¶ Spruner von Merz — Spruner-Menke atlas antiquus (1865)

Spruner von Merz, Karl. Spruner-Menke atlas antiquus. Ed. Theodorus Menke. Germany: J. Perthes, 1865.

This collection of maps went through several editions; we are not sure which version Morris owned.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1136 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 11s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

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¶ Ptolemy — Cosmographia (1486)

Ptolemy [Claudius Ptolomaeus]. Cosmographia. Trans. Jacobus Angelus. Ulm: Johann Reger, for Justus de Albano, 21 July 1486.

Illustrated. Inscribed “to E Burne-Jones from William Morris Feb: 10th 1895.”

Provenance: Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace. — Quaritch (purchased in 1882). — Morris. — Edward Burne-Jones (gift from Morris, 1895). — Maritime Museum, Rotterdam (WAE56).

References: ISTC (ip01085000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 985 (with one X beside the title).

Digital version: BSB. — The Maritime Museum also offers seven digital images from Morris’s copy.

Maritime Museum

¶ Spruner von Merz — Historisch-geographischer Hand-Atlas (1854–55)

Spruner von Merz, Karl. Historisch-geographischer Hand-Atlas. 3 vols. Gotha: J. Perthes, 1854–55.

Morris may have owned only vol. 1 (1855).

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1136 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 11s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 314.

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¶ Spruner von Merz — Spruner-Menke atlas antiquus (1865)

Spruner von Merz, Karl. Spruner-Menke atlas antiquus. Gotha: Sumtibus Justi Perthes, 1865.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1135 (sold to Walker for 5s.). — Emery Walker. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 315 (where it is dated 1875).

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¶ Speed — Prospect (1631) and Theatre (1632)

The following titles are bound together and were probably issued in a single volume (see ESTC):

[1] Speed, John. A prospect of the most famous parts of the world. London: printed by John Dawson for George Humble, 1631.

References: ESTC (S122258). —MS catalogue (1), fol. 15v (£1 15s.) and fol. 14v (duplicate entry). — MS catalogue (2), no. 400 (with three X’s next to it).

Digital version: EEBO.

[2] Speed, John. The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine. London: printed by John Dawson for George Humble, 1632 [misdated 1627].

Illustrated.

Reference: ESTC (S122267).

Digital version: EEBO.

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Provenance: Nicolai von Bodeck. — Bodeck sale, Danzig, 5 December 1695. — Morris (purchased for £1 15s.). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1131 (sold to Leighton for £6 10s.). — Emery Walker. — Sotheby (London), 17 November 2015, lot 43 (estimate £70,000–£90,000). — Sotheby (London), 12 July 2016, lot 46 (estimate £60,000–£80,000, not sold). — Offered by David Crouch (dealer) at New York Antiquarian Book Fair, March 2018. — Unlocated.

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¶ Wilkinson — Atlas classica (1808)

Wilkinson, Robert. Atlas classica, being a collection of maps of the countries mentioned by the ancient authors, both sacred and profane, with their various subdivisions at different periods. London: Robert Wilkinson, 1808.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1136 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 11s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 468.

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¶ Cole — Catalogue of the objects of Indian art (1874)

Cole, H. H. Catalogue of the objects of Indian art exhibited in the South Kensington Museum. London: printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode and sold by Chapman & Hall, 1874.

“Illustrated by woodcuts, and by a map of India showing the localities of various art industries.”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1014 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Digital version: Google.

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¶ Black’s general atlas (1895)

Black’s general atlas of the world. Rev. ed. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1895.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 191 (sold to Goldie for 18s.). — Unlocated.

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