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 A CHOICE OF MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 AND BOOKBINDINGS 
 
 FROM 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER 
 
 FENWAY COURT 
 
 MDCCCCXXII
 
 D. B. UPDIKE THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS BOSTON
 
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 MANUSCRIPTS
 
 MANUSCRIPTS 
 HAFIZ 
 
 Paper, 6 & x 3 A, ff. 129; 15 lines to a page, in two 
 columns; cent. xvi. Each leaf is inlaid in a leaf 
 loix 6 A, and the book has been put into a dull 
 red morocco binding with a Persian design painted 
 in gold. 
 
 The title of each section of the poem is written on 
 a narrow label, the title itself occupying an ogival 
 (or sometimes rectangular) medallion in the cen- 
 tre of the label, the ends of which are rilled with 
 charming ornaments of great variety in gold and 
 colours, generally on a blue ground. 
 
 There are Jive pictured: 
 
 No. I. The poet reading to a prince. They are in a garden, the 
 prince seated on a rock at the left, beside a brook; he wears a 
 green tunic and a slate-coloured coat. The poet stands at the 
 right; he wears a vermilion tunic and a blue coat. In the back- 
 ground are a cypress, a flowering tree, and two other trees. Gold 
 mountain and blue sky. 
 
 No. 2. A young man and a woman in a garden, by a brook. He 
 is seated at the right, and offers her a golden cup which he lias 
 just filled from a golden bottle; he wears a vermilion tunic. She 
 stands beside a tree, holding a book; her dress is yellow, her coat 
 slate-coloured. The tree is very beautiful: its leaves are vermilion 
 or shades of green and yellow; its flowers are vermilion or gold 
 or white. The background for the tree is bright blue; behind is 
 a gold mountain and a little light-blue sky. 
 No.J. A young man and a young woman seated on a couch in 
 a garden, a servant standing at the left. In the background, two 
 flowering trees and a gold meadow. The young man wears a 
 vermilion tunic and bright blue coat; the young woman, a light 
 blue dress and olive-green coat; the servant, a yellow dress and 
 slate-coloured coat. . 
 
 No. 4. Two young men seated in a garden, a servant in the 
 
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 HAFIZ (CONTINUED) 
 
 right foreground offering refreshment. In the background three 
 flowering trees and a gold meadow. The young man at the left 
 wears a vermilion coat and is reading from a blue book; his belt 
 is ornamented with two gold rosettes. The other young man 
 wears a yellow coat and is offering his friend a cup. The servant 
 wears a green coat. 
 
 No. j". Two men on a dais in a garden. Six other people, stand- 
 ing about. In the background, two flowering trees, a gold moun- 
 tain with a cypress on the summit, and a little blue sky. 
 
 BOOK OF DEVOTIONS IN GERMAN 
 Paper, 6i x 4^, ff. 120 + 2 ; 20-22 lines to a page; 
 cent, xv (1445); cursive hand, brown and red 
 ink. Binding: flexible parchment. In a solander 
 case, the back and sides covered with black leather, 
 the edges covered with gilt paper. At the bot- 
 tom of the fly-leaf, " Das puchlein gehort in das 
 clost' zu sat kather. pdis orde in nimw'g." Below, 
 in pencil, Nimwegen (Nimeguen, Netherlands). 
 The statement of ownership is repeated on the 
 last page. Papers with the MS. give the following 
 history, it was purchased of Mr. Rodd by 
 Sotheby and given by him to W. Y. Ottley ; after 
 his death his son gave it to Sotheby's son, S. Leigh 
 Sotheby, in 1838. In 1878 it was bought of Mr. 
 W. G. Medlicott by C. E. Norton, and in 1899 
 it was purchased of him by I. S. G. 
 
 Collation: I fly-leaf, /'% leaf inserted, 2 l3 -io 12 . The cen- 
 tre of each quire is reinforced by a narrow strip of vellum. 
 f. 2 and the following ff~. are numbered in pencil up to I op; 
 the remaining leaves are blank, except for the statement of 
 ownership on the last. 
 
 The table of contents, in a later hand than the body of the 
 book, is written on the fly-leaf as follows:
 
 BOOK OF DEVOTIONS (CONTINUED) 
 
 Im dem puchlein stet zu erste schone gepet vo yetlich'st fest 
 
 unslj Hebe kr'e. 
 
 Darnach ste schone gepet vo alle hochzeitliche tage uns liebe 
 
 frawe. 
 
 Darnach ste schone gepet vo d'heilige Drivaltikeyt. Un vo de 
 
 heilige geist. Un vo sat michahel, etc. Un v5 alle heilige. Un 
 
 v5 d' kirchweih. Un v5 alle glaubige sele. Un vo de heilige 
 
 sacmet. Un vo dem tod. 
 
 f. 2. In gotes namen Amen. Die vorred. 
 A translation of this prologue is given in the Catalogue of Books 
 under the entry XYLO&RAPHIE, where this MS. is briefly de- 
 scribed. 
 
 On the leaf inserted between the first and second quires are two 
 woodcuts, (a) The Crucifixion, () Christ in the lap of Mary. 
 For description, see Ottley, W. Y., An Inquiry concerning the In- 
 vention of Printing, London, 1863, p. 193. 
 
 CANTERBURY RITUAL 
 
 Vellum and paper, 7* x 5^, ff. no; 22 lines to a 
 page; cent, xv (1474); written at Canterbury in 
 a beautiful clear black hand. Binding: old brown 
 leather, with blind tooling. It has the book-plate 
 of Emma Cunliffe. 
 
 Collation : /' (2 cane.), 2\ f, /, J 12 (8 cane.), 6" (10 
 cane.), f (i cane.), 8", p lo -l2 l (7-10 cane.), if. 
 
 The first 8 quires contain chants with music for the following: 
 In pees ordinaria; In purifica btie maie vg'; In dnica palma^; 
 In die sco pasche ad aspersione aq bndce; In ascesione dne; 
 In festo corporis X 1 ; In festo visitols [sic] bte marie vg'; In as- 
 suptoe beate marie v; In dedicatioeecclesie; In susceptione epl 
 vl' legati; In susceptione plurimojj epo^ vel legatorum. 
 
 The rest of the book consists of the ritual to be used for a 
 dying brother and a special office for the dead. It begins as fol- 
 lows : " Exhortatio beati Ancelmi canthuariesis episcopi ad fra- 
 trem moriturum." The last five pages are in lighter script than 
 the rest. There are a formula for Confession, "Agenda unctio- 
 nis " with proper psalms and prayers, " Agenda morientis " with 
 
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 CANTERBURY RITUAL (CONTINUED) 
 
 psalms and prayers, "Comedatio iam defuncti," and "Officiu 
 sepulture " to be used after the Mass for the Dead. 
 Rubricated. Some of the initials are blue. 
 Attached tof. 70 a is a woodcut, The dead Christ, dated 1537, 
 and to f. 70 b a woodcut, The Crucifixion. The cross is set in 
 a circular sheepfold with a wattled fence; there are nine sheep 
 in the fold and a lamb lies across the shoulders of the Christ. 
 This woodcut has been crudely coloured. 
 
 MEMORIAE FROM A BOOK OF HOURS 
 Illuminated by Jehan Bourdichon for Anne de 
 Bretagne. Vellum, 4^x3, ff. 46 + 6; 16 lines to 
 a page; cent, xv; written in a fine Gothic hand. 
 Binding: dark blue velvet with metal clasps, 
 modern. 
 
 The collation cannot be determined. The ff. are numbered 
 from I to 4.5, but f. JI is skipped. 
 
 Contents 
 Memoriae of: 
 / /. The Trinity. 
 / 2. St. Michael. 
 f.j. St. John Baptist. 
 / 4. St. Christopher. 
 / 6. St. Stephen. 
 f. 8. St. Dionysius of Paris. 
 f.gb. St. Sebastian and St. Adrian. 
 / II b. St. Blasius. 
 / 13. St. Nicholas. 
 / 14. St. Anthony. 
 / ij b. St. Bernard. 
 / 1 6 b. St. Louis. 
 f. 18. St. Leonard of Limoges. 
 f. ip. St. Ildevert and St. Mathurin of Montargis. 
 f. 21. St. Maure. 
 / 22. St. Peter and St. Paul. 
 
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 \
 
 MEMORIAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. 23. St. Gervasio and St. Protasio. 
 
 f. 24. b. St. Lupo and St. Egidio. 
 
 / 26. St. Roch. 
 
 f. 27 b. St. Lazarus. 
 
 f. 29. Holy Sepulchre. 
 
 f.job. St. Anne. 
 
 / 32. St. Mary of Egypt. 
 
 f. 33, St. Mary Magdalen. 
 
 f. 34. St. Catherine of Alexandria. 
 
 / 35 b. St. Margaret. 
 
 f. 36 b. St. Genevieve. 
 
 f-37b. St. Barbara. 
 
 f.3Q. St. Ama. 
 
 f. 40. St. Agnes. 
 
 f.4ib. St. Agatha. 
 
 f. 42 b. St. Apollonia. 
 
 / 44. All Souls. 
 
 Decorations: The book is illuminated in the most exquisite man- 
 ner, by an artist of delightful fancy and supreme skill. Nearly 
 every page has a border of scrolls with vine and leaf designs, 
 flowers and fruit; occasionally birds and insects are introduced. 
 When a leaf has a border on both obverse and reverse, the two 
 sides are alike, except that if birds occur in the border on either 
 side, the border on the other side is totally different. Most of 
 the pictures have arched tops, and with the border occupy all 
 the page except the space required for four lines of text. Three 
 Memoriae have a picture of the saint at the end as well as at the 
 beginning, and a fourth has at the end a picture of a lady at her 
 devotions; these four pictures are small and square. Three of the 
 pictures (ff. 22, 23, 29) are different in style from the others, 
 larger in scale, filling the whole page which has no border; each 
 of these pictures has an architectural frame as if it were an altar- 
 piece; in each one four lines of text are inscribed on a white 
 scroll. 
 
 Each Memoria has two initials on square gold grounds, one at the 
 beginning and a smaller one for the prayer; these initials are 
 all blue and white except the two for the Trinity and the smaller 
 one for St. Apollonia, which are crimson and white; the space 
 
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 MEMORIAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 within the initial is occupied either by a vine and leaf design, 
 or a fanciful geometric figure in colours on the gold ground. 
 There are besides throughout the book smaller gold letters with 
 very fine ink flourishes and similar letters in blue with red 
 flourishes. There are no corresponding red letters; the book is 
 exceptional because of the extensive use of blue. 
 
 The pictures are as follows: 
 
 f. I. The Trinity. The Father on a throne under a blue and 
 gold canopy; He wears a crown, and a crimson mantle over a 
 blue tunic; He supports a T-cross on which is the crucified Son, 
 over whose head is the emblem of the Holy Spirit; the throne 
 stands on a low wooden platform, and the pavement is purple 
 and yellow tiles; blue clouds in the lower corners. Four birds 
 and a butterfly in the border. 
 
 f. 2. St. Michael in gold armour, purple mantle, and crimson 
 wings stands on the dragon and drives his lance down his throat; 
 he holds scales in his left hand; at the right stands an angel in 
 white with orange wings, holding a crimson ribbon on which 
 are the words "MEMENTO FINIS." 
 
 f. J.St. John Baptist preaching in the wilderness; he wears a blue 
 mantle over a camel's-hair tunic, and carries a book on which 
 lies a nimbed lamb; three listeners are seated in the lower right 
 corner, one in yellow with a green bonnet, one in blue with 
 a white bonnet; only the head of the third is visible in a blue 
 bonnet; at the left, a dog; between the men and the dog a min- 
 iature tree; in the background, little mountains and a distant 
 city. Five birds and a butterfly in the border. 
 f, 4. St. Christopher fording a river with the Child on his 
 shoulder; St. Christopher wears a gold shirt and crimson man- 
 tle; the Child's tunic is purple and gold and He carries the orb. 
 f. 6. St. Stephen. He kneels toward the left, with hands clasped 
 and his head turned so that he looks over his left shoulder at 
 the man behind him on the right; this man wears a white 
 tunic, girt up showing an orange shirt, and black buskins leaving 
 his knees bare; he holds a stone in his upraised left hand; di- 
 rectly behind the saint is a man in green holding a stone over 
 his head with both hands; at the left, an officer in a long blue 
 tunic with a black belt and a hat edged with ermine; he holds 
 a scimitar in his right hand and a gold wand in his left; in the 
 foreground at the left, a man in orange is picking up a stone; 
 
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 MEMORIAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 in the background, mountains and a city. A marvellous little 
 picture. Five birds in the border. 
 
 f. 8. St. Dionysius. Christ giving the blessed sacrament to the 
 saint, who appears at his prison window; both figures in blue, 
 the saint with a mitre; behind the Christ, two angels, one in 
 orange with blue wings, the other in white with crimson wings. 
 In the border, a dragon-fly and five birds, one of them catching 
 a fly. 
 
 f. g b. St. Sebastian bound to a tree in a courtyard enclosed by 
 a high wall, eight arrows sticking into him; a bearded man at 
 the left is drawing his bow; he wears blue hose, a gold jerkin 
 open in front showing a crimson shirt, and a crimson hat; at 
 the right, St. Adrian of Nicomedia standing on a lion; he is in 
 armour with a crimson mantle and blue hat, and carries a sword 
 upright and an anvil with a hammer on it. 
 
 Both sides of each of the next eight leaves have borders alike. 
 
 f. II b. St. Blasius, pinioned to a saltire cross set against a purple 
 column in a hall floored with green tiles; at the right, a man 
 in a red hat, dull blue tunic, and orange buskins, tearing the 
 saint's flesh with an iron rake; at the left, a man in an orange 
 hat, sleeveless green tunic over a white shirt, and black buskins; 
 apparently he holds an iron rake, but only a little of the handle 
 is in the picture. 
 
 f. I2b. St. Blasius in a church with green and white pavement; 
 he wears a mitre, blue and gold chasuble, and green dalmatic, and 
 carries an open book; behind him a crimson and gold hanging. 
 
 f. 13. St. Nicholas in a church with a green pavement; he wears 
 the alb, a red cope, mitre, and white gloves, and carries a crozier ; 
 at the left, three naked boys in a tub, one of them stepping out; 
 in the background, a blue and gold hanging. 
 
 f, 14. St. Anthony standing in a fire before the door of his cell; 
 he wears a purple habit and carries a crutch-stick; before him 
 stands a woman (a demon in disguise), wearing a white turban 
 and a crimson gown; between them, in the background, a pig; 
 farther away is a white tower, and in the distance are a rocky 
 cliff and a green hill. 
 
 f. If. St. Anthony kneeling on the ground while two devils beat 
 him with flails; he wears a purplish gray habit; in the back- 
 ground, the doorway of his cell. 
 
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 MEMORIAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 f.l$b. St. Bernard in a landscape; he wears the Cistercian 
 habit and carries a spade and an open book; on the distant hill, 
 a monastery. 
 
 f. 16 b. St. Louis crowned, on a throne, under a canopy of blue 
 seme with gold fleurs-de-lys; this same stuff covers the throne 
 and makes a carpet before it ; the saint wears a blue mantle lined 
 with white and a blue and gold tunic; he holds a crimson sceptre 
 and a closed book ; at his feet, a lion ; on either side, two men, the 
 one in the right foreground a youth on whom the attention of all 
 is fixed; the floor is paved with tiles in two shades of green; in 
 the background, a crimson and gold hanging; just above it, on 
 brackets, two little gold statuettes. 
 
 f. If b. St. Louis in prison in Egypt. He stands at the window, 
 wearing a blue tunic with gold fleurs-de-lys, and black under- 
 sleeves; the gaoler is walking off to the right, looking over his 
 shoulder at his prisoner; he wears a short blue and gold tunic 
 over a crimson shirt, and yellow buskins; he carries on his 
 shoulder a club, from the end of which hangs a key; in the back- 
 ground, a high wall. 
 
 f. 18. St. Leonard of Limoges, standing between two kneeling 
 prisoners, who are bound with a cord; he holds this cord with 
 his left hand and a palm branch in his right; he wears the alb 
 and gold dalmatic; the prisoners wear short ragged shirts of 
 black and gold; the floor is paved with red, green, and yellow 
 marble; in the background, a blue and gold hanging. Six birds 
 in the border. 
 
 f. 19. St. Hildebert and St. Mathurin, with worshippers, who 
 are supposed to represent Anne de Bretagne and the king. Both 
 saints are blessing, wear mitres, and carry croziers; St. Mathurin 
 at the right wears a blue and gold chasuble and green and gold 
 dalmatic; St. Hildebert wears a gold cope and dull purple and 
 gold dalmatic ; Anne, who kneels at the right, wears a black cap 
 and a gold gown with white cuffs and a black band around the 
 square neck; the king, kneeling at the left, wears a dull purple 
 and gold gown ; behind the group is a crimson hanging spotted 
 with gold; pavement of red, green, and yellow marble. Six birds 
 in the border. 
 
 f. 21. St. Maure, in a Benedictine habit, carrying a crozier and 
 open book; crimson and gold hanging behind him; pavement 
 of red, green, and yellow marble. Six birds in the border. 
 
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 MEMORIAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. 22. St. Peter and St. Paul, with worshipper, probably Anne 
 de Bretagne again. St. Peter stands at the left holding a key 
 and an open book; he wears a crimson mantle over a purple 
 tunic; St. Paul, in the centre, holds a sword and the edges of 
 his mantle with his left hand, and points to the worshipper with 
 his right; he wears a purple mantle and blue tunic; at the right, 
 a lady kneels at zprie-dieu, on which is an open book; she wears 
 a black headdress and a crimson gown with wide white cufls 
 and a black band around the square neck. 
 
 f. 23. St. Gervasio and St. Protasio. The twin saints stand, 
 turned toward each other; both are tonsured and carry palms; 
 St. Protasio at the left wears a crimson dalmatic and holds a 
 closed green book; St. Gervasio wears a blue and gold dalmatic 
 of beautiful pattern and holds an open book bound in purple; 
 behind them is a blue hanging with a design in gold; pavement 
 of red, yellow, and green marble. 
 
 f. 24 b. St. Egidio and St. Lupo. St. Egidio, at the left, mitred, 
 wearing a light blue cope, dull purple dalmatic, and white 
 gloves, holds a processional cross and blesses; St. Lupo, in a 
 black habit, raised by his left hand showing a blue tunic; with 
 his right hand, which is pierced by an arrow, he pats a wolf 
 that jumps on him; behind them a red hanging spotted with 
 gold. 
 
 f. 25 b. Small square picture of a lady at her devotions; she 
 kneels at a/nV-<//Vwith a light green covering on which is an 
 open book; she wears a black headdress with a red facing, and 
 a crimson gown with black cuffs and a black band around the 
 square neck; a white ribbon hangs from her waist; on the wall 
 behind her are statuettes of saints on brackets under canopies. 
 
 f. 26. St. Roch. He wears a brown hat, tunic, and wallet, a 
 purple cloak and red buskins, and carries a long gold staff; he 
 raises his tunic to show his wound to an angel at the left dressed 
 in gold with blue wings; at the right, a white dog with a red 
 collar holds a loaf of bread in his mouth; a red and gold hang- 
 ing behind them; pavement of light-brown and pinkish marble. 
 
 f. 27 b. St. Lazarus. Christ, in purple, calling Lazarus, who rises 
 from a narrow coffin, assisted by Peter; the other apostles crowd 
 behind Christ; Martha kneels at the head of the coffin, with 
 upraised hands; Mary kneels in the foreground at the right, 
 dressed in blue with a crimson mantle. 
 
 II
 
 MEMORIAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. 29. Entombment. Nicodemus and Joseph lay the body in the 
 tomb; behind, from left to right, a holy woman, St. John, the 
 Virgin, Mary Magdalen, a holy woman. 
 
 f.^ob. St. Anne seated under a canopy of green brocade, with 
 a carpet of the same; she wears a white veil, blue gown, and 
 crimson mantle, and holds an open book; the little Virgin in 
 blue also holds a book; behind them a blue and gold hanging; 
 pavement of green tiles. 
 
 f. 32. St. Mary of Egypt. She stands at the left clothed in her 
 hair; at the right, the hermit Zosimus, in a golden-brown habit, 
 with a folded purple cloak on his arm, stands before the door 
 of his cell; a high fence in the background. Five birds and a 
 butterfly in the border. 
 
 f.33 b. St. Mary Magdalen holding a box of ointment; she wears 
 a blue gown and crimson mantle; charming landscape back- 
 ground. Five birds and a fly in the border. 
 
 f-34. St. Catherine of Alexandria. She wears a blue gown and a 
 red mantle lined with ermine; her crown is merged in her 
 nimbus; she holds a sword and palm in her left hand, and an 
 open book in her right; behind her a blue and gold hanging; 
 at the left, an altar (?) with a red hanging above it; pavement 
 of green tiles; on it, at the left, part of a wheel. 
 
 f-35- St- Catherine preaching the gospel ; she stands at the right, 
 her left hand resting on a lectern on which is an open book; 
 she is crowned and wears a blue gown and red mantle lined 
 with ermine, and carries a palm ; at the left stand two men ; one 
 in crimson with a black cap, the other in blue with a red cap; 
 a blue and gold hanging in the background; pavement of green 
 tiles. 
 
 f.3$b. St. Margaret standing on a dragon; she wears a blue 
 gown and red mantle and holds a small cross in her hands; the 
 dragon has a red cloth in his mouth; beautiful landscape back- 
 ground. 
 
 f.j6l>. St. Genevieve standing in a green field; she wears a 
 blue gown, red mantle, and white veil, and carries a book bound 
 in black and a tall candle, which a devil above her head extin- 
 guishes with a bellows, while an angel in white at the right re- 
 lights it. 
 
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 MEMORIAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. 37 b. St. Barbara. She wears a dull blue gown and a crimson 
 mantle lined with orange, and holds a gold tower in her right 
 hand, and a book bound in black in her left hand; landscape 
 background with a building and tower at the left. 
 
 f-39- St. Ama, one of the wise virgins. A saint in a purple tunic 
 and blue mantle, attended by an angel in yellow with green 
 wings, carrying two cruets, administers communion to a saint 
 in crimson, who appears at a prison window. Five birds and 
 a dragon-fly in the border. 
 
 The Memoria begins as follows : " Ista est uirgo sapiens quam 
 dominus uigilantem inuenit que accepta lampade sumpsit oleum 
 secum et veniente domino entrauit cum eo ad nupcio." 
 f. 40. St. Agnes. She wears a purple gown and crimson mantle, 
 and carries an open book and a palm branch; a lamb jumps up 
 on her ; pavement of coloured marbles ; blue and gold hanging 
 in the background. Five birds in the border. 
 
 f. 41 b. St. Agatha, bound to a column, with a white cloth about 
 her hips; a man at the right is cutting her breast with pincers; 
 he wears a large cap, short blue tunic, and crimson hose; pave- 
 ment of coloured marbles. Six birds in the border. 
 
 f. 42 b. St. Lawrence and St. Apollonia. St. Lawrence at the left, 
 in purple dalmatic, white tunicle, and long blue tunic; he car- 
 ries a palm in his right hand, a book under his right arm, and 
 holds a gridiron with his left hand. St. Apollonia wears a golden- 
 brown gown and crimson mantle ; she holds a tooth in pincers and 
 an open book ; behind them a blue hanging with gold spots; pave- 
 ment of pink and green tiles. 
 
 HORAE 
 
 Vellum, 6i x 4, ff. 162 + 12 ; 14 lines to a page; 
 cent, xv ; written in France in a good Gothic hand. 
 Binding: old red morocco with gold tooling on 
 the back. Bookplate with Italian coat of arms. 
 
 Collation : The book is bound so tightly that it does not admit 
 of collation. The quires are irregular; the full-page pictures 
 are done on half-sheets and inserted.
 
 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 Contents : 
 
 f. I. Kalendar, in red and black. 
 
 f. 14. Pater noster. 
 
 f. 14 b, Ave Maria. Credo. 
 
 f. l$b. Benedicite dominus nos. Ave salus mundi. 
 
 f. 1 6. Confiteor, followed by other prayers. 
 
 f. 18. Blank. 
 
 f. 19. Blank. 
 
 f. 21. Les heures de la croix. 
 
 f. 28. Les heures du saint esperit. 
 
 f.JS- L 68 heures de nostre dame. 
 
 f. 85. Les sept psalmes dauid. 
 
 f. 96 b. Litany. 
 
 f. 102. Hyme du saint esperit. 
 
 f. IOJ b. Salue regina. 
 
 f. 104 b. Les viij. vers salt bernard. 
 
 f. 106. Les .vij oroisos S. gregoire. 
 
 f. IOJ. Memoriae. 
 
 f. 77J-. Office of the dead. 
 
 In the Kalendar: 
 Jan. 22. S'. vinchent. 
 Feb. 6. S'. am ant. 
 
 20. S'. eleutere. 
 Apr. 14. S'. tybur. 
 May ij. S'. seruais. 
 June 8. S'. medard. 
 July 75. Le diuision des apt'es. 
 
 18. S'. ernoul. 
 Aug. 24. S'. bettremieu. 
 Sept. 25. S'. fremin. 
 Oct. 2. S'. legier. 
 
 Decorations: There are six full-page pictures inserted as frontis- 
 pieces. These pictures have borders of scrolls, vine and leaf orna- 
 ment, and flowers, the ground covered with round spots of gold 
 and fish-hooks in black. Each picture faces a page with a similar
 
 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 border and an initial of blue and crimson on a gold ground; 
 seven other pages are similarly decorated. There are in the text 
 ten small pictures, 2^ x if inches, each framed by a narrow 
 gold band. Throughout the book are numerous small initials 
 of various sizes in gold on grounds of crimson and blue with 
 simple white flourishes. The crimson in the borders and in the 
 initials has often faded to a dull brown, but the colours of the 
 pictures retain all their brilliancy. 
 
 The full-page pictures are: 
 
 f. JJ b. Christ praying on a hill by a lake. Christ, kneeling, gazes 
 up at a vision of God the Father, blessing; Christ wears a dull 
 purple tunic, and an open book lies near Him; God the Father 
 wears a light blue tunic, crimson mantle, and crown, and holds 
 the orb. 
 
 f. 20 b. Crucifixion. Virgin standing on the left, wearing purple 
 dress, blue mantle, and white veil; St. John on the right, in 
 purple tunic and crimson mantle. 
 
 f. 27 b. Descent of the Holy Spirit. St. Peter and another man 
 kneeling in a courtyard; at a window, the Virgin surrounded 
 by apostles; another apostle coming through the door, with 
 others behind him, or looking out of a second window; dove de- 
 scending on gold rays. St. Peter wears a red tunic and light blue 
 mantle; on the ground beside him is an open book; the man 
 with him wears a brown gown with flowing sleeves showing 
 green undersleeves, and a blue hood; the other apostles are in 
 red or green; the Virgin is in blue with a white veil. 
 
 f. 34 b. The Annunciation. The Virgin is seated on a tiled floor 
 under a dull red canopy with a green fringe at the bottom and 
 a blue border at the top; she wears a deep blue dress and light 
 blue mantle, and has an open book on her knees. Gabriel stands 
 just inside an archway at the left; he wears a crimson garment 
 over a white tunic and carries a gold sceptre, his wings are green 
 and blue; over his head the dove surrounded by gold rays; be- 
 yond the archway, green grass, a brick wall, and the blue sky. 
 
 f. 43 b. The Visitation. The Virgin stands at the left, dressed 
 in a dull purple gown and blue mantle; St. Elizabeth kneels 
 before her, dressed in a red gown, showing green undersleeves, 
 and a white veil ; St. Joseph in the background, in a yellow tunic, 
 brown mantle with blue collar, and dark gray hat; he carries a 
 long pole over his shoulder; in the distance, trees and a castle. 
 
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 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. 114 b. Death. A naked woman lies on a black carpet spread 
 on the grass near a church porch; Death, with a white cloth 
 thrown over his shoulder, and carrying a coffin, stands on her 
 and thrusts a long red spear into her; a group of people in the 
 porch watching. 
 
 The small pictures are : 
 
 f. IO2. The Holy Spirit, a bearded man with wings. He stands 
 on a green mound, wears a dull purple tunic, and holds an open 
 book; light brown background with gold rays. 
 
 f. 103 b. Madonna and Child in glory, surrounded by blue 
 clouds. She stands on a blue crescent and wears a blue mantle 
 over a dull purple dress. 
 
 f. 104 b. St. Bernard in a monk's habit, carrying a crozier and 
 an open book; behind him a red curtain hanging in front of a 
 low stone wall. 
 
 f. 106. St. Gregory standing on a green mound, against a dull 
 purple background ornamented with blue flourishes; he wears 
 the papal tiara, alb, and crimson chasuble, and carries a double 
 cross; a dove perched on his shoulder. 
 
 f. IOJ b. St. Nicholas, with the same background as St. Greg- 
 ory. He wears a mitre, alb, and crimson chasuble, and carries a 
 crozier and an open book. 
 
 f. 108 b. St. Sebastian, bound to a tree, with six huge arrows 
 sticking into him; his crimson tunic lies on the green grass be- 
 hind the tree. 
 
 f, 109. St. Anthony, in a drab habit, with crutch-stick and open 
 book, a pig with a bell walking beside him; behind him, a red 
 curtain with a blue fringe hanging in front of a low stone wall. 
 
 f. no. St. Anne, seated on a square dais, wearing a white veil 
 and a crimson mantle over a drab dress; the little Virgin in blue 
 stands at her knee reading from a book. 
 
 f. HO b. St. Catherine of Alexandria, standing on Maxentius; 
 she wears a costume of crimson and blue trimmed with ermine 
 and holds a sword and an open book; behind her at the right, 
 a wheel; Maxentius wears a drab tunic with yellow collar and 
 a large blue cap edged with ermine, and holds a gold sceptre; 
 in the background, the wall of a stone building, with part of 
 two diamond-paned windows showing. 
 
 16
 
 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. Ill b. St. Barbara kneeling on the grass, holding a palm and 
 an open book; she wears a crimson gown; in the background, 
 a tower at the end of a stone wall. 
 
 f, 112. St. Margaret kneeling at a barred prison window, through 
 which come gold rays; she wears a crimson gown with flowing 
 blue sleeves; between her hands a small gold cross; an open book 
 leans against the wall beside her; in the background, a curious 
 light green dragon. 
 
 LEAVES FROM A MISSAL OF CLEMENT VII 
 
 Vellum, I7^x 12!, ff. 5; 29-31 lines to a page; 
 cent, xvi ; written in a marvellously exact large 
 Roman hand. Blue morocco binding by De Cov- 
 erly.The leaves have been mounted on stiff cards, 
 bound in with hinges. 
 
 The text begins on f. i, "Canon inclinatus iunc- 
 tis manibus : Te igitur clementissime pater," and 
 ends on f. 5, "Placeat tibi sea trinitas obsequz ser- 
 vitut3 mee . . ." The black ink has turned a dull 
 brown in most places ; the rubrics are in red ; the 
 following words on f. 2 are in blue capitals : " Hoc 
 est enim corpvs mevm," and "Hie est enim calix 
 sangvinis mei novi et eterni testameti, misteriv 
 fidei : qvi pro vobis et pro mvltis effvndetvr in re- 
 missionem peccatorvm." 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 f. I. In the left margin there is an exquisite border of arabesques 
 with three birds and half-figures of a winged youth and a 
 winged old man with a beard, both of these figures ending in 
 foliated scrolls; near the top of the border is a gold ring set 
 with a pyramidal diamond, & within the ring are various reli- 
 gious emblems; near the middle of the border are the arms of 
 Clement VII on a crimson ground. The red and blue initial 
 C of Canon is small, on a gold ground with a strawberry flower 
 and fruit; a similar N on this leaf is decorated with a jasmine 
 flower. The T of Te is the most elaborate letter in this frag- 
 
 17
 
 LEAVES FROM A MISSAL (CONTINUED) 
 
 ment; it is red, blue, and green, with two pearls in the top 
 and a square diamond in a gold setting in the middle of the 
 stem; the letter is enclosed in a square with gold scallops on 
 the inside of the edge, the rest of the space occupied by a pic- 
 ture of the Pope celebrating Mass. An initial M of red, blue, 
 and green on a gold ground decorated with flowers and a straw- 
 berry has suspended from a line connecting the angles of the 
 letter a dark red gem set with pearls and engraved with a pic- 
 ture of the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. A similar ini- 
 tial C on a gold ground decorated with a variety of flowers has 
 a gay parrot in the centre standing on the stem of a rose and 
 also biting the stem. 
 
 On the following pages there are twenty-two other similar ini- 
 tials in red and blue on square gold grounds, decorated with 
 sprays of flowers and pearls; four have other jewels set in gold, 
 three have strawberries, and one has a large lady-bug. All these 
 letters occur at the left edge of the text. There are besides nu- 
 merous small gold capitals and crosses on small squares of red or 
 blue covered with delicate flourishes. 
 
 HORAE 
 
 Vellum, 6A x 4i, ff. 131 +4; 25 lines to a page; 
 cent, xvi-xvn; written in France in a wonder- 
 fully fine Gothic hand. Binding: plain black mo- 
 rocco with silver clasps (one broken). On the first 
 fly-leaf, Catherine Englefield from her beloved hus- 
 band Henry Englefield; on f. i, Pitts sale. Purchased 
 in Venice. 
 
 Collation : The book is too tightly bound to admit of collation, 
 f. 2 is numbered I,f. J is numbered 2, and succeeding pages 
 are numbered up to 255, the odd numbers on the left hand 
 page. This pagination will be followed in the description. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 p. I. Title, in gold: Officium B* Mf Uirginis una cum Uigilii 
 mortuorum. Accedunt horae de S? Cruce, et de Spiritu Sancto, 
 et ali deuotQ preces Orationes et Euangelia de Natiuitate, et 
 Passione Christi Domini. 
 
 18
 
 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 /. 2. Kalendar, in red, blue, and gold. 
 
 p. 14. Sequences of the Gospels. 
 
 p. 21. Passion according to John. 
 
 p. 34. Hours of the Virgin. 
 
 p. 115. Hours of the Cross. 
 
 p. 121. Hours of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 p. 126. Seven penitential psalms and Litany. 
 
 p. 150. Office of the dead. 
 
 p. 2O2. Memoriae. 
 
 p. 213. Versiculi bcati gregorii pape. 
 
 p. 2J^. Versiculi beati bernardi. 
 
 p. 2lf. Conditor celi. 
 
 /. 22 1. Memoria of St. Augustine. 
 
 p. 222. Missa B. M. V. 
 
 p. 228. Obsecro te. 
 
 /. 232. O Intemerata. 
 
 /. 2j6. Stabat mater. 
 
 /. 2jp. Gaude flore virginali. 
 
 p. 242. Missus est gabriel. 
 
 /. 249. O illustrissima & excellentissima gloriosissima semper 
 
 uirgo maria. 
 
 /. 252. Memoriae of SS. Christopher and Margaret in another hand. 
 
 Decorations: Throughout the book there are small gold initials of 
 different sizes, each on a square ground of red and blue cov- 
 ered with most delicate flourishes in gold. There are fourteen 
 full-page pictures (eight of them in the Hours of the Virgin) 
 and twenty-two smaller ones in the text (twelve of them in the 
 Memoriae). These are all by the same hand, and are executed 
 with consummate skill. Each full-page picture is in the form of 
 a gold renaissance altar, with a frontal of coloured panels cov- 
 ered with delicate patterns in gold, and coloured columns sup- 
 porting the top of the retable. In a small white tablet, or pla- 
 card, on the front of the altar are a few words of text with an 
 initial in gold on a red and blue ground covered with a fine 
 design in gold.
 
 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 These pictures are as follows: 
 
 p. 14. St. John on Patmos. St. John, represented as a young man, 
 
 in a crimson tunic and purple mantle, both bordered with a 
 
 pattern in gold, is seated with an open book in his lap; he holds 
 
 a pen in his upraised right hand and gazes up at rays from 
 
 heaven ; in the background, the sea, with rocky islands and small 
 
 boats. 
 
 /. 22. Betrayal of Our Lord. Judas kissing Jesus, who is restor- 
 ing the ear cut off by Peter; Peter sheathing his sword; a crowd 
 of soldiers in armour. 
 
 p. 34- The Annunciation. Mary at the left in a purple dress, 
 blue mantle covering her head, and white veil (in all the pic- 
 tures she wears the same costume); the angel in white with 
 green wings; dove descending on gold rays. 
 
 /. 46. (Ad Laudes.) The Visitation. The Virgin at the left, St. 
 Elizabeth kneeling before her; she wears a golden-brown dress 
 and an elaborate white headdress. 
 
 /. 5p. (Ad Primam.) Nativity. The Holy Family in the stable 
 with the ox and the ass; shepherds looking through the win- 
 dow; gold rays coming through an opening in the roof. 
 
 p. 65. (Ad Terdam.) The Angel appearing to the Shepherds. 
 
 /. 77. (Ad Sextant.) Adoration of the Magi. The Virgin and 
 Child at the right; the oldest king, in crimson with wide ermine 
 collar, his head bare, kneels and offers a cup filled with gold 
 pieces; the second king, in purple with an ermine collar, has 
 just removed his crown and holds a covered gold cup; the 
 youngest king, in green, crowned, holds a covered gold cup and 
 points upward; the star shines through an opening in the roof. 
 
 p. 76. (Ad Nonam.)The Presentation in the Temple. St. Simeon 
 at the left in a crimson vestment with gold border, his jewelled 
 gold mitre on the altar; he holds the Child on a white towel; 
 the Child reaches toward the Madonna, who kneels in adoration 
 at the right; behind her stands St. Joseph holding a candle and 
 offering a basket with two doves ; a tonsured priest holds an open 
 book at the farther end of the altar; several men behind him; 
 over the altar a canopy of crimson and gold brocade. 
 /. 82. (Ad Vesperas.) Flight into Egypt. St. Joseph leads the ass 
 to the left; the Child wears a crimson and gold dress. 
 /. Ql. (AdCompktorium.) Assumption of the Virgin. Half-figure 
 20
 
 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 of the Virgin, rising from a blue cloud, surrounded by rays of 
 gold against a green background; instead of her white veil, she 
 wears a jewelled crown ; on either side, below, three angel heads ; 
 similarly, above, four seraphim. 
 
 p. ll$. Crucifixion. Madonna at the left, St. John at the right, 
 Magdalen embracing the cross, the three Marys in the back- 
 ground. 
 
 /. 121, Feast of Pentecost, Descent of the Holy Ghost. The 
 Virgin in the centre surrounded by the twelve apostles; dove 
 descending in rays of gold and little tongues of flame. 
 p, 126. David, wearing a gold crown and gown of gold and 
 crimson brocade trimmed with ermine, kneeling with uplifted 
 hands, gazes at a figure appearing in the sky holding three gold 
 arrows; beside the king is his harp; charming city in the dis- 
 tance. 
 
 /. 150. Job and his Comforters. The emaciated old man, with 
 a ragged white cloth about his loins, reclines at the left; two 
 men in rich clothing kneel beside him, one of them reasoning 
 with him, the other in the attitude of adoration ; a servant stands 
 behind the latter. 
 
 The smaller pictures, all half-length figures, are as follows : 
 
 p. 16. St. Luke, in a crimson gown with purple collar, writing 
 
 in a book, the Ox at the right. 
 
 p. 18. St. Matthew, white-haired, in a blue tunic and purple 
 
 mantle, writing; the Angel holds an open book at the end of his 
 
 table. 
 
 /. 20. St. Mark, in a blue gown with crimson and gold brocade 
 
 collar and cuffs, and a red cap, the Lion at the left. 
 
 /. 2O2. The Trinity. God the Father on the right, wearing a 
 
 tiara and holding the orb; the Son on the left holding a cross; 
 
 they wear purple tunics and a crimson mantle and hold an 
 
 open book; between them, the symbol of the Holy Spirit; gold 
 
 background. 
 
 /. 2Oj. St. Michael, with crimson wings, gold armour, and red 
 
 shield, carrying a cross; blue background. 
 
 /. 203. St. John Baptist, with Lamb on a book. 
 
 /. 204. St. John the Evangelist, with chalice. 
 
 /. 205, St. Peter and St. Paul. St. Peter at the left, with key; 
 
 St. Paul with sword and book. 
 
 21
 
 HORAE (CONTINUED) 
 
 /. 206. St. James as a pilgrim, with staff and wallet, a shell on 
 his hat, reading a book as he walks. 
 /. 207. St. Sebastian. 
 
 /. 208. St. Anthony, in dark habit, with blue T-cross on his 
 cloak, carrying a crutch-stick, a pig walking beside him; in the 
 background, a green hedge and a church. 
 p. 2OQ. St. Anne. She is seated at the left, holding an open book 
 from which the kneeling Virgin reads. 
 
 p. 2IO. St. Mary Magdalen, with the box of precious ointment. 
 p. 211. St. Catherine of Alexandria. She is crowned and wears 
 a gold mantle lined with ermine, a crimson bodice trimmed 
 with ermine, and a green skirt; she carries a palm branch and 
 a sword ; beside her, a wheel. 
 
 /. 212. St. Barbara in a purple dress trimmed with ermine, and 
 a crimson mantle; she carries a palm branch and a tower. 
 p. 213. The dead Christ, supported by two angels. 
 /. 215. St. Bernard. He wears the Cistercian habit, holds an 
 open book, and is addressing the devil, who stands at the right 
 with folded arms ; the devil has crimson head and horns, golden- 
 bronze body, purple wings, and green legs. 
 /. 222. Madonna nursing Child. Instead of a white veil, she 
 wears a crown; gold background. 
 
 /. 228. Madonna and Child in a stone room with diamond- 
 paned windows showing blue sky. 
 /. 232. Holy Family. 
 
 /. 236. Christ crowned with thorns and Madonna. 
 /. 24.2. Annunciation. Virgin standing at the right, Gabriel at 
 the left in a crimson tunic and green wings, carrying a long gold 
 rod ; dove in the centre, above. 
 
 CHOIR BOOK 
 
 Vellum, 24 x 17, ff. 154 + 2; six lines of music 
 (four-line stave) and six of text to a page; cent, 
 xvin (1733); in a large Gothic hand. Original 
 binding, brown leather over thick boards, with 
 large pierced brass corners and medallions on the 
 sides (Madonna and Child in medallion on front 
 
 22
 
 CHOIR BOOK (CONTINUED) 
 
 cover; coat of arms of St. Dominic in the other). 
 This volume is said to have been recovered from 
 a shipwreck in the Bay of Naples, and has suffered 
 from the action of water. The copyist's name on 
 the inside of the cover is almost illegible, but the 
 date is plain, scripsit anno dm 1733. At the bot- 
 tom off. 152 b, also somewhat obscured, is Fr. 
 Hieronym 9 . Notanus (?) ex . . . vincia S. Catherine 
 de senis scribebat ano dni the date is omitted. Gift 
 of George A. Gardner. 
 
 Collation: fly-leaf, /Wj 8 , /<5 8 (+^), if, l8\ I <f, fly- 
 leaf. The leaves are numbered at the top, but number! 35 
 4.4. are omitted '; they are correctly numbered at the bottom. 
 There is a hastily written index on the inside of the front 
 cover. 
 
 Content! 
 
 Chants for the following Feasts: 
 f. I. St. Andrew. 
 / 21. St. Nicholas. 
 f. 29. St. Lucy. 
 f. 34. St. Thomas, the Apostle. 
 f. 36. St. Stephen, Protomartyr. 
 f. 42. St. John, the Evangelist. 
 f. 41 b. Holy Innocents. 
 f.JS- St. Agnes. 
 / 6l. St. Vincent. 
 / /j. Conversion of St. Paul. 
 / 95 b. St. Agatha. 
 / 102. Cathedra of St. Peter. 
 / JOS- SS. Philip and James. 
 f.li6b. Corona Domini. 
 f. 123. St. Michael Archangel. 
 / / 128. Nativity of St. John Baptist. 
 f. 150. Holy Martyrs John and Paul.
 
 CHOIR BOOK (CONTINUED) 
 
 Decorations: Seven pages, ff. i, 21, 29, 42, 61 b, 73, 128, are 
 decorated with sumptuous borders of large foliated scrolls, beau- 
 tifully drawn in brilliant colours. On f. I, the border goes all 
 around the page; on the other six pages, the border goes across 
 the top and down the outer margin, only the outer band of gold 
 being continued around the page. Each of these pages has an 
 historiated initial, about seven inches square, the letter of gold, 
 on a square of red or blue (f. 73, green), decorated with delicate 
 scrolls in white and flourishes in gold, the whole enclosed in a 
 square frame of gold. 
 
 f. I. The scrolls of the border are crimson, blue, green, red, and 
 gold; the sides are alike; at the corners are medallions with pic- 
 tures of the archangels, upper left, Michael, lower left, Raphael 
 with Tobias; the other two are much blurred, but are prob- 
 ably, upper right, Gabriel, lower right, Uriel; in the centre of 
 the lower border are the arms of St. Dominic. 
 Initial U, The Calling of Andrew. Christ at the right, in a blue 
 tunic and crimson mantle; Andrew kneeling before him, in 
 light green tunic and reddish yellow mantle; on the lake in the 
 background, a boat with two fishermen. 
 
 f. 21. There are fewer colours in the border; the scrolls are all 
 green and gold, with roses and strawberries in red, white, and 
 gold; the space enclosed by the scrolls is purple with flourishes in 
 white, the space outside the scrolls is filled with blue flourishes. 
 Initial A, St. Nicholas. He wears a white tunic, crimson mantle 
 lined with blue and bordered with a pattern in gold, and a 
 crimson mitre, and carries a crozier. 
 
 f. 29. Initial U, St. Lucy. She wears a white and gold dress, 
 lavender and gold overdress, and yellow mantle, and carries her 
 eyes on a saucer in her right hand, and a palm branch in her left. 
 f. 42. Initial U, St. John on Patmos. St. John, represented as a 
 young man, is seated at the left; he wears a green tunic and red 
 mantle, and is writing in a book while he gazes upward at a 
 vision of the Virgin standing on a crescent moon ; she wears a 
 crimson dress, blue mantle, and gold crown, and has a halo of 
 stars; the Eagle standing at the feet of St. John holds an ink- 
 well suspended from his beak. 
 
 f. 6l. Initial I, St. Vincent. He kneels at the left, gazing up 
 at a cherub appearing from heaven with a crown; he wears a 
 crimson vestment over a white tunic. 
 
 24
 
 CHOIR BOOK (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. /J. Initial S, Conversion of St. Paul. Above, half-figure of 
 Christ in glory, a crimson scarf floating behind him, cherubs' 
 heads on a cloud around him ; below, St. Paul, on his knees, lean- 
 ing back against his white horse which has fallen to the ground; 
 St. Paul wears a blue cuirass over a yellow tunic, his helmet lies 
 nearby; a group of soldiers hurrying away at the right; a sol- 
 dier rushing up at the left. 
 
 f. 128. Initial I, Annunciation to Zacharias. Angel appearing 
 over altar at the right ; Zacharias with a group of people at the left. 
 
 There are, besides, four kinds of decorative initials: 
 
 1st. Plain letters, about if inches high, in blue or red. 
 
 2nd. Simple letters, z| x z\ inches, in red with blue flourishes, 
 
 or blue with crimson or red flourishes. 
 
 3rd. Similar red and blue letters, 3^x3^ inches, with more elab- 
 orate scroll ornament, the whole enclosed in a square frame, the 
 colour of the letter. 
 
 4th. Large plain letters of gold, set in a square gold frame, 3$ x 
 3$ inches, the space within the letter blue, the space around it 
 red, or vice versa, and both these grounds covered with white 
 scrolls and gold flourishes. There are thirty-three of these let- 
 ters, on ff. 24, 31, 36, 38 b, 44 b, 46 b, 47 b, 50 b, 55 b, 58 b, 
 65 b, 68, 73 b, 74b,97b, 101, 105, io6b, 107, nob, 115, 
 1 16, 1 16 b, 1 18 b, 1 19, 124 b (2), 128 b, 129, 143 b, 145, 
 150,151. 
 
 THE ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATION 
 OF THE LORD'S SUPPER 
 
 Vellum, 5^ x 4^, ff. 7; 14 lines to a page; cent, xix; 
 written in a beautiful Gothic hand and decorated 
 by Andreas Andersen for I. S. G. Loose leaves in 
 an old Venetian binding. 
 
 Contains the opening prayers, the Commandments, and part of 
 the next prayer. 
 
 The decorations are chiefly in light green, pink, lavender, light 
 blue, and gold. 
 
 f. I. Title-page. Solid border on three sides, ground green, with 
 designs in pinks and blues; at the bottom, the Stewart coat of
 
 THE ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATION, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 arms in gold and blue ; at the side, a white dove; at the top, a 
 
 parrot and a peacock. Three illuminated initials: T in dark and 
 
 light blue on a square of gold, the centre filled with green on 
 
 which is a figure in light green; L in red; H in gold on a blue 
 
 ground. 
 
 f. I b. Madonna carrying the Child, and walking in a meadow. 
 
 f. 4. At the top, two peacocks in lavender, green, blue, and gold, 
 on a green ground, with green and lavender scrolls. 
 
 f. 7. Madonna and Child with Angel ; brilliant deep blue back- 
 ground with gold rays from upper left corner. 
 
 f.fb. Small figure of a lady kneeling in prayer; she is dressed 
 in blue; green background of a shape suggesting a butterfly; 
 opposite, a white pigeon. 
 
 VIRGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. AENEID 
 Paper, I2i x 81, ff. 140; 36 lines to a page; cent, 
 xiv ; cursive hand, pale brown ink. Binding: brown 
 leather, with blind and gold tooling on back and 
 sides. It has the book-plate of Nath. Cholmley. 
 Collation: I 10 -j 10 ,4 ll -io ll y //'+, 12". 
 
 Contains the twelve boob of the Aeneid, each one, except the 
 first, preceded by an Argutnentum in the metre of the poem. 
 At the end: "Publij maronis virgilij eneis p iohanne d'rouado 
 mascripta est die xxiiij ms novebr orasa." There are no decora- 
 tions, although space is left at the beginning of each book and 
 of each argument for an illuminated initial. The first pages 
 have numerous glosses in very fine script; these become gradu- 
 ally less frequent, and for the later portions of the book there are 
 almost none. "Jesus" is written at the top of several pages, and 
 "Jesus christus" at the top of one. The water-mark is a round 
 tower with three battlements. 
 
 DANTE ALIGHIERI. DIVINA COMEDIA 
 Vellum, 10$ x yi, ff. 135 + 4; double columns of 
 43 lines; cent, xiv; beautifully written in a fine 
 clear hand. Binding: light brown morocco with 
 26
 
 DANTE ALIGHIERI (CONTINUED) 
 blind tooling. It has the book-plate of The 
 Hon b ! e Frederic North, on which is pencilled the 
 name Boutourlin; on the first fly-leaf is pencilled 
 Barrois; below in another hand, With the Com- 
 mentaries' of Boccaccio; manuscripts of this sort of ex- 
 treme rarity. At the bottom of the first page of text 
 is a blurred stamp. From Lord Guildford's and 
 the Barrois Collections, at the Ashburnham Sale, 
 June 10, 1901. 
 
 Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), I (irregular, 8 leaves), 2 l 
 // I0 , I2\ 7J', 14", 15 (5 left), 2 fly-leaves (paper). 
 
 The text of the poem begins on the first page of the second 
 quire; beginning with that page, the leaves were numbered by 
 the copyist in red Roman numerals, i cxxxi ; cxxvij and cxxviij 
 (blank) were removed and bound at the front of the book; 
 cxxviiij has disappeared. There is a later foliation in black ara- 
 bic numerals, starting with the first page of text. The edges 
 have been slightly cut. The catchwords of the quires are writ- 
 ten in the centre of the bottom margin, surrounded by simple 
 flourishes. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f. (j). Inchomincia la tauola de' chapitoli della chonmedia di 
 dante allighierj cittadino di firenze. 
 
 f. (6). Inchomincia II prolaghoz la forma di questaopa Et in 
 che stato era lautore quando la chompuose v che forma da a 
 tutto II libro z dicie cosi. 
 
 f. j. Comincia la chomedia di date alighierj da firenze. 
 
 f. xxviiij (b). Comincia la secoda parte di dante cioe II purgha- 
 torio. 
 
 f. Ivilj. Chomincia la terza parte della chonmedia di dante 
 chiamata paradise. [The first six lines of the Paradiso are given in 
 the middle of the second column, otherwise blank, except for two 
 lines at the top; the Paradiso really begins on the verso of this 
 leaf, where these six lines are repeated with a superb initial.] 
 
 f. Ixxxvij (b). Questo chapitolo fecie Jacopo figluolo di dante
 
 DANTE ALIGHIERI (CONTINUED) 
 
 allighieri, II qual parla sopra tutta la chonmedia del detto dante 
 poeta fiorentino. 
 
 f. Ixxxviij. Questo chapitolo fece Mess busone da ghobbio. [It 
 begins on the next page.] 
 
 f. Ixxxviiij. Chomincia II trattato che fecie lo illustro poeta 
 Mess giouani di bocchaccio da certaldo sopra dante. 
 f. cilj. Inchominciano le chiose di dante alleghierj da firenze. 
 f. cxxiij. There are only two lines in the first column on this page, 
 after which is written in another hand, "finis laus do" The 
 remaining leaves are blank. 
 
 Decorations: The headings to the cantos are in red; the first let- 
 ters of the cantos are alternately red and blue, each one delicately 
 and charmingly ornamented with pen flourishes in the other col- 
 our, carried to various distances. The first letter of each tiercet 
 is a capital filled with yellow. The table of contents has orna- 
 ments in red and blue. 
 
 The first letter of the prologue is a large N of rounded form in 
 red with insertions of blue, the centre filled with a geometrical 
 pattern in red and white, the exterior surrounded by a delicate 
 design in blue making a square, at the left corners of which, 
 above and below, are concentric circles of blue and yellow en- 
 closing a little design in red and white; a marvellously executed 
 line and leaf design in blue, yellow, and gold makes a border on 
 the left side of the page and across the bottom. 
 The first page of the Commedia is surrounded by a border of 
 bold design of scrolls, etc., springing from the initial N; the 
 colours are blue, orange, green, lavender, and gold; towards the 
 bottom of the right margin is a bird's head, in lavender, with a 
 long bill. The round N is orange broken by foliated scrolls of 
 various colours against a square background of very fine gold. 
 Within the letter on a gold ground is a portrait of Dante wear- 
 ing a blue gown and blue hood over a white cap with a strap 
 under his chin. He holds red books in his left hand and rests his 
 right against the side of the N. The letters "EL MEZZO" are 
 arranged in a column at the right of the N. 
 The initial P at the beginning of the Purgatorio is of the same 
 style, but the border extends only along the left margin of the 
 page and halfway across the bottom, where it ends in the 
 crested head of a blue bird with long yellow beak seizing a 
 small gold sun. The letter is filled with a simple design of foli- 
 28
 
 DANTE ALIGHIERI (CONTINUED) 
 
 ated scrolls in orange, green, blue, and gold. The letters "ER 
 CORRER" are arranged in a column at the right. 
 The decoration on the first page of the Paradiso extends almost 
 around the page; the initial L is set on a square of gold; in the 
 centre, against a blue ground, is a half-figuf e of Christ in a man- 
 dorla; He wears a red tunic and a blue doak, and has a gold 
 nimbus; His right hand is raised in the attitude of blessing, and 
 in His left He holds a red book. 
 
 The Trattato of Boccaccio begins with a similar initial N at the 
 top of the second column of the page, the decoration extending 
 across the top of the page; the centre of the letter is filled with 
 leaf forms in blue and white and lavender and white, enclos- 
 ing a geometrical figure. The Dante picchelo of Boccaccio begins 
 with an initial C in the same style. The centre of this initial is 
 filled with a design very like the one in the initial of the Pur- 
 gatorio. 
 
 FORM AND MANNER OF KEEPING THE 
 PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND 
 
 Vellum, 8ix6i; ff. 36 + 10; cent, xvi; written for 
 Edward VI. Binding: old red morocco. On f. 2, 
 No. 24. Edw. Coke Attornatgen: ex dono m" Britten. 
 Notes in the same hand at the bottom of the page. 
 
 Collation: the book is too tightly bound to admit of collation. 
 The first six pages are numbered 1-6; after that the leaves 
 are numbered J 3 J. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 p. 5. Table of contents. 
 
 f. 13. Here foloweth the fourme and maner of the kepinge of 
 
 the Parleament of Englande. 
 
 f. 2^ b. The maner and forme and vsage of Gilbert de Strogell 
 
 mshall of Englande. 
 
 f. 32. Here foloweth the mafi and custome of the vsages of 
 
 Thomas Brotherton which he hadd and vsed in the office of the 
 
 Marshallsie. 
 
 f. 32 b. This lytle treatyse hereafter folowinge maketh a breeff 
 
 mcncion and declaracion of certeyne rightes which of aunciente 
 
 2 9
 
 FORM AND MANNER, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 and laudable custome of Englande ought to pteyne to the Mar- 
 shall in tyme of warre. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 p. J. Arms of the Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk, emblazoned. 
 
 f>. 4. Arms of Edward VI, emblazoned. 
 
 f. 13. Edward VI opening Parliament. The young king en- 
 throned under a gold canopy, which seems to serve as an initial 
 T, holds the sceptre and the orb; his robes are cloth of gold 
 and ermine; at his feet is an oriental carpet; about him are the 
 officers of the court, the Earl Marshal with the sword, kings- 
 at-arms, etc. ; the carpet of the hall is green ; in the background, 
 a blue hanging with gold fleurs-de-lys and roses (?). 
 
 f. 26. Gold Gothic initial T on dull red ground ; within the ini- 
 tial, picture of the Earl Marshal standing in front of the throne, 
 attended by his four kings-at-arms; a green hanging behind the 
 throne; pavement of lozenge-shaped tiles. 
 
 f. 32 b. Similar, but smaller, Gothic initial T, with the same 
 subject; the Earl Marshal standing in front of the throne, with 
 one herald on either side; crimson hanging behind the throne; 
 blue background with design in darker blue and gold; green 
 carpet. From this initial a stem and leaf ornament of simple de- 
 sign extends across the top and down the margin of the page. 
 
 Throughout the book, the initials are gold on a red and blue 
 ground; simple groups of stems and leaves extend from the in- 
 itial in the margin, each group ending in a round spot of gold 
 and three green leaves, with spots of dull red. 
 
 MARIEGOLA BELLA SCUOLA DI SAN 
 GEMINIANO 
 
 Vellum, nl x 8 , ff. 79 4- 4 ; 25 lines to a page in the 
 original statutes ; beginning of cent, xvi to end of 
 cent. xvin. (The contract with the church was made 
 in 1504; the last entry was made in 1785.) Accord- 
 ing to the inventory on p. 71, this mariegola 
 was " fornida de arzento e couerta de ueludo cre- 
 mexin." There were evidently silver corners, and 
 
 30
 
 MARIEGOLA, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 large silver placques in the centre of the sides, 
 but these have all been removed, and the pile of 
 the velvet is worn off except where it was pro- 
 tected by the placques ; the colour is now a faded 
 pink. It has the book-plate of Edward Cheney 
 (see his "Remarks on the Illuminated Official 
 Manuscripts of the Venetian Republic," p. 24). 
 Below is written: Afterwards John Ruskins; now, 
 1900, mine. Charles Eliot Norton, and below that: 
 Now, 1903, mine , Isabella Stewart Gardner. 
 
 Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), /% 2 I2 ( + /, inserted be- 
 tween 2* and .?*), j 10 , ^ 8 , J 6 , <5" (// and 12 cancelled, 
 and IO ff. inserted between 6** and 6 l ), / l8 , 2 fly-leaves 
 (paper). 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f. I (). Pacta et Conuentiones inter Capfm. $ geminianj et 
 [*Soci]etate Scol^. Del afto 1 504 Inditio. vij: adi 29. marzo. 
 
 f. 3. Questa sie la tabula ouer registro del capitoli de la pre- 
 sente matricula per ordine distinct! zc. 
 
 The original index fills a page and a half; later additions filled 
 the blank half-page, and four leaves were inserted on which the 
 index is continued with this heading: "1686. 2 Marzo Noua 
 Aggionta delF Indice." The secretary of that date paged the vol- 
 ume to the end of his record, p. 88. There are no subsequent 
 additions to the index, but later hands have continued the pagi- 
 nation to 145. The odd numbers are on the left-hand pages, 
 and the inserted pages of the index are omitted in the number- 
 ing, which, for convenience, will be followed in the rest of this 
 description. 
 
 p. 7. M.D. vi. Die xxvij Aprilis: In Consilio Decem: Q Auc- 
 toritate huius Conscilij Concedatur Plebano et Parochianis Ec- 
 clesie Sancti geminiani de Venetijs Che in quella possino leuar 
 una fraternita soto vocabulo del Corpo di christo . . . 
 
 loanes iacobus de Michaelibus 
 Secretarius Consilij scripsit. 
 
 *The leafis mutilated. 
 
 3 1
 
 MARIEGOLA, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 p. IO. Ad honorem laudem et gloriam beatissimetrinitatis . . . 
 This is the first page of the charter, which begins with various 
 benedictions, followed by a statement of the purposes of the con- 
 fraternity. 
 pp. 1426. The original statutes of the Confraternity. 
 
 The rest of the book contains additions to the statutes, extracts 
 of wills making bequests to the Scuola, copies of decrees affect- 
 ing it, records of meetings, etc., written in a great variety of 
 hands. On pp. 71-74 is an inventory of the possessions of the 
 Scuola at the chucch. This inventory comes between entries 
 dated 1636 and 1639. The second item is this very book, "Una 
 maregola fornida de arzento e couerta de ueludo cremexin." 
 The last entry, p. 145, is dated 1785: 10 Febraro. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 p. p. Full-page picture with a border of repeating design of flower 
 and foliage forms in blue, crimson, green, and gold on a gold 
 ground ; at the bottom, in the centre, is a green wreath within 
 which on a blue ground are the letters I H S in gold. In 
 the picture, members of the Scuola, holding tall candles, are 
 kneeling on either side; in the middle stands a young priest 
 facing to the right, holding a monstrance; he wears a white cas- 
 sock and a red cope with a design in gold; facing him is a man 
 in white kneeling, supporting a large standard, on which are 
 two angels at the right and left of a chalice, from which rises a 
 half-figure of the Christ, with blood flowing from His wounds, 
 His hands held by the angels. The angel at the right has a green 
 tunic and red wings; the other, a red tunic and green wings. 
 The background is a landscape. 
 
 /. IO. Has a similar border; in the wreath at the bottom is a 
 bishop with his crozier, on a blue ground; in the centre at the 
 top, the Lion of St. Mark on a blue ground. In the initial N, 
 God the Father, with the orb, blessing ; He wears a red tunic 
 and blue mantle. 
 
 The initial of each of the original eighteen statutes is formed 
 of foliated scrolls on a square gold ground. Each initial is deco- 
 rated with a vine and leaf design with flowers and scrolls.
 
 CAPITOLARE DI DOMENICO DIEDO 
 
 Commission from Doge Christopho^o Moro ap- 
 pointing Domenico Diedo Procuratore di San 
 Marco. Vellum, n x 8, ff. 26 + 3; 23 lines to a 
 page; cent, xv (Christophoro Moro was Doge 
 1462-1471); beautifully written in a clear and 
 precise hand. Bound in red velvet. 
 Collation: 2 fly-leaves, i-2 l ,j (6 left), i fly-leaf. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 f. I. Incipiunt capitula commission is domini dominici diedo 
 
 procurations ecclesie sancti marci apostoli et euangeliste. 
 
 / 4. Blank. 
 
 f.f. Nos xpoforus mauro dei gratia dux uenetiarum zc Com- 
 mittimus tibi nobili uiro dominico diedo procuratori ecclesie 
 nostre sancti marci. Below, Sacrametuj. 
 
 This oath is followed by the statutes of the office, which the 
 procurator swore to obey. There are forty-nine in the index, 
 which it was evidently expected would be extended on the 
 following blank leaf. There are fifty-three of the statutes them- 
 selves, with a blank leaf for additions. 
 
 The heading of the index and of each of the statutes in the 
 text is in red. The initials in the index are alternately red with 
 simple pen decorations in violet, and blue with decorations in 
 red. The initials of the statutes alternate in the same way, but 
 the delicate and elaborate pen flourishes extend the length of the 
 page. There are only seven pages without such ornament. 
 
 The chief decoration is on the first page of the commission 
 (f. 5). This has a very beautiful border of vines and flowers in 
 blue, crimson, green, and gold; at the bottom, in the centre, 
 two cherubs with crimson wings, standing on blue clouds, sup- 
 port a green wreath enclosing, against a black ground covered 
 with very fine white flourishes, a shield with the Diedo coat 
 of arms. The initial N at the top of the page is crimson cov- 
 ered with delicate white flourishes, and set on a square of gold; 
 within the N on a black ground covered with white flourishes 
 is a figure of foliated scrolls in green, blue, and crimson, touched 
 up with white. The Sacramentum has an exquisite initial I of 
 scroll design in blue, crimson, and gold, set in a rectangle of 
 vine and flower forms like the border. 
 
 33
 
 COMMISSIONE DUCALE 
 
 Commission appointing Antonio Georgio Podesta 
 of Oderzo. Vellum, 9! x 61, ff. 66 + 2 ; 2 5 lines to a 
 page; cent, xvi (i 536); in Latin, written at Venice 
 in a very clear cursive hand. Original binding of 
 brown leather with gold tooling; in a circle on the 
 front cover, "ANTONII GEORGIO," and similarly on 
 the reverse cover, "M.D.XXXVI." 
 Collation: I fly-leaf (paper), 7 IO -rf 10 , 7*, / fly-leaf '(paper). 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f. I. Nos ANDREAS GRITI DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIARVM ET 
 CAETERA. 
 
 COMMITTIMVS. Tibi Nob. V. Antonio Georgio, dilecto Ciui, 
 et fideli nostro, quod in bona gra uadas et sis Potestas de nostro 
 mandato Opitergij, per menses, xvi, et tantum plus quantum 
 successor tuus illuc uenire distulerit: habendo ad honorem nos- 
 tram, et bonum statum et conseruationem dict terre bonam et 
 diligentem curam. 
 
 At the bottom of the page, below the border, is the date, 1536. 
 
 The rest of the book consists of the statutes to be followed in 
 administering his office. They end on f. 61 (b), and are dated 
 and signed: Datj in nro ducali Palatio, die I Septembris In- 
 dictione X. M D xxxvj. 
 
 Hier' murianus, 
 
 Secretarius 
 
 On the following three pages are entries in different hands; 
 then six blank pages, and on the last page statements regard- 
 ing salaries. The regulations are minute: f. 49, De seruis fugi- 
 tiuis; f. 49 (b), De negocijs publicis non scribal 1 priuatis; f. 54, 
 De non ducendo filium pro socio nee aliquem de maiori Cons?, 
 etc. 
 
 The initial of each statute is red; otherwise the only decora- 
 tion is the elaborate first page. A band of gold, edged with 
 yellowish-brown, surrounds the page, and is broken at the top 
 and bottom to include elliptical medallions, between which it 
 frames a central rectangular panel. The upper half of this panel 
 contains the words "Nos . . . Caetera" in gold on an elliptical 
 ground of beautiful red; this ellipse is enclosed in a rectangular 
 
 34
 
 COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED) 
 
 green band, the space around the ellipse being crimson with sil- 
 ver tracery. The lower half of the panel furnishes a plain back- 
 ground for text, with a simple initial C on a square blue ground. 
 In the medallion at the top of the page is the Lion of St. 
 Mark in gold against a light blue ground (green in the lower 
 left corner) ; he has a dark halo, violet wings, and holds a red 
 book closed. In the medallion below is a coat of arms on a blue 
 ground (a strip of green across the bottom). The ground of the 
 border in the upper left and lower right corners is green, in the 
 other corners blue; where the colours meet on the sides, there 
 is a vertical medallion of violet; in each of these compartments 
 there is a handsome design of leaf and flower forms in gold. 
 
 COMMISSIONS DUCALE 
 
 Commission appointing Vincenzo Gritti Gov- 
 ernor of Udine. Vellum, 9! x 6,ff.98 + 2; 23 lines 
 to a page; cent, xvi (1546); in Latin, written at 
 Venice in a clear cursive hand. Original binding 
 of brown leather with gold tooling; in a circle on 
 the front cover, the Lion of St. Mark ; at the left 
 and right of the circle, the initials V. G.; in the 
 circle on the reverse cover, a seated figure of Ven- 
 ice with the attributes of Justice. 
 
 Collation: I fly-leaf (paper), i l -zo l (jf and 6 cane.}, I fly- 
 leaf '(paper]. The ff. have been numbered, but asf.jo was 
 skipped, the numbering is incorrect. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 f. I. Nos. FRANCISCVS DONATO DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIARVM 
 
 fcfr. 
 
 f. I (b). Committimus tibi nobili viro Vincentio Gritti, dilecto 
 ciui et fideli nostro, quod de nostro mandate uadas I nostrum 
 locu tenentem, terrae nostrae Vtini ac totius patriae : etc. 
 
 f. 94. Datj In nfo ducali Palatio die 27 lulii Indict. 4'.* M. D. 
 xxxxvi: 
 
 H. murianus 
 
 Secret. 
 
 35
 
 COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED) 
 
 It is interesting to compare this signature with the one written 
 ten years earlier in the commission of Antonio Georgio. 
 
 The headings and first words of the statutes are in red. The 
 initials of the statutes are supplied in red through f. 10; they 
 are entirely omitted on ff. 1 1-18 (a), but have been put in in 
 red by a later hand in the rest of the book. 
 
 The first page is elaborately painted. The few words of text are 
 in gold on an elliptical crimson ground in a yellow cartouche 
 set in a rectangle the corners of which are filled in with purple. 
 On this rectangle stands the Lion of St. Mark in gold, against 
 a blue sky; above, surrounded by clouds, is a half-length fig- 
 ure of the Madonna and Child; in a medallion at the bottom, 
 two cherubs support a cartouche on which is the Gritti coat of 
 arms; in a medallion at the left, St. Francis receiving the stig- 
 mata; in one at the right, a Dominican saint holding a flaming 
 heart (?) and a blue book; the corners of the page are filled with 
 armour and military trophies in gold and black on a black ground. 
 
 COMMISSIONE DUCALE 
 
 Commission appointing Girolamo Morosini Cap- 
 tain of Brescia. Vellum, 8f x 6, ff. 118+3522 lines 
 to a page; cent, xvi (1547); written at Venice iik 
 a very fine clear hand. Bound in brown leather,*^ 
 with the original gold-tooled sides; "HIERONYMI I 
 MAVROCENO" in a circle on the front cover, and 
 ".M.D.XLVII." in a circle on the reverse cover. On 
 the inside of the cover, Mr. C. E. Norton has writ- 
 ten in pencil : Girolamo Morosini died 1 570. v. Cico- 
 gna. Inscr. Fenez. 6. 594. Francesco Donatoborn 1468, 
 Doge 1545, died 1553. v. Cicogna. I. 60. 
 
 Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), / 10 -/o 10 , 7/ 8 , I fly-leaf 
 (paper). The ff. are numbered up to 114.. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f. J. Nos FRANCISCVS DONATO DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIA^ I3c. 
 
 f. I (6). COMMITTIMVS tibi NobiliViroHieronymo Mauroceno
 
 COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED) 
 
 dilecto ciui, et fideli, quod de mandate nostro uadas, et sis ciui- 
 tatis nostrae Brixiae capitaneus per meses xvi., etc. 
 
 The text is in Latin as far as f. 91 (b); the remainder is in 
 
 Italian except the last statute, f. 1 1 8 (b), " De modo summendi 
 
 denuncias contra blasphematores," and the usual oath and date 
 
 on f. 119: Jurasti honorem, & proficuum dominij nostri eundo, 
 
 stando, et redeundo: 
 
 Datj In nfo ducali Palatio die xvij Julij. Indict, v. M. D. 
 
 xxxxvij 
 
 H. Murianus, 
 
 Secret. 
 
 The headings and initials of the statutes are in red. The first 
 page is elaborately painted by a skilful artist. It is framed by 
 a narrow band of crimson edged with gold; in the upper half 
 is a large medallion with a portrait of Morosini at the right; 
 he has a short brown beard and wears a purple gown edged 
 with white fur fastened up to his throat; his hands are clasped 
 in adoration; above, in the centre, the Trinity; a little lower, 
 at the left, the Madonna and Child; below, a landscape rep- 
 resenting a walled town by the sea with green fields in the fore- 
 ground and blue hills in the distance. Below this medallion 
 is a small yellow cartouche with the few words of text in gold 
 on a crimson ground; in a small space between the medallion 
 and the cartouche, the Lion of St. Mark in gold on a crimson 
 ground. Below the cartouche is another medallion, in which 
 on a cartouche suspended by a ribbon against a landscape back- 
 ground are emblazoned the Morosini arms. The rest of the 
 page has a black ground on which are graceful foliated scrolls 
 in gold with flowers in blue and violet, a laurel branch in gold 
 at the left of the cartouche containing the text, a palm branch 
 at the right. At the extreme left, below the large medallion, 
 are the words "ANNO JETATIS," and at the right, "xxxxv." 
 
 COMMISSIONE DUCALE 
 
 Commission appointing Antonio Bragadini (?) 
 Podesta of Noale. Vellum, 9 x 6i, ff. 180 + 2; 
 23 lines to a page; cent, xvi (1578); in Italian, 
 written at Venice in a very clear cursive hand. 
 Original red morocco binding, with gold tooling; 
 
 37
 
 COMMISSIONE DUCALE (CONTINUED) 
 
 in an oval on the front cover the Lion of St. Mark 
 is cut and gilded; similarly, on the reverse cover, 
 the Bragadini arms are cut and emblazoned. On 
 the inside of the cover, Mr. C. E. Norton has 
 written in pencil : Probably Anton Bragadin, son of 
 MarcantoniOy the hero and martyr of Famagosta in 
 1571 (cf. c. 1 60 b). 'The shield on the cover is that of 
 the Bragadini. 
 
 Collation: I fly-leaf '(paper), / I0 -/c? 10 , I fly-leaf (paper). 
 The ff. are numbered through i6j. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f.l (b). Nos NICOLA vs DE PONTE DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIARU; 
 
 ETC. COMMETTEMO 
 
 a te Nobil huomo , diletto Cittadin, 
 
 et fidel nostro, che in buona gratia uadi et sij Podesta di nostro 
 commandameto di Noal per mesi xvi . . . 
 
 The name which was written in has been erased here and also 
 on f. 1 68. The usual date with the signature of the Secretary, 
 which should follow the oath (f. 167 b) is lacking, suggesting 
 that after the Commission had been written and illuminated, 
 something prevented its delivery. 
 
 f. 171. Repertorivm. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 On f. I (b) the words "Nos . . . Commettemo" are in gold. 
 
 The headings and initials of the statutes are in red or violet. 
 
 The chief decoration is on the first page, which is entirely filled 
 by a picture in a heavy ornate oval gold frame. The small spaces 
 at the corners and an escutcheon at the bottom are filled in 
 with purple. The picture represents St. Mark, in a yellow tunic 
 and violet mantle, presenting the new official to the Madonna 
 and Child. The handsome but swarthy official wears a crimson 
 gown lined with brown fur, and is apparently kneeling in ado- 
 ration. The head of the Lion is squeezed in between him and 
 the Virgin, who is seated at the left, her right hand clasped to 
 her breast, her left hand supporting the Child, who leans for- 
 ward in an attitude of benediction. The Madonna wears a crim- 
 Son gown and a blue mantle which covers her head. The Child 
 
 38
 
 COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED) 
 
 stands on a white cushion on a pedestal of green and white 
 marble; in His left hand He holds a small gold cross. A green 
 curtain is draped behind the Virgin, partly concealing a column 
 on a high base; above, in the centre, the symbol of the Holy 
 Ghost in irradiated clouds; a landscape in the background. 
 
 CAPITOLARE DEL CONSIGLIERE MARC 
 ANTONIO LOREDAN 
 
 Vellum, 94 x 61, ff-47 + i; 19 lines to a page; cent, 
 xvn (1607); written in a commonplace cursive 
 hand. Original crimson velvet binding. The Lore- 
 dan arms are stamped on the bottom off. i. On 
 the fly-leaf Mr. C. E. Norton has written in pen- 
 cil : Doge Leonardo Donato 1 60616 1 2. 'These Capi- 
 tolari of the Counsellors of the Doge are of great rar- 
 ity r , which is to be accounted for probably by their be- 
 ing returned to the Ducal Chancery by the Counsellor 
 at the close of his term of service. (See Cheney, " Re- 
 marks on the Illuminated Official Manuscripts of 
 the Venetian Republic," p. 50.) 
 
 Collation: I fly-leaf (paper}, i lo -j l (8, p, 10, wanting). 
 Theff. are numbered except the last, which should be 4.7; this 
 number has been put on f. 4.6, and number 4.6 is omitted. 
 Several quires have been torn out at the back, presumably the 
 "promts stone" of the Doge; something is also missing at the 
 front, but probably only an illuminated leaf. The Capita/are 
 is intact. It begins: 
 
 Givro lo Marc' Anto. Loredan Consegliero di venetia del ses- 
 tier de staS # alii santi euangeli di Dio, che per fino che sar6 
 conseglier conseglier6 . . . 
 The first statute is as follows : 
 
 Di hauer a casa il capitolar. 
 
 Ancora son obbligato hauer a casa un capitolar in scriptis, et 
 leggerlo tutto, ouero farmelo legger almeno una fiata al mese, 
 et similmente la promissione del ser Principe, et quella leg- 
 
 39
 
 CAPITOLARE, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 ger, ouero farmi legger almeno una fiata ogni do' mesi ct quando 
 sara aggionto ad esso capitolar qualche cosa debbo sopra esso 
 capitolar quanto piu presto potr6 farlo sopra esso capitolar scriver 
 con buona fede, et otto giorni auanti il finir della mia conse- 
 glieria son tenuto restituir esso capitolar, et promissione. 
 
 The Capitolare is dated and signed at the end : 
 
 M: DC vij 
 
 Flaminio Barbaro 
 Nodaro Ducal. 
 
 There are no decorations except that the first words on f. I , in- 
 cluding the initial of " Consegliero," are in gold. 
 
 CAPITOLARE DI FRANCESCO CONTA- 
 RINI, PROCURATORE DI SAN MARCO 
 Vellum, 1 1 x yi, fF. 1 6 1 + 6 ; 20 lines to a page ; 
 cent, xvn (1615); partly in Latin, partly in Italian, 
 written in a fine cursive hand. Original crimson 
 velvet binding, the clasps missing. On the first fly- 
 leaf Mr. Norton has written in pencil: " 'The Capi- 
 ta lari of the Procurators are not common & some have 
 great beauty in the illumination" Cheney, Remarks 
 on ilium. Venetian Mss., p.6i. 
 
 Collation: j fly-leaves (paper)^ 7 2 (+/), 2 l -i6 l y // 8 , J 
 fly-leaves (paper). Beginning with the text of the statutes^ 
 f. 24., the book is paged from / to 276; the last lo ff. are 
 not numbered. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f.j (b~). Nel nome del SigF Dio; Incomincia la Tauola della 
 
 Comission del ClarSignor Franc? ContariniCaul fudel Clar m : 
 
 Sig! Bertuci eletto Procf adi xi Decembre 161 5. sotto il Princi- 
 
 pato del Ser"] D. D. Giouani Bembo . . . 
 
 The list of statutes begins on the following page and fills 26 
 
 pages; it is followed by 13 blank pages. 
 
 / 23 (b). IVRAMENTVM Clarissimorum Dominorum Pro- 
 curatorum Sancti Marci de citra Canali'. 
 
 4
 
 CAPITOLARE, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 The statutes begin on the next page, numbered I ; originally 
 they filled 276 pages; there are five pages and two lines of addi- 
 tions, followed by seven blank leaves. 
 
 Decorations : 
 
 f. 2 (b). Full-page picture, St. Francis presenting the new official 
 to the Madonna and Child. The Procurator, gray and bearded, 
 kneels in adoration at the right ; he wears a scarlet gown edged 
 with ermine, and a band of scarlet and gold brocade hangs over 
 his left arm; the Madonna, seated on a throne, wears a crimson 
 gown, blue mantle, and white veil; the Child is seated on a 
 green cushion on her lap, His right hand raised in benediction. 
 
 The group is arranged on a marble-paved terrace, with a bal- 
 ustrade; landscape background. The picture is enclosed in a 
 massive rococo frame of gold, crimson, and blue, with the Lion 
 of St. Mark above, and the Contarini arms in a cartouche below; 
 the spaces around the frame are filled in with purple, marked 
 off into small panels by lines of gold. 
 
 f. 3 (6). Elaborate gold frame around the text, which is in gold; 
 at the top of the frame, a cherub's head with blue wings ; tas- 
 selled blue festoons hang from the top and bottom of the frame. 
 f. 4. A similar, but simpler gold frame, broken at the bottom. 
 The initial G, in gold on a square blue ground, filled with 
 an arabesque in gold; the rest of this first item of the index is in 
 gold. 
 
 f. 23 (6), p. I. Similar gold frames, with masks in the centre of 
 the top and bottom ; on p. I , there are also masks on the sides. 
 The headings of the statutes are in red, and the initials in gold. 
 
 CAPITOLARE DEL CONSIGLIERE PIE- 
 TRO BENEDETTO 
 
 Vellum, 9 x 6i, ff. 59 -f 4 ; 20 lines to a page ; cent, 
 xvn (1622); written in an ordinary cursive hand. 
 Binding: Purple velvet with silk tapes. On the 
 inside of the cover, the autograph of C. E. Nor- 
 ton, and a note written by him. 
 
 Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), i l -6 l (10 wanting), 2 fly- 
 leaves (paper). The ff. are numbered through 50. 
 
 41
 
 CAPITOLARE, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 Contents : 
 
 The Capitolare begins on f. I (b) with the usual oath : GIVRO 
 lo PIETRO BENEDETTO Consiglier di Venetia del sestier di Ca- 
 naregio . . . The statutes fill 48 ff. and part of the 49th, and are 
 dated and signed at the end as follows : Datj in N'ro Ducal i 
 Palatio Die ultima Decembris, Ind 1 ? 6 vj. M. DC. xxij. 
 
 Giulio Corona 
 
 Nod . Ducale. 
 
 The Rvbrica begins on f. 51 and fills 8 pages ; the last five ff. are 
 blank. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 f. I. Full-page illumination enclosed by a rectangular gold 
 band. In the centre is a large medallion framed by gold scrolls 
 and divided just above the middle by a gold band ; in the 
 upper portion is the Lion of St. Mark in gold with crimson and 
 green wings, against a landscape background, symbolic of Ven- 
 ice. In the lower portion, against a pale yellow ground is a car- 
 touche of crimson, blue, and gold, with the Benedetto arms; a 
 red ribbon, ending in tassels, encircles a laurel branch at the 
 left, and a palm branch at the right. From the eight points in 
 the frame of the medallion spring foliated scrolls in green, blue, 
 crimson, and very dark red; in the upper corners are small pea- 
 cocks, in the lower corners, cocks; arranged around the medal- 
 lion are two birds, two bees, two lady-birds, and two butterflies. 
 
 On the verso of this folio, the words "Givro lo Pietro Bene- 
 detto C " are in gold, the G decorated with gold flourishes. 
 
 COMMISSIONE DUCALE 
 
 Commission appointing Giovanni Barbaro Po- 
 
 desta of Chioggia. Vellum, 9 x 62, ff. 121 + 2517 
 
 lines to a page;cent.xvin(i768);written in a rapid 
 
 cursive hand. Binding: Purple velvet, with silk 
 
 tapes. 
 
 Collation: I fly-leaf (paper), I 10 (lo cane.}, 2*, j 6 , /, 5% 
 
 6*1 A <? 6 > 9\ *0\ II 6 , I2*-l6\ I fly-leaf (paper). 
 
 f. 2. ALOYSIUS MOCENICO DEI GRATIA Dux VENETIARUM ETC. 
 Commettiamo a Te Nobil Huomo Zuanne Barbaro fu de M : 
 4 2
 
 COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED) 
 
 Almor6 Proc? Diletto Cittadino e fedel nostro che in nome 
 del Signer Nostro Giesu Christo vadi, e sij de Nostro mandato 
 Podesta a Chioza . . . 
 
 The statutes begin on f. 3 and end onf. 1 1 8, dated and signed as 
 follows: Data in Nfo Ducali Palatio Die 9 Giunj Indictione 
 p"> : a MDCCLXVIII. 
 
 Fran c . Vincenti Fosca 
 
 Seg ri . alle Voci. 
 The last three ff. are blank. 
 
 On the verso of f. I is a full-page picture as a frontispiece. The 
 patron saint of the new official presents him to the Madonna 
 and- Child; the saint stands at the left looking up at the Ma- 
 donna and indicating his protege with his right hand ; he wears 
 the alb and a yellow chasuble, and a cross leans against his right 
 shoulder; Barbaro kneels at the right, a young man in a scarlet 
 gown and long white curled peruke; between them, the head 
 and one paw of the Lion of St. Mark, holding an escutcheon 
 with the Barbaro arms ; above, against a pale yellow background, 
 is the Madonna in a crimson gown, blue mantle, and white veil, 
 seated on a cloud and supporting with both hands the Child, who 
 stands on the cloud. 
 
 On f. 2, the words "Aloysius . . . E T C." and "Zuanne . . . 
 Proc?" are in gold. 
 
 COMMISSIONE DUCALE 
 
 Commission appointing Giovanni Bolani Podesta 
 of Chioggia. Vellum, 8i x 62, ff. 159 + 4; 19 lines 
 to a page; cent, xvm (1718); written in a rapid 
 cursive hand. Original binding, embossed silver 
 sides, crimson and gold brocade back, with the 
 Doge's seal in a silver case attached by a crimson 
 and yellow cord and tassel; on the front cover, 
 Venice enthroned beneath a canopy, at her feet, 
 the Bolani arms, at the right, the Lion of St. 
 Mark with the open book ; on the reverse cover, 
 the Lion rampant guardant, standing on a mili- 
 
 43
 
 COMMISSIONE DUCALE (CONTINUED) 
 
 tary trophy and holding palm-branches. The 
 clasps are modern. 
 
 Collation : 2 fly-leaves (paper), / lo ( + /), 2 10 -IJ 10 , /#>, 2 fly- 
 leaves (paper). 
 
 f, 2. IOANNES CORNELIO DEI GRA~ Dvx VENETIA^ ETC. Com- 
 mettemo a Te, Nobil Homo IOANNE BOLANI Fv DE FRAN: 
 Diletto Cittadin, e fedel nostro che in nome del Signer Nostro 
 Giesu Christo uadi e sij de nostro mandate Podesta a Chioza. 
 The statutes begin on f. 3 and end on f. 155, dated and signed 
 as follows : Datj in Nostro Ducali Palatio Die secunda Mensis 
 Septembris, Indictione Duodecima M. D. C.C. xv. iii. 
 
 Marin Acerbi 
 
 Seg rio alle Voci. 
 The last 4 ff. are blank. 
 
 On the verso of f. I is a full-page picture as a frontispiece. The 
 new official is presented by his patron saint to the Madonna 
 and Child. St. John stands at the right, wearing a vermilion 
 tunic and green mantle, and holding a chalice; in front of him 
 kneels Bolani, in a crimson gown and long white curled per- 
 uke; the Madonna is seated on a throne at the left; she wears 
 a crimson dress, blue mantle, and white veil; the Child is seated 
 on her lap; at her feet, the head and shoulders of the Lion of 
 St. Mark, holding an escutcheon on which are emblazoned the 
 Bolani arms. In the background, a column and a purple hanging. 
 
 The words "loannes Cornelio . . . ETC." and "loanne Bolani 
 fv de Fran:" are in gold. 
 
 DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS 
 
 Degree conferred on Carlo Vicentini by the Uni- 
 versity of Padua. Vellum, 9! x 6, ff. 4 + 4 ; 3 7 lines 
 to a page; cent, xvn (1690); written in a small 
 Roman hand. Old morocco binding with elabo- 
 rate gold tooling, and seal of Cardinal Barbarigo 
 in a tin case, attached by a silk cord. 
 Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), 7 4 , 2 fly-leaves (paper). 
 
 44
 
 DEGREE, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 The Degree is dated near the end, Afto Xpi MDCXC. Ind. 
 XIII die lovis XII, Octobris. It is written in black and gold. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 f. I (b). In the centre, Pallas, with a portrait of Vicentini on 
 her shield, the owl on a branch nearby; in a cartouche above, 
 St. Anthony of Padua; below, two peacocks; the rest of the page 
 is filled with scrolls in blue and gold, with a large rose and 
 another flower at the right, and two flowers at the left. 
 f. 2, Similar decoration and arrangement, but the central picture 
 is replaced by the beginning of the text; in the cartouche above, 
 the Virgin ; instead of the large flowers, there are at the right a 
 pomegranate and strawberries, and at the left, pears and filberts. 
 f. 2 (b), 3,3 (b). These three pages are decorated alike, with 
 a border of blue and gold scrolls around each page; in the mid- 
 dle of each side border is an insect, a bee, spider, etc. 
 f. 4. The Vicentini arms; below, laurel and palm branches tied 
 with red ribbon; in the upper right corner, a fly; in the lower 
 corners, at the right, a lady-bird, at the left, an ant. 
 
 PRIVILEGIUM AROMATARIORUM 
 
 Diploma of Donato Dardi. Vellum, 9 x 6i, ff. 
 6 + 2; 23 lines to a page; cent, xvm (1745); in 
 a clear Roman hand. Original binding, brown 
 morocco with gold and blind tooling, the seal in a 
 leather-covered tin box, attached by a silk cord. 
 Collation: i fly-leaf (paper^ T 6 , I fly-leaf (paper). 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f. i. Title: Privilegium Aromatariorum. 
 
 f. 3. In Christi Salvatoris Nostri, Beatissimaec^. Virginis Matris 
 
 Mariae Nomine, Amen. 
 
 Uniuersis, et Singulis has Nostras uisuris, et lecturis Nos Justi- 
 
 tiarij Veteres pro Serrha Veneta Republica, significamus, et haru 
 
 serie fidem facimus, Qualiter die infrascripta datarum pr^- 
 
 sentium Conuocatum fuit Magistratus edicto Aromatariorum 
 
 huius Inclyt^ Ciuitatis Collegium, sicut moris est, requirente 
 
 Domini Donat^ Dardi fuit Appolonij, Piranensi quo de eius 
 
 Sufficientia, et Doctrina in Arte Aromataria periculum fieret . . . 
 
 45
 
 PRIVILEGIUM AROMATARIORUM (CONTINUED) 
 
 At the end, Actum, et Dactum [sic] Venetiis in Magistratu Nos- 
 tro Die 18 Mensis Junij Anno 1745, followed by the signa- 
 tures of the examiners, Zne Dolfin, Marin Bembo, Almor6 
 Tiepolo, and below, Gio. Notta . . . dello Nod? 
 f. 5. After a repetition of the invocation on f. 3: 
 Die XI Mensis Junij 1 745. Congregato Honorando Collegio D: 
 D: Pharmacopolorum huius Ciuitatis in consueto Loco nostro 
 Reductionis, ad Examinandum et Approbandum Dominum 
 Donat' 1 ? Dardi fuit Appolonij, Piranensem, et interfuerunt D : 
 Julius Nuccio ad duos Angelos, Prior, D: Philippus Ongarato ad 
 Citru Imperiale, D : Joseph Gierardi ad duos Montes, Consilia- 
 rij, D: Joseph Vicentini ad duos Delphynos Aureos, D: Francis- 
 cus Repiglia ad S. Blasiu, Syndici, D : Jacobus Fantuzzi ad S : Lau- 
 rentiumJustinianum,D: Joseph Guadagnini adDucem,D: Lau- 
 ren tius Gorgazini ad Veterem, Adiuncti ... At the end, the signa- 
 tures of these examiners, and below, that of Antonius Scarmolini 
 Pharmacopeia ad signum Sancti Hijeronimi, Cancellarius. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 The Diploma is elaborately decorated; the text is written in 
 black and gold, and each page is surrounded by a narrow gold 
 band. The title on f. I is enclosed in a simple oval of crimson 
 edged with silver; this is surrounded by a frame of blue and 
 gold scrolls from which is draped a crimson festoon; scrolls in 
 blue and gold and crimson fill the remaining space. 
 On the verso of f. I, enclosed in a simple geometric frame, 
 Christ with the orb, blessing; He is seated on clouds against a 
 yellow background and wears a crimson tunic and blue man- 
 tle; around the frame are arabesques in many colours, vases of 
 flowers, and at the bottom, two griffins. The opposite page is 
 similarly decorated, but with a figure representing Venice in the 
 centre. 
 
 The verso of f. 2 is divided horizontally by a gold band; in the 
 lower section, which is almost square, are four crimson and gold 
 cartouches tied by a blue ribbon; on these cartouches are the 
 arms of the examiners, Dolfin, Bembo, Tiepolo, and the Dolce 
 arms; in the rectangular upper section is the Lion of St. Mark 
 against the usual symbolic landscape. 
 
 On the verso off. 4 are eight similar cartouches tied by a blue rib- 
 bon, and containing the emblems of the examiners in pharmacy. 
 
 On the verso of f. 6, the Dardi arms. 
 46
 
 PRIVILEGIUM IN ARTE AROMATARIA 
 
 Diploma of Giuseppe Cavalcaselle. Vellum, 
 Six 58, fF. 6 + 4; 28 lines to a page; cent, xvui 
 (1757); in a clear Roman hand. Plain half-mo- 
 rocco binding. Autograph of C. E. Norton on the 
 first fly-leaf. 
 Collation : 2 fly-leaves (paper), T 6 , 2 fly-leaves (paper). 
 
 Contents : 
 
 f. I. Title: Privilegium in Arte Aromataria. 
 f. J. In Christi Salvatoris Nostri, Beatissimasque Virginis Ma- 
 tris Mariae Nomine, Amen. 
 
 Universis, et Singulis hasce Nostras visuris, et lecturis Nos Jus- 
 titiarij Veteres pro Serma Venetiarii Republica significamus, et 
 haru serie fidem facimus, qualiter Die infrascripta dataru pr- 
 sentium convocatus fuit Magistrates edicto Aromatariorum 
 huius inclyt<j Civitatis Collegii, sicuti moris est, requirente D? 
 Joseph quondam D? Sylvestri Cavalcaselle Leniacense, quo de 
 Eius Sufficientia, et Doctrina in eadem Arte Aromataria peri- 
 culum fieret ... At the end, Actum; & Datum Venetiis in 
 Magtu Nostro die iv Mensis January Anno Redemption'^ 
 Nostr^ MDCCLVII. M. V., followed by the signatures of the 
 examiners, Maffio Badoer, Marin Doria, Lio Bembo, and be- 
 low, Franl Menegatti Nod? 
 
 f.5. After a repetition of the invocation on f. 3: 
 Congregate Honorando Collegio D: D: Pharmacopolorum 
 huius Civitatis in consueto Loco Nostr^ Reductionis ad Exami- 
 nandum, et Approbandum D? Joseph q. m D 1 Sylvestri Cavalca- 
 selle Leniacensem, et interfuerunt Domini Franciscus Grapiglia 
 ad S: Blasium Prior, Marcus Antonius Zoppelli ad S: Francis- 
 cum, Dominicus Vincenti ad S: Bernardum, Consiliarij, Fran- 
 ciscus Cavalcaselle ad S: Margaritam, Joafies Jacobus Zanichelli 
 ad Erculem, Syndici, Laurenrentius [sic~\ Gorgazini ad Vetu- 
 lam, Franciscus Monti ad Cervam Auream, Joanes Bapta Bon- 
 tempo ad Rosam aurea, Adjunct! ... At the end, the signatures 
 of these examiners, and below, one which looks like Jo Pietro 
 Rossi, scontro. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 Aside from certain differences in the colours, the decoration is 
 
 exactly like that of the earlier Privilegium of Donato Dardi. 
 
 47
 
 PRIVILEGIUM, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 The four escutcheons on the verso of f. 2 bear the arms of 
 Malipieri, Lazari, Soranzo (?), and Bembo; the emblems of the 
 examiners in pharmacy appear on the verso of f. 4, and the 
 Cavalcaselle arms on the verso of f. 6. 
 
 CRONICA DE VENEXIA 
 
 Paper, i if x 8i, ff. 1 59 + 5 ; generally 29 lines to 
 a page; cent xv; written at Venice in a cursive 
 hand. Binding: red velvet. On the inside of the 
 cover is the autograph of C. E. Norton. 
 
 Collation : j fy-leaves, /", *, j' 8 , ^'Sj", 6 1 *, 7'*, <?' 6 , 
 p 14 , JO' 4 , //% 12** (14. cane.}, 2 fly-leaves. The collation of 
 the last two quires is difficult and may be incorrect. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 f. I. Qua se tracta come attila flagelum dei vene in Italia. 
 
 f. 4. Qua se trata de li Re e Inparadori e de li lor fate e morti. 
 
 f. 14. Qua se tracta de tuti li offitij e dignita de la Inclita Cita 
 de Venexia. 
 
 f. 2^. In nome de dio: e del figliol: e del spirito sancto: e de 
 tuti H sancti: e sancte de dio. Amen. 
 
 Questa e la chronica de tuta la prouintia De Venexia. - 
 
 f. 142 (b). Come domino Augustin Barbarigo fu fato Doxe del 
 1486. 
 
 Del Anno Mcccc Ixxxvj. adi xxx de Agosto. Agustin Barbarigo 
 
 fratello e successor del predito fu creado Doxe e vivete Anni 
 
 (Augustino Barbarigo died in 1501, but apparently the author 
 of this chronicle was already dead.) 
 
 The last entry is at the bottom of this same page: "Come del 
 1490. se veniva da Margera a venexia cum bestie suxo la giaza." 
 
 ff. 143145. These pages contain copies of documents relating 
 to the sale to Venice of the Island of Candia and of Salonica by 
 the " Marchexe de Monferato " in 1204, and of the Island of 
 Tenedos by John Paleologus. 
 
 f. 145 (V). List of noble families of Venice. 
 48
 
 CRONICA DE VENEXIA (CONTINUED) 
 
 f. 146. Queste sono tute le chasade de la zentili homini de la 
 cita de Venexia. 
 
 There follow twenty-seven pages containing in double columns 
 a list of the noble families of Venice, giving a brief account of 
 their achievements, with their arms emblazoned. 
 
 Decorations: 
 
 f. I is decorated with a border between gold bands down both 
 sides and across the bottom ; the outer band extends across the 
 top. The border is a gay design of foliated scrolls and leaf and 
 flower forms in green, red, crimson, blue, and gold ; at the bottom, 
 in the centre is a green wreath surrounding a blank shield on 
 a blue ground. The initial is crimson on a square of gold ; its 
 centre is filled with a design in blue, green, and red. 
 
 jf, 4, 14, 2$. These pages are similarly decorated, except that 
 the border extends also across the top; on ff. 14 and 25, the 
 background for the blank shield is pink; on f. 14, the heading 
 is written on a ribbon in the border. 
 
 f. 146. Illuminated initial with foliated scroll decoration. 
 
 RELATIONE BELLA CITTA E REP*? DI 
 VENETIA 
 
 Paper, nix 8, ff. 78; 20 lines to a page; cent, 
 xvn ; written at Venice in a cursive hand. Bind- 
 ing: crimson velvet. 
 Collation : / 10 -<? 10 (p and IO cane.). 
 Contents: 
 
 The text begins on f. I : Relatione della citta e Rep"? di Venetia. 
 
 Nella quale sono descritti li principij di sua edificatione, avanza- 
 
 menti acquisti, e perdite fatte, gouerno, riti, costumi, dominio, 
 
 forze, erario, adherenze con Pfipi, e differenze con gP Elettori, 
 
 per causa di precedenza. 
 
 On f. 42 reference is made to Pesaro, who was Doge, 1658 
 
 1659. 
 
 At the end are lists of officials with their salaries, a detailed state- 
 ment of the city's income from various sources and its expend- 
 itures; for example: "Si numerano in capella ducale di S. Marco 
 
 49
 
 RELATIONS, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 
 38 musici e 12 strong 1 ciascun dc quali ha di sal? annuale 50- 
 6070 e 1 80 d' 1 , e pochi quei che ne hanno 100, il maestro 
 di capella 400, et il p m . organista 200, non li mancano per6 
 occ"' di utilitarsi e prouecchiarsi in altre maniere pche la citta 
 e delitiosa si che tutta la spesa di d? cappella non eccede 
 D 5000." 
 There are no decorations. 
 
 INFELICE FINE DE NOBILI VENETI 
 
 Paper, yi x 5*, ff. 30 + 2 ; 21 lines to a page ; cent, 
 xvn. Plain half-leather binding. 
 Collation: i fly-leaf, 7", 2 l \ J 6 , I [fly-leaf . 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f. I. Infelice fine de Nobili Veneti. 
 
 A list of executions, assassinations, and fatal accidents, from June, 
 
 1 580, to February, 164.6. There are three additional entries in 
 
 another hand, one dated 1647, the others 1655. 
 
 f. 77. Notta di tutti quelli che morirono dalla Peste li anni 
 1630 et 1631. 
 
 At the end: Questisono 204. quali morirono durante la Peste, 
 per6 non tutti di Peste. 
 
 f. 24. Agiunta tratta dalli Libri della Sanita. 
 
 A list of twelve nobles decapitated " fra le colonne per ordine 
 dell' eccelso Consig. di died," March, i547~May, 1601. 
 
 f. 25. Copy of a letter to Pope Innocent VI from the Doge 
 Giovanni Delfino, April 19, 1 3 57, justify ing penalties inflicted 
 on various persons who, by false witness, etc., attemped to shield 
 Nicoletto, natural son of Nicol6 Morosini, Bishop of Castello, 
 and Margarita Gallina, from punishment for killing a man in 
 the Episcopal garden. 
 
 f. 29. Religiosi Banditi, e Giustiziati. 
 
 This list and the letter to Pope Innocent VI are in a third hand. 
 There are four additions to this list in the same hand as the addi- 
 tions to the first list in the book. 
 There are no decorations.
 
 LIBRO DE NOBILI 
 
 Paper, 5$ x 4, ff. 232 + 6; cent, xvn; written at 
 Venice in a small hand, not easily read. Bind- 
 ing: brown calf with cover-title: "ITALIAN ARMS." 
 Book-plate of Charles Eliot Norton. 
 
 Colla tion : j fly-leaves, 7 8 ( + /), 2*-$* (7 cane.}, 6*- 1 6* (4. 
 and $ cane."), 17^-28*, 2<f, jo 4 , 3 fly-leaves. 
 
 In the foliation, which begins with I on f. ij, nos. jo, 115, 
 Il6, 222, and 223 are omitted. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 f. I. Title : Libro de Nobili con li nomi, die sono nati sino 
 1659. Tutti li sponsalitij, et d- Casata in Casata la sua arma, 
 che in tutte sono n! 221. 
 f. 3. Index. 
 
 f. IJ (numbered l}. Alphabetical list of families, with their arms 
 emblazoned. 
 
 PRATTICA DELLE CORTI DEL PALAZZO 
 DI VENETIA 
 
 Paper, 6 x 4 ; ff. 160 + 4519 lines to a page ; cent, 
 xvn ; written at Venice in a small cursive hand. 
 Original parchment binding. Book-plate of the 
 Earl of Guildford. On the second fly-leaf, E. C. 
 London Aug. 1 883; below, in Mr. Norton's writing, 
 E. C.=Edward Cheney, then John Ruskins. Now, 
 1900, C. E. Norton's; below, Mine, now, 1903, Isa- 
 bella Stewart Gardner. 
 
 Collation: The book is so tightly bound that it does not admit 
 of collation. The first 14.5 ff. are numbered consecutively ; 
 
 ff. 67-68, 73-74, itf- 1 * 8 -* i53-i54-> i55-*5 
 never been cut. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 f. I. Title: Prattica delle Corti del Palazzo di Venetia. 
 2. Petitione.
 
 PRATTICA, ETC. (CONTINUED) 
 f. 27. Indice della Pratt: del Petit: 
 f. JO. Essaminador. 
 
 f. ^O. Indice della Pratt: del Essaminador. 
 / 52. Blank, 
 f. 53. Forestier. 
 
 f. 66. Indice della Pratt: del Forestier. 
 / 68. Blank (uncut), 
 f. 60. Mobile. 
 
 f. 73. Indice della Prattica del Mobile. 
 / 74. Blank (uncut). 
 f. 75. Procurator. 
 
 f. 106. Indice della prattica del Procurator. 
 f. IOO. Proprio. 
 
 f. 144. Indice della prattica del Proprio. 
 / 148. Blank (uncut). 
 
 f. 149. Indice delli offV et Corti del Palazzo. 
 f. 150. Indice della Prattica delle corti del Palazzo di Venetia. 
 (This general index only goes through the letter B.) 
 ff. 152-160. Blank.
 
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 [Forest i, Jacobus Philippus.~\ De plurimis claris sceletisq$ 
 Mulieribus. Ferrarie, l^-tyj. I vol. 
 
 Full citron crushed levant morocco extra; on the 
 sides, between double fillets, a simple arabesque 
 design with detached rings of two alternating sizes 
 on either side ; tooled back ; inside, two fillets with 
 leaves at the exterior corners of the inner fillet; 
 gilt edges. 12! x 81. 
 
 58
 
 DE COVERLY, ROGER (CONTINUED) 
 
 Leaves from a Missal of Clement VII. MS. 
 
 Full dark blue crushed levant morocco extra, 
 Janseniste style, double with purple watered silk; 
 elaborate inside border, consisting of a chain of 
 alternating circular and elongated links, each link 
 inlaid with red morocco tooled in gold ; the edges 
 of the silk doublure are tooled with crescents and 
 fillets in gold; gilt edges. 17! x 13!. 
 
 DEROME 
 
 Lucretius Carus, Titus. Delia Natura delle Cose. In Am- 
 sterdamo (Paris), 1754- 2 vols. 
 
 Crimson morocco, with a wide dentelle border on 
 the sides and a coat of arms in the centre; tooled 
 back; simple inside border; gilt edges. 9 x 5!. 
 
 11 A genuine Derome binding in a beautiful state of preser- 
 vation" 
 
 L' Office de la Semaine Sainte en Latin et en Francois. 
 Paris, 1752. i vol. 
 
 Dark green (?) morocco; dentelle border on the 
 sides, with the arms of Marie Leczinska in the 
 centre; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges. 
 6i x 4. 
 
 Marie Leczinska's copy. " Tres riche et charmante reliure, 
 dite a /^oiseau." 
 
 DUPRfi 
 
 Peter Martyr. De Rebvs Oceanicis et novo orbe. Coloniae, 
 1^74. I vol. 
 
 Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on 
 
 59
 
 
 DUPR (CONTINUED) 
 
 the sides, a double fillet, succeeded by the same ; 
 in the panels of the back,.a double fillet with a half- 
 leaf in the corners, fleurons at the sides, and the 
 chiffre of Comte Riant in the centre ; inside bor- 
 ders; gilt edges. 6i x 4*. 
 
 DURU, H. 
 
 {Boucher, JeanJ\ Apologie povr lehan Chattel Parisien, ex- 
 ecute a mart. I. I vol. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco extra; sides plain; 
 fleurs-de-lys on the back; inside borders; gilt 
 edges. Duru, 1861. 6^5 x 3!. 
 
 Histoire prodigievse d'vn detestable parricide entrepris en 
 la personne du Roy [Henri 1V~\ par Pierre Barriere, dit 
 la Barre. 1594- I vol. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco, Janseniste style; 
 inside border; gilt edges. Duru, 1857. 6i a <r x 4. 
 
 La Rochefoucauld, Francois, due de. Reflexions ou Sen- 
 tences ft Maximes Morales. Paris, 1671. With his Nou- 
 velles reflexions. Paris, 1678. 2 vols. in I . 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco extra, Janseniste 
 style. Duru, 1847. ^ x 3~ l36 "- 
 Firmin-Didoi 1 s copy with his ex-libris. 
 
 Marot, Ian, de Caen. Svr les devx heureux Voyages de 
 Genes & Venise, victorieusement mys a Jin, Par le treschres- 
 tien Roy Lays Douziesme de ce nom. 1532. I vol. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco extra, Janseniste 
 style: inside borders; gilt edges. 6i x 4. 
 
 60
 
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 Ovidius NasO) Publlus. La Metamorphose a" 1 Ovide figv- 
 ree. Lyon, 1564.. I vol. 
 
 Full blue crushed levant morocco extra, Jansen- 
 iste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6A x 4 A. 
 
 DURU & CHAMBOLLE 
 
 La Duchesse de Medo. Nouvelle Historique & Galante. 
 Paris, 1692. 2 vols. 
 
 Full green levant morocco extra, with fleurons at 
 the corners of the sides and a different fleuron in 
 the panels of the back ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 
 Duru et Chambolle, 1862. 5^ x ji. 
 
 See also CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 
 
 DU SEUIL, STYLE OF 
 Le Catechisme de la Penitence. Paris, l6jj. I vol. 
 
 Original binding of crimson morocco ; on the sides, 
 three fillets succeeded by the same with large fleur- 
 ons at the exterior corners; tooled back; narrow 
 inside border; gilt edges. 5-* x 3$. 
 
 See also THIBARON-ECHAUBARD. 
 DUTCH 
 
 Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament; Representee en 
 tallies douces . . . A-vec une explication . . . par Air. Basnage. 
 Amsterdam, 1704.. I vol. 
 
 Original gold-stamped calf binding; on the sides, 
 a narrow border succeeded by a double fillet, with 
 an arabesque at the exterior corners ; in the centre, 
 a large design stamped in gold, a sphere supported 
 by two angels, surmounted by Christ with the 
 
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 cross at the left, Moses with the tables of the law 
 at the right, between them a triangle enclosing 
 three flames and surrounded by rays ; below, a man 
 lying on stones, his ankles and right arm chained 
 to rocks, an angel holding two keys beckons him 
 upward, a devil threatens him with darts and cords; 
 scrolls at the sides. i6l x lol. 
 
 ENGLISH 
 
 Canterbury Ritual. 1474. MS. 
 
 Brown calf, monastic style; on the sides, between 
 fillets a band with a repeating design derived from 
 typographical ornament, succeeded by fillets with 
 a leaf at the exterior corners ; in the centre, two 
 acorns and two leaves. y x 6s. 
 
 Cfiarles I. Eikon Basilike. \_London\ , 164.9. I vol. 
 
 Black (?) calf, much worn ; on the sides, a double 
 fillet with a fleuron in the corners, and the initials 
 "EL" in the centre, separated by an ornament 
 consisting of two acorns and two fleurons; on 
 the back, which is without bands, a double fillet 
 with two vertical fleurons at top and bottom. 
 8i x 5*. 
 
 ENGLISH : BOUND FOR THE EARL OF BUTE 
 Swift) Jonathan. Works. London^ 17551768. 1 2 vols. 
 
 Green calf; on the sides, a triple fillet, and in the 
 centre the arms of John Stuart, 3d Earl of Bute; 
 simple inside border; modern morocco backs. 
 
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 BOUND FOR CHARLES I 
 
 The Holy Bible, containing The Old Testament and The 
 
 New. London, 1629. I vol. 
 
 Brown calf; on the sides, a narrow border, ara- 
 besques in the corners, the arms of Charles I in 
 the centre surrounded by a semis of small leaves ; 
 the back tooled, and much worn; clasps missing. 
 6\ x 4 I. 
 In a brown crushed levant morocco case. 
 
 BOUND FOR CHARLES II 
 
 Ristretto del Discorso Fatto sopra la Causa del Monf errata. 
 In Torino, 1618. With Replica per parte del Dvca di 
 Savoia alia Riposta fatta per parte del Duca di Mantoua. 
 In Torino, 1614. 2 vols. in I. 
 
 Light brown morocco; on the sides, a double 
 fillet; in the centre, a panel framed by a single with 
 a double fillet, with the king's crowned chiffre be- 
 tween palm leaves at the corners ; the same chiffre, 
 but smaller, in the panels of the back; gilt edges. 
 nix 8. 
 
 BOUND FOR EDWARD VI 
 
 Form and Manner of Keeping the Parliament of England. 
 MS. 
 
 Old red morocco, with a single broad gold fillet 
 on the sides; meander border inside. 9^ x 6. 
 In a brown crushed levant morocco, chamois-lined case. 
 
 BOUND FOR GEORGE I 
 
 A Form of Prayer to be used in all Churches and Chapels . . . 
 
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 ENGLISH (CONTINUED) 
 
 on Friday the Sixteenth Day of December. London, if 20. 
 I vol. 
 
 Black morocco, elaborately tooled in blind tool- 
 ing, with the arms of George I in the central panel 
 and his crowned monogram above, below, at the 
 sides, and also in the corners ; narrow blind inside 
 border; gilt edges. 9x7. 
 
 BOUND FOR JAMES I 
 
 James I. Opera. Londini, 1619. I vol. 
 
 Citron morocco; on the sides, a wide border made 
 up of several elements; in the centre, the arms of 
 James I surrounded by a semis of two alternating 
 fleurons; tooled back; gilt edges. 13 1 x 9. 
 One of the finest royal bindings in existence. 
 
 Bacon, Sir Francis. The Essaies of S r Francis Bacon 
 
 Knight, the Kings Solliciter Generall. London, 1612. I vol. 
 
 Vellum; on the sides, a gold fillet, succeeded by 
 a gold fillet forming a panel with fleurons at the 
 exterior corners and the arms of James I in the 
 centre; tooled back; uncut edges. The ribbon ties 
 are gone. 6 x 4-4. 
 
 James Ps copy, with MS. notes. Probably from the king's 
 travelling library. 
 
 EVE, CLOVIS 
 
 Gerardo, Pietro. Vita di Ezzellino Terzo da Romano. Vene- 
 tia, 1560. I vol. 
 
 Olive morocco; on the sides, a single and a double 
 fillet, a fanfare in each corner surrounding a cher- 
 
 6 4
 
 EVE, CLOVIS (CONTINUED) 
 
 ub's head; the arms of Henri III in the centre, 
 surrounded by a semis of fleurs-de-lys ; the back, 
 which is without bands, is seme with fleur-de-lys ; 
 gilt edges. 5* x 3*. 
 Henri Ill's copy. A matchless example of Eve s skill. 
 
 Prophetie de Daniel saincte & admirable, interpretee du 
 regne ff de la mart du Chef des heretiques qui se pretend Roy 
 de Nauarre, ff veut enuahir la Couronne de France. Tholose, 
 1591. i vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco ; on the sides, within a narrow 
 border and a double fillet is a design of eight 
 medallions in two columns, each filled with a poin- 
 tille figure, the ground around the medallions en- 
 tirely covered with pointille half-leaves and dots ; 
 tooled back; narrow inside border; gilt edges. 
 
 7 x 4- 
 
 I Salmi di David. Tradotti dalla lingva Hebrea nella 
 Italiana. Parigi, 1588. I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco; the sides and back, which is 
 without bands, covered by a design of oval wreaths 
 in each of which is a flower surrounded by tiny 
 stars ; on the sides there are five rows of wreaths, 
 four in a row, except that the middle row has only 
 three, the central one being double and contain- 
 ing, on the front cover, the arms of Marguerite 
 de Valois, and on the reverse cover, her motto, 
 "SPES MEA." ^Vxjii. 
 Marguerite de Alois's copy.
 
 EVE, CLOVIS, STYLE OF 
 
 &OMtUuHUUi M. Fabius. Institvtionvm Oratoriarvm libr'i 
 XII. Lvgdvni, 1544. With his Declamationes. Lvgdvni, 
 1544. 2 vols. in i. 
 
 Brown morocco; on the sides, a very delicate bor- 
 der, the space within which is filled by a semis of 
 fleurs-de-lys ; repetition of a simple scroll on the 
 back; gilt edges. 61 x 4!. 
 Henri IP's copy. 
 
 FRENCH 
 
 Dibdin, Thomas Frognali. The Bibliographical Decameron. 
 London, 1817. 3 vols. 
 
 Straight-grained crimson morocco; on the sides, 
 a fillet and a handsome border of two alternating 
 motifs, succeeded by four narrow straps, the third 
 interlaced with the first and second at the corners, 
 succeeded again by blind fillets and a narrow blind 
 border; tooled backs, inside fillets, gilt edges. 
 x 6i. 
 
 Hours, Book of. Les presentes heures a lusaige de Rouan au 
 long sans requerir. Paris, [7506*] . I vol. 
 
 Light olive calf, with blind tooling ; on the sides, 
 two bands marked ofF by triple fillets which cross 
 at the corners, the outer series broken on each 
 side by a reentrant double fillet; in the outer 
 band, crosses flory alternate with stars, with a geo- 
 metric figure in the squares at the corners ; in the 
 second band, ringlets, the squares at the corners 
 blank; the central panel has a blank label at top 
 and bottom ; the rest of the space marked off into 
 squares on the diagonal, each square containing 
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 a cross flory or a related geometric figure, but not 
 arranged in regular alternation ; gilt edges. 10 x 6i. 
 
 Hours, Book of. Les presentes heures a lusaige de Rome, 
 toutes au long sans reqrir. Pans, [757^] . I vol. 
 
 Original brown calf binding, monastic style ; on 
 the sides, a scroll band, double at the sides, the 
 central panel filled with columns of rosettes sepa- 
 rated by double fillets ; back repaired ; gilt edges. 
 y x 4*. 
 
 This volume belonged to Catherine de Medicis, Francois II 
 (her son), Marie R. ()ueen of Scots'), Cardinal de Lor- 
 raine (her uncle), and has their autographs. 
 
 Lemaire de Beiges, Jean. Le Promptvaire des Candles de 
 Leglise Catholique, Lyon, /5JJ. I vol. 
 
 Original black morocco binding ; on the sides, a 
 fillet with twisted knots; in the centre, the mono- 
 gram H) with the figure & above, below, and on 
 the sides ; tooled back ; gilt edges. 5^x3*. 
 From the library of Diane de Poitiers (?) . 
 
 Les Pseaumes de David, en Vers Francois. Geneve, 1720. 
 i vol. 
 
 Original crimson morocco binding; on the sides, 
 a fillet edged by tiny triangles, succeeded by a 
 rope entwined by a garland made of a five-petalled 
 flower, opposed by minute rings on the outside 
 and flowers inside ; open flower with two leaves in 
 each corner; the back, which is without bands, is 
 marked off by triple fillets into panels tooled a 
 petits fers; gilt edges. 6i x 3^. 
 
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 Ovidius Naso, Publius. Les Epistres d" Ovide tradvittes en 
 vers franfois avec des commentaires fort curieux. Bovrg en 
 Bresse, 1626. I vol. bound in 3 vols. 
 
 Old dark green morocco, with the chiffre of the 
 Marquis d'Entragues on the back; inside bor- 
 ders; gilt edges. 7 A x 4$. 
 
 BOUND FOR HENRI II 
 
 Ovidius Naso, Publius. Amatoria. Lvgdvni, 1555* I vol. 
 
 Brown calf; on the sides, a gold fillet; inthe centre, 
 a raised and gilded medallion of the king's head 
 with the inscription ".HEN. n . R"; tooled back; 
 gilt edges. 5 xj. 
 
 BOUND FOR JAMES II 
 
 [Du Prat.~\ Le Portrait dv Maresclial de Gassion. Paris, 
 1664. I vol. 
 
 Original crimson morocco binding entirely cov- 
 ered with semis of fleurs-de-lys stamped in gold; 
 gilt edges; holes for ties. 6i x 3$. 
 Copy presented to the Duke of York, afterwards Barnes II. 
 
 BOUND FOR Louis XIII 
 
 yaubert de Barrault, 'Jean. Homelies de I* excellence, ne- 
 cessit'e et diver site des Croix et Afflictions. Paris, i6j6. 
 i vol. 
 
 Citron morocco ; the sides and back covered with 
 a semis of alternating fleurs-de-lys and crowned 
 L's, with the royal arms in the centre of the 
 sides; gilt edges. 7} x 4$. 
 A superb binding, probably by Ruette. 
 
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 BOUND FOR Louis XV 
 Histoire de t Ordre du S. Esprit. \After 1740.] I vol. 
 
 Olive morocco with a rich dentelle border on the 
 sides and the arms of Louis XV in the centre ; 
 tooled back; inside border; gilt edges. 7! x fi. 
 Louis XV s copy. Probably bound by Derome. 
 
 Legendre, Louis. Vie du Cardinal a" Amboise. Rouen, 
 
 1724. I vol. 
 
 Original brown morocco; on the sides, a border 
 of alternating fleurs-de-lys and acanthus; in the 
 centre, the royal arms, with the insignia of the 
 order of the St. Esprit; fleufs-de-lys in the panels 
 of the back; in one panel, the central fleur-de-lys 
 has been replaced by the Gulston arms, pi x 7$. 
 From the collection of Elize Gulston, with her ex-libris. 
 
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 For mule de Ceremonies et Prieres pour le Sacre de sa Majest'e 
 Louis XVI. Paris, 1775. I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco; on the sides, a triple fillet with 
 fleurs-de-lys in the corners and the arms of Louis 
 XVI in the centre; tooled back, with a fleur- 
 de-lys in each panel; narrow inside border; gilt 
 edges. 81 x 5!. 
 
 BOUND FOR Louis- JOSEPH, LE DAUPHIN, FILS DE Louis 
 XVI 
 
 Hesiod. Les (Euvres a" H'esiode, traduction nouvelle, d'edi'ee 
 au Rot. Paris, 1785. I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco; on the sides, a triple fillet with 
 the arms of the Dauphin in the centre; tooled 
 
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 back, with a fleuron in the centre of each panel; 
 simple inside border; gilt edges. 61 x 4!. 
 
 BOUND FOR MADAME DE MAINTENON 
 
 Acis et Galat'ee, Pastorale keroiqve en musique. Paris, 1686. 
 I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco; on the sides, a single with 
 a double fillet, fleurs-de-lys in the corners, the 
 arms of Madame de Maintenon in the centre; 
 fleurs-de-lys in the panels of the back; gilt edges. 
 9! x 7*. 
 
 BOUND FOR MARIE AMELIE DE SAXE, WIFE OF DON 
 CARLOS, KING OF THE Two SICILIES 
 Almanack Royal. Paris, i?54> I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco; on the sides, a wide border of 
 naturalistic forms, palms (?), birds, butterflies, and 
 flowers, with the arms of Marie Amelie de Saxe 
 in the centre surrounded by a sunburst; tooled 
 back; simple inside border; gilt edges. 7! x 5^. 
 
 BOUND FOR MARIE ANTOINETTE 
 L' Office de la Semaine Saint e . . . a F usage de Madame la 
 Dauphine & de sa Maison. Paris, /7/J. I vol. 
 
 Old crimson morocco; on the sides, a border of 
 scrolls, succeeded by a band between double fillets, 
 the enclosed panel decorated with arabesques with 
 the coat of arms in the centre ; tooled back, with 
 fleurs-de-lys and dolphins alternating in the cen- 
 tre of the panels; gilt edges. 81 x 5*. 
 
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 BOUND FOR CARDINAL MAZARIN 
 Vites Virorvm Illvstrivm. Bast lees, 1563. I vol. 
 
 Citron morocco; on the sides, an intricate band a 
 petits fers between double fillets, succeeded by a 
 dentelle border and another double fillet; in the 
 middle of the remaining panel," the Cardinal's 
 arms within an oval fillet; the rest of the panel is 
 covered with a semis of the Cardinal's monogram 
 surmounted by his hat, this stamp alternating with 
 a star; tooled back with the monogram and hat in 
 each panel; gilt edges. I2ix 8i. 
 
 BOUND FOR NAPOLEON I 
 
 Recueil methodique des lots, d'ecrets, r'eglemens, instructions et 
 decisions sur le Cadastre de la France. A Paris, Del'lmprime- 
 rie Imperiale. 1811. I vol. 
 
 Full crimson straight-grained morocco; on the 
 sides, a band consisting of intertwined vines be- 
 tween double fillets which cross, forming squares 
 at the corners, in each of which is an eagle; be- 
 tween the outer pair of fillets is a simple border; 
 this band is edged on the inside by a severe de- 
 sign of pointed leaves, and is succeeded by a deli- 
 cate arabesque; in the centre, the arms of Napo- 
 leon ; the back, which is without bands, is divided 
 into compartments by fillets and simple orna- 
 ments; in these compartments, from top to bot- 
 tom, are crowned N, the title, crowned eagle, bee, 
 crowned eagle, crowned N; inside borders; gilt 
 edges. iyi x nl.
 
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 BOUND FOR MADAME DE POMPADOUR 
 Rabelais, Francois. Les ceuvres. [Elzevir] , l66j. 2 vols. 
 
 Brown calf with the arms of Madame de Pom- 
 padour on the sides; the backs, which are with- 
 out bands, are divided into panels by pairs of 
 fillets; between the fillets a swan, in each panel a 
 fleuron with small laurel branches at the corners. 
 5 x 2*. 
 
 BOUND FOR CARDINAL RICHELIEU 
 PetaU) Denis. Rationarivm Temporvm. Parisiis, l6jj. 2 
 vols. in i. 
 
 Crimson morocco; on the sides, a single and a 
 double fillet, succeeded by the same with fleurons 
 at the exterior corners; in the centre the arms of 
 Cardinal Richelieu in an oval, with his motto, 
 "HIS FVLTA MANEBVNT"; tooled back, with the 
 arms in each panel; gilt edges. 6 x 3$. 
 
 BOUND FOR JACQJJES AUGUSTS DE THOU 
 [Van der Burch^ Lambert.~\ Sabavdi<e Respvblica et Histo- 
 ria. Lvgd. Batav. Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1634.. I vol. 
 
 Light brown calf; on the sides, a double fillet, and 
 in the centre, De Thou's arms. 4! x 2iK 
 
 GERMAN 
 
 Diirer, Albrecht. Passio Chris ti (The Little Passion). 
 [75/0.] I vol. 
 
 Original hogskin binding, monastic style; the 
 sides are stamped with elaborate designs made up 
 of a great variety of motifs. 81 x 6i. 
 
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 Ovidius Naso, Publius. Metamorphoseon libri XV. Fran- 
 coforti ad Moenvm, 1567. I vol. 
 
 Original hogskin binding, dated 1568 ; on the front 
 cover, a border of scrolls between fillets; in the 
 label at the top of the central panel, the initials 
 " EAA," and in the label at the bottom, the date 
 "1568"; between the labels the arms of the Kur- 
 fursthum of Saxony; on the reverse cover, a simi- 
 lar design, but the labels have rosettes separated 
 by leaf-forms, and in the central panel is a cathe- 
 dral above which hovers an angel with a scroll, on 
 which are the words "INSIGNIA VRBIS WITEBER"; 
 below the cathedral are the arms of the Erzmar- 
 shall of Saxony and of the kingdom of Saxony, 
 and below them is the inscription, "NIL VALIDJE 
 
 IVVERE ARCES AVT ROBORA BELLI SED MERITO 
 PIETAS POPVLIS FORTISSIMA TVRRIS. H. CANTZ." J 
 
 brass catches, the clasps gone. 7 x 4^. 
 
 Valerius Maximus. Factorvm Dictorvmque memorabilivm 
 libri novem. Morgvntiae, ijjo. I vol. 
 
 Original hogskin binding; on the sides a band of 
 half-length female figures, Venus, Casta Lucretia, 
 Jocasta, and one other, succeeded by a triple fillet 
 connected at the corners with a succeeding triple 
 fillet; in the space between these fillets, roses, one 
 at the top and bottom, two on each side; the cen- 
 tral panel contains two columns of a repeated con- 
 ventionalized flower, with roses down the centre 
 between the flowers; original clasps. 62 x 5!. 
 
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 GERMAN (CONTINUED) 
 
 Folio binding. Thick boards covered with hog- 
 skin, with four brass corners on each side and a 
 brass medallion in the centre; each corner has fleur- 
 de-lys finials and a high octagonal boss; in the field 
 are cut a lion and another animal supportinga cross, 
 the ground filled in with red enamel, much of which 
 has been worn off"; the centre medallion is edged 
 with six fleurs-de-lys, has the octagonal boss, the 
 animals and cross repeated once, the ground filled 
 with red enamel; two leather straps at the side, 
 those at the top and bottom missing. 2oi x 14^. 
 
 HAMMOND 
 
 Holbein, Hans. Les Images de la Mort. Lyon, 1562. I vol. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco; on the sides, 
 a blind double fillet, succeeded by the same with 
 gold fleurons at the exterior corners, the same 
 fleuron repeated in the panels of the back ; inside 
 borders; gilt edges. 5$ x 3^. 
 From the library of Edward Cheney, with his ex-libris. 
 
 HARDY 
 
 Plutarch. Epitome, ou Abrege des uies de cinquante et quatre 
 notables, et excellens personnaiges. Paris, 1558. I vol. 
 
 Dark blue crushed levant morocco extra, Jan- 
 seniste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6 A x 4-*. 
 
 HARDY-MENNIL 
 
 Ariosto, Lodovico. Comedia intitolata Cassaria. Vinegia, 
 1525. I vol. 
 
 Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on 
 the sides, a blind double fillet, succeeded by the 
 
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 same with a gold fleuron at the exterior corners; 
 a scroll ornament in the centre; a single gold fig- 
 ure in each panel of the back; inside borders; gilt 
 edges. 6i x 4. 
 
 HARDY-MICHEL 
 
 Desportes, Philippes. Les Premieres (Evvres. Paris, 1600. 
 I vol. 
 
 Binding by Hardy, gilding by Marius Michel. 
 Full red crushed levant morocco; on the sides, 
 a narrow border succeeded by a fillet, succeeded 
 by a double fillet and a second narrow border; 
 dentelle corners and in the centre a dentelle 
 lozenge around a small blank oval; tooled back; 
 gilt edges. 6s x 3!. 
 From the library of E. M. Bancel, with his ex-libris. 
 
 Ronsard, Pierre. Les Amovrs. Paris, 7J5J. Le cinqieme 
 des odes. Paris, /55J. Le Bocage. Paris, 1554. Les Mes- 
 langes. Paris, 1555. 4 vols. in I. 
 
 Binding by Hardy, gilding by Marius Michel. 
 Full red crushed levant morocco extra; on the 
 sides a lozenge-shaped medallion of interlacing 
 straps, combined with laurel branches and fleur- 
 ons; in each corner a section of the central orna- 
 ment slightly modified, the whole enclosed by 
 three fillets; in the panels of the back a fine, 
 corresponding design; inside borders; gilt edges. 
 6^x4. 
 
 75
 
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 The Alphabet, the vow eh, etc., and the Lord's Prayer. 
 
 Leather back, stamped with an eagle carrying off 
 an infant wrapped in swaddling-clothes. 3! x 2t. 
 
 ITALIAN 
 
 About, Edmond. Tolla. Paris, 1892. I vol. 
 
 In an old Italian binding. Crimson morocco; on 
 the sides, a heavy fillet with squares marked off 
 in the corners, which form stops for a charming 
 renaissance scroll band; in each square, a geomet- 
 rical ornament; the inner corners of the squares 
 are connected by a quadruple fillet forming a panel 
 with ornaments in the corners and a cardinal's 
 arms in the centre; the back, which is without 
 bands, is tooled with a combination of repeating 
 figures. 8x5. 
 
 Beatee Maria Virginia Officium. Venetiis, If 4.0. 
 
 Original binding of crimson morocco; on the 
 sides, a band and a central medallion of black (?) 
 morocco inlaid, tooled with a delightful design 
 of scrolls and flowers; tooled back; gilt edges. 
 
 5*3*- 
 
 Calderino, Domizio. Commentarii in M. Valerivm Afar- 
 tialem cum Defensione. f^enetiis, 1474.. With his Cometa- 
 rioli i Ibin Ouidii. I vol. 
 
 Straight-grained, faded crimson morocco; triple 
 fillet on the sides ; tooled back with a covered urn 
 in the centre of each panel; simple inside border; 
 gilt edges, nix 7!. 
 
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 Callimachus of Gyrene. Le Poesie, volgarizzate da Giu- 
 seppe Maria Pagnini Carmelitano. Parma, 1798. I vol. 
 
 Original binding of crimson morocco; on the 
 sides, a twisted ribbon, succeeded by two fillets en- 
 closing a graceful, vigorous arabesque design; in 
 the centre is an inlaid oval medallion of dark green 
 morocco, crisscrossed by diagonal bead chains 
 and surrounded by arabesques; tooled back; gilt 
 edges. 5 x 3!. 
 
 Catherine of Siena, Saint. Epistole Devotissime. Stampato 
 in la Inclita Cita de Venetia in Casa de Aldo Manutio Ro- 
 mano a di XV. Septembrio. 1500. I vol. 
 
 Light brown calf; on the sides, a narrow renais- 
 sance border with graceful scrolls in the corners 
 and a figure in the centre made up of two orna- 
 ments used in the corners; richly tooled back. 
 
 Choir Book, 7/JJ. MS. 
 
 Original binding; brown leather over thick boards, 
 with large pierced brass corners and central me- 
 dallions on the sides ; Madonna and Child in the 
 medallion on the front cover, coat of arms of St. 
 Dominic in the medallion on the reverse cover. 
 27! x iyl. 
 
 Degree of Doctor of Laws conferred on Carlo Vicentini by 
 the University of Padua, 1690. MS. 
 
 Reddish brown morocco, covered with tooling; 
 on the sides, a wide border succeeded by a band 
 
 77
 
 ITALIAN (CONTINUED) 
 
 of arabesques between fillets succeeded by a nar- 
 row border of flower forms; in the centre, a large 
 sunburst with an arabesque at top and bottom; 
 in the corners, a figure derived from the sunburst. 
 With the seal of Cardinal Barbarigo in a tin case, 
 attached by a silk cord. 9! x yi. 
 
 \_Ferrini, Giovanni Battista.~\ Regale da osservarsi nel 
 Sacro, ed Apostolico Archiospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia di 
 Roma. Roma, \ij$i?~\ . I vol. 
 
 Brown morocco; on the sides, a fillet succeeded 
 by a scroll band succeeded by a light twisted rope, 
 succeeded by a bold border of scrolls with a double 
 cross in the centre of each corner; in the centre, a 
 cardinal's arms ; tooled back with the double cross 
 in the centre of each panel; gilt edges. 81 x 5!. 
 
 Fonte, Moderata. II Merita delle Donne, scritto da Mo- 
 derata Fonte in due giornate. Venetia, 1600. I vol. 
 
 Original binding of crimson morocco; on the sides, 
 a narrow border, with the Foscarini arms in the 
 centre surrounded by bold foliated scrolls and sur- 
 mounted by two angels supporting a coronet; 
 tooled back; gilt edges. 8 x 54. 
 
 The Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper. 
 MS. Copied and illuminated by Andreas Andersen. 
 
 Old morocco binding, elaborately tooled; on the 
 sides, a narrow border with fans in the corners, 
 succeeded by a geometrical strap design forming 
 a large central medallion in which is a coat of arms 
 and the initials "S R." 6i x 4*. 
 
 78
 
 ITALIAN (CONTINUED) 
 
 Poliphili Hypnerotomachia vbi hvmana omn'ia non nisi 
 Somnivm esse docet. Fenetiis, M.ID. in adibus Aldi Manu- 
 tii, accuratissime. I vol. 
 
 Old light brown calf; on the sides, between gold 
 fillets, a wide band of blind tooling consisting of a 
 simple diaper pattern of small lozenges with a ring- 
 let in the centre of each and stars at the angles ; 
 this pattern is repeated on the back which is with- 
 out bands but marked off into panels by fillets; 
 gilt edges. 1 2! x 8i. 
 
 ITALIAN : TIME OF BENEDICT XIII 
 Collection of Italian autographs of the XV century. 
 
 Old brown morocco binding; on the sides, a band 
 of renaissance ornament, scrolls with large flowers 
 springing from amphoras in the corners, the papal 
 arms in the centre of the front cover, and the 
 arms of Cardinal Spinola on the reverse cover. 
 Duplicate of the binding with the arms of Pope 
 Innocent XIII. iilxS*. 
 
 TIME OF CLEMENT XII 
 
 Crimson morocco, with wide borders on the sides 
 and the arms of Clement XII in the centre. 
 I2x8i 
 
 BOUND FOR CLEMENT XIII 
 
 Ragguaglio della vita, virtu, e miracoli del B. Gregorio 
 Barbarigo, Vescvuo di Padova e della Santa Romano Chiesa 
 Cardinale . . . alia Santita di nostro Signore PP. Clement e 
 XIII. dedicato. Roma, l/'di. I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco richly tooled; on the sides, a 
 
 79
 
 ITALIAN (CONTINUED) 
 
 renaissance border succeeded by three fillets and 
 a narrow border, within which is a bold design of 
 scrolls and six-pointed stars, with urns in the cor- 
 ners; in the centre, the arms of Clement XIII; 
 tooled back; gilt edges. 1 1 x 8. 
 
 Copy presented to Pope Clement XIII. From the Rezzonico 
 Library and the collection of Edward Cheney. 
 
 BOUND FOR GREGORY XIII 
 
 Missale Romanvm, ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij Triden- 
 tini restitutum. Pit V. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Parisiis, 
 1578. I vol. 
 
 Olive morocco ; on the sides, a fillet with a double 
 fillet; in the centre, an oval medallion, containing, 
 on the front cover, a representation of the Cruci- 
 fixion with the Virgin and St. John, the sun, moon, 
 and stars, and Jerusalem in the background; on the 
 reverse cover, the arms of Pope Gregory XIII; 
 the rest of the sides and the back, which is with- 
 out bands, are marked off by fillets into lozenges 
 with a tiny quatrefoil at each angle and a twisted 
 knot in the middle of each side; in each lozenge 
 are crossed keys with a flame above and below; 
 gilt edges. 14^ x 10. 
 
 TIME OF INNOCENT XIII 
 
 Holograph letter from Vittoria Colonna^ Marchesa di Pes- 
 cara, to Pietro Aretino. 
 
 In an old brown morocco binding; on the sides, 
 a band of renaissance ornament, scrolls with large 
 flowers springing from amphoras in the corners, 
 the papal arms in the centre of the front cover, and 
 80
 
 ITALIAN (CONTINUED) 
 
 the arms of Cardinal Spinola on the reverse cover. 
 Duplicate of the binding with the arms of Pope 
 Benedict XIII. nix8*. 
 
 BOUND FOR JULIUS III 
 
 FraccAiy Ambrogio, of Ferentini. Sacrorum Fastorum Libri 
 XII. Rom&, 1547' J v k 
 
 Brown morocco; on the sides, blind fillets suc- 
 ceeded by an arabesque band between triple fillets, 
 with an acorn at the exterior corners ; the enclosed 
 space has a label containing flames at top and bot- 
 tom, leaving a panel with arabesques in the corners 
 and the arms of Pope Julius III in the centre; 
 simple geometrical blind tooling on the back ; gilt 
 gauffred edges. 9 x 5$. 
 
 TIME OF Pius VI 
 
 Collection of Italian autograph lettersof the XV and XVI cen- 
 turies. 
 
 Brown calf; on the sides, three fillets, the middle 
 one entwined by a double garland, succeeded by 
 a wide band with a handsome renaissance scroll 
 springing from a cornucopia on either side of a 
 circular medallion in each corner, urns at the 
 centre of the band, top and bottom, bells at the 
 centre on the sides ; in the central panel, the arms 
 of Pius VI; on the back, the fillet entwined by a 
 double garland, i it x 8i. 
 
 LE GASCON 
 
 La Chambre, Mar in Cureau, Sieur de. Trait'e de la Connois- 
 sance des Animavx. Parity 164.8. I vol. 
 
 81
 
 LE GASCON (CONTINUED) 
 
 Original crimson morocco; on the sides, dentelle 
 borders, succeeded by a geometrical panel with 
 large pointille fleurons at the four main exterior 
 and interior corners, and smaller ornaments at all 
 other corners; within the panel an elaborate de- 
 sign of pointille figures with a square in the cen- 
 tre, the sides broken by semi-circles, containing a 
 crowned monogram; tooled back; narrow inside 
 border; gilt edges. 94 x 7. 
 
 L' Office de la Semaine Sainte. Paris , [.*/.]. I vol. 
 
 Full crimson morocco; on the sides, a pattern 
 of intertwined bands forming a series of com- 
 partments filled with pointille tooling; in the 
 central compartment, the arms of the Grand 
 Dauphin, and in the compartments above and 
 below, a crowned dolphin; the back is tooled 
 similarly with a small fleur-de-lys in the centre 
 of each panel; narrow inside border; gilt edges. 
 
 7* x 5- 
 
 Bound for Le Grand Dauphin, fih de Louis XIV. 
 
 Vigenere, Blaise de. Les Chroniqves & Annales de Po- 
 loigne. Paris, /J/J. I vol. 
 
 Full dark green (?) morocco with a typical Le Gas- 
 con design in pointille tooling; on the sides, a 
 single with a double fillet, rosettes at the corners, 
 succeeded by a large panel made by a single and 
 a double fillet, each side broken in the middle by 
 an ogival extension, with fleurons or fleurs-de-lys 
 at each angle ; in the centre a small panel contain- 
 ing three fleurs-de-lys, and surrounded by a beau- 
 82
 
 LE GASCON (CONTINUED) 
 
 tiful pointille design ; tooled back ; narrow inside 
 border; gilt edges. 9^ x 61. 
 
 Bound for Louis XIII and Anne d* Autriche. A truly mag- 
 nificent binding. 
 
 From the collections of )uentin Bauchart and La Roche La- 
 carelle, with their ex-libris. 
 
 LE GASCON, STYLE OF 
 
 Novum Missale Romanum, ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilii 
 Tridentini restitutum . . . Urbani PP. VIII. auctoritate 
 recognitum. Augusta Vindelicorum, IJIJ. I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco ; on the sides, a band consisting 
 of a repeated ornament between double fillets, 
 with the date 1 7 1 9 in the centre at the top of the 
 front cover ; the large central panel is divided into 
 regular compartments by an interlacing strap ; the 
 oblong compartment in the centre being half-re- 
 peated at the sides, top, and bottom, and quarter- 
 repeated in the corners ; the design for these com- 
 partments is an intricate pattern a petits fers, with 
 scrolls, pomegranates, stars, etc.; in the four in- 
 tervening spaces is a bolder design of plant forms 
 and stars, with a small urn of flowers at the base ; 
 tooled back; gilt edges; silver clasps. 132^ x 9^. 
 A superb dated binding in the style of Le Gascon. 
 
 L' Office de la Semaine Sainte a F usage dela Maison du Roy. 
 Par is ) 1732. i vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco ; on the sides, a border of scrolls 
 and flowers framing a panel divided into com- 
 partments by intertwined straps; in the centre, the 
 arms of Louis XV, his chiffre in the compart- 
 
 83
 
 LE GASCON (CONTINUED) 
 
 ments above and below; the remaining compart- 
 ments are filled with pointille tooling; tooled back; 
 very simple inside border; gilt edges. 83 x 5$. 
 Louis Xf^s copy. 
 
 LORTIC FRERES 
 
 Gautier, Theophile. Emaux et Cam'ees. Paris, i88f. I vol. 
 
 Blue half morocco with dark blue marbled paper; 
 double fillet at the edge of the leather; tooled 
 back with a fleuron in the centre of each panel. 
 6 x 4!. 
 
 MENNIL 
 
 See HARDY-MENNIL. 
 
 MICHEL, MARIUS 
 
 See HARDY-MICHEL. 
 
 MOUILLIE 
 
 Les Pourtraicts de la Courpour le present. Cologne, 1667. 1 vol. 
 
 Old red morocco, with three fillets on the sides, 
 united at the corners by daisies in circles; the back, 
 which is without bands, is divided into panels by 
 fillets with a daisy in each panel; gilt edges. With 
 the ticket, "Relie par Mouillie, Rue S. Jacques, 
 Hotel de la Couture, N? 69." 5 x 2*. 
 
 From the Hamilton Palace Library, with a MS. note by 
 Beckford. 
 
 NIEDRfiE 
 
 Meliadus. Gli egregi fatt'i del gran Re Meliadvs, Con al- 
 tre rare prodezze del Re Artu, di Palamides, Amorault 
 
 84
 
 NIEDREE (CONTINUED) 
 
 a" ' Irlanda, il buono Caualiere senza paura, Gallehault il 
 Bruno, Segurades, Galaad, ff altri ualorosi caualieri di quel 
 tempo. Historia bellissima, non piu ueduta, Aldus. In Vene- 
 tla, 1560 (in fine 1558). vol. I. 
 
 Full blue crushed levant morocco extra, Jansen- 
 iste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6 x 3$. 
 
 PADELOUP 
 
 L' Alcoran des Cordeliers tant en Latin quen Francois. A 
 Geneve, 1578. I vol. 
 
 Citron morocco ; on the sides, three fillets with a 
 small rosette at the joint in the corners, the arms 
 of Comte de Hoym in the centre; the back is cov- 
 ered with a repetition of a scroll ; narrow inside 
 border ; gilt edges. 5? x 3. 
 From the library of Comte de Hoym. 
 
 Martial de Paris. Les Arrets d* Amours, avec t Amant 
 rendu Cordelier, a F Observance a" Amours. Paris, //J/. 
 I vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco; triple fillet on the sides; on 
 the back, which is without bands, a semis of cres- 
 cents, the tips connected by small azured trian- 
 gles, a gold dot in the centre of each crescent; 
 gilt edges. With the ticket, "Relie par Padeloup 
 le jeune. place Sorbonne a Paris." 6 A x 
 
 Petronius. Satyricon. Lvgd. Batav. 164.5. I vol. 
 
 Citron morocco; the sides inlaid with small crim- 
 son morocco medallions, which contain in alter- 
 nating rows a daisy surrounded by six dots and 
 
 85
 
 PADELOUP (CONTINUED) 
 
 a fleuron with six dots; between the medallions, 
 gold circles within rings; the rest of the space is 
 sprinkled with stars and dots; the back, which is 
 without bands, is divided into panels by a chain 
 between fillets; in these panels are inlaid crimson 
 circles or ovals, each one containing a daisy sur- 
 rounded by dots, or by stars and dots alternating ; 
 narrow inside borders; gilt edges. 4! x 2J. 
 Exquisite mosaic , about 1720. 
 
 [Saint-Real, Cesar Vichard^\ Dom Carlos, nouvelle his- 
 torique. louxte la Copie imprim'ee a Amsterdam. Chez Gas- 
 par d Commelin, 1673. * vo ^ 
 
 Crimson morocco, double with crimson morocco; 
 on the sides, a single and a double fillet, succeeded 
 by the same, forming a panel with fleurs-de-lys at 
 the exterior corners; fleurs-de-lys in the panels 
 of the back ; inside, narrow border with a double 
 and a pointille fillet, with a panel in the centre 
 duplicating the one on the outside; gilt edges. 
 6 x 3!. 
 
 PRINCE, THOMAS 
 
 Neal, Daniel. History of the Puritans. Newbury port, Mass., 
 
 1816-1817. 5 v k' 
 
 Light brown mottled calf; tooled back. With the 
 
 ticket, "Thomas Prince, Binder, Salem 
 
 Mass." 8 x 5*. 
 
 RIVIERE 
 
 Dante Alighieri. Comedia del Divino Poeta Fiorentino 
 Danthe Aleghieri, col comento di Christophforo Landino. Im- 
 
 86
 
 RIVIERE (CONTINUED) 
 
 presso in Bressa per Boninvm de Boninis di Ragvxi, 14.87. 
 I vol. 
 
 Full brown crushed levant morocco extra; on the 
 sides, a fillet, succeeded by a double fillet, the 
 enclosed space filled by a complicated design of 
 interlacing scrolls and straps of different widths 
 on a ground of gold dots, with a blank medallion 
 in the centre; in the panels of the back, a pierced 
 escutcheon on a dotted ground ; inside fillets ; gilt 
 edges. 14! x 9. 
 This copy belonged to Ruskin and has his autograph. 
 
 Paccioli, Luca. Diuina proportione, Opera a tutti glinge- 
 gnl perspicaci e curiosi necessaria. Venetiis, Impressum per 
 . . . Paganinum de paganinis de Brixia. i$oq. I vol. 
 
 Full brown crushed levant morocco; on the sides, 
 a blind fillet; each band of the back is marked off 
 by blind fillets which are prolonged to meet in 
 points on the sides, with a trefoil at each point; 
 chain border inside; gilt edges. I ii x 8. 
 
 Spence, Joseph. A Parallel; in the manner of Plutarch: 
 Between a most celebrated Man of Florence [Signor Maglia- 
 becht] ; and One, scarce ever heard of, in England [Robert 
 Hill"] . Printed at Strawberry- Hill, 1758. I vol. 
 
 Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on 
 the sides, a double fillet, succeeded by a double 
 and a single fillet with large fleurons at the ex- 
 terior corners and very small ones at the interior 
 corners; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges. 
 7* x 4 I.
 
 RIVIERE & SON 
 
 Cruikshank , George. Points of Humour. London, 1823. I vol. 
 
 Full blue crushed levant morocco extra; on the 
 sides, a double fillet succeeded by a double and a 
 single fillet with fleurons at the exterior corners; 
 tooled back; inside borders; gilt top. 9* x 6i. 
 
 ROUSSELLE, EMILE 
 
 Peter Lombard. De incarnatione verbi. Libri Hi et iv. Parrhi- 
 sijs, 1510. I vol. 
 
 Dark brown crushed levant morocco, Janseniste 
 style; inside borders; gilt edges. 5$ x 4!. 
 
 RUBAN, P. 
 
 Shakespeare, William. Poems : written by Wil. Shakespeare. 
 Gent. London, 164.0. I vol. 
 
 Crimson crushed levant morocco, double with 
 pearl blue crushed levant morocco tooled with 
 fillets and a flowering vine border; on the covers, 
 three fillets; tooled back; gilt edges. 51^ x 3!. 
 In a chamois-lined slip case, and a green morocco, silk-lined 
 and padded solander case. 
 
 RUETTE, ANTOINE 
 
 Proserpine, Tr age die, en Mvsiqve. Represent ee devant Sa 
 Majest'e a Saint Germain en Laye le de Fevrter 1680. 
 Paris, 1680. I vol. 
 
 Citron morocco; on the sides, a semis of fleurs- 
 de-lys enclosed by a narrow border; in the pan- 
 els of the back, smaller fleurs-de-lys ; gilt edges. 
 10 x yl. 
 Louis XIV s copy. 
 
 88
 
 SANFORD, P. B. 
 
 \_Alemano Mateo.~^ Histoire de T Admirable Don Guzman 
 d Alfarache. Paris (volj, Amsterdam), 1695. 3 vols. 
 
 Full red levant morocco extra; on the sides, a 
 triple fillet with fan ornaments in the corners; 
 tooled backs; inside border, a daisy between fillets, 
 edged with crescents and dots; gilt tops. 6 x 3 ft. 
 
 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Poems on Various Subjects. Lon- 
 don, 1796. I vol. 
 
 Very dark brown crushed levant morocco extra, 
 Janseniste style; simple inside border; gilt top. 
 6 x 4!. 
 
 Du Bellay, 'Joachim. Les Oevvres Francoises de Joachim 
 Dv-Bellay, Gentil-homme Angeuin, & Poete excellent de ce 
 temps. Paris, 1569. 2 vols. 
 
 Full red levant morocco extra; on the sides, a 
 waved line and a double fillet, succeeded by two 
 sets of triple fillets interlocking at the centre of 
 the four sides; between this figure and the outer 
 fillets are daisies at the corners and at the centre 
 of the sides; backs tooled a petits fers; inside bor- 
 ders ; gilt tops. 6 A x 4 A. 
 
 Du Eellay, Martin. Les Memoir es de Mess. Martin Dv 
 Be/lay. Paris, 1571. I vol. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco extra; on the 
 sides, a waved line and a double fillet, succeeded 
 by two sets of triple fillets interlocking at the cen- 
 tre of the four sides, forming circles each of which 
 encloses a small fleuron ; back tooled a petits fers ; 
 inside borders ; gilt top. 6 x 4!. 
 
 89
 
 SANFORD, P. B. (CONTINUED) 
 
 Guillaume de Lorris. Le rommant de la Rose, nouuelle- 
 ment reueu ft corrige oultre les precedentes Impressions. Paris, 
 iJjS. I vol. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco extra; the sides 
 tooled with a simple pattern of interlacing straps 
 and a graceful scroll ; in the centre, an ellipse of 
 stars; on the back, a scroll makes a continuous 
 design through all the panels, interrupted by the 
 title; simple inside border; gilt edges. 6$ x 3!. 
 
 Marguerite de Navarre. Heptameron Francois. Berne, 
 1780-1781. 3 vols. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco extra; on the 
 sides, a dentelle border, with a little bird intro- 
 duced in imitation of the dentelles of Derome le 
 jeune, "dites a 1'oiseau"; tooled backs; inside 
 borders with a graceful vine and leaf design at the 
 corners ; gilt edges, yi x 4*. 
 
 Rabelais, Francois. Les Oevvres. Lyon, 1588. I vol. 
 Full red levant morocco ; on the sides, a fillet suc- 
 ceeded by three fillets forming a panel with rec- 
 tangular indentation in each side and a daisy in the 
 centre of each indentation, a vine and leaf design 
 springing from each corner of the panel; back 
 elaborately tooled au pointille ; inside borders ; gilt 
 top. 5*i x 3tV. 
 
 Swift, Jonathan. Travels into several Remote Nations of 
 the World; in four parts, by Lemuel Gulliver. London, 1726. 
 2 vols. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco; on the sides, 
 90
 
 SANFORD, P. B. (CONTINUED) 
 
 between triple fillets, a succession of daisy-like 
 flowers, fleurons at the interior corners; in the 
 centre, a sunburst with added ornaments at top 
 and bottom and an added fleuron at the sides; 
 tooled backs ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 7$ x 4$. 
 
 SEARS, MARY CREASE 
 
 Contemporary Autographs. 
 
 Full brown crushed levant morocco ; square silver 
 corners, suggesting quatrefoils with a boss in the 
 centre ; similar, but larger silver plaques set diago- 
 nally in the middle of the sides, the one on the 
 front cover set with a cabochon emerald, the one 
 on the back with a boss like the corners; blind 
 tooling on the sides and panels of the back; silver 
 clasps. 9x6. 
 Made in 
 
 SHAW, MRS. GEORGE 
 
 Du Maurier, George. Trilby. First edition, Harper's 
 Monthly Magazine, 1894. I vol. 
 
 Full brown morocco, with a large medallion and 
 the words "Trilby, Du Maurier," in relief on the 
 front cover. ioi x 7. 
 
 SIMIER 
 
 Livius, Titus. Historiarum quod extat. Amstelodami, Apud 
 Danielem Elzevirium, A". 1678. I vol. 
 
 Full blue straight-grained morocco ; on the sides, 
 a narrow blind-tooled border between gold fillets 
 with a simple edging on the inner side; blind and 
 
 9 1
 
 SIMIER (CONTINUED) 
 
 gold tooling on the back; inside border of quatre- 
 foils and dots; gilt edges. 61 x 3!. 
 
 STORR, R. 
 
 Virgilius Maro, Publius. Virgilius. Venetiis in Aedibvs Aldl 
 et Andreae Soceri, 1514- I vol. 
 
 Full citron straight-grained morocco with dou- 
 blure of green moire; on the sides, a triple fillet 
 succeeded by a border consisting of two alternat- 
 ing elements; in the centre, dolphin and anchor 
 entwined with a rope stamped in gold; tooled 
 back; inside border; gilt edges. With the ticket, 
 "Bound by R.Storr, Grantham." 6i x 3*. 
 From the Syston Park Collection. 
 
 STORR, R. (?) 
 
 Marchesino, Francesco. Copia de Una Lettera di Napoli che 
 contiene li stupendi, & g ran prodigij apparsi sopra a Pozzolo. 
 Napoli, 1538. With Pallavicino, Cosimo (compiler). Versi, 
 et regale de la nvova poesia toscana. Roma, f^J9' I vo ^ 
 
 Full citron morocco; on the sides, a triple fillet, 
 and in the centre, dolphin and anchor entwined 
 with a rope stamped in gold; triple fillet around 
 panels of the back; narrow inside borders; gilt 
 edges. 8i x 5*. 
 From the Syston Park Collection. 
 
 Musaus fcf Orpheus. Musai opusculum de Her one & 
 Leandro. Orphei argonautica. Eiusdem hymni. Orpheus de 
 lapidibus. Venetiis in aedibvs Aldi et Andreae Soceri, 1517. 
 I vol. 
 
 Full crimson morocco; on the sides, a fillet, and 
 92
 
 STORR, R. (?) (CONTINUED) 
 
 in the centre, dolphin and anchor entwined with 
 a rope stamped in gold; gilt edges. 6i x 3!. 
 From the Syston Park Collection. 
 
 SWEDISH: BOUND FOR GUSTAVUS III 
 Du Peril de la Balance Politique de t Europe. Stockholm, 
 1790. i vol. 
 
 Crimson morocco; on the sides, a meander be- 
 tween fillets edged with a wavy line, in each corner 
 three crowns, in the centre, the crowned chiffre of 
 Gustavus III; the back, which is without bands, 
 has alternating diagonal fillets and waves, inter- 
 rupted by horizontal fillets; gilt edges. 5! x 3$. 
 
 THIBARON 
 
 [Bussy-Rabutin, Roger, comte <&.] Histoire Amoureuse des 
 Gaules. Liege, [n.d.~\ . I vol. 
 
 Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on 
 the sides, three fillets ; tooled back; inside dentelle 
 borders ; gilt edges. 51^ x ail. 
 
 L'Escole d'Amovr, ov les Heros Doctevrs. Par M. D. L. C. 
 Grenoble, 166$. I vol. 
 
 Full blue crushed levant morocco; on the sides, 
 an exquisite laurel wreath tipped with flowers ; the 
 same flower in each panel of the back; inside bor- 
 ders; gilt edges. 5?- x 3!. 
 
 THIBARON-ECHAUBARD 
 
 Joinville, yean de. L'histoire & Croniqve dv treschrestien 
 Roy S. Lays, IX. du nom, & XLIIII. Roy de France. Poi- 
 tiers, [/5<5/]. i vol. 
 
 93
 
 THIBARON-ECHAUBARD (CONTINUED) 
 Bound in the Du Seuil style. Full light brown 
 crushed levant morocco; on the sides, a blind 
 with a gold fillet, succeeded by two gold fillets 
 connected at the corners between double blind 
 fillets forming a panel with fleurs-de-lys at the 
 exterior corners and the arms of France in the 
 centre ; on the back, a semis of fleurs-de-lys ; in- 
 side borders; gilt edges. 7^ x 5*. 
 From the Library of E. M. Bancel, with hisex-fibrii. 
 
 THOMPSON 
 
 Rosario della gfiosa vgine Maria. Venetia, Marchio Sessa 
 & Piero de la Serena compagni, 1524.. I vol. 
 
 Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra ; Jan- 
 seniste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6i x 4*. 
 
 TIFFANY 
 
 Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia. Firenze, iSjty- 1 vol. 
 Two editions of different sizes interleaved^ each leaf of the 
 smaller edition inlaid. 
 
 Full green crushed levant morocco with doublure 
 of the same; four silver corners of Gothic design 
 with five detached silver rosettes completing the 
 outline of a square in each corner, and the words 
 "hie incipit vita nova" distributed in the four cor- 
 ners; inside tooled in gold, overlaid with a silver 
 scroll with numerous rosettes; silver clasps; gilt 
 edges. 7^ x 4$. 
 
 TOUT 
 
 Burns, Robert. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edin- 
 burgh, 178 J. I vol. 
 
 94
 
 Tour (CONTINUED) 
 
 Full brown crushed levant morocco extra ; on the 
 sides, a double and a single fillet succeeded by the 
 same with elaborate fleurons at the exterior cor- 
 ners connected by a pointille fillet; tooled back; 
 inside borders; gilt edges. 81 x 5!. 
 
 TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET 
 
 Bude, Afaistre Guillaume. Summalre ou Epitome du liure 
 de Asse fait par le commandement du Roy. Paris, 1529. 
 I vol. 
 
 Full brown crushed levant morocco, with the chifFre 
 of Comte Edouard Roger in the corners of the 
 sides and on the back ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 
 x *. 
 
 [/) Guet, 'Jacques Joseph.~\ Lettre aune Religleuse Car- 
 melite a une Personne engagee dansF Heresie, touchantla Com- 
 munion sous les deux esp'eces. Paris, 1749. I vol. 
 
 Full brown crushed levant morocco, with the 
 chifFre of Comte Edouard Roger in the corners 
 of the sides and on the back; inside borders; gilt 
 edges. 5tt x 
 
 Meschinot, Jehan. Les lunettes des princes auec aulcues 
 balades et additions nouuellement coposees. Imprimees a parts 
 par philippe pigochet Lan mil. CCCC. quatre vingts et dix- 
 neuf. Pour Symon vostre. I vol. 
 
 Full purple levant morocco; triple fillet on the 
 sides ; back tooled a petits fers ; inside borders ; 
 gilt edges. 6H x 4. 
 Cardinal Temeniz's copy, with his book-plate. 
 
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 Les Plaisantes lovrnees dv S r Favoral. Ou sont plusieurs 
 rencontres subfiles pour rire en toutes compagnies. Paris, l6jf. 
 I vol. 
 
 Full green levant morocco; triple fillet on the 
 sides; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges. 
 5^x3. 
 
 Sevigngj Marie Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de. Lettres a 
 Madame la Comtessede Grignan, safille, 1726. 2 vols. in I . 
 
 Full green crushed levant morocco, with the chiffre 
 of Comte Edouard Roger in the corners of the 
 sides and on the back; inside borders; gilt edges. 
 6i x 3*. 
 
 Villon, Francois. Les Oevres Maistre Francoys Villon. 
 Paris, 1533. I vol. 
 
 Full citron levant morocco; on the sides, a double 
 fillet succeeded by a narrow dentelle border with 
 fleurons at the corners; tooled back; inside bor- 
 ders; gilt edges. 4% x 2i. 
 
 VENETIAN 
 
 Dante Alighieri. Lo'nferno e'l Pvrgatorio e'l Paradiso di 
 Dante Alaghieri. Venetiis in Aedib. Aldi. I$O2. I vol. 
 
 Original binding of crimson morocco; in the cor- 
 ners, a diaper of overlapping scallops with a leaf 
 in each scallop and between the scallops on the 
 edge, each of which is tipped by a larger pointed 
 leaf; tooled back ; narrow inside border; gilt edges. 
 
 From the collection of Edward Cheney. 
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 Dante Alighieri. Venezia, 1784.. 3 vols in I. 
 
 Crimson morocco, with clasps; eight metal corners 
 with scalloped edge, a large boss in the corner and 
 nine small bosses, one in each of the six scallops, 
 and three between these and the large boss; on 
 the sides, a narrow chain between fillets, with a 
 sparse edging of leaves ; in the centre, an ogival 
 elliptical sunken panel, with a smaller one at top 
 and bottom, the whole figure suggesting an Arabic 
 design; the central panel is stained dark with little 
 bosses at the points around the edge; simple ge- 
 ometrical design on the back; gilt gauffred top. 
 61 x 4*. 
 
 Dante Alighieri. La Vita Nuova, i trattati De Vulgari 
 Eloquio, De Monarchia, e la questione De Aqua e Terra, 
 con traduztone italiana delle opere scritte latinamente. Terza 
 edizione. Firenze, 1873- I vol. 
 
 Old Venetian binding. Full crimson morocco elab- 
 orately tooled in gold; on the sides, a narrow 
 border succeeded by a pair of double fillets suc- 
 ceeded by a handsome scroll band with circular 
 medallions at the corners succeeded by a chain of 
 long and short beads forming a panel with cut- 
 off corners, a fleuron at each interior corner, and 
 a coat of arms in the centre ; tooled back ; gilt top. 
 8i x 5!. 
 
 Officivm B. Maria Virg. Venetiis. 1663. I vol. 
 
 Openwork silver binding with silver clasps; in a 
 medallion on either side an allegorical figure hold- 
 ing a cornucopia. 2 x ii. 
 
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 Peter Chrysologus, Saint. Sermones. t.-p.w. I vol. 
 
 Original binding of crimson morocco; on the sides, 
 within fillets, a design showing Persian influence; 
 the corners and central medallion contain a raised 
 design of arabesques on a punched gold ground; 
 two dolphins make the diagonal edge of each cor- 
 ner; the rest of the space is filled with a semis of 
 stars ; in each panel of the back is an arabesque 
 figure; gilt edges. 6 x 5!. 
 
 Commissione Ducale. Commission appointing Antonio Geor- 
 gia Podesta of Oderzo, 1536. MS. 
 
 Old brown morocco ; on the sides, a panel framed 
 in a wide band made up of a repeating figure 
 stamped in gold between gold fillets, with leaves 
 at the interior corners, and rosettes at the exterior 
 corners; in the centre, a circle surrounded by a 
 simple, effective design of knots, trefoils, and rings ; 
 within the circle on the front cover, "ANTONII 
 GEORGIO"; on the reverse cover, "M.D.XXXVI"; 
 gilt edges. 94 x 6. 
 
 Commissione Ducale. Commission appointing Vincenzo Grittl 
 Governor of Udine, 1546. MS. 
 
 Old brown morocco; on the sides, a gold fillet 
 with four blind fillets on either side, succeeded by 
 a panel framed in a band made up of a flower al- 
 ternating with a scroll in gold between gold fillets, 
 with four blind tooled fillets on either side of the 
 band, and pomegranates and leaves at the exterior 
 corners; in the centre, a circle with branching 
 scrolls spreading from the four sides; within the 
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 circle on the front cover, the Lion of St. Mark; 
 on the reverse cover, a seated figure of Venice 
 with the attributes of Justice ; at left and right of 
 the central ornament. on the front cover, the ini- 
 tials "V. G."; gilt edges. 9* x 61. 
 
 Commissione Ducale. Commission appointing Girolamo Mo- 
 rosini Captain of Brescia, 154.7- MS. 
 
 Evidently bound by the binder of the Commis- 
 sion of Antonio Georgio, as the tools and general 
 design are the same; leaves at the exterior corners 
 and fleurons at the interior corners of the gold 
 stamped panel ; in the centre of the sides, a double 
 circle surrounded by the design of knots, trefoils, 
 and dots ; within the circle on the front cover, 
 "HIERONYMI MAVROCENO"; on the reverse cover, 
 "M.D.XLVII."; gilt edges. Original sides on a mod- 
 ern binding. 9 A x 6i. 
 
 Commissione Ducale. Commission appointing Antonio Bra- 
 gadini(?) Podesta of Noale, 1378. MS. 
 
 Old brown morocco; on the sides, a fillet suc- 
 ceeded by a band made up of a repeating design 
 between double fillets, with arabesques in the 
 corners; in the centre, a slightly depressed oval 
 surrounded by a fillet edged with leaves; within 
 the oval on the front cover, a cut and gilded Lion 
 of St. Mark ; on the reverse cover, the Bragadini 
 arms cut and emblazoned ; back tooled in a simple 
 diaper; gilt edges. 9* x 6i. 
 
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 Commissiont Ducale. Commission appointing Giovanni Bo- 
 la ni Podesta of Chioggia, Iji8. MS. 
 
 Original binding, embossed silver sides, crimson 
 and gold brocade back, with the Doge's seal in 
 a silver case attached by a crimson and yellow 
 cord and tassel; on the front cover, Venice en- 
 throned beneath a canopy, at her feet the Bolani 
 arms, at the right, the Lion of St. Mark with the 
 open book, foliated scrolls in the upper corners ; 
 on the reverse cover, the Lion rampant guardant 
 standing on a military trophy and holding palm 
 .branches, in the corners foliated scrolls ; modern 
 silver clasps. 8 x 6$. 
 
 Privilegium Aromatariorum. Diploma of Dona to Dardi, 
 1745. MS. 
 
 Brown morocco; on the sides, a blind tooled band 
 of alternating fleurs-de-lys and acanthus between 
 double fillets, succeeded by a gold and a blind 
 fillet with gold fleurons at the exterior corners ; 
 inside this panel, a blind tooled lozenge formed 
 of the fleur-de-lys and acanthus band between 
 double fillets, with the gold fleuron repeated four 
 times at the centre; silk ties; seal in a leather- 
 covered tin box, attached by a silk cord. 9! x 7. 
 
 Degree of Doctor of Laws conferred on Carlo Vicentini by 
 the University of Padua, 1690. MS. 
 
 Old crimson morocco elaborately tooled; on the 
 sides, a wide border with large fleurons in the cor- 
 ners, succeeded by a band of scrolls, angel-hermae, 
 rosettes, and quatrefoils between double fillets, 
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 succeeded by a narrow border; in the centre of the 
 main panel, a sunburst extended by scrolls at top 
 and bottom; a section of this sunburst in each cor- 
 ner ; seal of Cardinal Barbarigo in a leather-covered 
 metal case attached by a silk cord (the cover of the 
 case missing). 93 x 7^. 
 
 Old crimson morocco elaborately tooled; on the 
 sides, a dentelle edge, succeeded by a wide band 
 between fillets which cross forming squares at the 
 corners; in each square, a large fleuron; adjoining 
 the squares, semi-circular fans ; between these fans, 
 on all four sides, an arabesque figure ; the central 
 panel has a dentelle edge and a sunburst in the 
 centre extended by arabesques at top and bottom ; 
 the corners are filled with quarters of the sunburst. 
 9? x yi. 
 
 Old crimson morocco; on the sides, a beading 
 between double fillets edged by a narrow dentelle, 
 succeeded by the same ; the central panel marked 
 off by double lines into small ogival lozenges 
 which contain alternately a bee and a half-figure 
 of an angel. 9* x 7. 
 
 Old brown morocco; on the sides, a pointille 
 band between fillets with a narrow simple border 
 on the inner edge; in the middle, a sunburst with 
 the Lion of St. Mark at the centre and scrolls at 
 top and bottom ; sections of this sunburst in the 
 corners. 8i x 6i. 
 
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 Old brown morocco; on the sides, a border, 
 double fillet, band, triple fillet, and narrow border; 
 in the centre, a sunburst with a fleuron at top and 
 bottom; sections of the sunburst in the corners; 
 the little remaining space sprinkled with small 
 quatrefoils. 9$ x yi. 
 
 Old crimson morocco; on the sides, a pair of 
 fillets, between which a little border extends part 
 way along each side, with a six-pointed star at the 
 middle of the long sides ; succeeded by an orna- 
 mental band with a fleuron at each corner flanked 
 by eight-pointed stars, "mounts" at the middle 
 of the long sides, and the rest of the band scrolls; 
 this band succeeded by a pair of fillets with stars 
 at the corners and the middle of the long sides and 
 "mounts" at the interior corners; in the centre, 
 the arms of a bishop of the Peretti family, to which 
 Sixtus V belonged. 9! x 61. 
 
 Old crimson morocco; on the sides, a heavy 
 pointille fillet between heavy fillets, succeeded by 
 a bold arabesque border; in the centre, blurred 
 coat of arms of a cardinal ; simple tooling on the 
 back. 7* x 4$. 
 
 Old brown morocco ; the decoration recalls Per- 
 sian bookbindings and consists of sunk panels 
 and medallions containing raised arabesques on a 
 gold ground; in the central medallion of the front 
 cover, the Lion of St. Mark; of the reverse cover, 
 
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 a coat of arms, so rubbed that it cannot be iden- 
 tified; brass clasps. 8& x 6. 
 
 Embossed silver binding, with silver clasps ; on 
 the sides large foliated scrolls surrounding shields; 
 on the shield on the front cover, a tree with three 
 birds; on the reverse cover, a double eagle. 4$ x 2i. 
 
 ZAEHNSDORF 
 
 Aucassin & Nicolete. Done into English by Andrew Lang. 
 London, i88j. I vol. 
 
 Full citron crushed levant morocco, doublure of 
 rose-coloured silk; the sides and back entirely cov- 
 ered by a repeating design of roses and rose-leaves 
 on a graceful vine, the ground strewn with tiny 
 stars; inside border of vine and leaves; gilt top. 
 61 X4. 
 In a purple morocco slip case. 
 
 Browning, Robert. The Inn Alburn. London, 1875. 1 vol. 
 
 Full robin's-egg blue crushed levant morocco with 
 a daisy inlaid in red in each corner, the stem and 
 leaves tooled in gold; a fleuron in each panel of 
 the back with a tulip inlaid in red ; inside bor- 
 ders ; gilt top. 6 x 4-iK 
 
 Calderon de la Barca, Pedro. Six dramas of Calderon, freely 
 translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London, 1853. I vol. 
 
 Full red crushed levant morocco; on the sides, 
 a single and a double fillet; tooled back; inside 
 borders ; gilt top. 61 X 4$. 
 Fitzgerald's own copy, with MS. corrections. 
 
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