantly bound in red morocco by Hering. 116*1. Legenda Sanctorum. TVithout Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. Panzer (vol. iv. p. 151, no. 708) relies exclusively upon Maittaire, vol. i. p. 760. Maittaire merely gives the title and colophon, without any conjecture as to the probable printer. Without being able to iden- tify this printer, I may be permitted to observe, that the type bears a strong resemblance to that which we should consider as a middle character between Wenszler's and the smaller letter of Koburger ; and most probably by Reuchlin at Basle, about the year 1476. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page contains 47 lines. The character is a tall, close gothic. The impression opens with the prologue, which has this prefix : 3[nripit piogug fuper legentia fancto rum. 3fcliag tomfcartica |)p0toria, quant co piiauit frater 9iaco&3 nacionc ianucnfc or Dinig fratrum prefcitatorum. The history immediately follows, beginning with ' the advent of our MISCELLANEOUS. ]C>7 Lord,' as usual. There are, in the whole, 246 leaves. On the reverse of the last, we read the subscription thus : <£*plicit lampartica j)p ftoria fanttorum. This large and desirable copy was obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery, at Salzburg. It has been very handsomely bound in pale russia by Hering. 1162. Leonardo De Utino Sermones. In the Character of Ulric ZeL Without Date. Folio. To the best of my recollection, this is the only large folio volume, printed in his smallest type, which I have seen from the press of Ulric Zel. In such point of view, it is rather a typographical curiosity : and exhibits a fine specimen of regular and skilful printing. A table occu- pies the reverse of the first leaf. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The work is uniformly printed in double columns, having 60 lines in a full page. The work terminates on the reverse of the 306th leaf, with the following colophon : <0$M£? qua&ragefmiale tic kgib 9 bene rafcilte magigtri Eeonatfci tie tmrino fa crepagme pfeffori£ eclefecrtimi €x$\i tit pentttfiffimft • : • : • : Five leaves of a table follow, and conclude the work. Upon the whole this is a desirable copy ; and bound in a singularly handsome manner, in russia, with a broad border of gold on the outside, in imitation of the binding of the books in the Harleian library. The copyist (C. Lewis) has greatly surpassed his model. 1163. Litio, Robertus De. Opus Quadra- gesimale. Printed by Ulric ZeL 1473. Folio. This edition is executed in double columns, in the large gothic type of the printer. On the reverse of the 357th leaf, we read the following colophon : Cefefcerrimi facti eloqun p coniisf fr!0 ftofierti tie lica opu£ 168 MISCELLANEOUS. mira no mo factitric toc2f tt ttx tt Mttig fuauitate be pnia cofc eta g Ultitn SBri tic fjanau at ti£ imptforie mgtm Colonic I pffum ffne ccpit optatu. festo fceclo Ulaf. mefi£ fe&ruartL flgi cccc. toiij. Two leaves of a table follow. The present is one of the very few books, executed in his larger type, to which the name of the printer is subjoined. A fine sound copy, with rough edges, bound in russia by Hering. 1164. Litio, Robertus De. Opus Quadrage- simale. Printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz. Rome. 14/2. Folio. A table of two leaves precedes the text. The text begins on the recto of the third leaf, preceded by two sentences, or prefixes, each having three lines. Audiffredi is very brief (Edit. Rom. p. 200) in his description of this edition, which however does not appear to be of common occurrence. He subjoins descriptions of three Venetian edi- tions of the same date — of one of which, executed by Hailbrun, some account has already appeared in the Bibl. Spencer. .- see vol. iv. p. 526. The present impression contains 346 counted leaves, having 38 lines in a full page. The colopohon is on the recto of the 346th and last leaf, beneath 12 lines of text, beginning with the well known verse, ' Aspicis illustris lector quicunq; libellos.' The date is thus : M. CCCC. LXXII die. xvii. Nouembris. The present is by no means an unexceptionable copy, and perhaps not deserving of the truly elegant and superb morocco vestment in which it is clothed by C. Lewis. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 69 1165. Litio, Robertus De. De Divina Cari- tate. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. This is one of the very many volumes executed in a roman letter, and more particularly distinguished by the formation of the capital letter R: see Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. 40. The copy under description is as large, clean, and desirable, as if it had been just received at the hands of the printer. In the whole, 48 leaves. This copy, now elegantly bound in russia by Hering, was obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery, at Salzburg. 1166. Livre des Sains Anges. Printed at Geneva. 1478. Folio. This is not only the first edition of the work itself, but the first book printed at Geneva. Panzer, vol. i. p. 439-40, refers to several authori- ties, but particularly to Clement, vol. i. p. 332, note 9,7, for a copious account of the author of the work. This impression has quite the look of a book from a provincial press : the letter, which is gothic, being loose and irregular in its formation. Laire, vol. i. p. 442, assigns it to the press of Adam Steinschauwer. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords ; but, in the whole, 186 leaves. The following colophon is on the reverse of the last leaf : €p ffnift le iiure be$ sainu attgeg. Smprime a genefue Han tie grace 2t£il tttt. totuij, fe. £*m; e iour tie mar& The present is, upon the whole, a very desirable copy, in calf binding. 1167- Luc an us. Printed by P. Lavagna. Milan. 1477. Folio. The present copy, although not free from a good deal of small, neatly written, ms. memoranda, is in sound condition. The edition is printed with signatures, A to P in eights : P having only six leaves. On the recto of P iiij, is the imprint (above twelve Latin hexameter and pen- tameter verses) thus : vol. 11. z 1 70 MISCELLANEOUS. Opus impressum Mediolani impensis Philippi Lauagnioe Anno M. cccc. Lxxvii. Sexto Kalendas Martii. A life of Lucan follows. The volume is terminated by the register. Splendidly bound in pale green morocco by Hering. 1168. Macharonea Varia, Sec. Without Date or Place, fyc. Duodecimo. This very singular and rare little volume Avas formerly in the library of the Duke de la Valliere — as its imperfections (sign, a i, a. ij— sign. t iiij and v) but too plainly indicate. De Bure has mentioned all the (xvn.) pieces necessary to render a copy perfect. The author is supposed to have been Georgio Aglione of Ast — and the language is emphatically distinguished as Macaronic, with a piece or two in Latin, and one in French. From the concluding French piece it should seem that the book was printed about the year 1496-8, as it celebrates the triumphal entry of Charles VIII. into the town of Naples. Consult the Bibliogr. Instruct, vol. iii. p 445, no. 2950, and Cat. de la Valliere, vol. ii. p. 145, no. 2G83. A more singular collection of comical and strange tales has been rarely united in one volume. The present copy is in very indiffe- rent condition — besides its being imperfect. 1169. Mammotrectus. Printed by Schoiffer. Mentz. 1470. Folio. Editio Princeps. This is the edition which was reprinted by Helias de Helye, even with the same colophon and date — as is described in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. 154. It is executed in Schoiffer's smallest type, in double columns, having 48 lines in a full page. On the reverse of the 128th leaf, we read the following colophon — which is executed in red : <&xp\kit mamctcactug* %m imprime^ bi feu cacacteci$anbi afcfq ; calami tx$ acacone fie effigiatug. et ati cufenia bci. intmftrie pee gee $etcu ftfjoiffee tie geenf$j)em in eiuitate magfitina fefo citee cofimiatug 3Unno bfiiee ineaena^ co# ♦ a$, cccc* Ixx. in tagtfia fl^actini. • Sic. MISCELLANEOUS. 171 A leaf, containing the preface to the work, and a list of the order of the contents (which should probably have preceded) concludes the volume. This is rather a large, than a sound and desirable copy. In russia binding. 1170. Mancinellus. Modus Scribendi, &c. Printed at Ulm. 1499. Quarto. On the recto of the first leaf, above the device given below, is the title thus : ' Scribendi Orandiq; modus, per Anthonium Mancinellum.' The reverse is blank. ' The titles of this present work ' are specified on the recto of the following leaf, a 2. The signatures run from a to g, inclusively : these two have each eight leaves, but the intermediate ones have only six leaves. As far as d 6 the work is printed in long lines : afterwards it is in double columns. On the recto of g viij, is the colophon, thus : 3[mpreftiim W&mt %m falutig SDommice. 1499 Crctiecmio ftalcn&ag £cp tem&rag On the reverse is the device above alluded to — thus : Whether it be intended for one of the Sclwtti, I cannot take upon myself to determine. This copy, full of rough leaves and bound in 172 MISCELLANEOUS. russia, was presented to his Lordship by Professor Veesenmeyer at Ulm ; a gentleman, who pays particular attention to the preservation of all books printed at the place of which he is so distinguished an orna- ment. The present copy was among his duplicates. 1171. Mandaville. Itinerarium. Italice. Printed hy Lorenzo de Morghmi, tyc. at Florence. 1492. Quarto, The present is an exceedingly neat impression of one of the numerous Italian versions of the travels of our famous John Mandeville, in the xvth century : long before their appearance in our own country. The title and embellishment are thus : €ractato fceUiffimo ticHe phi marauigiiofe cofe 1 $iu notabile cfje ft ttuouino mile parte fcelmon&o fcrinte et racoltc fcaflo frrenuiffimo Caualiere afnerontioro <®io uanni S^an&auiUa 3pra$efe efje toifito quagi tutti le pat te oel montJo Jjaoitabtfi rifcocto in lingua Cfjofcana* zz There is no other embellishment in the volume. The impression is executed in double columns, with signatures, a to Zr, in eights ; having the following colophon on the reverse of k viij j MISCELLANEOUS. 173 jfinito ilufcro fcriliffimo hi <&iouaimi S^atiiuiHa* ritiocto in lingua ^ofrfjana 5fmprcffo nef la i. bit tri <*5hujno. &£♦ cttu Ixxxxiu The present beautiful copy, obtained of Professor May of Augsbourg, has rough leaves throughout. It has been recently bound in Venetian morocco by C. Lewis. 1172. Manfredi. Liber de Homine. Italice. Printed by Rugerius and Bert ochus. \4fJ4:. Folio. A Latin address, apparently from the author to John de Bentivoglio, is on the reverse of the first leaf. A table of 1 1 leaves, in double columns, follows. The text succeeds thus, on the recto of the ensuing leaf: ERCHE EL SOPERCHIO NE LE COSE Che noi uiuemo : & lo Idebito mo del uiue nostro : idu ce 1 noi egritudle. Et sono lecosse necessale aura &c. &c. &c. The text is printed in long lines, having 40 lines in a full page. On the reverse of the eighth leaf of the text begins some poetry, which concludes on the reverse of the l?th leaf. I subjoin a specimen, from the fourth page of this poetry : L ceruello nausea fa e sie fredo Alostomaco fa abhominatione Volsi mangiar innanzi ogni stagione La lengua ha sua natura temperata Comunamente da buon nutrimento Come il a certi fa temperamento * Sic. 174 MISCELLANEOUS. Medula ilmezzo tien fral fredo e caldo ISperma aduce e molto lo purifica Lostomaco humilia e si mollifica Lacarne macra si fa sangue sicco &c. &c. &c. Not a very inspiring subject, it must be confessed ! There is no more poetry interspersed, and on the recto of the 97th and last leaf of the text, is the colophon thus : BONONIAE IMPRESSVM PER ME VGONEM RV- GERIVM. ET DOMINVM BERTOCHVM REGI- ENSES ANNO DOMINI . M.CCCC.LXXIIII. DIE. PRIMA IVLII. The present copy, obtained from M. Chardin, of Paris, was formerly in the collection of the Duke de la Valliere. It is bound in russia. 1173. Manilius. Printed at Rome. 1484. Folio. With the commentary of Laurentius Bonincontrius Miniatensis. This edition is printed in a close barbarous gothic character, with a very full surrounding commentary. Although printed at so late a period, it is entirely destitute of numerals, catchwords, and signatures. In the whole, there are 101 leaves. The colophon is on the recto of the 101st leaf, thus : Uaurentij* 25omncontrij. a$miatenfi& ^n. €> ft^araKtsm Commcntum* $ome smgretTum* 3lnno fcomini* QfitikU imoquafcringentcfinioquarto. £efccnte, 3'nnoce ntio Octauo. gtontifice maxima* %mu> ciu& $rimo. E>ic toero toigesfc mafesta. a$enfi£ <®ttobti$. tfinit fotiititct. The register below informs us that the first gathering is in tens — the second, third, and fourth in eights : the fifth in six. : the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelth, in eights, and the last in six. The present is a sound and desirable copy, in French calf binding. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 75 1174. Manilius. Printed by Zarotus. Milan. 1489. Folio. The editor is P. Stephanus Dulcinus Scalse Canonicus. His pre- fatory address, dated Milan, 8th kalend of November, 1488, occupies five pages, on sign. A. A table occupies the remaining portion of A, in fours. The text begins on a i to I, running in sixes. I has eight leaves : on the recto of the 8th of which is the colophon, thus : Hoc preestantissimu Manilii Poetae astronomici op** ImpressQ fuit in ciuitate Inclyta Mediolani. Per An toniu Zarotu Parmensem. Anno salutis christiane M. cccc. Lxxxyiiii.* quinto Idus nouembris Sub Illu strissimo Principe Ioanne Galeazio Duce Mediolani Sexto foelicissimo. FINIS The present copy, obtained from the Apponi collection, is but a very indifferent one : in calf binding. 1175. Manipulus Curatorum. Printed by Adam Steynschauwer de Schuinfordia, at Genev. 1480. Quarto. On the recto of the first leaf we observe a prefix of three fines and a portion of the fourth, followed by this title : Eighteen lines are below. A full page contains 23 fines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the recto of the 2.29thj and last leaf but four, is the colophon thus : SDoctifeimi tai bomini guiboni£ tic monte rotfjerij lifocr. qui ^anipuiug cutatoru Mm- &itut: finit fdicitcr. 3tniprefTug in ciuitate gebcn* per magigtm 3Hbam ftepnfcfjautoer tic * Sic, 170 MISCELLANEOUS. fcljuhifortiifl* 3t«no fcomini fl^iHefimociua? fcringcntcfimo octuagefmio. 2Die taro biccfima nona S^enfig marcij. The table begins on the reverse of this leaf, and occupies the remain- ing four leaves. The character of this gothic type is large, thin, and standing somewhat loosely in register. It has rather a barbarous aspect. The present is a sound copy, in brown calf binding. 1176. Marcho Polo, mtm ftenetiig tier <*Bro£t Han&tfarcr. Germanice. Printed hy Creussner at Nuremberg. 1477* Folio. We have here one of the very rarest books in existence j and of an intrinsic importance equal at least to its extreme scarcity. It is nothing less than the first edition of the travels of the famous Marco Polo; whose labours have recently received such} ample illustration from the valuable publication of Mr. Marsden ; c the greatest part of whose edi- tion of Marco Polo* had been been printed off,' before he had been made acquainted with the contents of the present. Through the interest of the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, he obtained the perusal of a faith- ful transcript from the only other known copy of it, in the Imperial library at Vienna, under the superintendance of Mr. Kopitar, one of the prin- cipal librarians, and in every respect competent to judge of its perfect accuracy. That transcript is now in the choice library of Mr. Grenville. This edition is so rare as to have escaped Panzer : and I understand that Mr. Horn of Franckfort, expressed to Mr. John Payne (who was fortunate enough to obtain this identical copy at Munich, upon the shelves of an antiquar) his extreme satisfaction on obtaining a sight of what he had never before been fortunate enough to meet with. It was unknown to De Bure, and will in vain be sought for in the accurate pages of Brunet. See Manuel du Libraire, vol. ii. p. 311 : edit. 1814 : where the earliest edition is of the date of 1496. We now come to the Volume itself. On the reverse of the first leaf, we are favoured with a wood-cut portrait of the traveller, of which the reader will be doubtless gratified by the following fac-simile. * See page 178, post. VOL II. a a 178 MISCELLANEOUS. Around this portrait we read the following inscription, in a large lower-case gothic character: ' Das ist der edel Ritter. Marcho polo von Venedig der grost landtfarer. der vns bcschreibt die grossen wunder der welt die er selber gesehenn hat. Von dem aaffgang pis zu dem nydergag der sunne. der gleyche vor nicht meer gehort seyn.' The text commences on the recto of the opposite leaf, with the following prefix : JjMe IjcBt gicfj an oa£ nnef) tics? cbclit ftttterg ton lanot* farers? a^aretyo polo* 3[n Item er geijteint trie grofgen tonntietlle&en tag titcjefcr toelt. Jtonbcrlietjen toon ben groffcn Inmtgen tonb fcen^ern trie oa Jjergctyen in tien £einigen lantien tinti toon irem tooleft totto fritter getotonfjeit ba gel&£. There are 28 lines below. A full page contains 34 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 58th and last leaf, the text ends with the following words — succeeded by the colophon — thus : <*Bot fen gdout $te cnfcet fief) ttatf nnei) oe£ ctielii ftttter£ tonb lanbt- farerf? $$aret)o polo, ba£ oo £agt too mangerfcn tmtnoer tier lanbt ton ictot, ton tone er bie felbigen gegeJjcn ton buref) faren fjat toon tie auffgang ntf£ $u bem nnbergang ber ffute £euguef). 2Dif£ &at gebruent 5f ric$ €reuf$ner lihtrmfcerg c f^aclj erifti gepurbt €an(ettt toicrfjunbert ton im fitoen tottfinene$tgte tar. In the original * this colophon is composed of six lines. It is however * ' The preface of this first edition is substantially the same as those which belong to the Sorunzo manuscript and the Italian of the British Museum : from which circumstance, as well as from the orthography of proper names throughout, (corrupt as they are) it is evident that the translation was made from an Italian, rather than from a Latin original. . . .The copies of this first edition are rare in the highest degree. The only one distinctly pointed out by bibliographers, is that which has a place in the Imperial library at Vienna, and which, during the last occupation of the Austrian capital by a French army, had been conveyed to Paris, but in consequence of ulterior events, been since restored to its former situation' 'Its text is in general more circumstantial than that of other versions, and even, in several instances, than Ramusio's ; but there are occasional indications of the MISCELLANEOUS. 170 material to remark that, from the account of Mr. Marsden, the copy of this invaluable book in the Imperial library at Vienna should seem to want the frontispiece, or portrait, since it is described by him as contain- ing only 57 leaves. Mr. Marsden emphatically observes— that ' the proud distinction of having given to the world the first printed edi- tion, [of Marco Polo] indisputably belongs to Germany.' The present copy (obtained from Mr. Payne) may be called a large and desirable copy; but it owes much, in its present beautiful aspect, to the care, skill, and elegance of taste of C. Lewis in the binding: being brilliantly executed in olive colour morocco. 1177- Marien Rosen, &c. Printed by Gerard J^eeu, at Gouda. 1484. Duodecimo. This is a very desirable copy of a prettily printed volume, thus entitled : taan marien rofen cranfnen cen fuuerlit boexhm A small wood-cut of a heart, wounded, encircled by thorns, and again surrounded by a wreath of flowers, &c. is below. Beneath which we read, as verse, ' Die mit marien Ewelic wil verblien Die spreeck tot alien tyen Veel aue marien.' The reverse is blank. On the recto of the following leaf, sign, a, the work begins and extends to t in eights : t having ten leaves. On the reverse of t x is the following colophon : 2T>it tg toolmaect tcr gou&e in fjoflant fop mp oBcraert \tt\x %x& iatt tm$ Jjcre &9 ttct en te*iii> opten negfjenfce fcatfi in macrtc. The same ornament as before described, was on the recto of the following leaf — here wanting — as is evident from the Impression which came off upon the page of the colophon : unless indeed it had been misplaced. This copy is elegantly bound in grey calf by C. Lewis. translator, or a preceding copyist, having introduced words of his own, without marking the distinction ; whilst, at the same time, there are numerous instances of omission and curtailment. It is not a little surprising that the existence of this German version should have escaped the research of so diligent an enquirer as Andreas Muller ; which is clearly shewn by his preface.' Marsden's Travels tf Marco Polo : 1818, 4to. p. lxx— Ixxii. 180 MISCELLANEOUS. 1178. Martialis. Printed by P. de Lavania. Milan. 1478. Folio. The present beautiful copy (obtained from the Eystat monastery) bound in the best taste of C Lewis, in dark green apple-colour morocco, is rather covetable from its condition than its rarity : it being among the later editions of Martial in the xvth century. The signatures, a to r, inclusively, run uniformly in tens. On the reverse of r 10, is the colophon thus : Impressum Mediolani impensis Philippi de Lauania ciuis Mediolanensis anno M. cccc. Lxxviii. 1179« Martyrologium Sec. Mor. Rom. Printed by J. JS. de Spira. 1498. Quarto. This elegantly printed little volume, obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg, comes from a printer of whose perform- ances we have very few productions. He was doubtless of the famous family of the Spiras, so well known as Venetian printers. The recto of the first leaf contains the title, printed in red, with Lucas Antonia Junta's device beneath. The title is thus : ' Martyrologium s'm morem Romane Curie. Cum privilegio.' Four leaves of prefatory matter pre- cede the text, beginning on signature a. On the reverse of the fourth leaf, is an elaborate wood-cut, beautifully executed, of the Almighty in the clouds, surrounded by angels, and the crucified Saviour beneath him. The initial letter C, on the opposite page, is full of arabesque beauty. The signatures, to I, run in eights : this latter signature has only four leaves, on the recto of the fourth of which is the colophon, in red, in six lines, of which it may be only essential to copy the three last : ♦ ♦ • 3[mpwffu ttoetijg : iuffu % impegig ttoMi£ tei Sue antonij tic giunta jffomitini %xtt autcm 3foamitg <£merici De £pira 3(lnno. 2®. ccccscttij. gitritmg ctofcrig The whole work is printed in a large handsome gothic letter, in rich black ink, with a plentiful intermixture of red. This copy is bound in dark blue morocco by Hering. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 9 1 1180. Marulli Hy3ini etEpigrammata. Printed at Florence, in 1497- Quarto. Editio Princeps : a curious book in a bibliographical point of view, inasmuch as it presents us with a volume executed at the expense of (what is called in the imprint) the Colubrian Society at Florence The types however appear to be much about the same as those used by Miscomini. The title, as above given, on signature a i, appears on the recto of the first leaf. On the recto of the second, the author's name is more fully designated by being called Michael Tarchaxiota Marullus of Constantinople — and his first book of epigrams is ad- dressed to Lorenzo de Medici, the son of P. Francisco de Medici. His first epigram is thus : AD NEAERAM Salue nequitiae mege Neera, Mi passercule, mi albe turturille Meum mel, mea suauitas, meum cor, Meum suauiolum, mei lepores. Tene uiuere ego queam relicta ? Tene ego sine regna ? te sine aurum ? Aut messes arabum uelim beatas ? O prius peream ipse, regna, & aurum. The Epigrams conclude on g viij, in eights. The Hymns begin on the recto of the following leaf, hi. I select the commencement of the third : — AMORI. a Line celestum genitor, potensq; Aetheris lati uolucer Cupido. Splendidum sydus, geminseq; duplex Gloria matris Quern modo insanis agitata uentis Stagna delectant : mediisq; in undis Improbus phorci nimia pnellas Lampade aduris &c. &c. &c. 182 MISCELLANEOUS. On the recto of m vj, in eights, is the colophon : Impressit Florentise Societas Colubris VI. kal . Decembris . MCCCCLXXXXVII . A sound but short copy ; in red morocco binding. 1181. Mathi^e (Ioannis) Liber. De Obitu PUERI SlMONIS. — — Idem Opus. Italice. Printed by Gerard de Flandria, at Treviso. Without Date. Quarto. This is a very curious and uncommon little volume. The prose text of I. Mathias, Doctor of Medicine, occupies the first seven leaves : on the recto of the 7th, beneath eight Latin verses, is this colophon : 4£»erarfcug ipwffit Canufxi The type is semi-gothic. A blank leaf ensues : the Italian poetical version commences on the recto of the succeeding leaf, thus : : : IN NOME DI IESV AMEN : : IMCOMINCIA* LI HORRIBILI TORMENTIf DEL BEATO SL MONE DI TRENTO. o Lditi o cieli questi aspri martin e per pietade quali influssi io bramo fundite priego sopra i miei desiri. Rompeti o christiani el crudel hamo : de limpia & obstinata turba hebrea. e non i lassati sia piu viuo & amo. Ah zente atroze perfida zudea piena de iniquita et ogni defetto : &c. &c. &c. • Sic. t A particular account of the torments inflicted upon this child, will he seen in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 378, from Guldenhcck's edition of 1475. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 83 A full page has 26 lines. On the reverse of the 8th leaf of this Italian version, we read the printer's colophon : : : STAMPATO : : PER GERARDO DA FIANDRA : : A TRIVISO : : On the opposite page the name of the translator is thus gathered : : : FINIS : : 10 CONEGL . : : FAV : ; Three lines, in roman capitals, are below. The paper is remarkably thick. A very beautiful copy; in dark blue morocco binding. 1182. [La] Mer des Hystoires. Printed at Lyons, by Claude Davost, §*c. 1506*. Folio. 2 Vols. The title, preceded by a magnificent letter (L) ornamented by the figure of St. George and the dragon, (see a fac-simile of it at page 50, ante) is on the recto of the first leaf. The prologue follows, on a vj, and an four. The leaves are then regularly numbered, and the colo- phon of the printer, in the first volume, is on the recto of folio CCx and last. The second volume, exhibiting the same ornamental letter in the title, and beginning with a set of genealogical tables in circular orna- ments, concludes on the recto of folio Clxxxviii. with an account of a marvellous young lady, at that time living, of the name of Triulce, who seems, in regard to memory and language, to have been a sort of female Crichton. The author begins his account of her thus : ' En ce temps regnoit au pays de milan vne fille vierge nommee damoiselle triulce, laquelle de son jeune aage fut mise a lestude depuis laage de sept ans iusques a xiiij. elle aprinst son a b c iusques a grammaire parfaite et au xiiij. an estoit treseloquente, & prenoit gront plaisir a l'estude qui estoit quasi chose miraculeuse :' — and concludes as follows : ' Et brief en tous les faitz elle est si tresparfaicte que cest chose merueilleuse et plustost miraculeuse que humaine. Et quant on luy parle de la marier, elle respond que iamais ne espousera home quelle ne sache quil soit 181 MISCELLANEOUS. vierge comme elle.' Some of my curious readers may be gratified by the portrait of this extraordinary young lady, as taken from the original prefixed to the account of her. The colophon, immediately following the account of this character (of whose subsequent fate I am wholly ignorant) is thus : Cp finift le £cconb i bcrnier tjolume tie la mer bc$ |)pftoirc£ augmete be phifieur£ fiefle£ gpftoirc^ i principattemet bcpui£ la mort bu rop£lop£. *r% iufnueg ou temps? bu rop fop& £ft\ 9[mprimc a Jpon fnr \t rofne par €laube tiauoft af$ tic trope, pour ma&tre ictjan bpamaticr marcfjant linrai re i citopen bubit Ipon bemonrant en la Oram rue bu pup£ pelu. Han tic grace mil cinq cen# i $ix k, £iiii e * iour be noucmurc* MISCELLANEOUS. 185 A ' martyrology of saints' follows — on AAA, BBB, CCC, in sixes: DDD three : and a table in five leaves. This work exhibits an extremely elegant gothic type, in exact register, with a full page, in double columns. There are wood-cuts in abundance ; many of them repeated, and most of them in the style of art with which Verard usually adorned his larger volumes. The present copy, although somewhat too short, is in fine preservation, and the binding (in russia leather, by C. Lewis) is exceedingly elegant. 1J83. Michaui/t. Le Doctrinal du Temps Pre- sent. I Vithout Name of Printer, or Date. Folio. This book is equally curious and uncommon. It is dedicated to the Duke of Burgundy, the husband of our Caxton's patroness, and the types bear a very strong resemblance to that fount of character with which the first English printer executed the Diets and Sayinges, the Virgil, Boetius, and Mirror of the World, &c. It is almost entirely a poetical composition, adorned with a few rude wood-cuts (sometimes repeated) representing chiefly a preacher in his pulpit. I shall submit (from cvij, rev. e ii, rev.) two different specimens of the more animated preacher : On the recto of the first leaf, a i, is Pierre Michault's address to the vol. u. b b 18G MISCELLANEOUS. Duke of Burgundy ; in which mention is made of George Chastelain, his Grace's historiographer, but none whatever of William Caxton. On the recto of a ii, are three four-line stanzas, preceding some prose, which latter concludes on the recto of a 5. Then a slight interspersion of verse and prose — when, on the recto of a viij, the poetry commences thus : tte$ enfan£ teg principeg notable^ $our inftruitc too$ cnfantmcg mcurg lHctcne$ bicn leg reiglcg ct no tablet n peut bien gcauoit &c. &c. &c. On the recto of t x (all the preceding signatures being in eights) is the colophon : a riddle, which I will not pretend to solve. Panzer gives us no aid, as he does not seem to have known the book. sung treppiec et quatre tronffan^ gar $ix ctoix auce $ix nahtg faire tmou£ feron£ cftrc congnoif£an£ £>an$ faiHir fcc mon miftiaire Lord Spencer has ingeniously and satisfactorily (I apprehend) solved this colophonic riddle, thus. The trepier may be M : the quatre croys- sans, CCCC : six croix, XXXXXX, or LX. ; and six nains, IIIIII, or VI. : which would probably be the date of the composition, but certainly not of the impression of the work. This date would also very well agree with the period at which the Duke of Burgundy's court was frequented by men of letters. Consult also Brunet's Manuel du Libraire, vol. ii. p. 359 ; from which it should seem that the present is the second edition : that by Colard Mansion being the first. Although this copy appears to want signature a iiii, it is, in other respects, a choice and desirable volume. It was obtained of M. Chardin : in old red morocco binding. A copy of this edition was sold at the sale of the Duke of Marlborough's library, in 1819, (no. 2969) for 9l. 9s. 188 MISCELLANEOUS. 1184. Mirabtlia Romte. Germanice. Printed with JVooden Blocks. Quarto. This very curious volume (obtained from the duplicates of the royal library at Munich) was wholly unknown to Heinecken and other biblio- graphers. That the characters are from letters cut in wood, and con- sequently each page within one block, appears quite evident. But I apprehend the date of it to be not earlier than 1476 — or even as late as 1484. A full page has 20 lines: but neither the pages, nor the lines, nor the letters are uniformly alike. On the reverse of the first leaf is a wood-cut of the sudarium, with the papal arms below. The text or title is on the recto of the second leaf. On the reverse of the second leaf is a wood-cut, (perhaps the most favourable in the volume) in which Romulus and Remus are being fed by the wolf. I subjoin a fac-simile of the whole of the opposite page, or first page of the text, that the reader may judge for himself of the characters of the ornaments and of the types.* On the 24th following leaf is another wood-cut, of a group of men with lighted tapers, looking at the sudarium, supported by a man, with an attendant on each side of him, with a lighted taper. In the oppo- site page, a whole length figure of the Pope, sitting, is introduced in the letter S. Sixty four more leaves conclude the volume. In the whole, 92 leaves. The concluding lines are these : This copy, compared with the one retained at Munich, is much cropt. But it is unquestionably a very curious and desirable volume. * 1 or want of space, it is printed on the opposite page. MISCELLANEOUS. IS!) lh£\W rtflMA. 190 MISCELLANEOUS. 1185. Missale Sec. Cons. Gaelicorum. Printed hy Aiding, at 31 essana. 1480. Folio. The calendar occupies the first six leaves. On the recto of the 7th, the prefix or title is thus : gjn iaubcm ct glorias fancte at inbiuibuc trinitati£: a^aricqj femg togimg: atq$ fanctorus omniu. 3intipit otoo miffaF fe^ cunbu$ cofuetubint incarnations bomini: Sl^iHefimo nuabringe ttfimo octuagegimo. pribie fta Ienba£ 3(unii» f riiriter* The register is on the reverse, from which the gatherings appear to * Sic. MISCELLANEOUS. 191 be in eights. This book is printed in a handsome type, upon excellent paper. This copy belonged to the Nazareth convent at Brussels} as the following memorandum, apparently of the time, decidedly shews : ' Liber iste pertinet ad fratres domus anuntiationis beate marie vulgariter dicte Nazareth in bruxella ex donatione Iudoci Rampaert. Ad vsum vero celebrantis ad altare sanctorum martyrum Sebastiani etAdriani diebus sab- batis ex fundatione prescripti Iudoci Ram." This very copy was inspected by Lambinet at Louvain ; but that bibliographer is inaccurate in observing that it contains only 133 leaves. He looked at the ms. numerals at the end, without noticing that there were 88 leaves, exclu- sively of the calendar, previously to the ms. insertions. Nor does Lambinet notice the rare copper-plate impression from Mecken. His praise of the condition and size of the copy (which has been obviously a little cropt) is also overcharged ; although his notice of the monastic establishment at Brussels is rather interesting. Hist, de VImp. p. 342. This copy, obtained from Mr. Sams of Darlington, has been recently and appropriately bound in grey calf, with gilt on the leaves, by C. Lewis. 1186. Missale Coloniense. Printed by Conrad de Hombergh, at Cologne. 1481. Folio. This magnificent volume, in the most beautiful state of preservation, presents us with a tine specimen of the printer's art, and of the first impression of the text of the Cologne Missal. It seems to have escaped Panzer : see Bibliogr. Decameron, vol. i. p. 128. It is executed in double colums : chiefly in a large sharp-angled gothic type, (some- what resembling the Bamberg printing) intermixed with a smaller letter. The smaller type is singularly square and stiff. The large wood- cut of the crucifixion, the usual ornament of these Missals, appears to have never accompanied the present text. The colophon, printed in red, is on the recto of the 305th and last leaf, thus : <®rfco mifgaii£ intcgri gfecti tt txattt periuftrati. tix offici ig noui£ fcfcm confuctutune et tittt ccclcfie tftrtonicnfig* mtm^tria tfonra&i tie $om fiergf) m alma tmtuerfitate 192 MISCELLANEOUS. Colonicnfi ref ioftig : $ oifo gentifgime imprcfti ct confu mati: finit. Slnno incarnario nig oommicc fl£iflcfimo qua DringetcGmo octogefimo pri mo. mefig SGprilig Die nona* There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. Magnifi- cently bound in stamp-ornamented calf, with gilt leaves, by Hering. 1187- Missale Romanum. Printed hy J. Haman de Landoia, at Venice. 1488. Folio. The printer of this beautiful volume may well say, in his colophon, that it is executed ' with wonderful skill.' Those pages, unsoiled by the natural blemishes of the vellum, present us with an effect perfectly effulgent — from the intermixture of the red and black ink. The black is not exceeded in lustre by that of the early Giunta press. The copy before us begins with two leaves, in ms., devoted to the office in the Romish ritual for St. Roch — but whether these leaves be gratuitous, or be copied from a printed text, I have no means of ascertaining. The printed leaves here commence with seven leaves of calendar. On the 8th leaf, recto, the text of the Missal begins, with a plentiful portion of red ink. This first page is here beautifully ornamented by an illumi- nated border, which entirely surrounds it. A glance at the top ornament shews us the propensity to close cutting manifested in former French binders. The signatures begin with the text of the Missal, and extend to y in eights : y has only six leaves. Then A to O in eights : O having only five printed leaves. The colophon is on the reverse of O v, thus : 3Uctpitc optimi Caccrootcg fl^ifeale iusta morcm ftomanc ccclcfic esplctum : 3Joanig pmani tie Eanboia mira arte imprcffum : inflorcntifgima ciuitate^lenetiaru : SCuguftt- ni 23arnatiici inclpti prinripig tempegtate : 3Unno incarnation^ oominice S^iHcfimo quaoringetefimo octuagcgimo octauo : 5foi Dug €>ctoori£. MISCELLANEOUS. 193 The work is wholly destitute of wood-cuts, and is printed in double columns. Unluckily this copy has two leaves of the text, in the middle, supplied with ms. From the Mac-Carthy collection. In yellow morocco. 1188. Missale Herbipolense. Printed by Reyser. JVurtzburg. 1499. Folio. This is another of those magnificent volumes — displaying a finely printed text of the service of the cathedral at YVurtzburg. The wood- cut, preceding the text (as usual) of the ( Te igitur clementissime pater,' is taken away from this copy. This text, of nine leaves (being about the centre of the volume) is printed upon vellum, in the largest form of the gothic character. The first nine leaves have no numerals. The recto of the 9th notices the delivery of the text to ' George Reyser, ;i sworn and faithful master of the art of printing.' It is dated 1499, 11th October, at length. The reverse contains the same subject, or ornament, upon wood, which, in the first edition of the Wurtzburg Missal of 14S1, is upon copper-, see Bibliog. Decameron, vol. i. p. 30. The leaves are now numbered, in the centre of the page, as far as fol. Cxvj, when follow two leaves of musical notes, not numbered — and, in this copy, eight leaves of ms. text, upon vellum, which may be a gratuitous insertion. Thirty leaves, of musical notes, printed, but without numerals, ensue. Then two leaves, ' In die nativitatis,' &c. followed by the nine printed leaves of vellum above mentioned. The printed text follows, numbered Cxvij. as if all the intervening part, from the last printed numerals, might be omitted, or not, at pleasure. The printed numerals extend as far as folio CCCxxviij. which is succeeded by two leaves, in a smaller type, not numbered. The present fine copy is beautifully bound in russia by C. Lewis. 1189. Missale ad Usum Sarum. Printed by Pynson. London. 1500. Folio. This appears to be the first impression of the Missal for the use of Salisbury Cathedral, which was printed by Richard Pynson. From the colophon, it should seem to have been undertaken ' by the command and at the expense of Cardinal Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury,' and patron of the celebrated Sir Thomas More. Morton's arms, with his rebus, or the pun upon his name, are seen at the reverse of the royal arms, vol. ii. c c 191 MISCELLANEOUS at the conclusion of the calendar ; as the following fac-simile demon- strates — with the omission of the tassels on each side, for want of space in the present page. MISCELLANEOUS. 195 The table occupies 10 leaves, supposing the first leaf to be blank : which leaf is here gratuitously adorned with an elaborate, allegorical coloured drawing, not very remarkable for its dexterity of execution. The leaf of the royal arms, following the table, must be considered as numbered fol. i, the succeeding leaf having ii as its numerals. The numerals continue to the end of the volume ; having CCxlij leaves. On the recto of folio CCxxx, being the ( Ordo sponsaliii,' there is the form of betrothing in matrimony ; differing slightly from the specimen given in vol. ii. p. 424, of the Typog. Antiquities. On the reverse of fol. CCxlij, and last, is the colophon printed in red, as follows : ft <££amtnatu erat i caftigatii fjoc 2t$ifarum noufi i tu m tiiligentia Hcn&on imnrcfeu g inim^tria ftitfjatti' $pn£on, %x& cepta % gfectum mantiato i imnen^ £ig.fteucrenbifginri in £popatri£ ac tint tmi 3Mf£ Norton Jdreffcntcri Carfciinatt£ Cantuarien. ^rcfticpi. SDecimo tiie 3[amiarij. 3Gnno bni, S^ilkfimo nuingottefimo* The device of Pynson, no. m. (in the Typog. Antiq.) is beneath this colophon j but the interior, the shield, initials, and supporters, are printed in red : the border being black. This edition was unknown to Herbert. It is printed in double columns, with a plentiful sprinkling of red text, in the usually magnificent style of Pynson's Missals. The affectionate zeal of some ancient possessor of this copy has converted the passage relating to St. Thomas a Becket (formerly in red) into letters of gold : see folio xvi. This copy, which is upon vellum, was purchased at the sale of the Mac-Carthy library : but it suffers a great drawback from the close manner in which it is cut in the binding. Nor is the exterior, in variegated morocco, more creditable to the reputation of the binder. 19f> MISCELLANEOUS. 1190. Missale Secundum Usum Sarum. Printed by Pynson. 1504. Folio. We have here a fine specimen (upon vellum) of one of Pynson's larger volumes for the service of the cathedral church of Salisbury. Unluckily, however, there are several leaves upon paper — which some- times, I believe, were originally interspersed with the vellum leaves. Whether it had any title, I cannot take upon me to pronounce ; but the present copy begins with a paper leaf, at fol. i, and signature a i ; ex- tending to folio xxxviii : marked as such : all, with the exception of the first, upon vellum. On the reverse of this leaf are the colophon (in red, in ten lines) and printer's device — forming no. m. in the fac-similes in vol. ii. of our Typographical Antiquities. Then follows a title, at great length, lozenge-wise, in 2*2 lines, the full title to the missal, printed in red : upon sign, f i. This signature has seven leaves : a blank one (originally perhaps) forming the eighth leaf. All these leaves are here upon paper : as well as are the following leaves extending to folio viii. A continuation of vellum leaves, as far as fol. lxxxvii, ensues : then four paper leaves, to fol. lxxxxi. The remaining are Avholly vellum, and the leaves are numbered as far as fol. C.lii. Four leaves, not numbered, upon signature t, upon vellum, conclude the impression. I should add that the date is both in the colophon and in the elaborate title above alluded to. This fine copy is rendered perfect in three leaves only, by the masterly skill of Mr. Whittaker, from the original copy in the library of Emanuel College at Cambridge. The wood-cuts and print- ing by Mr. Whittaker might deceive the most experienced eye. It is sumptuously bound in the very best taste of C. Lewis, in dark blue morocco. 1191. Missale Valeisumbrose. Printed by Lucas Antonius de Giunta, at Venice. 1503. Folio. Editio Princeps. Notwithstanding it has been my good fortune to describe a copy of this rare and magnificent book, printed (like the present copy) upon vellum, yet it is very probable that the reader may not object to a repetition of parts of that description, and to a further illustration of the volume, by means of wood-cuts, in addition to what already appears in the Bibliographical Decameron, vol i. p. S3-6. At MISCELLANEOUS. 197 the time of the description here referred to, the Noble Owner of this copy was without the impression in any form. He may now congratu- late himself, on possessing it, with a fine specimen of an early Junta folio upon vellum. The title-page, here unfortunately soiled, is rich and imposing. At top, we observe a coeval ms. memorandum, denoting, as far as its partially defaced appearance will enable us to make out, that this very copy was originally upon the shelves of the library of St. Christina, of the same monastic order. A figure of the founder of the Vallombrosa order, of which the following is an interesting fac-simile, is the first printed object in the volume. Then follows the title, in very large lower-case gothic letters, with the subjoined device— both in red : thus. 198 MISCELLANEOUS. ifltesale moasttcu 03m asuetuDtne otfrims ®allteum6rose* The address of the editor, Petrus Albignanus, follows on the reverse. Then the calendar on six leaves. Next, two leaves of the dominical letters, &c. ending : %ittm tmicale^ i MtxtiW infrapofite Then one leaf of the table of the order of the missal. Next, four leaves of musical notes, &c. — on the reverse of the 4th of which, are the arms of the Vallombrosa monastery, surrounded by a magnificent com- partment or frame work. I submit a fac-simile of the arms of the Order of the monastery. MISCELLANEOUS. 199 200 MISCELLANEOUS. The text of the missal follows on the opposite page, within a com- partment of equal magnificence to that of the foregoing ; having, at bottom, the ornament which is given at page 84 of the work before referred to. The upper part of this ornament, as far as respects the figures, is well deserving of a fac-simile, thus — There is no room for further illustration — referring the reader to the work just mentioned for a few more graphic specimens, as well as for a compressed history (at page 75) of the rise and progress of theVALLOM- brosa Order. The leaves of this edition are regularly numbered from the commencement of the text to folio CCCIII, inclusively. On the reverse of this last leaf, we read the following elaborate colophon : 3Ub laubcm et gloria fanttifeime trinitati£ i bcatifgime marie fcmpcr toirjpnte : fcatoruq; aftte g02f 25enebittt et 3icrt)ani£ gualuerti at bernarbi epi: netno i ab tofoiatione$ toencraotfium monacl)02f : 0$if£ate Dm ritfi i tonfuctubine orbini£ ftaflitf tmiorofe : qo pet tmrfto£ ante anno£ inorbinatU3 t>qprauatfiq3 futrat totcrenbiffimi i *po pri£ i bni: bni 25Iafii francifci mtlanenfi£ flotcn- tint totims orbing pfati gentraJijs? bigniffimi cu* ra at biligtntia orbinatum totrtttu tnicnbatnrj$ MISCELLANEOUS. 201 fait: <£htfbcmci3 rcuerebiffmie &nat5i£ Cue tpefi£ g nobile i egrcgiu toim turn %ma. antoniu tic giuta ftoretinu fumma Uiligentia tacnctijs: 3£mto faluti£ 99. ccccc. iij. pritrie nonag juDeceferte iniprefa3 explicit friiciten E>eo gratia£ The colophon, with the exception of the last line, is in red. This copy has been recently bound, in the usual style of elegance, by C. Lewis, in dark green morocco binding. 1 192. Missale Predicatorum. Printed hy Lucas Antonxus de Giunta, at Venice. 1504. Folio. We have here another specimen of the magnificence of the early Giunta Press in the publication of Missals, &c. The self same types, ornaments, and disposition of the text, as are seen in the Vallombrosa Missal, prevail in the volume before us. The title, beneath two wood- cuts, is as follows ; except that, for the sake of convenience in the printing, the cuts are here transposed. The first two words of the title, in red, are a fac-simile of the original. i) d '202 MISCELLANEOUS. gbiffok p:edicatO£ Cum gratta $ prtutlegto. MISCELLANEOUS. 203 The device in red (as at page 198) is below. A table of the move- able feasts is on the reverse. Six leaves of the calendar follow. Then one leaf of the solar and lunar annual circles. Signature b follows, of which the first leaf is not marked : this signature has 12 leaves : on the reverse of the 12th of which is a magnificent page, entirely devoted to wood cut ornaments — with a repetition of the two preceding cuts in the middle. The ' last supper' is represented below. The text of the Missal commences on the ensuing page — folio i : which gives us the following graceful piece of composition, in a lateral arabesque ornament. In the whole, there are CCCXX. numbered leaves, exclusively of the preliminary pieces. The colophon, in l 24 lines, is on the recto of this last leaf, printed in red — concluding thus : arte i ipenfte iuce antcmij be giunta florentini fciiigentifcime impreffum felicitet explicit* 2Cnno jsfalut'* 2$ tutu Wf> pri&te fcalenfca£ Sulij* llaus Deo* 204 MISCELLANEOUS. The present desirable copy, in olive-colour morocco binding, was obtained of Messrs. Longman, Hurst, and Co. 1193. Modus Le Roy. Livrede Chasse. Printed by Nepret, at Chamber?/. 1486. Folio. This book is undoubtedly a very considerable curiosity ; inasmuch as it is the first book, of its kind, which presents us with embellish- ments (such as they are!) respecting the different subjects of the Chask of which it treats. It is also not a little singular that there should have been, in our own country, a work published the same year upon the same subject in part : I allude to the Book of Hawking and Hunting, printed at St. Albans ,• of which a full account appears in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iv. p. 373-382. The copy under description is re- markably sound, and was obtained at the sale of the Mac-Carthy library for a considerably less sum than was given for a similar copy at that of the Duke of Marlborough's. The volume is certainly rare and desirable, if it be considered only as a specimen of provincial printing in France. I shall be full and particular in the account of it. The first three leaves have no signatures. On the recto of the first of these, (the ornamental initial letter C having a coat armour, with the word ' fert ' above it) the text or proheme commences thus — which sdiews the general nature of the work : f €<&$$&$%$€<£ He Uurre 6u top mobutf ct be la ftopnc ratio le quel fait 0P mention tomant on boit bcuifer tic toutej manicreg be cfjaftc£. Ccft affauoir be£ terf3 ocg fiitfje^ be£ gann;licr£be tfjeureus bc$ ioup£ i ^amblablcmct be touted aul tre£ bc$tc$ £auuaige£ et la faffon ct ma mere be lc£ pranbre &c. &c Some French verses, in double columns, succeed ; concluding with a table, on the recto of the third leaf — having a cut of the crucifixion aud another of the descent of the Holy Spirit. On the recto of the following leaf, sign, a i, the text begins beneath a wood-cut of King Modus teaching his disciples the arts of the chase. It is entitled • Comment modus donne doctrine a ses aprentis,' and the whole work MISCELLANEOUS. 205 consists of questions and answers, in winch latter the whole system of catching birds and beasts is developed. The text is executed in a stout, tall gothic letter, having very much the air of a book of provincial printing. In the style of art pervading the cuts, we discover something of the rude Caxtonian manner: Compare the ensuing — entitled 'La chace da cheureul a prandre a force,' on the recto of c iij — with the huntsman on horseback in iEsop's Fables, 1484, as given in the Typog Antiq. vol. i p. 215. The cut of a similar subject, on the recto of c iiij, presents us with a huntsman not very unlike some repre- sentations which have been made of ' Death on the White Horse.' The mode of shooting a Hare, both from the instructions and the graphical illustration, will cause the reader to smile : ' Et adoncques quant il les voit il se tappit au ble et luy est aduis quil est bien mucie Adoncques alles tout en tour en tenant en la senestre partie vostre arc tendu et la saiecte en corde et quant vous viedres pres de luy faictes les lieure aux. leuriers passer oultre et aprocher en tenant vostre arc sans arreste vostre cheual. Et sachies que puis quil aura veu les leuriers il 206 MISCELLANEOUS. attendrale trait desi pres comme il vouldra Loore de quoy on doit traire ne doit estre log ne fort Et qui veult traire sil nest a cheual il peult bien traire a piet en allant apres le cheual et se peult bien arester pour traire Et sachiez qui q cest bie plaisant desduit en pais ou il y a foison de lieures,' &c. S\gi\.fiii—fuij. The morality, taught by the chase, is unfolded by La Royne Racio, as thus : ' Sy vous dirons coment uous auez ouy ailleurs en cest liure Lez proprietes qui sont au cerf de quoy le dix branches quil a sur son chief luy furent donnees de dieu nostre seigneur pour soy deffendre de troys ennemies Cest des ges des chies et des loups Entre lesquelx com- niandemans dieu se mSstra cruciffie sur la teste du cerf a saint eustace Le quel se couertit pour soy mirer en ce precieulx mirouer come vous poues cy figure Sy peult bien ceste beste estre aproprie et figuree aux ges desglise car les dix doytz qui sont es mals des prestrcs rprcsentet les dix comademes entre lesquelx nostre seigneur est veu et regardc/ &c. Sign./ iiij, rc% . MISCELLANEOUS. 207 The method of catching Faxes is displayed in the following cut, on the reverse of £■ v. 208 MISCELLANEOUS. A great number of cuts shews that they still used to kill deer with the arrow. On the recto of g vij, that part of the work begins which relates to catching birds, beneath a wood-cut of two men, one on each side of a river. The text commences thus : ' Quant le roy modus eust monstre a les apratis tous les desduis quon a des chiens et le mestier de venerie et darcherie et les desduis qui sont prins es. x. bestes de quoy mecion a este faite ou liure des bestes. II dist a ceulx qui ouir vouloiet de faulconnerie et du desduit des oyseaux Seigneurs qui voulles ouir des desduis des oyseaux il fault que celluy qui en veult iouir ait en luy troys chose La premiere est de les amer parfaictemet La seconde de leur estre amyable. La tierce quon en soit curieulx En ceste partie a dix chappitres par les qui eulx vous seront monstrees les manieres et tout le fait de faulconerie. Et comment on si doit gouuerner. On the reverse of h iij, is the ensuing curious wood-cut, illustrative of ' luring a new made falcon,' * Cy deuise commant on doit loerre vng falcon nouuel affaicte' — Et quant ton faulcon sera descharner si le gecte si pres de toy quil le puisse prandre de la longueur de la laisse Et sil le prant seurement Ion doit crier hae hae et le plaistre sur le lorre contre terre et donner dessus la cuisse dune poullecte toute chaulde et le cueur et soit le vibron qui est sue la cuisse ' &c. MISCELLANEOUS. 209 One of the most curious of these bizarre ornaments, is a ' party of ladies and gentlemen going out a hawking,' grouped and executed, it must be confessed, in a manner somewhat different from the charming representations of the same subject by the pencil of Wouvermanns. It occurs first on sign, h vij, but is repeated more than once. A little onward we observe a very curious and quarrelsome group — described in the following words. [It relates to a discussion respecting the comparative excellencies of the sports of hawking and hunting.] . . . ' le disner fust toust prest. quant ilz viendront des bois et des riuieres ou il allerent les vngs voider et les aultres chassier Et quant il furent des boys et des riuieres reuenuz ilz comancerent a parler ensemble des deduis quil auoient euz ou boys & au riuieres Et disoient les faul- c5niers que leur deduit auoit este meilleur quel celluy au veneurs et les veneurs disoient au contraire ainsi se batoient de leurs deduis puiz se misdrent au disner Et quant il eurent vng peu menge il demanderent aux deux qui entrebatu lestoient quelle chiere il faisoient lung a lautre Et en non dieu dist le veneur qui auoit este fereu du lourre ie debueroie bien reuenir a celluy qui me lourra car oncques faulcon nauoit este mieulx lourre que iay este et si ne menge oncques sur le lourre les VOL. II. e e 210 MISCELLANEOUS. aultres comiiceret tous a rire/ &c. Sign, k iij. They get to quarrelling again— thus : The villagers are roused by this contention, and come and put an end to the disturbance. The Count de Tancarville (as appears from the colophon) rises, and pronounces judgment by repeating to them a tale, in verse, which begins thus — and which is perhaps the earliest piece of French poetry extant relating to hawking and hunting : r ie toou£ tiirap commant 3|I £e ffft tmg argument j3Pe btnx t»atm£ ieuneg et fceaute [0] %vmz auoit t$it$ ct lautre oifeaute £p aimint tt$t cfjoge certainne Dint iour $ ag£ la magtialainne <©un cJjciiahiet aloit cJiafficr <£t £a femme quil amoit clner %t tictiuit beg cfticn^ fut alee <£t auc cqucs hip hit menee MISCELLANEOUS. 2 1 1 $out £op tietiuire et tie porta: $oimefle£ qui trouueront 45rant cerf et gi le cfjafgeront <£t firent il$ toapement &c. &c. &c. The poetry occupies 17 pages, ending on the recto of I iiij, thus : <£*pucit le htgement 2Uu conte tie tancaruiWe The remaining portion of the volume appears to be devoted to the different rules laid down by King Modus for catching birds. Some of the wood-cuts, illustrative of these rules, are singular and barbarous enough ; witness the following — ' coment le pannellon aulx perdriz est fait et lamaniere :' m iiij, rev. Again, ' ie veul cy mettre vne maniere de prandre videcos a la flotoire, il fault que celluy qui le prandra ait vng court mantel de coulleur rousse come les feulles du bois qui sont fenees et vne moufles de mesmes et chappel de faultre/ &c. This rule is illustrated by the following wood-cut — in which the bird catcher approaches ' bellemet et a loisir/ to seize his prey : 212 MISCELLANEOUS. The last wood-cut, upon this subject, describes ' comet on prat les aloes au feu a la cloche et aussy au resol.' The limits of this article forbid the insertion of the text, descriptive of this method of catching the ' aloe,' but the graphic illustration of it is perhaps too curious to be withheld. MISCELLANEOUS. 213 The concluding three pages are devoted to ' the moralisation of Queen Racio respecting Birds,' adorned by a wood-cut of her majesty sitting with a sceptre in her hand, and three figures before her. The colophon is on the reverse of n v, thus : €p fmift te present \i\xtt intitule le liure tie motm£ et tie la ropne ratio Sfaptime a tfjamBerp par antgome itepret Ian tie grate mil tjuatre teitjef ottante et £i* It ax. iour tie ottobre* A large wood-cut, of the Almighty, with angels, &c. above, and the town and arms of Chamberi below, conclude the volume on the recto of n vj. The signatures, to m and n, are in eights : m and n are in sixes. The present very sound and desirable copy, in old red morocco binding, was obtained at the sale of the Mac Carthy library. 1194. Morte d' Arthur. Printed hy Caxton. 1483. Folio. By the aid of the incomparable skill of Mr. Whittaker, (who has supplied eleven leaves from the well known perfect copy in the Osterley library) the present volume has been perfected in the most desirable manner. The original part was supplied by the purchase of the late Mr. Lloyd's copy, at the sale of his library at Wygfair in Denbighshire ; * which was in fact a finer copy, in respect to condition, than Lord Oxford's, now in the Osterley library. It is doubtless a volume of the greatest interest and rarity ; and has supplied the text from which the recent splendid reprint, under the editorial care of Mr. Southey, has been so faithfully copied. Having already (Typog. Antiq. vol. i. p. 241- 255) given so copious a description of this book (unknown to Ames and Herbert) it remains only to remark, that there are three sets of alpha- bets — each running in eights : but that 17 leaves, including a proheme and table, &c. precede the commencement of the text on aj. After }, there is 1 — also in eights. The second alphabet concludes with j— then aa to ee in eights : ee having only six leaves. The colophon, as given in the authority just referred to, is on the recto of ee vj. The present fine copy has been beautifully bound by Lewis, in olive-colour morocco. * For some few (probably not uninteresting) particulars respecting this sale, tlie reader may consult the Bibliogr. Decameron, vol. iii. p. 140. 214 MISCELLANEOUS. 1195. Niauts Djalogus. Printed by Schaffler, at Ulm, 1493. Quarto. ' Dyalogus magistri Pauli Niauis paruulis scolaribus ad latinum idioma pemtilissimus.' This on the recto of the first leaf, over a small wood-cut of a master and his pupils. A, B, C, in sixes. The colophon, in six lines, is on the recto of C six. A clean and desirable copy : in calf binding. 1196. Nicolas Le Huen Peregrinations de Iherusalem. Printed by Michelet Topie and Jaques Her ember ck. Lyons. 1488. Folio. This may be considered a volume of extreme interest and curiosity. On opening it, and finding the same small wood-cuts which accompany Breydenbach's Peregrinations to Jerusalem, &c. one is apt to conclude that both works are the same in substance, and that the present is a version of its Latin precursor. But an examination of the contents, or rather of the very first leaf in the volume, quickly corrects such a con- clusion. The work is dedicated by the author, ' Nicole le Hue huble professeur en saicte theologie,' &c. to ' la roine de frace Marguerite.' In the second page of this dedication the author observes, ' vng vener- able seigneur de lesglise de magunce doyen et chambrier mon predeces- seur audit sainct voiage en a escript : et de luy ou de son escript feray mension en ce present traictie par maniere moult merueilleuse : car par escript et par figures le congnoistres : non seulement par vostre entendement : mais par les yeulx corporelz : dont les hommes sont fort refocilles et leurs esperis doulcement consoles.' He goes on to say, ' Car ie proteste que en ce present traictie ne en quelcunque aultre qui soit fait ou a faire Ie ne pretens ne entens dire ne escripre chose quelcun- que qui soit contre la foy ne contre bonne meurs ' . . . ' Et moy tout corps & ame & se present petit ou exile opuscule : cobien que sterile incompose & mal orne ie donne & ay donne a vostre treshonnoree & redoubtee haul- tesse par lexortation de madicte dame de Fegie et fille en Ihesucrist,' &c. Two pages of rubrics follow. On the reverse of a iiij, ' the preface by way of introduction,' commences and extends to the reverse of a vij. On the recto of a viij, at bottom, is an interesting passage describing f the commencement of the author's journey from his native land to Venice.' He says that he left the convent of Ponteau de mer (or Pont MISCELL ANEOU S. 215 Audemer, as now called) in Normandy, in the diocese of Rouen, ' natif ou diocese de Lisieux.' ' The master and very reverend prior of the said convent, brother Ioffroy, the recluse, doctor in theology, attended him, with a great number of brother-monks, shedding tears at his departure — they conducted him, for three successive days, as far as Chartres, when a noble gentleman, the Chevalier Monseigneur de la Mouriniere took the further conduct of him : and he appears to have set sail on the 20th of April, 1487, (qu.?) From Chartres he went through Savoy to Turin — when he sold his horses ; and he reached Venice just before the feast of St. Mark. Here a multitude of respectable people, from all quarters of the globe, gave him a gracious reception.' In the following section the author describes who were his companions, and proceeds very methodically in his account of the necessary preparations. On b ii, reverse, begins his description of Venice, of which the following is the conclusion. £enfutt par figure notrte pourtraicture biceUe titt : qui n met fa cure tooit par grant mefure la fu&Iimite, €n apre£ fenfuit pour torap It befcrtpt tm pelerinaige nuan toeu i pourfuit. This is succeeded by a large plate of Venice, executed upon copper — thus verifying the accuracy of M. Brunet.* The larger, folded, plates, are all upon copper. The smaller cuts are copies after those in Brey- denbach, but not precisely the same blocks. The signatures run, a to n in eights : n 6, o 8, p to s in sixes— -s eight. On the reverse of s vij, is the colophon thus : E>e£ faincte£ peregrination^ tie ifjerufalem et beg auirong i be£ lieu* procljain£. £>u mont be fpnan i la giorieufe ftatfjerine: €eft ouuraige et petit liure eontenat bu tout la begcription ainfi que bicu aboulu le boner a cognoi£tre» 3[niprime a Upon par Jjonegteg pme£ S$t efjriet topie be pnmont : 1 9[aque^ jjeremfcercfc balemaigne bemourant aubit Inon, Ha be noftrefeigne r Stifle, cccc, quattretngts i j)uict$ et It. xxtoiiv be nouefcre A leaf, with representations of the giraffe and baboon, &c. concludes the volume. The type is singularly sharp and close, but tall and not * See page 88, ante. 2I« MISCELLANEOUS. inelegant. The device of the printers is on the reverse of this last leaf, thus : This is, upon the whole, a very desirable copy, in red morocco binding. 1197- Nider, I. De Lepra Morali. Printed hy Gering, Crantz, and Friburger. 1477- Quarto. Printed in the small gothic type of these printers. It begins (having had, I suppose, previous tracts) on the recto of g 1, to p 8, in eights. The colophon is on the reverse of p 8, in nine lines. The material part is thus : MISCELLANEOUS. 217 ----- - - - - 4M tompfetug? eft parifiug per ft^arthm erant$, TOalcicum gering et ^iefjaelem friburger* 3Hnno fcominice ttatiui- tatig S^illefimoquatiringcnterimofcptuagefimo feptimo, Die nuinta men^tg apriiij^ A sound copy ; in French calf binding. 1198. Ockhami Dialogi. Printed by Ccesaris and Stol. 1476. Folio, Printed in double columns throughout : without numerals, signa- tures, and catchwords. A full page has 40 lines. A table occupies the first 14 leaves. Then a blank leaf. On the reverse of the 274th leaf of text (the text immediately following the blank leaf) there is the ensuing colophon : Explicit liber Septimus prime par- tis dyalogo^ de creditoribus, fauto- ribus et receptoribus heretico^. Im pressus PARISIVS . Anno dni . 1 . 4 . A . 6 . die 5 . Iullii : feliciter Then two blank leaves ; on each of which is a different water-mark. A second part of the dialogues follows, in 27 leaves. Then a blank leaf. Thirdly and lastly, ' a compendium of the Errors of Pope John XXII. composed by Ockham,' in 19 leaves. At the end : Conpendii* errorum iohan nis vicessmisecudi finis. In the whole, therefore, this impression contains 334 printed leaves; the blank ones making it 338. Although no name of printer be sub- joined, this is undoubtedly the production of the press of Caesaris and Stol. With the exception of some worm-holes, at the end, this copy may be considered equally beautiful and desirable. It is bound in calf, in imitation of French binding, (but very much better) with marbled leaves, gilded, by C. Lewis. * Sic. VOL. II. F f 2 1 8 MISCELLANEOUS. 1199- Officium B. Virginis. Printed by Jenson. Venice. 14J5. Octodecimo. One of the most beautiful little volumes imaginable. There are only 12 lines in a page, and the width of a page is not quite one inch and a half. The copy under description is upon vellum-— white, thin, and beautiful throughout. A calendar of 16 leaves precedes the commence- ment of the text : the first page of which is here illuminated ; but from a portion which is cut away, we perceive, with regret, that the volume was once larger. There are neither signatures, numerals, nor catch- words. The seven penitential psalms commence on the recto of the 86th leaf. On the recto of the 116th leaf the ' Office for the Dead' begins. On the 169th leaf the ' Office of the Holy Cross ' begins. On the 180th and last leaf is the following colophon : 4Dffkhtm Ibcatc tegini£ impreflu tenetijtf pet $i colattm 3[enfon galiicum ♦ 0$. cccc. test*, fdiriter. There is a good portion of red printing in this impression 3 but the manner in which the illuminator has inserted the capital initials, in blue or red, in almost every page, cannot be too much admired. Upon the whole, this little volume may be fairly called quite a gem in its way. The binding (in dark blue morocco) by C. Lewis, is equally splendid and appropriate. 1200. Officium B. Virginis. Printed by J. Hainan de Landoia. Venice. 1488. Octodecimo. Of somewhat less beauty, both in printing and decoration, is the present almost equally desirable volume with the preceding. It is also upon vellum, but of not quite the same delicacy of colour. The earlier pages, especially that of the commencement of the office, are rather seriously injured : but, upon the whole, it is a little treasure in its way. The printed text is even of narrower dimensions than that of the pre- ceding article, but a full page contains 16 lines. The calendar occupies the first 1*2 leaves. Then four leaves of introductory matter. These should seem to be signatures a, b •. as the Office of the Virgin com- mences on signature c. The signatures, to v, run in eights. The MISCELLANEOUS. 219 colophon, on the reverse of v vij, is as follows — (printed in red, in nine lines, in the original.) <®fficiu bcatc marie %ini£ fona cii fepte p£almi$ peni- trtialiB 9 : officio morttiorti : fee cruris? t fci fpiritm* explicit: 3mpreflii3 &encrij£ per Joanne fjaman oe lanooia : Dictum fyczt$0Q 5Cnno £al litis? spiane . 9f« cccc. tastoiij. The binding of this volume, by C. Lewis, in dark blue morocco, is, if possible, yet more beautiful than that of the preceding. 1201. Omnibcxnus Leonicenus. De Octo Par- tibus Orationis. Printed hy J. P. de Ligna- mine. J 475. Quarto. A full page contains 21 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In the whole, 132 leaves. On the recto of the last leaf is the colophon, thus : Omniboni Leoniceni Vincentini. Viri clarissimi De octo ptibus ora tionis Liber. Rome in domo No- bilis uiri Ioannis Philippi Ligna minis Messaneii. S. D.N. familiaris Impressns*est. Anno dniMCCCC. LXXV. Die Vltimamensis Marcii. Pont. Syxti IIII. Anno quarto. An indifferent copy of rather a rare edition. In red morocco binding, with gilt leaves. 1202. Ordonnances sur ees Monnoyes. 1493. Quarto. On the recto of the first leaf we read '■ Copie et vidimus des ordon- nances du roy nostre sire touchant le fait des monoyes Publiees a Paris, a lyon, et en pluseures autres bSnes villes de ce royaume.' In the * Sic. 220 MISCELLANEOUS. whole, six leaves on signature a. The date of the ordinance is 1493 ; hut when, and where printed, I cannot tell. Probably at Lyons. In neat calf binding. 1203. Palma Virtutum. Italice. Printed by Jenson. IVithout Date. Quarto. Parole Devote. Italice. By the same Printer. IVithout Date. Quarto. These two tracts form a portion of the same volume, in its original oak-cover binding, of which the Decor Puellarum, Luctus Chris- txanorum, and Gloria Mulierum constitute the earlier pieces. These latter have been described in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iv. p. 116- 127^ &c. Of the first of the above tracts, the prefix is thus : QVESTA E VNA OPERETA Laqle se chiama palma uirtutii zioe triumpho de uirtude : laquale da Riegola : Forma : et modo a qualunq; stato : ouer persona nel seculo se sia : a poder uiuer senza peccato mortale no Ipaziando niuno suo honesto e neces- sario exercitio al uito pertinente e al uestito condecente. A full page has 21 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In the whole, 31 leaves. The four last pages are occupied by Latin sentences ; beginning with a grace after dinner. On the recto of the 31st is the colophon, thus : DEO GRATIAS AMEN. OPVS NICOLAI IENSON GALLICI . M . CCCC .LXXI . The reverse is blank. Then a blank leaf. On the recto of the following leaf, begins the second of the above treatises : QVI COMENZA EL PROEMIO DEL ORDINE DEL I3EM VIVER MISCELLANEOUS. 221 DE LE DONE MARIDADE CHIA- MATO GLORIA MVLIERVM. Seventeen lines are below. A full page contains 21 lines. In the whole, 26 leaves. On the 16th leaf begins the PAROLE DEVOTE DE LANI- MA INAMORATA IN MISSER IESU On the recto of the 26th and last leaf is the colophon, thus : M. CCCC. LXXI. OCTAVO IDVS Aprilis : per Nicolaum Ienson gallicu opusculQ hoc feliciter impressum est. The reverse is blank. All these four tracts appear to be in their original condition, as to soundness and amplitude of margin. This precious volume, obtained from the sale of the Duke of Marborough's library, in IS 19, has been recently most beautifully bound in green morocco by C. Lewis — preserving the ancient boards. 1204. Pelagius Alvarius De Peanctu Eccl. Catholics. Printed hy John Zeiner. Ulm. 1474 Folio. 2 Vols. The present is one of the many very magnificent folio volumes which have issued from the press of John Zeiner at Ulm. The condition of the copy under description is surprisingly fine. Fifteen leaves of a table, or rather alphabetical index, precede the text. The whole work is printed in double columns with running titles in .roman capitals. The first part or volume contains 118 leaves, exclusively of the title. At the end we read : <6ra fpu ffancti f inif prima par£ tjuiu£ operi£ feliciter* The second part contains 271 leaves. Each part commences with a fanciful and not tasteless wood-cut border ; and the initial capital letter to the first part has really considerable merit on the score of capricious grouping. On the reverse of the 27 1st leaf, having only one column printed, are the subscriptions of the author and the printer. The 222 MISCELLANEOUS. whole of the former, and the concluding part of the latter, are worth subjoining : £uo£criptio compilanti£. opu£ pfcriptum. St^anu propria nna nice eorrcri * & apoftfc laui 3Grnio tiomtni ♦ $® , CCCrrjen . in algarfeie portugalic nbi fum pful in nilla ramra Jtfbo corrcri ♦ & apostiHaui in fancto 3[aco&o be com poftella • 3Hnno Domini . 2® ♦ €€€x\ ♦ %n pma parte iftiutf opi£ funt . irr . artieuli ♦ %n .ij. fcero pte . rciij. --------- $cr Jjonoranile tea iopne$ $einer be . ftutiingen p erratum tone &lm amoratem . eft fumma biligeria eorreeta atq$ arte impfibria effigiata ♦ Cum tnbiuibue trinitati£ abiutorio ffnita ♦ i feliciter eonfum* mata ♦ Stnno but St^nlcfimo qbringeteftmofep tuagefimo quarto • Die nero ♦ jerty . oetoorig ♦ •L Cui benetur iau£ &c. The intrinsically beautiful condition of this copy has been before noticed. Its exterior ornament is equally captivating ; for it is among the most sumptuously bound volumes in the library, by Hering, in dark blue morocco. 1205. Peregrinatio Beat^eVirginis, &c. With' out Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. An extremely beautiful copy (from the monastic library of St. Peter's at Salzburg) of an uncommon, neatly printed, and embellished little quarto volume. In other words, as appears from the numerous wood- cuts, this is a Life of Christ. Among the cuts, which are small hori- zontal pieces, being three in one block, there is a representation of what seems to be the marriage of Joseph and Mary, by a Bishop, The first leaf has no signature. On the recto of a ij, we read this prefix : $refacio in itinerarium feu peregrinatio nem : ueate teginitf i bet genitriei£ marie MISCELLANEOUS. 223 The third leaf is filled by wood-cuts — each in three compartments. The ' first part of the peregrination ' follows : ending on the reverse of the 6th leaf. Then a leaf, having, on the reverse, a wood-cut of the Almighty and the heavenly host above, and the Virgin below, with ex- tended arms — beneath which are seen the Pope and the ecclesiastical orders on one side, and the temporal orders on the other : indicating the supremacy of the character in question overall earthly religions. Another leaf, filled with wood-cuts, follows : in the second of these cuts is the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth— with their respective pregnancies marked in a very unusual manner. On the recto of b i, begins the second part of the Gesta Virginis. The signatures run to e, in eights. Those leaves which are filled with wood-cuts, not having the marked signatures, are to be counted in the gathering. On the reverse of e iiij (where the ' exclamatio de beatitudine eterna ' of one leaf, con- cludes) is the colophon, thus : f ini£ itinerarij feu peregrination ni£ beate marie toirgmi£ Panzer, vol. iii. p. 546, or rather Zapf, justly supposes that this volume was printed by Reger, at Ulm : whether by Reger or by J. Zainer, is uncertain ; but the ornamented capital initials are not unlike those of Leonard Hoi. This beautiful copy is bound in pale russia by Hering. 1206. Perotti RegultE Grammaticales. Printed by Vindelinus de Willa. 14/5. Folio. This is a rare and estimable impression. The type bears a resem- blance to a character which may be supposed to be between that of Besicken and Arnoldus de Bruxella. The impression is entirely destitute of numerals, signatures, and catchwords. A full page has 36 lines. On the recto of the 101st and last leaf is the colophon, in five lines and a half, and a word of the sixth. The latter part of the colophon is thus : _ _______ Rome quoq; impresse per me Vuendellinu* de Vuilla in artib^ magistrii duodecimo Kalendas Octobrias. Anno salutis Millesimo quadrin- gentesimoseptuagesimoquinto . • In the Index to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, this printer's Christian name is made ' Wilhelraus,' by mistake. 224 MISCELLANEOUS. The register is beneath. The present copy, although large, is in a tender and rather undesirable state. Elegantly bound in russia by C. Lewis. 1207. Perotti Cornucopia. Printed by J. P. de Lignamine. Rome. 14/5. Folio. The title, or prefix, is in four lines of capital letters, above the first page of text, on the recto of the first leaf. The edition is printed in long lines, and there are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the recto of the 171st leaf, above the register, we read the colophon thus : Romp in domo Nobilis uiri Ioannis Philippi de Ligna- mine Messanen. S. D.N. familiaris : hie libellus Im- pressus est Anno dni. MCCCCLXXV. Die uicesima nona mensis Maii Pont. Syxti. IIII. Anno qrto. A sound copy, but not free from soil. Very elegantly bound in stampt ornamented calf, with gilt leaves, by Hering. 1208. Petrarcha — Historia Griseedis. {Printed by Ulric Zel) Without Date. Quarto. I have little hesitation in calling this the parent impression of the well known history of Patient Grisel. The title, on the recto of the first leaf, is as follows : <£piftoia fcni. franctfd $etrarct)e. Haureati poetc. ab tmm SItrfjem. jplorcntinu poetam. 2De J^i^toria* <3£>rifcitii£. mu1ien£ irasime to ftantic et patittie. %\\ preconium omnia Jau oafoilium mulierum ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ Twenty one lines are below. A full page has 27 lines. The history begins on the recto of the second leaf. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 11th and last leaf is the colophon thus : €xp\ittt <£p#tola tint f rancifct pettartfje fau MISCELLANEOUS. 225 reati poerc. ab imm Slof)^ florcntinu poetam fce coftantia 43rifcloi£ mulicri£. ma*ime con ftatic i patientie. in prcconium omnift lauoa Biliu mulicrum • : ♦ ♦ : ♦ This sound and desirable copy, bound in red morocco, was bought of M. Chardin at Paris. 1209. Petrarch^ Bucolicum Carmen. Printed by Ter Hornen. 1473. Folio. Editio Printceps. On the recto of the first leaf, beneath the run- ning title ' Parthenias,' printed in red, we read the following prefix — also executed in red : Ctiri pclaiffimi at$ pocte Ifignte fracifci petrar tty tf florecia ftome nug laureati frucolicu carme in cipit in £ij eglogte biftfctn qrft prima titulat $ar tf)efa& Coflocutoeg autcm MM* et 2t$onicu£ ♦ :♦ On the reverse of the 30th and last leaf (without numerals, signa- tures, or catchwords) is the colophon, printed in red, thus : tmiti preclariffimi atq$ poete infia;ni£ fracifci petrarcfjc tic florecia ftome imp laurcati nucolica carmen espiicittt eft fdiciter impffu colonie p me 311molDu ter fjorne SCnno oni 1473, Criff fauoef fluit a quo quicouio jjanctur ♦:♦:♦:♦:♦ His usual device, in red, is beneath. Panzer, vol. i. p. 276, is wrong in calling this impression a quarto : it being manifestly of the folio form. It is clear, however, that Panzer had never seen a copy of the work. The present is a very desirable copy, in russia binding. g g 226 MISCELLANEOUS. 1210. Petrarcha. Trionfi, col Commento di Bernardo da Sena. Printed by T. de Reynsburch and R. de Novimagio. Venice. 1478. Folio. The prefatory matter occupies a 2, 3, and 4. On the reverse of a 4 the first triumph of Petrarch, with the surrounding commentary, begins. The commentary is very copious. The signatures run thus : a 10, b 8, c 6, d and e 8,/ 10, g 8, h and i 6, I and k 8, I 6, m 8, n 6, o 8, p, q, r, and s, each 6: MO: act 8, bb, cc, dd, ee, and ff, each 6: gg 10. On the recto of gg 10, is the following colophon : f tiiiffc il conirto Mi trtumpfp tiri $ctrartfja compogto per il pftantifTimo pty'o ttyiamato mef£er 25cmart>o tia £cna impffo neHa inriita cittatra Ua tHenesia 5 £f)eoti02f, tie ftrpnfturcf) ct irlcpnatou tic ^ouimagio tompagni. ncHi aitra t»ri ^ignore, flfl^ cccc. totjiij. atii* toLfccl mege tie 5f ebraro* This work is printed in a small close gothic letter; and the present copy (obtained from the sale of the Apponi library at Vienna) with the exception of some objectionable leaves at the beginning, is a large and desirable one. It has been recently bound in dark speckled calf, with gilt leaves, by Mr. C. Lewis. 1211. Petrarcha. De Vita Solitaria. With- out Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. Three pages of table precede the text. In the whole, 89 leaves : with the following colophon on the recto of the last leaf : Explicit liber secundus Francisci petrarche Poete Laureati de Vita Solitaria The reverse is blank. This edition is distinguished for being executed in a roman character, in which the letter R is so singularly formed ; and is gratuitously given by Panzer to a printer of Strasbourg. The present sound and desirable copy was obtained of M. Chardin at Paris. In French red morocco binding. MISCELLANEOUS. 227 1212. Petrarcha. De Remediis Utriusque Forttnje. IVithout Name of Printer, Place, or Date. This impression (of the printer of which I am ignorant) is evidently a copy of that of Ter-Hornen's (see Bibl. Spencer, vol. Hi. p. 459) of the date of 14*1. The numerals of the leaves, in the centre of the right margin, denote this. The type has somewhat of an approximation to that of Fyner, or the smallest type of Eggesteyn. As this copy appears to be defective, after folio 1 IP, I cannot say whether a colophon belongs to it. The rubrics, at the end, which refer to folio 143., occupy eleven leaves. In sound condition. Unbound. 1213. Petri Comestoris Historia Scholastica. Printed by Ginther Zainer (at Augshourg.} 1473. Folio. This book, which has been sufficiently well described in the authori- ties referred to by Panzer, (vol i. p. 103) presents us with rather a magnificent specimen of the roman type of G. Zainer. It exhibits also a typographical curiosity, in the marking of each leaf, by the same numerals, both on the recto and reverse ; and it is also among the very earliest books which have the leaves numbered. The description need only be brief. A table of six leaves, not numbered, precedes the text. The text consists of short historical and scholastic dissertations upon each chapter of the Bible. On the reverse of folio CCX1III. we read the colophon thus : Finit hystoria que et vulgato vocabu lo scholastica. a Petro comestoris* edit a. Per Gintherum vero zainer iitteris eneis im- pressa. Anno a partu virginis salutifero Millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesi mo tercio This large and very desirable copy (formerly in the Eichstadt collec- tion) was obtained from the public library at Augsbourg. It has been since handsomely bound in russia by Hering. * Sic. 228 MISCELLANEOUS. 1214. Phalaridis Epistolje. Italice. Without Name of Printer or Place. 1471. Quarto. I consider this to be not only the first edition of the Italian version of the Epistles of Phalaris, but probably a previous publication to any known impression of the Latin version — although the colophon pur- ports it to be expressly translated from the Latin of Aretin. Yet the Latin copy might have been a MS. It is doubtless an exceedingly rare volume. The printer is unknown to me 5 but, to the best of my recol- lection, there are several books upon the continent — especially upon medical subjects — which are executed in the same type. The transla- tor was Barthius Fontius ; whose prologue occupies the first leaf, ending at the 7th line of the second page of the leaf. The address to Malatesta follows — which occupies seven pages and a quarter. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page has 25 lines. The type (roman) is thin and round : and both lines, letters, and words, are well spaced. In the whole, 63 leaves. At the bottom of the recto of the last leaf, is the colophon — thus : PHALARIS EPISTOLARVM OPVS NO BILISSIMVM A BARTHIO FONTIO FLO RENTENO A LATINO IN VVLGAREM SERMONEM TRADVCTVM FELICITER FINIT. .M.CCCC.LXXI. There is, I believe, no known impression in the Latin language with so early a date : nor is there reason to suppose that the above refers exclusively to the time of finishing the Italian version — as we see the same date expressly in the work of Baptista de Albertis de Amore, (see p. 19, ante) by the same printer. The present very sound, large, and fair copy, was obtained of M. Chardin at Paris. It is handsomely bound in dark blue morocco. 1215. Phalaridis Epistol^. Latine. {Printed by Ulric Han.) Without Date. Folio. This exceedingly rare edition, obtained by his Lordship from Mr. A. Horn, seems to have escaped the notice of all bibliographers. That it is printed in Ulric Han's large, and second form of type, is unques- MISCELLANEOUS. 229 tionable. It begins thus, on the recto of the first leaf, without any prefix : ELLEM Malatesta Nouelle Priceps il- lustris : tanta mihi dicendi facultatem da- ri : ut uel prestantie tup : uel phalaridis no- stri epistolis : quas nuper e greco in lati- &c. &c. &c. A full page has 32 lines. There is no introduction whatever of the large gothic type observable in Ulric Han's earlier pieces. On the reverse of the 37 th leaf is the imprint, thus : Phalaridis Tyranni Agrigentini Epistole ad illustre prl- cipem Malatestam p Franciscum Aretinum translate fe liciter Expliciunt Then a table of three leaves. This may probably be the very earliest impression of the Latin version of the Epistles of Phalaris. The con- dition of this copy cannot be exceeded ; and it is so large, that it may be better designated as a folio than quarto. It is sumptuously bound in crimson morocco by Hering. 1216. Idem Opus. Printed hy the same Printer. Without Date. Quarto. I consider this as a subsequent edition. The editorial epistle of Cardinal Campanus to Cardinal Picolomini, in 16 lines, occupies the reverse of the first leaf. On the recto of the second, is the prefix or title to the work, in three lines, which informs us that Francis Aretin was the translator. A full page has 29 lines, and the large gothic type is frequently introduced by way of titles. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In the whole 46 leaves; having the following subscription on the recto of the 46th : phalaridis Tyrani Agrigetini Epistole ad Illustrem principem Malatesta per Franciscu Aretinum Translate feliciter Expliciunt. The present is a sound copy, in blue morocco binding. 230 MISCELLANEOUS. 1217- Phalaridis Epistolte. Latine. Printed by Antonius of Venice, at Florence. Without Date. Quarto. On the recto of a i begins the proheme of Francis Aretin, the trans- lator. The work contains signatures a to e, inclusively, in eights. The type is round, and rather large, but of a thin body : yet, upon the whole, has an elegant appearance. On the reverse of e viij, at bottom, Impressuin florentiae p Antoniu uenetum. This is a very desirable copy, in calf, with gilt leaves. 1218. P11 Secundi Epistol^:. Printed by Zarotus. Milan. 1473. Folio. In the whole, 180 leaves, with 32 lines in a full page. The colophon is on the recto of the 177th leaf, thus — the reverse being blank. OPVS Ipressum Mediolani Per Magistrum Antonium De Zarotis Parmensem : Mcccclxxiii. Mail, xxv: . A table of three leaves concludes the volume. A sound and desirable copy ; bound in olive colour morocco. 1219. Pn Secundi Historia Bohemica. Printed by I. N. Hanheymer and Schurener de JBopardia. Pome. 1475. Folio. This edition has been in most of the greater libraries in Europe, as may be seen on inspecting Panzer, vol. ii. p. 452, no. 177 j but such a copy as the present has probably never adorned the shelves of either of the collections referred to in the authority just mentioned. With the exception of the first six or eight leaves — which are slightly wormed in the bottom margin— this may be pronounced to be perfectly in its original state as to size and condition. This impression has neither nume- rals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page has S3 lines. On the reverse of the 72d and last leaf — beneath five lines of imprint, which informs us that the work was composed in 1458 — we read the following colophon : MISCELLANEOUS. 2 31 In presenti Historia certat rerum uarietas : ac magnitu- de) cum scribentis candore atq; grauitate : Impressorib^ Mgris Iohanne Nicolai Hanheymer de Oppenheym & Io hanne Schurener de Bopardia. Rome Anno Iubilei et a Natiuitate Ihesu Christi. M. CCCC. LXXV. Die X. me sis Ianuarii. Sedete Clementissimo Sixto Papa Quarto Anno ei^ foelici Quarto Regnante Inuictissimo ac Illus- trissimo Principe et dno dfio Friderico Tertio Ro. Impa tore semp augusto Imperii eius Anno Vigesimoquarto . Memento mori A small death's head, cut in wood, is beneath the last line. The pre- sent is the only volume in Lord Spencer's library which contains the name of I. N. Hanheymer as a printer with S. de Bopardia. The types are however decidedly of the character used by the latter printer. This most beautiful and desirable copy is bound in red morocco by Hering. It was obtained from the public library at Augsbourg; having been formerly in the Eichstadt collection. 1220. Pn Secundi Tractatulus De Captione Vrb. Constan., &c. Printed by J. P. de Lig- namine. Without Date. Quarto. We will first read something like a diverting ms. memorandum pre- fixed to this little tract of five leaves only : of which the printing is unquestionably from the press of J. P. de Lignamine. ' Tractatulus iste Pij II Pontificis Romani antea iEnee Sylvij Piccolominei, inter libros rarissimos est adnumerandus. Fuit enim omnibus Bibliographis usque adhuc ignotus, quaravis nota sint alia duo opuscula eiusdem, scilicet Bulla Crociata contra Turcas, typis Moguntinis data anno 1458, primo scilicet anno Pontificatus Pij II. et Sermo contra Turcas ad Principes Xtianos typis Romanis editus anno 1470. Sed noster Trac- tatulus editus fuit Romae circa annum 1463, ut apparet ex charactere, eiusdem formse, quo prodijt Sublaci Lactantius anno 1465 Eadem enim est magnitudo literarum, eadem forma adbreviationum, et maiusc. &c. spatium linearum, in Epist: suis idem Pius loquit'. de hoc. Cimelion haud spernendum quavis Bibliotheca dignum. Iste Tractatulus est primus liber in Italia in lucem datus.' 232 MISCELLANEOUS. How any man, in the possession of his eyesight, could possibly per- ceive the least conformity between these types and those of the Soubiaco monastery,* is positively marvellous : and how any bibliographer could suppose it to have been printed or published in 1463, and therefore (as it necessarily would have been) * the first book printed in Italy,' is equally extraordinary. The more correct date would be about 1470-2. The prefix is thus : Pii. ii. Pontificis Maximi de Captione Vr bis Constatinopolitanp Tractatulus Incipit feliciter Twenty-one lines are below. A full page contains 24 lines. On the recto of the 5th and last leaf, the concluding line is thus — toris xpi. ii &. 1. supra. M. ccccq; concurrit. The reverse is blank. The present scarce specimen of the printer's press is neatly bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. 1221. Pithsani Arch. Cant. Liber De Oculo Morali. (Printed hy Sorg.) Without Date. Folio. On the recto of the first leaf, we read, in two lines. ' Iohanis Pith- sani Canthuariensis : ordinis fratrum minorum liber de oculo morali foeliciter incipit.' The author was our Archbishop Peckham, who was raised to the see of Canterbury in 1279- The impression is destitute of numerals, signatures, and catchwords, and contains 52 leaves. Although no name of printer be subjoined, the typographical execution is evidently that of Anthony Sorg. On the recto of the last leaf we read Cractatug (^ofjannte $itj)fam arcgicpi Cantu^ aticnsi£) tic oculo morali finit fdicitcr* The present is a sound copy; in old red morocco binding — with the Specul. M. V. by Bonaventure, by the same printer. * It is just possible that the above ms. memorandum may have been altached to (mother similar tract, which is lost : for the first leaf of the present has the ms. numeral 282, implying that is was preceded by somethiug else. MISCELLANEOUS. 233 1222. Pu Secundi Diaeogus. Printed by Schu- rener de Popardia. Rome. 14/5. Folio. Panzer, vol. iii. p. 453, no. 179, has referred to several authorities concerning the description of this book. It may be here therefore only necessary to observe that it contains 33 leaves 5 without numerals, sig- natures, or catchwords : a full page having 37 lines, and a prefix of two lines to the first. On the recto of the 33d and last leaf is the colophon, thus : Presens Liber impressus est Rome per Magistrum Iohannem Schurener de Bopardia. Anno Iubilei et a Natiuitate dni M. CCCC. LXXV. Die xi. Mensis Septebris. Sedete Sixto Papa Quarto Anno eius Quinto. The reverse is blank. This large and beautiful copy (bound in green morocco by Tiering) was obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery, at Salzburg. 1223. Poggii Faceti.e. {Printed by Creussner.) Without Date. Folio. The name of Creussner is not subjoined, but the types are unquestion- ably those which he made use of. Five leaves of table are followed by 56 leaves of text. On the recto of the 61st and last leaf, is the colophon : $oggij flotcthti fectctarij api tci facetiae lite explicit fclicil A desirable copy, in elegant morocco binding by Lewis. 1224. Politiani Opera: et alia qu^dam lectu digna. Printed at Florence. 1499. Folio. A reprint of the Aldine impression of the preceding year : see Bibl. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 468. In the whole, 208 leaves, ending with the ' Liber Epigrammatum Greecorum,' which presents us with a Greek type like the early types used by Jenson and V. de Spira at Venice. vol. 11. n h 234 MISCELLANEOUS. On the reverse of M 3 (second alphabet) in eights, we read the following colophon : Impressum Florentise : & accuratissime castigatum opa & impensa Leonardi de Augis de Gesoriaco Die decimo au- gnsti . M ID. A very indifferent copy, in old calf binding. 1225. Polybius. Latine. Printed by Bernardinas Venetus, at Venice, 1498. Folio. This impression contains two Latin versions. One (of the three books) by Leonard Aretin. The other (of the five books) by Nicolaus Perottus. It is printed in long lines, with a full page, having signa- ture a in eight, and b, c, and d, in sixes : this finishes the version of Aretin. That of Perottus is printed somewhat more loosely, upon a to p, in sixes : p, q, and r in fours ; and s in sixes. On the reverse of s v is the colophon : Bernardinus Venetus Anno a natali Christiano . Mcccclxxxxviii. Venetiis impressit This is followed by some verses of Janus Pannonius, composed in 1 458. A neat copy, in calf binding, with gilt leaves. 1226. Pompeius Festus. Printed by J. de Colonia, Sfc. 1474. Quarto. The first leaf is blank. On signature a 2 the text of the work begins, having 29 lines in a full page. The signatures run thus : a, b, and c, each in ten leaves : d and e in eights : f six j then ff six : g and h in eights : I ten : k ten : and I six. On the reverse of k ten is the colophon, thus : Festi Popei liber p optime eniedat^ explet 9 e : ac Ipes^ Iohanis de Colonia nee no Iohanis mathe de Gher reze q una fidelit degut ipssioni dedit^ Anno a na tali christiano. M cccc lxxiiij die xxiiij decebris. MISCELLANEOUS. 235 The six following leaves are occupied by signature I. The present is a sound and desirable copy, bound in russia by Hering. 1227. Pompeius Festus. Printed by R. de Engyn- gen. Rome. 14J5. Folio. This is among the rarest impressions of the author, as the printer is scarcely known in the annals of typography. The type is not wholly unlike that of Adam de Ambergau, with a mixture of that of Laver. A brief address, subscribed ' De Romaulis ' precedes the text, on the reverse of the first leaf. The whole is printed in long lines, without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. On the recto of the 185th and last leaf, is the ensuing colophon •. Collectanea SGrtogantiffmit $ompci f zitv prigti£ci; ttcrfus? pmttlgata* a 3Jopnc ftennljarb toe &ncjpngen. Conftanticli. 3impreffaftomc£u& £i*to- 3I33I3I* Pont. Siflaxi. 3tnno 0co mourn falutte ciufocm. 9lbfoluta falubcrrimc cstiterant* 3IL SO. a? . ♦ Hf m. Calcno ocro ODctoof . A register is on the reverse. The present is a very desirable copy, in yellow morocco binding. 1228. Pompilii Syllabica. Printed at Rome by Sylber, 1488. Quarto. This volume, although of a date not to render it rare, happens to have escaped Panzer. An address by the author to Cresar Borgia occupies the first two pages and a half. The text commences imme- diately after upon the recto of the second leaf. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords 3 but running titles. On the recto of the last leaf are the following verses and colophon : GENT. PINDARI SINTESII SVBLACENSIS EPIGRAMMA. Pympleos peragrare cupis quicuq; recessus Et per Messaica tinguere pectus aqua. 236 MISCELLANEOUS. Seu uelis Heroo tumidus prodire Cothurno : Sine per undenos uoluere uerba gradus. Seu tibi Dyrcei subeunt modulamina cycni : Seu cupis Eolica plectra mouere fide. Ter: quater: ad Pluteum noctu : crepitante lucerna: Perlege Pompilii scripta diserta mei. Sic poteris dextro carmen diducere phoebo : Dura uel arguta saxa ciere cheli. Impssum Romae A m agist ro Euchario Sylber Alemano. Anno a Natali Saluatoris. M CCCC. LXXXVIII Mense lulio. Sedente Ponti. Max. Innocen. VIII Ex Sodalitate Sancti Victoris : & Sociornm In Viminal. By the register which follows it should seem that the gatherings extend to k in fours. An indiiferent copy : in russia binding. 1229. Pomponius Mela . Dionysius De Situ Orbi. Printed by Ratdolt at Venice. 1482. Quarto. A neat wood-cut of a map, in which metal types are introduced for titles and descriptions, &c. occupies the reverse of the first leaf. On the recto of the following, A 2, the work is thus distinctly mentioned by the following titles : printed in red. pompom; $®c\\ac CoCmugrapiJi ^Brograpljia : JDrifciani quoq; tx oionpfio €£cffaIomcenfi tie fitii orbi£ intcrpretatio $oniponij Celiac dc otW £i*u %ihct primus &c. &c &c. The signatures run in eights. On the recto of D vj the first treatise terminates, and the metrical version of Dionysius by Priscian begins on the reverse. On the recto of F viij is the colophon, thus : $omponij mclle una ctt prifciani tx bionpfio oe or- bijj #itu intcrpretatione Knit. <£rtjarDu£ rat&olt %iu MISCELLANEOUS. 237 guftHte imprcffit Zlenttifc 15. Calm. SUugufti 9Un> no falutig noftre, 1482. Hau£ beo. This large and beautiful copy was obtained at Augsbourg. It is now elegantly bound in calf, with gilt leaves, by Lewis. 1230. Pontani Sin gul aria De Urbe. Printed by VindeUn de Spira. 1471. Folio. This work is printed throughout in double columns : without nume- rals, signatures, or catchwords. On the recto of the first leaf we read the following prefix : SINGVLARIA DOMINI Lodo. pontani de urbe &c. to be John Lichtenberger, an hermit of Alsace. I conjecture the printer (respecting whom bibliographers are silent) to have been Meydenbach. Consult Panzer, vol. ii. p. 133; but more particularly Seemiller, pt. iv. p. 24, no. 4. The present sound copy, procured of Professor May at Augsbourg, is bound in russia by C. Lewis. 1235. Pro^iptorius Puerorum. Printed by Pyn- son. 1499. Folio. This is one of the rarest books in the language— especially in a per- fect condition. I am not able however to add any thing material to the full account of it to be found in my edition of our Typog. Antiq. vol. ii. p. 416", no. 505; except that, upon a comparison with the extracts given of a supposed similar work, entitled Promptuarium Par- vulorum, printed by W. de Worde in 1510 (see vol. ii. p. 155, of the same authority) I find the latter to be only an abridgement of the pre- sent. This impression has running titles throughout. The signatures, a, b, have each eight leaves : the rest, to t, have only six each. On t i'u is the following colophon : 3Cb laubc ct ab fjonore oiuotcnti£ hti ct in- temerate genitrieig ci 9 , f irat carceHcntifeimu op9 e*igui£ magni^q. ^colafticc toriufeimu qb nucunatur Ht^ebuHa gramaticc* Sjmgffu per egregiu nicfjarbti pnnfon* in csnen^ig toirtug fc2f teoru tjfrebcrici egmobt i $ctri noft £ag^ cija* an° bixi. 9$ act. nonagegimo nono, SDeci- ma to\ bic menfis Strain VOL. II. I I 242 MISCELLANEOUS. On the reverse is Pynson's device, no. v. In the prologue to this work, it is called Promptorius Puerorum. The prologue will be found extracted in the authority just referred to. Who the characters were, at whose expense the work appears to have been printed, I am unable to conjecture. The author was one Richard Fiances. The pre- sent sound and desirable copy was made perfect by the acquisition of two copies at the sale of the collection of Mr. Lloyd at Wygfair, in 1817- It is elegantly bound in olive colour morocco by C. Lewis. 1236. Prudencius. De Septem Peccatis et Virtut. Sept. Opp. Without Date, fyc. Folio. A singular volume: in thirteen leaves, with 35, 36, and 37 lines in the fuller pages. It seems to be an indifferent specimen of Koburger's press. It ends on the reverse of the 13th leaf, having the words ' £>eo Craciaa,' beneath the 11th line of text. In old red French morocco binding. 1237- PSALMI (ESEPTE PENETENTIALl) IN RlMA. Without Date. Quarto. A rare and curious impression ; of four leaves only, upon signature a. A rude wood-cut (of David) is beneath the title, as above, and on the reverse of the -1th leaf is the colophon : it finite efepte pgalmi in rima toulgarc A rude device, having a P at top and a G at bottom, is beneath this imprint. The version is made in stanzas of eight verses. I apprehend that the date of this impression cannot be much earlier than 1482. This copy is elegantly bound in blue morocco by Lewis. 1238. Psalteritim. Germanice. Printed by Sclibn- sperger at Augshourg. 1498. Duodecimo. The tit'e is on the recto of the first leaf thus : ' Der Teutsch Psalter mit anderthalbhundert Psalmen. vnd mit iren Rubricken. Auch mit et- litchen Psalmen die genennet werden Lobgesang. &c.' The reverse is blank. A table of five leaves follows. Then two blank leaves. On the following leaf, aj, the first psalm begins. There are two sets of sig- MISCELLANEOUS. 243 natures : each in eights. After the first alphabet, a to z, follows A to F : on the recto of F vij is the colophon, thus : <*3c&rucfct 311 3htn;fpura> aon ^annfen ^cfjonfpcrgcr. %n no. 2t£. tttt. scniij. The present is a remarkably sound copy, and was purchased at Strasburg for a few francs. It is elegantly bound in blue morocco by C. Smith. 1239. Psalterium. Latine. Printed by Conrad Kachelovez, at Leipsic. 1485. Quarto. A very desirable copy of rather an uncommon edition of the Psalter, and an early specimen of the Leipsic press. It is executed throughout in a large lower case gothic letter, precisely similar to some of the smaller founts in the early Mentz Psalters. The first (illuminated) letter, B, is unluckily cut out. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page has 18 lines. The red letters, or rubrications, are inserted by the hand. In the whole, 167 leaves. On the reverse of the last is the following colophon : S^iUeno. t. quatuor octuagcno <©uinto £ub alio t»cu£ tin na£ce- retut in mutio. Einc^igft impffu opu£ ittuti 23artoi citra fc£tum &iro ab nno nomle fcatfjdoncs Conraoo. SDe fine cu 9 plafma tor muntii iauoet ur Jjuiu£* This copy was obtained from the duplicates of the public library at Landshut : formerly that of Ingoldstadt. It has been since handsomely bound in blue morocco by Hering. 1240. Psalterium Cum Comment. Brunonis. Folio. This Psalter is after the use of the cathedral at Wurtzburg ; and, as I suspect, was printed in that city between the years 1480 and 1490. 244 MISCELLANEOUS. The colophon of the printer appears to be wanting. The text of the Psalms is executed in a large, handsome, gothic type, varied by red : the commentary is in a small gothic. There are neither numerals, sig- natures, nor catchwords. In the whole, 275 leaves : that is to say, this copy ends with the last sentence of the Athanasian creed. In sound, desirable condition ; elegantly bound in dark blue morocco by C. Lewis. 124L Questiones Mercuriales, &c. Printed by Adam de RothviL Venice, 1477- Folio. The author is Joannes Andreas. The book is chiefly estimable as a specimen of the production of a very rare printer. The type is a sharp, close gothic, and the work is printed in double columns. The commencement of it is not very encouraging to make us proceed : on t nouu &it Icipit 0lo* fug iH'ca. cui 9 gto. prht cipio i ffnt rc£i£te£ facta plura noua The signatures a and b, are in eights: the remainder, to q, inclusively, are in tens. On the recto of q ix, (a blank leaf forming q x) is the following colophon : <£uegtioneg mercurials fug regulte iuri£ gfo. an* imgreffe toenctiig per mag&trum 3Hoam tie ftotpti. SUnno tint 0£* cccc, totoij. quarto nonag 3|ulii. finiut feliciter. A sound copy, in russia binding, from the Apponi collection. 1242. Quintus Curtius. Italice. Printed by aS. J. de Ripoli f at Florence. 1478. Folio. On the recto of the first leaf, sign, a i, we read the title in nine lines of capital letters. There are 21 lines below. A full page has 32 lines. The signatures run most capriciously : a eight ; b, c, d, e, and /, in sixes : g, h, and I, in fours : (k is omitted — the context being perfect) MISCELLANEOUS. 245 /, m, n, o, p, and q, each four : r two : s two : t and u, each four : x, y, z, &, 9, and IjE, in eights : A toD in eights, but D iiii is erroneously marked C iiii. On the reverse of D viij, is the colophon thus : FINISCE LA COMPARATIONE DI CAIO IVLIO CESARE IMPERADORE MAXIMO ET DALEXAN DRO MAGNO RE DI MACEDONIA ORDINATA DA. P. CANDIDO. COL SVO IVDICIO INSIE ME *** F E L I C E M E N T E* DALL ORIGINALE * IMPRESSVM * FLORENTIAE * APVD * SANCTVM I ACOBVM * DE RIPOLI * ANNO * MCCCCLXXVIII The present copy is preferable in regard to size than to condition. It has been in a very tender state. Elegantly bound in russia by Hering. 1243. Quintus Curtius. Printed hy J. de Tridino, at Venice. 1496. Folio. The editor is Bartholomseus Merula, whose address to F. G. Cornelius occupies the reverse of the first leaf. From hence the leaves are numbered to folio LXVI : on the reverse of which is the colophon : ____._----- Impressit Ve netiis Ioanes de Tridino alias Tacuinus. Anno. Mcccc. xcvi. iiii. nonas. Decembris. The register and the device of the printer (see the latter in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. 27b") occupy the following and last leaf. A desirable copy, in elegant calf binding, gilt leaves, by Lewis. 246 MISCELLANEOUS. 1244. Recueil des Histoires deTroye. Printed by Michel Topie, §c. Lyons. 1490. Folio. The present is among the most splendid of the foreign editions of this once popular work. It is printed in a sharp but handsome gothic type, with ornamented capital initials, numerous wood-cuts of different sizes and degrees of merit ; and the titles, executed in a large lower-case letter, are at once handsome and imposing. The wood-cuts are, many of them, exceedingly curious and amusing. The very first letter is a good prelude to the graphic embellishments in the volume. It is thus : The title is ' Le recueil des hystoires troyenes cotenant troys liures.' The contents of the three books are briefly specified in seven lines MISCELLANEOUS. 247 below. On the recto of the following, is one of the most splendid ornamental pages with which I am acquainted. It is surrounded by a border (of the missal kind) exhibiting the following initial letter, of a very different cast of character, within the same border — as attached to the first word of the prologue. The reader shall now be gratified with a specimen or two of a diffe- rent description — from the cuts. Perhaps few are more remarkable than that which exhibits Jupiter, like an itinerant pedlar, approaching the castle where Danae is confined. The original runs thus : ' Com- ment Jupiter en guise de messagicr a tout plusieurs ioyaux vint la seconde fuis veoir la belle Danes ; et comment il parla ct se demonstra a elle.' Sign, f iii, rev. 248 MISCELLANEOUS. The punishment for Danae's infidelity is represented in the follow- ing most singular wood-cut — preceded by a title : ' Comment le Acrisius quant il veit sa Jille Danes grosse il leuoya en exil et la mist en la mer a tout vng petit vaisseau et la fist mener en la haulte mer a laaanture de fortune.' MISCELLANEOUS. 249 On the recto of the leaf immediately following the conclusion of the Hrst book, there is a very large wood-cut, upwards of nine inches long, and seven wide, of the storming of ' Troye la grarule.' Hercules and Theseus seem to be laying about them, in all directions, in a most furious manner ; while a troop of ' Laomedon Roy ' seems in reserve in the back ground. The reverse is blank. The opening of the second book affords the following terrific representation of ' Comniet Hercules combatit contre trois lyons en la forest de nemee si les tua et en print les peaulx.' Sign. A(i) — second set. Kk 250 MISCELLANEOUS. Had Caxton's book been embellished with similar engravings, it would have been inestimable, in the opinion of the curious graphic collector. A different style of art is observable in the following — which is attached to another cut,* of about the same dimensions, too large (together) to be introduced in these pages. The titular prefix tells us " Representing Pirithous, Theseus, ;md Seeres: of precise!; the same dimensions. MISCELLANEOUS. 251 ' Comment Cerberus f rauit Proserpine au saillir denfer pource que Orpheus regarda derriere toy : Et content Orpheus retourna audit enfer pour la rauoir mais Pluto fa retint a force.' It remains only to add the colophon ; observing that the subjoined device is the same as what appears at page 216, ante. f inift le remctf tie£ tjiftoitc^ tic trop# contcnant la genealogie tucefle : emfembfe* W sIorieu£e£ prou^ cffeg forced i toaittaceg tie ^ercufcg. <£t auftlcg ttoisf ticftructiong ct reetiiffcationg tic la tiictc cite faittt$ par le bit prcu ^txtuW comme par \t$ grcgoig. gtmprime a Epon le fctetefme iour tioctofire Ean mil quatre ceng quatre bing^ ct tit*. A large wood-cut, representing the Grecians descending from the t Cerberus is always represented by the figure of an old man. 252 MISCELLANEOUS. wooden horse to sack the city of Troy, concludes the work. There are two sets of signatures. The first, a to m, runs thus: a, b, in eights; c, d, e,f, in sixes 3 ff, eight; to k, in eights : k and I, sixes : m eight. Then A to O in eights : P, Q, in sixes : R in eight comprehending the large wood-cut and a blank leaf. Although I suspect the present copy to have been slightly washed, it is nevertheless in a most desirable state for amplitude of margin : full of rough leaves. It is beautifully bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. 1245. Regimtne (De) Sanitatis. Printed hy Domi- nions de Lapis. 1477- Quarto. This work seems to comprise the treatises of Benedictus de Nursia, physician to the then Duke of Milan, and Tadeus de Florentia. The letter and the printing are rather barbarous, but the page is not inelegantly set up. The signatures are most unskilfully introduced. Indeed I am persuaded they are executed by the hand, in printing ink. They run in eights ; but no letter is printed after m. On the reverse of the last leaf but one, is the colophon thus : Tractatus quidam de regimine sani tatis : opera & industria Dominici de Lapis, impendio tamen Sigismundi a libris cinis atq; liberarii Bononien sis feliciter finiunt. Anno. D. M. CCCC. Ixxvii The register is on the opposite page, and last leaf. In the whole, 140 leaves. In calf binding, with gilt leaves. 1246. Regiomontani Ephemeris. Printed in 1474. Quarto. The printing of this volume, at the period above mentioned, must have been attended with infinite trouble, and no little expense. It is entirely filled with tables, and the book contains not fewer than 229 leaves.* An explanatory address occupies the recto and reverse of the first leaf. The table, or series of lunar observations, commences with the year 1475, and extends to 1506. On the reverse of the last leaf * From this number must be deducted nine leaves of old ins. gratuitously introduced. MISCELLANEOUS. 253 we read the following imprint — as I conceive the word ' Explicitum ' to be here synonymous with ' Impressum ' EXPLICITVM HOC OPVS ANNO CHRISTI DOMINI MCCCCLXXIIII DVCTV IOANNIS DE MONTEREGIO Upon the whole, a desirable copy ; in dark blue morocco binding. 1247. Regiomontani Calendarium. Printed by Rat do It, fyc. Venice. 14/6. Folio. I have given so full and particular an account of a supposed previous impression of this work (see Bib/. Spencer, vol. iv. p. 463) that it will be here only necessary to observe, that, the edition before us is very elegantly printed, and that the title page, surrounded by a tasteful wood-cut border, presents us with the author and printer of the work, thus : Aureus hie liber est : non est preciosior ulla Gema Kalendario : quod docet istud opus. Aureus hie numerus : lune solisq; labores Monstrantur facile : Cunctaq; signa poli : Quotq; sub hoc libro terre per longa regantur Tempora : quisq; dies : mensis : & annus erit. Scitur in instanti quecunq; sit hora diei. Hunc cernat astrologus qui uelit esse cito. Hoc Ioannes opus regio de monte probatum Composuit : tota notus in italia. Quod ueneta impressum fuit in tellure per illos Inferius quorum nomina picta loco. . 1476 . Bernardus pictor de Augusta Petrus loslein de Langencen Erhardus ratdolt di Augusta 254 MISCELLANEOUS. The three latter lines are printed in red. In the whole, 30 leaves, without numerals, signatures, or catchwords : with ten pages of wood- cuts of the eclipses of the Sun and Moon. The initial capital letters are of wood, and very ornamental; and both paper and type are in the usually excellent condition of the works from the press of Ratdolt, &c. This is a sound and desirable copy, from the Apponi collection. Bound in russia. 1248. Roderici Santii : Historia Hispanica. Printed hy Ulric Han. Without Date. Quarto. The contents of this work are best gathered from the title, which is thus — printed in 17 lines of red in the original. ' Incipit compendiosa historia hispanica. In qua agitur de eius situ et descriptione : salubri- tate ac ubertate : gentisque humanitate : et ad religionis cultum pietate : cseterisq; eiusdem regionis laudibus. Demum de Gothorum, Vanda- lorum : & caeterorum ad Hispanias accedetium origine & in Hispania regnantium antiquitate. Necnon de regnorum erectione : regumque successione : ac claris illorum successibus. Tandem pro ampliore his- torian ornatu inter ipsa hispanica gesta inseruntur breui Priscorum Romanorum : Grecorum : et aliorum exterorum antiquorum clarissima gesta : dicta : & insignia documenta ad cuiusuis principantis : potentis : seu nobilis : ac priuati hominis instructionem edita : a Roderico Santii utriusque iuris ac artium professore Episcopo Palentino Hispano Sanc- tissimi domini nostri domini Pauli Pontificis Maximi in Castro suo Sancti Angeli de Vrbe Romana Prefecto.' Fifteen lines are below. A full page has 33 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the recto of the 180th leaf is the colophon, thus : De mandato. R. P. D. Roderici Episcopi Palentini auctoris huius libri. Ego Vdalri- cus Gallus sine calamo ant pennis eundem librum impress!. The reverse is blank. A table of 13 leaves follows, and concludes the volume. The present is a very sound (though perhaps cropt) copy, with the exception of a few leaves of the table. It is bound in red morocco, by Hering. MISCELLANEOUS. 255 1249. Rodericus Zamorensis. Speculum Vitje. Printed by Ginther Zainer, at Augsbourg. 1 4J J . Folio. A title, in seven lines, precedes the address to Pope Paul II. A full page has 36 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catch- words : but prefixes to every chapter as well as a table of chapters. The text begins on the recto of the 8th leaf. On the reverse of the 125th leaf, from the beginning of the volume, is the colophon — in 10 lines. From these it will be only necessary to extract the latter half: - - - - - - a <&intf)ero gainer tx ftcuriingen chii progatito, \stbz aut comorenti SUugWtenfi : arte imprefforia in niefcitt fdicitcr tiefcitug : 3Hnno a parta togmi£ ^ahttifcro Stf)iie#imo nuafcringemefimo fep^ tuagc^imoprimo : ptmg tocro 3[anuariag tcrcio* A table of three leaves terminates the volume. This large and beautiful copy, once in the Eichstadt, and afterwards in the Augsbourg, collection (in which latter it became a duplicate) is neatly bound in russia by Hering. 1250. Roderici Sanctii. Idem Opus. Printed by Christopher Bcyam. Without Date. Folio. The date of this impression is purely conjectural; but it is in all probability before the year 1472. It is certainly among the rarest of the earlier editions of the work, and occurs in very few collections. It commences with three leaves of a table. On the recto of the 4th leaf the address of the author to Pope Paul II. commences, and termi- nates on the reverse of the following leaf. This is succeeded by a preface of three pages and a half. Then nine pages of the heads of the chapters in the several books of the work. On the recto of the 12th leaf from the beginning, the text of the work commences, and con- cludes on the recto of the 134th and last leaf, with the following sub- scription : EllitJit hoc lingue clarissima norma latine. Excelsi ingenii uir Rotioricus opus. 256 MISCELLANEOUS. Qui Rome angelica est custos bene fifcus in arce Sub Pauli ueueti nomine pontificis. Claret in italici zainorensis episcopus ausis. Eloquii. it superos gloria parta uiri. Hoc beyamus opus pressit Christoforus altum. Immensis titulis estat origo sua. The present therefore is one of the books separately printed by Beyam ; as his associate Glim had previously executed a Boetius (see p. 78, ante) before him. A specimen of their united labours is found in the Manipulus Curatorum : vide p. 141. The present copy, with the exception of a few leaves written upon in the margins, is in a sound and desirable condition. It is bound in pale russia by C. Lewis. 1251. Saliceto Guilelm. de. De Salute Cor- poris, &c. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. I consider the present volume to be among the typographical curio- sities of this library. It contains opuscula by several authors, which will be immediately noticed. But on comparison of the type with that of the Speculum Humana Salvationis, vulgarly supposed to be printed with wooden blocks, I find the forms, both of the capital and lower-case letters, to be precisely of the same character with that work ; and in all probability this volume is a production of some Low country press It must be added, however, that both founts of letters are much larger than those in the Speculum ; but that they were cast by the same type- founder, is, I think, almost indisputable. The work of G. de Saliceto, de Salute Corporis, terminates on the reverse of the 7th leaf. Then follows Cardinal de Turrecremata's work, entitled Salus Animce ; which ends on the recto of the fourth following sheet ; or the eleventh from the beginning of the volume. This is immediately succeeded by a work of Pius II. ' contra luxuriosos et lascivos ad Karolum Cijpriatum Tractatus de Amore' — which occupies two pages in long lines (as the preceding tracts are printed) and two pages in short lines — with excerpts from Piudentius, &c. This brings us to the 13th leaf, the reverse of which is blank. Next follows ' P'd secundi pontificis maximi pro laude homeri,' &c. a\ ith excerpts from Virgil, and Latin metrical versions from the text of MISCELLANEOUS. -'o/ the Greek poet : which conclude on the recto of the 21st leaf. Some prose excerpta (chiefly) follow, and conclude the volume on the recto of the 23rd and last leaf, with metrical epitaphs on some of Homer's heroes. The reverse of the last leaf is blank. This work contains neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The width of the printed text, in the earlier tracts, is 8f- inches by 5h Nothing can exceed the internal and external beauty of this volume. It is bound in blue morocco by C. Lewis. 1252. Sallustius. [Orationes excerpts a Sallustio], Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. On the recto of the first leaf, signature a, we read the title thus : ct)aIIug 3(ot)annes Doctor artig 3CpoHmcc* 3lnno bomini a^illcfimo ciuabringcntcfimofcp- tuagefimoquinto. Consult the note in Bibl. Spen. vol. iii. p. 309. The last leaves of the second volume are a little wormed. In old blue morocco binding. 1257- Scrutinium Scripturarum. Printed hy Ulric Han. JV'ithout Date. Folio. It is possible that this impression may have been executed before the preceding ; but I have assigned to it the present place, as it is printed in the large roman type of Ulric Han. A full page (which rarely occurs) has 34 lines. The work is carried on in the form of a dialogue between Saulus and Paulus — each of which names is printed in the large lower case gothic of the printer : though a little beyond half of the work the dialogue is conducted between Discipulus and Magister. On the recto of the 288th and last leaf, is the colophon, thus — beneath the fourth line of text— Anser Tarpeii custos Iouis : unde : g> alis Constreperes : Gallus decidit : ultor adest : Vdalricus Gallus : ne que poscantur in usum Edocuit pennis nil opus esse tuis. Imprimit ille die : quantum non scribitur anno : Ingenio : haud noceas : omnia uincit homo : The present is a sound desirable copy : most tastefully bound in dark blue morocco by Lewis. MISCELLANEOUS. 261 1258. Schwartz Stella Meschiah. Printed hy Fyner at Eslingen. 1477- Quarto. The ms. note prefixed to this copy is worth transcribing : ' Pertinet hoc rarissimum opus ad prima Antijudaica scripta. In fine presentis editionis annectitur Alphabetum Hebraicum literis hebraicis una cum praeceptis hebraica recte legendi, germanicis expressis, sed Vocibus et phrasibus hebraicis per typos itidem hebraos subinde intermixtis. Uberior notitia de hac editione invenitur in I. C. Wolfii Bib I. Hebr. pt. iv. p. 525.' That this volume is both curious and rare is unquestion- able. On the reverse of the first leaf is a spirited wood-cut of three Christians conversing with three Jews. The mild expression of the former, and the snarling cast of countenance given to the latter, is not a little striking and happy — considering the rude state of the art of engraving at this period. The German text begins on the recto of the ensuing leaf — presenting us, at bottom, with the following specimen of mingling the German and Hebrew languages. DnD tr inert fie bnD toerD toan | Dag | tft eure betoaren fie tm'rcften toeif^eit mfrfmiartcm. toafjafltcm hi t)i gocJjmafrfjcm. totiD eure fcunft ij n Den Dec botcfter augen tofcin aftfjcm \t fjcne f)a fjammim &c. &c. &c. On the reverse of the 234th leaf, the cut, before described, is repeated. On the reverse of the 280th is rather a spiritedly executed cut of Christ's public entry into Jerusalem. On the reverse of the 308th leaf is a subscription of 14 lines, wherein we learn the author's name, thus : mit fuif 0ote£ toon SSruoer $eter frf)toatt$ grcfciger orfccnsu Then follows the Hebrew alphabet before mentioned — succeeded by other Hebraic pages : in the whole, six leaves. We lose sight again of the Hebrew character, and six more leaves conclude the volume. On the recto of this last leaf is the colophon, thus : 2Pa£ fcucf) fiat georucRt tonfc toolcnot Con- ratmg fepncr too <£ctfjaufcn in tier Hepferiicfjcn 262 MISCELLANEOUS. ftat <£f3ling an fant Cfjomag abent ate matt t$e Jet bo ctiftt gcourot Caufcttt torfmntot tint) fifcen tmfc fi&entsujfc 0[ar, <££plkit Stella Sl^cfrfjiaJ)* The reverse is blank. In the whole, 320 leaves : without signatures, numerals, and catchwords. The type, both large and small, is wholly unlike any I have seen from the press of Fyner : indeed the larger letter resembles that of Biimler of Augsbourg. This copy, although I suspect it to be much cut, is in a very sound and desirable condition. The paper is of admirable texture. Recently bound in blue morocco by C. Lewis. 1259. Sedueius et Prudentius. Planted by Le Signerre, at Milan. Without Date. Duodecimo. This copy is desirable, inasmuch as it is printed upon vellum ; and presents us, in the illuminated title page, with rather an elegant spe- cimen of art. The introductory address of Parrhasius to Michael Riccius is dated Milan, 1501. The impression cannot probably be later than 1502. On the recto of P iij, is the colophon : Impressum Mli' sumptibus Iani : & Catelliani Cottse : dexteritate Guillelmoi? le signerre frattf. The signatures run in eights. The device of the printer may be seen in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. 249. Of Sedulius, the edition contains only the c Carmen paschale :' of Prudentius, the Poemata. A very desirable copy in blue morocco binding. 1260. Senec.se Tragozdi^. Printed by Capcasa. Venice. ]493. Folio. With the Commentary of Gellius Bernardinus Marmita. Three leaves, containing preliminary matter, of which the first is marked A ii, (the previous one being blank) precede the text of the tragedian ; which commences on a i. All the signatures, from a to z, inclusively, run in sixes, with the exception of the first two, a and b, which are in eights. After z comes &, in fours : on the recto of the fourth of which is the colophon, thus : MISCELLANEOUS. 263 Venetiis per Matheu Capcasam parmensem. Mcccclxxxxiii. die. xvm. iulii The register is beneath. This is a cropt and slightly soiled copy, but is a desirable edition. In russia binding. 1261. Seneca. De Remediis Fortuitorum. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. On the recto of a i, we learn, from the prefix, that this book was composed by ' Seneca nobilissimus orator ad Gallionem amicum suum contra omnes impetus et machiamenta fortune.' Below: e Incipit liber Senice de remedy's fortuitorum.' The signatures run in eights. On the reverse of d vij, is the following subscription— rather curious — and deserving of a reprint : 2£retjitreniu£ libro ^eeutio in fine in iautiem rittitati£ nari£ien£ig fjee <&eoritut: tanfccm iocu£* altera rcgia ptyfti $atifiug. cirrea niri£. Crimea metallic <*Breca Iinri£. inbea £tufcijg romana poetic 3Uetrica pfnlo£opJ)i£. muntii ro£a- Mfa 9 ornitf J>iHoni£ ornatu gua men&tf et gua potu E>iuc£ agri£ fecunfca mero* manfueta colony fl^etec fexax. htoperta mbi£ nemeroga racemi£ $Iena feri£ niaeo^a iacu tjolueco^a fluenti£ S^unba Uomo foetid tiotix pia rcgibu& aura £DuUi£. amena gitu* no quottnet oe nenufta <0e nonum #i jgrola bonig fortuna faueret* The following leaf is blank. This type resembles a good deal that of John de Westphalia of Louvain. The present beautiful copy (obtained from Professor May at Augsbourg) is bound in yellow calf, with gilt, leaves, by C. Lewis. 264 MISCELLANEOUS. 1262. Sermones I. Carthusiensis, &c. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. This uncouthly printed volume, executed in the same type as the Gesta Christi, of which a fac-simile is given in Bibl. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 338, contains, as well ' the Discourses of James, Vicar of a Carthu- sian monastery, situated in the outskirts of Erfurdt,' as the ' Collecta ex predicata de passione Dm,' &c. by Nicolas Dynckelspuel. It is printed throughout in double columns. The signatures, in eights, after q, are designated only by the letter i — in eight gatherings — when we come to A. i., running to H vj — each in eights, with the exception of H, which has only six ; and where the first mentioned work ends. The ' Collecta* of Dynckelspuel commence with a fresh set of signatures on a. i. to /, in eights—/ having only vj — on the recto of the sixth leaf of which signature, is the following colophon : Expliciunt collecta & pdicata de passione dm nrl ih'u xpi p egregiu excellenteq; viru Sa ere theologie doctore eximiu magistrum Nicolaum dynck^ elspuel. The present is, upon the whole, a desirable copy : in old calf binding. 1263. Strabo. Latine. Printed hy Vindelin de Spira. 1472. Folio. We have here a magnificent specimen of the press of Vindelin de Spira. A wide page, with 51 lines in a full page, ample margins, and 217 leaves, may give the notion of a volume of no ordinary dimensions. It seems to be a reprint of the previous edition (in 1469) by Sweynheym and Pannartz. On the recto of the 217 th and last leaf, is a sort of register, with the following imprint beneath : Anno Domini . M. CCCC. Lxxii. R. zouenzonius poeta : Reuerendissimo. d. Iacobo zeno Episcopo patauino. MISCELLANEOUS. 265 Orbis noscere lector uniuersi Si tractus cupis : hos eraas libellos Strabonis : tibi nomine dicatos Zeni presulis optimi sacriq; Quo nil doctius Eruditiusq; Nunc antenorei uidere penates : Impressos digitis uidelianis.* The present is, upon the whole, a sound and desirable copy : in russia binding. It formerly belonged to Archbishop Newcome, as his autograph testifies. 1264. Suiseth Anglici Calculationes. Printed by F. Gyrardengus. Papia. 1498. Folio. Of the author of this very ingenious and scientific work, which we may claim with pride as the production of a countryman, see Leland, Bale, and Tanner, f The title, as above, is on the recto of the first leaf, in large lower case gothic type. The address of the editor, I. Tol- lentinus, to Ainbrosius Rosatus, is on the reverse. The text is printed throughout in a small, close, elegant gothic type, in double columns, upon signatures a to n : a in ten, and the rest in six leaves, with the exception of n, which has only four. On the recto of n iij, is the colophon, thus : &u&ttft($tmt tioctorte anglici £uifetf) tah cuIationu5 iifcet : $ercgregium artium tt me- bicme fcoctore magitfteum ^Joanne tolfentimi5 toeronenfes tiiiigetif^ime emen&atu£ fodiciter txplitit $apie per francifcum gprarfecngum* fl$» ccccto^bii> die, iiij* ^aimatiy. Some commendatory verses are on the reverse, and the table and register are on the recto of the following and last leaf. This sound copy, now in russia binding, was obtained from the sale of the Apponi collection at Vienna. * Sic. t See the Bibl. Brit. p. 691 — where a confused and imperfect account of him occurs under the names of Suineshevedus, Swinsete, Swinshead. VOL. II. m m ■266 MISCELLANEOUS. 1265. Tabula Nov arum Decision um. Printed by Ulric Han. TVithout Place or Date. Folio. One of the finest specimens in existence of the press of Ulric Han : the type being in his large or second form of character, with the first lines of the titles and of the text in the large gothic Twenty-two leaves of a table, succeeded by a blank leaf, precede the text. From the opening of the work, we find the composition to have been under- taken and completed by Guilhelmus Horboch, a German, between the years 1367 and 1381 : ' de mandato voluntate et unanimi cosensu omnium dominorum meorum Coauditorum Sacri Palacii Apostolici' — are the author's words. The work relates to ecclesiastical decisions ; and is uniformly printed in long lines. On the recto of the 307th leaf of text is the colophon ; beginning ' Anser Tarpeii custos Jouis,' &c. see Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. 347- The reverse is blank. A register occupies the following leaf. In the whole, including the blank leaf before the text, 330 leaves. The colour and soundness of the paper, as well as the amplitude of the margins, cannot be surpassed. This copy is sumptuously bound in blue morocco by Hering. It had belonged to the library of the Jesuits at Augsbourg. 1266. Tacitus. Printed by Philip Pinci, at Venice. 1497. Folio. ' Cornelij Taciti Historiae Augusta?. ' This title is on the recto of aj: the reverse is blank. The signatures run in eights as far as n, which lias 9 leaves : on the recto of the 9th of which is the colophon of the Augustan Historians — which denotes its being printed on the xxij. March, 1497 : at the expense of the noble gentleman, Benedictus Fontana. The device of this ' noble ' patron, which is a pun upon his name, is on the reverse. On the recto of the following leaf, A, the Life of Agricola begins — which occupies eight leaves. On the reverse of A vij, is the colophon : Venetijs p Philippum pinci : sumptibus dni Benedicti fontana Anno dni Mccccxcvij die. xxij. martij. The device of Fontana occupies the last leaf. A sound copy, in calf binding with gilt leaves. MISCELLANEOUS. 257 1267- Tardivi Basis Grammatices. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto. The present is a beautiful copy of a rare little quarto volume, printed in the same types with which the Petrarch De Rem. Utrius Fort, (see p. 227., ante) is executed. It commences thus : <6uitomu£ tartiiui anicicnfig ftarolo. ma rietc parificnfi littcraru amorr optat Below are 25 lines. A full page contains 28 lines. The impression is destitute of numerals, signatures, and catchwords. On the reverse of the 24th and last leaf is the subscription, thus : 45utHerimt tartiiui anicienfi£ gup eiuftie fiafi gramatice comcntarium finit. It should be remarked, however, that this commentary begins on the 13th leaf. This very desirable copy is bound in olive-coloured morocco. 1268. Terentius. Printed hy Ulric Han. With- out Date. Folio. This is an edition of the extremest rarity ; being almost unknown to bibliographers. But as it is executed in the larger type of Ulric Han, I conceive it to be not only a copy of his own previous edition (executed in the smaller character*) but to be posterior to the admitted editio princeps from the press of Mentelin. The first leaf contains a brief life of Terence and the argument of the Andria : both of which are omitted in the edition of Mentelin. But the text, afterwards, seems to be alike in both impressions. The present edition is executed in long lines, without numerals, signatures, or catchwords : a full page having 33 lines. The text ends on the recto of the 90th and last leaf, thus : Caliopius recensui. Finis Terentii Aphricani. * Mr. Bernart, at Munich, told me that Count d'EIci was in possession of a copy of tliis edition of Ulric Han, printed in the smaller character, which had been formerly in the public library there ; hut, under the auspices of Baron Aretin, had been exchanged for some other book — certainly much below the value of it. 268 MISCELLANEOUS. The reverse is blank. This copy is in some parts in tender condition, but in every respect a great acquisition to the series of early editions of Terence in this library. It is in foreign binding, red morocco, and was procured for his Lordship by Mr. Horn. 1269. Terentius. Printed hy J. de Beno. In Sancto Vrsio. 14/5. Folio. We have here a fine large margined copy (printed upon indifferent paper) of a very rare impression of Terence. The characters strongly resemble those of Rugerius and Bertochus in the Manilius of 1474 : see the Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 162. The text is printed with an attention to the metre. There are neither catchwords, numerals, nor signatures ; though the copv under description, like that examined by Mr. Brunet in the library of St. Genevieve, has signatures, at a great distance from the text, evidently an after process by the hand — so that copies may be found (as M. Brunet observes) without them. In the whole, there are 104 leaves, including the two preliminary leaves of the life of Terence, &c. On the reverse of the 104th leaf, without any space, the colophon follows the text, thus : M.CCCC.LXXV. In Sancto Vrsio. Vinceti. district. Iohannes De Reno Impressit. Die Vltimo Aprilis. FINIS. Bound in white foreign calf, not inelegantly. 1270. Terentius. Cum Comment. Donati. Printed hy Nicolaus Girardengus. Venice. 1479. Folio. The first leaf (a 1 ) is blank. The life of Terence concludes on the recto of a 5. The text of the poet begins on a 6. From the register at the end of the volume the signatures appear to run thus : A, D, in eights : (though A in fact has nine printed leaves) E, F, G, in sixes : H, eight : I, K, L, in sixes : M, four : MM, to R, in eights : R, six : S, eight : T, six : V, X, eights : Y and Z, sixes : & eight. On the reverse of S> vij, is the colophon thus : Impreessum Venetiis. per Nicolaum girardengum : recognituq; p. Magistru Franciscu diana sub Anno Dm. M.CCCC.LXXVIIII. die. XV. Decembris The register occupies the last leaf. This is a sound copy, but dis- MISCELLANEOUS. 269 coloured, and in many places not free from soil. In old red morocco binding. 1271. Testament (Nouueau). Printed at Lyons by Bartholomeiv Buyer. Without Date. Folio. First edition of the French version of the New Testament 3 and executed in the large coarse gothic type of the Legende Dore'e (see Bibl. Spencer, vol. iv. p. 523) by the same printer. It is printed in double columns, without signatures, numerals, or catchwords j having running titles in gothic capitals. Twenty leaves of a table precede the com- mencement of the text, and the last reference in the table is to the iiclxxxiiird (283rd) leaf. A full column contains 29 lines. On the recto of the 302d and last leaf, we read the colophon thus : Cn ffnift lapocalinfe et famolafilemcnt \t nouueau teframcnt tocu et corige g bcncranleg petfoneg frere£ iullien mattyo ct pierre far get tiocteur£ in tljeologie tic lororc beg augu£titt0 tic Ino $u$ lc rofnc 3|mprimc en la bictc bilk tic Ipon par 25ar t&olomtcu fcuner citoien tiu tiit lion* The paper is of an excellent texture ; and the present copy, though diminished in size to a quarto, is very fair, sound, and desirable* Elegantly bound in blue morocco by C. Lewis. * In Normandy I purchased a copy of this edition, in the original boards, quite large, and perfect. It is now in the possession of Messrs. Arch, booksellers. 270 MISCELLANEOUS. 12/2. Therence en Fracois. Prose et Rime, auecques Latin. Printed by Verard. Without Date. Folio. A magnificent, curious, and desirable volume : full of wood-cut embellishments, which seem to have found their way into innumerable subsequent publications, in works of, all descriptions and characters : especially of ballad poetry. The second and third large wood- cuts are of an uncommon character for Parisian art. The veiy first figure, on folio vi. recto, may be found in the Typog. Antiq. vol. ii. p. 534, as used by Pynson — and the very last figure, on the recto of CCClxxxiiij. may be found in the same page of the same work. In the whole, CCClxxxv. leaves. The imprint in seven lines is on the recto of this last leaf, and Verard's device on the reverse. The present beautiful copy, obtained of Mr. Triphook, is magnificently bound by Hering in stampt ornamented russia. 1273. Tractatus Maleficiorum. Printed by Petrus Adam, at Mantua. 14/2. Folio. The author is ' Angelus de Gambilionibus, Juris Utriusque Doctor cum omnibus additionibus Jsovissime per ipsum factis post Compilatio- nem hujus aurei ac preciosissimi operis.' It is printed in double columns, throughout : without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. There are 51 lines in a full page. In the whole, 10b" leaves. On the reverse of the last leaf is the colophon, thus : Petrus ada matus opus hoc impssit I urbe Illic nullus eo scripserat ere prius. M. CCCC. LXXII. Petrus Adam is the same as Petrus Adam de Michaelibus — apparently the first printer at Mantua j and the types of this finely printed volume are precisely similar to those of the Decameron of Boccaccio of the same date, executed by the same printer : of which latter his Lordship possesses an imperfect copy, but of which I saw a perfect copy in the public library of Paris and of Nuremburg. Panzer, vol. ii. p. 3, no. 1. arranges this as the second production of the Mantua press : that of the Boccaccio being the first. This large and desirable volume was obtained from the monastic library of St. Peter's at Salzburg ; and has been recently and handsomely bound by Hering in russia. MISCELLANEOUS. 27 1 1274. Tractatus Procurators, &c. Printed hy Guldinhech 1475. Quarto. This is one of the most curious little tracts ever printed by Guldin- beck ; whose press seems to have been chiefly exercised in the publica- tion of fugitive pieces. The title and commencement (from which the reader may guess at the contents) are thus : Tractate jpcuratoris edit us sub nole dyaboli qn peciit iustitiam cora deo & beata virgo Maria se opposuit contra ipm & obtinuit necnon obmutuit pugna contra genus humanum a Cessit Ascaron ad oipotentis dei presenciam & ait Creator omniuj vbiq; iusticia xi. q. in. scdm &. c. custodi de peni. dis. in. c. suntplures. Ego sum procurator totius nequitie infernalis placeat iustitie dignitator me audire iuxta legem proxime. ff. de hiis que in testa, die. &c. &c. &c. This reminds us something of the process of Belial, &c. see Bibl. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 182. This little tract, without numerals, signatures, or catchwords, concludes at the bottom of the 14th leaf with the following colophon : C Fit** & impsso. e pns iste tractat9 p mgrm Barthoq Guldibeck. de sultz Anno Iubilei M. cccc. lxxv. die v'o lune vidlic^ xi Septe. There is bound, with this tract, and printed by the same printer, with- out date, the oration of Ambrosius de Cora, ' De Iohannis Apostoli & Evangeliste laudibus. Et de vite conteplatione & celsitudine,' &c. in seven leaves. This copy is neatly bound in red morocco. 272 MISCELLANEOUS. 1275. Trastullo da far ridere. Without Date, Place, or Name of Printer. Quarto, The whole title of the work is at the top of the first page, thus : €raftullo belle SDonne ba far riberc Com* pilato p il culto <*3toucnc $ier £aulo pfjantino be €rabotio Caftello tic ftomagna. After a sonnet to his book, the text of the poetry begins thus : SDatime il canto e la cntgra be <®rpljeo <$ tout Celefte $nmpljc caMline tofcite fuora bcl antro CprJjco co tooftre gratic fanctc alme e biuine fpargite in mi il liquor Calliopeo cfje bica Ic brittle feminine bri^a tu SDrita noftri pricgln giufti ci)e gempre belle bonne arnica fufti l^o tanta rafcia al cor : bolor : c fmania clje fio poteffe ancluo tuor il 6ata$io come 0^organtc purgarei lingania &c. &c. &c. This scarce little tract, printed upon six leaves, on signature a, is executed in a close gothic type, in double columns — having 40 lines in a full page. From the appearance of the type, I suspect the book to have been printed at Florence ; although it is not very improbable that it may be a Venetian production. This is a sound copy, very elegantly bound in green morocco by Lewis. 1276. Trithemius. T>e Scriptoribus Ecclesias- ticis. Printed at Basle, in 1494. Folio. This is a first edition of a work of no despicable authority. Six leaves of introductory matter precede the text — which begins on Fol. j. The leaves are regularly numbered to the end : on the reverse of Fol. MISCELLANEOUS. 273 ] 40, is the colophon : purporting the book to be printed at Basil in 1 494. A supplemental leaf, not numbered, being an apologetical epistle of Trithemius to Albert Morderer, for inserting secular with ecclesiastical writers, concludes the volume. Very neatly bound in calf, with gilt leaves, by C. Smith. 12/7- TuRRECREMATA, I. DE. MeDITATIONES. Printed by Ulric Han. Rome. 1467- Folio. Editio Prixceps. The present is among the very rarest books in the world. In short, only two other copies of it are known ; and of these, as well as of the present, Audiffredi had never obtained a sight. It has been my good fortune to examine all three of them : one of the two others being at Nuremburg, the other at Vienna. Of these two, that at Vienna is infinitely preferable, for size and condition ; but it is yet inferior, on both grounds, to the copy under description — which is in its ancient parchment coverture, and has the plates uncoloured. It for- merly belonged to the well-known library of the Eichstadt monastery in Bavaria ; and was obtained for his Lordship through the active exer- tions of Mr. A. Horn. It is doubtless among the most desirable treasures in this collection. Having already* described it pretty much at large, I do not know that I can adopt a better plan than transcribe that extended description in the present place : adding two fac-similes which cannot fail to be acceptable. Folio 1, recto, blank. On the reverse, beneath a cut of the Creation (of which De Murr has given an indifferent fac-simile) is the following title, printed in a delicate, but rather brilliant red coloured ink : fl^etiitatoneg fteucretrifgimi pateig tint 3Wamii£ tie turrecremata £acrogce ftomane talk Cattiinalig pa* gite i tieptete tie ipgiug ma&ato I eetfte amfoitu gee ma tit tie fl^inerua tome. The first line of this title has been also copied by De Murr, but very faithlessly. There are 10 lines beneath the title. Folio 2, on the recto, are 21 lines, and one word of a 22nd line ; namely, ' possit.' On the reverse, is a cut of the Creation of Adam, with 15 lines beneath. This cut has been copied by Numeister. Fol. 3, recto, 17 lines, and two words of the 18th. A space left for the cut of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit. On the reverse are 32 lines. Fol. 4, recto, 24 lines. * See Bibliog. Decameron, vol. i. p. 384. VOL. II. n n 274 MISCELLANEOUS. Reverse ; cut of the Salutation, and 15 lines beneath — cut strictly copied by Numeister. Fol. 5, recto, 24 lines, and nearly a half. Reverse ; cut of the Nativity, (copied by Numeister) with 15 lines beneath. Fol. 6, recto, eight lines. Reverse ; cut of the Circumcision (copied by Numeister) and 15 lines beneath. Fol. 7, recto, 19 lines and a half. Reverse ; cut of the Adoration of the Magi (copied by Numeister) with 15 lines beneath. Fol. 8, recto, 16 lines. Reverse ; cut of the Bene- diction of Simeon (copied by Numeister) with 15 lines beneath. Fol. 9, recto, 21 lines. Space for cut (Flight into Egypt.) Reverse, 33 lines. Fol. 10, recto, 29 lines and a half. Reverse ; cut of Christ among the Doctors (copied by Numeister) and 15 lines beneath. Fol. 11, recto, 21 lines, and two thirds of the 22nd. Reverse ; cut of the Baptism of St. John (copied, but one figure to the right of the attendant angel omitted, by Numeister ; see fac-simile in Bibl. Spenceriana, vol. iv. p. 41) ; there are 15 lines beneath the cut. Folio 12, recto, 20 lines and a quarter of the 21st. Reverse; cut of the Temptation (copied by Numeister) with 15 lines beneath. Fol. 13, recto, eight lines and a half. Reverse ; cut of the Delivery of the keys to St. Peter (copied by Numeister) and 15 lines beneath. Fol. 14, recto, nearly 31 lines. Reverse; cut of the Transfiguration (copied by Numeister, but with less expression and effect, especially in the centre figure) with 15 lines beneath. Fol. 15, recto, 27 lines. Reverse; in the centre, unaccom- panied by text, the cut of Christ washing the feet of his Disciples (copied by Numeister. Fol. 16, recto, 11 lines, and two words (' impatientiam tuam') of the 12th, belonging to the subject expressed in the preceding cut. Reverse; cut of the Last Supper (copied by Numeister) of which a fac-simile is given in the opposite page. There are 16 fines beneath. Fol. 17, recto, 33 lines. Reverse; cut of Christ betrayed (copied by Numeister) beneath 15 lines. Fol. 18, recto, 16 lines. Reverse; cut of Christ before Caiphas, copied (but not with fidelity, and treated with infinitely less spirit) by Numeister; there are 15 lines beneath. Fol. 19, recto, 11 lines, and one word ( f crudeli ') of the 12th. Reverse; cut of the Crucifixion, not strictly copied, and treated in an inferior manner (especially in the figure of St. John) by Numeister; beneath, 15 lines. Fol. 20, recto, 31 lines, and ' ti sunt' of the 32nd. Reverse ; cut of Mary comforted by her Associates, copied, but with less expression, by Numeister. Beneath there are 15 lines. Fol. 21, recto, 22 lines. On the reverse is the cut of the Descent into Hell ; * wholly different from what appears in Numeister's copy — as may be seen in the Bibl. Spenceriana, vol. iv. p. 41. * Of wlricb a fac-simile is given in the next page but one. MISCELLANEOUS. 275 There are 15 lines beneath this cut. Folio %% recto, 31 lines, and one word (' Miseros') of the 32nd line. Reverse ; cut of the Resurrec- 276 MISCELLANEOUS. Hon, essentially different from Numeister's copy; beneath, are 15 lines. Fol. 23, recto, 11 lines. Reverse; cut of Christ discoursing with St. Peter and the Apostles. MISCELLANEOUS. 277 There are 15 lines beneath. Fol. 24, recto, nearly 22 lines. Reverse ; cut of the Ascension, copied (not strictly, but with spirit) by Numeister, 15 lines beneath. Fol. 25, recto, 15 lines, and one word (' contende') of the 16th line. Reverse ; cut of the Descent of the Holy Ghost, copied by Numeister, but not with the same spirit. The pavement, also, is wholly different. There are 15 lines beneath. Fol. 26, recto, nearly 15 lines. Reverse ; cut of Carrying of the Host, copied, in rather better style, by Numeister; this cut is in the centre, without text. Fol. 27, recto, 17 lines, and two words (' effudit gentium') of the 18th line being the subject matter belonging to the preceding cut, beneath which it might have been placed ; as, on the reverse of this 27th leaf, there are 32 lines without a cut. A space therefore is left on the recto of this leaf, for the cut representing Abraham prostrating before three Angels, copied by Numeister, but which is not here. Fol. 28, recto, 28 lines. Reverse ; cut of the Genealogical Tree of Christ, copied by Numeister, with improve- ment. There is no text with the cut. Fol. 29, recto, 33 lines : containing matter belonging to the succeeding cut. Reverse ; cut of Christ appear- ing to St. Sixties, copied by Numeister for the better. Only seven lines beneath. Fol. 30, recto ; cut of the Assumption of the Virgin, and the only cut on the recto of any leaf. This has been copied, but not strictly, by Numeister ; 1 8 lines and a half are beneath. Reverse j the Almighty in a Choir of Angels (copied by Numeister) with 15 lines beneath. Fol. 31, recto, eight lines and two words (' caritatis benefitia') of the ninth line. Reverse 3 cut of Christ with the Virgin in Glory; copied, but not quite strictly, by Numeister j 15 lines are beneath. Fol. 32, recto, 29 lines. Reverse; cut of the Office of the Mass for the Dead; copied, but not strictly, by Numeister; 15 lines beneath. Fol. 33, recto, 13 lines and a half. Reverse: cut of the Day of Judgment ; copied, not strictly, and perhaps improved upon, by Numeister. There are 15 lines beneath. Fol. 34, recto, 17 lines : beneath which is the colophon thus : finite £imt contemplation^ guntatriete % eon tinuate Home g airicum fjan 3lnno bomi m ^ine^imoquaoringcntciefimo^exajjc^imo £eg timo bie ultima 0r}cngtg becemnrig. % ft. No one has yet demonstrated for whom, or for what, the initials ' I. R.' Avere intended ; and in the absence of all rational conjecture it is advisable to preserve a prudent silence. As to the artist who de- signed, or who cut these embellishments upon wood, very little, it must 278 MISCELLANEOUS. be confessed, can be said in commendation of him. But the volume itself — the supposed earliest production of Ulric Han's press — is inestimable, as a typographical curiosity : and such an extraordinary copy of it, as is the present, may be fairly said to be beyond all price. The preceding description may be considered the more acceptable, as, from Audiffredi's statement (Edit. Rom. p. 9) Meerman, Heinecken, and Laire, have each committed a few errors, or given but an imperfect account. The ' Meditations ' of the Cardinal are not upon the figures, or subjects, described in the porticoes of the hall near the temple of S. M. de Minerva — but upon the things, or subject-matter, represented by those figures. Of this Audiffredi gives a very sufficient proof. It were to be desired that the name of the original artist should be ascertained. He does not however seem to have been Beccafumi, Donatelli, or Masaccio : judging from Mr. Ottley's specimens of these masters, from his Italian School of Design. The copy under consideration is preserved in a wooden case, covered with blue morocco, by C. Lewis. 12/8. TuRRECREMATA, I. DE. MeDITATIONES. Printed hy Ulric Han and Simon de Luca. Rome. 1473. Folio. Editio Secunda. A reprint of the preceding, by the same printer; but in a Gothic character one size less — uniformly, from the beginning to the end of the volume. There is no introduction of red ink through- out : nor is there one full-sized page. The cuts are precisely the same as those in the preceding impression. The prefix is also precisely similar. The colophon, on the reverse of the 30th and last leaf, is more extended, thus : jpinite sunt contemplations ftcuerenbiteimi patri£ Domini 3[opni£ tic STutrccrcmata. £actofancte ftomane ectfie carbinatt£* pogitc ct bepicte be ip^iug mabato- in calk auitu ganctc marie tic ^incrua Home. |j)o attra^ meto, plumali. calamo. ncq ; £tilo crco* £cti artificio^a quaba abinuetionc imnrimebi gcu caractcri$abi sic effigiatu. ab tici iaubc inbustricq; est coftimatn. per tmibaricfi gaflum akmanu* ct £imone be luca 3Unno MISCELLANEOUS. 279 Domini. Qft.tttcAxxin. Die uero.£toii.<0cto6ri& ilegnante &>ixto Quarto pontifice masimo. This copy is sound, but in rather a cropt state. It is bound in dark blue morocco by C. Lewis. 1279. TVRRECRE3IATA, I. DE. MeDITATIONES. Printed by Ulric Han. Rome, 1478. Folio. At first sight, this might be imagined to be a mere paginary reprint of the preceding ; but a close examination will lead to a different conclusion. The cuts and the type are precisely the same as those of the previous edition of 1473 j a type which I suspect to have belonged more exclusively to the partner of Ulric Han than to Ulric Han himself. The text begins on the reverse of the first leaf, and con- cludes on the reverse of the 30th and last leaf : having the following colophon : finite funt contemplation^ ftcuerettDifgimi patri£ do^ mini 3topni£ tie Cuctecremata £acro£ancte £omane ecriie Carfcinalte polite % Depute oe ip£iu£ maDato in ecriie anitu £ancte marie dc ^inertia £omc, g ftoak rim gallum alcmanu 3Unno Domini, fl^cccctotoiii. SDie ueco. i*. 2Deccmnri£ ftcgnante J>i*to Quarto $ontifice ma*imo. As in the previous edition, the work is called ' Meditationes ' in the title, but ' Contemplationes ' in the colophon. This copy, although sound and desirable, is much inferior to that of the first edition in size and condition. It is bound in blue morocco by Lewis. 2S0 MISCELLANEOUS. 1280. TlJRRECREMATA, I. DE. MeDITATIONES. Printed hy Planck, at Rome. 1498. Quarto. This is an extremely neat little volume, and estimable as one in the very valuable series of early editions of this work in the present library. The title, as before, in four lines, is above the following wood-cut. This is on the recto of a(i). The signatures, to d, run in eights. All the cuts, in the preceding editions, are copied, (and varied in the imita- tion) in the present impression. Of these cuts perhaps the most MISCELLANEOUS. 281 tion) in the present impression. Of these cuts, perhaps the most elaborate and neat is the one of the adoration of the wise men, on the reverse of a vj, thus : The last signature, d, has but six leaves, of which the last is blank. On the recto of d v is the colophon thus : 3[mptcffum ftomc per fl$agi£tru £tepganum planch tic Jpatauia: 3Cnno bomini 2t$* cccc, sctoiij* tiic totto. xfy. $®tn(i$ ^Hugufti The type, which is gothic, is larger than any I remember to have seen from the press of Planck. The present is in every respect a most desirable copy ; obtained from Professor May at Augsbourg. In blue morocco binding by C. Lewis. 1281. TURRECREMATA, I. DE. EXPOS. SUPER PsAL- terio. Printed by Ulric Han. 1470. Folio. I apprehend this rare and desirable book to be the earliest specimen extant of the union of Ulric Han's large lower gothic letter, with his second and larger size roman fount. It is also the first of that printer's productions in the year 1470, with an expressed date: although Audif- 282 MISCELLANEOUS. fredi places several volumes, by the same printer, before it. See Edit. Rom. p. 43 — where the account from two copies, seen by Audiffredi, is sufficiently particular — and where Laire, as usual, receives a severe castigation. The perpendicular and rectangular small lines, or punctua- tions, by way of calling the attention to certain points of illustration, are here also uniformly accompanied by red lines in ms., as in the copies seen by Audiffredi. This could not have been the occupation of Ulric Han, but of an hired rubricator or illuminator. The preface to Pope Pius II. occupies the first two leaves. The first psalm follows, thus : Psalm us Primus In quo clescrL bitur processus in beatudine. Catus Ux qui no abut a uia recta recedendo in consilio impio^ prauis eorum machina^ &c. &c. &c. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords ; and a full page contains 33 lines. On the recto of the 194th leaf is the colophon, thus : 3&euerentafetmt Catirittalts fattctt Sixti Expositio breuis & utilis super toto psalterio : Romp impressa die Quarta mensis octobris per honorabile uirum magistrum Vdalrieum Galium de Bienna Anno domini Millesimoquadringen^ tesimoseptuagesimo. Laus Deo. The reverse is blank. A register of one leaf, occupying only the recto of it, concludes the volume. Audiffredi, from the horizontality of the water marks, denotes this book as a large quarto : but the pre- sent copy, perfectly in its original state, and full of rough leaves at bottom and on the right margin, is questionless of a folio form. For size and condition this copy cannot be exceeded. It was obtained of M. Chardin at Paris ; and has been recently and beautifully bound in blue morocco by C. Lewis. MISCELLANEOUS. 283 1282. TlJRRECREMATA, I. DE : IN PsALTERIUM. Printed by Sckusler. 1472. Folio. This fine copy came from the library of the Eichstadt monastery ; and like many other books which I have seen from that collection, it is, with some few exceptions, in particularly fine order. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. A full page has 35 lines. On the reverse of folio 132 is the colophon, thus : 9[ofjamu£ be turrccremata Carbinali §>txi £>ixti toulgaritcr nfmqiati esplanatio I p^altmu Unit, pet Sloftanne J>tfjujetete ciuem 3dug. impre££a,3Unno bni $®&€€&Uxij. pribic no£ 0$apa& This beautiful copy is elegantly bound in blue morocco by Lewis. 1283. TURRECREMATA, I. DE : IN PsALTERIUM. Printed by Schoyffher. 14/8. Folio. This is by no means a rare book ; but such a copy as that under description is always most desirable. A ms. note on the recto of the first leaf informs us that this book originally belonged to the episcopalian library at Spires ; while, in a larger hand, written in red gothic charac- ters below, we read 'Matthew tie Jungnaw legauit orate deu pro eo fide- liter.' There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords, and the text is executed in the fine bold gothic type of Schoiffher, like the Bible of 14/2. The first line, in the different divisions, is printed in the character of the Psalter of 1457. On the recto of the 195th and last leaf, the colophon is thus : f&uemtbtfthm carbhtalig, tituli fancti M>wth bommi Sjoljjanm^ tie €urrccremata ; e^po^itio fcrcui£ et toti!i£ gupct toto pfalterio S^ogftcic impreffa, 3Unno Domini . ap« tttt totuij* bie quarta apii£ g Jpetru JktjopfFer be a5entf$]jjepm feiiciter eft confummata* The colophon and the shields below are in red. This fine copy is bound in russia by Hering. 284 MISCELLANEOUS. 1284. [La] Vie des Peres. Printed by Jehan du Pre. 1486. Folio. We have here an early and beautiful specimen of the printing of J. du Pre,* enriched with wood-cuts, which however have less claim to commendation than the letter-press. The work is a translation from the Latin. On the recto of the first leaf is a title, thus : ' La vie des peres en francoys.' A large wood-cut of the crucifixion is on the reverse. On signature a ii, the prologue of the translator begins. The text is uniformly printed in double columns, and the signatures run thus : a 10 : b, c, and d, each 8 : e 6 : f S : g 6 : h,i, k, I, m, n, o, p, (]> r, f, s, each in 8 : t 6 : v, ii, x, y, ?, each in 8 : z, 4. Then A 8 : B 6 : C and D, each 8 : E6: F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, and P, each 8 : Q 6 : R, S, T, V, each in 8. Then aa 6 : bb, cc, each 8 : dd, ee, ff each 6 : ff 6 forming a blank leaf. On the reverse of ff v, is the colophon thus : €p fine It lintt intitule be la hit beg ancient gaint$ pereg iabig bemou rang eg grag begerg begiptc tfje&apbe mefopotamne i autrcg Iieti£ golitai reg, nouudfement tranflate lie latin en fracoig. €n Ian mil €€€€ qua trc tringt$ i gix, fur Keg liureg que en ont cfctipt i tranflate tic grec en la? tin luonfeigncur faint g[erofme txtU excellent i approuue boctcur tie fain ete egligc, a autreg grang t notaMeg cfcrc3 aprcg hii 3fccIIc traflacion ipri? mee en la trifle tie parig le fjuiticfme iour be 3[uin ott tiit an quatretangt i gix, $ar maigtre Stefan tiu pee librai re bemourant en la grat rue faint 3!a? queg en foftel ou pebrt pour enfeigne icg btux cpgneg. * See Bibliographical Decameron, vol. ii. ]>. .33. MISCELLANEOUS. 285 Nothing can exceed the condition and binding (in blue morocco by Lewis) of the present copy : obtained of Mr. R. Triphook. 1285. Viola Sanctorum. Printed inl499- Quarto. The title is thus — above a wood-cut of the Virgin, kneeling and praying, within an embroidered circle of flowers, surrounded by angels : ' Martyrilogiu Viola Sanctorum.' On the reverse is a small wood-cut, representing, as I conceive, the martyrdom of St. Stephen. From the style of art, I should apprehend this embellishment, as well as the volume itself, to be the production of a Strasbourg artist. A register, of nine leaves, not numbered, follows. Then commences the text, with the leaves regularly numbered in the centre of the recto of each — as far as ' folium CXXIII :' where we read the following imprint : tmiola fanct02f finit fciiciter* 3Cnno tmi. The saints are arranged in the order of the months in which their martyrdoms occurred ; and it is just possible that this little volume may be the germ of that stupendous work entitled Acta Sanctorum. The present sound and clean copy, bound in blue morocco by Hering, was obtained from the library of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. 1286. Virgilii Opera. Printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz. Rome. TVithout Date, but sup- posed to have been in the year 14/1 • Folio. Second Roman Edition. I cannot commence the description of this excessively rare, and long-sought after book, without expressing the gratification I feel in having been the humble instrument of its being- placed upon the shelves of this library. It was obtained, with the not less rare edition of Adam, (described in the next article) from the public library at Stuttgart, after a negociation equally liberal and honourable to all the parties concerned. The edition is probably rarer even (as Brunet intimates) than the editio princeps of the author by the same printers. The prefatory epistle of the Bishop of Aleria com- mences on the recto of the first leaf, and ends on the recto of the second. This is precisely the same as the epistle in the first edition, with the exception only of a prefix (in three lines) which is not introduced in the previous one. On the reverse of the second leaf is the following im- 286 MISCELLANEOUS. portant memorandum, or advertisement, by the Bishop, in which he takes occasion to notice the comparative accuracy of the present edition over the preceding. It is literally thus : Vcusq; epistola cluseram amantissime Poponi in supiore edenda impressione Virgiliana : in q tu testis es optimus : nostros artifices plus nescio quo q comuniter solent: dormitasse. Dein ipse antiquitatis totius studiosissimi Maronis tamen aliqto amicicior dedisti operam ut ex manibus tuis antiquissimu Vir- gilii exeplar maiusculis characteribus descriptu uix carptim possem euoluere. Erant in eo qct meministi: minus prime Bucolico^. Egloge. Georgica Eneisq; absoluta. Preterea nihil. Fateor aliquibus in locis & uerbis Codicem mihi uetustum ilium iudicatum esse nostro ueriore. Et si fieri poterit qcl spero ut possim diutius ilium per dominu eius in meis manibus tenere diligentissime curaturum me spondeo : ut tertia fiat impressio. ne qd oino uideat; ex uirgiliana a nostris maiestate desiderari. Tu tame mihi etiam Ftna* Ma- ronis & Cirin Itegras qde sed inemedatas: Catalecton uero etia corruptius: & imperfectu tradidisti. Vita ite diuini uatis breuissime scripta & nonullos sumarios operis uersiculos eos quoq; q Hortuli nole inscribut: que ego omnia diligentia tua ut debui : miru in rnodu oblectatus ascribi huic noue impressioni curaui. tali tamen conditione ut si quid impmedo nostri artifices errarint : tua sit etiam emendandi cura qui ut hec legi a pluribus possent : sedulitate tua effecisti Vale A life of Virgil follows : then, poetical excerpts in commendation of him. Next, poetical abridgements of the contents of each book of the iEneid. Then a miscellaneous summary, being the incipient word of the commencement of each smaller and larger poem of the author. This concludes on the recto of the 5th leaf, when the ' Culex' com- * Sic — pro Etna. MISCELLANEOUS. 287 mences on the reverse. The whole of the preliminary pieces, previous to the Eclogues, conclude on the recto of the 17th leaf: the reverse is blank. Brunet observes justly that the text of the poet, beginning with the Bucolics, and extending to the xnth of the .ZEneid, inclusively, contains 174 leaves. Then, miscellaneous pieces for the four following leaves — on the recto of the 4th of which is the usual colophon, as in the previous edition, beginning Aspicis illustris lector quicunq; libellos The reverse is blank. Next follows the Priapeia, in nine leaves, com- plete ; whereas, in the previous impression, the work is imperfect. At the end : Virgilii Priapeia finit foeliciter. A blank leaf ensues in the present copy. Then the Etna .- P. Virg-ilii Maronis. Etna que a cjbusda Cornelio tribuit. This piece comprehends 19 leaves j concluding on the recto of the 19th thus — Saperbe noctu repuditum caput Datur tibi puella quam petis datur The reverse is blank. Audiffredi appears to have been ignorant of the existence of this last piece, and Brunet observes that both these latter pieces are wanting in ' many other ' copies. But only four other copies are known ; and of these, that in the Royal Library at Paris contains them. See Edit. Rom. p. 79 j Man. du Libraire, vol. iii. p. 414-5. The present copy, which may be justly called a beautiful and desirable one, has been recently and elegantly bound in olive-colour morocco by C. Lewis. This volume is a treasure of some importance in the series of early Virgils in this library. Another copy (and the only other copy of it in England) is in the library of Dr. W. Hunter at Glasgow. 1287- Virgilii Opera. Printed hy Adam. 1471. Folio. This is probably, after all, the rarest edition of Virgil in existence j if we except the Brescia impression of 1473 : see Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 472. M. Van Praet, when he saw this volume at Paris, whither I had brought it from Stuttgart, declared that ( he saw it for the first 2SS MISCELLANEOUS. time.' I shall first particularly describe the arrangement of the contents, and then subjoin some reasons why the printer of this volume, and of the Lactaxtius of 1471 (see Bibl. Spencer, vol. i. p. 211) may not be considered as one and the same person — notwithstanding the opinion of the Abbe St. Leger in favour of Adam Rothvil, as quoted by the author of the Manuel du Libraire, vol. ii. p. 215, vol. iii. p. 415. First, then, for the order of the contents. On the recto of the first leaf, without any prefix, or prefatory adver- tisement, the text of the Bucolics begins, as in the edition of Spira of 1470 : see Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 465 — both in the adoption of the letters and the lines — except that we have here the diphthong ce, which, in Spira's edition, is supplied by the contraction. The first page of this edition precisely answers to the first page of Spira's, and I make no doubt that the present is a reprint of it. A full page contains 39 verses ; but the pages of the edition of 1470 are fuller. The Bucolics terminate on the reverse of the 11th leaf, and are immediately succeeded by the Georgics, to which are prefixed four hexameter verses, followed by the text of the poet, thus : q VID FACIAT LAETAS segetes : quo sidere terram Vertere mcecenas : ulmisque adiungere uites C onueniat : quae cura boum : quis cultus habendo S it pecori : atq; apibus quanta experientia parcis : The Georgics terminate on the recto of folio 40 ; the reverse of the leaf being blank. Then follows, on the recto of the ensuing leaf, the verses of Augustus respecting the burning of the poem of the iEneid : which I do not perceive to be in either of the editions of Sweynheym and Pannartz before described, or in either of the editions of Vindelin de Spira of 1470 and 1471 : but they are to be found, copied from hence, as I conjecture, in the edition of 1472 (fob 52) printed in the types of the Ausonius : see Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. p. 467. They have, here, no prefix j and conclude, with the three usual introductory pieces to the iEneid, on the reverse of the same leaf — when the .^Eneid begins thus : RMA : VIRVMQVE CANO : troiae qui primus ab oris MISCELLANEOUS. 289 Italia fato profugus : lauinaq; uenit L ittora : multu ille & terris iactatus : & alto &c. &c &c. The xnth book of the iEneid concludes on the recto of 1 70th leaf : the reverse is blank. On the recto of the ensuing leaf begins the xmth book of the iEneid, possibly presenting us with the earliest impression of that text. After the usual twelve introductory verses, this xmth book begins thus : VRNVS VT EXTREMO deuictus marte profudit Effugientem alam. medioq; sub agmine uictor This occupies nine leaves : concluding on the 179th leaf from the com- mencement of the volume inclusively. The colophon is thus : . M . CCCC . LXXI . M inciadae quiconq; cupit cognoscere uatis C armina : sen quisquis uegi simul optat habere : M e legat : aut fratres. paruo numerosa iuuentus : V no eodemq; sumus pressi sesquiq; locoq; N on solomon : neq; hyran. no dsedalus : atq; sibyla G raecia non omnis sapientibus inclyta ij5 : N on armis romana potens sequanda q; diuis G loria iactauit tali se se arte decoram. N os igitur peperit patrem qui nomie primum R ettulit alter adam : formis quos pressit ahenis : . The reverse is blank. Having thus given a pretty minute descrip- tion of the contents of the volume, I proceed to endeavor to prove that ' Adam,' the printer of this book, and of the Lactantius of 1471, as before referred to — are one and the same person. M. Brunet has intimated the same thing ; but he has had no opportunity of instituting a comparison between the two— as no copy of this edition of Virgil is known to exist in France. The Abbe St. Leger thought the printer of the Lactantius was ' very probably Adam de Rotwil,' but certainly not Adam Rot. He was, with yet more probability, neither the one nor VOL. II. p p 290 MISCELLANEOUS. the other. Adam de Rothvil began to print at a later period, and all the specimens of his press which I have seen are in the black letter. Adam Rot printed at Rome, in a roman character, but with a much stronger resemblance to the types of Laver or Schurener de Bopardia. He could not, as the Abbe infers, have printed the Lactantius of 1471. But the preceding are little more than negative proofs. We come therefore to a comparison of the two volumes. At first view, the Lac- tantius is more irregularly printed : the letter appears neither so large nor so round as in the Virgil under description : but let us turn to the hexameter verses, with which the Lactantius concludes, and we shall with more readiness discover a conformity between the two. The Virgil is clearly printed after the plan of Spira's edition of 1470, or 1471 — by putting the incipient letter at a distance from its sequents. Not so is the Lactantius : but compare the letters of each work with one another. The capitals may be said fairly to assimilate. The m, e, ce, are precisely the same : the & is similar : and the contraction of ' que' is the same in both. In short, admitting that the Lactantius does not ' stand so well in line' (as printers term it) there are the fairest grounds for believing that the ' Adam' of one book is the ' Adam ' of the other : and the whole cast of character denotes both to have been printed at Venice. Perhaps a more perfect resemblance, in every respect, attaches to the edition of Cicero's Epistolee ad Familiar es, of the date of 1471, as described at page 1(>7> ante. Indeed I have no hesitation in concluding both volumes to have issued from the same press. To revert to the copy under description, it may be justly observed that its condition, for size and colour, can hardly be equalled. It has been relieved from its monastic binding, and coated beautifully in orange colour morocco by C. Lewis It was obtained from the royal library at Stuttgart, as noticed at p. 285, ante ; and may justly be classed among the most precious treasures of this library. 1288. Virgilii Opera. {Printed by V. de Spira.) 1471. Folio. Although the name of V. de Spira be not subjoined to this volume, yet it is questionless a production of his press : being executed in his fuller and larger type, which he chose on rejecting that of the Virgil and Livy, &c. It is therefore in his usual type, as in the Martial, Catullus, and others. The impression under description is of extreme rarity. Indeed the author of the Manuel du Libraire allows it to be as MISCELLANEOUS. 29! rare as the preceding by Adam ; but I apprehend he is in error when he says that the types of each edition resemble one another : although, like its precursor in these pages, it has 39 lines in a full page, and appears to have been a lineal re-impression—except that this impression con- tains the Priapcia, omitted in that of Adam. Towards the close of the first book of the Georgics, folio 17, the reverse of this leaf is entirely blank—apparently by mistake—for the context goes on perfectly on the recto of the ensuing leaf— S ol quoq; & exoriens : & quum se condet I undas A similar blank reverse of a leaf occurs in the xnth book of the Jineid (fol. 16"2) but the text continues regularly on the recto of the following leaf, C oncurrunt itali : spoliantq; calentia membra On the recto of the 171st leaf, the xnth book of the ^Eneid termi- nates, with this addendum : (not in the edition of Adam). Finis Summe Virgiliane narrationis in tribus ope- ribus Bucolicis Georgicis & Aeneide. The reverse is blank. Then the xinth book of the iEneid follows — as in Adam's edition, line for line and page for page, comprehending nine leaves : the reverse of this 9th leaf is blank. We have thus far travelled through 180 leaves. These are succeeded by 20 leaves, in- cluding all the minor poems of Virgil, and terminating with the Priapeia .- which latter calls forth the following apologetic colophon : Finis . M.CCCC LXXI. Cur hec sculpantur tjuis obscoena requiris Da ueniam sunt liec scripta marone tamen. In the whole, therefore, 200 leaves : though Brunet says 198 — but I apprehend erroneously. The present copy, although large, and beauti- fully bound in olive colour morocco, has been in a very tender condition. Yet is it, in every respect, a most desirable volume. In the imperial library at Vienna, there is one of the finest copies in the world of this impression — bound in red morocco. It was carried off by the French, and restored by them. There is also a fine copy of it in the library of Mr. Coke at Holkham. 2f® MISCELLANEOUS. 1289. Virgilii Opera. Printed hy the Fivizani. Fivizano. 14^2. Folio. An edition of extreme rarity. Panzer, in his first account of this book (Annal. Typog. vol. iii. p. 94) had supposed it to have been printed at Venice ; but, on the authority of Fossi, in his subsequent account, vol. iv. p. 296-7, he attributed the execution of it, with more justice, to Fivizano, a town in Etruria. Panzer describes it as a small oblong folio, containing 170 leaves, with 41 lines in a full page — which is perfectly correct. There is no prefix whatever 3 but on the recto of the first leaf the first Bucolic begins thus : ITYRE TV PATVLAE recubans sub tegmine fagi Siluestrem tenui musam meditaris auena. N os patriae fines : & dulcia linquimus arua. N os patria$ fugiinus : tu tityre lentus in umbra &c. &c. &c. The iEneid has the three usual prefixes : the last, ' Ille ego qui quondam,' &c. Then commences the text below, thus : RMA VIRVMQVE Cano : troise qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus lauinaq; uenit Littora : multum ille & terris iactatus & alto &c. &c. &c. At the conclusion of the iEneid, within eight leaves of the end of the volume, we read the following — as a sort of epilogue to the poem of the iEneid, which begins on the recto of the following leaf ; the reverse of the present being blank. The prefix, which is not very common in the earlier editions, is as follows : PVBLII MARONIS VIRGILII AENEI DOS LIBER XII. FOELICITER FINIT. MISCELLANEOUS. 293 I usserat hsec rapidis aboleri carmina flammis V irgilius : phiygium quae cecinere ducem. T ucca uetat : uarusq; simul. tu maxim e coesaR N on sinis : & latise consulis historian. I nfoelix gemino cecidit prope pergamon igni : E t pene est alio troia cremata rogo. On the reverse of the 8th following leaf, the xmth book ends, when the following colophon is immediately subjoined : S culpserunt docti manibus sed pectore firmo C armina uirgilii uatis super aethera noti I acobus existens primus : baptista sacerdos A tq; allexander comites in amore benigni. Q ui fiuizani uiuunt super oppida digni. . M. CCCC LXXII. The present sound and desirable copy, obtained through the interposi- tion of Lord Holland, is elegantly bound in red morocco by C. Lewis. 1290. Vitje Illustr. Philos. Sic. et Calab. Printed by Scomberg, at Messana. 1499. Quarto. This is rather a wretched specimen of the printer's art ; but the book has escaped Panzer. It is a thin quarto, printed on signature a in ten leaves. This copy also is a very indifferent one. The full title, ' Vita? Illustrium Philosophorum Siculorum & Calabrorum,' is on the recto of the first leaf: the reverse is blank. An address of the famous ' Con- stantine Lascaris, the Greek,' to Dun Ferdinand de Cunea, occupies the recto of a ij. The text begins on the reverse. It is wholly in the Latin language. On the reverse of the 10th and last leaf, is the printer's colophon : Finiut vite pho2f Siculoru ac Calabro^. Impresse nobilissima vrbe Messana. Per Guillielmu scomberg alamanu de franckfordia Anno dni M. cccc. xcix. quinto vero die Martij. The arms of Don Ferdinand, with those of Sicily, are beneath. Then the ensuing verses : 294 MISCELLANEOUS. Qui vos impressit tam clara insignia multum Diligit, & toto pectore firma tenet : Imprimit hie etiam que scribunt dicta recentes. Et veterum scripsit que veneranda manus. Vir bonus imperium liquit, patriaq; lemanni Nunc mamertinus noster & esse cupit. Huic Messana faue en te iam nunc personat orbem Illustrisq; simul tu comes ista dabis. In neat russia binding. 1291. Vocabulario Ital. Teuts. Printed by Adam de Rothvil. 1477- Quarto. A very curious and uncommon volume. From the subscription, it appears to have been ' completed by Meistro Adamo de Rodvilla, in the year 1477.' It commences on signature a(i) with prefatory notices of the power of sounds of certain letters. The list of chapters follows ; and on a 4, recto, commences the vocabulary in two columns, thus : b 3Io <£ot %a beitabe £Di gotgant Eta fanta trinitabe SDi Deilig btiuaitinait €1 pate SDer toater <£i no SDer fun €1 fmrito tanto £Der fjeiliggeigt ar^cfer bomino bio tmnfer Jer got The signatures, in eights, extend to g. On the reverse of g viij, beneath ' Explicit vocauolarius,' we read the following subscription : %ptk gate bio pet me JDitat got fue micl) impagamento 311 Ion Compiuto &oi pracfjt fper meiftro SUbamo SDurcj) maiftec 2[bam be ftobuila uois ilotmnl 1477 Sdbi, 1-MUtigufto MISCELLANEOUS. 295 The present is a sound and desirable copy; bound in foreign red morocco. 1292. Wolfram Von Eschenbach : Von Ty- turell. Without Name of Printer or Place. 1477. Folio, First Edition of an extremely popular heroic poem in Germany. The text is printed in double columns, prose-wise. Four leaves of introductory matter appear to precede the text. On the recto of the 5th leaf, this introductory matter concludes thus : Wit tnturcfl tier recfjt genre beg graleg genoren toarb. The subject ensues thus — <£r toon prouent$a fe. iflagetanig ner^ lure ipcibenfel) too be grale, flilnb fam t$op$ tut euc{> hunt toil auenti^ re* 2D5 toifl itSj tiitfcp toil eg mir got nun ainbe\ H£ag par$ifal tia nirget. SDag toirt 511 liecfjt nracfjt on toaefcel sinben. 3!cf> Bin go toil gefraget. mon etoler biet ber mere* £>ag miegg burcg not fietraget* ffltt b'Mt fteufcge rente toere* SDer fofliefter gelbcn ftuefjt bo inag ber toeren be* SDer ebelen toerben hitu 2Die Ijie tonb bort nut ftete toarenbt eren gerenbe &C. &.C. &c. The impression is wholly destitute of signatures, numerals, and 296 MISCELLANEOUS. catchwords, but the type is rather roman than gothic. A full page con- tains 40 lines. On the reverse of the 305th leaf is the colophon, thus : fl^it rimcn fcltferfjt brei gen* ge. £rint bt£e Uber toorben. <*5e* meffen in reciter ienge* l^eife ton fcoort natf) maifteriicfjem or* ben. Zu Rurt$ $u lang em liet toil tool fmacfjet. 31$ toolfram nm tonfefjulbig. <$& fcfjreiner rcefjt tonricjjtig macJjet* : M. CCCC. LXXVII. One leaf of a table of chapters concludes the impression. Consult Panzer's Annalen Teutschen, #c. p. 101, no. 83. In the same year there was not only published an edition of the same work, in which the lines are printed with attention to their metrical character, but also of the companion of this work, the Parzival. A copy of each work is in the public library at Strasbourg. M. of the same city was so obliging as to procure the present copy — beautiful in every respect, and, till lately, in its first binding of boards, — for his Lordship, at a very mode- rate sum. It is a book of very considerable rarity ; and has been recently bound in dark green morocco, by C. Lewis. 1293. Xenophontis Cyrop^dia. Latine. Phi- lelpho Interprets Without Date or Place. Folio. On the recto of the first leaf begins the preface of Franciscus Philel- phus, with a prefix of four lines in capital letters : 24 lines are below. A full page contains 32 lines. There are neither numerals nor signa- tures, but catchwords. On the reverse of the 1 45th leaf, is the following colophon— alluding to the date of the completion of the Latin version. Huic aut Cyri Paedise Idem Franciscus Philelfus eques anratus. Laureatusq; poeta extremu imposuit man am Mediolani ad. xi. K'al. octobres, anno a natali christia no Millesimo quadringentesimo Sexagesimoseptimo. MISCELLANEOUS. 297 Four prose lines, and ten poetical ones, are on the recto of the following and last leaf. I am not disposed to consider this book as a production of the Milan press, but rather as having been printed at Padua or Parma. At first sight it looks like the printing of Martinus de Septem Arboribus. The present is a sound and desirable copy ; in blue morocco, French binding. 1294. Zacharias (I.) Libellus Inscriptionum. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date* Quarto. The preface, by Gabriel Apollonius, tells us that the author of this little work was Jacobus Zacharias : that it lay by him some time — but that he thought he should be rendering the public some benefit by giving it to his bookseller, or printer, for the purpose of publication. It is a pretty little quarto volume of 32 leaves, without numerals, signatures, or catchwords. The last leaf contains, on the recto, an address to the reader ; on the reverse, is the register. The subject is, forms of addresses to men in all ranks and situations of life; beginning with that of the Pope. Panzer, vol. ii. p. 537, supposes, with apparent justice, that the printer of this volume wasEucharius Sil- ber. The copy under description, obtained from Professor May of Augsbourg, is in the most perfect condition, and has been bound in brown calf, with gilt leaves. VOL. II. Q q 298 MISCELLANEOUS. BOOKS ADDED. 1295. Aymon. The Four Sonnes of. Printed by Caxton. Without Date. Folio. It is with no ordinary sensations of satisfaction that I commence the present catalogue of Additional Volumes — procured since the preced- ing pages were committed to press — with the notice of a book of such singular rarity as the present; and which will probably, for some period, maintain its distinction of being unique. The satisfaction, just expressed, arises from two causes : first, from the absolute possession of such a Caxtonian treasure by his Lordship : and, secondly, from the confirmation of a conjecture thrown out in the Bibliographical Decameron, vol. ii. p. 437, that, from the diction, or style of composition — especially of the prologue — (as reprinted by Wynkyn De Worde and Copland*) there could be little or no doubt of there having been an impression of this romance, by our first English Printer. A sight of this book has banished every doubt upon the sub- ject ; and it is questionless a volume from the Press of Caxton — printed in the same type as the Dictes & Sayinges, Virgil, #c. The present copy, defective like Blanchardin and 4 Eglantyne, described in Bibl. Spencer, vol. iv. p. 270, wants several leaves at the beginning, (including the interesting prologue of Caxton) as it com- mences with Biij ; — with the words ' Reynawde one of the sones of Aymon,' &c. The other leaves wanting are as follow: D vj. F iiij. and v : L viij. In the whole, perhaps thirteen leaves — supposing Aj to be blank. From L viij — to m in v, in eights — the text appears to be perfect. The first alphabet of signatures is by a single capital letter ; the second, in two small lower-case letters j m m vj, appears to be blank. The colophon, on the reverse of m m v, is as follows : * Consult also the Typ. Antiq. vol. iii. p. 137, where these editions are referred to. It is remarkable that, not only were Ames and Herbert ignorant of this edition, by Caxton, but of that by W. de Worde, of the date of 1504. The extracts from Copland's edition, given in the pages just referred to, correspond as to matter, but not exactly as to ortho- graphy, with the same passages in the present by Caxton. MISCELLANEOUS. ;>99 flt^p fapr loroeg tfjenne tfjat tf>i£ present foofee gftaH re^ be or Here, toe ffjafl prape goo i tge glorpous fapnte ftcpnauoe tfje matter, tfjat fje gpue tog grace to pergeuere, anti contpnue our W in gooo toerfceg. fop ttje tofurfje toe map Jjaue at our enopuge tfje iifFtfjat euer gfjall lafte, The preceding in five lines, above the word ' Amen.' This last page contains twenty-six lines. A full page contains thirty-one lines. The present copy is, upon the whole, a fair, sound and desirable one. There are occasionally nis. memoranda in the margins ; some of them nearly coeval with the book. This copy, which was obtained of Mr. Triphook at a price by no means disproportioned to its worth, has been recently bound in green morocco, by C. Lewis. * # * The present may be a fit opportunity to remark that the im- perfect Caxtoxs (namely, the Royal Book, 1484 ; the Pilgrimage of the Soule, 1483 : and the Order of Chivalry 1484 ;) described in the 4th volume of the Bibl. Spenceriana, have been, since that publication, perfected — by the purchase of other copies. 1296. Boccaccio II Decamerone. Printed at Venice by Giovanni fy Gregorio di Gregorii. 1492. Folio. A most beautiful copy of a beautiful and rare volume ; printed in double columns, and adorned with wood-cuts, in outline, of the purest taste. As the leaves are regularly numbered, it will be only necessary to men- tion that the colophon, in 7 lines, is found on the recto of folio 137 — with the register beneath — from which latter it appears that a has 8, and z 4 leaves : all the intervening signatures having 6 leaves. The device of the Printers is on the reverse. The present copy is bound by C. Lewis, in beautifully grained green morocco. 1297. Boccaccio. Il Decamerone. Without Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Folio. I do not scruple to consider this, as an edition of the Decameron exceeded by none in rarity in the present Collection. But perhaps the more pleasing reflections, arising from its possession, are those winch 300 MISCELLANEOUS. nre connected with the history of its migration into the place which it now occupies. On the fly-leaf of the copy is the following ms. memo- randum, in the hand-writing of the present noble, owner : ' This very rare edition of the Decameron of Boccaccio was given to me by my very worthy friend George Hibbert, Esq. in March 1821.' The gift, precious and acceptable as it doubtless was, was requited by his Lord- ship by a present, in turn, of a copy of the Theseide of Boccaccio, printed at Ferrara, in 1475, folio ; a volume of almost equal rarity, and equally acceptable in the choice collection of Mr. Hibbert. This copy of the Theseide was a duplicate, purchased by his Lordship with the collection of the Duke of Cassano, at Naples. It being in vain to look for any account of this edition in the pages of Mazzuchelli, Panzer, or Brunet, I shall proceed to a description of such typographical characteristics of the contents as may completely iden- tify the volume, and satisfy the collector, should he happen to come in contact with a copy of it. On the fly-leaf of this copy there is an inscription or memorandum— in the hand-writing of the time — pur- porting it to have belonged to ' Leonardo di Bartolomeo Etdinj, a citi- zen and merchant of Florence, living at Lyons . . . .' The table begins on the recto of the second leaf (or first, of printed text) on the signature 2, and occupies 7 leaves. Sig. 4, recto, has 38 lines. On the recto of the first leaf, following the table, or *on sig- nature a i, the text begins, with a comparatively large space for the insertion of the first capital letter — probably intended to be supplied by the illuminator ; as the other spaces, for capital initials, are smaller, and supplied by flowered printed letters, clumsily executed. The text be- gins thus— which sufficiently proves that it is not a reprint of any pre- ceding edition that has come to our knowledge. Nor indeed, if it be a later production, is it a reimpression of the Vicenza edition of 1476 •— VMANA cosa . e . lhauere copassione agli afflic ti . et come che adciascuna persona stia bene adco loro massimamente, e, richiesto: liqnali gia han &c . &c. &c. This page, and every other full page, contains 36 lines. The first signature has 8 leaves ; every other, to z, has 6 leaves. After z is &, with 6 leaves. Then a fresh set of signatures, commencing with A to T, regularly in eights; but A iiii. and O i, O ii, have missed catching MISCELLANEOUS. 301 the press : so has P iii : T has only four leaves : on the recto of the 4th of which, the text ends thus : in pace ui rimanete : di me recordandoui se forse ad alcuna cosa gioua hauerle lette.* FINIS. AMEN. Notwithstanding the lower part of this leaf, which is blank, be- ing joined or added by means of paste — thereby creating a suspicion that the copy may be imperfect — his Lordship, from the evidence of another copy, seen at Rome, in the Corsini library, and which has the last leaf entire, has discovered the present to be entirely perfect — and, as such, of first rate value in a bibliographical point of view. It now remains to be seen by whom, and at what period, this rare volume was printed. Mr. George Appleyard — his Lordship's Secretary — who has frequently, by a sedulous comparison of types, hitherto unappropriated, been suc- cessful in the discovery of the names of printers — imagines that this book was printed in the monastery of St. James di Ripoli at Florence. A careful comparison of these types with those of the Pliny Junior, Pe- trarch's Lives of the Emperors and Popes, and the Italian version of Quin- tus Curtius, has proved that a very strong similarity, if not an almost absolute conformity, exists between them. But, on the other hand, the Fontius in Persium, printed at the same monastery, exhibits a marked difference. Yet it is safer to judge from the generality of concurring cases, than from one which differs ; and, if so, this book may have been printed in the monastery just mentioned. One thing, however, cannot be dissembled. The register, or setting up of the page, in this edition of the Decameron, is much more skilful than in either of the books just mentioned ; and there is a roundness of letter and regularity of ap- pearance in the present book, which, it must be confessed, are not so obvious in the others. It may also be remarked, that Nicolo di Lo- renzo, who printed the Dante of 1481, and is supposed to have printed the Monte Sancto di Dio of 1477 — each at Florence — used a letter not altogether dissimilar from the present. However this may be, I ques- tion if this edition of Boccaccio were printed before the year 1476, as it is certainly not later than 1480. * The above forms the last lines : the two last words only forming the portion of the second. 302 MISCELLANEOUS. The condition of this copy is in every respect most desirable ; it being perfectly clean, and large, with many rough marginal edges. The binding, by C. Lewis, in olive colour morocco, is only exceeded by the more elaborate, skilful, and exquisite taste, bestowed upon the cele- brated volume described at page 53, &c. 1298. Boccaccio. Ameto. Printed at Treviso hy Michel Manzolo. 1479. Quarto. I have consulted the authorities referred to by Maittaire, with the exception of that of De Rossi ; and find them sufficiently superficial in regard to this edition. Maittaire, vol. i. p. 403, refers only to Bibl. Menars, p. 3*9, no. 2941. The Pinelli Cat. vol. v. p. 1, no. 3237, is very brief; Laire, Index Libror. vol. i. p. 456, calls it only ' Editio rarissima,' and refers to the Bibliogr. Instruct, vol. iv. p. 116, no. 3759, where there is no account of it, and where mention only is made of the notice of it by other bibliographers. The copy under considera- tion is extremely beautiful. The first leaf is blank. On the recto of the second leaf, a ii. the title or prefix runs thus : Incomincia lopra de lo elegantissimo poeta & ora tore grauissimo misser Ioanni boccacio da Cer- taldo Fiorentino chiamato per nome Ameto ouere Comcedia de Nymphe fiorentine. The space left below for the insertion of the illuminated letter is singular : there being two spaces, the lower one obviously for the tail, and the upper one for the body, of the letter. The signatures, to K, run in eights ; k and I have sixes — a blank leaf forming the last of 1 The work ends on the reverse of 1 iiii. On the recto of 1 v. is the fol- lowing imprint succeeded by verses, which are very pleasing in them- selves, and in which honourable mention is made of the printer.* * And therefore deserving of the present place : Nymphe : Satyri : phauni : & glialtri dei Che in aqua : o in terra : in monte : o pian conuersa Questa opra docla : peregrina : & tersa Contien cum tuti i nobel semidei Alcuna altra piu grata gliochii mei (In simel stile i dico) mai non uersa Ma rara : ignota : essendo &c quasi persa Pochi fructo potean prehender di lei MISCELLANEOUS. 303 Finisse Lopra elegantissima del eminente poeta et oratore Joanne boccacio da Certaldo firentino chiamata Ameto ouere Comcedia de le Nymphe fi rentine. Impressa ne la amoenissima cita di Treuiso per maistro Michele manzolo parmese nel anno de gratia millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo nono al decimo de kalende Decembre. On the reverse, is another set of verses, to which the initials P. T. are prefixed ; and those of R. S. subjoined. The copy wants nothing to render it in every respect most desirable. It is elegantly bound in green morocco. 1299. Calendaire, &c. Without Name of Prin- ter, Place, or Date. Duodecimo. It were vain to seek for a description of this most singular and bar- barous little volume ; which is clearly a xylographical pioduction, and perhaps the first, as such, executed in France. It is doubtless a curiosity of its kind, and was ceded to its present noble possessor by the ready kindness of my friend Mr. Dawson Turner. No authority, to my knowledge, has made mention of it ; but a description need not occupy much space. Four leaves, containing a spherical representa- tion of the world, in different quarters, on each side of them, and begin- ning with E. N.EAST. or E.N. EST, form the introductory matter. Then a 5th leaf, having, on the reverse, a spherical ornament — with a label at top, in the centre of which is the inscription ' O sot les Ueux;'' and this inscription alone, to say nothing of the forms of the arabic numerals in the centre of the sphere, clearly prove the production to be very late in the XVth. century, if not at the beginning of the XVlth. Then a leaf, having on the reverse, a map of Brittany : and another leaf, having on the recto that of Flanders, though the city and cathe- Michiel Manzol che fuor del uulgar grege Fa pregio a la uirtu : lode : , is repeated in this cop3 r . MISCELLANEOUS. 307 sers, the owner, or owners, of such mansions, may have an increase of happiness, &c. to themselves and their families. A full page contains twenty-three lines, and the volume 1*2 leaves. De Rossi combats very successfully the bibliographical errors of Buxtorf, Scabtseus, Bar- tollocci, and Wolf, respecting the place and time of printing this edi- tion. He himself speaks of having collated three copies of the work, of which the present (obtained by Mr. John Payne in his recent trip to Italy) was one — belonging to himself. It is a large and sound copy : and has been recently bound in russia. 1303. Hor^: Beat. Virg. sec. Rom. Cur. Gr. Printed hy Aldus. 1497- Octodecimo. It is not perhaps too much to affirm, that the present is the rarest Aldine volume which exists. Upon the continent I know of only two copies : of which that in the possession of M. Renouard is im- perfect at the beginning. The second copy, in the Royal Library at Paris, is quite perfect, and in the finest condition ; although one re- grets that the original binding, in which I saw it in the year 1818, should have been exchanged for a modern coat of morocco. The pre- sent copy was purchased of M. Stbger, a bookseller of Munich,* who had obtained it — a short time before he sold it — from a collection at Augsburg : where, from the autographf in the title-page, it had probably lain upwards of two centuries. At what price it was ob- tained by M. Stoger, is not exactly known ; but I suspect at not a fif- tieth part of the sum for which he parted with it. A fourth copy, and probably, the only second copy in this country, is in the very curious library at Blickling, in Norfolk — which library was chiefly collected by Maittaire ; yet it appears a little extraordinary that no account of this rare book should be found in his Annates Typographic}. Seemiller has well described this volume, from the copy which was in the public library at Ingolstadt ; but which copy — in the re- moval of that library to Landshut — has disappeared. See the Incunab. Typog. pt. iv. 93. M. Renouard supposes the extreme rarity of this book to have arisen from the constant use made of it, in the way of religious exercise : but that reason applies to many other books, of a like character, printed by Aldus in a language more generaDy * Consult the Bibliographical and Antiquarian Tour, vol. iii. p. 301. t In the title, at bottom, we read : ' F. Gregorius Prior ad S. Vdalricum Augusta:.' At the end : ' F. Gregorius Prior Cimobij D. D. Vdalrici et Afrs. Augustana me mancipio ha- hct.' A. Dn. xcv. 308 MISCELLANEOUS. understood — which are, however, of much less scarcity. At any rate, we may conclude that there was but a very limited impression of the present edition. The title, in Greek and Latin, consists of eight lines, and a portion of the last word, orationibus, forming a ninth. The whole is in red. From the title, we learn that the text contains, The Hours of the Virgin according to the Romish Church, with the Seven Penitential Psalms, Litanies, and Prayers. On the reverse is a wood cut, of the annun- ciation, delicately executed in outline. This leaf forms sign. a. i, as the text begins on the opposite page, with signature « ii : the signa- tures, to |, inclusively, run in eights ; but instead of £ Hi, it is erro- neously printed 6 iiii — this in all the copies. The Hours of the Virgin, terminate on * v, recto, with four lines of colophon, printed in red. The reverse is blank. The Penitential Psalms' with the Litanies, begin on * vj recto, and end on //. vj recto — having four lines of colophon, printed in red. The Athanasian Creed follows on the reverse, and ends on | ii, rev. The Prayers conclude the volume, on the recto of | viii, with the colophon, printed in red — in eight lines ; informing us that the work was printed by Aldus in the year 1497- The reverse is blank. M. Renouard observes in his Suppl. p. 4 — but not in the first vol. of his work — that the text is followed ' by 16 leaves of a short Introduction to the Greek Language, yet rarer than the preceding part.' M. Brunet repeats the same thing, on the same au- thority. But it may be observed, that none of the copies., before men- tioned, and which I have examined, contain the leaves in question ; and that M. Renouard would confer a favour upon the curious by specifying the copy in which such leaves are to be found. Perhaps they were accidentally placed there ; and form no legitimate portion of the impression. The present work, interspersed with red print- ing, is by no means among the happiest specimens of the Aldine press. It appears to have been struck off in haste. This copy is quite sound and perfect ; and is most beautifully bound in blue morocco, with red- morocco ornamented insides, by C. Lewis. 1304. Job, &c Cum Commentario R. Levi Ger- sonidis. Hebraice. Naples. 1487- Folio. This volume contains the earliest printed Hebrew texts, at Naples, of Job, the Canticles, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Ruth, Esther, Daniel, and Esdras. The Paralipomena, and Nehemias, are wanting to render it perfect. Job has the commentary of R. L. Gerson, the Canticles of MISCELLANEOUS. 30 9 R. S. Jarchi, the Lamentations of R. J. Kara, and the remainder of Jarchi. The first leaf contains the preface of Gerson j the book of Job occupies 47 leaves ; the Canticles eight, Ecclesiastes 10, Lamen- tations 4, Ruth 3, Esther 5, Daniel 12, and Esdras 20 — leaves ; al- though De Rossi says that Daniel has 13, and Esdras only ] 9, leaves. The defection of the portions of Nehemiah and the Paralipomena is much to be regretted. Consult the Annul. Heb. Typ. p. 52. A sound and desirable copy ; obtained by Mr. J. Payne of De Rossi at Parma. Recently bound in purple morocco. 1305. Dalli Sonetti. Isoeario. Without Date, Place, or Printer s Name. Folio. A beautiful, uncut copy, of one of the rarest volumes of early Italian poetry. This edition appears to be printed about the year 1477, at Venice. According to a ms. note, prefixed to the present copy, this edition, from Quadrio's suggestion, ' was executed in 1500:' but it is more probable that the previous date is nearer the correct one. The author's real name was Bartolomeo Zamerti, a Venetian, who lived towards the end of the xvth century, and who published a Latin Comedy, under the title of Dolotechne, which was printed at Venice, in 1504, quarto. Sansovino mentions an Italian translation, by him, of Euclid. This edition is divested of signatures ; and begins thus, on the recto of the first leaf, at top : 3111 E>iuo Cinquccento cinque t turn €tx cinq$ afco St^il nulla tve t do tot ccto nufla quegta opra bar piu altri km. The first five pages are a metrical introduction or prologue. On the sixth, the first Sonnet, upon the Island of Cerigo, begins. Opposite is a spherical chart, cut in wood, of different places in the vicinity of Cerigo and Cecerigo. This plan continues throughout : there being a great number of pages occupied by similar charts, with the text printed on the reverse. The present impression, according to some ancient ms. numerals, contains 56 leaves : a sonnet, in praise of the Island of Cy- prus, with a wood-cut opposite, forming the two last printed pages. This book has been recently bound in green morocco, by C. Lewis. 310 MISCELLANEOUS. 1306. DattiElegantioejE. Printed by Andreas Gallus at Ferrara. 1471. Quarto. Editio pkinceps. In the prefix, on the recto of the first leaf, the work is styled ' De nariis loquendi Jiguris sine de modo dictandi,' &c. A full page has 25 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. In the whole, 38 leaves. On the recto of the last leaf, beneath six verses — relating to the number of days in each month — the imprint is thus : Expliciut elegatie parue domini augustini dathi Senensis. Impresse ferrarie die deci- ma nona Octobris. m. cccc. LXXI. Impressi Andreas hoc op9: cui fracia nome Tradidit: at ciuis ferrariensis ego. Herculeo felix ferraria tuta manebat Numine : perfectus cum liber iste fuit. A sound copy ; neatly bound in green morocco, by C. Smith. 1307- Maiolus Epiphyelides in Diaeectis, &c. Printed hy Aldus. 1497- Quarto. The title, as above, in lower-case, is in the centre of the recto of the first leaf. An interesting address of Aldus, ' to the young studious' occupies the recto of the second, and that of Maiolus himself to Aldus, the reverse of the same, leaf. Both addresses are well worth peru- sal. The entire work occupies a to g, in eights ; g having 10 leaves, a blank leaf forming the tenth. Next follows the same author's work, entitled 'De Differentia Propositionum cujuscunque generis se- cundum peripateticos' — on signatures a to i, in eights. The imprint, as applicable to the two works, is on the recto of i viij, thus : Venetiis in domo Aldi Romani mense Julio. M iii.D. Ipetratum est ab. 111. S. V. ne cui liceat imprimere & ceetera. The register is below. The reverse is blank. Next follows, usually bound with the preceding, ' Qu^estio Auekrois in Ubrum priorem tra- MISCELLANEOUS. 311 ducta per Heliam hebrceum — on signatures A to D, in eights. The following, and last leaf, has a register of the catchwords to all three treatises, which proves, as Renouard rightly observes, (Suppl. p. 4.) that the copy, to be perfect, should contain the like number. The present copy has hardly its equal — and cannot have its superior — in size and condition. It was obtained of M. Stoger, bookseller, of Mu- nich 5 and has been recently very beautifully bound in green morocco, by C. Lewis. 1308. Mashal Kadmone. Hebraice. Printed by Gerson Moses at Soncino. Without Date. Quarto. The above is the name or title of this hitherto wholly undescribed volume : — no account of it being to be found in Wolf or De Rossi — and the present copy being considered unique in this country. It is a volume of ancient fables (as the above name testifies), and the au- thor was Isaac the Son of Salomon the Son of Shulai. It is printed throughout in the Rabbinical language, and the work is divided into five parts : each part containing questions and answers. The subjects of these five parts are, 1. In praise of Understanding. 2. The Manner of Reply. 3. Giving Advice with Knowledge. 4. Humility. 5. Fear. The whole is replete with sound morality, and described in most excellent language, intermixed with verses and engravings. I am indebted to Dr. Heineman, a tutor in the Hebrew language, for this intelligence. The author lived about the year 1267- The engrav- ings, which are of wood, are in outline, and rather characteristic. The title of this book consists of a bold wood-cut in the centre. Two naked men are standing, each by the side of a castle, which has two swans upon the battlements. An Hebrew inscription is above each figure. There are white arabesque ornaments upon a black ground.* Above, we read, »» am pjr i?-UD : below, utyji pnic fW ia.f On the reverse is a bold arabesque border — with, apparently, the contents of the work within. In the whole, 66 leaves. The book was published at Constantinople and Venice. The present is a sound and desirable copy (obtained from Mr. R. Triphook), and bound in russia. * Similar to what is seen in the wood-cut at p. 429 of vol. iii. of the Bihl. Spenceriana. t Literally signifying ' the name of Jehova is a tower of strength ; the righteous run- neth into it, and is exalted.' 312 MISCELLANEOUS. 1309. Masuccio. Novellino. Printed hy the Gregorii. Venice. 1492. Folio. Although this be the fourth edition of the above work, in the xvth century, yet it is rare, and sought after : especially such a copy as the present, .which was bound in the original binding, containing the De- cameron of Boccaccio of the same date (see p. 299), and which is in all probability matchless. Not a speck or stain sullies the mellow tone of the leaves. The wood-cuts, which are numerous, and in out- line — like those of the work just mentioned — are in very good taste ; and, after the first two leaves, which are unnumbered, the text ends on the recto of the 7 1 st leaf. The first leaf has only the title, thus : NOVELLINO DEMASVC CIO SALERN1TANO. A table occu- pies the second leaf. The third leaf begins with the prologue, sur- rounded by a highly embellished border, with a subject or group of females in the centre. The colophon is thus : Finisce el Nouellino d'Massuccio Salernitano. Im presso in Venetia per Johani & Gregorio de Gre gorii fratelli: in lano della hnmana recuperatione Millesimo. cccclxxxxii. addi. xxi. de Luglio. Tene te la inclita Veneta republica Agostino Barbari- go Duce Serenissimo. A register, and the device of the printers, follow — on the same page. This beautiful book is bound in a style of perfectly classical elegance, in mulberry-colour morocco, by C. Lewis. 1310. P^eantius A. B. Diaria De Bello Caro- lino. Printed hy Aldus. (1496.) Quarto. I consider this to be among the most intrinsically valuable, as well as rare and beautiful volumes, from the Aldine Press. The super- ficial account of it which appeared in Renouard's Limp. desAlde, vol. i. p. 438, is in a great measure rectified by the subsequent descrip- tion in his Suppl. p. 50-1 — where, from the exact conformity of the types to those of Cardinal Bembo's account of iEtna, printed in 1495, no doubt is entertained of both volumes having been executed by Aldus. The present is the first printed account of the celebrated War of MISCELLANEOUS. 313 Charles VIII. in Italy, in 1496 — in two small volumes, or tracts : ' du- obus duntaxat uoluminibus, altero pugnaru tarrensem, altero nouarien- sem oppugnationem complexus.' Such are the words of Alexander Benedictus [Paeantius] Veronensis Physicus " in his preliminary ad- dress to Augustinus Barbadicus, the Doge of Venice ; which address occupies a ii, rev. and a iii — dated ( Venetiis duodecimo Kalendas, apriles. Anno m. iiiid. The title, as above, is in the centre of a i, recto : some verses of Quintus Haemilianus, ' In Gallos,' being on the reverse. On a ii, recto, are verses from the same hand, ' In Diaria Alexandri Paantii Benedicti Veronensis Physici. Epos Hendecasyllabicon.' Then the ad- dress of Paeantius, as before mentioned. On a iiii, is the argument of the first book : the text beginning on the reverse ; which extends to e iiii, in eights. On the reverse of e iiii — ' Finis libri de Tarrensi pugna.' A prefix to the second book follows — and on the reverse of the ensu- ing sheet we read, ' Secundus liber de obsidione Urbis Novar'uz.' This latter ends on the recto of i iii. On the reverse, is a third address of the author, dated ' Venetiis m. iiiid. Sexto Cal. Septembres.' At bottom : Impetratum est ab Illustriss. S. Veneto ne lice at C11U4 has ephemeridas imprimere nee lati- no serin oe nee uulgario &c. nt I priuilegio. In the whole, 59 leaves. This is a beautiful copy, splendidly bound in red morocco, with yellow morocco inside lining, by C. Lewis. 1311. Proverbia cum Commentario R. Imma- nuel filii Salomonis. Hebraice. Without Date or Place — hut supposed to he printed at Naples, in 148/. The preface of Immanuel occupies, in the Hebrew manner of reckon- ing, the recto of the first leaf : on the reverse, the sacred text begins, in a larger character, with points ; preceded by an ornamented border, having the first word — "6vm -r in the centre, upon a white ground. This text is printed in double columns, and the commentary (without points) in long lines. Of this commentary, an excellent character is given by Azulai ; and it is a pity that the same commentator's labours upon the Canticles, Pentateuch, Psalms, Prophets, Job, Ruth, Jeremiah, and Esther—' all inedited, most rare, and almost unknown to biblio- VOL. II. s s 314 MISCELLANEOUS. graphers — but all existing in my small library/ (says De Rossi) do not see the light. De Rossi's account of this very uncommon book is, in many respects, very interesting. It contains 104 leaves. A full page of commentary (like the first — of Immanuel's preface) contains 42 lines. The last page contains 39 lines. This copy (obtained of De Rossi, by Mr. J. Payne) is in excellent preservation ; and has been recently bound in purple morocco, by C. Lewis. 1312. PETRATtCHiE. SePTEM PsALMI PeNITENTI- ales et novem Confessionales. Printed hy Reissingei\ 1476. Duodecimo. This volume is, I believe, unique — as being upon vellum : and, to the best of my knowledge, is the only vellum book which I remember to have seen from the press of Reissinger. On the recto of thD"lpl, 27 lines ; the upper part of the commentary 6, and the lower part 22 lines. The fuller pages of text contain 20 lines. There are running titles throughout. On the reverse of the 54th leaf (still counting to the left) the Book of Exodus begins ; Leviticus on the 103d ; Numbers on the 135th ; Deuteronomy on the 179th — and on the reverse of the 219th, Deuteronomy ends — succeeded by an ' epi- graph' or colophon ; of which the following is De Rossi's version : 1 Ego Joseph Chaiim filius R. Aaron Strasburg Gallus vix vidi opus eximium, quod coeperant facere, vel faciendum susceperant, Penta- teuchi cum Targum et Commentario Rasci uno volumine, quod probavi vel expertus sum a Domino esse opus hoc adeo admirabile dedique cor meum, ut corrigerem Rascianum Commentarium, et restituerem coronam, seu puritatem lectionis, prout fieri poterat, heec que extitit cura seu inspectio mea. Scio quod in eo invenient discipuli requiem animabus suis, hie quiescent defessi viribus, quia verba qua? tenebris erant involuta in eorum explanatione oberrata, erunt ipsis plana, et dul- cescent in ore eorum, sicut mel suave. Excitavi porro vehementer cor eorum qui operi incumbebant, ut illud urgerent, cum que ipsi erant suspensi et immobiles, num facerent, necne, accinxi lumbos eorum dicens illis, roboramini et fortes estote, quia opus Dei est istud.' ' Absolutum est ergo universum opus, opus ministerii sancti, Penta- teuchus, Targum et Commentarius R. Salomonis Isaacidis uno volumine accuratissimi quod omnia quae iis erant necessaria, excitavitque Domi- nus spiritum ornatissimi, intelligentis et eruditi magnatis domini Jo- sephi Krovethae vel Karvethae, quem Deus tueatur, filii domini Abra- hami fel. mem. ut pararet omne quod operi inservire debebat, illudque argento et auro suo exequeretur. Paravit is omnia instrumenta, ac mercede conduxit artifices et operarios, qui periti essent et instructi in arte typographica, doctum opificem qusesivit sibi, et literatos quoque viros, ut Pentateuchum emendarent etiam in plenis ac defectivis, et in dictionibus, quae leguntur et non leguntur, turn in vocalibus ejus punctis et accentibus, necnon Targum juxta constitutionem suam, et Commentarium Rasci, eum ad locum et basim suam, seu pristinam integritatem restituentes. Selegit autem potissimum sibi virum artis peritum, artificemque accersiit, qui parem sibi non habet in cunctis regionibus in arte typographica, in charactere quidem hebraico et lingua hebraica, cujus nomen notum est in portis, seu celeberrimum, 318 MISCELLANEOUS. magistrum Abramum, quem Deus tueatur, filium domini R. Chaiim fel. mem. ex tinctoribus Pisaurensis prouinciae, finitumque est opus perfectissimum feria VI. die V. mensis adar primi anno conditi orbis V. CCXLII. hie Bononiae. Jam vero quicunque aliquod acquirit ex exemplaribus, optimum illud prsedicabit vel reperiet. Qui acquirit et meditatur in iis, videat semen, producat dies, et voluntas Domini in manu ejus prosperetur, et vita et pax sit super Israel, amen." This colophon, although long, is not divested of interest, and is sin- gularly characteristic of the style of those of the early Hebrew books. In the formation of the text, (says De Rossi) it is quite clear that the editor had his eye upon the Masoretic and Spanish Codex — with devi- ations, however, which are pointed out by De Rossi. That bibliogra- pher notices ten copies of this edition— all, of them, like the present, struck off upon vellum : namely, MafFei's copy, those in the Tyschen, Crevenna, and Canonici, collections j two in his own j one in the Mar- grave of Baden Durlach, and the others in the Atestinas, Casanatensian, and Zelada libraries. The copy in the Ratcliffe library, was the one used by Kennicott ; and that in the Bodleian, was probably from the Crevenna collection ; and the present copy, Lord Spencer thinks, may have been Canonici's. All these are upon vellum. This copy was obtained from Mr. Ogle, bookseller, of Paternoster- Row. It wanted 2 leaves in Leviticus — or the 98th and 101st leaves from the beginning of the volume ; but these imperfections were supplied by Mr. Harris, chiefly with a camel-hair pencil, upon vellum, of correspond- ing colour and quality, and in a manner so completely satisfactory, as almost to deceive the most experienced eye. It may be worth while to add, that De Rossi notices two copies upon paper ; of which one was extremely imperfect — and the other perfect ; and considered by him to be unique. It should be noticed, that the text is printed with points ; the Targum and commentary are without them. However, the insurmountable diligence of some former possessor, has supplied, with a pen, in ink of a faded colour, the points to the latter. The present is a fine large copy of this precious book : measuring 14 in- ches in length, by 9| in width. It has been recently bound in a mag- nificent manner by C. Lewis, in dark blue morocco, with highly orna- mented vellum lining. MISCELLANEOUS, 319 1315. Perottus. De Metris. Printed at Bo- logna. 1471- Quarto. Editio Princeps : and questionless one of the rarest books in the world. It appears to have escaped the French bibliographers, as no notice is taken of it in Brunet, and Panzer refers exclusively to the Askew Catalogue, p. 98, no. 2584 ; where, with Guarinus de Dip- thongis, 1474, it appears to have been sold for only s£l..l5. The type is precisely that of the first Ovid by Azoguidi ; and it is not improbable that this small volume may exhibit the first specimen of that printer's press. The contents ( f Tabula omnium rubricarum que sunt in hoc uolumine,' &c.) are designated on the reverse of the first leaf : from which it chiefly appears that there is a general disquisition upon Latin metres, and afterwards a particular one upon those of Horace and Boetius, by Nicolas Perottus. At the bottom of this page, we read BONONLE FACTVM. On the recto of the ensuing leaf, the text begins thus : ihil a te iocudius nobis po tuit iniugi t| ut de ratione me troru coscriberemus, &c. This page contains 24, and a full page, 26 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The introductory letter of Pe- rottus occupies two pages and a half ; the text upon the metres begin- ning on the reverse of the third leaf from the beginning of the book. The portion devoted to the metres of Horace, contains a great num- ber of verses — perhaps printed for the Jirst time — from that poet's works. Among these specimens I find the following verse thus erro- neously printed : Odi prophanum uulgus et alceo. On the reverse of the 36th and last leaf, the conclusion is thus — occupying eight lines in the original. ' [H]ec sut mi frater : que de Horatii flacci ac seuerini Boetii metris ad te scripsi, superest : ut ipse mihi non sold gratias agas : uerum etia gratia referas : 'quod cumula- tissime abs te factii existimabo : si ex lugubratione nostra tatu qtum speramus simulatq ; optamus cepisse te fructii intellexero. Vale. LAVS DEO MCCCCLXXI 320 MISCELLANEOUS. The present is a fair, sound, and most desirable copy : in foreign blue morocco binding. 1316. Prophets Priores, &c. Hebraice. Printed at Soncino. 1485. Folio. First Hebrew Edition of Joshua, Judges, and the Books of Sa- muel and Kings ; with the Commentary of Kimchi. De Rossi pro- perly observes, that, with the exception of the Psalms and the Pentateuch (p. 316) no portion of the Sacred Writ had been hitherto published in the Hebrew language ; so that the present is an Editio Princeps of its kind — ' princeps ac praeclara haec Editio' — are the words of that able Hebrew Bibliographer. Bartolocci was unacquainted with it, but Scabtaeus (Scifte Jescernim, p. 86) has taken distinguished notice of it : while Le Long, Chevillier, Orlandi, Wolf, and Kennicott, have given only brief descriptions ; the latter, erroneously, having assigned the year 1484 for that of its publication. The present copy is perfect, with the exception of the preface of Kimchi — occupying the reverse of the first leaf only — which is wanting. De Rossi notices the elegantly ornamented manner of printing the first word, of the first chapter of Joshua — »m — the lateral ornaments being a rabbit on each side (which might have supplied Colinaeus with the idea of his device*) and the upper and lower parts being similar to what is seen in the Bibl. Spencer, vol. iii. p. 429. In short, one and the same artist must have executed both. The same ornaments appear at the commence- ment of Samuel and of the Book of Kings. A blank leaf is between both these portions of the impressions. In the whole, according to De Rossi, 166 leaves. The sacred text is printed in double columns, the Commentary in long lines — each without points. A full page has 44 lines, and frequently 40, or 42. The colophon, in 21 lines, in the usually diffuse manner of early Hebrew printing (which De Rossi has reprinted, with a translation— see his Annal. &c. p. 4) occupies the recto of the last leaf. The present sound and desirable copy was ob- tained of De Rossi, by Mr. J. Payne,. It has been recently bound in dark blue morocco. 1317- Russell JohannisPropositio,&c. Printed hy Caocton. Without Date, fyc. Quarto. It is not without just cause of self-congratulation, that his Lord- * Bibliographical Decameron, vol. ii. p. 79. MISCELLANEOUS. 321 ship views this precious relic among the Caxtonian treasures of his Library. It was purchased by him, at the sale of the White Knights Library, in 1819 5 having originally belonged to Mr. Brand, and been sold, with his Library, in 1807- The reader will find so full and parti- cular an account of it— together with a fac-simile of the first page* — in the recent edition of our Typographical Antiquities, vol i. p. 11-15, that it need here only be observed, that this ' Proposition ' is, in fact, an oration, pronounced by John Russell, Garter King at Arms, on the investiture of Charles, Duke of Burgundy, with the order of the Gar- ter, in February-, 1469. This investiture took place at Ghent, where the oration was pronounced 3 and the printing of it was probably the first specimen of Caxton's press in England ; or at any rate, of that peculiar character, or form of letter, in which it is executed. In the whole, there [are only five pages and a half ; a full page having 22 lines. No other copy of this tract is known to exist; and, till de- scribed in the work just referred to, it had wholly escaped the know- ledge of bibliographers. It may therefore be pronounced as one of the most valuable, as well as rare, typographical curiosities in existence. 1318. Statius. Achilleis. Printed hy Andreas Gallus. 1472. Quarto. It is always safer to say what does, than what does not, exist. Who- ever chooses to consult the Bibl. Spencer, vol. ii. 369, will find a strong doubt thrown out, if not a sort of conclusion drawn, respecting the non-existence of this edition ; but the copy, immediately under descrip- tion, entirely dispels all doubts and false conclusions upon the subject. That it is an impression, however, of the greatest degree of rarity, is undeniable. It happens also to be one of the most beautiful specimens extant of the larger type by the printer — and would do credit to the finest presses of Venice, Rome, or Milan. On the recto of the first leaf, the text begins thus : — PVBLII PAPINII STATU ACHILLEIDOS LIBER PRIMVS INCIPIT. Agnanimum eeacide formidataq; tonanti Progenie & patrio vetita succeder ceelo * The whole tract or oration is in fact reprinted in the work here referred to. VOL. II. T t 322 MISCELLANEOUS. Diua rfer. qq acta uiri ml'tu Iclyta catu Mseonio : sed plura uacat : nos ire p omne. S ic amor est) heroa uelis : scyroq; latentem D ulichia proferre tuba : nee in hectore tracto &c. &c. &c. There are 18 lines beneath : a full page contains <27 lines. There are neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. On the reverse of the 18th leaf, the second book ends. On the recto of the ensuing leaf, the 3d begins without any capital-letter prefix. On the recto of the 22d and last leaf, beneath five Unas of text, the colophon is thus : I nipressi Andreas hoc opus : cui Francia nome Tradidit : At ciuis Ferrariensis ego. H erculeo felix ferraria tuta manebat Numine : perfectus cum liber iste fiiit : M. CCCC, LXXII. The present copy, although cut closely by a former binder, is neverthe- less clean and sound. It has been elegantly rebound in green mo- rocco, by C. Lewis. Printed by W. Nicol, Successor to W. Bulmer and Co. &halware $«$& Cleveland Row, St. James's, London. liCSB LIBRARY University of California SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY Return this material to the library p4rani wtajg|»(t was borrowed. QL J mw UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FAC D 000 291 761 5 \