From a Small Book of Hours in Latin by Illuminated Vellum Manuscript Leaf

Koln (Cologne): apud Maternum Cholinum, 1557. Hardcover. Good. Small woodcuts (40 with a few repeats mostly of biblical scenes) + a few historiated initials. . Folio flexible vellum with stubs of ties (some wrinkles /paper spine label & large old shelfmark B) Titlepage +[25pp]=dedication, indices, to reader & errata. +[1p]blank +5-704pp As listed on a4 the book collates !6 #4 a6 b4 c-z6 +A-Z6 +Aa-Mm6 +Nn7 (lacks Nn8=the final blank) Title has stamp of the library of P.P.Capuci & early "sum ex libris Leodegarj a Meggen Can. Beron." Another "Capucinorum in Sursee" also "loci Capu. in Schyfen". Three small pin sized worm holes to TP soon diminishing to one and then none after the first few pages of text. There are two corners torn away without loss, 4 marginal tears (only one into text and that without loss). And p 634 has a marginal paper fault, again not affecting text.Page 479/480 is bound before 477/478. There are a few gatherings that are browner and a few creases. A few ink splatters to about 6… Read More

BASILEAE: APUD NIC. EPISCOPIUM IUN., 1558. In 16. Dim. 17x12 cm. Pp. 32 (n.n.)+350+2 (n.n.). Rara edizione del 1558 di quest'opera scritta da Cristophe Longueil (1488-1522) umanista francescano. Nel 1517 Longueil strinse amicizia con Pietro Bembo e Jacopo Sadoleto ma questo non impedì che nei suoi confronti si scatenasse una forte campagna diffamatoria tanto che fu costretto a trafserirsi a Padova dove si spense. Ammiratore incondizionato di Cicerone, fu un grande propagandista del ciceronismo prima in Francia, poi a Roma. Questo suo epistolario non è una mera imitazione della produzione ciceroniana, ma denota una ricerca stilistica ed un'eleganza espositiva di rara freschezza e vivacità. Nella prima parte la sua vita, poi l'epistolario. Numerose note manoscritte all'interno. Marca editoriale all'ultima carta. Titolo manoscritto al taglio inferiore. Opera collazionata e risultata completa. Legatura in pergamena. Non comune. Copertina in piena pergamena con… Read More

Coloniae: Apud Maternum Cholinum., 1587. Very Good, some staining to vellum, mostly to rear board, no blank front end page, toning to paste downs and end pages, small name in ink rear end page. Remarkably clean and tight in contemporary vellum binding, contents evenly toned. Paginated 1-320, and 371-425 pp, yet contents are consecutively numbered from p.320 to 371 and appear complete. SCARCE, especially so in such lovely condition. . First German Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Geneva (but not here stated]: Apud Guillelmum Laemarium MDXCIII [1593], 1593. Hardcover. Good. Title vignette. . Quarto (25x16cm) original blind-stamped vellum with central embossed image of Christ surrounded by female images titled SPES, spine on 4 cords (spine splitting but well held by cords, vellum very darkened). Title page with ownership inscription (? Daniel Bower) dated 1698, [664] leaves ([par]8 A-FFff8 4G4 HHhh-NNnn8 OOoo4), last page blank. Marginal numbers, not column numeration, are probably references to the unabridged Stephanus Thesaurus. *Abridged edition of Henri Estienne's Thesaurus Graecae linguae, compiled by Johann Scapula. The printer Guillaume Laimarie was active in Geneva 1578-1598.

Venice: al segno della speranza, 1547. Hardcover. Good. Quarto (150x110mm) original limp vellum covers with vellum ties. Cover loose, some wear on inside of cover page. Part of title-page missing. Some worming to endpages and back cover sligtly stained. Overall text in good condition, highly readable. Some minor folding to bottom corners, little impact on text. *First published in Florence during the supremacy of Savanarola in 1497.

Koln (Cologne): apud Maternum Cholinum, 1557. Hardcover. Good. Small woodcuts (40 with a few repeats mostly of biblical scenes) + a few historiated initials. . Folio flexible vellum with stubs of ties (some wrinkles /paper spine label & large old shelfmark B) Titlepage +[25pp]=dedication, indices, to reader & errata. +[1p]blank +5-704pp As listed on a4 the book collates !6 #4 a6 b4 c-z6 +A-Z6 +Aa-Mm6 +Nn7 (lacks Nn8=the final blank) Title has stamp of the library of P.P.Capuci & early "sum ex libris Leodegarj a Meggen Can. Beron." Another "Capucinorum in Sursee" also "loci Capu. in Schyfen". Three small pin sized worm holes to TP soon diminishing to one and then none after the first few pages of text. There are two corners torn away without loss, 4 marginal tears (only one into text and that without loss). And p 634 has a marginal paper fault, again not affecting text.Page 479/480 is bound before 477/478. There are a few gatherings that are browner and a few creases. A few ink splatters to about 6… Read More

Coloniae: Apud Maternum Cholinum., 1587. Very Good, some staining to vellum, mostly to rear board, no blank front end page, toning to paste downs and end pages, small name in ink rear end page. Remarkably clean and tight in contemporary vellum binding, contents evenly toned. Paginated 1-320, and 371-425 pp, yet contents are consecutively numbered from p.320 to 371 and appear complete. SCARCE, especially so in such lovely condition. . First German Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Geneva (but not here stated]: Apud Guillelmum Laemarium MDXCIII [1593], 1593. Hardcover. Good. Title vignette. . Quarto (25x16cm) original blind-stamped vellum with central embossed image of Christ surrounded by female images titled SPES, spine on 4 cords (spine splitting but well held by cords, vellum very darkened). Title page with ownership inscription (? Daniel Bower) dated 1698, [664] leaves ([par]8 A-FFff8 4G4 HHhh-NNnn8 OOoo4), last page blank. Marginal numbers, not column numeration, are probably references to the unabridged Stephanus Thesaurus. *Abridged edition of Henri Estienne's Thesaurus Graecae linguae, compiled by Johann Scapula. The printer Guillaume Laimarie was active in Geneva 1578-1598.

Venice: al segno della speranza, 1547. Hardcover. Good. Quarto (150x110mm) original limp vellum covers with vellum ties. Cover loose, some wear on inside of cover page. Part of title-page missing. Some worming to endpages and back cover sligtly stained. Overall text in good condition, highly readable. Some minor folding to bottom corners, little impact on text. *First published in Florence during the supremacy of Savanarola in 1497.

Lyons: Bartholomeus Vincentius, 1572. Hardcover. Very Good. Emblematic publisher's device on titlepage VINCENTI + a few foliated capitals + printer's device on colophon, Joannes Marcorellius.. Octavo (175x115mm) fine stamped vellum, central portrait with text, floral borders and inked-in initials ARW + date 1592, central coat of arms on rear board, spine on 6 cords, clasps missing with marginal tear showing old MS on underlying vellum, [32],601,[7]pp (collated complete a-b A-2P). Worming without loss of text in margin of front board and on 1st few pages. Old library stamp with MS nr on front pastedown, stamp "Bibl. Gymn. Goth" on TP verso, very neat early Latin marginal notes on about 150pp, else clean & crisp throughout. This book supposedly gave Nevizzano a reputation as a misogynist. *Rare early medical text book on marital sex and related Canon & Roman Law, only 5 copies noted in British libraries.