Sales catalogue 924: James Tregaskis & Son

Date:
July 1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/51/1
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 924: James Tregaskis & Son. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    British Museum. LONDON. WOTTON (JOHN)—continued. first printing establishment within the precincts of the City of London. The book of which this is a fragment also deserves consideration, as being one of the earliest specimens of printed English poetry. (Duff. Printers of London, 1899. p. 44.) 56. HIGDEN (Ralph) POLYCHRONICON [translated from the Latin into English by JoHn oF Trevisa]. Folio (roté by 776 in.), black letter, double columns, 41 lines to the page, 398 leaves, the first and last in excellent facsimile, large woodcut on title, and printer’s mark at end, lightly ruled in red throughout, brown morocco on heavy boards, blind tooled, g.e. by F. BEDFORD, a most excellent copy, clean and in fine condition. £115 0 0 Wynkyn de Worde: Westminster, 13 Apr., 1495 *s Hain-Copinger 8660; Proctor 9696; Duff 173. Folio Nd contains the earliest known specimen of music printed in England. In Caxton’s edition of the Polychronicon (c. 1482) the space is left blank to be filled in by hand. Steel’s ‘‘ Earliest English Music Printing,’’ I. 57. FISHER (John, Bishop of Rochester, 1459-1535) THIS SERMON FOLOWYNGE was compyled and sayd in the cathedrall chyrche of Saynt Poule within ye cyte of London by the ryght reverence fader in god John, bysshop of Rochester, the body being present of the moost famouse prynce, kynge Henry the vii. the xi day of Maye, the yere of our lorde god Mcccccix. whiche sermon was emprynted at the specyall request of ye ryght excellent pryncesse Margarete, moder unto the sayd noble prynce, and Countesse of Rychemonde and Derby. Sm. 4to, 12 leaves, black letter, title leaf with large woodcut on recto and the Tudor Arms on verso in excellent facsimile, a small woodcut at beginning of text and Wynkyn de Worde’s device (McKerrow 19) at end, full crushed morocco, gilt line inside. £65 0 0 Wynkyn de Worde: London, 1509 ‘Ys EXCEEDINGLY RARE. The funeral sermon of Henry VII. The woodcut on the title shows the actual scene in St. Paul’s, with the uncoffined body of the King lying in state. 58. INTRATIONUM EXCELLENTISSIMUS LIBER. Folio, first edition, black letter, 54 long lines to pages, PYNSON’S LARGE DEVICE AT END [McKerrow, ob], half morocco, gilt, g.e. £17 10 0 Richard Pynson: London, Feb. 28, 1510 ',*, Collation: Aa,, Bb,, a-z,, A%, ?6, A-E,, F, (lacks two leaves of table. Aa, 5—6, title in facsimile, a few letters damaged, small hole in d,. Dibdin JI., 441. 59. ARTICULI. ARTICULI AD NARRATIONES NOVAS PERTIN. FORMATI. 16mo, title-page in large Gothic letter, text in black letter with woodcut initial (white on black ground) lacks two leaves at end, brown crushed morocco, gilt line borders, etc., gilt lines and ornaments on back, with raised bands, gilt edges and inside of boards, g.e. by RIVIERE. FINE COPY. £3 0 0 Thomas Berthelet: [London] 1530 *, B.M.C. of Eng. Bks. to 1640, 1. 56.
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