¶ Alexander, de Villa Dei — Grammatica Latina rhythmica (15th century) [MS]

Alexander, de Villa Dei. Grammatica Latina rhythmica [i.e. Doctrinale puerorum].

Illuminated manuscript. Italy, 15th century. 63 leaves.

Provenance: Joannes Paulus Marconus Venetus. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 418 (sold to Leighton for £5 10s.). — Sotheby, 11 April 1938, lot 303. — P. G. and J. D. Gordan. — Maggs catalogue, 1938, no. 151. — P. G. and J. D. Gordan. — Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York, N.Y.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 4, no. 57 (£5). — Faye and Bond, p. 404, no. 151. — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_6760).

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¶ Cobbett — Grammar of the English language (1819)

Cobbett, William. A grammar of the English language in a series of letters intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general, but more especially for the use of soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys. 3rd ed. London: printed for the author, 1819.

It is not clear which edition Morris owned.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 779.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

¶ Diomedes — Ars grammatica (c. 1475)

Diomedes. Ars grammatica. [Venice]: Nicolaus Jenson, [c. 1475].

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL770).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (£1 15s.). — ISTC (id00234000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 318.

Digital version: BSB.

¶ Rask — Grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue (1843)

Rask, Erasmus. A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue. Trans. George Webbe Dasent. London: William Pickering; Frankfort: Jaeger’s Library, 1843.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 821 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 908.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

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