Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
21-23 July 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/859
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    265 Gregory IX. Decretales, gothic letter, 420 Zl, 2 columns, teat surrounded by commentary, printed in red and black, a few worm-holes at beginning and end, one extending through the latter half of the book, vellum | Hain,* 8021; Proctor, 4673] 4to. Venice, Thomas de Blavis, 22 Dec. 1486 266 Tertullian. Apologeticus adversus gentes, roman letter, 20 IL, vellum [| Hain, 15443; Proctor, *4899 | folio. Venice, B. Benalius, c. 1494 *,.* Perhaps the FIRST EDITION, though the edition printed in Milan in December, 1493, is probably earlier. 267 Gratianus. Decretum [with the gloss of Bartholomacus Brixiensis], gothic letter, printed in red and black, 340 ll., 2 columns, teat surrounded by commentary, device in red at end, worm-holes at beginning and end, affecting a few letters, original wooden boards, pigskin back | Hain, *7910 (but without the misprint “ibellus” in line 1, fol. 1); Pellechet, 5329 (two copies only, both imperfect); Proctor, 4923] folia (432 mm. by 293 mm.) Venice, Georgius Arrivabenus, 10 Mar. 1470 968 Valla (Laurentius) Klegantiae, roman letter, 102 Ul, the last blank, worm-hole at beginning affecting a few letters, half vellum | Hain, *15817 ; Proctor, *4960| folio. Venice, Bernardinus Rizus, 31 May, 1491 269 Gambilionibus de Aretio (Angelus de) Tractatus maleficiorum, gothic letter, 121 Zl., the first blank, 2 columns, 78 lines, device at end, top inner corners torn from the last two leaves, missing text restored in facsimile, slight water-stains, half vellum [Hain, 1630; not in Pellechet or Proctor | Solio (402 mm. by 281 mm.) Venice, A. de Calabriis, 16 Mar. 1491 *,.* Rare. Collation: a-c5, a-r in sixes, except a, 8ll. The sixth leaf of quire c (not present here) is presumably a blank, as there is no lacuna. 270 Niger (Franciscus) Modus epistolandi, roman letter, 32 Il, woodcut initials, worm-hole at end affecting a few letters, a few slight stains, half vellum |Hain-Reichling, 11866 ; nct in Proctor] 4to. Venice, Bonetus Locatellus, 9 Sept. 1490 271 SiliusItalicus. Punica [with the commentary of Petrus Marsus], roman letter, 156 ll, woodcut initials, half calf, vellum sides [ Hain, *14740; Proctor, *5034 | folio. Venice, Bonetus Locatellus, 18 May, 1492
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