¶ Vitruvius — Di archiettura (1535)

Vitruvius Pollio. Di archiettura. Venice: N. de Aristotele detto Zoppino, 1535.

Illustrated. Two inscriptions on final (blank) page mentioning Sig. Antonio Mocenigo and Sig. Zuanne Scalfavoto. With a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 16s.). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1197 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 1s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 6647/D).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 47 (£1). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 5 (£1 15s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 441.

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

Photographed by WSP at the Wellcome Library

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¶ Boethius — De arithmetica (11th century) [MS]

Boethius. De arithmetica. [and] Vitruvius Pollio. De architectura.

Two illuminated manuscripts bound together. Probably England, 11th and 12th centuries. 67 and 73 leaves.

Provenance: Sir Simeon Stuart [probably either the 3rd baronet, d. 1779, or the fourth, d. 1816]. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 306 (sold to Quaritch for £61). — Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Ms. lat. 601).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 2, no. 29 (£60). — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_11482).

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¶ Vitruvius Pollio — De architectura libri dece (1521)

Vitruvius Pollio. De architectura libri dece. Como: Gotardus da Ponte, 1521.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Loys Loxe. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1196 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £5 5s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 6646/D/1).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 13b, no. 160 (£5). — MS catalogue (2), no. 916, p. 83.

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¶ Morris — Gothic architecture (1893)

Morris, William. Gothic architecture: a lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Vellum copy. Inscribed “Sold to Henry Gamman, August 1897, S. C. Cockerell.” Clipped signature of Morris loosely inserted.

Provenance: Morris. — Henry Gamman. — Estelle Doheny. — St. John’s Seminary (Camarillo, Calif.). — Doheny sale, part 6, Christie (New York), 19 May 1989, lot 2303 (estimate $700–$1,000). — Unlocated.

Reference: Bibliography, A18.

¶ Morris — Gothic architecture (1893)

Morris, William. Gothic architecture: a lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

Inscribed “to Jenny with William Morris’ best love. December 4th 1893.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris. — Fitzwilliam Museum [bequest of Jenny Morris, 1935].

Reference: Bibliography, A18.

¶ Osten — Die Bauwerke in der Lombardei (n.d.)

Osten, Friedrich. Die Bauwerke in der Lombardei vom 7. bis zum 14. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt: M. J. Baer, n.d.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 921 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 18s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 329.

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¶ Pulgher — Les anciennes églises byzantines de Constantinople (1878–80)

Pulgher, Domenico. Les anciennes églises byzantines de Constantinople. Vienna: Lehmann und Wentzel, 1878–1880.

30 plates loose in portfolio.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 978 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

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¶ Vogüé — Les églises de la Terre Sainte (1860)

Vogüé, Melchior, marquis de. Les églises de la Terre Sainte. Paris: Librairie de Victor Didron, 1860.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1095 (sold to Quaritch for £4 15s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 164.

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¶ Verneilh — Des influences byzantines (1855)

Verneilh, Félix de. Des influences byzantines. Paris: Victor Didron, 1855.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1088 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 196.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

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¶ Verneilh — L’architecture byzantine en France (1852)

Verneilh, Félix de. L’architecture byzantine en France. Paris: Victor Didron, 1852.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1088 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 197.

Digital version: HathiTrust [1851 edition].

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¶ Méloizes — Vitraux du XIIIe siècle (1892)

Méloizes, Albert, le marquis des Méloizes. Vitraux du XIIIe siècle de la cathédrale de Bourges. Paris: Société française d’archéologie, 1892.

Illustrated. Part of a series.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 789 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3 3s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

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¶ Stevenson — House architecture (1880)

Stevenson, John James. House architecture. 2 vols. London: Macmillan & Co., 1880.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 825.

Digital versions: HathiTrust.

¶ Vogüé — Syrie centrale (1865–77)

Vogüé, Charles Jean Melchior, marquis de. Syrie centrale: architecture civile et religieuse du ler au VIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Noblet & Baudry, 1865–77.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1096 (sold to Quaritch for £9 15s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no 307.

Digital version: HathiTrust [vol. 1].

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¶ Viollet-le-Duc — Dictionnaire raisonné (1854–68)

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel. Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle. 10 vols. Paris: B. Bance, 1854–68.

Morris signature: “William Morris | Exeter Coll: Oxon. | June 15th 1855.” Only two volumes have so far been located: vol. 1 is in the Huntington Library, and vol. 2 is in the Library of Congress. The second volume bears this inscription: “From Library of S. C. Cockerell 21/– | 1 Mai 1897.”

Provenance: [Vol. 1] Morris. — Sanford and Helen Berger. — Huntington Library (607663) [purchased from the Bergers]. — [Vol. 2] Morris. — Sydney C. Cockerell — Library of Congress (NA1041 .V7 copy 3, Rare Books).

Digital copy: HathiTrust.

Photographed by WSP at the Huntington Library.

¶ Krafft — Ornementation de l’architecture (19th cent.)

Krafft, Jean-Charles. Ornementation de l’architecture antique et moderne. Paris: A. Morel, n.d. [19th century].

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 742 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 5s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 299.

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¶ Dartein — Étude sur l’architecture lombarde (1865)

Dartein, Fernand de. Étude sur l’architecture lombarde et sur les origines de l’architecture romano-byzantine. Paris: Dunod, 1865.

Illustrated: a set of plates. Morris seems to have owned only 5 of the 15 books.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 386 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 13s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 325.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Parvillée — Architecture (1874)

Parvillée, Léon. Architecture et décoration turques au XVe siècle. Paris: A. Morel, 1874.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 935 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 340.

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¶ Alberti — L’architettura (1565)

Alberti, Leon Battista. L’ architettura. Trans. Cosimo Battista. Venice: Leonardo Torrentino, August 1565.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 109 (sold to Pickering for £1 9s.). — Catalogue of Old and Rare Books, Pickering & Chatto, 1900, no. 1022 (£3 3s.).  — Unlocated.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Wilars de Honecort — Sketch-book (1859)

Lassus, M. J. B. A., ed. Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century. Trans. Rev. Robert Willis. London: John Henry and James Parker, 1859.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1079 (sold to Leighton for £2 2s.). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Internet Archive.

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Sotheby 1898:

 

¶ Turner — Domestic architecture (1851–59)

Turner, T. Hudson. Some account of domestic architecture in England. 3 vols. in 4. Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1851–59.

Illustrated. Morris owned vols. 1–2 (From the Conquest to the end of the thirteenth century and From Edward I to Richard II).

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1032 (part; sold to Leighton for £3 8s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 552

Digital versions: Google (vol. 2). — HathiTrust (vol. 1). — HathiTrust (vols. 3–4).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Texier — Byzantine architecture (1864)

Texier, Charles, and R. Popplewell Pullan. Byzantine architecture, illustrated by examples of edifices erected in the East during the earliest ages of Christianity, with historical and archaeological descriptions. London: Day & Son, 1864.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1156 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3 5s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores Hist. O/S 2 ZVEN.AA1).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 351.

Digital version: Google.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Gonse — Art gothique (1890)

Gonse, Louis. L’art gothique: l’architecture, la peinture, la sculpture, le décor. Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, Libraries-imprimeries réunies, [1890].

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 555 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 16s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores Hist. O/S 2 ZH.AA2).

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¶ Ruskin — Lectures on architecture and painting (1854)

Ruskin, John. Lectures on architecture and painting, delivered at Edinburgh in November, 1853. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1854.

“With illustrations drawn by the author.”

Signed “William Morris | Exeter Coll: Oxon”. According to a note in May Morris’s will, it was “bound ornamentally in W.M.’s college days.”

See also Carlyle, Past and Present.

Provenance: Morris. — May Morris. — R. Campbell Thompson (by bequest from May Morris). — Exeter College Library (9ZM8 55 R) (gift from Thompson, 1939).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 587.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Dahl — Denkmale (1837)

Dahl, Johan Christian Clausen. Denkmale einer sehr ausgebildeten Holzbaukunst aus den frühesten Jahrhunderten in den innern Landschaften Norwegens. Dresden: Zöllner, 1837.

Norwegian wooden architecture.

Provenance: Morris. —Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 385 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 867.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Cotman — Architectural antiquities of Normandy (1822)

Cotman, John Sell. Architectural antiquities of Normandy, accompanied by historical and descriptive notices. London: John and Arthur Arch, 1822.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 378 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 6s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Clark — Mediaeval military architecture (1884)

Clark, George Thomas. Mediaeval military architecture in England. 2 vols. London: Wyman & Sons, 1884.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 212 (sold to Leighton for 9s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 137.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Clutton — Illustrations of mediaeval architecture (1856)

Clutton, Henry. Illustrations of mediaeval architecture in France from the accession of Charles VI to the demise of Louis XII. London: Nattali and Bond, 1856.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 368 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 18s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 342.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Wild — History and antiquities (1837)

Wild, Charles. The history and antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, illustrated by a series of engravings. Rev. by John Britton. 2nd ed. London: H. G. Bohn, 1837.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1098 (part; sold to Tregaskis for 8s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 475.

Digital version: Google.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Bourgoin — Arts Arabes (1873)

Bourgoin, Jules. Les arts Arabes: architecture, menuiserie, bronzes, plafonds, revêtements, marbres, pavements, vitraux, etc. Paris: A. Morel, 1873.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 319 (sold to Rimell for £3 18s.). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Gallica.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Parker — Some account of domestic architecture (1859)

Parker, John Henry. Some account of domestic architecture in England, from Richard II to Henry VIII. 2 vols. Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1859.

“With numerous illustrations of existing remains, from original drawings.”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 803 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 5s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Digital versions: HathiTrust.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Launay — L’architecture Ottomane (1873)

Launay, Marie de. L’architecture Ottomane. [Constantinople: Imprimerie et Lithographie Centrales, 1873.]

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 130 (sold to Gulbenkian for £3 3s.). — Calouste Gulbenkian Library, Portugal (E-AAT 1).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 331.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Shaw — Details of Elizabethan architecture (1839)

Shaw, Henry. Details of Elizabethan architecture. London: William Pickering, 1839.

60 plates.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1120 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 12s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Evelyn Waugh. — Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas (NA 625 S4).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 99.

Digital copy: HathiTrust.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Verschelde — Ancient domestic edifices (1875)

Verschelde, Charles. The ancient domestic edifices of Bruges: specimens from drawings taken on the spot. Bruges: Beyaert-Defoort, 1875.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1089 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 297.

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