Ponte, Carmen [Petrus Pontanus]. Poëma de laudibus diva Genoves. Paris: G. Le Rouge for Denis Roce, 1512.
According to the Christie catalogue (see below), “Inserted at the end is a cut intended by William Morris to be used in his catalogue of his library. It is the device of John Skot, the printer of Every Man, and adapted from the device of Denis Roce.”
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 864 (sold to Ellis for £3). — Ellis. — Charles Fairfax Murray. — Murray sale, Christie, 18 March 1918, lot 622. — Unlocated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 19b, no. 252 (£2).
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Pérez de Valencia, Jaime [Jacobus Perez de Valentia]. Expositiones in psalmos Davidi. Lyon: Bernard Rosier and Jean Thomas for Etienne Gueynard, 29 October and 15 November 1512.
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 858 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Wellcome auctions (1), lot 232 (sold to Eiseman for £2). — H. P. Kraus catalogue 66 (1954?), no. 516 ($135) [HathiTrust] . — Unlocated.
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 16b, no. 201 (10s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 941.
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The following titles are bound together:
[1] Arte para bien confessar. [Seville?: Jacob Cromberger?, between 1511 and 1515.]
Illustrated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 47 (£1 16s.).
[2] Villegas, Pedro Fernández de. Flosculus sacramentorum. Paris: Rembolt, 1510.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 73 (sold to Quaritch for £3). — Biblotheca Hispana, Quaritch catalogue [1899], no. 144 (£1 16s.). — British Library (C.107.b.22(1)) [acquired 1899].
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint [Saint Franciscus Assisiatis]. Die Legend des Heyligen Vatters Francisci. Nuremberg: Gedruckt durch H. Höltzel; in Verlegung des Erben C. Rosentaler, 1512.
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 459 (sold to Leighton for £12 12s.). — Unlocated.
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Mirandula, Octavianus. Viridarium illustrium poetarum. Lyon: Gilbertum de Villiers, 12 January 1512.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1037 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3). — Henry Wellcome.— Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 43 (no price).
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Eusebius. Eusebii Caesariensis episcopi Chronicon. Paris: [Henri Estienne], 1512.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 294 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1). — Henry Wellcome. — Christie (New York), 16 December 2004, lot 281 (sold for $2,600). — Unlocated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 29 (no price given).
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Giraldi, Lilio Gregorio [Lilius Gregorius Ziraldus]. Syntagma de musis. Strassburg: Matthias Schürer, 1512.
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1103 (sold to Breslauer for £1 15s.). — Unlocated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 12b, no. 151 (10s.).
Digital version: BSB.
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Jacobus, de Voragine. Legenda aurea [or The lyfe of Adam]. Trans. William Caxton. London: Wynkyn de Worde, 15 February [1512].
Illustrated.
Provenance: John Holmes. — Morris. — James William Ellsworth. — Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas (BX 4654 J33 1512).
Reference: ESTC (S101013).
Digital version: EEBO.
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Monstrelet, Enguerrand de. Le premier [-tiers] volume . . . des croniques. 3 vols. Paris: Jean Petit et Michel Le Noir, 1512.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 905 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £10 7s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library ( Closed stores EPB / D 4399/D).
Digital version: BSB.
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Lefèvre d’Étaples, Jacques. Epistola ad Laodicenses . . . epistolae ad Senecam sex. Paris: Henrici Stephani, 15 December 1512.
Illustrated. Morris owned vol. 14 of this commentary on the Pauline epistles.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 514 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Wellcome auctions (1), lot 238 (sold to Cleverdon for £ 2 10s). — (Douglas?) Cleverdon. — Blackwell’s Rare Books. — Private collector (U.K.).
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 39 (10s.).
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Antoninus, Augustus. Itinerarium provinciarum omnium cum fragmento ejusdem. Paris: Henri Estienne, 1512.
Provenance: Duke of Marlborough. —William H. Crawford. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 10 (sold to Bain for £2 18s.). — Quaritch (Early Books), October 2002, no. 2 (£3,400). — Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley (t DG28 .I9 1512).
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Decreta et acta Consilii Basiliensis nuper impressa vigilantius studio emendata. Paris: Jean Petit, 23 August 1512.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 22 ( sold to Breslauer for 17s.). — Unlocated.
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Caracalla, Emperor of Rome [Antoninus Augustus]. Itinerarium provinciarum omnium Antonini Augusti, cum fragmenta eiusdem, necnon indice haudquaquem aspernando. Ed. Geoffrey Tory. Paris: Henrici Stephani, [1512].
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 10 (sold to Bain for £2 18s.). — Quaritch catalogue (Early Books), October 2002, no. 2 (£3,400). — Unlocated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 29 (£5).
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