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 To my Customers: 
 
 The Collection of Early Printed Books now on Exhibition at my New Store 
 and offices at 547 Fifth Avenue has been selected principally by me from the Magnifi- 
 cent Library of the Earl of Pembroke, a portion of which, comprising the Illuminated 
 Manuscripts, Block Books and Incunabula, was recently sold at Auction in London, at 
 which Sale I was the Largest Purchaser. 
 
 The Origin of this Historic Library remains unknown. The Great Bibli- 
 ographer Thomas Frognal Dibdin considered it to be one of the oldest private Collections 
 in Existence; and from the time of the Third and Fourth Earls of Pembroke, **the Incom- 
 parable Pair of Brethren" to whom the First Folio Shakespeare was dedicated, the 
 Library was continually being enriched by Additions supplied by the descendants of a 
 Family, always renowned for their Cultivation of Literature and the Fine Arts. 
 
 Among the Books themselves, that may be briefly mentioned here, is a Copy of 
 the Superlatively Rare Dutch Edition of the ** Speculum Humanae Salvationis" 
 known in Dutch as **Dat Speghel der Menscheliker Behoudenisse." Besides 
 this, the Pembroke Copy, there are two copies, both imperfect in the City Library of 
 Haarlem, in which City this wonderful Specimen of Xylography is said to have been pro- 
 duced by Lawrenz Janson Koster. There was also a Copy, likewise imperfect in the Town 
 Library of Lille which has probably been destroyed by Fire in the Present War. No Copy, 
 perfect or imperfect, is to be found in the Great British Museum Collections, the Bodleian 
 Library at Oxford or in the National Library at Paris. 
 
 Another Monument of the Greatest Typographical Importance is the 
 "Catholicon" of Joannes Balbus, printed by Gutenberg, the Inventor of Printing, and of 
 special interest as being the fourth Book printed with a date, 1460, and of the Greatest 
 Literary Value and Interest as being the First Lexicon or Dictionary ever published. There 
 is also a Beautiful Copy of the First Edition of the First Greek Lexicon printed 
 in Milan in 1499, compiled by Suidas. 
 
 The Collection includes 5 Books from the Press of William Caxton the First 
 English Printer, amongst them being the First Work ever printed in the English Tongue,
 
 known as the ••Recuyell of the Histories of Troye." This was printed by 
 Caxton at Bruges. Another Magnificent Volume is tlie *'GaiTie and Playe of the 
 Chesse" being tlie Second Book printed by Caxton in England and the Second English 
 Book to appear \sitli Illustrations. The other three Caxtons are Higden's Polychronicon, 
 \M: Mirk's Festivall. 1490: and Cicero on Old Age. 1481. 
 
 This assembling of as many as Five Caxtons in any one Catalogue is a Matter 
 of Exceptional Literary Im|X)rtance and has never before happened in /vmerica. 
 
 Of Equal Importance is the Famous "Book of Saint Albans" printed by 
 the School Master Printer of Saint Albans in 1486. This is notable as being not alone one 
 of the ver> Rarest Books in the English Tongue, but also at the same time, as being the 
 Earliest of the innumerable Elnglish Books on Sport, the First English Armorial, and also 
 the first Book to contain Ejiglish Popular Rhymes. 
 
 Two Exceedingly Curious Relics of Religious History in the shape of Papal 
 Indulgences for tlie Remission of Sin are to be found in the Collection. These Indulgences 
 were offered at Public Sale by the Priests during the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth 
 Centuries, and empowered the Confessor, upon receipt of a prescribed fee, to grant Full and 
 Absolute Pardon in Life and Death, for any Sins however enormous, committed by the 
 penitent purchaser. One of these is a particularly interesting specimen of Block Printing 
 dated 1482 and supposed to have been issued in Munich, where Letter-Press Printing was 
 only introduced at the very end of the Century. 
 
 Wonderfully fine specimens of the Early Wood-Engraver's Art are to be found 
 in many of the Volumes Exhibited and the Collection comprises many Splendid Incunabula 
 from the First Presses of Mentz, Strassburg, Cologne, Nuremberg, Ulm, Basel, Rome, 
 Florence, Venice, Milan. Bologna, Ferrara, Verona, Paris, Lyons, Louvain, Bruges, Haarl- 
 em. Westminster and London. 
 
 As was the Custom of the Period the Margins, First Pages and Initial Spaces 
 of the Books have been beautifully Illuminated and Artistically Painted and Decorated 
 by the foremost Artists then practising in the different Countries mentioned. 
 
 Of Rare and Early French and Italian Books the Number is large and includes 
 many which are very seldom, seen in Bookseller's Catalogues. Amongst them being the 
 only known vellum printed Copy of Jehan Bouchet's ''Lamoureux transy sans 
 Espoir" published by Anthoine Verard of Paris and very richly decorated with 20 superb 
 Illuminated Miniatures.
 
 Magnificent Specimens of the Works of the Fathers of the Church and other 
 Early Christian Writers are nobly represented; such as the First Edition of the Works of 
 Saint Ambrose printed at Basel in 1492; the Writings of Alexander de Ales, an English 
 Franciscan Monk and noted Theologian who died about 1250. Rare Editions of Thomas 
 Aquinas and Thomas a Kempis the Author of the Imitation of Christ, one of the most 
 v/idely printed Books in the World; some Splendid Saint Augustines from the First Press 
 of Venice; The Famous Epistles of Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyred about 
 258 A. D., published for the first time by Sweynheym and Pannartz, the First Printers of 
 Rome; a Vellum-Printed Copy of Saint Jerome printed in 1470 by Peter Schoeffer Partner 
 of Gutenberg's and many others of Equal Rarity and Value. 
 
 Fine First Editions of the most Famous Greek and Latin Classics are also nu- 
 merously represented such as Aristotle, Euripides, Cicero, Plautus, Quintilian, Aristophanes 
 Aulus Gellius, Boethius, Cornelius Nepos, Eutropius, Justinus, Juvenal, Lucian, Macrobius, 
 Suetonius, Tacitus and many other famous Writers and Historians of Antiquity. 
 
 The Great Private Libraries of Europe which specialized in the Collection of 
 Early Printed Books have been gradually sold and otherwise dispersed and the Acquisition 
 of Books from the First Presses of Europe is daily becoming more and more restricted, and 
 the Visible Sources of Supply will soon be closed altogether. 
 
 An Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection has been prepared and will be for- 
 warded to Book Collectors on application, and the Books will remain on View until the end 
 of February. 
 
 GEORGE D. SMITH. 
 
 January, 1916. 
 
 547 Fifth Avenue, 
 
 New York.
 
 MONUMENTS 
 
 OF 
 
 EARLY PRINTING 
 
 IN 
 
 GERMANY, THE LOW COUNTRIES. 
 ITALY, FRANCE AND ENGLAND 
 
 1460—1500 
 
 GEORGE D. SMITH 
 547 Fifth Avenue. New York 
 
 Telephone 2626 Murray Hill
 
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 PREFACE 
 
 The Books offered in this Catalogue have been specially selected to 
 Illustrate the History of the Origin and Development of the Art of Print- 
 ing and include many of the most Notable Works produced by the Earli- 
 est Typographers of Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, France and 
 England. 
 
 Amongst them are the "Cradle Books" of the First Presses of the 
 Famous Free City of Mayence the Birth-Place of the New Art; Cologne, 
 Nuremberg, Strassburg, Ulm, Basel, Munich and a few other German 
 Cities. 
 
 Splendid Incunabula are here from the First Presses of Italy, the 
 Country where the greatest and most permanent Improvements in 
 the Art of Typography were perfected, and where in the last quarter 
 of the Fifteenth Century there were more Cities where Printing was 
 practised than in the whole of Germany and Holland combined, and 
 almost twice as many as could be found in France. The Principal 
 Cities represented are Rome, Milan, Bologna, Ferrara, Treviso, Florence, 
 Verona, Parma, Vicenza, Friuli, and Venice, the Undisputed Centre of 
 the Printing and Publishing Crafts of the World for nearly two Centuries. 
 
 The New Art was not Introduced into England until after 1472, and 
 the Present Collection includes some very Remarkable English Rarities. 
 For the First Time in the Bibliographical Annals of America Five Splendid 
 Caxtons are here offered for sale at one time, together with a Magnificent 
 Copy of the World Famous Book of St. Albans by Dame Juliana Berners, 
 also one of the only 2 known Vellum printed Copies of Richard Pynson's 
 "Nuptial Song" written on the occasion of the marriage of the Daughter 
 of Henry VII of England, by Peter Carmelianus and a magnificent Copy 
 of his grandly printed Black Letter Edition of the History of Troye by 
 Dan John Lydgate. 
 
 Some Very Valuable and very Beautiful Works from the First Presses 
 of Paris, Lyons, Louvain, Deventer, Haarlem, Bruges, and other 
 Famous Cities of France and the Low Countries are also here described. 
 
 Amongst the Most celebrated Names of the World's First and 
 Greatest Printers are those of Gutenberg the Inventor of the Art of 
 Reproducing Books by movable metal types, Schoeffer his Partner, the 
 ever mysterious **R" printer, Eggesteyn of Strassburg, Koburger of 
 Nuremberg, Ulrich Zell, Heinrich Quentell, Michael Wenssler and 
 Michael Furter of Basel, Zainer of Ulm, Conrad Sueynheym and Arnold 
 Pannartz the First Roman Printers and Ulrich Hahn their Successor, 
 John and Vindelin of Speyer the First Printers of Venice, Erhardt Ratdolt, 
 Nicholas Jenson, Aldus the Founder of the Greatest of all Ancient 
 Presses, Zarotto and Valdarfer of Milan, John of Westphalia, Kerver and 
 Verard of Paris, the Schoolmaster Printer of St. Albans, William Caxton 
 of Westminster and his assistant Richard Pynson. 
 
 1861988
 
 From Holland we have the Famous Combination of Block Printing 
 and Typography known as the "Speculum Humanae Salvationis" or 
 in Dutch "Spetihel onser Behoudenisse." This had its origin at Utrecht 
 about the year 1471 but the name of the Printer is unknown. It was 
 formerly attributed to Lawrence Janson Koster, and was supposed to 
 have been printed by him at Haarlem about 1440, before Gutenberg 
 printed at Mainz. There are still some Writers who hold to this Theory 
 and who claim that the Speculum is the Earliest Specimen of Printing 
 with movable types, thus anticipating the Gutenberg Bible by many 
 years. 
 
 The Five or Six Books bearing a later date than that of the Year 
 1500 have been included here on account of their having been printed by 
 the Assistants or Collaborators of the First Printers or on account of 
 their exhibiting some new Development in the Typographical Art. 
 
 The total Value of this relatively small Collection amounts in all to 
 about $150,000, but its Intrinsic Value lies in the unusually Choice 
 State of the Works which compose it, the original Collectors of the 
 Greater Portion of it having made this their Chief Desideratum nearly 
 as long as two hundred years ago. 
 
 Attention must be paid to the fact that the Opportunity to acquire 
 these Noble Monuments of the Early Printers is becoming of immensely 
 greater difficulty every day. The Private Libraries of Europe who assid- 
 uously collected the Glories of the First Presses are practically all sold 
 out, and there is absolutely no chance of their ever being dispersed by 
 the Great National and Public Libraries which now contain the only 
 Specimens of them extant. 
 
 An Illustration of the Old Morocco Bindings of most of the Books 
 in the Collection is given on page 53. 
 
 Each Volume is preserved in a handsomely made morocco fireproof 
 Case.
 
 THE OLDEST MONUMENT OF XYLOGRAPHY AND 
 TYPOGRAPHY EXTANT. 
 
 1. Speculum Humanae Salvationis. BLOCK BOOK. Dat 
 
 Speghel Der Menscheliker Behoudenisse. Small folio, old red 
 morocco gilt, ornamental frame and borders, gilt back. (Holland, 
 Lourens Janszoon Coster, before 1470) . $12,000 . 00 
 
 The Dutch translation of the Latin Speculum, and according to 
 Schreiber the SECOND DUTCH EDITION. It contains 58 leaves, 
 printed on one side of the paper, the blank sides pasted together 
 (some have been partly separated); the first three leaves contain a 
 preface, long lines, Gothic Letter, 31, 30, to a page, leaf 4 a table of 
 chapters, 32 lines, while the remaining 54 leaves have each a diptych 
 illustration within gothic columns and arches, w^ith a Latin inscrip- 
 tion; below in two columns is the explanatory Dutch text, the num- 
 ber of lines to a page varying from 24-27. The arrangement of leaves 
 is the same as in the Latin edition, save in regard to the prefatory 
 matter. All the illustrations are in the original uncoloured state. 
 The interest of the present copy is enhanced by the fact that it was 
 formerly in the possession of the celebrated geographer Abraham 
 Ortelius (1527-98), and the following inscription in his hand appears 
 on the recto (otherwise blank) of the first leaf. "Pr. ccxxiij De hoc 
 
 volumine vide que scribet Had. Junius in sua Batavia, cap. 
 17. de Harlemo ubi hunc nominat SPECULUM NOSTRAE 
 SALUTIS." On tlic dcatli of Orlclius llie volume passed iiilo Ihe 
 hands of his nei)hew Jacobus Colius Orlelianus who has written under 
 his uncle's note "Den Spiegel onser behoudenisse Jacobi Colii 
 Orteliani, 1598."
 
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 Speculum Block Book — Continued. ^ 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE; Schreiber knew of onb^ four copies, not 
 one of which is complete. The Typographical part of the Specu- 
 lum may be set down as the earliest work of its kind done in 
 Holland, probably between 1462 and 1465. The Xylographic 
 portion may have been cut a year or two earlier. 
 
 Laid in is a most interesting 5 page autograph description of the 
 Book and its History written and signed by J. H. Hessels the well 
 known Cambridge Bibliographer and Author of "Gutenberg: 
 Was he the Inventor of Printing?" He says, "Of the Dutch 
 Translation two Editions are known, both supposed to have been 
 printed long before 1471, by the same reputed Harlem Inventor 
 of Printing, Laurens Janszoon Coster, who printed the two 
 Latin Editions. One Edition is usually called the mixed Dutch 
 Edition because it has two leaves printed in a different type from 
 the rest of the Book, the other is called the unmixed Dutch Edition 
 because the whole text is commonly supposed to have been printed 
 from one font of type. The present Copy though belonging, as far 
 as its main part is concerned to the unmixed Edition, has this im- 
 portant peculiarity that the text of page 45 (with the Eigurae 83, 84) 
 is not printed in the same type as the rest of the Book, but in the 
 newer type (Speculum Type 3) used for the other Dutch and the two 
 Latin Editions." He then at considerable length gives the History 
 of the Book whilst in the possession of Ortelius, his son and Nephew 
 and the mention of it by Hadrian Junius in his "Batavia" which was 
 written about 1568 and published in 1588 in which the Invention of 
 Printing was credited to Coster of Haarlem. See Illustrations on 
 
 FINE^ SPECIMEN FROM RATDOLT'S VENICE PRESS. 1485. 
 
 2. Abano, Petrus De. Opusculum reijcrlorii })ronostic()n in 
 mutationes aeris tam via astrologica quam nicthercologica. Accedit 
 HIPPOCRATIS libellus de medicorum Astrologia a Petro de 
 Abano in Latinum traductus. Printed in small (lolhic Letter, 
 long lines, 38-39 to the page without numeration, but with signatures. 
 With numerous very ornamental Initial Letters, white on black, 
 throughout. Small 4to light brown crushed levant, full looled 
 back, inside dentelle borders, rough edges gilt ])y THE CLUB BIND- 
 ERY. Venice. Erhardt Ratdolt. 1485. $75.()() 
 
 A Rare and Curious Book on Astronomy and Astrology. The 
 Author was a famous Italian Phvsician, Alcliemist and Author who 
 flourished in Paduji from 1246 tilf 1320. 
 
 3. Aegidius Schtelenses. Elegantiarum Viginti Prac('ei)la ad 
 perpulchras conficicn(hjs Epislolas. Gothic Letter, long lines 36 
 to the page with signatures, but no numeration. Large wood- 
 cut on title representing a Teacher at his desk with two youth- 
 ful disciples sitting on the Floor. Small 4l(), half red morocco 
 (Cologne. Henry Quentel) 1497. $75 . 00 
 
 A Rare and Early School Book.
 
 8 GEORGF D. SMITH. 5J7 FIFTH AVE.. NEW YORK 
 
 FROM THE FIRST PRESS OF MILAN. 1481. 
 
 4. Aeneas S>lviiis. l-'pislolnc dc ( "oiinciiIu M;iiitii;iii<). Ro- 
 man letter, lonu lines, 34 to the paiie, with signatures, but no 
 numeration. Sni;ill folio, lino old s|)rinklo(l cnlf .i>ilt, Milan, 
 Antonio /aioto. 14S1. $17.5.00 
 
 First Ktiition. ^^^ilUMl l>y the loMrnod Po])e Pins II, Piccolomini, 
 tlie Anthor of some I'amons Love Homances and Deiuuiciations of 
 Mahomet and the Turks. Contains sonu^ Ki)istles not reprinted. 
 
 AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EARLY AESOP. 1497 
 
 5. Aesop. Fal)ulae Selecta(\ (iraece et Laline. ad verhum 
 redditae. Printed in double columns in Roman Letters and in 
 Greek Characters, 24 lines to the page. 4to, old red morocco 
 irilt. dentelle Ixtrders. iiilt edges in red le\anl case. Reggio d'Emilia. 
 DionysioBertochi. 141)7. ^ $300.00 
 
 AX EX('EEL)IX(;LY hake EDITIOX, commencing with the 
 Latin Epistle of Bonus Accursius, the Editor of the First Aesop in 
 Greek, to J. F. Turrianus. 
 
 EARLY ASTRONOMICAL WITH FINE WOODCUTS. 
 
 6. Albumasar. De magnis ("onjunctionibus Annorum Revolu- 
 tionibus: aceurum profectionil)us: octo continens tractatus. Small 
 Gothic Letter, long lines, 45 to the full page, no numeration. 
 Large woodcut of two Astronomers on title page, fine Orna- 
 mental Initial Letters white on black throughout and about 
 300 woodcuts of the Constellations and the Signs of the Zodiac 
 all beautifully engraved in the finest Venetian Manner. Small 
 4to, crimson crushed levant with broad gold tooled (ioral borders on 
 sides doublures of crimson levant gilt, gilt top other edges entirely 
 uncut, bv THE CLUB BINDERY. Venice. Jacobus Pentius 
 deLencho. 1515. $175.00 
 
 A Magnificent Specimen of Venetian Tj'pographv and Engraving 
 in a Beautiful Binding signed by LEOX MAILLARD. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT COPY OF THE EDITIO PRINCEPS 
 OF ST. AMBROSE. 1492. 
 
 7. Ambrose, Saint. ()})era Omnia. Gothic Letter. Double 
 Columns, 52 lines to a page, with signatures but no numera- 
 tion. Large woodcut, colored by an old hand on frst page. 
 Numerous ornamental Capitals painted in red and blue 
 alternately. Printed notes in the margins. 'J vols, folio, old 
 English red morocco gilt, ornamental borders, tooled backs, gilt edges. 
 Preserved in fine levant Solander Cases. Ba.sel. Johan de Amer- 
 bach. 1493. $400.00 
 
 The rare First Edition of the Writings of the Great Latin Church
 
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 FiitluM". Hisliop Ambrose of Milan. lioinid in at the iK'^iiinin^ ol" 
 tlio First \ oluMU' and at the end ol" the Tliinl are two XClluin lea\'es 
 from a Twelfth Century Service 15ook, neatly written in lar^e Char- 
 acters on hoth sides in red and hlack and with a finely j)ainte(l and 
 Illuminated Miniature of St. Michael in Episcopal Kohes, on the 
 First. The liemarkahly fine lar^e woodcut on the first j)a^e repre- 
 sents St. Ambrose in his Study in his Bishop's r()l)es and Mitre com- 
 posim; liis Hook. So(> llhistratioii on pa^e 9. 
 
 8. Ales, -Alexander Dc. Sni)(M- t(M-tium Senteiiliarum. Gothic 
 Letter, double eolumns, 52 lines to the column, with signa- 
 tures, no numeration or catchwords. Small folio, olive morocco 
 anti(|ue. ^ilt edges. Venice. Jolian of Cologne and Johan ]\Ianthem 
 of (dieretzem. ' U7o. $225.00 
 
 First Edition. The Author was an En<>'lisli Franciscan Monk and 
 noted Theologian. lie died about l^oO. liound in at tlie beginning 
 and at the end are two leaves from a Fifteenth Century Clioir Book 
 with nuisical Notation and a fine Illuminated Initial Letter. 
 FIRST EDITION OF ARISTOPHANES. 1498. 
 
 9. Aristophanes. Comoediae X()\em, cum scholiis Craecis 
 et rraefationc (iracca Marci ^lusuri. Printed in large and small- 
 er Greek Types w ith signatures but no numeration, ornament- 
 al woodcut Initials and head-bands of interlacing scrolls. 
 Folio, very fine Old P^ui^lish red morocco, i»old tooled borders and 
 back, Lrilt edges. Venetiis ai)ud Aldum. 1498. $500 . 00 
 
 EDITIO PRINCEPS of the Comedies of Aristophanes splendidly 
 printed by Aldus, and one of the Karities and Glories of Early Greek 
 Tyjjography. The preface by ]\Iusuro treats of the necessity of 
 studying the (ireek Language, and highly praises Aristophanes on the 
 e.xcellence of his Style. It also contains a second preface by Aldus. 
 
 10. Aquinas, Thomas. Commentarium sujjer (juatuor Evange- 
 li>tas. Printed in Gothic Letter of two sizes, without numera- 
 ation, signatures or Catchwords. Very fine large pen drawn 
 and painted Initial Letter commencing each of the four 
 Gospels. Folio, original ^Monastic Ijinding of oak boards covered 
 witli leather stamped witli Roses, Fleurs-de-Lys, Birds and Angels 
 in diamonds .shaped compartments, Brass corner guards and clasps. 
 Basel. MichaelWen.ssler. 1470. $250.00 
 
 Rare Pearly Pxlition of one of the most important of the Great 
 Thirteenth Century C'lnirclinian's A\'rilings. 
 
 [EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE "MORALS" OF ARIS- 
 TOTLE. 1480. 
 
 11. Aristotle. l)e Moribus ad Xic-omacheum Lil)ri X J. Argy- 
 ro7)ylo Byzantio interprete. Roman Letter, long lines 31 to the 
 page, with signatures but no numeration. Folio, old calf in 
 finelevantca.se. Florence. Xicholaus Laun'utius, ( 14S()). $250.00 
 
 First Edition, AND OF EXTRE:\IE RARITY.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 11 
 
 THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION. 1486. 
 
 12. Aristotle. Libri de Animalibus Aristotelis interprete Theo- 
 dore Gaza. Printed in Roman letter, long lines, 35 to the page, 
 with signatures but no numeration. Folio, fine old English red 
 morocco, dentelle borders on sides, tooled back, gilt edges. Pre- 
 served in a fine levant Solander case. Venice, Johan of Cologne and 
 Johan Manthen. 1486. $350.00 
 
 FIRST EDITION. Very handsome copy in Beautiful old English 
 Binding. On the wide margins are written many interesting notes 
 in a very old hand. 
 
 13. Asconius Pedianus, Quintus. Commentarii in Ciceroni 
 Orationes; Georgius Trapezuntius de Artificio Ciceronianae Orationis 
 Pro Q. Ligario; Ant. Luschi inquisitio super XI Orationes Ciceronis. 
 Printed in Roman letter, long lines 35-37 to the page with 
 signatures but no numeration, some marginal Notes in a con- 
 temporary hand. Folio, old English red morocco gilt, gilt edges. 
 Venice Johann of Koln and Johann Manthen. 1477. $175.00 
 
 The Editio Princeps of these valuable Commentaries, and exceed- 
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 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 13 
 
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 16. Augustine, Saint. De Civitate Dei libri XXII. Roman 
 letter, long lines, 50 to the page, with the table in double 
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 No. 19. Aulus GelHus. Rome. 14(59.
 
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 seems to liave occurred for sale for years. 
 
 FIRST EDITION OF AULUS GELLIUS FROM THE 
 FIRST ROMAN PRESS. 
 
 20. Aulus Gellius. Xoctes Atticae ex recognitione Jo Andrae 
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 out marks. Commences with the Epistle of the Editor to the 
 Pope Paul II which occupies 5 leaves, and a Table of Chapters, 
 14 leaves. On the first page of the work is a very fine large 
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 Aulus Ciellius a Latin Grammarian of the Second Century composed 
 his "Attic Nights" for the Amusement of his Children. It appears 
 from his own account that he had been accustomed to keeping a 
 Diary in which he recorded whatever he heard in conversation, or 
 met with in his reading that he considered worth remembering. The 
 Work contains Anecdotes and Arguments, Scraps of History and 
 Pieces of Poetry and dissertations on various points in Philosophy, 
 and it consequently gives much valuable information on subjects 
 relating to Anticjuity of which we should have been otherwise ignor- 
 ant. See Illustrations on pages 1.5 and 93.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 17 
 
 COUNT HOYM'S COPY BOUND BY PADELOUP. 
 
 21. Aulus Gellius. Noctes Atticae. Printed in Roman char- 
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 from the King of Poland. 
 
 FIRST ALDINE EDITION OF THE *^ATTIC NIGHTS" 
 
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 pages. Stout 8vo, dark green crushed levant, gilt panelled sides 
 and back, gilt edges by BEDFORD. Venetiis in aedibus Aldi et 
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 First Aldine Edition and First of the two Issues of this date. Ed- 
 ited by G. B. Egnatius without any Commentaries but wdth a com- 
 plete Index and with Explanations of the Greek Passages. 
 
 WITH GRAND WOODCUTS. 
 
 23. Avienus, Rufus Festus. Opera, scilicet Arati Phaenomena 
 et orbis terrae descriptio; Ciceronis fragmentum Arati Phaenome- 
 non; Q. Sereni medicinae liber; omnia curante V. Pisano. Roman 
 letter long lines 38 to a page, with signatures, numerous fine 
 woodcuts of the Figures of the Zodiac. 4to, old English red 
 morocco richly gold tooled, gilt edges. Venice, Antonio de Strata. 
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 is a rubric at the end of vol. II : "1473, 14 Febrarii." 
 
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 dei clemencia tam alto ingenij lumine. dono q gtuito. ceter- 
 is terrarum nacionibus preferre, illustrare q dignatus est Non 
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 be mdcjuntind nadonio mdjrc g^r-maino'.QMam 
 Jjci dcmendcJ Mm aim rniyvmj lumnic.eono cy (j 
 twim. ceteris rcrrai; nadonibuo pivFcme.illufVrdn: 
 eg e!g;n4twy cfl- jlon ralami.lHli.aut pctinc fiifFm 
 gio.fj mtVd patronai; Formau eg concoioia^p or 
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 lOinc tib) fanch? pat«r tiafo al flammc faoo.laus 
 «t bonoj ono tniio tribuaht: et uno Gcdcfic lau 
 tx libno hoc otbolicr pUuDc Qui lauoan? piam 
 Temper won iinquc marimti DC0.6l\/lC)/iO 
 
 No. 24. Gutenberg's Catholicon. 1400. 
 See also Illustrations on pages 90-91.
 
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 26. BARTHOLOMOEUS DE CHAIMIS. Ccmfessionale Barthol- 
 omei. Gothic letter, double columns, 35 lines to the page, w^ith 
 signatures. 4to, full lireen crushed levant; fine blind tooled bor- 
 ders on sides, gilt edges by RIVIERE, n, p. n. d. about 1485 $60 . 00 
 
 The first page bears only the two words Confessionale Bartholomei. 
 A very rare and Pearly lulition of this P'amous ^Manual of Confession. 
 According to Hain it was presumably printed by Sjjeyer of Strassburg 
 about 14So. Fine Copy with marginal notes in a very old hand. 
 
 FROM THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS OF ROME. 1469. 
 
 27. BESSARION, JOANNES.. Adversus Calumniatorem Platonis 
 libri W et liber de Xatura et Arte adversus Georgium Trapezuntium. 
 Roman letter and Greek Types for quotations, long lines 38 
 to the page, without marks, two large Initial letters of a very 
 unusual style of Ornament composed of interlaced decorative 
 scrolls entwining the plain letter, painted in brown, and with 
 other large Capitals painted in red. Folio, old calf gilt, Rome, 
 Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz. (1469). $800 . 00 
 
 First Edition of a Rare and Famous Book written by John Bessa- 
 rion the Patriarch of Constantinople who died in 1472. Sweynheym 
 and Pannartz established the first Italian Printing Press in the Mon- 
 asterA- at Subbiaco in 1465 which they left in 1467, for the purpose 
 of setting up their press in the Palace of Prince Massimi at Rome. 
 The Colophon containing the Printers' names and those of their 
 Patrons the AIas.simi, is in the form of an eight-line Latin Verse. 
 The date of the Book is certified by two Epistles thanking Cardinal 
 Bessarion for the Book each dated 1469. On the blank leaf at the 
 beginning is a contemporary inscription to the effect that the Book 
 had been bequeathed to the Carthusian Monastery by Senor Nicolas 
 de Coimbra in 1480.
 
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 21 
 
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 rabioua rabioa oum- penul-cozrcpcai -rabie picn? 
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 No. 25. The "R" Printer's ("alliolicoii. 1 K)().
 
 22 THK BOOK OF CELEBRATED WOMEN, 1497. 
 
 28. BERCiOiMENSIS. \)c Plurimis ("l;iii.s scvloraliscjiio .Mulior- 
 il>iis. ()|)ll«^ jn'opt* (li\iiuim ii(>\ issiinc coiiiicsliiin. Gothic Letter 
 with nunioration and siiinaturcs. With 176 charniini^ wood- 
 cuts desiLiiied by Fcrrarese Artists and with 3 niai^inificent 
 Itordcrs. I'olin, l)r(»NVM K'\;iMt, l)liii(l tooled i)anols on sidos, gill c(l<^cs 
 l.y HKl.Z MF.DKKE. Frrrara, Lomizo dci Rossi. \VM . $7.>0.()0 
 
 VUv Most iiuj)t>rl;»nt Work produced l)y the Early Fcrrara Press 
 and one of the very l''in(>st of Books with Woodcuts, produced in 
 Italy in the Fifteenth (\Mitury. The woodcuts rei)resent Portraits 
 of Famous Women froni the earliest Times to the comi)letion of the 
 Author's Work. A MAliMFICENT ( OPY WITH MANY UN- 
 ( FT FFA\ FS. AM) NOTABLE AS BEIXC THE FH^ST BOOK 
 TO (OXTAIX AFTHFNTK POKTRAFrS OF CONTEMPO- 
 RARY ^^OMEX. Sec Illustrations below and on oi)i)osite page. 
 
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 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 23 
 
 No. 28. Bcr^()ln(Mlsi.s. l)e Miilirrihus. 1 M)7.
 
 24 GEORGE D. SMITH. 547 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 
 
 R.ARK FARLV GERMAN BIBLE, 1477. 
 
 29. BIBLE. Bihlia LMlina. Printed in fine lar^e Gothic 
 Letter, double columns 51 lines to the column, without sig- 
 natures, cateliwords or numeration, all the lari^e Initials finely 
 drawn by hand and painted in red. Tliick lolio, pancllcMl calf, red 
 edi^es. Xinvml)rrii. Anton Kolinriivr 1477. $'-250. 00 
 
 tin: (iKEAT M KEMBEKC PKIXTEirS SECOND BIBLE 
 ot" wliicli lu' issnnl no less than IS Editions in '^(l years, a iVat o(|nalled 
 l)y no otluM- of the I'irst Printers. From George Livermore's 
 Famous Bible Collection with the Bookplate of the Harvard 
 College Loan Exhibition dated 1859. IN SPLENDID PKESER- 
 \ ATION. 
 
 Dr. Pet tiiirew, the Duke of Sussex's Lil)rarian. in eoniparin<>' tlie 
 First and Second Kohuruer Bihle says "The Arrangement of this 
 Bible and its Reading corresponds precisely with the First 
 Edition: but the epistle of the Monk Mesnard, and the Canons 
 of Eusebius have been added. The type of the Bible is of a 
 more elegant character than in the Edition of 1475." 
 
 30. BIBLIA SACRA LATINA, editionis vul-atae, cum i)rolo<i:is 
 S. Ijicritnynii vi Intei-j^retationihus Noniinuni Ilehraicoruni. Printed 
 in small Gothic Characters, double columns, with signatures 
 but no numeration, large Ornamental Initial on first page, 
 painted in blue, with elaborate pen ornamentation in red, 
 blue and green, with hundreds of smaller Capitals painted in 
 blue. Folio, old English red morocco richly gilt, gilt edges. Venice. 
 Leonhard Wild. 1478. " $^200.00 
 
 Bihles from the Press of Leon Wild are very rare and the Gothic 
 tyj)es used by him are extremely fine. Bound in at end is a table of 
 References neatly written on IS pages in a very old hand and signed 
 *'Alexandro Villadeo auctore." 
 
 RARE VENETIAN BIBLE, 1483. 
 
 31. BIBLIA SACRA LATINA editionis Vulgatae, cum prologis S. 
 Hien.nynii et Iiiter})retat ionihus NOnn'num IIe})raicornm. Gothic 
 Letter, double columns, 58 lines to a page, with signatures, 
 but no numeration, printed marginal notes to the New Testa- 
 ment. F<jlio. old red morocco gilt with denlelle borders, gilt edges. 
 Venice. Johann Ilerhort. Oct. 31, 1483. $125.00 
 
 A Hare and Beautiful Specimen of Venetian Gothic Letter Printing. 
 The TvjK's f)eing very clearly cut and rather sm.dl for the period. 
 
 32. BLANCO CERUTO VERONENSIS. Declamationum Lil)el- 
 lus. Gothic type, 14 leaves, long lines 32 to the page, without 
 signatures or catchwords, but with pagination. Small 4to, i)rown 
 cruslied levant, inside gilt borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. Padua: 
 Matthaeus Cerdonis, 1482. "^ $60 . 00 
 
 A .scarce early printed book containing pagination in the center
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 25 
 
 Blanco Ceruto Veronensis — Continued. 
 
 of the top of the page. Although pagination of the leaves had been 
 introduced but a few years before, it had not at this date become a 
 general practice, especially among the minor printers. 
 
 FROM THE SECOND PRESS OF VENICE. 1472-3. 
 
 33. BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Genealogia Deorum Gentilium. 
 Roman letter, long lines, 41 to the page without marks. Also 
 bound in same volume is Boccaccio's DE MONTIBUS: SYLVIS: 
 PONTIBUS : LACUBUS. Printed in the same types as the "GENE- 
 ALOGIA." 2 vols in one, old red morocco gilt, gold borders on 
 sides, gilt edges. Venice. Wendelin of Speier 1472-1473. $''22o. 00 
 
 EDITIO PRINCEPS OF EACH WORK. Before the Colophon 
 of the Genealogia are a number of verses the last two lines of which 
 read 
 
 Hec Vindelinus signis qui impressit ahenis 
 
 Se tibi comendat f amiliamque suam. 
 
 No printer's name appears in the "De Montibus" but it is usually 
 found at the end of the Genealogia and the type is undoubtedly 
 Vindelin's. John of Speier founded the first Press at Venice in 1649 
 and his brother Vindelin succeeded him in 1470. Very fine Copies 
 of both Works. 
 
 AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE KOBERGER, 1473. 
 
 34. BOETHIUS, ANICIUS. De Consolatione Philosophiae cum 
 Commentario S. Thomae de Aquino, latine et germanice. Gothic 
 Letter, text and translation in long lines 23 and 46-7 to a page, 
 without marks, rubricated throughout, large Ornamental Initials 
 painted in red and blue alternately. Folio, old red morocco gilt, 
 wide dentelle borders, gilt edges. Nuremberg. Antonius Koberger. 
 1473. $350.00 
 
 An extremely rare Edition of which no Copy ever seems to have 
 been sold by Auction, although Koberger's reissue 1476 is frequently 
 quoted. Chaucer's Translation printed by Caxton appeared in 147S. 
 
 Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, Roman Consul, 
 Philosopher, Mathematician and Author was born in Rome about 
 A. D. 470. In Athens he studied Philosophy under Proclus and 
 others. On his return to Rome he l)ecame a Favorite of Theodoric, 
 King of the Ostrogoths, then Master of Italy and was long the Oracle 
 of his Sovereign and the Idol of the Pe()j)le. In .^'^O he was accused 
 of Treason and Executed. His Prin(Mj)le work "ON THE (X)NS()- 
 LATION AFPX)RI)EI) 15Y PHILOSOPHY' is wrillen in Pr()se and 
 Verse intermixed. The elevation of ihought, the n()l)l(Miess of feeling, 
 the ease and distinctness of style which it exhibits makes this comi)o- 
 sition short as it is, far superior to any of the age. It has been trans- 
 lated many times into every Euroj)ean Language.
 
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 cf tf^c )ieft •« an^ v)tolb to bolbts.an^ coji^c aj^i^*' ^ tl;c5)^cft 
 
 No. 3.5. Hook of Saint Albans. 1486.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 27 
 
 FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH 
 SPORTING WORK. 1486. 
 
 35. BOOK OF SAINT ALBANS. The Bokys of Haukyng and 
 Huntyng with other plesuris dyverse as in the Boke Apperis and also 
 of Cootarmuris a nobull werke. Black Letter printed in two types 
 with varying number of lines to the page, with signatures 
 but no numeration or catchwords, numerous woodcuts of 
 Armorial Bearings mostly printed in colors, rubricated 
 throughout and with ornamental Initials printed in red and 
 blue, printers device, white on red on recto of last leaf. Small 
 folio, old English red morocco, dentelle borders on sides, gilt edges, 
 preserved in a specially made Solander Case. St. Albans. The 
 School-master Printer. 1486. $12,000.00 
 
 First Edition of the Rarest and most Interesting Book in 
 the English Language, and the First of the very long line of 
 English Sporting Works, it is also the first printed English 
 Armorial, and the First Printed Book containing English 
 
 Cln^ of ^t^^ n»CM mcnjp bg d?cgt atb^ic ftudoafe y»«c fobc ai i 
 mj© to be i»tnctod;cgman?>65f^E ^pe of Kipomtfm^g3 
 •not Wtx fe cckftfe f nanT^e . (Ttcu tlplap airng^ ^a £ k fo t*Hjpn 
 rficj mag Ufiillg ari^ frclg best . (gof gtt (k^ b not of fo gate 
 
 bv ?»2 '^'H *^ f^ufot^^e of ap*2?ie£o: cf a lotte . (^ct axm^B bt 
 a manngspropur aucfodCslabs :if an otJ^es wan ^ucnotbt 
 >ic d}sgm afocc : be 6f ftcengfel? ©loglj . 
 ^^^(Jln^ i( 10 i^ opgngoT) of Miowt «i^ tf?a£ ftn feito^ of a$mif 
 nsa^Qjiic ttjmg^ . ^ct^ f^H ^f ®'">? fH^ cj^mj?^ be fcoiwc bg a 
 ng l}itco5) g^ugn tl^at ttioo© aiwgs 6gof «o wwc aucfonted>c») 
 t^c6 ajjngc tl^Ktdjbc 6alj3 bga wawg© albn? ftucfottfe . 
 
 ^ii^ctt m tf)ge; l»Uc afba atconfenj^ flje bobgc of bttii^gttg 
 «ni5 bun^gng Kirf? orf?e4 pUfuc'o ^guGsfc ac w tb bcbc a^cne 
 ftu^ alfo of Coo^atmuae a nobutt XScibc . QCln^ b^w^olbcn; 
 ti^ii) ^ l»fcie of blafgno; of aamgs? fmnf Uifgt an& compglgt ^ 
 c^c^gt at ^?gn£ albns liu gs'^ ftoin d^mcnwaciott of olbce 
 
 (c*^ 3^a Ccift . jn . cccc » ij?^ ^t . 
 
 No. .S.5. Hock ol' S;iiiil Albans. UHfi.
 
 28 GF.ORGK D. SMITH. 547 FIFTH AVE.. NEW YORK 
 
 Popular Rh>nies. lt> aulliorsliii) is allrilmlod to Dame -lulianna 
 Hariu'> *ir lit miums IMion^ss ol" Si)|)\v('ll near Si. Alhaiis. 'Pliis error 
 anise from an inM'ri|)lion found al I lie cud of the .sofoiid pari, the 
 nu'lrical treatise on llunlynu. addressed l)y a School Dame l<» tlie 
 ("hihlren or "Hairns." The j)rinter of the Work is known, from an 
 allusit)n to him hy \Nynkyn de Worde, (o liaxc l)een a School-Master 
 at Si. Allians, whose name ho\\(>\-er has remained nid^nown. Only 
 
 two complete Copies of the First Edition of this Celebrated 
 work are known. Dihdin in his 15il)li()mania mcMilions tliat this 
 Coju was i,nven to the Karl of Pembroke by John Anslis, the famous 
 Herald. (iart(T Kinii" of Arms. See llhistralions on paj>c's '•iO and "27. 
 
 FROM THE FIRST PRESS OF LYONS. 1486. 
 
 36. BOETHIUS, ANICIUS. De Consolatione philosophiae; De 
 
 l)i>(ij)hna Seholarium. cum eommentario S. Tliomae de Acjuino. 
 Gothic Letter, long lines, Commentary 45 lines to a page, with 
 separate sets of signatures but no numeration, ornamental 
 capitals painted in red, rubricated throughout. '-2 Vols, in one. 
 Small folio, old red morocco gilt, denlelle l)or(lers on sides, gilt edges. 
 Xo place or printer's name. (Lyon. Guillaume Le Roy) 1486. $350.00 
 
 Printed by Guillaume Le Roy who with Bartholomieu Buyer 
 estahlished the First Press at Lyons in 1473. The Gothic Types used 
 by him difiered entirely from those of other printers of the time. 
 Amongst other famous Books from this noted press are the "Roman 
 de la Rose" and the "Doctrinal de Sapience." An exceedingly 
 rare Edition of this P^imous Work. 
 
 UNIQUE VELLUM COPY WITH 20 RICH MINIATURES. 
 
 37. BOUCHET, JEHAN. Lamoureuxtran.sysansEspoir. Printed 
 on fine vellum in Gothic Letter, long lines, with signatures 
 but no numeration. SLPEKBLY DECORATED WITH ^20 
 LAPvGE MIMATURE PAINTLXGS RICHLY ILLUMINATED 
 IN GOLD AND COLORS. 8vo, fine old morocco, dentelle borders 
 on .sides, tooled back. Paris. Anthoine Verard, about lo0'2. $4750.00 
 
 The Original Edition of this very remarkable Work which is partly 
 in Prose and partly in Verse of eight .syllables. Although mystical 
 and allegorical in character it still records manv important Historical 
 Facts. NO ()TI1EI{ COPY BESIDES THIS EVER SEEMS TO 
 HA\'E BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION. It was once in the Sunder- 
 land Collection and at the Sale in 1803 sold for $3200.00.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 29 
 
 ([3ndiiiiduc cnniiaiiL' ilOTUinc miioca(o. 
 Tpfiilimi o;do iiirij ninm qucm nuiic 
 romana fcruai ccclcfia incipit. 
 a oomimca piimj port oauui cpipba 
 nic ufiB ad fqjtiugcfimaj : t a kalciidin 
 ocrobiin uftp ad aducium fubfcnpia in 
 uitatoaj fmgula fmguliti oomimcui pic 
 biw dicimtur : \u lamcn q- fi opoaucni 
 ulnmum rqictatiir. 
 
 3miiratoiium piimum . 19miic ctulttitT 
 eommo:iubilm'oco falutan luo. po. '^ic 
 ocaipcmuB. ^nuiiatoiiu fccundum.T^a: 
 occnpcmue hdan Dommi: z i pfalniie lubilc 
 maed, po. TScMc . '^mtUMOzmm tcrniL 
 iduoma pais nitign' oommiw: i ret itiagn^ 
 fupaomncB otos. pa. '5:lcnU£.3nuiUioa 
 um quanum. Jn manulua DomincromntB 
 lince tmr^.'y<nutc.5nuitatoiii'i qtitus. 
 IStmlc adoumue oorranum : qui feat noe. 
 P8. ■Jaontt, 5nuitalOHU5 fcriiim B'onii 
 rmm qui fcal noo:ucuc adoicm*. pii. "Wcntic 
 ; (E>ominica piimapoftoaaua cpipbaic. 
 ^nuilaiozius. TAcnilc cnilinnus oomiiio: 
 uibton' oeo faluian nfo^p. Tjiiaxjcaipcni''. 
 ^b octaua fpipbamc iifcRad boinitu 
 cam pjimam qiudragrfimc : i a kalcn- 
 di6 oaobiw ufq? ad adutiu pornini fc 
 quma b fttinuti dintur Bd nocmmu5. 
 ■ft'l A/^ dicp omniuj: 
 quomundiiB ortatcondi 
 mnrudquo rdurgct>coti 
 ditwnoa moite uicta libc 
 rctjSl ulfo pjocul tojpo 
 nbus: furgamueomnce ocpw.z noac 
 flUgrainufl piu: ficut pjopbcta nouim". 
 SJortrae pieces m aiidiat: fuaqj dene 
 ram poiiiMt : z crpiatop foalibuti: red 
 dat poloiu} fcdibun^0( qiuq? farranf 
 limo.buiun Oici lempoic: bono amtis 
 pfallimuaroome beam? muncretjjam 
 tiiic paJcma damaortc poftulamiw affa 
 nm: abfit ti bicto foididana : omtufqj ac 
 nwnonual^f fedafit ucl lubiica: c6 
 pago nortn cojpojis: p qiwauemi igni 
 biw: ipfi crememur acriuflUffl b boc re 
 dcmpro! qucfimua : ut piobra nia dilii 
 a0:iute paenme commoda:nobia bem 
 giu coniaiel^uo camie acm exake: 
 
 eft'ccti ipfi cclibci) : ur prcflolamur cer 
 nui melon canamun gloncj^rerta pa 
 ta piirtimc: pamqj compar imue; cum 
 fpintu paracljto:rcgiiaii per omnc fccu 
 liiin.31niciT(b onjiu pciccoHi.» ufg< 
 ad kalcndao oaobrui in pominicio Die 
 bunfubfequmobrciim inuii.iM;io it 
 quctuc dicimi" Bd noctJauilJloiiuiiL 
 Stdpicm^oriv- qui feat no&. pa ."WcilcJo f. 
 P||l4?ac furgetcii uigilanuiideo:fiin- 
 IMiper i pfalinw mcdiiemuratq? uiri 
 butJtotm Olio carumui.1 Pulcilcr bjTn' 
 non lS3 t pio regi panlacanenictvcum 
 fuai fancna macamur aulaMUStf'^' " 
 lifiiniilibcatamoucac uiiaji^rcfla 
 boc nobii' oaian bcaia : pairw ac naiL' 
 paniaq5 fancti fpiruiiti:aiiiii> rcboat in 
 oinni glotu mundo. Smcn . 3n pamo. 
 noa.Pc adiicntii m.'Umia «cc r<x na[ 
 fuBpi' jOtaTuir^f. iSuarc frcmufriii.pc'. 
 £>ominc quid mulnplican. pci. Biominc iic i 
 liiroic. 2>c pfalrmlla. antipboa. SctuUl. 
 Domino .£>iib Dicta arit. diciintur iidcm 
 
 Sfalmi . Xcpo;c pafcbali aiit. Sllduui. 
 •apia rcuolutue (A. £l fub dicta arit. di 
 cuntiirpfalmi totiup pjirm noct i lie ui 
 ali|0 noa.fcru jtiir idem o;do. 
 
 luo mcdiubuur die ac noae^^i ent ti 
 05 Iignu5 quod plantatu efl feciw dccur 
 fuii aqiuru: quod fmctum fuum Pabii i 
 tempore fiioT£jt foliii aiu? no defluei; 
 T oia quecunqTiJCiet profperabuntiir. 
 |tfon fic unpii non fic.fed lanq'jpulum 
 que pjoi|cu ueniut> a faae imeJT^deo 
 non refurgum impu n ludicio.necp pec 
 catoieo in eofilio lullonim^^ uoniam 
 nouit ooinimio uiam iul1o:u:'Z ua impi 
 omm pcnbil. pfalinuci oauul. 
 
 l^s' 
 
 No. 38. Jenson's Breviary. \'(Miicc. 147S. 
 
 A MAGNIFICENT VELLUM PRINTED BREVIARY. 1478. 
 
 38. BREVIARIUM JUXTA RITUM ROMANUM CURIE. ( um 
 Calendario. Printed on VELLUM in Gothic Letter in red and 
 black. Beautiful Border in gold and Colors on the first page, 
 composed of Arabesque Flowers and Leaves and 4 large Figures 
 of Fathers of the Church, with a Cardinal's Arms in the lower 
 border. Numerous other Illuminated Borders throughout, 
 with Historiated Initials and many finely decorated Capital 
 Letters. 2 vols in one. Folio, fine old Freneli red moroeco, ^old 
 tooled Borders on sides, old damnsk lininj^s and flyleaves, gilt edges. 
 Venice. Nicolas Jenson. 147S. $2500.00 
 
 ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFK ENT PRODI CTIONS OF
 
 30 GEORGE D. SMITH. 517 FH TH AVE.. NEW YORK 
 
 Hrt'viarium ( tnitiuuai. 
 
 .iKXsoNs rin:ss and onk of tkn ( opiks pkintkd on 
 
 \ MLLIM. In iU I iii(|U(> and Arlislic ("oloriiin and I lluiiiiiial ion, 
 it o(|Uals tlio Hrsl of I lie Illuiiiiiialcd Maimscripl Hours of llic same 
 Prriod. and llu* Printer was i'\id(Mill> (hHcivcd hy (his K(vs(Mnl)lance 
 wluMi ho Irltrrt'd llio Hook on llir Hack "MAM SC "1{1." The 
 I?ordrr> and l-'iuurt's and olhci- ])aiiit<'d ornanuMds aro extremely 
 eleuant and inchide some woi'k in line ( aniaieu-rou.uc. Amony the 
 Animal I-'iynres is a larize and siiiiiuhir h)()kini;' Kk'])hant painted in 
 hhiek, a Hear walking oil" wilh a Man armed with a Spear, over his 
 Slionlder. Horses with heads of Moid<s, Ajies and (IrifKns. There 
 are also mimerons Mamiserii)t Adchtions evidently made for the 
 Cardinal Owner of the Hook, to snpply certain Offices not inclnded 
 in the Printed Version. 
 
 Prom the Hamilton Palace Library witli Hookplate. St-e Ilhi.stnition 
 on pace ^9. 
 
 BREYDENBACH'S PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND. 
 
 39. BREYDENBACH, BERNHARD. Opusculum Sanctarum 
 Pereiirinationum in montem Syon ad venerandum Christi se])ulc]irum 
 inJernsalem. at(|ne in montem Synai ad divam vir<iinem et martirem 
 Katherinam. Gothic character, long lines without numeration 
 signatures and catchwords, 7 large folding woodcut views of 
 Venice, Parenzo, Corfu, Modon, Crete, Rhodes and the Holy 
 Land. Woodcut frontispiece containing in the richly orna- 
 mented border the Coats-of-arms of Bernhard Breydenbach, 
 John Count of Solony, and the Knight Philip of Bicken; also 
 numerous other woodcut illustrations. Folio, full blue morocco 
 extra. ,uilt ed.oes. Mentz: Krhard Reuwich, 148G. $L500.00 
 
 FIHST EDITION. A superlatively Rare Work when found 
 with all the plates intact; as they have in the past been much 
 sought for by Print-Collectors and numerous Copies have been 
 mutilated on that account. They are also of such great length that 
 hundreds of the Views must have been destroyed by careless handling. 
 The Grand \'iew of A enice is about 70 inches long and the very 
 interesting Maj) of the Holy Land is quite 50 inches long. On the 
 back of this are depicted some of the most Extraordinary Animals 
 which the Author met with on his Journey including Crocodiles, 
 Salamanders, L'nicorns and a very human looking Ape. 
 
 NOT THE LEAST INTERESTINC; POINT ABOUT THE 
 VOLr:VIE IS THAT THE VERY HEALTIFT L AND INTRICATE 
 FRONTISPIEC E IS THE WORK OF ALHRECHT DURER AND 
 :\IANY OF THE OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS BEAR TRACES OF 
 
 HIS EARL^ ST^ LE. >f'e Illustrations on opposite page and on page 9'i.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 31 
 
 No. .'50. Frontispiece by Duror 
 
 of 
 
 Brcydenbach's "Pil<i,rim;ige." 
 
 Mentz. 1486.
 
 32 GEORGE D. SMITH. 547 KIFTH AVE.. NEW YORK 
 
 40. CAES.AR, Jl'LIUS. (i. .lulii ('Mcs.-iris ( "oiniiuMitarioruin do 
 Hello (iallico Lii)ri >ri)U'iii. \)c Hello ( 'i\ili lihri sex. Roman Letter, 
 44 lines to the paiie, with siiiiiatures, printed notes in margins, 
 \er\ tine larue Ilkiniinateei hiitial on first pai>;e with full pa^e 
 interlaeinii Seroll border linely painted in l^lue, red, and i>recn 
 and with many lariie Capitals in red throughout. Small folio, 
 very tine old eilroii iiionjceo. liold (o(>led hack, uill edi^es hy Derome. 
 Treviso. Michael Maiizoiiiii of rarmn. ll-Sd. ^^i.jO.OO 
 
 \ ery Hiu' (\>|)y ol' llns esteemed Ivlilioii edited hy Ilieroiiymus 
 HoMoiiiiis of Tre\iso. Hooks with I his Hriiiler's lm|)i-iiil are extreme- 
 l\ scarce. 
 
 ' 41. CAMPANUS JOANNES ANTONIUS. ()i)era, scilicet : Trac- 
 tatu> W Orationes W. Kj)is|olaniiii lihri IX. \ita Pii. Hisloria, 
 Hrachii, Ki)iuraiimiat imi lihri \ III. Printed in Roman letter, 
 56 lono; lines to the page, with signatures, but no numeration, 
 fine large Woodcut of a Bell on first page, numerous ornamen- 
 tal woodcut initials and a very fine full page Architectural 
 Woodcut with Figures at end. Folio, old sprinkled calf gilt. 
 H(.iiie. Kuchariiis Silher. 141).). if^'^OO . 00 
 
 FIRST FDFITOX. Cainj)anus rose from a shepherd hoy to he 
 the confidant of two Popes—Paul II and Sixtus IV. The most 
 interest iiiu i)art of the volume is pro])al)ly the history of the deeds 
 of Andrea Braccio of Mentone, of the Bracchi family, and of the 
 struggles against Sforza and the Lords of Rimini, forming a valuahle 
 contrihution to the history of Italy under the Despots. At the end 
 occurs the famous epigram of Michael Fernow against the Roman 
 booksellers. 
 
 FIRST EDITION OF A MEDIAEVAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 42. CAPELLA, MARTIAN. Opus de Xu])liis Philologie et Mer- 
 curii lihri duo: de gramniatica; de dialectica; de arithmetica; de 
 rlx'torica; de geometria; de a.tronomia; de nuisica lihri septem. 
 Printed in Roman letter, with the title in large Gothic Char- 
 acters, long lines, 37 to a page, with signatures, but without 
 catchwords, or numeration. Fine printers device on last page. 
 Folio, fine old English Morocco, gilt edges, in fine levant Solander 
 case. Vicenza. Henricus de Sancto Urso. 1499. $200.00 
 
 First Eflition. The Essay on ^lusic is partic'darly interesting. 
 The Poet ('aj)ella was horn at Carthage, Africa, and lived in Rome 
 about 47.5. The Work is a medley of Prose and \ erse and is a kind 
 of Encyclopedia of the Arts and Sciences as known for about a 
 thousand years and it was highly esteemed in the Middle Ages as a 
 Text Book. The Section on the Greek Theory of Arithmetic treats> 
 of the various clas.ses of Numbers such as i)lane and solid, and men- 
 tions the supposed Mysteries of the smaller numbers, the monad 
 suggesting one God, the dyad Good and Evil, the triad the Trinity 
 and .so on. A passage in the Section on A.stronomy is said to have 
 suggested the System of Copernicus.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 33 
 
 [^biglia p,ccpctuo0:tibi Dat tofa cub^ tnup^oB. 
 ; IBcrpctuumnomcntpctpetuumcpDccus. 
 I H^tc ma Cetotc(g:c£Do!l0 coTa cccfcit in bo;ttis. 
 > aittHaquflamrigtiiBUungittJtcant^fuiB. 
 )i6>epttmus!|eticus:faptg0re]ciaegulamojtttm. 
 1 Cc»eaemgenmm:cump;obitatetencn0. 
 3Otantosfo!us:bigtIanstcbcntI)ono^0, 
 ecgo ab0 te Oebctuucc bolentc coU. 
 
 No. 4.3. J^-itil<Ml on Wiiuin l)\- Pyiison. 
 
 A SUPERB VELLUM COPY FROM THE PRESS OF PYNSON. 
 
 43. CARMELIANUS, PETER. (^arnuMi dc Sijons.-ilihiis inter 
 Caroliini Princiiu'iii Caslcllaect jMariaiii filiam Ilciii-ici \'1I I{(\^•is .\ii- 
 gliae. Printed in Black Letter. Each pai^e of text enclosed by 
 an ornamental border, Arms of England with Crowned Tudor 
 Rose and Portcullis on title, 2 full pai>e woodcuts and Pynson's 
 large Device on last page. 4l<), cilron Icxanl. |)aii('ll('(l sides gill, 
 and tooled with 15irds and F'lowers, tooled hack, inside borders, 
 vellum linings and flyleaves gilt edges l)y THE ( \A U BINDERY. 
 (London. Kiehard Pvnson ahoul 1.514) $4(H)().()() 
 
 ONE OF THE ONLY TWO VELLUIVl COPIES KNOWN, the 
 other being in the British MuscMini. A most iiileresting aeeount of
 
 34 C.FORGF. D. SMITH 5J7 FIFTH AVF., NEW YORK 
 
 VnruwVvMiiis — ( tmt i n iit'il . 
 
 the KiiiIkissv son! I>v I lie I'lnjHM'or Maximilian to iMiuiaiid to no^o- 
 tiato a Marriai^T Iti'twrtMi llu* KmiJcror's urandson al'lcrwanls the 
 Knipcnn" Cliarlrs \' and Mary danulil(M- ol" Henry \ II. 'V\\v Antlior 
 IVtcr ("arnu'lianu> was tlic Kiiiilisli Conrl Poet, hv wrote first in 
 landation and tlion in vitniieration of Kicliard III, and was ai)|)oint(Ml 
 Chaplain and Latin Secretary to lleniy \ II. He is I'nrllier described 
 as Iteini: l.nte PhiyiM" to IltMiry \ III. 
 
 Hooks ])rinted l)y Hieliard Pynson will always he of Pecnliar 
 Interest to tlie Collector of liooks from the Early English Presses. 
 Pynst)n a Xorman hy hirth was a Student of the iTiiversity of Paris 
 and learned the Art of Print inu" at Honen, with Cnillanme le Tailleur. 
 He went to Eiiiiland ahout 14SS, and became the Assistant of CAX- 
 TON and fellow-worker of WYXKYX DE WORDE. On the acces- 
 sion of Henry \ III he was a])])ointed Kind's Typographer, became 
 P^ngland's (ireatest Law Printer and introduced lioman Type into 
 that country in L5()9. See Illustration on page 83. 
 
 FROM THE SECOND PRESS OF FLORENCE. 1480. 
 
 44. CARACCIOLO DE LITIO, ROBERTO. Sermones Quadra- 
 gesimales Italice. Roman Letter, long lines, 38 to the page 
 with signatures but no numeration. Folio, old sj)rinkled calf, 
 full gilt back. Florence. Xicliolaus Laurentius. 1480. $100. 00 
 
 A very uncommon Edition of Caracciolo's famous writings, from 
 the Second Printer's Press at Florence. Quite unknown to Proctor. 
 
 Robertus Caracciolus was one of the Order of Minor Friars, and 
 died about '20 years after the pu})lication of this book. He was 
 Bishoj) of Acjuino in 1471, noted for his great eloquence, and for the 
 humor (or, rather, what would today be characterized as burlesciue) 
 in which he attacked the laxity of morals and extravagance of living 
 of the higher prelates. Many editions were printed of his sermons 
 
 THE FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF CATO. 1487. 
 
 45. CATO, DIONYSIUS. Precepta et Disticha cum Commento. 
 Gothic Letter, long lines, 33 to a page, with signatures. On 
 the first page is the title "Cato cum Commento" with a large 
 woodcut printers device, white on black ground. 4to, fine old 
 P>nglish red morocco, gold borders on sides, full gilt back, gilt edges, 
 in fine levant Solander Case. Paris, Pierre Levet. 1487. $275 . 00 
 
 The first Translation of Cato into French and extremely Hare. 
 Xo Copy in the British ^Museum or in any of the Famous old English 
 Private Libraries. Books with the Imprint of Peter Levet are very 
 scarce.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 35 
 
 46. CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS. Catullus, Tibullus,Pr()per- 
 tius et P. Papinii Statii Sylvae. Roman Letter, long lines 35-36 
 to the pages, without marks but with traces of hand stamped 
 signatures in several places, two leaves supplied in Contem- 
 porary MS, numerous ornamental Capitals painted in red. 
 Small folio, old red morocco, finely gold tooled, gilt edges. No place 
 or date but Venice Johan de Colonia and Jolian Manthen. 147.5. 
 
 $500 . 00 
 
 THE SECOND EDITION OF THE COLLECTED WORKS OF 
 THESE FOUR POETS AND OF GREAT RARITY. It Commen- 
 ces on the verso of leaf I with a brief summary of the Life of Catullus 
 occupying 11 lines only. The Poems of Catullus then begin on the 
 recto of the next leaf and occupy 34 leaves. Then follows a Life of 
 Tibullus followed by his poems occupying 3*2 leaves. Next is the 
 Life of Propertius followed by his poems which occupy the ensuing 
 59 leaves, with the Imprint of John of Cologne and John of ]\Iautlien 
 at end. Statins follows and occupies the next 60 leaves. The few 
 Copies which occur for sale hardly ever contain the Lives of 
 the three Poets and the three blank leaves. A former owner 
 has erased many of the very numerous passages in Catullus wliicli 
 offend by their grossness and impurity but the ink in course of time 
 has faded away leaving the original printed text intact. 
 
 FIRST EDITION OF A FAMOUS MEDICAL WORK. 1478. 
 
 47. CELSUS, CORNELIUS. De Medicina Libri \'1II ex Recogni- 
 tione B. Fontii. Roman letter, long lines, 34-35 to the page 
 with printed signatures. Folio, old English retl morocco with 
 tooled borders, gilt back, gilt edges. Florence. Nicholas Laurctil ius. 
 1478. $350.00 
 
 First Edition of this exceedingly rare Book. Owing to the dillVM-- 
 ent sizes of paper used in the Book some folio and some ((uarlo. Ilic 
 collation of the Book is confusing. 
 
 The Works of this (V^lebrated Roman Physician who hvcd in I lie 
 First Century under Tiberius are renowned for their Learning, (iood 
 sense and Practical Information and have been Iranslated inlo every 
 European Language from ihe dale of this Edilio Pnncei)s until the 
 Present Time. 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY CAXTON. 
 
 48. CESSOLIS, JACOBUS DE. The (.;..n<' .md Pl;iyr of Ihe 
 Chesse moralized. Transl;il<>(l l)y Wilhain CmxIoii Ironi tlie Krcnch ol' 
 Jehan de Vignav who Iranslalcd from llic Ilahan of Cessolis. Black 
 Letter, long lines 29 to a page, with signatures but no numer- 
 ation or Catch Words, Large Woodcuts. Has 46 leaves, out 
 of 84. Small folio, very fine old Englisli red morocco willi dcnielle
 
 36 GEORGE D. SMITH. 547 FIFTH AVE.. NEW YORK 
 
 C'a\l<»n ( mtiinut'd. 
 
 hordors. full irill rduvs. No \)\i\ic or (laic l>ul W (>sl minslcM-, William 
 C'axton, aKoiit 14S:{. $^>7.)0.()0 
 
 Second Edition and excessively Rare. Accordiniv to De Ricci 
 onlv 13 copies exist, only two of which are perfect. Generally 
 considered as the Second Book, printed by Caxton in England 
 and also the Second English Book illustrated with Woodcuts. 
 
 Set- lllii--tr;itioii oil oppuxiU- pM^c. 
 
 FIRST EDITION OF CICERO'S TUSCULAN DISPUTATIONS. 
 
 1469. 
 
 49. CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Tusc-uianac Qiiesliones. 
 Lil.ri \ Printed in small semi Gothic Characters, long lines 35 
 to the page. Mo. uroen c-ruslied levant, fiiic.j>()ld borders on sides, 
 to(.l'>d l)ac-k. while vellum lininii's and flyleaves, by THE CLUB 
 BINDKHY. Kone. llrieh Ilaim. U()<). $900.00 
 
 KDITK) PRINCEPS. A BEArTIITLUY PRINTED EDI- 
 TION FROM THE SE( OND PRESS OF RO:\lE. The blanks 
 left for the (iieek Quotations liave l)een filled in with very old hand- 
 wrilinu". Ht-t- Illustration on ()j)j)()site page. 
 
 \ VERY RARE CICERO FROM THE FIRST PRESS OF ROME. 
 
 1470. 
 
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 53. CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Tullye of Old Age, On 
 Friendship and Declamation of Noblesse. Black Letter long lines 29 
 to a page, 119 leaves, the first and seventy-second being blank, 
 v^^ith signatures but no numeration. 3 vols, in one. Folio, very 
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 Caxton says that Cicero's "De Senectute" and "De Amicitia" were 
 translated into French by the command of Louis, Duke of Bourbon, 
 in 1405 by Laurence de Premierfait, a celebrated Translator The 
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 in Latin by Bonaccursus de Montemagno, was made by John Mielot, 
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 61. DIALOGUS CREATURARUM MORALIZATUS onini nia- 
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 62. DIODORUS SICULUS. Bibliotheca, sen historiarum prisca- 
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 Taciti de moribus et populis Germaniae libellus. Roman Letter, 
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 The History of Diodorus who was contemporary with Julius 
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 65. EPISTOLARUM GRAECARUM COLLECTIO. Epistolae 
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 66. EUCLID. Preclarissimus liher Elementorum Euclidis per- 
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 No. 66. Euclid. Venice. 148^2. 
 
 Interest, being the Earliest Printed Work in whieh continuous 
 Geometrical Figures occur in anj^ Quantity and printed with such 
 Care and Ingenuity. Many of the Figures are composed from 
 lines and rules, but a very large number are delicate wood 
 engravings. The Enormous Labour attending such a task is dwelt 
 upon at length by Ratdolt in his Scholarly Dedication to the Doge 
 John Mocenico, professing his wonder that amid the great (|uantity 
 of Old and New Books that were daily being j)ubh"shed in the Doge's 
 "fortunate and prepotent City" so little had been done for the 
 Study of Mathematics, but supposes thai it arose from the diflicully 
 of printing the necessary Diagrams with the Text. 
 
 Ratdolt printed in Venice from 1470 to 14<S() and in Augsbourg 
 from 1486 to 151.5 and during his Forly "S'eai-s CarcHM- seems to have 
 been one of the most Imhislrious ol' all the Farb' FrinlcM-s. 
 
 THE PERFECT CONDITION OF THE XOLIME ITSELF 
 AND THE MAGNIFICENT BINDING, WHK H CONTAINS 
 IT, RENDER IT THE MOST DESIRABLE COPY THAT CAN 
 
 EVER BE OFFERED FOR SALE. See Illustralion al.ove and of Mind- 
 ing on page 46.
 
 4b 
 
 GtORCt D. SMITH. 547 I II IH A\ I ., NKW YORK 
 
 No. 06. p'irst PMition of Euclid. 1482. 
 Mosaif Hindin;; bv Leon Mailhird.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 47 
 
 FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF EURIPIDES. 
 
 67. EURIPIDES. Euripides Tragediae septemdecim, ex qiiibus 
 quaedam habent commentaria. Et sunt hae. Hecuba, Orestes, 
 Phenissae, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Andromache, Supplices, 
 Iphigenia, Aulide, Iphigenia in Tauris, Rhesus, Troades, Bacchae, 
 Cyclops, HeracHdae, Helena, Ion. 2 vols, small 8vo, olive brown 
 levant, with Aldine Device and Aldine Fleurons on sides and in 
 back panels, marbled edges gilt, by LORTIC. Venetiis apud Aldum. 
 1503. $100.00 
 
 Not only the first Aldine Edition, but also the FIRST COMPLETE 
 EDITION of the Tragedies of Euripides. Up till this date only four 
 of the Plays had ever been printed, the Medea, Hippolytus, 
 Alcestis and Andromache which were issued by the care of J. 
 Lascaris in Florence about 1496 and which has been impossible to 
 find for many years past. BEAUTIFUL COPY and according to 
 Renouard of Great Rarity. 
 
 68. EUSEBIUS PAMPHILUS. Historia Ecclesiastica, per Rufi- 
 num de Graeco in Latinum traducta. Roman Letter, long lines, 
 34 to a page, without signatures or numeration, but with 
 catchwords, rubricated in red and blue and with ornamental 
 capitals painted in red and blue alternately. Folio, old red 
 morocco gilt, borders on sides, gilt edges. Mantua. Johan Scliall. 
 1479. $^200.00 
 
 In the rhymed Colophon to the Work Johan Schall the Printer is 
 also described as a Physician. Specimens from his Press are remark- 
 ably scarce. 
 
 Eusebius was one of the most distinguished of the Early Christian 
 Writers and is sujiposed to have been born in Caesarea in Palestine 
 about the year 204. He became a favorite of the Emperor Constan- 
 tine whose life he wrote. His Ecclesiastical History relates the 
 progress of the Church from the Origin of Chrislianily down to A. D. 
 324 the year before the Triumph ol' the (1un-cli over Arianism. 
 
 FIRST EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF ROME. 1471. 
 
 69. EUTROPIUS, FLAVIUS. Incipit Eutropii Ilistoriograi)hus 
 et post cum Paulus Diacon; de historiis italice provincie ac Romano- 
 rum. Roman letter, long lines, 32 to the page, large ornamen- 
 tal initial and border of interlacing scrolls, finely painted and 
 illuminated in the Florentine style with a circular space for a 
 Coat of Arms left blank in lower margin of border, and with 5 
 other ornamental capitals, in gold and colours. Folio old red 
 morocco gilt, tooled l)ack, gilt edges. Rome. George Lauer, 1471. 
 
 $.S00.00 
 Editio Princeps and exceedingly Rare. One of the Firs! Books 
 Printed with an Alphabetical Index and apparently the First Book 
 in which the Printer used semi-circular Parenthesis brackets.
 
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 FROM THK PRESS OF THE SECOND ROMAN PRINTER. 
 
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 ter, loiiii lines, 44 to a paue without marks. I'olio, old sprinkliMl 
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 Middle Aiivs. The l^)ok is a inosl c\tcii>i\ c ( "onii)ilal ion of i^xlracts 
 from tlic old (Jrcck and l.alin jkhMs and was nmcli used as a Reference 
 ^Vork 1)V StudenU of llie l"'ifleenlli and earlv Sixteenth Centuricvs. 
 
 71. EYB, ALBERTUS DE. .Mar-aiita Poelica. Gothic let- 
 ters, double eolumns, 44 to the column, with signatures and 
 numeration. Folio, contemi)orary (ierman Binding of oak boards 
 coveivii with stam])ed hrown calfskin, brass corner guards and centre 
 bosses and clas])s. No i)lace or date but Slrassburg, ]\Iartin Seliott. 
 US'i. $1^3.00 
 
 A n'agnificenlly clean, tall and perfect example of Pearly 
 (ierman printing. On tlie first jiage of text is a large and finely 
 painteil Initial Letter and liefore folio 139 is jjainted a border of 
 twininir tiowers with a dwarf and parrot in centre of the lower margin. 
 THE FIRST BOOK FROM THE FIRST PRESS OF MILAN. 
 
 1471. 
 
 72. FESTUS, SEXTUS POMPONIUS. De Verborum signi- 
 ficatione lil)er. Roman letter, long lines, 31 to the page, with- 
 out marks, blanks left for insertion of Greek passages which 
 have mostly been added in red by a contemporary hand, large 
 initials painted in blue. Folio, old red morocco gilt, tooled bor- 
 (Ier>. iiilt etke>. Milan. Antonio Zarot to. 147L $42.-5.00 
 
 EDITIO "PRIXCEPS. Fine large clean Copy of the extremely 
 Rare F'irst F^lition. Antonio Zarotto the Prototypographer of ^NLilan 
 commenced printing in 1471 in which year he issued his F'estus on 
 August 3rd and Pomj^onius Mela in Octol)er following. He was the 
 first printer to use the di])thongs oe and ae for wliich the oilier printers 
 used the simple e. This excessively Rare \\ork "On the Significa- 
 tion of Words" is one of the most useful we possess for acquiring 
 an accurate knowledge of the Latin Tongue. The Book commences 
 at the Letter A without any form of title whatsoever and continues 
 to its end at the word "Vernifera." 
 
 VERY RARE SPECIMEN OF BLOCK PRINTING. 
 
 73. FORMA CONFESSIONALIS. Pateat universis i)resentes 
 
 litteras inspecturis. Qualiter deuot in xpo diocess ad op sancte 
 
 cruciate p sactissimi in xpo pret et dnm nrm dnn Sixtu diuina puidetia 
 papa quartu ordinatum debitam fecerit otributione. Quapropter 
 auctoritate prefati domini nostri ppe ptate sit eligendi sibi confesso- 
 rem prespiterum ydoneum religiosum vel seculare. qui audita dili- 
 genter eius ofessione absolvere eum possit auctoritate pdicta ab omib 
 comissis per eum excessibus et peccatis quibuslibet quantumcuq 
 enormibus. Etia si talia forent ppter sedes apostoliea esset
 
 Forma Confessionalis — Continued. ^^ 
 
 cosulenda. Et a censuris et penis ac excoicationibus onmbus. A 
 iure vel p statuta quecuq pmulgatis et seda applice reseruatis semel 
 
 dumtaxat. A non reseruatis vere eidem totiens quotiens id 
 
 petierit. Ac semel in vita et in mortis articulo plenaria omnium 
 peccato suorum indulgent ia et remissionem impendere. Non obsta- 
 tibus quibuscuq reservationibus a pfato pontifice. vel eius prede- 
 cessoribus factis prout in bulla data M.CCC.LXXX pridie nonas 
 decebris pontificat eiusdem anno decimo plenius continetur. In cui 
 rei fidem et testimoniu Ego frater Petr Gardian & pdicator ouet 
 monacen. ordinis mino rum subcommissarius eiusdem sanctissimi 
 dni nostri. Sixti pape quarti super prefato negocio deputatus pre- 
 setes litteras fieri feci. Et sigilli cruciate impressione muniri. Anno 
 domini. M.CCC.LXXXIL die" (Here follows a blank space for 
 the date to be filled in in MS. This occupies fourteen lines, and 
 beneath follows) FORMA ABSOLUTIONIS. 10^ in. by 6^ in. 
 bound in crushed blue morocco gilt, inside dentelles, Munich. 1482, 
 
 $400.00 
 An exceedingly Rare and curious specimen of Block Printing. 
 The whole occupies 23 lines, and is entirelj^ engraved on wood and 
 printed on paper. There are some lacunae, which are indicated by 
 dots. It was no doubt printed at Munich, where letterpress printing 
 was not introduced till quite the end of the century. Indulgences 
 in the Early Church were the moderation of Ecclesiastical Punish- 
 ment. The Papal Systems for the absolute Pardon of sin, commenced 
 by Leo III about the year 800, w^ere granted in the 11th (^entury by 
 Gregory \TI and by Urban II, and by others, in the 12th Century as 
 Rewards to the Crusaders. Clement V was the first Pope who made 
 public sale of Indulgences in 1313. In 1517 Leo X published General 
 Indulgences throughout Europe, and the Resistance to them led to 
 the Reformation. 
 
 UNIQUE VELLUM COPY OF A FAMOUS FRENCH 
 
 CHRONICLE. 
 
 74. GAGUIN, ROBERT. Compendium Roberti Gaguini super 
 Francorum Gestis. Roman Characters, 45 long lines to the page, 
 with signatures. Every line ruled in red throughout. Full 
 page Woodcut Title with the Arms of France and the Arms of 
 the Provinces, full length figures of St. Denis and St. Remy, 
 Kerver's fine printer's Device at end and numerous Large and 
 Small Initial Letters illuminated in gold and colors. Small 
 folio, red levant gilt, pjinelled sides, gilt edges by BAUZONNET. 
 Paris. Thielman Kerver. 1500. $850.00 
 
 ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENTLY VELLUM PRINTED 
 VOLUMES EVER ISSUED BY ANY FRENCH PRESS. The 
 only other Vellum Copy extant is in the possession of the National 
 Library in Paris. From the Firmin Didot and other noted Collector's 
 Libraries.
 
 50 CF.ORGK D. SMIIH. 517 FIFTH AVK.. NKW YORK 
 
 DR. PFA TINGER S COPY OF A RARE OLD MEDICAL. 149L 
 
 75. GAZI, ANTONIO, ("oroiia Morida Mcdicinac; si\c (\m- 
 sorvatii) Saiiitalis. Printed in Roman Letter, double eolumns, 
 no numeration but witb siiinatures. On first paiic of Text is 
 a Female P^iiiure supported by two Coats of Arms in Laurel 
 Wreaths allfinely hand drawn and colored; first Column of 
 Text eommenees with a very lar^e Initial Letter painted in 
 Carmine on a Gold-Camaieu Ground, all other Capitals 
 painted in Red and Blue alternately and ornamented with 
 pen flourishes. Folio, ivd morocco aiiti(iue, j^ilt edges. \'cnetiis 
 Johannes dv Forlivio et (irogorius FValros. 1491. $225.00 
 
 First Edition of this very Rare Early Medical Work. On the 
 Illumination on first ])aiic is written the Contemporary Autograph of 
 DU. CONRAD PErTlNCiER, the famous German Antiquarian and 
 Friend of Aldus. On the other side of the Central Figure is the 
 Autograph Signature of :\rARGARETTA WELSERIN presumably 
 the i)octor's Wife, and a relation of Marco Welser the German 
 Historian and Statesman. 
 
 THE SHIP OF FOOLS WITH FINE WOODCUTS. 
 
 76. GEILER VON KAYSERBERG. Nauicula sine Speculum 
 F'atuorum in sermones iuxtra turmarum seriem diusa: suis figuris iam 
 insignita, a Jacobo Othero diligenter collecta. GOTHIC LETTER. 
 With 112 spirited woodcuts, several of which are with xylo- 
 graphic inscriptions, one bearing the date 1494. 4to, old red 
 morocco gilt, blind tooled centre ornaments, blue silk linings, gilt 
 edges. Argentorati. 1511. $125.00 
 
 F'irst Edition of these extraordinary Sermons preached in 1494-8 
 by .lolian Geyler, of Keyserberg, a whimsical priest who had much of 
 the Humor of Rabelais and Swift. He turned the Matter of the 
 Shij) of FVjols into Homilies no less satirical than the original Book 
 and ifinitely more curious considering their application. The print- 
 er's name is not given but he is supposed to have been Mathias 
 Hui)fufi. SI PERB COPY. 
 
 FROM THE PRESS OF THE FIRST COLOGNE PRINTER. 
 
 77. GERSON, JOHANNES. Opu.sculum tripartitum de prae- 
 ccj)ti> Decalogi de coni'essione et de Arte moriendi. GOTHIC 
 LETTER, Long lines, 27 to the page without Signatures, 
 Numeration or Catchwords. 4to, brown levant, gold and blind 
 tooled on sides and l)ack, rough edges by THE CLUB BINDERY. 
 (Cologne. Ulrich Zell about 1408.) $250.00 
 
 An extremely curious work on the Use and Modes of Confession 
 Ulrich Zell started the first Printing Press of Cologne about 1465- 
 1400. A Very beautiful and most desirable specimen of the Earliest 
 •German Typography. The Author was Chancellor of the University 
 of Paris and died in 1429.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 51 
 
 FROM THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS OF NUREMBERG. 
 
 1470. 
 
 78. GERSON, JOHANNES. De Spiritualihus Niiptiis. Opus- 
 culiim super Cantica Canticorum. Gothic Letter, long lines, 37 
 to the page, without numeration, signatures or catchwords, 
 large Initial Letters Painted in red and blue alternately, last 
 leaf blank. Folio, dark brown crushed levant, with very beautifully 
 blind tooled small compartments on sides, each containing a small 
 gold Rose; doublure of olive brown levant, with rich gilt borders, silk 
 flowered flyleaves, rough edges gilt by THE CLUB BINDERY. 
 Nuremberg. Johan Sensenschmidt. 1470. $1000.00 
 
 If not THE FIRST Book printed at Nuremberg, certainly one of 
 the first few there printed, 1470 being the date of the earliest 
 Nuremberg book known. Magnificent Copy in a Magnificent 
 Binding. See Illustration below. 
 
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 CAXTON'S POLYCHRONICON. 1482. ss 
 
 79. HIGDEN, RALPH. Polychroiiicoii. (Translated out of 
 Latin into English l)y John of Treves; Jind conthiiied by William 
 Caxton.) Black letter, long lines, 40 to the page with signa- 
 tures and numeration, rubricated and with Capitals crudely 
 painted in red, lacks 62 leaves to be complete. Small folio, old 
 English red morocco gilt, dentelle borders on side, gilt edges, no place 
 or date, but Westminster. William Caxton. 1482. $3700 . 00 
 
 THIS EXTREMELY RARE PRODUCTION OF CAXTON'S 
 PRESS IS THE FIRST EDITION OF THE POLYCHRONICON 
 IN ENGLISH AND A SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF THE EXCEL- 
 LENCY OF TYPOGRAPHICAL PERFECTION ATTAINED BY 
 HIS PRESS. Of the 29 copies enumerated by Blades all but 5 are 
 imperfect, some being fragments only. In the fine wide margins are 
 many interesting MS Notes in a nearly contemj)orary hand. See 
 Illustration below and on opposite page. 
 
 No. 71). IliK'lt'ii- ("axtoii. I tH--^. 
 Old Knylisli Morocco BiiKliii;^.
 
 S4 GEORGE D. SMITH. 547 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 
 
 FROiM THE PRESS OF HARLEM'S FIRST PRINTER. 
 
 80. GLANVIL, BARTHOLOMEW DE. Do ri()i)rielalibus 
 Hcnini. Dutch Toxl in Black Letter, double columns, 40 lines 
 to the paiie, with signatures. With 11 full pa^e and very 
 quaint woodcuts of the Supreme Beini];, Devils, Birds, Fishes, 
 the Seasons, etc. Folio, hrown k'\nnl. uold |)aiu'll('(l sides, with 
 l.hiul tooK'd oiiKimonts, -ill c(l-os hv THE ilAU BINDERY. 
 Haarlom. .lac-oh BolhuM't. 14S.5. $750.00 
 
 (Iraiid ('<»py of this curious Mediaeval Encycloj)edia of Medicine, 
 riiilosojihy. Natural History, (iod. Nature of Metals and Plants, etc. 
 Accordinii to Wynkyn de Worde who published an English 
 translation, the first Edition was printed by WILLIAM 
 CAXTON in Cologne, about 1470. Formerly in the C'rawford 
 Lil)rar\ . 
 
 81. GREGORIUS MAGNUS, SAINT. Moralia in Job. 
 Gothic letter, preface and Table in Roman letter, printed in 
 double columns, 55-56 to a page without marks. Folio, Old 
 Knyhsh red niorocco ^ilt, tooled borders, gilt edges in levant case. 
 Honic. Simon de Luca. 147o. $200.00 
 
 A rare and fine sj^ecimen of Early printing from the press of Simon 
 de Luca who in 1471 was a partner of Ulrich Halm's, the second 
 Printer at Rome. 
 
 82. HOMELIARUS DOCTORUM super Evangelia. Home- 
 hae et Postillae Doctoruni de Tempore et de Sanctis per totium 
 annum. Printed in Gothic Letter, double columns, 47 lines 
 to the column, without numeration, signatures or catchwords. 
 Large pen drawn Initial painted in carmine and blue on first 
 page and all the large Initials painted in red throughout. 
 F()h(j, l)rown i)igskin with elaborate l^lind tooled comj)artments on 
 >ides, blind tooled })ack, gray silk linings and flvleaves, old red edges, 
 by THE CLUB BINDERY. Cologne about 1475. $350 . 00 
 
 An exceedingly rare Work and a splendid specimen of Early 
 Printing. The Printer is unknown but the Book comes from the 
 same press as the Sarum Breviary. Laid in is a Manuscript Index 
 written on 4 pages by a former owner, a Franciscan Friar, in lOOO. 
 
 SOLOMON'S SONG OF SONGS. COLOGNE. 1477. 
 
 83. HONORIUS, AUGUSTODUNENSIS. Solemnis et devota 
 Expositio in librum Salomonis qui dicitur CANTICA CANTICO- 
 RLM. Printed in Gothic Letter, double columns, 34 lines to 
 the column, without numeration but with signatures, Initial 
 Letters printed in red and blue alternately. Small 4to, half 
 red levant, rough edges. No Printer's Name, Place or Date, but 
 Cologne. Johan Guldenschaff. About 1477. $50.00 
 
 An exceedingly Rare Edition of this Curious Work written by 
 Honorius of Autun in the Twelfth Century. A very attractive 
 specimen of Early Cologne Printing.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 55 
 
 A RARE PAPAL LETTER 
 
 OF 
 
 INDULGENCE ON VELLUM. 
 
 84. INDULGENCE. Raymundus miseratioe diiiina Tituli 
 sancte marie noue. sancte Romane ecclesie psbyter Cardinalis Gur- 
 censis; ad vniuersam Germania : Daciam: Suetia: NorwegiarFrisiam, 
 Prussia: oesq et singulas ilia puincias: ciuitates:terras et loca: eua 
 sacro Romano impio in ipsa Germania subiecta eis adiacetia aplice 
 sedis de latere legatus Universis singulis psentes Iras inspect uris 
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 1485. 
 
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 86. JEROME, SAINT. Episiolaeet tractatus Sancti Hieronyini. 
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 87. JERCME, SAINT. \'ilae Sanctorum Patrum. Gothic 
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 catchwords. I'olio. contcmj)orary hinding in wooden boards and 
 half jtigskin. I'Im. Johann Zainer about 1478. $'200.00 
 
 A (irand Specimen from Zainer's Press. FT^O:\I THE LIBRARY' 
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 tion of this book. It also contains the manuscript catalogue slip of 
 his library at Kelmscoti House, Hammersmith. 
 
 THE LEGEND OF BARLAM AND JOSAPHAT. 1476. 
 
 88. JOHANNES DAMASCENUS. lncii)it liber gestorum Bar- 
 laam et Jo.>a]>liat .ser\(jrum dei, grcco sermonc editus a Johanne 
 Damasceno vero .sancto et erudito. Gothic Letter, long lines, 29 
 to the page, no marks but with signatures in contemporary
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS j57 
 
 Johannes Damascenus — Continued. 
 
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 name, but Strassburg. H. Eggesteyn about 1476. $250.00 
 
 According to Brunet jjrobably the Earliest Edition known of this 
 Mystic Romance the authorship of which has been attributed to the 
 Famous Father of the Church, Saint John of Damascus. It has been 
 translated into nearl}^ every language of the World, even Tagalo. 
 
 FROM THE PRESS OF THE FIRST ITALIAN PRINTER. 1475. 
 
 89. JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS. De Bello Judaico Libri VII, ex 
 recognitione B. Platyne. Printed in Roman Letters, long lines, 
 33 to the page, without marks, a large ornamental Initial on 
 first page painted in gold and colors. Coat of Arms emblazoned 
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 A Ijeautiful specimen of Early Printing in which Pannartz used 
 much smaller types than when he was in partnership \\itli Conrad 
 Sweynheym. Very rare. 
 
 Flavins Josephus the celebrated Jewish Historian was born in 
 Jerusalem of a priestly Family about A. D. 37. In the revolt against 
 Titus and Vespasion he held various commands. Only Jose])lius and 
 one other escaped the Slaughter of the Jews by the Roman Soldiery. 
 
 EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE HISTORIAN JUSTINUS. 
 
 1470. 
 
 90. JUSTINUS. Justini Historici in Pompeii Trogi Historias 
 libri XLIV. Roman Letter, long lines, 30 to the pages, without 
 marks and with many contemporary manuscript notes in the 
 margins. Small folio, very fine old Russia, richly gill on sides and 
 back. Venice. Nicolas Jenson. 1470. $550 00 
 
 First Edition of this famous Autlior. Described by Dilxlin as 
 a "rare and very beautiful production"of Jenson's Art and one 
 of the Earliest Works from his press which he established in WMiice 
 the same year, 1470. Ilis name as printer a])])ears in I lie 4 line 
 Colophon. 
 
 "Historias ueteres peregrinaq, gesta reuoluo 
 lustinus. lege me; sum trogus ipse breuis. 
 Me gallus ueneta lenson Nicolaus in urbc 
 Formauit; Mauro principe Christophoro." 
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 Library of the Duke of Sussex, with his Bookplalc and Iwo others 
 of famous collectors. 
 
 FROM THE SECOND PRESS OF ROME. 
 
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 in Roman Letter, long lines, 32 to the page, without marks. 
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 THE GENUINE FIRST ALDINE JUVENAL. 1501. 
 
 93. JUVENAL ET PERSIUS. Satyrae. Small 8vo, very fine 
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 JEUNE. 
 
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 A NOTABLE EARLY EDITION OF THE ^'IMITATION OF 
 
 CHRIST " 
 
 95. KEMPIS, THOMAS A. 0])era et Lil)ri vitae fratris Thome 
 de Kemi)is ordinis Canonicorum regularium. Gothic Letter, dou- 
 ble columns, with Initial Letters painted in red and blue alter- 
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 This verv Rare Volume commences with "THE IMITATION OF
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 59 
 
 CHRIST" which occupies the first 58 pages. It is also remarkable 
 as containing the first printed protest against the Attribution 
 of its Authorship to Gerson the Chancellor of the University 
 of Paris. 
 
 Excepting the Bible, no other Book in the World has been more 
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 RARE EARLY MEDICAL WORK WITH FINE WOODCUTS. 
 
 1500. 
 
 96. KETHAM, JOHANNES DE. Fasciculus Medicinae. Inci- 
 pit fasciculus medicine compositus per excelletissimum artium ac 
 medecine doctorem: dominum Joanem de Ketham x\lamannum: 
 tractans de anothomia et diuersis infirmitatibus : et corporis humani: 
 cui annectuntur multi alii tractatus per diuersos excelletissimos 
 doctores copositi. Necnon anothomia Mudini. Gothic Letter, 
 double columns, outline v^oodcuts and fine ornamental initials. 
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 edges by PETIT. Impressum Venetiis per Joannem et Gregoriu 
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 full size of the page give figures of men and women. Doctors, the 
 Death bed of a Plague Patient, a dissection scene with ten figures. 
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 in Venice except the "HYPNEROTOMACHIA" are said by some 
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 the heads drawn with much skill. There is a statu- 
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 exhibit the dying plague-patient, and the consultation of 
 doctors, have a touch of that solemn gravity which Venetian 
 art knew so well how to infuse into the pictorial representation 
 
 of important incidents." See Ilhislration on paj-e (>().
 
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 No. 97. Lactantius. Rome. 1486. 
 
 THE RAREST BOOK PRINTED AT THE FIRST ROMAN 
 
 PRESS. 1468. 
 
 97. LACTANTIUS, FIRMIANUS. De Divinis Institutionibus 
 adversiis Gentes libri MI; de Ira Dei, ele. Roman Letter, long 
 lines, 38 to the page, without marks. On the first page of text 
 is a large Initial and border to two sides of the text beautifully 
 painted and illuminated in the Florentine Style, throughout 
 the work are 8 other Large Initials executed on the same style 
 with many smaller Capitals painted in blue. Headlines to 
 the various books have been written in by several hands and 
 MS. marginal notes occur frequently. Folio, very fine old 
 English red morocco gilt, tooled borders on sides full tooled back, 
 gilt edges. Ronie. Sweynheyni and Pannartz. 14()cS. $,'J()()0 . 00 
 
 The Second Edition of Lactantius and equally as rare as I lie First 
 Edition printed by Sweynheyni and Pannartz/in the Monastery of 
 Subbiaco. The (Jreek Quotations in this, THE FIRST ROMAN 
 EDITION appear completely for the First time.
 
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 l.artaMtiii>» ^ \tntiinit(l. 
 
 This sploiulitlly priiilod \ <>liiiiu> is mIso ii()hil)l(> ;i.s IxMiii^ I lie Second 
 Hook issiuul l)v Scli\vt\vnlu\vm and Pnniiarlz nritM- [\\v lvslal)lisliiiii; 
 of tlioir Prrss in Homo. H contains in nt'arly ('()nlcnii)orary writint;; 
 four or ti\-c in.scrij)tions showing its jjivvious residences in se\-eral 
 Italian Monasteries. On folio 1 is written "Plcno jure spectat ad 
 Monastcrium Sancti Cassiani suis Fratribus" On folio \'i 
 unilcr the llluniinaled Horder some Monk has written "Monastcrii 
 vaHe ad usuni doni vcrdiani de sancto Martino" On last pa^e 
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 S: Trinit" in the middle of which is a Crozier. Laetantius was the 
 most Klo(|uent of all the Karly Ecclesiastical Authors and his Latinity 
 accjuired liim the title of the "Christian Cicero." He fiourished 
 ahout A. D. S'iO. See Illustration on page 61. 
 
 FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN THE ENGLISH TONGUE. 
 
 98. LE FEVRE, RAOUL. Here hegynneth the Hecuyell of the 
 Histories of Troye. composede and drawen out of Dyverce Bookes 
 of Latin into Frensshe by Raoul le Fevre and trans- 
 lated and drawen out of frenshe into englissche l)y WILLIAM 
 CAXTOX mercer of ye cyte of London at the comandement of 
 
 Margarete Duchesse of Bourgoyne which sayde trans- 
 
 lacion ande werke was begonne in Brugis, the fyrst day of Marche 
 ... .a thousande foure honderde sixty and eyghte, and endede and 
 
 fynysshide in Colen the XIX day of Septembre a 
 
 thousande foure honderde sixty and enleven etc. Black Letter, 
 long lines, 31 to a page, without marks. Contains 280 leaves 
 out of 352 the complete number. Large capital Letters 
 painted in red and blue, partly rubricated. 3 Books in one. 
 Folio fine old English red morocco gilt, broad dentelle borders on 
 sides, full tooled back, inside borders, gilt edges. Preserved in a 
 very fine levant Solander Case. Xo place, printer's name, or date, 
 but Bruges. William Caxton. U72-5. $4500. 00 
 
 The First Book printed in the English Language. During 
 the jjrogress of the Book tlirougli tlie Press, Caxton as he states in 
 the Prologue to the Third Book, learned "the new Art of Printing." 
 The Duchess of Burgundy, it is stated as a fact, corrected the English 
 of the First Part of the Translation. When Caxton printed his 
 Edition of this Book Englishmen for the first time saw their own 
 language in print. The Story in the Original French was a favourite 
 of the Engli.sh and PVench Courtiers; for though nominally a History 
 of the Trojan War it is really a series of Love scenes interspersed 
 with Knight-Errant ry and Mythology. Its Author was Raoul 
 Lefevre Chaplain and Secretary to Philipj)e le Bon, Duke of Burgundy. 
 According to De Ricci, the Caxton Bibliographer, only 5 
 Copies of the Book are in private hands.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 65 
 
 99. LEONARDUS DE UTINO. Sermomini Floridorum fratris 
 Leonardi de Utino Sacrae Theologiae Prol'essoris ac Ordinis Praedi- 
 catorum Praecipiu quos praedicavit Floreiitiae A. D. 1435, coram 
 tola Curia Roniana ibidem tunc temporis residente Eugeuio Papa IV. 
 Printed in very fine small Gothic Letter, double columns, with 
 signatures, the Initials painted in red throughout and with 
 Printer's device on last page. 4to, original oak boards covered 
 with dark leather. Lyons, Johannes Trechsel. 1496. $50.00 
 
 Fine Specimen from this famous Lyons Press. The Author 
 Leonardo of Udina was one of the most celebrated Dominican 
 Preachers of the Thirteenth Century. 
 
 ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS PRINTED IN VICENZA. 1476. 
 
 100. LEONICENUS, OMNIBONUS. Commentarium in Cice- 
 ronis Libros de Oratore. Printed in small Roman Letter, long 
 lines, 44 to the page, with signatures, but no numeration, 
 old MS. notes in margins. Folio, old red morocco very finely 
 gilt on sides and back. Vicenza. Giovanni di Reno. 1476. $300.00 
 
 Editio Princeps of these valuable Commentaries. Contains the 
 first leaf containing the six lines of Preface often missing. The 
 Author was a very noted Italian Grammarian and Philogist who 
 flourished in the middle of the Fifteenth Century. 
 
 FINE EARLY SPECIMEN OF BELGIAN PRINTING. 
 
 101. LIBELLUS DE MODO CONFITENDI et Penilendi. 
 Gothic Letter, long lines 34 to the page, with signatures, 
 rubricated throughout. Small 4to, brown morocco gilt, gilt 
 edges, by C. Smith. Deventer. 1488. $75.00 
 
 Very fine Specimen of Early Belgian Printing. 
 
 INTERESTING SPECIMEN OF EARLY PRINTING AT 
 
 COLOGNE. 
 
 102. LIBELLUS DE VENERABILI SACRAMENTO ET VAL- 
 ORE MISSARUM. Gothic Letter, long lines, 27 to a full page, 
 without marks, rubricated. Small 4t(), i)()lislie(l calf, inside den- 
 telles, gilt edges In Ramage. No place, but Cologne. Arnold 
 Ten Hoernen about 1472. $85 00 
 
 Rare. An inscription on the first page (after 150'2) attributes the 
 authorship of this Tract to WERNEli HOLEWINC^K, the author of 
 "FASCICULUS TEMPORUM" who died in UAH. The absence of 
 regular justification at the line endings is very noticeable and shows 
 this to be one of Ten Hoernen's earliesi Books. lie coninHMiced 
 printing in 1471.
 
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 (^Qucfto c clbbbroche tracla di Mcrcatanc & ufanzc dcpacfi 
 
 The First Banker's Office. 
 No. 103. Libro di Mercantie. 149(). 
 
 FIRST ILLUSTRATION OF A BANKER'S OFFICE. 
 
 103 LIBRO DI MERCANTIE. Questo e el libbro die tracta 
 di Mercatie is: usanze depaesi. Per Georgio di Lorenzi Chiarini. 
 Small 4to, brown morocco, inside fillets, gilt edges. Impresso in 
 Firenze appetitione di Ser Piero da Pescia, per Bartolommeo dei 
 Libri about 1496. $150.00 
 
 The first Book to give the Customs relating to Banking and Ex- 
 change in u.se among the Florentine ^Merchants at the close of the 
 Fifteenth Century. It is the source from which many later Writers 
 derived their Material and is particularly valuable in showing the 
 Nature of the Practical Problems of the Period. Giorgio Chiarini 
 was a Famous Florentine Arithmetian of the P'ifteenth Century. 
 On the title is an outline woodcut of the interior of a bank, which is 
 the earliest representation of a Bank known. An account of it is 
 given in Kristeller's Early Florentine Woodcuts. Of Extreme 
 Interest and Rarity. See Illustration above.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 65 
 
 THE FIRST ITALIAN VERSION OF LIVY. 1476. 
 
 104. LIVIUS, TITUS. Tito Livio volgarrizato da Riiggiero 
 Ferrario. Printed in Roman letter, double columns, 55 lines 
 to a page, without marks: the first page in each volume is 
 surrounded by a border of gold bars and Floral Scrolls painted 
 in colors and Illuminated, the lower margins Containing an 
 Heraldic Coat of Arms of a former owner. There are numerous 
 small initials painted in red and blue alternately and many 
 larger ones painted in gold with marginal elongations. Volumes 
 Two and Three only. 2 vols. Folio, old sprinkled calf, tooled backs. 
 Appresso al Palatio di San Marco. 1476. $250 . 00 
 
 The First Edition of Livy's Decades printed in Italian by Ulric 
 Hahn, the Second Roman Printer. Complete and Perfect Copies 
 are apparently unknown. 
 
 105. LUC ANUS, MARCUS ANNAEUS. Pharsalia. Begins: M. 
 Annei Lucani Vita ex commentario antiquiss. On recto of the fourth 
 leaf. M. Annei. Lucani. Cordubensis. Pharsaliae: liber: primus, 
 Roman Letter, long lines, 36 to the page, small woodcut orna- 
 ments at head of each book. Small folio, crushed olive morocco, 
 with antique gilt ornaments, gilt edges by Bedford. No place, or 
 Printer's name or date but Verona, Giovanni and Alberto Alvise 
 about 1473. $200.00 
 
 A very Rare Early Edition attributed by Proctor to the Verona 
 Press of the Brothers Alvise. The four preliminary leaves contain 
 the Life of Lucan and Extracts from Martial, Statins and Tacitus. 
 
 106. LUCANUS, MARCUS ANNAEUS. M. Annei Lucani.Civi- 
 lis Belli libri decem. Small 8vo, crimson crushed levant, wide gold 
 borders on sides, enclosing the Anchor and Dolphin, inside borders, 
 gilt edges. Venice. Aldus. 1502. $75.00 
 
 First Aldine Edition. Edited from an Ancient Manuscript by 
 Aldus with a Life of Lucan at end. Fine Copy in a very rich Binding. 
 
 EDITIO PRINCEPS OF LUCIAN'S DIALOGUES. 1496. 
 
 107. LUCIAN SAMOSATENUS. Dialogi. Printed through- 
 out in beautiful Greek types, long lines, 42 to the page. Folio 
 fine old diamond russia, gold line borders on sides with fioral festoons 
 at corners, back panels filled with minute gold tooling, leather joints, 
 purple paper linings and flyleaves, gilt edges by ROGER PAYNE. 
 Florence. (Lorenzo de Alopa. 149G.) $(500.00 
 
 Magnificent Copy of the First Edition of Lucian's Famous Dia- 
 logue including the "AMORES" and "ASINUS." A Latin List of 
 contents was added at a later date according to Brunet. It reads, 
 "Quae hoc volumine continentur. Luciani Opera. Icones Philos- 
 trati. Philostrati junioris Icones. Ejusdem Heroica. Descrip- 
 tiones Callistrati. Ejusdem vitae Sophistarum. "A VERY RARE
 
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 AND OTHKHS. 
 
 lOcS. LUCRETIUS CARUS, TITUS. IV Wcnun Xatura Lihri 
 \ I. Printed in Roman Letter, lonii lines, 41 to the page with 
 numerous very old MS. Notes and Corrections. Folio, l)ri«;ht 
 old Kii_i;lisli vvil iiinrocco uilt . ^ilt cdiivs. Xorona. Paul Fridenl)er<^('r. 
 14S(). $.S^2.5.()() 
 
 The Second Edition of one of the Grandest Poems of Anti- 
 quity and of Excessive Rarity. There is no Colophon to the Book 
 hul on the last j)a.i;e of the text i.s a poetical inscription containing 
 tlie name of the Printer, the Place of Printing and the date as above. 
 
 A VERY EARLY DESCRIPTION OF JERUSALEM. 1470. 
 
 109. LUDOLPHUS DE SUCHEN. De terra sancta et itinere 
 jherosoloniitano et de statu eius et alijs mirabilibus que in mari 
 conspiciutur videlicet mediterraneo. (On folio 34 verso.) Finit 
 feliciter libellus de jtinere ad terram sanctain, &c. Small Gothic 
 Letter, long lines, 41 to the page, without marks. Small folio, 
 straight grained morocco, gold lined })orders on sides, gilt edges })y 
 Aitken. No Place, Date or Printer's Name, but Strassburg, 
 Ileinrich Eggesteyn. 1470. $350.00 
 
 EDITIO PRIXCEPS of this very rare Volume. The Author 
 Ludolf, was Vicar of Suchen and in 1350 wrote this account of his 
 Travels in the Orient during five years 133G-1341, explaining that 
 "as many others who had made one short pilgrimage found 
 plenty to write about, so he with his long experience might 
 relate a little." The Reverend Author was a very observant 
 traveller and his narrative is of very considerable Interest. 
 
 110. LUDOLPHUS DE SUCHEN. De terra sancta et itinere 
 iheros(;lomitano et de statu ei et aliis mirabilibus que in mari conspi- 
 ciuntur videlicet mediteraneo. (On folio 34.) Finit feliciter libellus 
 de itinere ad terram sanctam. Small Gothic Letter rubricated. 
 Small folio, crushed purple morocco extra, gilt edges by R. de 
 Coverly. (Strassburg. Ileinrich Eggesteyn. 1471.) ^$200. 00 
 
 The Second Edition of this P]xtreniely Interesting Early (kiide 
 Book. It consists also of thirty-four leaves, the first being "Registru 
 de itinere ad terra sancta." It is printed in double colunms, and 
 has forty-two lines to a full page. It is also from the press of H. 
 Eggesteyn of Strassburg. Both Editions Are Extremely Rare.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 67 
 
 A MAGNIFICENT BLACK LETTER PYNSON. 
 
 1 10a. LYDGATE, JOHN. The Historye Sege and Dystruccyon 
 of Troye. Black Letter, double columns, very large woodcut 
 of the Royal Arms of England on first page and several very 
 quaint half page w^oodcuts, in ornamented borders throughout 
 the text, Pynson's large Device on last page. Folio, brown 
 crushed levant extra, gilt edges by BEDFORD. London. Em- 
 prynted by Richard Pynson, Prynter unto the Kyngs Noble Grace. 
 1513. $650.00 
 
 First Edition, and of excessive rarity, not more than four Copies 
 being known. The Bibliotheca Poetica asserts that there was 
 absolutely no perfect Copy in existence. 
 
 John Lydgate a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of Bury lived 
 between 1370 and 1450. He travelled extensively in Italy and 
 France and studied the Italian and French poets, particularly Dante, 
 Boccaccio, and Alain Chartier, and became *'so distinguished a 
 proficient in polite learning, that he opened a school in his 
 Monastery for teaching the sons of the Nobility the Arts of 
 Versification and the Elegancies of Composition." According 
 to Warton he is the first of the English Writers "whose style is 
 cloathed v^ith that perspicuity in w^hich the English Phrase- 
 ology appears at this day to an English Reader." 
 
 THE FIRST PRINTING OF HOMER IN GREEK. 1472. 
 
 111. MACROBIUS, AURELIUS. Somnium Scipionis ex Cice- 
 
 ronis Libro de Republica excerptum Macrobii Saturnaliorum 
 
 Libri. Printed in Roman Letters, long lines, 40 to the page, 
 w^ith numerous Quotations from Homer in Greek Characters, 
 without signatures or catchwords. Folio, fine old red morocco 
 gilt, gilt edges. Venice. Nicolas Jenson. 147'Z. $1S()().00 
 
 EDITIO PRINCEPS. Notable as containing the first Printed 
 Texts of Parts of Homer and Lucretius. One of the most (hflicult 
 First Editions procurable of all the Classics, and a magnificent 
 specimen of Jenson's Typography. 
 
 In the "Somnium Scipionis" the Author, who was a Court Chamber- 
 lain in the Reign of Theodosius the Younger, gives nuich informal ion 
 respecting the opinions of the later Platonists on the I>aws wliich 
 govern the Earth and Universe. The "Saturnalia" is a compilation 
 in the manner of the Attic Nights of Auhis Cclliiis and rc|)()rls dia- 
 logues which took place at tabic during the Saliinialia. The Vciu- 
 broke Copy on Vellum, sold last year for $(S()()().()(). See Illustration 
 on page 68.
 
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 ^TACROBII AVRELII THEODOSII VIRI CONSVLA. 
 RIS ET ILLVSTRIS SATVRNALIORVM .LIBER. ^ 
 
 p Rimis mcfis port cpulas la rcmotis & diCcuuim 
 
 uanantibus poculis minutioribus: Pratcxtatus 
 foletcibus I'quit cii rumu''tacicosefficcre: potus 
 loquaccs. At nosfiC inter pocula filcmus tiq 
 dcbcat fcnis uel ctiam phtlofophicis carerc trac-' 
 tanbus talcconuium. EtSymmachuj: Vcrum 
 nc ira fentis VcdtiYut philofophia conuiuiis 
 iternt:&: no taq ccfona quardam Siplus nimio 
 uerecunda materfamilias penetralibus futs connneatur:' nee mifceat fc 
 libcro:cui etii tumultus familures futrcu ipfahuiusfituerccundia:: ut 
 nrcpicu no modo uerboru:fed ne cogitationu qdc f facrarium fua: qctis 
 admidat. Doceatnos uel peregnna inftituno fitdifciplina a parthis pe^ 
 tita:q folctcucocubinisnocucoiugibusinirccouiuta: tanqhas &Ci uuU 
 gus^duci & lafciuire quoqj dlas no nifi domi abdius tuen deceat ted;u 
 pudorem. An ego cenfeam produccndam philofophiam: quorethorica 
 uenire ars fiCprofelTio populans erubuitf'Ifocrates enimgnEcus orator 
 qui uerba pnus libera fub numeros irc pnmus coegit : cum in conuiuto 
 a fodalibus oraretur:ut aliquid in medium de eloquentix (ux fontc 
 prcfcrret: hac ueniam deprecatus efl:. Qui prifens inquit locus &i tcm^ 
 pus cxieit:cgo no calico, qua: ego calico :nec loco prarfcntifuntaptanec 
 tcmpori. Ad hzc Euftachius; Probo Symmache propofitum tuum: ^ 
 philofophiam ca quam maximam putas obfcruatione uenerans: ut ta 
 rurfi intra fuum penetral exiftimcs adorandam. Sed Ci propter hoc a 
 conuiuiis exulabitiproculhincfacefTant U alumnx eius honeflatc dice 
 & modeftum nee minus cum fobnetate pictatem. Quamenun harum 
 dixenm mmus e(Te uenerabilc'.'' Itafit ut ab emfmodt coetibus relcgatus 
 matronarum talium chorus libertatemconuiuiorum folis concubinis 
 id eft uitiis &: criminibus abdicat. Sed abfit:ut philofophu qus f fcholii 
 fuisfolliatctracftatdcofficiis conuiuialibus: ipfa conuiuia reformidet; 
 tanq no poffit rebus affercre:quz folet uerbis docere:aut ncfoat feruare 
 modum: cuius i omnibus humans uitz aeftibus tcrminos ipfa cdftituit< 
 Neqj cnim ita ad menfas inuito philofophiam:ut non fe ipfa moderet: 
 CJius difciplinaeft rerum omnium modcrationem docere. Vr ergo mtec 
 te &: Vecftiu uelut arbitrali ludicationecompona: apcnamqde philofc 
 phu: tridiniorum fores. Sed fpondeo ficinrcrfuturime menfuramnotat 
 fibi ac feclatonbus fuis difpefattonis excedat. Tuc Funus:Quia te unicii 
 Euftachi inquit fedtatorem philofophiz noftra a;tas tulit; oratus fis ut 
 
 No. 111. The JeDson Macrobius. 1472. 
 
 112. MANCINUS, DOMINICUS. De Passione Domini Nostri 
 Jesu Christi Liber. Printed in Gothic Letter, long lines, 36 to 
 the page, with signatures but no numeration, Initials painted 
 in red and blue alternately. Small 4to, half dark blue calf. 
 (Paris. George Mittelhuss, about 1488.) $50.00 
 
 A most Curious and verv' Rare Poem on the Passion of Christ, with
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 69 
 
 Mancinus — Continued. 
 
 the assertion that the Raising of Lazarus from the dead was the chief 
 Factor in the Conspiracy against Christ, headed by the High Priest 
 Caiaphas. Entirely undescribed by Hain or Copinger, nor is 
 there any Copy in the British Museum. Fine Copy from the 
 Library of Anatole de Montaiglon the well known French Writer 
 and Bibliophile. 
 
 113. MANILIUS, MARCUS. Astronomicon hbri V. Printed 
 in Roman letter, long lines, 28 to a page, with signatures but 
 no numeration. 4to, very fine old red morocco gilt, tooled borders, 
 gilt edges, in fine Solander Case. No place, printer's name, or date. 
 Venice. Printer unknown, about 1490. $150.00 
 
 One of the rarest Volumes of Classical poetry in Existence and the 
 First Roman Work on Astronomy. 
 
 RARE AND SPLENDID SPECIMEN OF COLOGNE PRINTING. 
 
 1472. 
 
 1 14. MA YRONIS, FRANCISCUS DE. Flores Beati Augustini 
 extracti per Veritates ex Libris de Civitate Dei per Magistrum 
 FRANCISCUM DE MAYRONIS de Ordine Fratrum Minorum. 
 GOTHIC CHARACTERS, double columns, 35 lines to the 
 column. Initial Letters very skilfully painted in red and blue. 
 Without Signatures or Catchwords, or numeration. Small 
 folio, green crushed levant, sides beautifully blind tooled, gilt edges, 
 by RIVIERE. Koln about 147<2. $650.00 
 
 Of this extremely rare and very beautifully printed Book only 3 
 other Copies are known, the Kloss Copy, one in Cambridge University 
 Library and the British Museum Copy which is imperfect. A 
 Magnificent Monument of Early Typography. 
 
 THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON WITH WOODCUTS. 
 
 115. MEDER, JOHANNES. Quadragesimale de Filio Prodigo 
 novum editum a quodam fratre minore de observantia in inclita 
 civitate Basiliensi de filio prodigo et de Angeli i])sius admonitioue 
 salubri. Gothic letter, 34 long lines to the page, with signa- 
 tures, 18 striking woodcuts and fine Printer's device at end: 
 rubricated throughout and with many Capital letters painted 
 in red. Small 8vo, brown crushed levant with rich gold borders on 
 sides, full tooled back, inside dentelle borders, marbled edges giH 
 byLORTIC. Basel. Michael Furter. 140.5. $1'^.5.00 
 
 FIRST EDITION. The series of IS fine woodculs depicting the 
 Riotous Career and Repentance of the Prodigal Son are notable 
 specimens of the best Basel Engniver's Art at the period. Very 
 beautiful copy which in 1001 belonged to the Monastery of Mount 
 St. George and afterwards passed into the possession of the Famous 
 French Bil)liophile Ambrose Firmin Didot.
 
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 116. MEINRAD, SAINT. P;.ssi,. Sancti Moyiirhadi Mar- 
 tyri^ v[ \\cvv\\\\\av. Gothic Letter, lonii lines, 38 to the 
 paiie, with siiinatures but no numeration. ILI.l STKATKl) 
 wnil n FAlin.MKLY fink WOODCITS BY ONE OF 
 HASFl/S FlNFSr AimSTS OF TIIF PFKIOD. Small 4(<., 
 luiiwii Icvaiil. :> line Itordors on sidos, hack filled with ininuto ^old 
 tooliiii:. inside Ix.rders, <;ilt edj^es by BAl'ZOXXKT-TRArTZ. 
 Basel. Michael Furter. 149(5. $^2.50. 00 
 
 An e.\cessivel\- Hare AVoodcut ^^()l•k in the finest possible Condition. 
 A MAGNIFICENT CAXTON. 1490. 
 
 117. MIRK, JOHN. Festivall: this treatis is drawen ont of 
 I.eiJienda Aniea, that he that lyst to study therein he shall fynde 
 redy therein of all the j^ryneipalle festis of the yere of eche one a 
 short sermon for him to teche. and for other to lerne. Black Letter 
 double columns, 33 lines to a page, with signatures, but with- 
 out foliation, Caxton's large Device on back of last leaf, wood- 
 cut in the text of St. Andrew on back of folio 89. Small folio, 
 old red morocco, uilt dentelle borders on sides, tooled back, gilt 
 ediies. ''CAXTOX :\IE FIERI FECIT" at end. Westminster about 
 1490. $4500.00 
 
 The Second Edition and of extreme Raritv. De Ricci could only 
 trace six Copies, NOT ONE OF WHICH IS PERFECT, and only 
 one of them was in private hands. On a blank leaf at commencement 
 is a long note about the Book and Caxton's other productions, in 
 the writing of Samuel Palmer, the author of the "General History 
 of Printing." 
 
 A GRANDLY PRINTED FIFTEENTH CENTURY 
 ENCYCLOPEDIA. 
 
 118. MIROIR HISTORIAL de Vincent de Beauvais. Traduit 
 de Jean de \ ignay. With numerous large and spirited Wood- 
 cuts occupying almost the entire page. 5 vols, folio, brown 
 levant, the sides and backs beautifullv })lind and gold tooled, gilt 
 edges, })v THE CLUB BINDERY. Paris. Pour Anthoine Verard. 
 1 49.5-90. .$1,500.00 
 
 First French Edition and up to its time the most voluminous 
 Work produced by any Paris Press. Brunei remarking on this 
 says. "Although these five big volumes were printed in the 
 short space of eight months, they are so fine and uniform in 
 their printing, that the cleverest printers of today could not 
 surpass them." 
 
 Tlie original Latin F^lition of the Work, printed by Mentelin in 
 1473. at Strassbourg under the name of *^Speculum quadruplex, 
 Naturale, Doctrinale, Morale, Historiale," was a veritable 
 Encyclop'edia of 13th Century Art, Science, Philosophy and Tradition 
 and contains many valuable extracts from Older Works now entirely 
 lost or altered out of Resemblance.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 71 
 
 No. 119. MoHtor de Laniis. 
 
 CURIOUS WORK ON WITCHES AND SORCERERS. 1489. 
 
 119. MOLITOR, ULRICH. De Laniis el Philonieis Mulieril)iis. 
 Gothic letter, 34 long lines to the page, with signatures but 
 no numeration, 7 curious woodcuts, snuill Mo, I'mII l)r()\vii enislied 
 levant with line borders, gilt edges by BEDFORD. (Slrassbiirg. 
 Martin Flach. 1489.) -1^1 S.> 00 
 
 The text in this Edition is more correcl lli.iii lli.il in I lie Edition 
 printed the same year at Cologne. Tlie very (|uainl euls dei)ieling 
 the departure of the Witches for their Sabl)alii, their liu ant at ions 
 over the Cauldron, Witches riding Wolves, ete., are amongst the 
 earliest Illustrations of Witchcraft known. An extremely fine Copy. 
 See Illustrations above and on page 72.
 
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 No. 119. Molilor (Ic Laniis. 
 
 THE ART OF WARFARE IN THE 15th CENTURY. 
 
 120. MONTIUS, PETRUS DE. Exercitiorum, atqiie artis mili- 
 taris c-oUectanae in trcs libros distincta; DE SIXGULARI C'P^HTA- 
 MIXE sive dissentione deque veterum recentiorumque ritu ad 
 Carolum Hyspaniarum Principem. GOTHIC CHARACTER. 2 
 vols, in one, folio, red levant, gilt inside borders, gilt edges, by 
 MASS(JX-DEBOXXELLE. Mediolani: Jo. Angelas Scinzenzeler, 
 impensa JO. Jacobi et Fratrum de Lignano. 1.509. $125.00 
 
 Two most curious and interesting Treatises on the Arms, Armour, 
 Art of Riding, Fencing and Duelling, Gymnastics, Code of Single 
 Combat, Wrestling, Choice of Arms and hundreds of other Arts and 
 Accompli.shments neces.sary to the Soldier of the loth Century. The 
 Author was a celebrated Italian Soldier and Tactician, who lived 
 between 1460 and 1530.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 73 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF THE SECOND EUROPEAN NEWSPAPER. 
 
 1515. 
 
 121. NEWE ZEYTUNG. Wie unnd welcher gestalt Keyserliche 
 Maiestat, mit sampt den Konigen von Hungern und Polen, am 
 seclizehenden tag Julij, Tausent Funflmndert funzeliene zu Wien 
 eingeriten ist, und was sich aldo verloiifen hat. Gothic Letter, 
 long lines, 37 to the page, 6 leaves, on the first, below the title 
 is a very fine woodcut of the Crowned Eagle of Austria. Small 
 4 to, crimson levant, gold line borders on sides, gilt edges. Nuremberg 
 Friderich Peypus. 1515. $100.00 
 
 Records the Events of the Sixth Day of July 1515 when the King 
 of Hungary and Poland attended by his Chancellor Lazla von 
 Sternberg, two Bishops and his Retinue to the number of four or five 
 hundred horsemen arrived at the Court of Vienna, with descriptions 
 of the Costumes, and the Entertainments given by the Kaiser. 
 THE SECOND NEWS LETTER ISSUED IN EUROPE AND OF 
 EXTREME RARITY. The First, the original of the modern 
 Newspaper was issued also in Nuremberg in 1510. 
 
 RARE EARLY WOODCUTS OF THE SYBILS. 
 
 122. OPUSCULA. Quattuor hie compressa opuscula. Discor- 
 dantie sanctorum doctorum (Hieronymi Augustini) Sybillarum de 
 Christo Vaticinia. Varia Judeorum et Gentilium de Christo 
 testimonia. Centones probe Falconie de utriusque testament i 
 hystoriis ex carminibus Virgilii selecti. Printed in large and 
 small sized Gothic Letter, with signatures, some very fine 
 ornamental Initials on a black ground and 12 Remarkable 
 Woodcuts, of the Sybils, each surrounded by a beautiful 
 Renaissance border. 4to, half brown morocco gilt. W'uice. 
 Bernardo Benali about 1488. $100.00 
 
 Four extremely curious Tracts on the Mj'steries of the Ancients, 
 the Prophecies of the Sybils, and of the Jews and Early Christians. 
 
 GRAND COPY OF THE FIRST OVID PRINTED IN 
 
 VENICE. 
 
 123. OVID. PLil)lii Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia, Medea excepta. 
 Printed in Roman letter, long lines, 43 to the page, without 
 marks. On the first page, is a large painted Ornamental 
 Initial in gold and colors and a partial border, painted in 
 purple and gray, containing three medallion heads in gray on a 
 dark blue ground. At foot of page within a laurel wreath is 
 the coat of Arms of the noble Family of Cesi of Florence. 
 Throughout the text are numerous large Initials in red and 
 blue with pen ornamentation. 2 parts in one vol. Folio, fine 
 old English red morocco gilt, borders on sides, full looled back, gilt 
 edges. Venice. Jacobus Rul)eus. 1474. $850.00
 
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 A ni;ii:nitii'(Mit spociinon of cnrlv WMiclian i)riiilin,ii' and tlu' FIRST 
 KDITIOX OF OVID rUIXTFI) TIIFIUv Iliohly praised hy 
 Hniiiot and Dilxlin who says of it: "The Impression presents us 
 with a specimen of the Early Venetian Press which when in 
 fine preservation, may vie with the best productions of the 
 Spiras and John of Cologne." Tlic Margins contain an iinniense 
 ninnlior of very scholarly MS. Notes. 
 
 124. PASSION OF CHRIST. (\)llecti() duarum Passionum 
 Josu C hristi, per JOllAXNEM KANNEMANN. Historia Martvrii 
 Sanctac Katherinae, i)er HABANFM MAURI M. Gothic Letter, 
 lono lines, 40 to the page, without numeration or catchwords 
 but with signatures, large Initials painted in red. Small folio, 
 dark l)hic crushed levant, elaboratelv l)lind tooled on sides and back, 
 inside borders, rough edges gilt, by CHA:\IB0LLE DURU. No 
 Place, Printer's name or date; but Cologne. Johann Koelhofl*. 1477. 
 
 $250 . 00 
 
 Splendid Copy with many of the Edges uncut. A most desirable 
 S]K^cimen of Early Cologne Typography from the Press of John 
 Koelhofl' the Printer of the famous Cologne Chronicle. 
 
 125. PAULUS DE VENETIIS. Logicae Institutiones. Printed 
 in Gothic letter, double columns, 48 lines to the page, with 
 signatures but no numeration. Small 4to, green levant, in- 
 side borders, gilt edges bv HI^TEKE. Venice, Gabriel Grassis n.d. 
 about 1480. ' $50.00 
 
 ^'ery rare. Bound with it is the "Compendium Logicae per 
 Paulum Pergulensem." Printed in \'enice by Baptist de Tortis 
 1488. Two fine specimens of Early Venetian Typography. 
 
 CURIOUS EARLY WORK ON JEWISH RITES. 1508. 
 
 126. PFEFFERKORN, JOHANNES. Libellus de Judaica con- 
 fessione sive Sabbato Afflictionis. Gothic Letter, long lines, 36 
 to the page, with signatures but no numeration. F'ine large 
 woodcut on first page showing the Interior of a Synagogue and 4 
 half page woodcuts showing Jewish ablutional and Mourning Rites 
 and Ceremonies. 4to, full brown crushed levant, gold pannelled 
 sides and back, gilt edges by BEDFORD. Nuremberg. Johann 
 Weyssenburger. 1508. ^ $100.00 
 
 First Edition of this very singular Work by an Apo.state Jew. 
 Beautiful Copy.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 75 
 
 THE RAREST OF THE EARLY EDITIONS. 1473. 
 
 127. PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Sonetti, Canzoni e Trionfi. 
 Roman letters, long lines, 30 to a page, without marks, orna- 
 mental Initial painted in gold and colors, an emblazoned 
 Coat of Arms in a laurel wreath at foot of first page, some 
 verse headings inserted in MS. Small folio, old English red 
 morocco gilt, borders on sides, tooled back, gilt edges. Venice. 
 Gabriel and Filippo di Piero. 1473. $1000.00 
 
 A very uncommon and very early Edition. Undescribed by 
 Brunei and in none of the best known Collections, contains the 7 
 folios of the Table, which are often wanting, bound in at end. Only 
 four Books were printed at this Venetian Press of which this was 
 the last. See Ilhistration below. 
 
 Soncffv jffM" 
 
 0\ CHASCOLTATE IN 
 RIME SPARSE IL SONQ 
 DI Q_VEI SOSPIRI ON 
 _piO MVTRIVA IL CORE 
 In W| mib primogiouenile errore 
 Qusdoera i parte dtrohuomiiarquel chifono 
 D el wane (tile \ chio piago &: ragiono, 
 Fra le uane fperanze el uan ddpre. 
 Ouc fiacbiperproua intenda anjore 
 Sperotrouar pieta non chepcrdono 
 M a ben ueggio hor fi come al popol rutto 
 Fauola fui gran tempo onde fouente 
 Di me medefino meco mi ucrgcgno 
 E del mio uancggiarucraogna e il irutto 
 El pciitirfi el conofccrchiaramcnte 
 Ctie (juanto piacc al mondo e breuc Togno 
 
 SofL'itt smnio. 
 
 p Er far una ligiadra fua uendctta 
 Et punire in un di ben milk oEFefe 
 Celatamente amor larco riprefe 
 Come huom cha nocer luoco cf tempo afpedla 
 
 E ra In mia uirtute al corriftrctta 
 Per far lui ncl gliocchi fuc difefe 
 Quandol colpo mortal lagm difccfe 
 Oue folea fpuntarfi ogni faetta 
 
 P ero turbata nel primiero alTalto 
 Non hcbbe tanto ne uigor nc fpatio 
 ChcpotelTealbifogno prcnder iarme, 
 
 O wero al poggio fancofo & alto 
 Ritrarmi ac:orramcnte dalo ftrazio 
 Dai qual oggi uorebbc U no po aitarme 
 
 FANTAGVC/ 
 
 No. 127. Pcln.rcli. Venice. 147.'J.
 
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 ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS PRINTED IN PADUA. 1473. 
 
 VIS. PLATEA, FRANCISCUS DE. Opus K.vsiihilioiium, rsum- 
 nmi »>l K\i()nnniini(;ili(uiiiiii. Roman letter, 40 lines to a page, 
 without siiinatures, printed numerals in the margins. Folio, 
 oM sprinkled tall" uill, uilt l);H'k. Padua. Lcoiiardiis Acliales. 
 U7.S. $*:>()(). 00 
 
 From tliis Print(M-'s First Press. Wtv Scanr. Fine Copy. The 
 First Book ])rinted in Padua was Hoccaccio's "I'^ianimetta" which 
 appeared in March 141^2. Francis (k* Phdca was one of the First 
 Writers on the Laws of Usury anil lixeommunication. 
 
 FIRST EDITION OF THE LIVES OF THE POPES. 1479. 
 
 129. PLATINA, BARTHOLOMAEUS. Liber de Vita Christi 
 nc i^ontificuni onuiiuni (jui hactenus ducenli et viginti duo fuere. 
 Roman letter, long lines, 39 to the page, with signatures, but 
 no numeration, large Capitals painted in red and blue, some 
 with pen ornamentation, two leaves supplied in neat contem- 
 rary Manuscript, numerous MS. notes in the margins. Foho, 
 ohi red morocco gilt, ornamental borders on sides, gilt edges, in a 
 fine levant Solander Case, ^'enice. Johan de Colonia and Johan 
 Manthem. 1479. $250.00 
 
 First Edition of a rare and extremely popular Book during two 
 centuries. Of it Brunet says, *'Les vies des papes de Platine 
 sont ecrites avec elegance, et elle renferment certaines partic- 
 ularites assez remarquables; aussi ont elles eu une grande 
 vogue pendant deux siecles, et en compte-t-on un grand 
 nombre d'editions." 
 
 THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED AT FRIULI. 1480. 
 
 130. PLATINA, BARTHOLOMAEUS. Platyne de Honestate 
 \'oluptate et \'alitudine. Gothic Letter, long lines, 32 to the 
 page, no marks. Small 4to, full crimson crushed levant, inside 
 borders, marbled edges gilt, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. In Civitatae 
 Austriae, Gerardus de Flandria. 1480. $200 . 00 
 
 An extremelv Rare Edition of this Famous Cookery Book, and 
 notable as THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED AT FRIULL Gerardus 
 de Flandria or de Lisa had his first press at Treviso in 1471, his 
 second at Venice in 1477 and his third here, where he only produced 
 two Books. Beautiful Copy. 
 
 EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE TWENTY COMEDIES OF 
 
 PLAUTUS 
 
 13L PLAUTUS, MARCUS ACCIUS. Viginti Comoediae; lin- 
 guae latinae deliciae magna ex parte emendata per Georgium Alex- 
 andrinum Merulam. Printed in Roman Letter, long lines, 41 
 to the page, without marks, numerous initials painted in red 
 and blue alternately. Small folio, old English red morocco gilt,
 
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 77 
 
 an Comia cliri(TlAmphitryo. 
 Argumcntunv. 
 
 :Oii?>SAr 
 
 1 fictem uerfas imphitiyonis iuppiter 
 )Dm bcUam gf reict cum telcjxsis horttbus: 
 I Aloamcnim uxortm cf pit nfurarijm: 
 1 Mcrcnrius formim fofif Cefui gent 
 |Ab{enns:his ilcumcni donpitur (lolis; 
 
 aPoflq ff dicre Qcri imphitryo H fofii 
 ^V^ttrque dtlodonturdolij minim in rhodum. 
 ''HiTK lurgiamtumulfus unori H. uiro 
 --'iiK^ Donee cum lonitruuocemilTiocittbeie 
 /';j\ ^ AdultCTumfe iuppiter confcffascft: 
 A"i\v^ Argmnentnm. 
 
 A ^'A^fe-- /\ Morccaptus ikumcnac iuppiter 
 "/<bV X_-X Mutiuitfcfcinfomumeiusconiogis: 
 
 ^Pto pitrii jmpbitryodum ccmit dum hodibus 
 _ iibitu mercuiiu J ci fubfcruit foGic 
 in I \~4^ haJucnicnris.feruum Kdominumfrufttibabet. 
 
 ^^■■'\'\ \ , Turbjsuxoricict imphitryo.it.:jue inuicem 
 
 f\ l\\ f*\ Rapuntp«omoccMs:blcpHarocaptusubiter 
 K^ /1\**'^ V^ecT fitnonq-it ampbitryodccerncTC. 
 
 C- ; iV Piologus. 
 
 f^ /(V^'VX T'TuosmuofTiuu 
 \^^/ll\*»^ \ / EmunJisojcndui 
 
 ♦''/J^iV* V Afficcrc:atc,uead 
 
 V^^Omncm rem nofcunt:gcminOs alcumcna mititur. 
 Piologus. McfcuriD). 
 
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 dundifque mel{tumlucns. 
 adiuuare in rebus omnibus 
 1 V_, Ec ut rcsrrarioncfquc ucftrorum omnium 
 I !*V Bene expedite uulnspcregnc^uc&donrri 
 ^^^n-* Bono atquc ampio aaiilarc pcrpctuo lucro. 
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 Meafticercnulns ea afferam:ea utnuntiem. 
 Quae maxime in tern aofham comanem fient : 
 Nam uos quidem iam fcitis concefTum H. datum 
 Mibi effc ab dii J aliis nuntiis pracDm U. lucro. 
 Hacc ut me uultis approbate adnitier. 
 Lucrum ut pcrenne uobis femper fuperet : 
 Iia buicfadctis fabulae filennunv 
 Itaqt aequi hi tufti bic criris onruies arbtori 
 
 No. 131. Plautus. Venice. U72. 
 
 Johan de Cologne 
 $3000.00 
 
 Plautus — Continued. 
 
 borders on sides, tooled back, gilt edges. Venice. 
 
 and Vindelin de Spira. 1472. 
 
 The Extremely Rare First Edition of these famous Comedies. 
 Bound in the same volume are two other very valuable Editions of 
 the same author, viz. 
 
 PLAUTUS, M. A. Comoediae ex llecensione (ieorgii Alcxan- 
 drini Merulae. Printed in Roman letter, long lines, 41 to the 
 page, with signatures but no numeration. Small folio. Trevisa. 
 Paolo of P'errara with D. Bertochus. 1482.
 
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 Plant us ( '(iiitiniitd. 
 
 PLAUTUS, M. A. ConiotMliiK', oliin onHMKlaLic per Goory- 
 Mcnilaiu t^ iiiuu' rtH'Oiifiiitao pcv Kusc'l)iinn Sculariiini. Printed 
 in Roman letter, loni^; lines, 41 to the page, with signatures, 
 but no numeration. Small folio. Milan. I'lrich Scinzenzcler. 
 14!)0. 
 
 A Unique and Incomparable Plautus Collection. Bound in 
 l)cfor(> tlu' third item is an IS pa^o ()ri<;inal ^Manuscript play 
 •'AMriilTKrO" in the hand wriliuK of Philip Beroaldus, a well 
 known Italian Scholar and Satirical Writer who died in 1505. See 
 
 Iilustr;ilioii on |);im' 77. 
 
 WITH BEAUTIFUL VENETIAN WOODCUTS. 
 
 132. PLAUTUS. Coniediae XX, ex Emendationibus atque 
 Comment ariis Bernardi Saraceni et Joannis Petri Vallae. Title 
 within a very fine Architectural and Arabesque border with 
 grotesque figures, numerous very fine woodcuts of Stage 
 incidents throughout. Folio, wine colored levant, the sides and 
 back elaborately blind tooled, inside gilt borders, marbled edges 
 gilt, bv CHAMBOLLE-DURU. Venice. Lazarus de Soardis. 1511 
 
 $200 . 00 
 
 First Complete Edition, and remarkable for the Vigor and Beautv 
 
 of the Woodcuts. The FULL PAGE CUT fronting the first 
 
 Comedy represents the Interior of a Theatre with an Actor 
 
 declaiming from the Stage to a most attentive Audience. 
 
 A RARE ALDINE GREEK EDITION. 1502. 
 
 133. POLLUX, JULIUS. Vocabularium Graece. Printed in 
 very fine Greek Types in double columns with two Indexes, 
 Greek and Latin. Folio, brown morocco, with the Anchor and 
 Doljihin Device in gold on sides, gilt edges. Venetiis apud Aldum. 
 lo(H. $60.00 
 
 First Edition of this Rare Greek Vocabulary. Very handsome 
 
 134. PRAGMATIQUE SANCTION, en Francois avec GUIL- 
 LFRME PARALDI de la pluralite des Benefices. Large and fine 
 Grotesque woodcut Initial on the title which is printed in 
 red and black, large woodcut on back of title representing a 
 Monk in his Study. Text printed in Black Letter. Rare 
 woodcut device of Martin Alexandre occupying last page. 
 "2 i)art.s in one vol. Small 4to, half brown calf. Paris. Gaspard 
 Philippe pour Martin Alexandre. 1508. $70 . 00 
 
 P'irst Edition in French of the Ordinances of the French Kings 
 regarding Questions arising between Church and State. In these 
 the Rights of the Gallican Church were firmly maintained by Charles 
 \ II against the L'surpation of the Popes in the Choice of Bishops. 
 The Second Title reads: "S'ensuit le traicte d? 1' Avarice des 
 Ministres de I'Eglise, de Symonie, pluralite des Benefices 
 compose par Guil Paraldi de son vivant, Evequ? de Lyon."
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 
 
 79 
 
 Gl^omponij Zllbcllae (Cofmograpbi^eosrapbia 
 T^zifciani quoq5 ej: oionyrio ZbcfTaloiiicenU oc 
 
 fim oibie intcrpzetatio. 
 lf>omponij ^DeUaeoeo2bj6(im Sliberpjimus. 
 ']|^:ooemioni. 
 
 Kbisfirum ulcere aggredioi (mpc/ 
 ditum opus ^ facnndi^ minimc ca/ 
 pax. jConftat cnim fcre ex gentiu lo 
 commq5 nominibus-.i eoium per/ 
 plexo fan's oidincrqucm pcrfcqut 
 longn cniagis q5 bcnigna materia 
 Ucrum afpici ratnen c03nofciq5 oi/ 
 gni(Tinium:«quod fi non ope inge/ 
 nij ojaiuCs'.Qt ipfa fut corcinplatio/ 
 lie pzectum opcrg atreiidentiu ab/ 
 foluar. Dicamaurem alias pluract 
 
 cxactius . Tlunc autem vt qucq$ cniiu cloriiTima « (!riaim ac pmo 
 quidem-.qu^fit foima toriusiquigimximcpjitee.quo fuigu1§mo 
 dofintivrqjbabircurcxpcdiam.Dcinderurrus oias omnium cc 
 lirto?a vt intra exfrnq5 furtr:arq5 Vt ca fubit ac circumluit pclagus: 
 additis qug in natura rcgionum incolarumq, memd^wnda funt. 
 3d quo facilius (ciri polTir atq5 acapi : paulo altius fumma repc/ 
 tctor. D/3undi in quaituo: partes oiuifio. 
 
 DHne igitnr boe |quicquid eft : cui mundi c gliq5 no J 
 men indidinius: vnum id eft: ^ vnoainbim fccun/ 
 ciaq5flmplcctiiur. partibusoiffcrt. Wndefol oritur 
 o:icn3iiuncupatur:aut onus, quo oemcrgitur oc/ 
 cidcns vcloccafusrquaoecurritmcridies. abaducr 
 fa parte feprctrio.butc medio terra fubliniis cingitnr vndiqj man: 
 cadeniq5 in DUO latcraiqugbgmifpb^rianoianrab oiicnie oioifa 
 
 No. 135. Geographiu. 148^2. 
 
 A RARE EARLY GEOGRAPHY. 1482. 
 
 135. POMPONIUS MELA. Pomponii Melae Cosmographia; 
 Geographia prisciani quo(i ex Dioiiysio Thessaloniconsi de situ orhis 
 interpretatio. Gothic Letter, long lines, 31 to the page, with 
 signatures. Fine woodcut Map of the World as known to 
 Ptolemy on back of first leaf. Ornamental woodcut initial 
 letters. 4to, old English red moroeeo gilt, borders on sides, tooled 
 back, gilt edges. Venice. Erhardt Ratdolt. 1482. $()()(). 00 
 
 FIRST EDITION WITH THE MAP. Contains a modified 
 Ptolemaic Map of the World engraved on wood, of Europe, Asia and
 
 80 
 
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 NO. 1'35. Pomponii Mellae Geographia. 1482. 
 
 P()nii)onius Mela — Continued. 
 
 the Northern portion of Africa, showing the River Nile, with its 
 sources in two lakes, one directly on the Equator, and the other just 
 .south of it. The.se lakes correspond in places with those now called 
 the Albert and Victoria Nyanza, showing that their location was 
 surmised, if not actually known to Geographers four Centuries before 
 their late Rediscovery. At the South streams rising in mountains 
 flow into the.se Lakes. The Niger in Western Africa is also laid 
 down. This Map is a very early example of true Chiaroscuro 
 printing. Of Pomponius ]Mela nothing whatever is known, but he 
 is believed to have lived in the time of the Emperor Claudius. This 
 is one of the earliest of all Geographical Works, the First Edition of 
 which, without any Map, appeared in 1471. It is written in a 
 simple and clear style and notwithstanding its conciseness is enlivened 
 with interesting descriptions of Manners and Customs. THE 
 FIRST BOOK IN THE CATALOGUE OF THE FAMOUS 
 
 CHURCH LIBRARY OF AMERICANA. See Illustrations above and 
 on page 79.
 
 COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 81 
 
 136. PSALTERIUM cum apparatu vulgari fimiter appresso. 
 Lateiiiish Psalter niit dem Teutschen nutzbarlichen da bey getruckt 
 With the First Title in red and the other in black. Calendar 
 in red and black, the latin text printed in large bold Gothic 
 Letter occupying two-thirds of the page in width, with the 
 German text in small Gothic Types forming an outer column, 
 and extending at the foot across the whole page. Small 4to, 
 full red morocco antique, gilt and painted edges. Basel. Michael 
 Furter. 1502. $75.00 
 
 A most interesting Specimen of Early Printing ruled in red in 
 double lines throughout, and with the large woodcut Initials, con- 
 taining heads of the Saints, finely colored by an Old Hand. On two 
 blank leaves at beginning is inscribed a curious Old German Poem 
 on Death and Sorrow, apparently written by the Original Owner of 
 the Volume, Stephen Resler, whose name and motto is written on 
 first page. Copies with the date of 1502 are of extreme Rarity. 
 
 RARE FIRST EDITION FROM A FAMOUS ROMAN PRESS. 
 
 137. QUINTILIANUS, MARCUS FABIUS. Institutionum 
 Oratoriarum libri XII, ex recensione J. A. Campani. Roman letter, 
 long lines, 35 to the page, without marks, Greek passages 
 in iDold Greek type. Folio, fine old red morocco gilt, orna- 
 mental borders on sides, tooled back, gilt edges. Rome (Johan 
 Phil de Lignamine) 1470. $1250.00 
 
 EDITIO PRINCEPS. Verv fine large copy of this extremely 
 rare work. THE "INSTITUTES OF THE ORATOR" was com- 
 posed by the Famous Roman Rhetorician between A D. 92 and 94 
 and has immortalized the Name of Quintilian. It is in twelve 
 Books and is dedicated to Marcellus Victorius. It is not merely 
 a complete treatise on the Rhetorical Art, but it embraces a Plan of 
 Study for the Orator, from the first Elements of Grammar. In it 
 Quintilian states the result of his own long Experience and Profound 
 Reflections. He is said to have been the first Rhetorician to receive 
 a regular salary, amounting to 100,000 sesterces granted to him by 
 Vespasian. 
 
 FROM THE EARLY PRESS OF PARMA. 
 
 138. QUINTILIANUS, MARCUS FABIUS. Declanialionos 
 CXXXVI cura Thadoei Ugoleti editae. Roman letter, long lines, 
 40 to the page, with signatures and Roman Numerals, Printer's 
 Device on last leaf. Folio, old English red morocco gilt, borders 
 on sides, tooled back, gilt edges. Parma. Angelus Ugoletus. 1494. 
 
 $125.00 
 First Edition of many of the "Declamations" of the Famous. 
 Roman Rhetorician's delivered during the Reign of Vespasiai).. 
 Interesting and rare Specimen of Early Parma Printing. • '
 
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 139. REGIUS, RAPHAEL. ,Ki)isl()l,u\Pliiiii (|ua lil)ri nnlunilis 
 lli>ti»ri;K' Pilo \ f>|);isi;m(> (l(Mlic;inlur (Mi;irr;il ioncs. l^jiisdeni de 
 I\" Porsii locis, unn Nnlrrii M;i\imi. (iiu>l)iis Tullii dv Olliciis ac 
 tril)u> orat(>ril)iis »lisi)iit ioiuv^, rtc. Roman letter, lon.i>" lines, 36- 
 37 to the paiie, with sii^natures but no numeration, ornamen- 
 tal woodcut initials. 4t(), old mottlod calf, ^ill hack. Venice, 
 (udiclinus i.f Pianccrrclo, called "Anima Mca." 1490. $100.00 
 
 First Edition of this rare and curions Miscellany. Besides the 
 classical criticism mentioned in the title, the book also contains 
 several intcivstin.<: Tracts, illust rating the Quarrels of the Humanists. 
 WITH THE FIRST ENGRAVED VIEW OF VENICE. 
 
 140. ROLEWINCK, WERNER. Fasciculus temimrum om- 
 nium antit|U()rum crouicas c()mi)lecteus. Printed in small Gothic 
 Letter, long lines, with numeration and signatures. Illus- 
 trated with numerous woodcut views of the Great Cities of 
 the World and many other cuts and genealogical diagrams. 
 Folio, irrcen crushed levant gilt, inside borders, marbled edges gilt, 
 bv THArTZ-BAUZOXXET. Venice. Erhard Ratdolt. 1481. 
 
 $150.00 
 
 Amongst the Illustrations in this Curious Chronicle are a most 
 remarkable \'iew of X^oah's Ark with the quarters allotted to the clean 
 and unclean Animals lettered at the Stern and Bow. The Habitation 
 of Men and Birds being amidships. By the side of the Ark is a large 
 Rainbow, one of the first Illustrations of it known. Other interesting 
 Views are those of Rome, B. C. 4484; Jerusalem in the time of X^eV)u- 
 chadnezzar; Cologne where the Author lived as a Carthusian Monk 
 about 1447; Great Britain in the year 184; and the first view of 
 Venice, a design from Actual life showing the Place of Saint Mark 
 with Gondolas in the foreground. Amongst many other interesting 
 Facts recorded bv Rolewinck in Chronological Order is an allusion 
 to the Xew Art of Printing stating that "PRIXTERS OF BOOKS 
 WERE Ml LTIPLYIXG IX THE LAXD." This is dated 1457. 
 
 FROM THE FAMOUS LOUVAIN PRESS OF JOHN OF 
 
 WESTPHALIA. 
 
 141. SALICETO, NICHOLAS DE. Liber Aureus qui AXTI- 
 DOTARIUS AXIMARUM dictus est. Printed in Gothic Letter, 
 double columns, 42 lines to the Column, with signatures and 
 numeration. Capital letters painted in Blue and Red alter- 
 nately. F'olio, light brown crushed levant, inside borders, gilt top, 
 rough edges with manv uncut leaves. Louvain. Johannes de 
 Westfalia about 1485. " $100.00 
 
 A Fine Specimen from this Famous Belgian Press, the second to 
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 fine Editions of the "GESTA ROMAXORUM"; "THE COXSOLA- 
 TIOX OF PHILOSOPHY" by Boethius and Voragine's "GOLDEX 
 LEGEXD."
 
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 No. 142. Seneca. Paris. 1491. 
 
 142. SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS. Senccq des Mots dorez. 
 Des quatre Vertus en Francoys. Gothic Letter, double columns, 
 with signatures. Large and extremely curious woodcut Initial 
 over six inches square on title page. Another large cut on 
 first page representing the Author presenting his Book to 
 Charles the Eighth of France, the whole page surrounded by 
 a very elaborate woodcut border. Another Woodcut shows 
 the Author in his Study compiling the Book. Folio, crushed 
 maroon levant, rich compartments gold and blind tooled on sides, 
 inside line borders, rough edges gilt. Paris. Anthoine A erard 
 (1491) .^'^OO.OO 
 
 First French Edition of these two Treatises, translated from the 
 Latin by Jean Court-Cuisse. Beautiful Copy of this very rare work and 
 of particular interest for its very fine woodcuts. See Illustration above.
 
 84 GEORGE D. SMITH. 547 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 
 
 FROM THE FIRST PRESS OF VENICE. 1471. 
 
 143. SALLUSTIl'S, CAIUS CRISPUS. Helium Calilinnriuni 
 .lu-urlliinuni. Printed in Roman Letter, lonii lines, 32 to the 
 puiie, without catchwords or signatures, two fine Ornamental 
 Inftials painted in iiold and colors, the other Capitals in blue 
 
 and red alternately. Small ViA'mk wvy line l)rii;lil old Knj^iish 
 rod morocco, irold tooled borders and hack, i^ill ediAcs. \'eiiice. 
 AVendcliti of SiuMer. 1471. $'-27o.()() 
 
 An Excessively Rare Early Edition of the (ireal Uonian Historian's 
 *'Consj)iracy of Catiline" and *Mugurtliine AVar." Tlic Printer, 
 Wendelin of Sjieier joined his brother John of Speier I he Proloty- 
 ])oi;rapher of \'enice about a year after lie had started his i)ress there 
 in 14()}). The six line Colophon Verse contains his name as Printer 
 and his abode as \ enice. 
 
 DEDICATION COPY FROM THE FIRST MILAN PRESS. 
 
 144. SIMONETTA, JOANNES. Commentarii Rerum Gesta- 
 rum Francisci Sphortiae Mediolanensium Ducis. Printed in Roman 
 Letter, long lines, 42 to the page with signatures, but no num- 
 eration or catchwords. Large pen drawn Initial to each Book 
 ornamented with painted Flowers and Birds. Folio, contem- 
 j)orary red morocco with gold tooled borders and centre ornaments, 
 tooled back, gilt edges. Milan. Antonio Zarotto. 1479. $125.00 
 
 First Edition of the Life and Deeds of Francisco Sforza Duke of 
 Milan written by his Secretary John Simonetta. The Dedication 
 Copy l)ound for the Reigning Duke John Galeazzo with his Ducal 
 Crown at each Angle of the Side borders. 
 
 A RARE WORK FROM THE SECOND PRESS OF ROME. 
 
 1475. 
 
 145. STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS. Sylvarum, libri V, cum 
 Doniitii Calderini Commentario. Printed in Roman letter of 
 two sizes, long lines, 34-36 to the page, without marks. Folio, 
 old red morocco gilt, dentelle borders on sides, tooled back, gilt 
 edges in a red levant Solander Case. Rome. Arnold Pannartz. 
 1475. $450.00 
 
 One of the First Books printed by Pannartz without his partner 
 Sweynheym and of extreme Rarity. The smaller sized type is very 
 unlike that used by the partners together. Contains many marginal 
 MS. notes in an old band.
 
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 First Edition of Aulus Gellius. Rome. 
 
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