The following titles are bound together:
[1] Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius. In Somnium Scipionis M. Tullii Ciceronis libri duo, et saturnaliorum lib. VII. Paris: Jodocus Ascensius Badius, 1524.
Illustrated.
Digital version: Gallica.
[2] Velleius Paterculus. Historiae Romanae duo volumina. Basel: Johann Froben, 1520.
Illustrated.
[3] Herodotus. Historiarum patris Musae. Paris: Jodocus Ascensius Badius and Johann Parvus, August 1528.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 779 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 6s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — J. R. Abbey. — Abbey sale, Sotheby, 21 June 1965, part 1, lot 546 (sold for £78 [?]). — Unlocated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 30 (£1) [for the volume].
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The following titles are bound together:
[1] Adamant [Adamantius Sophista]. Physiognomonicon. Basel: R. Winter, 1544.
Digital version: BSB.
[2] Scot, Michael [Michaelis Scoti]. Phisionomia. Paris: Jean Petit, [1524].
[3] Aristotle. Secreta secretorum. Paris: Galliot du Pré, 1520.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1 (sold to Quaritch for £1 10s.). — Unlocated.
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Erasmus, Desiderius. Paraphrasis in Evangelium secundum Ioannem. Basil: J. Froben [Io. Frobenij], 1524
Provenance: John Hay. — James Bricknell. — John Baker. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 253 (sold to Tregaskis for £2 2s.). — Unlocated.
Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£5).
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Bergomensis, Jacobus Philippus [Jacobo Filippo Foresti]. Supplementum supplementi de le Chroniche . . . vulgarizato et hystoriato. Venice: Giovanni Francesco and Giovanni Antonio Rusconi, 1524.
Illustrated. With bibliographical note by Cockerell laid in.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 163 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 2s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 793/D).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 44 (£3). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 5 (£1 15s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 448 (with two X’s beside the title).
Note in MS catalogue (1): “wood-cuts.”
Digital versions: Early European Books (Morris copy).— Internet Archive (Morris copy).

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May 29, 2017
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