Biblia latina. 2 vols. [Strassburg: Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1468.]
Note on flyleaf by Cockerell about the type.
Provenance: Unidentified Cardinal. — J. A. J. Rotthier. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 173 (sold to Quaritch for £13 10s.). — Quaritch. — General Theological Seminary [gift of Eugene Augustus Hoffman and Cornelius Vanderbilt]. — Christie (New York), 1 October 1980, lot 55 (sold for $12,000). — Bridwell Library (06123 and 06124) [purchased 1 October 1980].
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£ 13 10s.). — ISTC (ib00531000).

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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo [Saint Augustinus]. Sermo super orationem dominicam. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, c. 1468–69.]
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL166).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£1). — ISTC (ia01303000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 77.
Digital version: ULD.
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Bonaventure, Saint [Saint Bonaventura]. Meditationes vitae Christi. Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 12 March [14]68.
Provenance: Cardinal Peter von Schaumberg. — Anton von Annenberg. — William Horatio Crawford. — Crawford sale, Sotheby, 12 March 1891, lot 415. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL269).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£20). — ISTC (ib00893000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 120.
Digital version: BSB.

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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo [Saint Augustinus]. De civitate Dei. [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1468].
Bibliographical note by Cockerell tipped in.
Provenance: B. Pirckheimer (with bookplate by Dürer). — William H. Crawford. — Royal Society. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 143 (sold to Tregaskis for £23). — Ross Winans. — Huntington Library (104600).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£18). — ISTC (ia01239000).
Digital version: BSB.

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Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Epistolae. Ed. Giovanni Andrea Bussi [Johannes Andreas]. Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, 13 December 1468.
Provenance: Namur. — C. Inglis. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 588 (sold to Ellis for £53). — John Scott. — Scott sale, Sotheby, 27 March 1905 (and 10 following days), lot 910 (sold to Quaritch for £69). — Quaritch. — Library of Congress (Incun. 1468 .H5 Vollbehr Coll).
Reference: ISTC (ih00161000).
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