¶ Durand — Rationale divinorum officiorum (1475)

Durand, Guillaume [Guillelmus Duranti]. Rationale divinorum officiorum. Ulm: Johann Zainer, 18 March 1475.

Illustrated. Note at end of book: “Memorandum: That this the concluding folio of the work, was most obligingly copied for me (verbatim, literation and lineation) by my valued friend William Brace (B.A., LL.B., Univ Lond.) from the 1475 Ulm copy in the British Museum, and was given to me by him today, March 27, 1878. J.W. Bone.”

Provenance: J. W. Bone. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 401 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 3s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 2.f.2 (SR)).

References: ISTC (id00408000). —Poynter, no. 215

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¶ Durand — Rationale divinorum officiorum (1475)

Durand, Guillaume [Guillelmus Duranti]. Rationale divinorum officiorum. Ulm: Johann Zainer, 18 March 1475.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Alexander Vulpii. — Leon Hardi Haickl. — Leo S. Olschki (dealer). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 400 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 6s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 2.f.1 (SR)).

References: ISTC (id00408000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 948, p. 87 (with an X beside the title). — Poynter, no. 214.

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¶ Vegio and St. Basil

[1] Vegio, Maffeo [Maphaeus Vegius]. Philalethes. [Nuremberg: Johann Müller, c. 1474–75.]

References: Fairfax Murray Catalogue (German) 2, no. 458. — ISTC (iv00114000).

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Basil, Saint [Basilius Magnus]. De legendis antiquorum libris. [Nuremberg : Johann Müller, c. 1474.]

References: Fairfax Murray Catalogue (German) 2, no. 421. — ISTC (ib00272000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Inscribed “to Charles Fairfax Murray from William Morris 1895.”.

Provenance: Benedictbeuren Abbey near Munich. — Morris. — Charles Fairfax Murray (gift from Morris, 1895). — Sotheby, 18 July 1919 (sold to Quaritch for £11). — Volbehr. — Huntington Library (84743) and Huntington Library (84744) [purchased from Volbehr, 21 March 1925].

¶ Biblia: Novum Testamentum (1475–77?)

Biblia: Novum Testamentum. [Louvain: Johannes de Westfalia, between 1475 and November 1477.]

With bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennet. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1077 (sold to Quaritch for £8 10s.). — Bernard Quaritch. — British Library (IA. 49231) [purchased May 1899].

References: BMC, 9:157–58. — Ellis valuation, fol. 42, (£5). — ISTC (ib00650500).

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¶ Seneca — Opera philosophica (1475)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Opera philosophica. Epistolae. Ed. Blasius Romerus. Naples: Mathias Moravus, 1475.

Provenance: Morris. — Brown University Library (HAY ANNMARY 2-SIZE 1475 S4).

Reference: ISTC (is00368000).

Digital version: Bibliothèque Mazarine.

¶ Statuta Veronae (1475)

Statuta Veronae. Vicenza: Hermannus Liechtenstein, 20 December 1475.

Provenance: Victor Zilioli. — Johannes Andreas de Vitalibus. — Michael Wodhull. — Sotheran catalogue 489 (November–December 1889), p. 69 (£12 12s.). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1187 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £4 18s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.d.24 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 43 (£4). — ISTC (is00726000). — Poynter, no. 597.

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¶ Megenberg — Buch der Natur (1475)

Megenberg, Konrad von. Buch der Natur. Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 30 October [14]75.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Cathedral, Guercensis. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Arnold Arboretum Library, Harvard University (Ka K83.4b 1475) [gift from Morgan, 1926].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 3b, no. 28 (£20). — ISTC (ic00842000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 135. — Walsh, no. 544.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Mahomet II — Epistolae magni Turci (c. 1475)

Mahomet II. Epistolae magni Turci. [Treviso]: G[erardus de Lisa, de] F[landria, c. 1475].

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 505 (sold to Leighton for £1 18s.). — George Dunn. — Dunn sale, Sotheby, 4 February 1914, lot 1310. — Sir Stephen Gaselee. — Rare Books Room, Cambridge University Library (Inc.5.B.9.1 [2045]) [gift from Gaselee, 1934].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 38 (£1 10s). — ISTC (im00059000). — MEI. — Oates, no. 2454.

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Josephus — De antiquitate Judaica (1475–76)

Josephus, Flavius. De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico. Trans. Rufinus Aquileiensis. 2 vols. [Lübeck: Lucas Brandis, 1475–76.]

Illustrated. With a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.  When the book was still in Hodson’s hands, it also had laid in some notes by Morris (now missing).

Provenance: Walramus à Linden. — Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland. — Bernard Quaritch (purchased July 1882). — Morris. — Sotheby 1898, lot 733 (sold to Leighton for £34 10s.), — Laurence W. Hodson. — Hodson sale, Sotheby, 4 December 1906, lot 334 (sold to Sydney Cockerell for £95). — Sydney Cockerell. — John Charrington. — Rare Books Room, Cambridge University Library (Inc.1.A.14.1 [1013.1-2]) [gift of Charrington, 1916].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 8b, no. 92 (£30). —  ISTC (ij00483000). — MEI. — Oates, no. 1179.

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Margarita Davitica, seu Expositio psalmorum (c. 1475–76)

Margarita Davitica, seu Expositio psalmorum. [Augsburg: Günther Zainer, c. 1475–76.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 868 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.b.11 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£2). — ISTC (im00262000). — Poynter, no. 370.

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Biblia latina (1475)

Biblia latina. [Basel: Bernhard Richel], 1475.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 174 (sold to Maine for £12) — Chapin Library, Williams College (Inc B471 ffolio vault).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£25). — ISTC (ib00540000).

Digital version: Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar.

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¶ Johannes, de Fonte — Compendium (1475–76)

Johannes, de Fonte. Compendium quattuor librorum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. [Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 1475–76.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL285).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£1). — ISTC (ij00314000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 137.

Digital version: ULD.

¶ Pablo de Sancta Maria — Scrutinium scripturarum (1475)

Pablo de Sancta Maria. Scrutinium scripturarum. Mantua: Johannes Schallus, 1475.

Provenance: Church of S. Francesco della Vigna, Venice. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1266).

References: ISTC (ip00204000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 468.

¶ Sánchez de Arévalo — Speculum vitae humanae (1475)

Sánchez de Arévalo, Rodrigo [Rodericus Zamorensis]. Speculum vitae humanae. Paris: Ulrich Gering, Martin Crantz and Michael Friburger, 1 August 1475.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1418).

References: ISTC (ir00223000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 487.

¶ John, of Wales — Summa collationum (1475)

John, of Wales [Johannes Gallensis]. Summa collationum, sive Communiloquium. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1475.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL325).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£2). — ISTC (ij00330000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 138. — MS catalogue (2), no. 935, p. 86 (with an X beside the title).

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Joannes, de Imola — Lectura (1475)

Joannes, de Imola [Johannes de Imola]. Lectura super prima parte Infortiati. Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 13 September 1475.

Provenance: Earl of Hopetoun. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 719 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 6s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 2.f.13 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 37 (£2 5s.). — ISTC (ij00346000). — Poynter, no. 324.

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Martial — Epigrammata (1475)

Martial [Marcus Valerius Martialis]. Epigrammata. Ed. Giorgio Merula [Georgius Merula]. Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1475,

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL828).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 38 (£5). — ISTC (im00300000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 311.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ St. Bernard, of Clairvaux — Sermones (1475)

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint [Bernardus Claravallensis]. Sermones de tempore et de sanctis et de diversis. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 14 April 1475.

Morris’s small Kelmscott Press printer’s device (Bibliography, p. xxiii, no. 1) is used as bookplate [see below].

Provenance: Ross Winans. —Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 165 (sold to Pickering for £6 5s.). — Huntington Library (84805).

Reference: ISTC (ib00436000).

Photographed by WSP at the Huntington Library.

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¶ Hierocles — In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum (1474)

Hierocles. In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum. Trans. Joannes Aurispa. Padua: Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 17 April 1474.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 479 (sold to Tregaskis for £2 18s.). — Tregaskis catalogue, 18 September 1899, no. 191 (4 guineas). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 36 (£3). — ISTC (ih00151000).

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Jacobus, de Voragine — Legenda aurea sanctorum (1475?)

Jacobus, de Voragine. Legenda aurea sanctorum. [Augsburg: Günther Zainer, not after 1475].

Illustrated. Note by Morris tipped in on flyleaf: “The cuts in this book are done by an early artist of Zainers, and have the look of being designed by an illuminator: they look like the work in Sorgs Speculum; many of them are very pretty, and they are decidedly ornamental in character, though lacking the freedom of the artist of the Menschlichen Lebens. The type though we have called it semi Gothic might rather be looked on as a slight alteration towards Gothic of his first Roman type.”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL286).

References: ISTC (ij00084000). — Morgan Cat. 1, no. 134.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Ficino — De Christiana religione (c. 1474–75)

Ficino, Marsilio [Marcilius Ficinus]. De Christiana religione. [Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii Alamanus, 1474 or early 1475.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1107).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (£2). — ISTC (if00150000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 397.

Digital version: Warburg Institute.

¶ Diomedes — Ars grammatica (c. 1475)

Diomedes. Ars grammatica. [Venice]: Nicolaus Jenson, [c. 1475].

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL770).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (£1 15s.). — ISTC (id00234000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 318.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Boccaccio — De claris mulieribus (c. 1474–75)

Boccaccio, Giovanni. De claris mulieribus. [Strassburg: Georg Husner, c. 1474–75.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 193 (sold to Dawson for £1 14s.). — Beinecke Library, Yale University (BEIN Zi +353) [purchased with money from the Altschul Fund, October 1948].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 28b (£3). — ISTC (ib00717000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 950, p. 87.

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Justinianus — Codex Justinianus (1475)

Justinianus. Codex Justinianus. Nuremberg: Johann Sensenschmidt and Andreas Frisner, 24 June 1475.

Provenance: Carmelites (Vienna?). — William H. Crawford. — Crawford sale, 1891. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 737 (sold to Heppenstal for £5 5s.). — Frank McClean. — Fitzwilliam Museum [McClean bequest, 1904].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 9b, no. 101 (£6 15s.) — ISTC (ij00575000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 969, p. 91. — Sayle, no. 96.

Digital version: VdI.

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¶ St. Thomas Aquinas — Catena aurea (1475)

Aquinas, Thomas, Saint. Catena aurea super quattuor evangelistas. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 8 August 1475.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1167 (sold to Maggs for £6). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£5). — ISTC (it00227000).

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¶ Alphonsus de Spina — Fortalitium fidei (1475?)

Alphonsus de Spina. Fortalitium fidei. [Basel: Bernhard Richel, before 10 May 1475.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 117 (sold to Downing for £4.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 4b, no. 46 (£4). — ISTC (ia00540000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 930, p. 94 (with an X beside the title).

Digital version: VdI.

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¶ Alexander, of Hales — Summa universae theologiae (1475)

Alexander, of Hales. Summa universae theologiae [i.e., Super tertium librum sententiarum Petri Lombardi]. Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1475.

Note by Sydney Cockerell on flyleaf: “This is the book that was taken by William Morris to J. Batchelor & Son as a guide for the making of his paper for the Kelmscott Press. S.C.C. | Mar 31 1898.” No Morris book label.

Provenance: Joannis Victoris Mauri Archipresbyteri. — Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (MR 30c).

References: ISTC (ia00385000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 905, p. 81 (with an X beside the title).

Digital version: BSB.

¶ John of Genoa — Catholicon (1475–77)

John of Genoa [Johannes Balbus]. Catholicon. [Strassburg: the R-Printer (Adolf Rusch), between 1475–77.]

Provenance: W. H. Crawford. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 154 (sold to Leighton for £15). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£8). — ISTC.

Digital version: Internet Archive.

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¶ Dionysius — Commentarium (1475?)

Dionysius, de Burgo Sancti Sepulcri. Commentarium in Valerianum Maximum. [Strassburg: The R-Printer (Adolf Rusch?), not after 1475.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 331 (sold to Ridler for £4 10s.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£2). — ISTC (id00242000).

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¶ St. Albertus Magnus — Sermones de tempore (c. 1475)

Albertus Magnus, Saint. Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, c. 1475.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 112 (sold to Dobson for £3 11s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: ISTC (ia00329000).

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Eyb — Margarita poetica (1475)

Eyb, Albrecht von [Albertus de Eyb]. Margarita poetica. Rome: Ulrich Han [Udalricus Gallus], 20 December 1475.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 524 (sold to Leighton for £5 5s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: ISTC (ie00171000).

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Rudimentum novitiorum (1475)

Rudimentum novitiorum. Lübeck: Lucas Brandis, 1475.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Michael Wodhull. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 990 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £52). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.f.10 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 8b, no. 91 (£20). — ISTC (ir00345000). — Poynter, no. 512

Digital version: BSB.

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