Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
December 1919
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/435
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    Lot 753—continued. blank, some leaves neatly repaired otherwise a sound copy, half morocco [C’. 1866 ; Proctor 1033] folio. Absque nota [Kéln. Johann Koelhoff, 1477] — 754 Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca seu historiarum priscarum libb VI, e graeco in latinum traducti per Fr. Poggium, Roman letter, long lines, 36 to a page (127 leaves) with signatures, binding of brown calf with bands interiaced so as to form geometrical compartments, central medallions in gold, and Motto “ Spes Mea Deus” and death’s head and crossbones, gauffred ane. Fine copy. [Hain 6189; Proctor 4421] folio [Colophon]: Impressi Venetuis per Andrea Iacobt Katharesem Andrea Vendramino Duce fortu- natissimo, M.C.CCC.LXXVI (Venice, Andreas de Paltascichis, 1476) *,*First book produced by this printer at Venice. 755 Diomedes (et alia) De Structuris et differentia Sermonis, etc. ; Phocas de nomine et verbo; Caper de latinitate, Agraetius de orthographia ; Donatus de barbarismo ; Servius et Sergius in Donatum, Roman letter, long lines, 35 to a page, with signatures but no numeration ; on the first page a finely illuminated capital on red, blue and gold with elaborate floral design in the margin, and coat-of-arms at the foot of the page, other initials on red and blue, russia leather, g.e. (From the Syston Park Library). [Hain 6214 ; Proctor 4118] folio. [at end] Finis Nicolaus Ienson Gallicus [without date or place. Venice, c. 1478] *..*First Edition of this collection. 756 Gellius (Aulus) Noctes Atticae, Roman letter, long lines, 40 to a page, without marks, Greek printing is freely used throughout, though on the last leaf (recto) some blank spaces occur, a clean sound copy of this extremely rare work, rubricated, painted mnitials, early binding of oak, boards and pigskin, stamped with lions, Virgin Mary, eic., clasps worn, gilt gauffred edges, back damaged [Hawn 7159 ; Proctor 4084 | folio. [Colophon] ... Impressr Venetiis per Nicolaum TIenson Gallicum Feliciter, M.C.CCC. LX XII, Nicolao Truno Duce Venetiarum Indyto [Venice, Nicholas Jenson, 1472] *.*Bibliographers are not decided as to the priority of this edition of Jenson, or the second. Roman edition. 757 GratTianus. DicretTum cum apparatu Bartho, Brixien, Ae EDITIO PRINCEPS, lit. goth, double columns, 47 lines to a page, surrounded by glossary (459 Ul.) ; .on the first page a finely uluminated initial painted in blue and green with background of diapered gold leaf and borders of floral scrolls in several colours, above the arms of a cardinal on a blue background with border . of gold and green, 37 finely painted floral scrolls with gold back-
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