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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
in lib decem tracta | tuum de floribus fancti Bernardi |... (Fol. 7
blank. Fol. 8a, col. 1:) Prefatio. Relatio De beato | Bernardo
abbate. ... (Fol. 8b:) In nomine dni Amen | Incipit plogus in
fequens opus... (Fol. 9b :)... | Incipit liber primus.
| |
(Fol. 161b, col. 1 :) .. | Flores de diveriis fermonib9 et epl'is bti
Bernardi collecti et p me Ioh'em koelhoff. de | Lubeck Coloñ. ciuē
impffi Anno gratie M.cccc. (sic) Feliciter finiüt: | (Fol. 162 a
blank, cut away)

Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 161 leaves (sigs. †, a-q3, r-s6, t8, v7), double
columns, 38-39 lines to the column; without catchwords and foliation; in
the original oak boards covered with stamped leather

Cologne, Johann Koelhoff, about 1482 51 BOETHIUS DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIE and GERSON DE CONSOLATIONE THEOLOGIÆ

Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 126 leaves (6 unnumbered, sigs. a-cs, de, e-ha,
i-k3, 1o, m3, no, A-C), without foliation; in the original oak boards,
covered with stamped pigskin
Cologne, Johann Koelhoff, 1488

On the title-page is written in a contemporary hand an inscription of ownership:
"Pertinet Domui castri Mariæ ppe Dulmania ordis Carthusien," and at the end is
a manuscript, also written contemporaneously, which was presented to the same
religious house. It comprises some of the chief works and an account of the life of
Archbishop Anselm, and is written on 113 leaves in double columns. The binding
bears impressions of the same stamps as those on that of the Lubeck Turrecremata
(no. 96). It, also, has the binder's initials.

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

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
vtiles . . . . Im | presse. Anno salutis. M.cccc.xcvi. p. Henricum
Quentell in Colonia

3 vols. in 1, sm. 4to., hf. bd. Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, 1496-98
The first title-page bears names and inscriptions of former owners, including
"Frater Johanes Winnecken" (about 1500) and "Capel Lofft, 1828."

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
a rude but curious woodcut of the Virgin, Child, and Mary Cleophas,
which is repeated on the back. Fol. 15b:) Impressa sunt hec
Colonie P Martinum de werdena ppe domu Consula- tus. Anno dni.
M.ccccc.xi. (Fol. 16, the woodcut repeated on back and front of the leaf)
Small 4to. (16mo. size), 16 leaves with signatures A-D in fours;
dark red morocco
Cologne, Martin of Werden, 1511

Augsburg, 1468

Günther Zainer, prototypographer

58 KEMPIS (Thomas à). IMITATIO CHRISTI

(Fol. 1a) Incipit libellus confolatorius ad inftructō;
deuoto Cuius primu capitulu eft de imitacõe xpi z
ɔtemptu damni vanitatum mundi. Et q'dam totū libellum
fic appellant fcilicet libellum de imitatione xpi. ficut |
euangelium Mathei appellatur liber generacōis ih'u | xpi
Eo q' in primo capitl'o fit mentio de generacōne | xpi
fcd'm carnem Incipit primum capitulum [... (Fol. 16a:)
. Explicit primus liber de imitacione Xpifti | et de
contemptu omnium vanitatum md'i. | Sequitur tabula huius
libri primi | . (Fol. 16b:) Sequit fcd'a ps h' libri q eft
de amonicõe. . | . (Fol. 25a :) ... Incipit tercius
liber de imitacōne xpi qui tractat de | interna ofolacõe xpi
da aiaz fidelem
61a :) . . . | Sequi

(Fol.

330

nunc liber quartus de imitacõe crifti in q tractat de
venerabili facraméto altaris. . . (Fol. 76a:)
Viri egregij Thome montis fancte Agnetis in Traiecto
regularis canonici libri de xpi imitatiōe | numero quatuor
finiunt feliciter. per Gintheum (sic) | zainer ex reutlingen
pgenitu literis impffi ahenis |

Sm. folio, Gothic letter, 76 leaves, 35 lines to the page;
without signatures, catchwords, and foliation; in the
ORIGINAL BINDING of oaken boards covered with stamped
leather, in an olive green morocco pull-off case

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
in xpo patre et dñm dùm pe | trum donato
[M]Axime celicolum supa q' celsus in aula | Eterno imperio supes
.. (Fol. 10b:) | Brachia aperta dedi fronte q3 ad
oscula flexi

Sm. folio, 10 leaves, 24 long lines to the page, without signatures,
catchwords, and foliation; fine copy in dark morocco extra, gilt edges

[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
back
Augsburg, G. Zainer, 1472 21 0 0
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN GERMANY IN ROMAN LETTER, and though it is
probably not the first edition of the work, certainly the first dated edition. Schelhorn
notes that he has compared the neat and elegant Roman types with those of Jenson's
Quintilian, 1471 (a book which he never examined" without delight and admiration)'
and thought they might vie with them in beauty. As Dibdin remarks, "this praise is
a little too vehement; notwithstanding the types of this impression do great credit to
Gunther Zainer."

61 GREGORIUS MAGNUS. LIBER EPISTOLARUM

(Fol. 1a, col. 1, lines 1-7, printed in red :) | In nomie dni nostri
Ihefu crifti. Incipiunt capitula libri fequetis ex regiftro fancti
Gregorij pape vrbis rome Inditione nona que fuit ordinatiōis eig
prima. id eft | Anno dñice incarnatiõis quin- | gentefimo nonagefimo-
fecudo. (Fol. 10a, last 8 lines, printed in red :) | Regiftrum in
librum Epiftola | rum beati Gregorij pape pro apo- | ftolice ecclefie
cofernatione feliciq3 | regimine ad fanctos aliosq3 catholicos platos
miffarum. Vnde etia; decreti liber originem fumpfit Feliciter
explicit p fine cuius laus fit et gloria chrifto Amen (Fol. 11a,
headline:) Pars I. Fo. 1. (The same, col. 1 :) Symbolum fancti
|
gregorij de fide fancti trinitatis | ... (Fol. 164a, with foliation CLIIII,
col. 2:). .. Liber Epl'arum beati Gregorij Pape p | Aplice
ecclefie oferuatione. Feliciq; regimi ne. Ad fanctos aliofq3 katho-
licos prelatos miffarum. Vnde etiam decreti liber origine | fumpfit.
Feliciter explicit. Pro fine cui9 fit | laus & gloria Xpo Amen |

Folio, 164 leaves, printed in Roman type, double columns, 59, 60,
and 61 lines to the column; with several woodcut initials; a fine, clean
copy in the original oak boards, covered with stamped pigskin

[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
hebraico transtulit in latinu [E]Vsebius jeroim' soffronio suo salute;
Scio quosda putare psalteriù.. (Fol. 54a:).. Explicit traslacio
soliq' oru siue psalterij beatissimi | Ieronimi eusebij psbiteri. qd' ad
peticōnē soffronij | trastulit vt i eplă ante psalteriù impssa pmittiť zc
Sm. folio, 54 leaves, 33 long lines to the page; purple morocco, gilt
edges
[Augsburg, about 1472]
This is considered by Hain to be a production of Gunther Zainer's press. There
are, however, reasons against it. The forms of the letters, both capital and minuscule,
are the same as we see in the Speculum and the Ars Moriendi of that printer; but
they seem to be somewhat coarser and closer-perhaps worn away by use, but in any
case evincing a ruder stage of the typographical art than the other two books. We
cannot regard it as earlier than the Speculum, and therefore we might guess that
Günther Zainer was not the printer. The page of type in the Speculum and the Ars
is 206 × 124 mm., containing 35 lines; here it is 191 x 116, containing 33 lines of type.
Thus, even if the page had been extended to 35 lines, it would still be proportionately
smaller than a page of the other two books.

Sanguis and sanguinis are always spelt with a w instead of a v.-The paper-mark
is the bull's head.

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