¶ St. Augustine — De civitate dei (1486–87)

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo [Saint Augustinus]. De civitate dei [French] De la cite de dieu. Trans. Raoul de Presles. Abbeville: Pierre Gérard and Jean Du Pré (printer of Paris), 1486–87.

Two parts, dated 1486 and 1487. Illustrated.

Provenance: John Hayford Thorold. — Thorold sale, Sotheby, 12 December 1884, lot 197. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1602).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 15b, no. 181 (£100). — ISTC (ia01247000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 622 [HathiTrust].

¶ Ptolemy — Cosmographia (1482 and 1486)

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Ptolemy [Claudius Ptolomaeus]. Cosmographia. Trans. Jacobus Angelus. Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 16 July 1482.

Illustrated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 10b, no. 120 (£15). — ISTC (ip01084000). — Poynter, no. 466.

Digital version: Boston Public Library.

[2] Ptolemy [Claudius Ptolomaeus]. Cosmographia. Trans. Jacobus Angelus. Ulm: Johann Reger, for Justus de Albano, 21 July 1486.

Illustrated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 10b, no. 124 (£22 10s.). — ISTC (ip01085000). — Poynter, no. 468.

Digital version: BSB.

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Provenance: Sotheby 1898, lot 976 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £21). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.f.5 (SR) [1482 edition and 1486 edition]).

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¶ Ptolemy — Cosmographia (1486)

Ptolemy [Claudius Ptolomaeus]. Cosmographia. Trans. Jacobus Angelus. Ulm: Johann Reger, for Justus de Albano, 21 July 1486.

Illustrated. Inscribed “to E Burne-Jones from William Morris Feb: 10th 1895.”

Provenance: Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace. — Quaritch (purchased in 1882). — Morris. — Edward Burne-Jones (gift from Morris, 1895). — Maritime Museum, Rotterdam (WAE56).

References: ISTC (ip01085000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 985 (with one X beside the title).

Digital version: BSB. — The Maritime Museum also offers seven digital images from Morris’s copy.

Maritime Museum

¶ Rolevinck and others

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Rolevinck, Werner [Werner Rolewinck]. Fasciculus temporum. Strassburg: Johann Prüss, 1487.

Illustrated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 11b, no. 138 (£3). — ISTC (ir00273000).

Digital version: ULD.

[2] Auerbach, Johannes. Processus iudiciarius. [Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, c. 1488–89.]

This title was issued as part of a collection of legal works; hence no imprint is listed in the Sotheby 1898 catalogue.

Reference: ISTC (im00759000).

Digital version: BSB.

[3] Attavanti, Paolo [Paulus, Florentinus]. Breviarium totius juris canonici. Memmingen: Albrecht Kunne, 1486.

Illustrated.

Reference: ISTC (ip00180000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 528 (sold to Leighton for £1 19s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 938, p. 86 (all three titles, with an X beside them).

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¶ Terence — Eunuchus (1486)

Terence [Terentius Afer, Publius]. Eunuchus. Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut, 1486

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL494).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 10b, no. 123 (£70). — ISTC (t00108000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 202.

Digital version: ULD.

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¶ Peter Lombard — Sententiarum libri IV (1486)

Peter Lombard [Petrus Lombardus]. Sententiarum libri IV. Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, [28 February?] 1486.

Provenance: Dr. Jo. Michael Bernhold. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 764 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 2s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.d.14 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£20). — ISTC (ip00484000). — Poynter, no. 429.

Digital version: Biblioteca de Andalucía.

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¶ 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.

¶ Tinctor — Dicta (1486)

Tinctor, Nicolaus [Nicolaus Tinctoris (von Guntzenheim)]. Dicta super Summulas Petri Hispani. [Reutlingen]: Michael Greyff, 11 June 1486.

Two inscriptions, dated 1497 and 1564, about the Tegernsee Abbey in Bavaria.

Provenance: Tegernsee Abbey (?). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1171 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 6s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.d.14 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£1). — ISTC (it00378000). — Poynter, no. 578.

Digital version: ULD.

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¶ Chronicles of England (c. 1486)

Chronicles of England. [London: William de Machlinia, c. 1486.]

Provenance: Morris. — [Not in 1898 catalogue?] — C. W. Dyson Perrins. — Stonehill. — University of Illinois Library (Incunabula 942 C4681486) [purchased from Stonehill, 14 January 1949].

References: ESTC (S121384). — ISTC (ic00480000).

Digital version: EEBO.

¶ Breydenbach — Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (1486)

Breydenbach, Bernhard von [Bernardus de Breidenbach]. Peregrinatio in terram sanctam. Mainz: Erhard Reuwich, 11 February 1486.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Hainrich von Zeir. — Q. Meinnenf (?). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL43).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 8b, no. 98 (£50). — ISTC (ib01189000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 30.

Digital version: BSB.

 

 

 

 

¶ Aesop — Vita et fabulae (1486)

Aesop [Aesopus]. Vita et fabulae. Antwerp: Gerard Leeu, 26 September 1486.

Illustrated.

Note by Morris on flyleaf: “The cuts in this Aesop are copied from the earlier woodcuts of the Ulm and Augsburg editions, but are not literal reproductions of them. They cannot be said to be as well cut as their originals, or to have the same spirit and ease of drawing. At the same time they show a greater feeling for decorative effect than the German cuts do. It may be noted for instance than [that] in most cases the Flemish designer has substituted clean drawn bunches of ornamental leafage for the mere fuzzy heads of trees in the earlier designs: he also shows his appreciation of the value of black as a colour by taking advantage of the shoes, bells, & other masses: altogether these cuts are a very successful and ornamental series; and in conjunction with Gerard Leeu’s delicate and beautiful black letter, and his telling and finely designed woodcut capitals (not to mention the neat and pretty painted letters of this copy) make a very beautiful book. (WM)”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1701).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 1b, no. 1 (£45). — ISTC (ia00114000). — Morgan Cat. 3, no. 650. — MS catalogue (2), no. 921, p. 93 (with an X beside the title).

Digital version: Vědecká knihovna, Olomouc.

¶ Lucretius — De rerum natura (1486)

Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura. Verona: Paulus Fridenperger, 28 September 1486, 1 October 1486.

Provenance: Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland. — George Milmine. — Bernard Quaritch. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 770 (sold to Dawson for £2 10s.). — George Dunn. — Beinecke Library, Yale University (1986 +107).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 38 (£13 10s.). — ISTC (il00333000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 984 (with one X beside the title).

Digital version: Universiteit Utrecht.

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¶ Cato — Disticha de moribus (1486)

Cato. Disticha de moribus. Basel: [Johann Amerbach], 14 June 1486.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 261 (sold to Tregaskis for £3 4s.). — Tregaskis catalogue, 18 September 1899, no. 188 (£5 10s.). — Edmund McClure. — National Library Wales (IA Bas 86).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 68b, no. 68 (£1). — ISTC (ic00297000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 769 (with two X’s beside the title).

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Nider, Ambrose, Crescenzi

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Nider, Johannes. Consolatorium timoratae conscientiae. [Augsburg: Anton Sorg, c. 1484.]

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£2 15s.). — MEI. — ISTC (in00167000). — Poynter, no. 398.

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Ambrose [Ambrosius], Saint. Hexameron. [Cologne: Johann Guldenschaff, c. 1480–83.]

References: ISTC (ia00557000). — MEI. —Poynter, no. 45.

Digital version: BSB.

[3] Crescenzi, Pietro de’ [Petrus de Crescentiis]. Ruralia commoda. Strassburg: [Georg Husner], 9 March 1486.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 28b (£2). — ISTC (ic00968000). — MEI. — Poynter, no. 194.

Digital version: VDI.

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Provenance: P. F. Weber. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 917 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £8 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.c.19 (SR)).

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