Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
16 March 1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/636
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lor 47—-continued. f vol. II, p 488. The first of these authorities assign the panel to Louvain. ] Weale, p. 201, no. 435. 48 Contarenus (Gaspar) De elementis (top margin stained, title cut and loose) 8vo. Nicholaus Dives. Paris, 1548 Brown calf. One roll. Four bands. Binder P. L. ; Band. Renaissance floreated ornament in compartments. Weale, p. 145, no. 311. Vergilius (P.) Adagiorum opus. 8vo. Basle, 1550 Brown calf. Roll. Three bands. Roll. Divided into four compartments, each containing a half- length figure, with an inscription below. 1, Isaiah holding ascroll, and the inscription : PRINCIPA/ TVR EIvs ; 2, the Virgin holding the infant Christ, inscribed : ECCE vIR | 0 CONCIPT : a David holding his harp, inseribed : DE FRVCTV / VENTRIS ; 4, Faith with hands folded on her breast and holding a cross, inscribed ; FIDES | 1549. ** [Brass catches and clasps. | 8v0. (2) 49 Corvinus (Anthonius) Postilla in epistolas et evangelia 4to. Wolffgang Cephaleus. Strassburg, 1540 Brown calf, impressed with two panels. Four bands. I. Oblong panel (71 by 110mm.) divided by a perpendicular line into two equal halves, each containing a large circular medallion. That. on the right contains a large Tudor rose, that on the left a shield with the Royal arms bearing 1 and 4 the fleurs-de- lys of France, 2 and 3 the lions passant of England. From the corners of each of the two divisions spring stiff RIO sprays of foliage. In the right hand corner of the right division is a shield with the binder’s mark and initials, R. O. In the left hand corner of the left division is a shield with the Cross of St. George. II. Oblong panel (74 by 106mm.). In the centre a Tudor rose, surrounded with a wreath of flowers. Encircling these are two long ribbons held by angels and bearing the inscription Hec rosa virtutis de celo missasereno. Eterna florens regia sceptra feret. The lower part of the background is dotted with small tufts of herbage and flowers, the upper part R with stars. In the upper right hand corner is a shield with the Cross of St. George, in the left hand corner a fleur-de-lys. Below the Tudor rose are the binder’s mark and initials, R. L. Clasps wanting. Last board lined with part of a folio leaf of vellum manuscript. ** [Rebacked, and one joint cracked. Poor impressions of the panels, the binders mark and initials are, however, distinct in both. In a padded case. |
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