A catalogue of medieval literature, especially of the romances of chivalry, and books relating to the customs, costume, art, and pageantry of the middle ages.

  • Bernard Quaritch Ltd
Date:
1890
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A catalogue of medieval literature, especially of the romances of chivalry, and books relating to the customs, costume, art, and pageantry of the middle ages. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    331 SAN PEDRO, Caecel de Amoe, sm. 8vo. a fine copy hound in red morocco extra, gilt edges, with the bookplate of Charles Nodier ^aragoga, 1523 25 0 Included by the Inquisition amongst prohibited books. On leaf K4 begins the “ Tratado que fizo Nicolas Nunez sobre el q sant pedro copuso de Leriano & laureolallamado carcel de amor,” a poor appendix meant to round off the abrupt ending of the original story (in which on the death of the despairing lover, San Pedro finished his labour, saying no more of the high-placed heroine and her fate). The continuator depicts the lady’s reception of the sad news, and her wretchedness.—The fighting which in the earlier part of the tale is done on behalf of the slandered lady hardly makes this a Eomance of Chivalry. It really belongs to the class of Novels, and was composed in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. 332 CLARIMUNDO [Baeros (loao de)] A primeira parte da Cronica do Emperador Clarimvndo donde os reys de Portvgal descendem, sm. folio, woodcut on title, fine copy in crimson morocco extra, gilt edges, by Trautz- Bauzonnet Lisboa, Antonio Aluarez, 1601 10 10 When Barros wrote this Eomance he was little over twenty years of age. The first edition was printed at Coimbre in 1520. In the eighty-second chapter, the hero is made to deliver a set of prophecies in verse in which he foretells the triumphs of the Portuguese arms in the eastern and western oceans, giving a great number of names now familiar enough but which in 1520 would have been utterly strange to most people. Clarimundo is not affiliable to any of the cycles, but it was suggested probably by the Amadis. 333 ESPEJO DE PRINCIPES. ORTUS-EZ DE CALAHORRA (;Diego) Espeio de PRINCIPES T CAUALLEROS. Enel qiial se cuentan los immor- tales liechos del Canallero del Febo, y de su bermano Rosicler, hijos del grande Emperador Trebacio. Con las altas canallerias y muy estranos amores dela mny bermosa y estremada princesa Claridiana y de otros altos principes y caualleros, 3 books in 1 vol. sm. folio, separate titles to each booh, printed in red, and black with a woodcut on each; two or three leaves skilfully repaired and a few letters restored, otheriuise a very fine sound copy; red morocco super-extra, gilt and marbled edges, by Belz-Niedree, Seilliere arms on sides 50 0 Caragoga, en casa de Miguel de Guesa, 1562 Unique ; from the Sapienza library at Eome. It contains the 3 books of the 1st part, and the collation is as follows : 1st book, title and prologue, 4 leaves, pp. 1-203; 2nd book, pp. 1-216, including title-page : 3rd book, pp. 1-218, including title- page. Brunet gives the following note concerning this volume, “ Cette edition fort rare que cite Antonio, a Particle Bidacus Ortunez et qui nous avait paru apocryphe, existe bien Eome dans la bibliothbque de la Sapienza.” On the last page appears the following notice : Aqvi sa acaba la primera parte del libro intitvlado Espeio de Principes y Cavalleros. La segvnda parte esta ya tradvcida la qval no tardara de salir a Ivz.”—From this we may infer that the second part was really printed some time before the edition of 1580, the first hitherto known. The above unique volume offers a parallel case. If the Sapienza copy had not been discovered, no one would have believed in the existence of one of earlier date than 1580. This is the romance which became so great a favourite in England under the name of the Mirror of Knighthood. In France it was known as Le Chevalier die Soleil. 334 Ortunez de Calahorra (Diego). Epeio de Principes y Cavalleros, en el qval en tres libros se cnentan los immortales heebos del Cavallero del Febo, y de su bermano Rosicler, bijos del grande Emperador Trebacio . . . —Segunda parte del Espejo de Principes y Caualleros, dividida en dos libros : donde se trata de los altos beebos del Emperador Trebacio, y de sus caros bijos, el gran Alpbebo, e inclito Rosicler, y del niuy excelete Claridiano ,bijo del cauallero del Febo, y de la Emperatriz Claridiana, Compuesto por Pedro la Sierra Inf an ^on ;—2 vols. in 1, sm. folio, a large woodcut on each title, red morocco super-extra, by Chambolle- Duru, with the Arms of Baron Seilliere Alcala de Henares en casa de luanlhiguez de Lequerica, Aiio de 1580 28 0 Part I, title and prologue, 4 leaves unnumbered, and 320 numbered leaves ; part II, 141 numbered leaves, including title. A magnificent copy of this rare volume, from the Sapienza library at Eome. There was no copy in the Salva collection, and Brunet gives a very meagre account of this edition. JVIr. Watts seems to think that no cessation took place in the production of 0 0 0 0