Sales catalogue 38: International Antiquariaat

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/38/2
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 38: International Antiquariaat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    691 Lanci, M., La sacra scrittura ill. con monumenti Fenico- Assir] ed Egiziani. Roma, Soc. Tipografica, 1827. W. pls. Orig. h. morocco, large in —4. f 66.— ,L’édition de cet ouvrage, publiée aux frais de M. le duc de Blacas, fut supprimée tout entiere par l’ordre du gouvernement pontificial, et anéantie. I] ne s’en sauva, a Ma connaissance, que trois exem- plaires, qui avaient été distribués avant Ja publication par M.le duc de Blacas lui-méme, et dunombre desquels est celui que je tiens tout a la fois de la bonté de Villustre mécéne et del’amitié de !’auteur. L’ouvrage, curieux et important sous plus d’un rapport, devient encore plus précieux par cette circonstance.”’ (Note of Raoul Ro- chette, accompanying his copy — See Brunet III, 809). Splendid copy on large paper, uncut, of this scarce book from the library Bonclerici. On the first fly-leaf, in manuscript, the following note is to be found: Exemplare rarissimo, procaciato in aequisto da Michelangelo Lanci pel Signor Bouju di Franconoille, nell’anno 1844, e reatoglielo in persona. ; 692 Petzendorfer, L., Schriften-Atlas. Sammlung der wichtig- sten Schreib- u. Druckschriften aus alter und neuer Zeit, nebst Alphabeten, Initialen, Monogrammen, Wappen, u.s. w. Stuttg., 1898. 2 vols. Cloth, sm. in —folio. — Out of print. f 40. 693 Smith Williams, H., History of the art of writing. Ma- nuscripts, inscriptions and muniments, oriental, classical, medieval, and modern classified, described, and reproduced in facsimile. Lond., ab. 1900. 4 Portfolio’s. W. more than 200 facs. reproduc- tions in tone and colour from the important languages of every age, w. descr. and explanat. text. H. cloth, in —folio. f 90.— See also: Bibliography — Diirer — Manuscripts — Printing. ADDENDA. . 694 Ditirer, Les quatre livres de la proportion des parties et pourtraicts des corps humains. Trad. p. Loys Maigret. Arnhem, 1613. W. num. reprods. H. calf, sm. in —folio. (some pp. browned). — One of the best editions identical with the original one. Brunet II 914. f 60.— 695 Gautier d’Agoty Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle composée de l’essai et de la suite de l’essai d’anatomie, p. Duverney, en tableaux imprimés. Paris, 1746. W. 20 plates printed in colours. Boards, in —folio. f175.— Jacques Fabian Gautier D’Agoty, born at Marseilles about 1717 was an assistant of Le Blon, and after the death of Le Blon he obtained the latter’s privilege in 1745. About his works Choulant Frank p. 270 says: ,,.... they will always retain their value in the history of art and especially in the history of anatomic illustrations. Nice copy with both titles, in clean boards enly the first 3 plates waterstained. — See also: nr. 598. 696 Stencilled folio book — Supplementum antiphonarii Romani ad usum chori abbatiae B. M. V. de Voormezeele. Voorme- zeele, H. de Myttenaere, 1779. Coloured title and 95 pp. of noted music (with vignettes, etc.). Calf (damaged) in —folio. f 160.— *This most extraordinary work is entirely produced by the process of stencilling. The name of the artist who produced this book as early as 1779 is H. de Myttenaere. There does not appear to beany record of similarly produced works.
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