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¶ Durand etc.

June 5, 2017

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The following titles are bound together:

[1] Durand, Guillaume [Guillelmus Duranti]. Speculum judiciale. Ed. Franciscus Moneliensis. Padua: Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt, 1478–79.

Morris owned the second section (dated 21 November 1478).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (10s.). — ISTC (id00448000). — Thatcher 1, no. 579.

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Battista, da Sambagio [Baptista de Sancto Blasio]. Varii tractatus juridici. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1481.

Morris owned the fourth of five parts (dated 31 May 1481).

References: ISTC (is00126000). — Thacher 1, no. 284.

Digital version: BSB.

[3] Cipolla, Bartolomeo [Bartholomaeus Cepolla]. De simulatione contractuum. Pavia: Leonardus Gerla, 15 February 1498.

References: ISTC (ic00400000). — Thacher 1, no. 634.

Digital version: BSB.

[4] Militio, Albricus de. De testibus. Pavia: Leonardus Gerla, 15 March 1497.

“Attributed in this edition to Albericus de Rosate” (ISTC).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 41 (no price). — ISTC (im00578000). — Thacher 1, no. 635.

Digital version: BSB.

[5] San Giorgio, Giacomino da [Jacobinus, de Sancto Georgio]. Aureus et in pratica perutilis totus et singularis tractatus feudorum et homagiorum. Milan: Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler, 1503.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 36 (no price given).


Provenance: Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk. — Royal Society of London (gift from Howard). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 402 (sold to Quaritch for £3 3s.). — John Boyd Thacher. — Library of Congress (Incun. 1478.F74 Thacher Coll. Copy 2).


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¶ Biblia latina (1497)

June 7, 2016

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Biblia latina. 4 vols. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 6 September 1497.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 178 (sold to G. W. Jones for £4 4s.). — G. W. Jones. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 9b, no. 104 (£1). — ISTC (ib00619000).

Digital version: BSB (vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4).


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¶ Molitor — De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus (1494–1500?)

September 8, 2015

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Molitor, Wilhelm [Ulricus Molitoris]. De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus. [Paris: Georg Mittelhus?, between 1494 and 1500.]

Illustrated.

Provenance: W. B. Chorley. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 684 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £6 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 3.a.8 (SR)).

References: ISTC (im00805000). — Poynter, no. 386.


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¶ Marullo Tarcaniota — Epigrammatum libri IV (1497)

August 25, 2015

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Marullo Tarcaniota, Michele [Michael Marullus]. Epigrammatum libri IV. Hymnorum naturalium libri IV. Florence: Societas Colubris (Compagnia del Drago), 26 November 1497.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 675 (sold to Ellis for £2 14s.). — Ellis. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 38 (£1 10s.). — ISTC (im00342000).

Digital version: VdI.


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¶ Macer — De viribus herbarum carmen (1496–98?)

May 21, 2015

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Macer, Floridus. De viribus herbarum carmen. [Geneva: printer of Rolevinck, Fasciculus temporum (Jean Belot?), between 1496 and 1498.]

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1409).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 38 (£1 10s.). — ISTC (im00003000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 541.

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¶ Savonarola — Triumphus crucis seu de veritate fidei (1497?)

May 7, 2015

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Savonarola, Girolamo [Hieronymus Savonarola]. Triumphus crucis seu de veritate fidei. [Florence: Bartolommeo di Libri, after August 1497.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1130).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 41 (£3 5s.). — ISTC (is00274000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 437. — MS catalogue (2), no. 955, p. 89 (with an X beside the title).

Digital version: VdI.

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¶ Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo — De claris mulieribus (1497)

May 5, 2015

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Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo. De claris mulieribus. Ed. Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori. Ferrara: Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 29 April 1497.

Illustrated.

Provenance: James Caulfeild, Lord Charlemont. — Charlemont sale, Sotheby, 11 August 1865. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1036).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 13b, no. 162 (£25). — ISTC (ij00204000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 382. — MS catalogue (1), fol. 5v (£2 2s.).

Note in MS catalogue (1): “wood-cuts | Note. worth more than 2 guineas; worth 7 or 8 guineas.”

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¶ St. Jerome — Epistolae (1497)

March 13, 2015

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Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Epistolae. Ed. Theodorus Laelius. 3 vols. Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, 1497.

Illustrated by Albrecht Dürer. With bibliographical description by Cockerell.

Provenance: Karmelitenkloster (Wahlau). — Corporis Christi Kirch zu Breslau — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 592 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 16s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.e.10 (SR) [copy 2]).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 56 (15s.). — ISTC (ih00176000).

Digital version: ULD.

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¶ Sallust — Opera (1497/98)

March 3, 2015

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Sallust [Gaius Sallustius Crispus]. Opera. Ed. Pomponius Lateus [and Giovanni Britannico (Johannes Britannicus)]. Paris: André Bocard, for Jean Petit, and Jean Alexandre and Charles de Bougne at Angers, 13 January 1497/98.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1469).

References: ISTC (is00083000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 528.

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¶ St. Jerome — Epistolae (1497)

January 22, 2015

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Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Epistolae. Ferrara: Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 12 October 1497.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £9). — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1039).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 13, no. 161 (£18). — ISTC (ih00178000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 383. — MS catalogue (1), fol. 5 (£9).

Note in MS catalogue (1): “woodcuts.”

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¶ Breviarium Salisburgense (1497)

November 20, 2014

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Breviarium Salisburgense. Nuremberg: Georg Stuchs, 19 November 1497.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 323 (sold to Breslauer for £4). — Hans Grisebach — Kunstgewerbe-Museum Berlin/Bibliothek — Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Grisebach Collection (Gris 28 mtl).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 33 (£4). — ISTC (ib01178200).

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¶ Cronike van Brabant (1497)

October 31, 2014

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Cronike van Brabant. Antwerp: Roland van den Dorpe, 28 February 1497.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 320 (sold to Breslauer for £4 18s.) . — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, p. 405 (£5). — ISTC (ic00475000).

Digital version: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands.


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¶ Brant — Das Narrenschiff (1497)

September 16, 2014

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Brant, Sebastian. Das Narrenschiff. Trans. Jacob Locher [Jacobus Locher Philomusus]. Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 March 1497.
Illustrated. Both a Morris book label and his signature “William Morris Red House Upton Kent.”
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1400).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 57 (£10). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 7v (£2 ). — ISTC (ib01086000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 232.
Digital version: BSB.
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