¶ Le grant Kalendrier (1529)

Le grant Kalendrier et compost des Bergiers avecq leur Astrologie. Troyes: Nicolas le Rouge, 1529.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Jean-Baptiste Huzard. — Sale of Huzard’s library (Paris, 1842), pt. 2, lot 363. — William Horatio Crawford. — Lakelands sale (1891). — Bernard Quaritch. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 336 (sold to Stevens for £30). — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (AY831 .K3 1529, Rosenwald Collection) [gift from Rosenwald].

Digital copy: Library of Congress.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 20b, no. 269 (£18).

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¶ Bourgouyn — L’espinette du jeune prince (1514)

Bourgouyn, Simon. L’espinette du jeune prince conquerant le royaulme de bonne renommee. [Paris]: Michel Le Noir, 1514.

Provenance: Rev. Thomas Crofts. — Crofts sale (London, 1783), lot 4788. — John Monro. — Michael Wodhull. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 317 (sold to Leighton for £21 5s.). — Leighton. — C. W. Dyson Perrins. — H. P. Kraus. — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (PQ1605.B755 A65, Rosenwald Collection) [gift from Rosenwald].

Digital version: Library of Congress.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 18b, no. 228 (£20).

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¶ St. Augustine — Cité de Dieu (1531)

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo [Saint Augustinus]. Le premier [et second] volume de Monseigneur sainct Augustin de la Cité de Dieu. Trans. Raoul de Presles. Paris: Nicolas Sauetier, 1531.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Lillas Lady Drummond. — Patrik Lord Drummond. — Sir Thomas Gage. — C. W. Dyson Perrins. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 146 (sold to Littlewood for £6 5s.). — Catalogue of Old and Rare Books, Pickering & Chatto, 1900, no. 1024 (£9 9s.). — Library of Congress (BR65.A64 F8 1531, Rosenwald Collection) [gift from Rosenwald].

Digital version: Library of Congress (vol. 1, vol. 2).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 20b, no. 265 (£7 10s.). — MS catalogue (2), no. 937 (with two X’s beside the title).

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¶ Boccaccio — de la genealogie des dieux (1531)

Boccaccio, Giovanni. de la genealogie des dieux. Paris: Philippe le Noir 1531.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS (1), fol. 4v (10s.).

Note in MS (1): “wood-cuts.”

PDF available Library of Congress.

¶ Musurus — Etymologicum Magnum Graecum (1499)

Musurus, Marcus, ed. Etymologicum Magnum Graecum. Venice: Zacharias Callierges for Nicolaus Blastus and Anna Notaras, 8 July 1499.

The text, including the title, is entirely in Greek.

Provenance: Dr. Askew. — Askew sale, Baker, c. 22 February 1775 (sold to Michael Wodhull for £2 12s. 6d.). — Michael Wodhull. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 518 (sold to Quaritch for £4). — John Boyd Thacher. — Library of Congress (Thacher Collection 483).

References: ISTC (ie00112000). — Thacher 1, no. 483.

Digital version: BSB.

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¶ Coleridge — Poems (1896)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Poems chosen out of the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Ed. F. S. Ellis. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896.

Vellum copy. Inscribed by Jane Morris to Sydney Cockerell, 2 September 1912. Note by Cockerell on flyleaf: “Owing to the difficulties of printing on vellum, it was necessary, in order to ensure the full number of perfect copies, to print one more of each sheet than was required. This volume consists of the sheets which remained over after the sheets for the eight vellum copies of this work had been selected. The majority are quite satisfactory, but here and there the vellum may be too thin or the inking defective or there may be slight stains needing this explanation.”

Provenance: William Morris. — Jane Morris. — Sydney Cockerell. — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (PR4478.A35 E4 Copy 2, Rosenwald Collection) [gift of Rosenwald].

¶ Morris — Dream of John Ball (1892)

Morris, William. A dream of John Ball and A king’s lesson. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

Frontispiece by Burne-Jones. Vellum copy. Morris’s signature on flyleaf.

Provenance: Morris. — Frederick H. Evans. — Unidentified catalogue (loosely inserted in book), no. 128 ($165). — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (PR5079 .D8 1892 Copy 2, Rosenwald Collection) [gift of Rosenwald].

Reference: Bibliography, A6.

¶ More — Utopia (1893)

More, Sir Thomas. Utopia. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

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

Provenance: Morris. — Henry Gamman (purchased from the Morris estate, August 1897; sold August 1899). — Perry sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (New York), 12 March 1936, lot 255 (sold for $150). — Marsden J. Perry. — Library of Congress (2016a copy 2, Rosenwald Collection) [gift of Rosenwald].

References: Bibliography, A16. — Marsden Perry List, no. 49.

¶ Morris — Defence of Guenevere (1892)

Morris, William. The defence of Guenevere, and other poems. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892.

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

Provenance: Morris. — Henry Gamman (purchased from the Morris estate, August 1897; sold August 1899). — Marsden J. Perry. — Perry sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (New York), 12 March 1936, lot 243 (sold for $90). — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (PR5078.D4 1892 copy 2, Rosenwald Collection) [gift of Rosenwald].

References: Bibliography, A5. — Marsden Perry List, no. 14.

¶ Aquinas (1480) and Rolewinck (1479)

The following titles are bound together (an image of the binding can be seen in the Bookbindings on Incunables database):

[1] Aquinas, Thomas, Saint. Super quarto libro Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 2 February 1480.

Illustrated. The date 1484 in the Sotheby 1898 catalogue is an error.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 7b, no. 75 (£15). — ISTC (it00170000).

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Rolevinck, Werner [Werner Rolewinck]. Fasciculus temporum. [Cologne]: Heinrich Quentell, 1479.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 6, no. 74 (see Aquinas above). — ISTC (ir00259000).

Digital version: BSB.

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Provenance: Library of the Augustinians of Eberhardsklausen. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1168 (sold to Waring for £12). — Waring. — George Dunn. — Dunn sale, Sotheby, 6 February 1914, lot 3122. — Ottto Volbehr. — Library of Congress (Incun. 1480 .T48) [purchased 1930].

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¶ Durand etc.

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Durand, Guillaume [Guillelmus Duranti]. Speculum judiciale. Ed. Franciscus Moneliensis. Padua: Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt, 1478–79.

Morris owned the second section (dated 21 November 1478).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 35 (10s.). — ISTC (id00448000). — Thatcher 1, no. 579.

Digital version: BSB.

[2] Battista, da Sambagio [Baptista de Sancto Blasio]. Varii tractatus juridici. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1481.

Morris owned the fourth of five parts (dated 31 May 1481).

References: ISTC (is00126000). — Thacher 1, no. 284.

Digital version: BSB.

[3] Cipolla, Bartolomeo [Bartholomaeus Cepolla]. De simulatione contractuum. Pavia: Leonardus Gerla, 15 February 1498.

References: ISTC (ic00400000). — Thacher 1, no. 634.

Digital version: BSB.

[4] Militio, Albricus de. De testibus. Pavia: Leonardus Gerla, 15 March 1497.

“Attributed in this edition to Albericus de Rosate” (ISTC).

References: ISTC (im00578000). — Thacher 1, no. 635.

Digital version: BSB.

[5] San Giorgio, Giacomino da [Jacobinus, de Sancto Georgio]. Aureus et in pratica perutilis totus et singularis tractatus feudorum et homagiorum. Milan: Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler, 1503.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 36 (no price given).

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Provenance: Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk. — Royal Society of London (gift from Howard). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 402 (sold to Quaritch for £3 3s.). — John Boyd Thacher. — Library of Congress (Incun. 1478.F74 Thacher Coll. Copy 2).

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¶ Caxton — History of Godefrey of Boloyne (1893)

Caxton, William, trans. The history of Godefrey of Boloyne. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893.

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

Provenance: Morris. — Henry Gamman (purchased August 1897). — Marsden Perry. — Perry sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (New York), 12 March 1936, lot 248 (sold for $200). — C. C. Kalbfleisch. — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (D152.G783 1893 copy 2, Rosenwald Collection) [gift from Rosenwald].

References: Bibliography, A15. — Marsden Perry List, no. 44.

¶ Spirito — Libro de la ventura (1508)

Spirito, Lorenzo. Libro de la ventura. Milan: Zanoto di Castellione for Fratelli Legnano, 23 August 1508.

Provenance: A. F. Didot. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1134 (sold to Leighton for £53). — C. W. Dyson-Perrins. — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (GV 1302.S6, Rosenwald Collection) [gift of Rosenwald].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 13b, no. 166 (£15). — MS catalogue (2), no. 929 (with two X’s beside the title).

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¶ Johannes Hugo de Sletstat — Quadruvium ecclesie (1504)

Johannes Hugo de Sletstat. Quadruvium ecclesie quatuor prelatorum officium. Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 1504.

Illustrated. With a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.

Provenance: Edward Hailstone. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 714 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £9 9s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Wellcome auctions (1), lot 237 (sold to Eiseman for £ 5). — Clifford Rattey. — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress, Rosenwald Collection 597 (BX1800.H83) [gift from Rosenwald].

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 12b, no. 145 (£10).

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¶ Colonna — Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499)

Colonna, Francesco [Franciscus Columna]. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, for Leonardus Crassus, December 1499.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Edward Burne-Jones (presentation inscription of Morris). — Howard J. Sachs. — Houghton Library, Harvard University (Typ Inc 5574) [gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs].

References: ISTC (ic00767000). — Walsh, James E. A Catalogue of the Fifteenth-Century Printed Books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1991–97. (See no. 2686.)

Digital version: Library of Congress.

¶ Richental — Concilium zu Konstanz (1483)

Richental, Ulrich von. Concilium zu Konstanz. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 2 September 1483.

Illustrated.

Provenance: William H. Crawford. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL340).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 3b, no. 33 (£30 10s.). — ISTC (ir00196000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 151. — MS catalogue (2), no. 965, p. 90 (an X beside it).

Digital version: LC.

Photo credit: Library of Congress.

¶ 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.

¶ Aesop — Aesopi fabulae (1537)

Aesop [Aesopus]. Aesopi fabulae cum vulgari interpretatione & figuris acri cura emendate. Brescia: Apud Loduicum Britannicum, 1537.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Edward Burne-Jones. — Morris. — Sotheby, 16 July 1919, lot 254 (sold to Maggs for £8 5s.). — Maggs. — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (PA8230 .A1 1537, Rosenwald Collection) [gift of Rosenwald].

Digital version: Rosenwald Collection (PDF; page images).

Photo credit: Library of Congress.

 

¶ St. Jerome — Epistolae (1468)

Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Epistolae. Ed. Giovanni Andrea Bussi [Johannes Andreas]. Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, 13 December 1468.

Provenance: Namur. — C. Inglis. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 588 (sold to Ellis for £53). — John Scott. — Scott sale, Sotheby, 27 March 1905 (and 10 following days), lot 910 (sold to Quaritch for £69). — Quaritch. — Library of Congress (Incun. 1468 .H5 Vollbehr Coll).

Reference: ISTC (ih00161000).

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¶ Arrighi — La operina (1522)

Arrighi, Ludovico degli. La operina di Ludovico Vicentino, da imparare di scrivere littera cancellarescha. [Rome, 1522.]

Bound with Arrighi, Il modo; Carpi, Thesauro; Tagliente, Lo presente libro.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 256 (part; sold to Leighton for £7 15s.). — Emery Walker. — May Morris [gift from Walker]. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (MR 38 b).

References: MS catalogue (2), no. 35 (with two X’s next to it). —Osley, A. S. “The Kelmscott Manor Volume of Italian Writing Books.” Antiquaries Journal 64, pt. 2 (1984): 351–60.

Digital version: Library of Congress.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Arrighi — Il modo de temperare le penne (1523)

Arrighi, Ludovico degli. Il modo de temperare le penne con le varie sorti de littere ordinato. 2nd ed. [Rome, 1523.]

Bound with Arrighi, La operina; Carpi, Thesauro; Tagliente, Lo presente libro.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 256 (part; sold to Leighton for £7 15s.). — Emery Walker. — May Morris [gift from Walker]. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (MR 38 b).

Reference: Osley, A. S. “The Kelmscott Manor Volume of Italian Writing Books.” Antiquaries Journal 64, pt. 2 (1984): 351–60.

Digital version: Library of Congress.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Malory — Le morte darthur (1889–91)

Malory, Sir Thomas. Le morte darthur. Ed. H. Oskar Sommer. 3 vols. London: David Nutt, 1889–91.

Large-paper edition. “The original edition of William Caxton now reprinted and edited with an introduction and glossary . . . with an essay on Malory’s prose style by Andrew Lang.”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 75 (sold to Downing for £1 15s.). — Laurence W. Hodson. — Lessing J. Rosenwald. — Library of Congress (PR2041 .S7 1889b, Rosenwald Collection) [gift of Rosenwald].

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 301.

Digital versions: Google (vol. 1). — HathiTrust (vol. 1; vol. 3) — HathiTrust (all vols.).

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