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ref. ST20972b-cParis: Nicolas Vivien early 16th century. 197 x 130 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/8". Single column 28 lines gothic typeface. Ruled in red two one-line initials and two three-line initials painted in gold on red or blue ground and A LOVELY ANIMATED FULL PAINTED BORDER done by hand with trompe-l'oeil flowers one leaf also with a moth on painted gold ground. Top margin a little small light soiling to vellum borders with a couple superficial scratches and tiny smudges but in excellent condition overall. These beautifully embellished leaves from a printed Book of Hours demonstrate the enduring demand for manuscript illumination in the incunabular period and beyond. While the text here was completed on a printing press the initials and borders were done entirely by hand adding luxury and luster to otherwise unadorned pages. Although these leaves likely belonged to a Book of Hours printed in Paris possibly an edition printed for Nicolas Viven in or around 1503 the trompe-l'oeil style seen in the borders was particularly popular among Flemish and Netherlandish illuminators of the period. Because of the artist's use of subtle shading to indicate shadows the large blossoms here seem to pop off the page and one of the leaves contains a delicate little moth--attracted perhaps by the gleaming painted gold ground. Nicolas Vivien(?) unknown
ref. ST20972b-cParis: Nicolas Vivien early 16th century. 197 x 130 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/8". Single column 28 lines gothic typeface. Ruled in red two one-line initials and two three-line initials painted in gold on red or blue ground and A LOVELY ANIMATED FULL PAINTED BORDER done by hand with trompe-l'oeil flowers one leaf also with a moth on painted gold ground. Top margin a little small light soiling to vellum borders with a couple superficial scratches and tiny smudges but in excellent condition overall. These beautifully embellished leaves from a printed Book of Hours demonstrate the enduring demand for manuscript illumination in the incunabular period and beyond. While the text here was completed on a printing press the initials and borders were done entirely by hand adding luxury and luster to otherwise unadorned pages. Although these leaves likely belonged to a Book of Hours printed in Paris possibly an edition printed for Nicolas Viven in or around 1503 the trompe-l'oeil style seen in the borders was particularly popular among Flemish and Netherlandish illuminators of the period. Because of the artist's use of subtle shading to indicate shadows the large blossoms here seem to pop off the page and one of the leaves contains a delicate little moth--attracted perhaps by the gleaming painted gold ground. Nicolas Vivien(?) unknown books
Second edition, 3 vols., royal 8vo (235 x 155 mm), large paper copy, [4], 425, [1]; [4], 434, [2]; xl, 420, [4]pp., with half-titles and engraved frontispiece portrait to first and second volumes as called for, 10 facsimile plates, 6 of which are double-page or folding, some occasional light spotting to text (mainly prelims), marbled endpapers, cont. red morocco, spines gilt extra, marbled boards, spines just slightly faded, uncut, t.e.g. an attractive set. This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1,500 entries given. Provenance: From the library of Charles Butler (1821-1910), Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The majority of the library was sold at Sotheby's, London, on 5 April 1911.
First edition, 3 vols., bound in 4, 4to (279 x 185 mm), ONE OF 100 COPIES PRINTED ON THICK AND LARGE PAPER WITH EXTRA PLATES, [4], xxv, [7], 462,lxxix, [1]; [2], 555, [1]; [2], 298; [2], 299-622, lxiipp., with the author's wood-engraved device on each title-page, a wood engraving of the elaborately-quartered coat of arms of the Roxburghe Club on the dedication page, 85 engraved plates ((including the private plate of 'Diana de Poictiers' in vol. 2, which was apparently destroyed after only 50 copies had been printed, and a proof of the 'Prater' plate in vol. 3), 62 illustrations printed on fine and thin "India" paper and mounted on the text leaves, 55 other illustrations in the text, with the additional sixty engraved plates on 52 leaves from Lewis' Series of Groups bound in at the appropriate places as designated by Lewis in his 'Directions to the binder', contemporary notes in pencil to several endpapers and a few within the text, text and plates have staining of varying degrees, pale stain to many lower margins, a little damage to endpapers where bookplates have been removed, full red hard grain red morocco,,covers waterstained, spines lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Unfortunately this handsome large paper copy has suffered from water damage sometime in the past, additional photographs are available upon request. This set with the additional set of etchings on india paper by George Lewis, of a classic work of the utmost importance for its wealth of eye-witness information and anecdotes about printed books, manuscripts, buildings, other artefacts and people, both from past centuries and from the author's own day, for the extraordinary collection of illustrations, mostly drawn during the tour itself, and finally as a sumptuous piece of book production. As soon as the book appeared, leading scholars derided Dibdin for his lack of scholarship, especially concerning early manuscripts and printed books. But one must distinguish between the extensive and extremely useful information about things and people Dibdin saw during his 1818 tour, and his own interpretations and conclusions, which now serve only as a window to the attitudes of the time. Dibdin's enthusiasm, readable style and entertaining anecdotes, moreover, caught the mood of his age, making the book extremely popular and influential. Lewis' A Series of Groups... was intended to accompany Dibdin's Tour but was rejected by Dibdin as unworthy of his book. Lewis, most perturbed, issued them at his own expense and presented his case in the eight-page Advertisement which was separately printed. Jackson 48; 56; 56n: Windle & Pippin A38a; A44; D13.
1692ref. 42505Paris, André Pralard, 1692. 4 vol. in-8 de (48)-638-(58) pp. ; (8)-470-(8) pp. ; p. 471-892-(19) ; (40)-676 ; (20)-664 (i.e. 660) pp., maroquin rouge janséniste, dos à nerfs, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
1653ref. 42295Leyde, Jean et Daniel Elzevier, 1653. In-16 de 381 pp., 1 f.bl., titre-frontispice gravé, maroquin fauve doublé de maroquin rouge orné d'une frise dorée d'encadrement, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, filet à froid d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées sur marbrure (reliure de l'époque).
1804ref. 21904Besançon, Girard, 1804; 2 parties reliées en un tome in-18 (145 mm), demi-veau brun, dos lisse, pièce de titre rouge (renouvelée), plats cartonnés avec papier à l’éponge bronze marbré, tranches rouges (reliure de l’époque) ; [4], 329, [1 bl.] pp., [1] f. blanc ; [4], 268 pp. (sign : ( )2, 1-9-18, 10-4, la dernière blanche ; ( ) 2, 1-7-18, 8-8).
1835ref. 002107Blois s.n., Imprimerie de Félix Jahyer 1835
1927ref. 66711927 Aubenas, imprimerie Clovis Habauzit, 1927 / 1943, ensemble de 5 volumes in-8 94+261+219+326 (+23)+190 pages. Dessins en noir in et hors texte essentiellement dans le premier volume. Quelques blasons en noir. Tirage à 100 exemplaires (excepté le tome III annoncé à 150 exemplaires).Exemplaire non numérotés. Edition originale complète en 5 volumes. De toute rareté.Superbe reliure demi chagrin bleu , travail non signé : bel objet
15324to. 8 unnumbered ff. With large title woodcut and ornamental woodcut initial. Disbound, with marbled paper spine (c. 1800). Lists the entire domain of the united Spanish kingdom, as well as all its clerical and secular princes. Also identifies the exact tributes to be paid by the various lieges and their estates, including the 140,000 ducats to by paid by the "Isles whence the gold cometh". - Trimmed very closely throughout: first line of the title clipped almost entirely; full-page coat-of-arms slightly touched by binder's knife at right and lower edges. Occasional slight browning and fingerstaining. VD 16, E 3913. Not in Halle or Gilhofer (Zeitungen). Not in Sabin or Howes.
1546ref. 6335Lyon, Sub scuto Coloniensi (Joannes et Franciscus Frellonii fratres), 1546 ; in-16 ; vélin souple de l'époque ; 862 pp., (29) ff. d'index, la dernière page "Lugduniexcudebant Ioannes et Franciscus Frellonii fratres 1546".
1546ref. 11249Venise, Hieronymus Scotas, 1546 ; in-folio ; plein vélin ivoire en partie manuscrit (reliure de l'époque) ; (6) ff., 142 ff. recto-verso, (3) ff. le dernier, blanc, a été découpé.
15244to. (20), 391, (1) pp. With woodcut printer's device on final leaf and several woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum with faded handwritten title to spine. Rare Latin edition of the famous work. The Greek editio princeps was not to be published until 1533 (Froben). The translation is based upon that of the Camaldolese priest Ambrosius Traversari (1386-1439) and had been already printed in 1472; the present edition (edited by Curio and Michael Bentinus) is the first of the 16th c. and the first one to be printed in the German-speaking countries. “In Valentin Curios Planung seiner noch jungen Offizin, zudem aber vor allem erstmals in textlicher Revision und Ergänzung nach einer griechischen Handschrift” (Hieronymus). - Some waterstaining to the margins throughout, unattractive damage and small wormhole to edges near end (occasionally touching the printed marginalia). Several contemporary manuscript marginalia and underlinings. VD 16, D 1837. Adams D 486. BM-STC German 244. Hieronymus, GG 92. Schweiger I, 97. Hoffmann I, 568.
1648ref. 4220Lyon, Gérôme de La Garde, 1648 ; in-12 ; bradel cartonné moderne avec étiquette de titre sur le plat ; titre, 99, (11) pp. de table des matières.
ref. 18190Paris Ch. Lorilleux et Cie, sans date (1896) 1896 in 4 (32x24,5) 1 volume reliure demi basane marron de l'époque, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, XXIV et 358 pages. Avec 28 planches, dont plusieurs en couleurs, la plupart tirées en lithographie (dont Chéret: La saxoléïne). Nombreuses illustrations dans le texte. Ouvrage publié en 12 fascicules (reliés ici en un seul volume). Rare. Bel exemplaire
1790ref. PHO-2142Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 2 volumes in-8° (20 × 13,5 cm), reliés en cartonnage postérieur, dos lisse avec pièces de titre, d’auteur et de tomaison, (6)-VII-1-280 pp. ; 4 ff., 380 pp., VI pp. d’errata. Illustré de deux cartes dépliantes (Kamtschatka ; Route de M. de Lesseps) et d’une planche dépliante (Caravane kamtschadale). Petits défauts, réparations aux faux-titre, titre et 1er feuillet.
15794to. 14 ff. With architectural woodcut title border. Later chestnut-brown morocco in contemporary style; covers and spine blindstamped; giltstamped title to spine. Second edition (first published in Mantua in 1561). - "A book of morals, discussing love, charity, humility, etc. in separate sections, all developed from faith" (cf. Fürst). Norzi (1520-83), from a wealthy Northern Italian family of bankers, served as Rabbi in Ferrara and Mantua. - Closely trimmed (loss of a few page numbers). Slightly browned; ownership notes on t.p. unattractively obliterated by green ink. Last f. has Hebrew ownership note in ballpoint pen on reverse (with traces of an erased stamp). Steinschneider 6804, 2. Fürst III, 40. Habermann 51. Not in Adams or BM-STC Italian.
1807ref. 19815Paris, Léopold Collin ; La Haye, Immerzeel ; (Imprimerie de la Vve Jeunehomme) 1807 ; 2 tomes in 8, demi veau marbré, dos lisse très décoré et doré, pièces de titre rouge et de tomaison vert-empire ; [4], XVI, 468 pp., 16 pp. de Catalogue ; 520 pp., portrait de Noverre par Guérin, gravé à la manière noire par B. Roger.
1826ref. 21434[Paris, Ambroise Dupont et Cie, 1826 (Paris, imp. J. Tastu)] ; in-8 (247 mm), demi maroquin à grain long à coins bleu-outremer, dos à grands décors de rocaille dorés, titre doré, filet doré sur les plats, tête dorée (Thierry succ. de Petit) ; [1] f. de titre, 344 pp., vignettes gravées sur bois dans le texte, celui-ci est dans une large bordure végétale gravée.
1779ref. 6306Mit großer Holzschnitt-Vignette von Unger u. sechs Holzschnitt-Tafeln von Unger nach Johann Wilhelm Meil. Breslau, In Commission bey Johann Friedrich Korn, dem ältern, 1779. Kl.-4to. (20,3 x 16,3 cm). XXIV S. Bronzefirnispapier-Umschlag d. Zt. [7 Warenabbildungen]
First English Edition, 4to in 8's, woodcut ornament on title, Black Letter, a few early ink annotations, small hole in M7 affecting 2 letters of one word, wide margins, [4], 232 leaves, recased in original vellum, title in ink on spine, a good copy. This is Crompton's chief work and the first English law book devoted exclusively to the Royal courts, L'authoritie is a guide to all the courts then in existence, from the court functions of Parliament to the smallest local and special courts. Additionally, it contains a number of circuit reports of criminal cases not printed elsewhere. It is also the first book printed by Charles Yetsweirt, who had received a Royal commission to be printer of law books. STC, 6050; Sweet and Maxwell, p. 259 (8); Beale, T328.
Second Edition, ink ownership inscription of Richard Grosvenor on title, occasional light dampstains in the text, minute single wormhole in last 4 leaves, closed tear in blank margin of R8 and paper flaws on lower blank margin of Bb.ii, [20], 675, [1] pp., contemporary limp vellum, some loss to spine, 1 of 4 leather ties, with the armorial bookplates of Sr. Richard Grosvenor of Eaton Coun. Cheshire. "Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and Church", a translation of Rainolds's "Sex theses de Sacra Scriptura, et Ecclesia", has a separate divisional title page; pagination and register are continuous. **** An influential treatise based on debates between John Rainolds and the English Catholic John Hart held at Oxford and London, first published in 1584. This copy belonged to Richard Grosvenor (1731-1802), politician and landowner, who lived at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. His son, Viscount Belgrave, was first marquis of Westminster. STC, 20627.
Revised Edition, printer's woodcut device on title, text clean and bright throughout, [22], 494, [22] pp., contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, a very nice copy. Cato's treatise on agriculture (De Agricultura or De Re Rustica) is the only work by him that has been preserved. It contains a miscellaneous collection of rules of good husbandry, conveying much curious information on the domestic habits of the Romans of his age. This book of lessons on plant and animal husbandry is edited by the Swiss Physician, Theodor Zwinger (1533-1588). Adams, C1126
4to, with the circular stamp of Birmingham Law Society on title, mostly black letter, numerous early Ms. ink annotations in the wide blank margins, [1], 85 leaves, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, lettered in gilt on spine, a nice copy. STC 23218.
1476ref. 184820N: N 1476. 1 1476 H. Liechtenstein Levilapis Vicenza. A leaf from Virgil. L`Eneida in prosa volgare ridotta. 23 lines roman letter. 18.1 cm. x 13.5 cm. 2 1477 H. Lichtenstein Treviso for M. Manzolus. A leaf from Tortellius. Commentariorum Grammaticorum de Orthographia. 44 lines roman letter. 27.9 cm. x 20.5 cm. 3 1479-1480 Don Ippolito Florence for Giovanni di Nato. A leaf from Antoninus Confessionale. 23 lines roman letter. 20.5 cm x 14 cm. 4 1480 L. Pachel and U. Scinzenzeler Milan. A leaf from Antoninus. Confessionale. 28 lines roman letter. 20.9 cm. x 12.5 cm. 5 1480-1482 J. Antonius and B. de Honate Milan. A leaf from Meditationes etc. S. Bernardi edited by M. Venia. 30 lines gothic letter initials in red. 16.8 cm. x 11.2 cm. 6 1480 B. Celerius Treviso. A leaf from Dionysius. Antiquitates Romanae translated by Lapus Biragus. 37 lines roman letter. 27.3 cm. x 20 cm. 7 1481 A. de Mazalibus and P. Odoardus Reggio Emilia. A leaf from Tibullus Catullus and Propertius. Elegiae Carmina Elegiae. 42 lines roman letter. 27.6 cm. x 18.5 cm. 8 1486 J. Suigus de Suico Chivasso. A leaf from Angelus de Clavasio. Summa de Casibus Conscientiae. 55 lines double column gothic letter. 20.7 cm.cropped x 14.7 cm. 9 1492 Bonetus Locatellus Venice for Octavianus Scotus. A leaf from Silius Italicus. Punica cum commentariis Petri Marsi. 61 lines commentary surrounding the text. 31 cm. x 20.5 cm. 10 1493 Benedictus Hectoris Bologna. A leaf from Suetonius. Vitae Caesarum with the commentary of P. Beroaldus. 56 lines of commentary round text and headline roman letter. 30.5 cm. x 20.5 cm. 1476-1493. Together:. N unknown
