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¶ St. Bernard of Clairvaux — Flores (1470?)

October 7, 2016

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Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint [Bernardus Claravallensis]. Flores. [Nuremberg: Johann Sensenschmidt, not after 1470].

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 164 (sold to Ellis for £3 11s.). — Douglas Cockerell. — William Inglis Morse. — Special Collections, Dalhousie University Libraries (BX890 B48 1472; Cockerell 3) [acquired from Morse, 1936].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£3 10s.) [where it is dated 1472]. — ISTC (ib00388000).

Digital version: BSB.


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¶ Cicero — Three bookes of dueties (1568)

June 28, 2016

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of dueties, to Marcus his sonne. Trans. Nicholas Grimalde. London: Richard Tottel, 1568.

“Grubby little book,” according to a note in Morris’s hand in MS catalogue (1).

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 7s. 6d.). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (S107892). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 12.

Digital version: EEBO.

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