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¶ Four titles (1489–1500)

November 2, 2021

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The following titles are bound together:

[1] Philippi, Jacobus. Praecordiale devotorum. Basel: [Michael Furter], 16 June 1489.

Illustrated.

Reference: ISTC (ip00953000).

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[2] Meditationes de vita et beneficiis Jesu Christ. [Cologne: Johann Landen, c. 1500.]

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£3). — ISTC (im00434000).

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[3] Zerbolt, Gerard [Gerardus de Zutphania]. De spiritualibus ascensionibus. [Basel: Johann Amerbach and Johann Petri de Langendorff, not after 1489.]

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£3) [listed with Meditationes (above)]. — ISTC (ig00177000).

Digital version: BSB.

[4] Bertholdus. Horologium devotionis. Cologne: Johann Landen, [c. 1498].

Illustrated.

Reference: ISTC (ib00507000).

Digital version: ULD.


Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 813 (sold to Sotheran for £22). — John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (Incunable Collection R18016.1).


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¶ Conradus, de Brundelsheim — Sermones (1480)

December 15, 2017

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Conradus, de Brundelsheim [Soccus]. Sermones de tempore. Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 1480.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1124 (sold to Proctor for £5 10s.). — Robert Proctor. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 42 (10s.). — ISTC (is00588000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 932, p. 85 (with an X beside the title).

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¶ Caorsin — Rhodiorum historia (1496)

October 20, 2017

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Caorsin, Guilelmus. Rhodiorum historia (1480-89). Ulm: Johann Reger, 24 October 1496.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Horace Walpole. — William H. Crawford. — Crawford sale, Sotheby, 14 March 1891, lot 593 (sold to Leighton). — Gennadius. — Gennadius sale (sold for £30). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 340 (sold to Hazlitt for £31 10s.). — George Dunn. — Unlocated.

Reference: ISTC (ic00113000).

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¶ Rolevinck and others

May 8, 2017

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The following titles are bound together:

[1] Rolevinck, Werner [Werner Rolewinck]. Fasciculus temporum. Strassburg: Johann Prüss, 1487.

Illustrated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 11b, no. 138 (£3). — ISTC (ir00273000).

Digital version: ULD.

[2] Auerbach, Johannes. Processus iudiciarius. [Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, c. 1488–89.]

This title was issued as part of a collection of legal works; hence no imprint is listed in the Sotheby 1898 catalogue.

Reference: ISTC (im00759000).

Digital version: BSB.

[3] Attavanti, Paolo [Paulus, Florentinus]. Breviarium totius juris canonici. Memmingen: Albrecht Kunne, 1486.

Illustrated.

Reference: ISTC (ip00180000).

Digital version: BSB.


Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 528 (sold to Leighton for £1 19s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 938, p. 86 (all three titles, with an X beside them).


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¶ Institoris (1494) and Gaza (1521)

April 12, 2017

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The following titles were bound together when Morris owned them but were later separated, probably when Malleus maleficarum was rebacked:

[1] Institoris, Heinrich [Henricus], and Jakob [Jacobus] Sprenger. Malleus maleficarum. Nuremburg: Anton Koberger, 17 March 1494.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£1). — ISTC (ii00166000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 940.

Digital version: ULD.

[2] Gaza, Theodorus. Grammaticae institutionis libri duo priores. Trans. Desiderius Erasmus. Basel: Johann Froben, 1521.

Illustrated.

Digital version: BSB.


Provenance: Congregation of the Brothers of the Common Life in the Luchtenhofe in Bruhle in Hildesheim. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 493 (sold to Pickering for £1 1s.). — William Norton Bullard. — Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University (William Norton Bullard Collection, no. 654). [The present location of Gaza’s grammar is unknown.]


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¶ St. Antoninus — Confessionale (1470)

December 16, 2016

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Antoninus, Saint [Antoninus Florentinus]. Confessionale: Defecerunt scrutantes scruinio. Cologne: Ulrich Zel, c. 1470.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 63 (sold to Ellis for £2 14s.). — Ellis. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 31 (£2). — ISTC (ia00787000).

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¶ Rolevinck — Fasciculus temporum (1474?)

November 2, 2016

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Rolevinck, Werner [Werner Rolewinck]. Fasciculus temporum. [Cologne]: Nicolaus Götz, [not before 1474].

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

References: ISTC (ir00253000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 94.

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¶ St. Augustine — Sermones de tempore (1495)

August 23, 2016

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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo [Saint Augustinus]. Sermones de tempore. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1495.

Illustrated. Part of a multi-volume series of Augustine’s sermons (1494–95).

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 150 (sold to Breslauer for 15s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: ISTC (ia01308000).

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¶ St. Augustine — Sermones (1494–95)

August 4, 2016

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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo [Saint Augustinus]. Sermones. 2 vols. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1494–95.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 149 (sold to Breslauer for £2 10s.). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 59 (£2 5s.). — ISTC (ia01308000).

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¶ Jacobus, de Voragine — Legenda aurea sanctorum (1481)

July 27, 2016

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Jacobus, de Voragine. Legenda aurea sanctorum. Cologne: Conrad Winters, de Homberg, 1481.

Provenance: Fletcher Raincock. — Raincock sale, Sotheby, 7 June 1843. — Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes. — Morris. — Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL233).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 25b (£4). — ISTC (ij00098000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 106.

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¶ Terence — Comoediae (1499)

May 3, 2016

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Terence [Terentius Afer, Publius]. Comoediae. Ed. Johannes Curtus. Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 11 February 1499.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1152 (sold to Thomson for £10). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.d.2 (SR)).

References: ISTC (it00101000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 897 (with an X beside the title). — Poynter, no. 564.

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¶ Wolfram — Titurel (1477)

April 8, 2016

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Wolfram, von Eschenbach. Titurel. [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin], 1477.

Inscribed to Morris “from his friend F. S. Ellis.”

Provenance: ex-Berlin Königliche Bibliothek. — F. S. Ellis. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library [deaccessioned 1971]. — Sotheby, 8 June 1971, lot 28. — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£25). — ISTC ( iw00070000). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 7v (£10). — MS catalogue (2), no. 904 (with one X beside the title).

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¶ St. Ivo — Liber decretorum (1499)

March 3, 2016

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Ivo, Saint, Bishop of Chartres. [Ivo, Episcopus Carnotensis]. Liber decretorum, sive Panormia. Ed. Sebastian Brant. [Basel]: Michael Furter, 6 and 7 March 1499.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 496 (sold to Pickering for £2 19s.). — Charles Hervey Hoare. — Edwin Crashaw. — Edward A. Brotherton, 1st baron. — Brotherton Collection, Leeds University Library (Brotherton Collection Incunabula/IVO).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 49 (£2). — ISTC (ii00223000).

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¶ Cordiale quattuor novissimorum (1492)

November 9, 2015

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Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 1492,

Illustrated. Text ascribed to Dionysius Carthusiensis and to Gerardus de Vliederhoven.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL255).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 7b, no. 76 (£1). — ISTC (ic00897000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 111.

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¶ Caorsin — Rhodiorum historia (1496)

November 5, 2015

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Caorsin, Guilelmus. Rhodiorum historia (1480–89). Ulm: Johann Reger, 24 October 1496.

Illustrated.

Provenance: James Whatman. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL499).

References: ISTC (ic00113000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 205.

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¶ Vegio — Philalethes (c. 1480)

October 6, 2015

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Vegio, Maffeo [Maphaeus Vegius]. Philalethes. [Strassburg: Heinrich Knoblochtzer, about 1480].

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL110).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 13b, no. 157 (£1 15s.). — ISTC (iv00115000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 49.

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¶ Terence — Eunuchus (1486)

October 5, 2015

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Terence [Terentius Afer, Publius]. Eunuchus. Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut, 1486

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL494).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 10b, no. 123 (£70). — ISTC (t00108000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 202.

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¶ Pharetra doctorum et philosophorum (c. 1473–74?)

July 31, 2015

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Pharetra doctorum et philosophorum. [Nuremberg]: Friedrich Creussner, [c. 1473–1474?].

Provenance: Franciscan monastery at Kelheim. — A. M. Ledeboer. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL419).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£2 10s.). — ISTC (ip00572000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 174.

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¶ Platina (1481) and Eusebius (1506)

June 5, 2015

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The following titles are bound together (with a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell):

[1] Platina [Bartholomaeus Platina]. Vitae pontificum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 11 August 1481.

References: ISTC (ip00769000). — MS catalogue (2), no. 926, p. 93 (with an X beside the title). — Poynter, no. 448.

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[2] Eusebius, of Caesarea. Historia ecclesiastica. Trans. Rufinus, of Aquileia. (With Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.) Hagenau: Heinrich Gran, for Johannes Rynman, 7 December 1506.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£2). — ISTC (ie00129500).

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Provenance: James Elwin Millard. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 952 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 4s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library ([Platina] Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.e.6 (SR) and [Eusebius] (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.e.6 (SR)).


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¶ Johannes, de Fonte — Compendium (1475–76)

May 27, 2015

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Johannes, de Fonte. Compendium quattuor librorum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. [Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 1475–76.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL285).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£1). — ISTC (ij00314000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 137.

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¶ St. Albertus Magnus — Summa de eucharistiae sacramento (1477)

May 14, 2015

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Albertus Magnus, Saint. Summa de eucharistiae sacramento. Oratio de eucharistiae sacramento. [Cologne]: Johann Guldenschaff, 30 April 1477.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 115 (sold to Downing for £1 12s.). — David M. Rogers. — Downside Abbey Archives and Library [gift from Rogers].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£1). — ISTC (ia00336000).

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¶ Nider — Formicarius (c. 1480)

April 24, 2015

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Nider, Johannes. Formicarius. [Cologne: Johann Guldenschaff, c. 1480.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL244).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 25b (£2 ). — ISTC (in00175000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, 102.

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¶ St. Jerome — Epistolae (1497)

March 13, 2015

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Jerome, Saint [Hieronymus]. Epistolae. Ed. Theodorus Laelius. 3 vols. Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, 1497.

Illustrated by Albrecht Dürer. With bibliographical description by Cockerell.

Provenance: Karmelitenkloster (Wahlau). — Corporis Christi Kirch zu Breslau — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 592 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 16s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.e.10 (SR) [copy 2]).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 56 (15s.). — ISTC (ih00176000).

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¶ Jacobus, de Voragine — Legenda aurea sanctorum (c. 1496)

March 3, 2015

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Jacobus, de Voragine. Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia. Strassburg: [Georg Husner], c. 12 May 1496.

Provenance: Gisbert Lapp van Waveren. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1205 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 18s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.e.7 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 28b (10s.). — ISTC (ij00133000). — Poynter, no. 608.

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¶ Tinctor — Dicta (1486)

March 2, 2015

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Tinctor, Nicolaus [Nicolaus Tinctoris (von Guntzenheim)]. Dicta super Summulas Petri Hispani. [Reutlingen]: Michael Greyff, 11 June 1486.

Two inscriptions, dated 1497 and 1564, about the Tegernsee Abbey in Bavaria.

Provenance: Tegernsee Abbey (?). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1171 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 6s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 5.d.14 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£1). — ISTC (it00378000). — Poynter, no. 578.

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¶ Torquemada — Expositio super toto psalterio (1476)

February 9, 2015

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Torquemada, Juan de [Johannes de Turrecremata]. Expositio super toto psalterio. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 10 March 1476.

Provenance: George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon. — Friedrich Georg Hermann Culemann. — Culemann sale, Sotheby, 7 February 1870. — William H. Crawford. — Crawford sale, Quaritch, 12 March 1891, lot 3180 (sold to Leighton). — Leighton. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (Chl30).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 43 (£5). — ISTC (it00522000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 27.

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¶ Bertholdus — Horologium devotionis (c. 1498)

February 3, 2015

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Bertholdus. Horologium devotionis. Cologne: Johann Landen, [c. 1498].

Illustrated.

Provenance: J. P. A. Madden. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL261).

References: ISTC (ib00507000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 112.

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¶ Peter Lombard — Glossa magistralis Psalterii (1478)

January 23, 2015

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Peter Lombard [Petrus Lombardus]. Glossa magistralis Psalterii. Nuremberg: Johann Sensenschmidt and Andreas Frisner, 12 February 1478.

With Morris signature and address.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 766 (sold to Maggs for £4 4s.). — Allan F. Vigers. — Brian Edmund Allen Vigers. — Guy Vigers.

References: References: Ellis valuation, fol. 26b (£2 10s.). — ISTC (ip00477000).

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¶ Meder — Quadregisimale (1495)

January 14, 2015

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Meder, Johann. Quadragesimale de filio prodigo. Basel: Michael Furter, 1495.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 816 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £7 7s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula  3.a.4 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 48 (£5 5s.). — ISTC (im00421000). — Poynter, no. 374.

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¶ Berengarius de Landora — Lumen animae (1477)

January 7, 2015

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Berengarius de Landora. Lumen animae. Ed. Matthias Farinator. [Augsburg: Günther Zainer], 31 December 1477.

Provenance: James Elwin Millard. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 755 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 2.e.10 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 23 (£2). — ISTC (ib00341500). — MS catalogue (2), p. 87, no. 942 (with an X beside the title). — Poynter, no. 224.

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¶ John, of Salisbury — Polycraticus (c. 1480)

January 7, 2015

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John, of Salisbury [Johannes Saresberiensis]. Polycraticus sive De nugis curialium. [Brussels: Fratres Vitae Communis, c. 1480.]

Provenance: Carlos Antonio de la Serna Santander (?) — Frances Mary Richardson Currer. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1696).

References: ISTC (ij00425000). — Morgan Catalogue 3, no. 639. — MS catalogue (2), no. 876 (with two X’s beside it).

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¶ Angelus de Clavasio — Summa angelica de casibus conscientiae (1498)

October 24, 2014

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Angelus de Clavasio. Summa angelica de casibus conscientiae. Strassburg: Martin Flach, 15 March 1498.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 367 (sold to Dawson for 17s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 28b (£1).

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¶ St. Augustine — Sermo super orationem dominicam (c. 1468–69)

October 2, 2014

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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo [Saint Augustinus]. Sermo super orationem dominicam. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, c. 1468–69.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL166).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£1). — ISTC (ia01303000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 77.

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¶ Ars praedicandi (1479)

September 12, 2014

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Ars praedicandi. [Cologne: Johann Guldenschaff], 22 April [14]79.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL238).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 25b (£1 10s.). — ISTC (ia01139000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 101.

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¶ Brant — Varia carmina (1498)

July 28, 2014

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Brant, Sebastian. Varia carmina. Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May [14]98.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Dominican convent, Bolzano. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 98 (sold to Pickering for £2 18s.).— Dunn sale, Sotheby, 2 February 1914, lot 880. — Sotheby, 29 May 2012, lot 222 (£3,750). — Pirages catalogue 64 (2015), no. 30 ($10,000). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5b, no. 58 (£2). — ISTC (ib01099000).

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¶ Astesano — Summa de casibus conscientiae (1473?)

July 17, 2014

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Astesano [Astesanus, de Ast]. Summa de casibus conscientiae. [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1473.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 139 (sold to Leighton for £4). — Charles Butler (of Warren Wood, Hatfield). — William A. Quayle. — University of Oregon Libraries (Special Collections and University Archives, Quayle Collection Q412).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 27b (£3) [where it is dated 1475]. — ISTC (ia01162000).

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¶ St. Albertus Magnus — Mariale (1474?)

July 11, 2014

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Albertus Magnus, Saint. Mariale. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, not after 1474.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 114 (sold to Dobson for £1 16s.). — George Dunn. — Dunn sale, Sotheby, 22 November 1917, lot 1749 (sold to Quaritch for £11). — Vollbehr. —  Huntington Library (102158) [purchased from Vollbehr, 7 May 1925].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£2 10s.). — ISTC (ia00273000).

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¶ Petrus Comestor — Historia scholastica (1477?)

June 17, 2014

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Petrus Comestor. Historia scholastica. [Cologne: Conrad Winters, de Homborch, not after 14 April 1477.]

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 373 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 4.d.12 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£1) [where it is dated 1470]. — ISTC (ip00461000). — Poynter, no. 422.

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¶ Boethius — De consolatione philosophiae (1482)

May 31, 2014

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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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¶ Nider — Consolatorium timoratae conscientiae (1470?)

May 22, 2014

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Nider, Johannes. Consolatorium timoratae conscientiae. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, not after 1470].

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 692 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £6 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 3.a.14 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 24b (£2). — ISTC (in00164000). — Poynter, no. 396.

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¶ Cassian — De institutis coenobiorum (1485)

May 22, 2014

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Cassian, John [Johannes Cassianus]. De institutis coenobiorum. Collationes patrum XXIV. Basel: [Johann Amerbach, after 24 September], 1485.

Provenance: Franziskanerkloster (Schwäbisch Gmünd). — Philip Melanchthon (?). — Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 344 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3 12s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB Incunabula 2.d.8 (SR)).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 6b, no. 67 (£3 15s.). — ISTC (ic00233000). — Poynter, no. 169.

Digital version: ULD.


Sotheby 1898:

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