Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
February 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/835
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    528 Sachsenspiegel (Der) mit der Ordnung des Rechts, second edt- tion, gothic letter, 231 Ul., wants the first (blank) and the last (supplied in facsimile), 2 columns, woodcut initials, coloured by a contemporary hand, rubricated, impression of a seal on fol. 1, stamped calf over wooden boards, brass catches, clasps wanting | Hain,*14075 ; Proctor, 1682 | Augsburg. Anton Sorg, 1481 529 RiepReR (FRIEDRICH) SPIEGEL DER WAHREN RHETORIK, FIRST EDITION, gothic letter, 188 71, woodcut title with printer's device (repeated at end), futl-page woodcut on verso, another large woodcut on fol. 61 verso, large calli- graphic S on fol. 2, other initials supplied in red or blue, rubricated, small stain on first three leaves, slight water-stains _at beginning and end, contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards, brass corner-pieces (4), centre-piece (one missing) and catches (clasps missing) |Hain, 13914; Proctor, 3216] Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Friedrich Riedrer, 11 Dec, 1493 x” The first known book from this press. It was compiled by the printer and while the text is in German, the marginal captions are in Latin. The cuts are all coloured by hand, probably in the printer’s workshop, as the tinctures on the shields agree with the description in the B. M. Cat. Ine. 530 Merian (Malt.) Florilegium Renovatum et Auctum, engraved title, double-page frontispiece and 143 plates, a few top outer corners affected by damp, vellum ; sold not subject to return Frankfort, 1641 531 Von der Erschrécklichen Zurstérung unnd Niderlag dess gantzen Bapstumbs, gothic letter, woodcuts, all carefully coloured, soiled and thumbed throughout, 36 and © 2 torn, slightly defective and mended, marginal notes shaved on da 3 verso and e 3, mottled sheep No place, printer or date 532 Rituum Ecclesiasticorum libri tres, woodcuts, old limp vellum, rebacked ~ Venice, G. de Gregoriis, 1516 *,* An early note of ownership by the Monastery of S. Cruz at Coimbra on title. 533 Bible. Biblia Sacra cura Francisci Junii, woodcut border to title and woodcut initials, old name on title, contemporary calf, gilt centre ornaments and corner-pieces, ground pow- dered with rosettes, edges gilt and gauffred, rebacked, covers loose, 1593-2 ; and another (2) 534 Harris (J.) Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, 2 vol. maps, portraits, plates (some missing), rough calf gilt, rubbed, hinges weak (almost detached) ; sold not subject to return 1744-48
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