Sales catalogue 4: Lathorp C. Harper, Inc.

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/121
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 4: Lathorp C. Harper, Inc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    marbled boards. Paris: Badius Ascensius for I. Meganc, I. Waterloose and I. Horenweghe, 1505. $85.00 The text in a large handsome Batard, the commentary in a small type. The intro- ductory letter by Badius Ascensius is dated 1506. A very rare edition. GAME OF BALL MORALIZED 48. KAA TSPEEL. Dat CAETSPEEL ghemoraliseert in gheestelike en waerliken tusticien. [Jeu de paume moralisé, translated by Jan van den Berghe]. 82 leaves, Gothic type, rubricated throughout. Woodcut on title and large printer's device on verso of last leaf, which is otherwise blank. Small quarto, boards, cloth back. Delft: Heynrick Eckert van Hom- berck, 9 January 1498. $1,250.00 The first book from this press, of which the present copy and the copy in the British Museum seem to be THE ONLY ONES KNOWN. This is the second edition of this most interesting work, the first having appeared in Louvain, 1477, at the press of Johann of Paderborn, of which likewise only two copies seem to be known: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and John Rylands Library, Manchester. The latter is described by Dibdin, Bibl. Spenceriana, 1V, 518-22. The text of both editions is identical, and we quote from Dibdin with regard to the con- tents:““The work called Kaetspele is a treatise of the Game of Ball moralized, made in imitation of the Game of Chess moralized: the first containing lessons for the adminis- tration of justice. The author’s name 1s concealed in rather epigrammatical manner, in the verses at the end—entitled ‘Die Superscripcie’, according to which verses we should call him JAN VAN DER BERGHE. He composed the work at Bruges, finishing it on the 23rd of December, 1431, at the request of a French knight living at Ghent. The author also gives the name of the knight, enigmatically: thus, he says—put an 7 between the two ke’s [Kerke]—and you possess it.” Our copy of this great rarity is complete and in fine condition. It is the Serrure copy, the only one described by Campbell. 49. [LATOUR-LANDRY, G. de]. Der Ritter vom Thurn. Zucht- meister der Weiber und Junckfrawen. 60 leaves with 27 woodcuts. Folio, manuscript vellum over boards. Strassburg: J. Camerlander, 1538. $150.00 Sixth, and very rare edition of the translation by Marquard vom Stein, with new woodcuts, specially made for this edition. Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry wrote this treatise on the domestic education of women in 1371-72, in French, for the sake of his three motherless daughters, and it quickly became one of the most popular educational books of the Middle Ages. Twice translated into English, Caxton’s edition of 1484 was the first printed edition in any language. The German translation by Marquard vom Stein was even more popular than the original or the English version. GOEDEKE I, 353, 6 See Sarton III-2, p. 1406 NEUFFORGE, Pp. 444 —S an —_—
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