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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    Lot, age eas 4 animals or birds. The right half contains (1) an eagle, (2) a hound, (3)a hound, (4)a boar ; the left (1) an owl, (2)a squirrel, (3)a hound, (4) a wyvern. Round all runs the inscription interrupted at each corner by a quatrefoil : ‘ola si perdas/ fama seruare memento/ quia semel/ amissa nula reuisio erit/.” The lower or left hand panel is arranged similarly to the other, the figures being: in the right half (1) an eagle, (2) a hound, (3) a wyvern, (4) eh hound : in the left (1) an owl, (2) a wyvern, (3) an eagle, (4) a. hound. Round all runs the inscription : “De profundis/ clamaui ad te domine/ domine/ exaudi vocem meam].’ ** [A little rubbed and lower cover very slightly defective. | Weale, p. 192, no. 408. 61 rasmus (D.) Christiani matrimonii institutio 8vo. Jo. Froben. Basle, 1526 Black calf. One panel repeated. Four bands. Binder Joannes Bosscaert J. Panel. Divided into two smaller panels by a band divided into four rectangular spaces containing a wyvern, a lion, a wolf and a dog. The upper or right hand panel is divided bya line into two parts, each containing a spiral of vine with foliageand fruit. Each spiral contains four figures, that on the right a hound, an eagle, a wyvern, an eagle ; the left an eagle, a hound, an eagle, and a wyvern. Round this runs the inscription, interrupted by quatrefoils : ob laudem/ xpristi librum hunc/ recte/ligaui Johannes bosscaert/ The left or lower panel is similarly arranged to the other, the figures being, on the right, an eagle, a hound, a wyvern, an eagle ; on the left an eagle, a wyvern, a hound, an eagle. Round this is the inscription, interrupted at the corners by quatrefoils : deus det/ nobis suam pacem et/ post mortem/ uitam eternam amen/ ** [Back slightly defective at top.. In a padded case. | Weale, p. 194, no. 416. This copy. 62 Hrasmus (D.) Enchiridion militis christiani 8vo. Michael Hillenws. Antwerp, 1526 Brown calf. Two panels. Three bands. Binder Julian Notary I. Panel. The Tudor Rose. Inthe centreisa Tudor rose surrounded with a garland of leaves and flowers between two ribbons supported. by angels, on which are inscribed the lines : hec rosa uirtutis de at missa sereno Eternt florens regia sceptra feret. The lower part of the background is studded with tufts of herbage, the upper part with stars. In the upper right, hand corner is the moon and a shield charged with the arms of the City of London. In the left the sun and a shield teawing the Cross.
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