¶ Four titles (1489–1500)

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Philippi, Jacobus. Praecordiale devotorum. Basel: [Michael Furter], 16 June 1489.

Illustrated.

Reference: ISTC (ip00953000).

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Meditationes de vita et beneficiis Jesu Christ. [Cologne: Johann Landen, c. 1500.]

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£3). — ISTC (im00434000).

Digital version: ULD.

[3] Zerbolt, Gerard [Gerardus de Zutphania]. De spiritualibus ascensionibus. [Basel: Johann Amerbach and Johann Petri de Langendorff, not after 1489.]

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£3) [listed with Meditationes (above)]. — ISTC (ig00177000).

Digital version: BSB.

[4] Bertholdus. Horologium devotionis. Cologne: Johann Landen, [c. 1498].

Illustrated.

Reference: ISTC (ib00507000).

Digital version: ULD.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 813 (sold to Sotheran for £22). — John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (Incunable Collection R18016.1).

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¶ List of abbeys and churches (c. 1490) [MS]

A list of abbeys and churches.

Manuscript. Italy, c. 1490.

Morris’s full entry for this manuscript is “966 A list of Abbies & Churches &c. MS on vellum. 1st leaf lacking c 1490 Italian.” An appended note is probably in the handwriting of Sydney Cockerell: “J.A. 2661. Bought by J. R. Abbey 11-10-47 [?] for £150.”

Provenance: Morris. — J. R. Abbey (purchased for £150). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 966, p. 90.

¶ Onasander — De optimo imperatore (c.1490) [MS]

Onasander. De optimo imperatore.

Illuminated manuscript. Naples, c. 1490. 69 leaves.

Provenance: William Bragge. — Bragge sale, Sotheby, 7 June 1876, lot 299 (sold for £22 to J. Molini). — J. Molini. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 694 (sold to Quaritch for £23). — Robert Hoe. — Hoe sale, Anderson Galleries, 24 April 1911, lot 2159 (sold for $600 to J. Martini). — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (MS M.449).

References: Additional bibliography (Morgan Library). — Curatorial description (Morgan Library). — de Ricci, 2:1451, no. 449. — Needham, Paul. Twelve Centuries of Bookbindings: 400–1600. New York and London: Pierpont Morgan Library and Oxford University Press, 1979. (See no. 28.) — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_6004).

Images: Morgan Library.

Morgan Library

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¶ St. Jerome — Vitas sanctorum patrum (c. 1490–92)

Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Vitas sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum. Trans. Domenico Calvaca. [Venice: Giovanni Ragazzo?, c. 1490–92.]

Illustrated. With a bibliographical note by Cockerell.

Provenance: William Horatio Crawford. — Crawford sale, Sotheby, 12 March 1891, lot 1556 (sold to Ellis for 14s.). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 596 (sold to Quaritch for £35). — Quaritch. — British Museum (purchased from Quaritch, May 1899). — British Library (IB 23757).

References: BMC, 5:501. — ISTC (ih00231500). — MS catalogue (2), no. 371 (with one X beside the title).

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¶ Lucan — Lucan, Suetone, et Salluste (1490)

Lucan [Marcus Annaeus Lucanus]. Lucan, Suetone, et Salluste. Paris: Pierre Le Rouge, for Antoine Vérard, 22 December 1490.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1461).

References: ISTC (il00312000). — Morgan Catalogue, 2, no. 498.

¶ Sacro Bosco — Sphaera mundi (1490)

Sacro Bosco, Joannes de. Sphaera mundi. Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus], for Octavianus Scotus, 4 October 1490.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL946).

References: ISTC (ij00409000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 347.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Sacro Bosco — Sphaera mundi (1490)

Sacro Bosco, Joannes de. Sphaera mundi. Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus], for Octavianus Scotus, 4 October 1490.

Provenance: Morris. Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1054 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 8s.) — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 3.b.30 ((SR)).

Reference: ISTC (ij00409000).

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¶ Ptolemy — Cosmographia (1490)

Ptolemy [Claudius Ptolemaeus]. Cosmographia. Trans. Jacobus Angelus. Ed. Nicolaus Germanus. Rome: Petrus de Turre, 4 November 1490.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 14b, no. 174 (£45). — ISTC (ip01086000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 255.

¶ Eruditorium poenitentiale (c. 1488–90)

Eruditorium poenitentiale. [Paris: Antoine Caillaut, c. 1488–90.]

Illustrated.

Provenance: William H. Crawford. — Quaritch, 12 March 1891, lot 1154 (sold to Leighton). — Leighton. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1433).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 15b, no. 183 (£26 10s.). — ISTC (ie00108000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 497.

¶ Psalterium cum canticis (c. 1490)

Psalterium cum canticis. [Bamberg: Johann Sensenschmidt and Heinrich Petzensteiner, c. 1490.]

Provenance: St. Trinitas, Dominicans, Frankfurt am Main (1545_. — Matthias Jacob Adam Steiner. — Steiner sale, 16 October 1797 and 25 November 1798, postponed until 27 March 1799. — George Wilhelm Zapf (purchased at Steiner sale). — Rottenbuch (Bavaria, Augustinians) [donated by Zapf, 1800]. — Monastery dissolved and library sent to Munich, 1803. — Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. — Edward Hailstone. — Hailstone sale, Sotheby, 4 February and 23 April 1891. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL157).

References: ISTC ( ip01049417 ). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 73.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Speculum exemplorum (1490)

Speculum exemplorum. Strassburg: [printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 1 March 1490.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1128 (sold to Walker for £2). — Emery Walker. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 28b (£1 10s.). — ISTC (is00654000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 688 (with two X’s next to the title).

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Pontano (1490)

Two books bound together in one volume:

[1] Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano [Johannes Jovianus Pontanus]. De fortitudine. Naples: Mathias Moravus, 15 September 1490.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 40 (£1 10s.). — ISTC (ip00918000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 462.

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano [Johannes Jovianus Pontanus]. De oboedientia. Naples: Mathias Moravus, 25 October 1490.

References: ISTC (ip00920000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 463.

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Provenance: Richard Heber. — Cornelius Paine. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1231) [De forititudine, De oboedientia].

¶ Lapide et al.

The following tracts are bound together in one volume:

[1] Lapide, Johannes (Heynlin) de. Resolutorium dubiorum circa celebrationem missarum occurrentium. [Rome: Eucharius Silber, c. 1495.]

References: ISTC (ij00366000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 265.

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Bonaventure, Saint [Saint Bonaventura]. De praeparatione ad missam. [Rome: Eucharius Silber, c. 1500].

References: ISTC (ib00937000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 259.

[3] De utilitate Missae, sive De missa et utilitate eam dicentium. [Rome: Johann Besicken, c. 1505].

References: Morgan Catalogue, no. 267.

[4] Hugh, of Saint-Cher [Hugo de Sancto Caro]. Expositio missae, seu Speculum ecclesiae. [Rome: Eucharius Silber, c. 1490?].

References: ISTC (ih00522000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 260.

Digital version: BSB.

[5] Defectus in Missa occurrentes. [Rome: Johann Besicken, c. 1495.]

References: ISTC (id00133000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 266.

[6] Thomas, Aquinas, Saint. Quaestiones circa confessionem seu Sacramentum poenitentiae. [Rome: Stephan Plannck, c. 1495.]

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 28b (£10s. ). — ISTC (it00326000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 257.

[7] Casus papales, episcopales et abbatiales. [Rome: Eucharius Silber, c. 1495.]

References: ISTC (ic00267000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 264.

Digital version: BSB.

[8] Andreas de Escobar. Canones poenitentiales. [Rome: Stephan Plannck, c. 1491–1500.]

References: ISTC (ia00657000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 256.

[9] Roselli, Antonio [Antonius de Rosellis]. De usuris. [Rome: Stephan Plannck, c. 1491–1500.]

References: ISTC (ir00333000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 275.

Digital version: BSB.

[10] Torquemada, Juan de [Johannes de Turrecremata]. De efficacia aquae benedictae. [Rome: Stephan Plannck, c. 1491–1500.]

References:— Ellis valuation, fol. 43, (no figure given). — Ellis valuation, fol. 14b, no. 177 (no figure given). — ISTC (it00512000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 258.

Digital version: BSB.

[11] Torquemada, Juan de [Johannes de Turrecremata]. Meditationes seu Contemplationes devotissimae. Rome: Stephan Plannck, 21 August 1498.

Illustrated.

References: ISTC (it00541000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 269. — MS catalogue (2), no. 970, p. 91.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL672).

¶ Historia septem sapientium Romae (1490)

Historia septem sapientium Romae. Cologne: Johann Koelhoff, the Elder, 1490.

Illustrated.

Provenance: I. V. Mullenkamp. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL216).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 7b, no. 79 (£10). — ISTC (is00449000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 107.

Digital version: Otto-Schäfer-Bibliothek Schweinfurt.

¶ Missale Parisiense (1489/90)

Missale Parisiense. Paris: Jean Du Pré (printer of Paris), for himself, Jean Belin et Guillaume Le Caron, 11 March 1489/90.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1449).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 39 (£15). — ISTC (im00680000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 495.

Digital version: Internet Archive.

¶ Petrus de Rivo — Opus (c. 1490–91)

Petrus de Rivo. Opus responsivum ad Epistolam apologeticam Pauli de Middelburgo de anno, die et feria dominicae passionis. Kalendarium Egyptiorum secundum Bedam. Louvain: Ludovicus Ravescot, [c. 1490–91].

Illustrated.

Provenance: John H. Thorold. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1688).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 2b, no. 19 (£20) [note in Cockerell’s hand: “Cost this”]. — ISTC (ip00534000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 633. — MS catalogue (2), no. 972, p. 91.

¶ Joannes, of Hildesheim — Liber de gestis (1490)

Joannes, of Hildesheim. Liber de gestis et translatione trium regum. Modena: Dominicus Rocociolus, 17 August 1490.

Illustrated.

Provenance: John Bellingham Inglis. — William H. Crawford. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1317).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 14b, no. 169 (£3). — ISTC (ij00340000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 480.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Crescenzi — Ruralia commoda (c. 1490–95)

Crescenzi, Pietro de’ [Petrus de Crescentiis]. Ruralia commoda. [Speyer: Peter Drach, c. 1490–95.]

Illustrated.

Provenance: Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland. — A. Geekie. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL458).

References: ISTC (ic00969000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 191. — MS catalogue (2), no. 907, p. 82 (with an X beside the title).

Digital version: VdI.

¶ Boccaccio — Decamerone (1490)

Boccaccio, Giovanni. Decamerone. Trans. Arigo (Heinrich Schlüsselfelder?). Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 18 October 1490.

Illustrated.

Provenance: John Thynne, Baron Cartaret of Hawnes. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL346).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 3b, no. 35 (£40). — ISTC (ib00731000). — Morgan Cat. 1, no. 162.

¶ Cicero — Rhetorica ad C. Herennium (1490)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Rhetorica ad C. Herennium. Venice: Guilelmus Anima Mia, Tridinensis, 1 September 1490.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 364 (sold to Downing for 10s.). — Downing. — J. R. Holiday. — Fitzwilliam Museum, Reference Collection [bequest from Holiday, 1927].

References:Ellis valuation, fol. 34 (10s). — ISTC (ic00682000).

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Jacobus Philippus — Supplementum chronicarum (1490)

Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis. Supplementum chronicarum. Venice: Bernardus Rizus Novariensis, 15 May 1490

Provenance: Josephus Romanus. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 162 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 1.e.7 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 44 (£ 2). — ISTC (ij00211000). — Poynter, no. 122.

Digital version: BSB.

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