Volume 1

The book rarities in the University of Cambridge. Illustrated by original letters and notes. Biographical, literary, and antiquarian / By the Rev. C.H. Hartshorne, M. A.

Charles Henry Hartshorne

Date:: 1829

Credit: The book rarities in the University of Cambridge. Illustrated by original letters and notes. Biographical, literary, and antiquarian / By the Rev. C.H. Hartshorne, M. A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$184 Cookery — Cervio (Vincenzo) ‘Tl ‘Trin- ~ ciante ampliato a perfettione—Aggiunta -fatta. | __a Trinciante dal Cavalier Reale Fusoritto\ da -Narni—Il Mastro di Casa, Ragionamento del | “gto. Half calf. Separate fronts. and inpag ef _tion to each of the three works. Full-page | woodcuts of carving implements, artificial fish pond, etc. Interesting work on cookery, carv- ing and all that pertains to domestic economy. , Gives specimen menus of banquets which | throw an interesting light on the splendour of é‘ the Renaissance. stains. 457 | omnia cum animadversionibus Dion. Vossii, J. Davisii, aliorumque variis notis. Leyden, Bontesteyn & Lichtmans, 1713 £3 15s 2 vols. 8vo. 18th Century French red morocco, full gilt back, triple fillet on sides, g.e. Map and binding probably by Deréme. Magnificent copy - — from the Huth library, with morocco ex-libris. 458 _Grotius (Hugo) De Veritate Reli- . gionis Christiane. Amstelodamt, -ex officina _ Elseviriana, 1675 _ 8s 6d zzmo, Contemporary calf (slightly defective) wiih the Golden Fleece badge of Baron de Longe- pierre on each panel ofthe back, First leaves stained, but an inexpensive memento of this famous collection. as Cocaius (Merlin). [Folengo] Opus Merlini Cocaii Poete Mantuani Macaronicorum totum in pristinam formam per me Magistrum Acquarium Iodolam optime redactum. Zos- _ ¢olano, on Lake Garda, Alex. Paganinus, 1521 £4 10s tzmo. Inlaid and bound in 2 vols. 8vo. Crushed red levant morocco. Printed in Paganini’s curious type, a compound of italic and gothic. Upwards of 50 full-page woodcuts. rst edition of these famous ‘macaronic’ poems, interesting for the history of the language and life of Northern Italy. There is no doubt that Rabelais was influenced by this work, which was translated into French. Fine copy, com- plete with the marginal notes, which are nearly always cut into, and’extra leaves at end. The woodcuts are most interesting and are probably the work ofa local artist. They do not seem to have received the attention they certainly deserve. 3: Moruinus- (H.) Opus: complectens Novellas, Fabulas et Comoediam. aris, 1799 43 3s 8yo. Old red morocco, blind and gilt tooled in the style of Roger Payne, g.e. A ‘reprint, limited to 55 copies, of the novels of Morlini, first published in Naples, 1520. The original edition is unprocurable, having been rigidly suppressed on account of its obsencity. Many of the novels were copied by Staparola, The - ““bo6K also contains an intzresting Latin e : (87 3 esting Latin eomedy. The | Editor was P. Caron. ' - ~2 wwe - 84 —— CALLIMACHUS. Hymni, Sententiz ex -collectze non antehac excuse. Sas/e, Joannes - Froben & Nicolaus Episcopus, 1532 15s ‘4to. Calf, rebacked. Fine printer’s device and ~~ woodcut initials after Holbein. 2nd edition of Callimachus in Greek and the first with the scholia; edited by Sig. Galenius. Fine copy of a handsome book. uke see Cavalier Fusoritto. Rome: Nella Stampa del 1 ' Gabbia, 1593 ae Ss: LAGE yA °8v ee re «ae ) ae oh . Original | title page. i Mainz, van es ai _|39 Hieronymus (S.) Epistolz. P. Schoeffer, 7 Sept., 1470 £50 2 vols. Large folio. Original monastic binding of wooden boards covered with brown leather stamped in blind with various ornaments, in-. cluding a scroll with the petition “ maria hilf uns” repeated many times. Wrought metal clasps, (one missing). On the front covers are pasted ‘vellum slips containing in large. red letters the original press marks of the library of Georgenthal Abbey and, completely covering the panels of the backs, are paper labels giving” the contents in full ofthe volumes; a peculiarity. of binding which we have never seen before. ‘198 and 210 leaves. No Signatures. Hain *8uga'r Proctor 91: Pollard B.M‘C. 1 p. 27.. Headings and colophon with Schoeffet’s famous heraldic device printedin red. A superb monument of the earliest German printing in the finest possi- ble state of preservation with contemporary in- scription dated 1472, being a note of the price paid for the book by the Abbey and coat of arms on margin of the first page.’ Numerous, fine decorative pen initials in red and blue which’ show a marked similarity to the printed initials, found in Schoeffer’s famous Psalter, and many lesser initials in red and blue. The first leaf of vol. II. in excellent facsimile. Specimens of Schoeffer’s press in fine contemporary state as the present, are becoming increasingly difficult. to secure. Dit Siena — JOHANNES DE SANCTO GEMINIANO Summa de examplis et similitudinibus rerum. Basle, J. Froben, and Peter of Langendorff,| | — $310s| ‘ i ig Manucius, 1497 4to. Contem 2 h § y rge : d, sath, woot cut ornamental initial letters, The first German | translation of Valerius Maximus. The translator | was Heinrich Von Magein, Printed ina bold Gothic type. Very fine copy. Hain 4104 equal 11632. Proctor 7ro9. ws of Nae Ge$