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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    -A Kbc property of the late Bi\ 3osepb Jfranfc papne (Returned from the sale of his Library, being imperfect, and now sold not subject to return). OCTAVO ET INFRA. 437 Herbarius. Herbolario Volgare, nel qual e le virtu de le herbe, & molti altri Simplici se dechiarano con alcune belle aggionte novamete de latino in volgare tradotto, cut of SS. Cosmo and, Damian on title, and numerous woodcuts of plants (2 ll. of Table transposed and N ii defective), new niger morocco, rough edges, scarce Stampata in Venetia per Gioanni Maria Palamides, 1540 438 Book of Gems (The) The Poets and Artists of Great Britain, edited by S. C. Hall, original issue, numerous illustrations (foxed), 3 vol. (pp. 289-90 in vol. I missing), red calf extra, with gilt centre ornaments, g. e. , 1836-46 439 Cotton (Charles, Author of the “ Complete Angler,” part II) Poems on Several Occasions, first edition (title defective), half morocco Printed for Thos. Basset, etc. 1689 440 Drax (Thos.) Calliepeia; or a Rich Storehouse of Proper, Choyce and Elegant Latin Words and Phrases (title and next leaf mended), new calf, T. Harper, 1631—Comenius (J. A.) Janua Linguarum, Adjunctis Metaphrasi Graeca et Anglicana Vcrsione, plates (5 missing, wormed), old stamped calf, 1670 —A Short Introduction of Grammar, woodcut title, original calf, 11. Norton, 1657—Woodward (Hezekiah) A Light to Grammar and a Gate to Sciences, old calf, M. F. for J. Bartlet, 1641—Webb (John) The Language of China, the Primitive Language, folding plate (torn), old calf, N. Brook, 1669 (5) 441 Gorion (Joseph Ben) A Compendious and most Marveilous Historie of the latter Times of the Jewes Commonweale, translated into Englishe by Peter Morvvyng of Magdalen College in Oxforde, now newely corrected and amended, 1575, filarft letter (wants sig. Kki), two signatures on title, modern calf antique, r. e. [Colophon] Imprinted . . . Richarde Jugge, etc. 1567 442 Justinianus. Institutionum lib. Ill (lower part of title torn off), old French brown morocco, with semis of double C’s and $’s, g. e. worn ' Amst. G. Caesus, 1622 443 Quintilianus. [Opera], Fditio Junta, printed in italics, with inscription on title Toil Bpovopiov xai. tu>v ‘FiAwv ” (wants sig. vi and vm), contemporary Venetian binding in brown morocco with blind stamped ornamental border, gilt centre ornamental cartouches enclosing on the upper cover M. F. QuintiI lianus,” the centre of under cover damaged, blue edges Florentiae, Phillippus Junta, 1515 >