¶ Bible (13th century) [MS]

Bible.

Illuminated manuscript. Italy, 13th century. 370 leaves.

The description in MS catalogue (2) (see below) is “Bible MS. circa 1260 (an Italian hand; with fine illuminated letters some cut out).”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 34 (sold to Leighton for £24 10s.). — E. Stainton. — Sotheby, 26 July 1920, lot 511. — Leighton catalogue no. 2, 2 May 1921, no. 433. — John Frederick Lewis. — Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 036).

References: de Ricci, 2:2026, no. 8. — Digital Scriptorium (includes images). — Ellis valuation, fol. 2, no. 19 (£25). — MS catalogue (2), no. 64. — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_3011). — Wolf, Edwin, II, comp. Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1937. (See p. 34, no. 36.)

Digital Scriptorium

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ St. Thomas Aquinas — Quaestiones de duodecim quodlibet (1474)

Aquinas, Thomas, Saint. Quaestiones de duodecim quodlibet. Nuremberg: Johann Sensenschmidt and Andreas Frisner, 15 April 1474.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1166 (sold to Tregaskis for £3 3s.). — Tregaskis catalogue, 18 September 1899, no. 186 (6 guineas). — Charles Lauriat Company (sold to J. M. Fox, 29 March 1901). — J. M. Fox. — W. Logan Fox. — Free Library of Philadelphia (Rare Book Department, INC. SUPP.) [gift from Fox, 1947].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£3 10s.). — ISTC (it00184000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Morris — Address on the collection of paintings (1891)

Morris, William. Address on the collection of paintings of the English Pre-Raphaelite school, delivered by Mr. William Morris in the Museum and Art Gallery, on Friday, October 2nd, 1891. Birmingham: E. C. Osborne & Sons, 1891.

Provenance: Morris. — Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.

¶ Hyndman and Morris — Principles of socialism (1884)

Hyndman, H. M., and William Morris. A summary of the principles of socialism, written for the Democratic Federation. London: The Modern Press, 1884.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 650 (part; sold to Tregaskis for £4). — Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.

Digital version: HathiTrust (2nd impression).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Morris — Textile fabrics (1884)

Morris, William. Textile fabrics: a lecture delivered in the lecture room of the exhibition, July 11th, 1884. London: International Health Exhibition and the Society of Arts, 1884.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 650 (part; sold to Tregaskis for £4). — Huntington Library (28912). [A second copy of the pamphlet, also with Morris’s book label, is in the Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.]

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