HIERONYMUS (S.). VITAE SANCTORUM PATRUM (Fol. 1 a blank, cut away. Fol. 2a, col. 1:) Incipit plogus in vi tas Sacto patrum. [. (Fol. 2b, col. 2:) . . . | Explicit prologus. Sequitur Tabula. Ca. primü. | (Fol. 3b, col. 2:) .. Liber prim9 de iftitucōne monacho 2 Incipit felicit' | (Fol. 118 a blank, cut away. Fol. 161, col. 2 :) . . . | ritu in tepiterna fecula . . AMEN. | Explicit liber quintus de vi | tis fanctorum patrum : |. DEO GRATIAS. | (Fol. 162 blank) Sm. folio, Gothic letter, double columns, 41 lines to the column; without signatures, catchwords, and foliation £ 3. d. [Cologne, Conrad Winters, of Homborch, about 1475] the above two works, bound in 1 vol., sm. folio, corners of a few leaves slightly stained, but fine, large copies in the original oak boards, covered with stamped leather, rebacked Cologne, 1474(-75) 12 12 0 Written contemporaneously on a leaf of vellum inserted at the beginning is an inscription recording the presentation of the volume, similar to that contained in the copy of Herpf's Speculum Aureum, printed by Schoeffer, no. 7. 50 BERNARDUS (S.). FLORES DE SERMONIBUS BEATI BERNARDI (Fol. 1 blank. Fol. 2a, col. 1:) Incipit tabula fcd'm | alphabetuz Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 161 leaves (sigs. †, a-q3, r-s6, t8, v7), double Cologne, Johann Koelhoff, about 1482 51 BOETHIUS DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIE and GERSON DE CONSOLATIONE THEOLOGIÆ (Fol. la, general title:) Boecius | De confolatione philofophie | cum commento optimo. | Johanes gerfon Cancellarius parifientis. De confolatione theologie. | (Fol. 2a, col. 1 :) Incipit tabula fu per libros Boecij de confolatione philo- | fophie fecundum ordinem alphabeti. | (Fol. 7a, col. 1 :) Boecij Romani et | oratoris celeberrimi libri de confolatione | philosophie. z omentarius fuper eofdem | Incipit feliciter. | (Fol. 102a:) Libri quinq3 de confolatione philofophie Boecij cũ comento per me | Joh'em koelhoff de Lubeck Colonie Ciue diligenter elaborati Anno | falutis M cccc lxxxviij. ipo die bti Joh'is chryfoftomi finiut feliciter. (Fol. 103a, title:) Joh'es gerfon Cancellarius | Parifienfis | De confolatione theologie | (Fol. 125b, col. 1 :) . . . | Impreffus p me Johane Koelhoff de | Lubeck Colonie ciuem Anno falutis | Mcccc.lxxxviij. | (Fol. 126 blank) . Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 126 leaves (6 unnumbered, sigs. a-cs, de, e-ha, On the title-page is written in a contemporary hand an inscription of ownership: Johann Guldenschaff, about 1475 52 CICERO DE AMICITIA (Fol. la :) M.T.C: De amicicia. [Q] Vintus mutius augur sceuola. multa na'ra'e de Gaio lelio socero | suo. . (Fol. 26a, ten 7 7 0 7 7: lines beginning :) ferre nullo possem (and ending) epta nihil aicitia praestabilius ee putetis. Sm. 4to., 26 leaves, 26 long lines to the page; old calf, gilt edges [Cologne, Johann Guldenschaff, about 1476] Hain, 5297.—The paper-mark is a bull's head, supporting a rod surmounted by a flower. LBERTUS MAGNUS. POSTILLA IN EVANGELIUM IOHANNIS (Fol. 1a, col. 1:) Venerabilis domini Alberti | magni pdicato ordinis: quondam Ratifponefis epi: poftilla i | euägeliū bti Ioħis ad inftacia; fumi pontificis p extirpādis he | fib9 tunc vigetib9 rome lecta feliciter inchoat~ |... (Fol. 361a, col. 2, lines 18-21 :) Per ōnia fecula feculo Amē.: Portilla in euangelium beati | Iohis venerabilis dm Alberti magni Explicit feliciter | Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 361 leaves, double columns, 37 lines to the column; without signatures, catchwords, and foliation; a fine sound copy in Niger morocco by Douglas Cockerell [Cologne, Johann Guldenschaff, about 1477] 18 18 0 FIRST EDITION. The inscription of ownership of the monastery of Campilium (Lilienfeld) in Lower Austria is written on the first leaf and a memorandum at the end sets forth that the book was purchased by the abbot in 1478. rad Winters of Homborch, 1476 COMESTOR (Peter). HISTORIA SCHOLASTICA (Fol. la, first column :) [R] Eueredo patri ac dno suo guilhelmo. dei grasenonensi archiepo. | Petrus seru9 cristi ps | biter, trecensis. Vita bona z exitum btm. Causa suscepti laboris. . (Fol. 2b, col. 1) [I]N pncipio erat verbů z verbum | erat pncipiù in qo p qd' př crea uit mudū. (Fol. 304a, last line of second column:) Explicit historia scolastica τ Sm. folio, 304 leaves, double columns, 42 lines to the column; in a magnificent modern binding painted with a geometrical mosaic and flowers in the compartments, the centrepiece bearing a lozangy shield with three fleurs-de-lis, supporting a princely French crown; the back treated in similar fashion and the edges painted with a beautiful floral design; with silver knobs and clasps S. n. [Cologne, about 1475-76] 12 12 0 Hain 5530. He and Brunet ascribe it to Ulrich Zell, but I am inclined rather to consider it as an early book from the press of Conrad de Homborch. It looks certainly like a Zell book, but the spacing of the lines corresponds rather with Conrad's known work than with Zell's. There is no use of the two little curved dashes, but we find in the punctuation a colon which had evidently taken their place. In the character ho, the curve of the h rests on the line. Words are broken at line-endings without any use of hyphens. The type is all of one size throughout the book. The paper-marks are the Gothic p, the anchor, and the bull's head. The binding probably cost £40 to £50. HIERONYMUS (S.). VITAE SANCTORUM PATRUM-see no. 49 nrich Quentel, 1479 BOETIUS AND CATO. (Title) Boetij viri celeberrimi de oso- | latiõe phylosophie liber cu op- timo ɔmēto beati Thome | Colonia (Here a woodcut of a schoolmaster and his pupils. Fol. 192:) .. Libri quinq; de consolatione philosophie. . vna cum commentaria editione. per Henricum Quentell in Colonia.. Anno gratie Millesimo .ccccxcvij pridie kalendas Ianuarij. (The text in larger type in the centre of the pages, the commentary in smaller type on the margins) Boetius de disciplina schola- | rium cum notabili comento. | Colonia (Here the same woodcut as on the De Consolatione. Fol. 66a :) .. Finitur Boetius de disciplina scholariu; cu commento. Fideliter necnon diligenter | in alma Uniuersitate Coloñ. impressus. In | domo Henrici Quetell iuxta summu Anno | virginalis partus. M.cccc.xcviij. mensis Martij die quinta Chato cù glosa | et moralisacione | (Here the same woodcut as used BOETIUS AND CATO, continued :— in the Boethius. Fol. 48a).. Expliciunt glosule Cathonis valde 3 vols. in 1, sm. 4to., hf. bd. Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, 1496-98 Martin of Werden 56 URSULA. PASSIO (Title) Passio siue Historia .xi. miliù V'ginu. (Here a large woodcut of the martyrdom of the Eleven Thousand Virgins in a ship on the Rhine beneath the walls of Cologne. Fol. 30b:) Historia vndecim miliū virginu Finit felicit'. ¶ Sca Vrsula cu sodalib' tui' Orate p nob'. (Under this a large woodcut figure of St. Ursula standing upright and crowned, with borders from four small blocks. Fol. 31, a blank cut away. Fol. 32a :) Hanc Legendam fecit Imprimi Re | ueredissi' In xpo pat' dñs Dñs Raymūdus miseratiōe diuina tituli scte | Marienoue sacro sancte Roman Eccl'ie pbr Cardial' | Gurceň, Ad Germania; daciam. zc. Apl'ice sedis de | latere Legatus. Anno dni Millesimo Quigētesio 3o (Here a woodcut of the Cardinal's arms with borders from two small blocks.) Qua legenda dict' R'm' Legatus fecit imprimi Co- | lonie Anno quo sup, vt distribueret grat' diuers' pso | nis eccl'ijs, quib' dedit Reliquias. (Fol. 32b:) Dilecto filio nro Raymudo.... | Alexander Papa sextus. | Dilecte fili. . £ s. d. 4 4 0 Sm. 4to., fine copy in brown morocco, a modern imitation of a Grolier binding Cologne, [Martin of Werden] 1503 10 0 0 Described by Brunet, under Passio, as an "édition de la fin du XVe siècle," evidently from a copy which wanted the last leaf-a serious imperfection, since, as shown above, the history of the book was thereby lost. The ultimate page contains the Pope's bull naming the Cardinal Legatus à latere, and giving him commission to take relics to Germany for distribution among the churches. The type is that of Martin of Werden. 57 CURA CLERICALIS. (Title:) Cura Clericalis | Lege Relege. (Here Augsburg, 1468 Günther Zainer, prototypographer 58 KEMPIS (Thomas à). IMITATIO CHRISTI (Fol. 1a) Incipit libellus confolatorius ad inftructō; (Fol. 330 nunc liber quartus de imitacõe crifti in q tractat de Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 76 leaves, 35 lines to the page; Augsburg, G. Zainer, about 1470 250 0 0 FIRST EDITION of one of the most famous books in the world. It is excessively rare even in the separate state in which it is usually found, but very seldom indeed does it turn up as originally issued, that is bound up with all the opuscula enumerated below. They are all printed in the same type, without signatures, catchwords, and foliation; and that they were originally issued with the Imitatio as a composite volume is shown by a slip, on which is printed a list of contents (also in the same type), pasted on the cover. The other treatises are: Hieronymus de viris illustribus, ff. 1-37; Hieronymus de essentia divinitatis, ff. 38-43a; Thomas de Aquino de articulis fidei et ecclesie sacramentis, ff. 43b-53; Augustinus de anime quantitate, ff. 54-82; ejusdem soliloquia, ff. 83-105; Speculum peccatoris, ff. 106-110; Errores iudeorum ex Talmud, ff. 187-198; Processus iudicarius, ff. 199-207; Ars moriendi, ff. 208-228; Donatus arte grammaticus homini in sui ipsius cognicionem per allegoriam traductus, ff. 229-236. 59 VALLIBUS (Hieronymus de). IHESUIDA (Fol. 1a) Ihesuida Hieronimi de vallibus paduani. | ad reuerendu Sm. folio, 10 leaves, 24 long lines to the page, without signatures, [Augsburg, G. Zainer, about 1470] 12 12 0 VERY RARE. It is the first edition of a short sacred epic, written about 1430, which was reprinted several times after Zainer's edition above described. One of the most significant tokens of its rarity is afforded by the description of it as a quarto in Hain, Brunet, and Graesse. The first had probably seen a copy in which the margins were cut down, and the other two copied him without having ever seen the book. 30 ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS. ETYMOLOGIAE (Fol. la:) ISIDORI. IVNIORIS. HISPALENSIS. EPISCOPI EPISTOLA. AD. BRAVILIONEM. CAESARAVGV- STANVM. EPISCOPVM. INCIPIT. FELICITER. | (Fol. 4a:) | ISIDORI. IVNIORIS. HISPALENSIS. EPISCOPI | LIBER. ETIMOLOGIARVM. AD BRAVILIONEM | CESARAVGVSTANVM. EPISCOPVM. SCRIP- [ TVS. INCIPIT FOELICITER. . . . (On fol. 126b is a large circular woodcut diagram, inscribed at the top, "Stemma Stirpis Humane." The following leaf (127) is occupied by two woodcut trees of consanguinity and affinity. Fol. 260a :) . . . | Ifidori iunioris hifpalenfis epifcopi. Ethimologiarum libri | numero viginti. finiunt foeliciter. Per. Gintherum 3ainer ex Reutlingen progenitum. literis impreffi ahenis. Anno ab incarnatione domini. Milleffimo Quadringentefimo | Septuagefimofecundo. Decimanono die Menfis. nouēbris. | (Foll. 261-264 contain the table in double columns, the first line of which is :) Capitula in librum primum Sm. folio, Roman letter, 264 leaves, 38 long lines to the page; without signatures, catchwords and foliation; painted capitals in red and ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS, ETYMOLOGIAE, continued :— £ s. d. blue; fol. 127 slightly cut into; in the original oak boards, leather 61 GREGORIUS MAGNUS. LIBER EPISTOLARUM (Fol. 1a, col. 1, lines 1-7, printed in red :) | In nomie dni nostri Folio, 164 leaves, printed in Roman type, double columns, 59, 60, [Augsburg, G. Zainer, about 1472] 16 16 0 Hain 7991; Proctor, 1553. With an inscription within the lower cover: liber attinet möftio Tegñfee, 1477." 62 MARGARITA DAVIDITICA "Iste (Fol. la blank; 1b) Regiftrum expofitionum libri pfalmorum . regalis pphete Dauid...|... (Fol. 3b, with an elaborate strap-work initial I:) IN nomie fanctiffime z indiuidue trini- | tatis . . . ↑ . . . (Fol. 4a) Incipiunt tituli pfalmo | rum et expofitio eorum. | PRophecia. ... (The P being a large ornamental woodcut letter attached to a floral border. The text ends on fol. 124b, line 15:) modum literalem feliciter finit Sm. folio, semi- Gothic letter, 124 leaves (the first three unnumbered, the remainder foliated ij-cxxij), 31 to 34 long lines to the page; without signatures and catchwords; russia, neatly rebacked, with the Wodhull [Augsburg, G. Zainer, about 1472] arms 63 PSALTER, ETC. (Fol. 1a) Prologus beati jeronimi psbiteri jn psalteriù qd' ipse de Sanguis and sanguinis are always spelt with a w instead of a v.-The paper-mark 330 996 |