Sales catalogue 526: Maggs Bros

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/81
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 526: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Famous Presses: Estienne Press—continucd. 203 [Estienne’s edition of the Greek Poets.| Poetae Graeci Principes heroici carminis et alii nonnulli. Folio, bound by Roger Payne in crimson morocco, with characteris- tic, delicate gilt ornamentation on sides and back, consisting of minute stars, dots and flowers with delicately tooled fesioon borders, gilt arms of the Duke of Roxburgh on sides. [Parts], Henricus Stephanus | Henri Estienne|, 1560. £85 FROBEN PRESS. FROBEN-EPISCOPUS—AMERBACH ASSOCIATION COPY. 204 Caelii Calcagnini Opera. Folio, old vellum. Basel, Froben & Episcopus, 1544. £31 10s Presentation Copy to Boniface Amerbach (the famous printer, and son of the famous printer J. Amerbach), from H. Froben, the printer, and Episcopus, his partner. With autograph notes on pp. 551 and 5652. Boniface Amerbach was born at Basle in 1495, and died at Basle in 1562. He was the eldest son of the printer, Jean Amerbach, and, with his brothers Bruno and Basil, collaborated with his father. Boniface Amerbach was also professor at the University of Basle. He was the intimate friend and residuary legatee of Erasmus, while Froben and Episcopus were the executors of his will. It is Jittle known that, rich and generous, Amerbach increased (out of his private purse) certain donations from Erasmus, and even paid out, in the great savant's name, legacies to certain friends whom he had forgotten. Erasmus’ bust, placed on the clock tower of the Cathedral at Basle, mentions on its epitaph the names of the three friends. It is extremely curious to find precisely the names of these three friends, Erasmus’ printers, together in the book which we have. . FROSCHAUER PRESS. FROM THE LIBRARY OF HENRI ESTIENNE WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE. 7 205 [Estienne.| Hesiodi Poema Inscriptum ‘‘ Erga Kai Hymerai,’’ id. est ‘¢ Opera et Dies.’’ (Partly in Greek). With a full page cut. 8vo, original vellum. Zurich, Froschauer Press, 1579. £21 With the autograph signature of Henri Estienne (Henricus Stephanus) on the title-page. GIUNTA PRESS. IMUORTANT BENEDICTINE MISSAL. 206 Missale Monasticum secundum morem et ritum Casinensis congregationis alias Sanctae Justine cum multis missis de novo additis. Printed in red and black with numerous fine full-page and other woodcuts, much musical notation, printed in Gothic letter. Small 8vo, calf gilt. Ventce, Lucas Antonius Giunta, 1515. £8 8s
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