NUREMBERG CHRONICLE, continued: 27 Foliu I:) Epitoma operu fex dierū (Fol. 22a, num- Ad intuitu autem z preces prouidoru ciuiū Sebaldi Schreyer Sebastiani kamermaifter hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impreffit. Adhibitis tamē viris mathematicis pingendiq; arte peritiffimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru (sic) folerti acuratiffimaq; animaduerfione tum ciuitatum tum illuftrium virorum figure inferte sunt. Confummatū autem duodecima menfis Iulij . . . 1493. | (Foll. 321 and 322 blank. Foll. 323-327 consist of an unfoliated piece which begins: De Sarmacia regione Europe. occupying ten pages; succeeded by a blank leaf 328) Folio, with over 2000 spirited woodcuts by Michael Wolgemuth and William Pleydenwurff; complete, with the blank leaves and "De Sarmacia"; a clean and sound copy in russia £ 8. d. Nuremberg, A. Koberger, 1493 48 0 0 An inscription on the first leaf shows that this copy was presented to "Ambrosio Lutterbach S. Crucis Ecclesiae Moguntinae Decano" by "Geo. Artopaeus Cantor" of the same church, 1557. another copy. Folio, one headline cut into, some writing on the first leaf, and a little waterstained and soiled in parts, but a good sound copy; russia gilt, rebacked with morocco, gilt edges 1493 45 00 FIRST EDITION of one of the most celebrated of illustrated books. It is a volume of extraordinary interest, embellished with upwards of 2250 woodcut engravings of the principal events, characters, and cities, described in the work, executed in a spirited style by the ingenious artists, Michael Wolgemuth and William Pleydenwurff, as the last colophon in the work informs us. This colophon is given at length in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, where will be found the fullest and liveliest description of the volume, with faint facsimiles of a few of the cuts. A colophon, given above, denotes Hartmann Schedel as the author or editor. The present copy is perfect, with the unnumbered leaves which are frequently wanting. One of the most striking pictures in the volume is on folio 264, a grotesque Dance of Death, containing five very large figures. There are ten Latin verses at foot, beginning, Morte nihil melius, vita nil pejus iniqua. 28 PARIS AND VIENNA. (Title, in Gothic type, above a large Sm. 4to., Roman letter, 38 leaves (sigs. A-D E); with the £ s. d. Venice, 1516 60 0 0 AN EXTREMELY RARE EDITION, apparently unrecorded. The date in the colophon is 1616, which certainly contains a superfluous c, the real date being therefore 1516. Tacuino is well known as a printer of the late XVth and early XVIth centuries. 29 PLUTARCHUS DE TUENDA BONA VALETUDINE. S. D. (Fol. la:) PLVTARCHI CHAERONENSIS | de tuenda bona valetudine precepta | Erafmo Roterodamo Interprete | (The reverse blank. Fol. 2a) Clariffimo viro Iohanni yonge, facroru feri. | nio magiftro Erafmus Roterodamus. (This address dated from London, 1 January, 1513. The text begins on the following page and ends on fol. 24a. Colophon on fol. 24b:) Londini in edibus Rychardi Pynfon imprefforis regij. Anno falutis Millefimo quingete. fimo. xiii. Quito Calēdads (sic) Auguftas. (Beneath, Pynson's device, no. 3b) Sm. 4to., Roman letter, 24 leaves; a fine copy, with some Bound up in the same volume are the following: Fisher (John). 30 PSALTERO DI S. GIROLAMO. (Fol. la:) Pfaltero abreuiato di fan | cto Hieronymo | (Beneath, a woodcut of S. Jerome praying before a crucifix, PSALTERO DI S. GIROLAMO, continued: ... in the desert. On the reverse:) COnciofia cofa che nel te- | £ s. d. Sm. 8vo., 56 leaves, printed in a large Gothic type, 19 long lines to the page, with 2 VERY FINE FLORENTINE WOODCUTS in the early grave style, and numerous ornamental initials; a fine copy in vellum [Florence, ?Bartolommeo Libri, c. 1499] 30 0 0 Probably unmentioned by bibliographers, though it may be identical with Kristeller, 339 where the same cuts are described. The signatures are: a-b4 c-h8. 31 SAVONAROLA. COMPENDIO DI Revelazione. 32 DELLO ORDINE DE FRA (Fol. 1a). COMPENDIO DI REVELATIONE DELLO | INVTILE SERVO DI IESV CHRISTO FRATE HIERONYMO DA FERRA | RA TI PREDICATORI | ... (Fol. 48b, colophon :). Impreffo in Firenze per Ser Lorenzo Morgiani & Giovanni di Maguntia Anno. M.cccclxxxxv. | Die Primo Septembris. | Sm. 4to., 48 leaves (a-f); with 4 very fine Florentine woodcuts, one of which is repeated; one leaf (d), with woodcut on verso, in facsimile, otherwise perfect; a fine and exceptionally large copy; green morocco gilt Florence, L. Morgiani and G. di Maganza, 1 Sept., 1495 45 00 VERY RARE. This edition contains the earlier impressions of the beautiful woodcuts, which represent: 1, Savonarola preaching from a pulpit in a church to a large congregation (fol. la); 2, A monk followed by four holy women, the devil in the habit of a hermit addressing them (foll. 11b and 17a); 3, A monk followed by four holy women before the walls of Florence, on the walls five angels (fol. 28h); 4, The crown of the Virgin, white on a black ground. These woodcuts are reproduced, with the addition of another, in the edition printed for Piero Pacini, 13 April, 1496. Audin 10; not in Kristeller; Hain-Copinger 14335; Proctor 6358. ESPOSIZIONE DEL PATER NOSTer, etc. (Fol. 1a, above a woodcut of Christ in the Garden :). La Sm. 4to., Roman letter, 24 leaves, with 4 very fine large A FINE COPY OF A VERY RARE EDITION. Audin 28; Kristeller 6 384a; Proctor 6428; not in Hain. The large woodcut not described above is a very fine one of S. James writing in his cell, on Ab. OPERETTA DELL' AMORE DI GESÙ. (Fol. la, above a woodcut :). Operetta del amore di Iefu Composta de frate Hieronimo da Ferrara. | (Fol. 2a:). Tractato della Amore di Iefu Chrifto compofto da | Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara . . . | . . . (Fol. 20b, lines 31-32:) infinita fecula feculorum. Amen. |. Finis. | (Fol. 21a:). Lauda compofta da decto frate Hieronymo | Della confolatione del crucifixo |... (Fol. 22b :) . . . | in gloria oueglie ito | o gran bonta | FINIS. | (Below, a small woodcut of God the Father holding the dead body of Christ) Sm. 4to., 22 leaves (a-b, c), printed in Roman letter except the title which is in Gothic, with 3 fine Florentine woodcuts; a few letters in the inner margin of the last leaf defective; unbd. £ 8. d [Florence, printer unknown, c. 1498] 10 10 0 Audin 36 or 37. OPERETTA SOPRA I DIECI COMMANDAMENTI DI DIO. (Fol. la). Operetta molta diuota Copofta da fra Girolamo da Ferrara .. fopra edieci comada | menti di dio . . . . . . (Fol. 28b, beneath a woodcut :) FINITA | E, quefta diuota & utile operetta | o uero cofeffione detta delli dieci comandamenti. | Impreffa in Firenze per Ser Lorenzo morgiani | & Giouanni di Maganza | Sm. 4to., 28 leaves (a-c3, d1) with 2 very fine Florentine woodcuts of the early finer style; a small wormhole throughout, otherwise an excellent copy; unbd. [Florence, Lorenzo Morgiani and Giovanni di Maganza, c. 1494] 22 10 0 Audin 32; Kristeller 377a (he gives a facsimile of one of the cuts); Hain 14442 ; not in Proctor. This is no doubt the first edition of this tract. OPERETTE. (Fol. la :) Operette compofte dal. . frate Hieronymo da-Ferrara Regola a tutti ereligiofi.. Tractato del facramento, & de myfterii della meffa. . Regola del ben uiuere . (Fol. 4b). . . benedecto | in fecula feculorum. Amen. LAVS DEO. | FINIS. | . Sm. 4to., 4 leaves (a1); with a very fine Florentine woodcut of the TRATTATO DELL' ORAZIONE. Sm. 4to., Roman letter; 14 leaves, 33 and 34 long lines to the page; [Florence, Bartolommeo di Libri, about 1493] 15 15 0 Audin 94; Gruyer 7 and 12; Copinger 5307; Proctor 6295. Unknown to Hain. The first cut is that of the Agony. Christ, on the left, is kneeling near a high rock ; an angel, with chalice and host, is descending to him. In the foreground are three apostles in deep slumber, and in the background is a view of a town. (This is the first illustration of the Agony executed for Savonarola's works. It was copied later on. but these copies do not resemble the original in detail although they do in a general way.) The second is a woodcut of Christ carrying the cross. Christ is seen marching towards the left, the heavy cross on his shoulders, preceded by soldiers with lances and followed by the Virgin Mary and others, including a man on horseback. This is also the first cut of the "Carrying of the Cross "executed for Savonarola's works. Both these cuts are in the early Florentine style, the figures are in outline and the backgrounds executed, as usual, in black and white. 37 THESAURUS CORNUCOPIA, ET HORTI ADONIDIS INSVNT IN HOC LIBRO.. (Fol. la:) ΘΗΣΑΥΡΟΣ. | Κέρας Αμάλθειας καὶ κηποι Αδώνιδος. | "PHMATON: ~ ... ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ, ΒΑΡΙΝΟΥ ΚΑΜΗΡΤΟΣ ΕΚΔΟ | ΓΑῚ ΚΑΤΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙ͂ΟΝ . | (Foll. £ s. d. Sm. folio, entirely in Greek, with the exception of part of the title, the dedication, and the colophon; 280 leaves (sigs. 10, a-z®, &*, A-D ®, Eo, F-G§, Ho, I, K, L3), 30 long lines to the page; some foremargins slightly foxed and one or two small wormholes at the beginning, but on the whole a very clean copy, of exceptionally large size (316 x 218mm.); old oak boards (wormed), the back missing Venice, Aldus, 1496 12 0 0 "EDITIO PRINCEPS. This publication is a collection of Granimatical Tracts in the Greek language, selected with incredible labour from the remains of THIRTY-FOUR ANCIENT GRAMMARIANS, whose names are prefixed to the work. The editor is chiefly Varino, or Favorinus, or Phavorinus; who was, however, assisted by C. Antinori, a disciple, as well as himself, of Politianus. The printing was undertaken by Aldus, with the assistance of Urbano Valeriano; who both, however, from the testimony of the preface, exercised the office of editors; and the work is justly considered as one of the finest productions of the Aldine press. Such are the remarks of Mr. Roscoe-in his Leo X, vol. ii, pp. 262-3, 4to. edit.—which are abundantly warranted by the beauty and intrinsic curiosity of this noble production. It is a volume in every way interesting to the scholar and bibliographer."-Dibdin, Bibl. Spenc. At the end of his description of the Spencer copy he terms the book 'ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST SPLENDID PRODUCTIONS OF THE ALDINE PRESS,' SERVII 38 VIRGILIUS. HONORATI. OPERA, CUM COMMENTARIIS M. (Fol. 1 blank. Fol. 2a) MARONIS VITA | [P.] SERVII MAVRI HONORATI GRAMMATICI IN BVCOLICA MARONIS Com (Fol. 273a:)... | | ... Sm. folio, 274 leaves [a-i10 k8 n-o10 p-q8 r-z10 A-F10], Venice, Jacobus Rubeus, 1475 45 00 |