¶ Froissart — Chroniques (c. 1499–1503)

Froissart, Jean. Les Chroniques de Froissart. 3 vols. Paris: Antoine Vérard, [c. 1499-1503].

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (1), fol. 6 (£7 10s.) [with note that two or three pages are torn and need mending].— ISTC (if00323000).

Issued in four parts. It is not clear whether Morris owned the final part, since MS catalogue (1) mentions three volumes.

Jerome, St. — La vita di Sancti padri (1499)

Jerome, St. La vita di Sancti padri vulgare historiata. Venice: Christophoro di Pensa, 5 December 1499.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

References: MS catalogue (1), fol. 4 (£1 5s.). — ISTC (ih00235000).

Note in MS catalogue (1): “poor copy – wood-cuts.”

An Italian translation by Feo Belcari of Vitae patrum. In MS catalogue (1) the publication date is given as 1500; as far as we can tell, the closest date for an edition of this book is 1499.

¶ Three titles (1491–c. 1510)

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Vergerio, Pietro Paolo [Petrus Paulus Vergerius]. De ingenuis moribus ac liberalibus studiis. Trans. Leonardo Bruni [Leonardus Brunus Aretinus]. Venice: Johannes Baptista Sessa, April 1491.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 44 (£1 10s.). — ISTC (iv00136000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 349.

[2] Astemio, Lorenz [Laurentius Abstemius]. Fabulae. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 1 June [1499].

References: ISTC (ia00012000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 369.

Digital version: VdI.

[3] Salomonis et Marcolphi dyalogus. [Milan(?): c. 1505–1510].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 47 (no price). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 395.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL968). [The three works are catalogued separately: Vergerio; Astemio; Salomonis et Marcolphi dyalogus.]

¶ Musurus — Etymologicum Magnum Graecum (1499)

Musurus, Marcus, ed. Etymologicum Magnum Graecum. Venice: Zacharias Callierges for Nicolaus Blastus and Anna Notaras, 8 July 1499.

The text, including the title, is entirely in Greek.

Provenance: Dr. Askew. — Askew sale, Baker, c. 22 February 1775 (sold to Michael Wodhull for £2 12s. 6d.). — Michael Wodhull. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 518 (sold to Quaritch for £4). — John Boyd Thacher. — Library of Congress (Thacher Collection 483).

References: ISTC (ie00112000). — Thacher 1, no. 483.

Digital version: BSB.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Aquinas (c. 1500) and Biel (1499)

The following titles were bound together but were separated after Morris’s death:

[1] Aquinas, Thomas, Saint. In hoc libello continentur tres tractatuli. Primus est sancti Thome Aquinatis de mirabili quidditate et efficacia venerabilis sacramenti eucharistie. Secundus est magistri Nicolai de lyra de idoneo ministrante suscipiente idem sacramentum. Tercius est alicuius docti collectoris de expositione dominice orationis. [Cologne: Heinrich Quentel, c. 1500.]

Digital version: Google.

[2] Biel, Gabriel. Epitoma expositionis sacri canonis missae. Ed. Wendelin Steinbach. Tübingen: [Johann Otmar for Friedrich Meynberger, 1499.]

Illustrated.

Reference: ISTC (ib00654000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1078 (sold to Proctor for £1 16s.). — Robert Proctor. — [Aquinas only:] — Christie (South Kensington), 20 September 1996, lot 2 (sold to Maggs for £1,255). — Maggs catalogue 1220, no. 8. — Unlocated.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Appiano etc.

Eight titles bound together in one volume when they were in Morris’s hands; the individual works were subsequently rebound by W. J. Mansell for Michael Tomkinson.

[1] Appiano, Costanzo [Constantius Applanus]. Soliloquia de humani arbitrii libertate et potestate. Cremona: Carolus de Darleriis, 4 October 1496.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 31 (5s.). — ISTC (ia00933000).

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Dio, Chrysostom [Dio Chrysostomus]. [De Troia non capta:] Ilii captivitatem non fuisse. Trans. Franciscus Philelpus and ed. Nicolaus Lucarus. Cremona: Bernardinus de Misintis and Caesar Parmensis, 22 July 1492.

With a bibliographical note by Cockerell (describing all the titles) tipped in.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (10s). — ISTC (id00206000).

Digital version: BSB.

[3] Dio, Chrysostom [Dio Chrysostomus]. De regno. Trans. Publius Gregorius Tiphernas and ed. Pius III (Franciscus de Piccolomineis). Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 1493.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (no price given). — ISTC (id00205000).

Digital version: BSB.

[4] Bosso, Matteo [Matthaeus Bossus]. De instituendo sapientia animo. Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 6 November 1495.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 33 (no price given). — ISTC (ib01043000).

Digital version: BSB.

[5] Bosso, Matteo [Matthaeus Bossus]. Sermo in Jesu Christi passionem. Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 11 November 1495.

Reference: ISTC (ib01047000).

[6] Beroaldo, Filippo [Philippus Beroaldus]. De felicitate. Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 1 April 1495.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 32 (10s.) [bound with Maffei below]. — ISTC (ib00482000).

Digital version: BSB.

[7] Maffei, Celso [Celsus Maffeus]. Dissuasoria ne christiani principes ecclesiasticos usurpent census. Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 27 June 1494.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 32 (10s.) [bound with Beroaldo above]. —  ISTC (im00015000).

Digital version: BSB.

[8] Sabellico [Marcus Antonius Sabellicus]. De Venetis magistratibus. Venice: Antonius de Strata, de Cremona, 19 January 1488/89.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 41 (£1). — ISTC (is00009000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 66 (sold to Tregaskis for £1 16s.). — Michael Tomkinson. — Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford. — Huntington Library. (The individual call numbers at the Huntington—all Rare Books—are as follows: [1] 89923; [2] 100604; [4] 85511 (bound with no. 5); [5] 85512 (bound with no. 4); [7] 101129 (unbound in pamphlet folder). Nos. 3, 6, and 8 are not at the Huntington and are unlocated.)

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Justinus and Osorius

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Justinus historicus una cum L. Floro a Philippo Beroaldo correctus. Bologna, impressit Benedetto Faelli, 1505.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 37 (no price given).

[2] Orosius, Paulus. Historiae adversus paganos. Ed. Enea Volpi [Aeneas Vulpes]. Venice: Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, for Octavianus Scotus, 18 July 1499.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 39 (£1). — ISTC (io00100000).

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 739 (sold to Cockerell for £1 12s.). — Douglas Cockerell. — William Inglis Morse (purchased from Cockerell in 1936). — Dalhousie University Libraries (Special Collections PA 6445 J6; Cockerell 28) [acquired from Morse, 1936].

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Colonna — Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499)

Colonna, Francesco [Franciscus Columna]. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, for Leonardus Crassus, December 1499.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Edward Burne-Jones (presentation inscription of Morris). — Howard J. Sachs. — Houghton Library, Harvard University (Typ Inc 5574) [gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs].

References: ISTC (ic00767000). — Walsh, James E. A Catalogue of the Fifteenth-Century Printed Books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1991–97. (See no. 2686.)

Digital version: Library of Congress.

¶ Terence — Comoediae (1499)

Terence [Terentius Afer, Publius]. Comoediae. Ed. Johannes Curtus. Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 11 February 1499.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1152 (sold to Thomson for £10). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.d.2 (SR)).

References: ISTC (it00101000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 897 (with an X beside the title). — Poynter, no. 564.

Digital version: ULD.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Stoeffler — Almanach (1499)

Stoeffler, Johann [Johannes], and Jacob Pflaum. Almanach nova in annos 1499–1531. Ulm: Johann Reger, 13 February 1499.

Provenance: Dr. Hartmann Schedel. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1072 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £4 16s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.a.13 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 11b, no. 127 (£1). — ISTC (is00791000). — Poynter, no. 558.

Digital version: BSB.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Sacro Bosco — Sphaera mundi (1499)

Sacro Bosco, Johannes de. Sphaera mundi. Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 23 October 1499.

Provenance: Johann Faber, Bishop of Vienna. — Jacob Schwartz, Bishop of Vienna. — Collegium Trilingue St. Nikolaus.— Vienna, Imperial Library. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL977).

References: ISTC (ij00419000). — Morgan Catalogue, 2, no. 370. — MS catalogue (2), no. 950 (with one X beside the title).

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

¶ St. Ivo — Liber decretorum (1499)

Ivo, Saint, Bishop of Chartres. [Ivo, Episcopus Carnotensis]. Liber decretorum, sive Panormia. Ed. Sebastian Brant. [Basel]: Michael Furter, 6 and 7 March 1499.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 496 (sold to Pickering for £2 19s.). — Charles Hervey Hoare. — Edwin Crashaw. — Edward A. Brotherton, 1st baron. — Brotherton Collection, Leeds University Library (Brotherton Collection Incunabula/IVO).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 49 (£2). — ISTC (ii00223000).

Digital version: ULD.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Beroaldo (six tracts)

Six tracts by Philippo Beroaldo [Phillipus Beroaldus] bound together in one volume:

[1] Declamatio ebriosi, scortatoris et aleatoris. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 1499.

References: ISTC (ib00471000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 455.

Digital version: BSB.

[2] De felicitate. Paris: Thielman Kerver, for Jean Petit, 28 March 1500.

References: ISTC (ib00485000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 544.

[3] De optimo statu et principe. Paris: Thielman Kerver, for Jean Petit, 10 April 1500.

References: ISTC (ib00488000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 546.

[4] Heptalogos. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 18 December 1498.

References: ISTC (ib00487000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 454.

Digital version: BSB.

[5] Declamatio philosophi, medici, oratoris. Paris: Thielman Kerver, for Jean Petit, 1 April 1500.

References: ISTC (ib00475000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 545.

[6] Oratio proverbiorum. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 17 December 1499.

References: ISTC (ib00489000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 456.

Digital version: BSB.

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Provenance: J. P. A. Madden. —Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1215).

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

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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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Dorlandus — Viola animae (1499)

Dorlandus, Petrus. Viola animae, sive De Natura hominis. Comp. Raymond de Sabunde. Cologne: [Retro Minores (Martin von Werden?)], for Heinrich Quentell, 29 May 1499.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1060 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 16s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 2.a.14 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 7b, no. 77 (£1). — ISTC (id00360000). — Poynter, no. 212.

Digital version: BSB.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Villena — Los doze trabajos de Hércules (1499)

Villena, Enrique de. Los doze trabajos de Hércules. Burgos: Juan de Burgos, 8 August 1499.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1751-1752).

References: ISTC (iv00276000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 670.

¶ Sacerdotium Jesu Christi (1499)

Sacerdotium Jesu Christi. De oratione. Augsburg: Johann Froschauer, 1499.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL373).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£ 1). — ISTC (is00014000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 170.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Kölnische Chronik (1499)

Kölnische Chronik. Cologne: Johann Koelhoff, the Younger, 23 August 1499.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL259).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 7b, no. 80 (£20). — ISTC (ic00476000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 115. — MS catalogue (2), no. 880 (with two X’s beside it).

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Aratus — Phaenomena (1499)

Aratus. Phaenomena . . . Commentaria in Aratum . . . Sphaera [by Proclus]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, June and [17] October 1499.

Illustrated. These were was originally part of a larger volume containing other titles.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 129 (sold to Tregaskis for £3). — Unlocated.

Digital version: VdI.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Boccaccio — Genealogia deorum (1498/99)

Boccaccio, Giovanni. Genealogia deorum. Trans. Laurent de Premierfait (?). Paris: for Antoine Vérard, 9 February 1498/99.

Illustrated.

Provenance: William H. Crawford. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1535).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 17b, no. 214 (£34 10s.). — ISTC (ib00755000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 536. — MS catalogue (2), no. 956, p. 89.

Digital version: VdI.

¶ Cicero — Orationes (1499)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orationes. Ed. Philippus Beroaldus. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 13 April 1499.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 360 (sold to Dawson for £1 8s.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 34 (£1 10s.). — ISTC (ic00549000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Four titles (1499–1508)

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Nicolaus, de Lovanio, ed. Minorica elucidativa. Paris: [André Bocard], for Jean Petit, and Jean Alexandre and Charles de Bougne at Angers, 22 March 1499.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 20 (£2). — ISTC (im00589000).

[2] Petrus, de Cruce. Preclarissimum opus antiminorica vocatum. Venice: [25 June 1505].

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 47 (5s.).

[3] Ludovicus de la Turre. Appologia deffensoria fratum Minorum de Observantia. Antwerp: [H. Eckert van Homberch], [c. 1508?].

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 1b, no. 10 (£1 5s.).

[4]  Cultrificis, Englebertus. Defensorium et declaratio privilegiorum fratrum mendicantium. Delft: Henric Pietersz Lettersnijder, 1508.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (10s.).

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 16 (sold to Tregaskis for £3). — Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands: (KW 231 J 46) [1]); [2]; [3] [4]; [binding]; see also KW 231 J 46 [MACULATURE].)

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Ogier le Danois (1499?)

Ogier le Danois. Paris: Antoine Vérard, [before 25 October 1499?].

Provenance: Félix Solar. — 25th and 26th Earls of Crawford. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1540).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 17b, no. 215 (£95) [where it is dated 1508]. — ISTC (io00062000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 533.