Volume 1

Catalogue of the remaining portion of the library of the late Joseph Frank Payne, M.D. F.R.C.P., Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians; Hon. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; Emeritus Harveian Professor; consulting physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; late President of the Pathological, Epidemiological and Dermitological Societies : comprising his collection of rare herbals and other natural history books, a series of the first and later editions of John Milton's writings and Miltoniana, and old and modern books in general literature. Which will be sold by auction by messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge... on Tuesday, the 30th of January, 1912, and following day.

  • Payne, Joseph Frank, 1840-1910.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Catalogue of the remaining portion of the library of the late Joseph Frank Payne, M.D. F.R.C.P., Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians; Hon. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; Emeritus Harveian Professor; consulting physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; late President of the Pathological, Epidemiological and Dermitological Societies : comprising his collection of rare herbals and other natural history books, a series of the first and later editions of John Milton's writings and Miltoniana, and old and modern books in general literature. Which will be sold by auction by messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge... on Tuesday, the 30th of January, 1912, and following day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    270 M. (P.) The Powerfull Favorite, or the Life of HClius Sejanus, ^ — /a a by P. M. (Ph. Massinger?), FIRST edition, printed at Paris, 1628 — Dryden (John) The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, in Two Parts, acted at the Theater-Royall, first edition, In the Savoy, by T. N.for H. Herringman, 1672— Pordage (Sam.) The Siege of Babylon, as acted at the Dukes Theatre, first edition, R. Tonson, 1678; all unbound sm. 4to. (3) 271 Magnus (Olaus) Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, in ^° Epitomen redacta, etc. numerous woodcuts, new niger morocco, line tooled, m. e. (first few ll. stained), Antw. C. Plantin. 1550—Acontius (Jac.) Stratagematum Satanae libri octo, engraved title (mended and mounted), calf gilt, Oxon. sumtibus Guil. Webb, 1631 8vo. (2) 272 Massey (W.) The Origin and Progress of Letters, calligraphic 2. — o plates, old calf, J. Johnson, 1763—Clarke’s Bibliographical Miscellany, 2 vol. in 1, 1806—Davis (Wm.) The Olio, 1814 —Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, 1836—The Casket, or Miscellany of Unpublished Poems, uncut, J. Murray, 1839 ; and others 8vo. (8) 273 Maximus (S.) et Alii. Manuscript on vellum (73 ll & by JP ~ - o 5i in.) written in neat sem-gotfpr Irttrr, long lines, 20 to a full page, red rubrics, illuminated initials and coat-ofarms. Contains: (I) Paucula Extracta ex Sermone B. Maximi ; (II) Alia quaedam ejusdem Authoris ; (III) Rutini Prologus de Translatione Librorum Greg. Naz.; (IIII) Sancti Ambrosii ad Irenaeum Epistola, old English red morocco with broad gilt ornamental borders {liarleian) sm. ito. 1504 *** The MS. was written in England for Christopher Urswick, Dean of Windsor, and holder of other high ecclesiastical and political offices under K. Henry VII. There are two inscrip- tions of the scribe, that at the end reading: “ Gonscriptus est presens libellus sumptibus & expensis R. D. Ckristophori UrswyJce Wyndesore Decani; arte et industria Petri Meghen monoculi theutonis brabantini ... Ano. Serenissimi Regi Hen- rici VII nonodecimo.” The coat-of-arms is that of the Dean. 274 Molitor de Constantia (Ulricus) De Laniis et Phitonicis Mulie- ribus, ad illustrissimum Principem dominu sigismundu archi- ducem austrie tractatus pulcherrimis, (it. gotft. long lines, 34 to a full page, 22 ll. with signs. 7 large and spirited woodcuts {soiled but perfect), new vellum, very rare \Hain, *11536 ; Proctor, 720] sm. 4to. Ex Constdtia anno domini mcccclxxix die decima mensis Januarii [s. n. impressoris ; sed Argentina; Martin Flach] 275 More (Sir Thos.) Lucubrationes, ab innumeris mendis repurgatae. Utopiae lib. II. Progymnasmata ; Epigrammata, etc. old calf, Basil, ap. Episcopium, 1563 — Spinosa (B. de) Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (R. Farmer's copy, with notes in fly- leaves), half morocco, 1674—Melanthon (Ph.) Selectarium n - o - c /0 - O