Psalter.
Illuminated manuscript. France, 15th century. 196 leaves.
Inscribed by Morris to his daughter Jenny, 17 January 1892.
Provenance: Morris. — Jenny Morris (gift from William Morris, 17 January 1892). — Niels Christensen. — Alan Horace Kempner. — Margaret Loeb Kempner. — Columbia University Library (Western MS 38) [gift from Margaret Loeb Kempner, 1986] .
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Ricchier, Ludovico [Ludovicus Coelius Rhodiginus]. Sicuti Antiquarum lectionum commentarios concinnarat olim vindex Ceselius. Venice: Aldi et Andreae Soceri, February 1516.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 369 (sold to Crawshaw for 18s.). — Columbia University Library (B878R39 S73).
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Boethius. De consolatione philosophiae. Cologne: Johann Koelhoff, the Elder, 1482.
With Morris book label and signature.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 307 (sold to Tregaskis for £3 18s.). — Tregaskis catalogue, 18 September 1899, no. 187 (£5 16s. 6d.). — Zeitlin & Ver Brugge. — Columbia University Library (Rare Book Incunabula Goff B775) [purchased from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, July 1975].
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 25b (£1 10s.). — ISTC (ib00775000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 913, p. 82 (with an X beside the title).
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Dickins, Frederick V., trans. Chiushingura, or the loyal league, a Japanese romance. London: Allen & Co., 1880.
“Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood, drawn and executed by Japanese artists, and printed on Japanese paper.”
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 235 (part; sold to Tregaskis for 13s.). — Columbia University Library (Rare Books B895.6C44 I).
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