L’Abusé en court. [Lyon]: Martin Havard, [c. 1494–95].
Illustrated.
Provenance: George Hibbert. — George Charles Bright. — James T. Gibson Craig. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL 1589).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 15b, no. 185 (£15). — ISTC (ia00016000 ) — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 617.
Digital version: Gallica.
April 28, 2016
Comments Off on ¶ Hugo, de Prato Florido — Sermones de Sanctis (1485)
Hugo, de Prato Florido. Sermones de sanctis. Heidelberg: [printer of Lindelbach (Heinrich Knoblochtzer)], 21 January 1485.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 712 (sold to Cockerell for £3 5s.). — Douglas Cockerell. — William Inglis Morse. — Special Collections, Dalhousie University Libraries (BX1756 V56 S47 1485; Cockerell no. 6) [gift from Morse, 1936].
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 25b (no price given). — ISTC (ih00513000).
Digital version: VdI.
Sotheby 1898:
August 3, 2015
Comments Off on ¶ Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum (c. 1484–85)
Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum. Louvain: Johannes de Westfalia, [c. 1484–85].
Provenance: Royal Library, Munich. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1683).
References: ISTC (ir00063500). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 630.
Digital version: VdI.
May 19, 2015
Comments Off on ¶ Missale Constantiense (1485)
Missale Constantiense. Basel: Peter Kollicker, 29 May 1485.
Illustrated. With a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.
Provenance: Salem Abbey (or Reichskloster Salem), Baden Wurttenberg, Germany (Cistercian Abbey until 1803). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 794 (sold to J. S. Bain for £40). — Maggs catalogue 656 (1938), no. 360 (£150).— Morgan Library (ChL1384) [purchased from Maggs in 1938].
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 39 (£25). — ISTC (im00657000).
Sotheby 1898:
May 19, 2015
Comments Off on ¶ Hyginus — Poetica astronomica (1485)
Hyginus, C. Julius. Poetica astronomica. Ed. Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes Lucilius Santritter. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 22 January 1485.
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL860 c.1).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 44 (£1 10s.). — ISTC (ih00561000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 335. — MS catalogue (1), fol. 1v (£1 1s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 155 (with three X’s next to it).
Digital version: BSB.
April 29, 2015
Comments Off on ¶ Livy — Gesta Romanorum (c. 1484—87)
Livy [Titus Livius]. Gesta Romanorum. Louvain: Johannes de Westfalia, [between 1484/85 and 1487].
Provenance: Joannes Nÿess. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1682).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 36 (£3 10s.). — ISCT (ig00285000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 631.
April 28, 2015
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Giovanni, da Capua. Directorium humanae vitae. Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut, 12 March 1485.
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL491).
References: ISTC (ij00271000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 200.
Digital version: BSB.
February 20, 2015
Vincent, of Beauvais [Vincentius Bellovacensis]. Speculum morale. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 6 February 1485.
Sanford Berger believed that the circular floral designs around the border of the binding (see below) were adapted by Morris on his pigskin binding for the Kelmscott Chaucer (Bibliography, A40).
Provenance: Morris. — Robert Steele. — Oswald Weigel Antiquariat & Auction-Institut (Leipzig). — Sanford and Helen Berger. — Huntington Library (99036) [purchased from the Bergers]
Reference: ISTC (iv00290000).
Digital version: BSB.
Photographed by WSP at the Huntington Library.
January 30, 2015
Alchabitius. Libellus isagogicus. Trans. Johannes Hispalensis. [Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, before 4 November 1485.]
Illustrated. With bibliographical note by Cockerell tipped in.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 54 (sold to Maggs for £2 12s). — C. Lindsay Ricketts. — Burndy Library (gift of Bern Dibner). — Huntington Library (717863).
References: ISTC (ia00363000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 770 (with two X’s beside the title).
Digital version: BSB.
Photographed by WSP at the Huntington Library.
Sotheby 1898:
January 21, 2015
Livy [Titus Livius]. Historiae Romanae decades. Ed. Lucas Porrus. Treviso: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 1485.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 758 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 4s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 3.e.20 (SR)).
References: ISTC (il00244000). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 6v (15s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 360 (with two X’s next to it). — Poynter, no. 354.
Digital version: BSB.
Sotheby 1898:
November 7, 2014
Bromyarde, John de [Johannes de Bromyard]. Summa praedicantium. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 29 June 1485.
Provenance: Benediktinerkloster Benediktbeuern. — Ludwig Perczl. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 327 (sold to Downing for £4 4s.). — Cardiff University Library (Incunabula 104).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£3 10s.). — ISTC (ij00261000).
Digital version: BSB.
Sotheby 1898:
September 29, 2014
Benzi, Ugo [Hugo Senensis (Bentius)]. Expositio super quarta fen primi Canonis Avicennae. Venice: Andreas Calabrensis, Papiensis, 4 February 1485.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 715 (sold to Deacon for £2 10s.). — Unlocated.
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 36 (£3). — ISTC (ih00546000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 955 (with one X beside the title).
Digital version: BSB.
Sotheby 1898:
September 17, 2014
Filelfo, Francesco [Franciscus Philelphus]. Epistolae. Brescia: Jacobus Britannicus, 7 May 1485.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1290).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 40 (£1). — ISTC (ip00584000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 477.
Digital version: BSB.
September 15, 2014
September 11, 2014
Bartholomaeus, Anglicus. De proprietatibus rerum. Haarlem: Jacob Bellaert, 24 December 1485.
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1664).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 2b, no. 14 (£8 10s.) — ISTC (ib00142000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 659. — MS catalogue (2), no. 970 (with one X beside the title).
August 5, 2014
Boethius. De consolatione philosophie. Ghent: Arend de Keysere, 3 May 1485.
Dutch and Latin.
Provenance: “Ad vsum Fr[atr]is Joannis Nicolai Canonici Regularis, professi in Corssendoncg[?]” (inscription on front flyleaf). — Jacques Rosenthal (bookseller, Munich). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 311 (sold to Chadwick for £7 15s.). — Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford. — Rosenbach (dealer). — Henry E. Huntington. — Huntington Library (85153).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 22 (£6). — ISTC (ib00812000). — MEI.
Photographed by WSP at the Huntington Library.
Sotheby 1898:
July 21, 2014
Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo. Supplementum chronicarum. Brescia: Boninus de Boninis, de Ragusia, 1 December 1485.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 161 (sold to Ellis for £30). — Douglas Cockerell. — William Inglis Morse. — Dalhousie University Library (D 17 F75 1485 Cockerell no. 4).
Reference: ISTC (ij00209000).
Digital version: BSB.
Sotheby 1898:
July 2, 2014
Ubertino, da Casale [Ubertinus de Casali]. Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice: Andreas de Bonetis, 12 March 1485
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 343 (sold to Tregaskis for £2 18s.). — Unlocated.
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 33 (£3). — ISTC (iu00055000).
Digital version: BSB.
Sotheby 1898:
May 22, 2014
Cassian, John [Johannes Cassianus]. De institutis coenobiorum. Collationes patrum XXIV. Basel: [Johann Amerbach, after 24 September], 1485.
Provenance: Franziskanerkloster (Schwäbisch Gmünd). — Philip Melanchthon (?). — Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 344 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3 12s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 2.d.8 (SR)).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 6b, no. 67 (£3 15s.). — ISTC (ic00233000). — Poynter, no. 169.
Digital version: ULD.
Sotheby 1898:
The Library of William Morris 
February 13, 2018
Comments Off on ¶ L’Abusé en court (c. 1494–95)