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

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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$quatre-Tingtz & trois Inclusiuemet, small folio, lettres gotljtqUEa, very fine dean copy, red morocco extra, gilt edges, hy Bedford, teey bare [Smarts lieu ni date, Lyon, vers 1488] 25 0 0 The first edition of the celebrated “Chronique Scandaleuse.” The author dwells so much upon the crimes and punishments which took place in his time, that this probably gave rise to the curious title by which the work is known. see ante Commines, No. 430. 453 SIEGE OF RHODES, 1480. CAOURSIN. Fol. 1: olverse hlanh, on reverse a large woodcut. Fol. 2 : Guillelmi Caoursin Rhodiorum Vicecancellarij: obsidionis Rhodie Vrbis descriptio, sm. folio, ghtljic letter, with ornamental woodcut initials, white on a hlaclc ground; ZQ full- page woodcuts representing incidents during and after the famous siege in 1480; very fine and large copy, with rough leaves, in red morocco extra, gilt edges, hy Glarhe Vlme p ioanne Beger . . Mccccxcvj . . (1496) 30 0 0 Veey babe. It is also a work of intrinsic historical value, and of considerable importance as an example of early German wood-engraving. 454 (CAOURSIN.) Histoeia Von Rhodis Wie ritterlicb sie sicb gebalte mit dem Tyraimiscben keiser Macbomet vsz Tiirckye Instig yn lieplich zu lesen, sm. folio, portrait of the Grand Master Pierre B’Auhusson on the title and 33 other woodcuts in the text, all hut two being of large size; fine copy in hrown morocco extra, gilt edges, hy Thiharon, with the Seilliere arms on the sides ; in a case . . straszhurg durch . . Martinum Flach . . Tausent fiinff hundert vnnd dreyzehn (1513) 15 0 0 The preface is addressed to Maximyn von Eappolstein by “ Johannes Adelphus Argentinensis Physicus,” who translated the work from the Latin narrative of “Wilhelm Caonersyn.” 455 BAYARD. La tresioyeuse plaisaate & recreatiue bystoire composee par le loyal seruiteur, des faiz, gestes, triumpbes et prouesses du bon cbeualier sans paour et sans reproucbe le gentil seigneur de Bayart . . . small folio, got’^ic letter, old calf, cover loose \_At end ;] Nouuellement imprimee a Paris par Nicolas couteau pour Galliot du pre . . . le xviii'^. iour de Septemhre Lan mil cinq cens vingt et sept. (1527) 16 16 0 •Fiest edition, and very scarce. The Yemeniz copy sold for 1640 fr. and the Potier (imperfect) for 1000 fr. 456 tbe very joyous, pleasant, and refreshing History .... set forth in English by Edward Cockbum Kindersley, 8vo. frontispiece, cloth 1848 0 10 0 XIV. MEDIEVAL SCIENCE. IMAGE DOU MONDE, Sec. XIII—See ante No. 416. 457 MANDEVILLE. FoL 1 recto hlanh.; verso a full- 'page woodcut of the author with the inscription lo- hannes de Montevilla. Fol. 2: (C) E liure est appelle mandeuille et fust fait & compose par messiere lehan de mandeville cheualier natif dagdeterre de la ville de sainct alein. Et parle de la terre de promission cest assauoir de iherusalem et de plusieurs aultres Isles de mer & les diuerses & estrages choses qui sont esdictes isles, sm. folio, ^otlliques, 71 leaves (sign^-\, the first two quires in eights, the last in seven leaves, and the rest in sixesJ, loith 103 curious woodcuts in contemporary colouring; maroon,$