2283 LE FEBURE de St. Benoist, Excerpta ex TACITO, DIONE CASSIO, Historiæ Augustæ Scriptoribus, Boethio, Zonara, Athenæo, Plinio, Ovidio, aliisque Auctoribus, thick 12mo. autograph Manuscript, a beautiful specimen of French binding in the XVIIth century, old olive MOROCCO, gilt edges, the sides and backs covered with elaborate gold tooling, £2.

2284 LEGENDE SANCTORUM, folio, 530 pp. UPON VELLUM, written in a fine gothic hand, double columns, calf, £9. circa 1400

See Life of St. Patrick at folio lxviii.

2285 LEYDEN unsers Herrn Jhesu Christi, 302 pp.-Bible Lessons in German, 32 pp. with 12 extremely quaint and rudely executed DRAWINGS, resembling in style the EARLY GERMAN ART, as displayed in the Blockbooks, small 4to. original old oak binding, £5. Saec. XV. 2286 LIRA (Don Manuel de) Papel que dio a los Estados Generales de los Provincias Unidas del Pais baxo al tiempo de salir del Haya para volverse a España el ano de 1679 sobre la Entrega de Mastrique (Maestricht) in Spanish and FrenchPOESIAS DEL CONDE DE VILLAMEDIANA, 4to. 120 pp.3d. in vel. £2. 2s Saec. XVII. Don Manuel de Lira was Envoy Extraordinary from Spain to settle the Spanish losses at Maestricht, and as he appears to have met a refusal of his claims, reprisals are threatened in this paper. The Conde de Villamediana was one of the most agreeable Poets of the Court of Philip IV. and is supposed to have been assassinated by the orders of that monarch, who suspected him of being too intimate with his queen. His romantic love and tragic death have been made the subject of modern romances.

2287 LIVRES DES VICES ET DES VERTUS, 4to. a beautifully written Manuscript on paper, dated 1450, old French red morocco, gilt edges, from the Bolongaro-Crevenna Library, £2. 12s

Apparently a curious MS. deserving the attention of Connoisseurs.

2288 LOFTUS (W. K.) ASSYRIAN DISCOVERIES and INSCRIPTIONS of the RUINS of SUSA, the ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, and PHOTOGRAPHS, copies of which were sent to the BRITISH MUSEUM; comprising 110 DRAWINGS, 14 PHOTOGRAPHS, and 10 ORIGINAL MAPS, also along with the ORIGINAL DRAWINGS of SUSA, chiefly by Mr. CHURCHILL, is a duplicate set lithographed, as well as some beautiful views; and 4 superb Drawings of Glass Windows, Ispahan; added are a few miscellaneous engravings connected with the subject-in 2 portfolios, £7. 10s 1851-55 The above important collection was recently purchased by me from the widow of the late talented Mr. Loftus. The British nation paid about £1000. for their copy of these drawings, deposited in the Museum, the present original set would therefore be a great bargain to any Public library. 2289 MANDEVILLE'S TRAVELS to the HOLY LAND, EGPYT, INDIA, etc. a VERY EARLY DUTCH EDITION, UPON VELLUM, folio, 82 leaves, with a beautifully preserved PAINTING (full size of the page), of JESUS CHRIST, in a boat on a river, which encircles a town (? JERUSALEM or Venice), and round the Picture an elaborate gold border with Angels in each corner, apparently quite PERFECT, in the original wooden binding, with bosses, £10. Saec. XIV.

The first leaf contains a summary of the 32 chapters: Ch. I.-III. Tract on the Holy Land, stating that "JIAN VAN MANDEVILLE, gheboren in INGHELANT," started on his journey in 1322; Ch. IV. Babilonia; V.-VIII. Egypt, Alexandria; IX.-XVII. Mount Synay; XVIII. Of the Saracens; XX.-XXIV. Of Mahomed; XXV. Ethiopia; XXVIII.-XXXII. Islands of India, etc. The last page says that Mandeville returned 1357, and was absent 35 years (this statement disagrees with the Life in the Biographie Universelle). The present MS. must have been written either immediately on Mandeville's return, or shortly afterwards, during his sojourn in Flanders, where he died at Liege, 1372. The following epitaph is on the great traveller's tomb :Vos qui paseis sor mi

Par l'amor Deix proiés por mi.

2290 MANUEL Hydrographique des quatre Parties du Monde avec la Situation géographique des Ports de Mer les plus fréquentés de la Terre, 18mo. 448 pp. French red morocco, gilt edges, £2. 2s Saec. XVIII. (1782) Written at Marseilles in 1782, on 442 pages. On the title-page is the autograph of the celebrated Sir Sydney Smith. The portion relating to America, extends from page 260 to page 332. 2291 MARIA (B. Virgo) cunctis pretiosis Lapidibus assimilata et aliis Symbolicis Laudibus decorata, 2 vols. 4to. 1488 pp. bds. 15s Saec. XVI.

A very curious, and, according to a note on the title, unpublished, manuscript, probably written by a member of the order fratrum minorum, as a more ancient copy of it is stated to have existed in the Library "Fratrum Minorum Annuntiationis, Bononiæ."

2292 MARSILII, "Medicine Monarchæ et Artium Doctoris famosissimi," Abreviata Libri Phisicorum (Aristotelis) exposita et tradita Parisii, folio, 180 pp. wood binding, £2. 28 Saec. XV. (1463)

.

The name of the scribe, who concludes with a pious prayer for his ancestors, is obliterated, but we learn that it was "scripta per me (Joh. Franciscum de Guateris) hoc die xxii decembris 146iii hora secunda noctis sequentis diei, &c." and that the price was one golden ducat, "Pretium est ad me ducatus 1 auri." Another inscription at the end shows that it was purchased by Joh. Math. ex Ferrariis, from "Joh. Francisco de Guateris Bidello in præsenti anno 1470 die 14 Februarii."

2293 MARTYROLOGIUM Usuardi Adonis et Bedæ-S. Augustini Regula et Constitutiones Ordinis Fratrum Predicatorum-Lectiones Evangeliorum et Epistolarum per totum Annum, 16mo. manuscript on vellum, 88 leaves, old binding, 30s Saec. XIV. 2294 MICHELI (P. A.) Diario dell' ultimo Viaggio BOTTANICO, nell' autumno del 1736, fol. pp. half vellum, 12s

2295 MIRANDOLANO (Pico) Kabala osia Gioco Algebrico cohordinato nell' Anno 1697— Francesco Simoni Guardia dal Corpo di S. A. R. Dn. Filipo Infante di Spagna dell' Anno 1758 fecit, 4to. 52 pp. bds. 12s (1758) A most singular work, which gives the explanation of the Pyramid, and other numerical figures, so often named by Casanova in his Memoirs, and so celebrated in Cagliostro's time, 2296 MISSALE ROMANUM, cum MUSICA, sm. 4to. a curious MS. of the XVth Century, 204 pp. upon Vellum, with various Entries respecting Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths in the DAMAS Family, several of the Capitals illuminated in gold and colours, £3. 2297 MOSCHOPULI (Emanuelis) Erotemata Grammaticæ et Prosodiæ Græce, sm. 4to. Manuscript on paper, in the original oak boards, covered with_stamped leather, with the Florentine lily and Imperial eagle on the sides, £5. Sæc. XV. This truly valuable Manuscript formerly belonged to the celebrated Monastery of S. Giustina at Padua, given to it by one of the noble family of Strozzi, as appears from the following inscription on first leaf: "Iste liber ē monii scē iustine de pād deputatus usui scī monasterii largit' p' dnm palate 3 de Strocis. No debet vendi."

2298 MOTTETTI. Quadragesimale in Musica sive Hymnorum Liber (Latine et Italice), small 4to. 124 leaves of vellum, bds. £10. 10s Sec. XIV.-XV.

Very elegantly written in an Italian hand, with musical notes. Besides Latin Hymns, which are arranged for two, three, and four Voices, this manuscript contains, in the Italian language, Pescator pensa al tuo signor; Regina de o del cor mio; Benedetto ne sia lo zorno; Convertime o Signore Piangete Christiani el dolore di Maria; Anima pe o peregrina; Amor, amor, Jesu; O Jesu dolce; Cum desiderio io vi vo cerchando; Piangi dolente; Jesu facio lamento; Quando signor Jesu sero; Memento mei o sacra virgo pia, memento mei che non sia; Jesu dolce mio sposo ; L'Oration e sempre bona; Questa aspra penitentia; Non tardate peccatori andative a confessar; A Maria fonte d'amor; Poi che ch' hebi nel cor; Patientia ognun me dice; Io sto male; Per quella croce ; &c. Early Italian musical manuscripts, written upon vellum, are exceedingly scarce. In this volume, consisting of 141 leaves of pure vellum, there is also (f. 30-31), a great curiosity, namely, a Mottetto, partly written in Latin and partly in Italian. From an inspection of this manuscript, it appears that at that time, for the sake of euphony, the singers used even to change the vowels; for instance, instead of singing de e el cor mio, as they should do actually, they sang de o o o l, which is very singular.

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2299 MUSIC. BLANCHINI (J. Veronensis) de Tribus generibus Instrumentorum Musica veterum organicæ dissertatio, folio, MS. upon paper, containing 19 leaves, and eight leaves of designs of the instruments of the Ancients, and it also contains an autograph letter of the author, dated Rome, 1742, bds. 36s 2300 MUSIC (Ancient). Introitus gloria in excelsis: a very early Liturgical MS., the Music represented by little hooks; commencing: Laudes Salvatori voce modulemur supplici et devotis melodiis celesto domino jubilemus Messie;" ending: "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini Osanna in excelsis," folio, 8 leaves, in good preservation, hf. morocco, £2. 2s Sæc. XIII. 2301 MUSNIER (Joannis Alcidii, "Medici et Philosophi Lotharingi") Miscellaneorum Liber unus Anno 1636, 4to. 960 pp. bds. £4. Sec. XVII (1636-41)

In the Author's Autograph, evidently intended for the press, with an index of the contents, and a portrait of the author, aged 43 (a drawing) prefixed. The following slight view of the Treatises contained will afford some notion of this interesting manuscript. De Grammatica; Nomina selectiora et Adagia; de Linguis (especially de Lingua Hetrusca); de Poetica Acrosticha; de Rhetorica; Philosophia Moralis; Orationes; de Sympathia et Antipathia Rerum ; de Imaginatione;

de Tempore ejusque Partibus; de Arte Divinatoria; de Auguriis et Auspiciis; de Astronomia ; de Geographicis quibusdam; de Pythagora ; de Numeris; de Musica et Musis; de Rebus Divinis; de Deo; de Diis; de Sectis Philosophorum; de Sectis Medicorum ; &c. &c.

Inserted (pp. 49-56) are engraved Polyglott Alphabets and "Elogia Deiparæ." The Preface, in "Artem Oratoriam," is dated "Urbini Anno, 1636." One of the Orations is in Italian, and though it was delivered by "Alessandro Sentinelli in Urbino nella Cappella di S. Filippo Neri, 1637," the author claims it as "da me composta.' There is also a dramatic Predica de la Passione di N. S. Jesu Christo. At p. 205 is an Autograph Sonnet, with the poet's signature, addressed to Giovanni Alcidis Monier Medico Lorenese by Giovanni Leone Sempronio Poeta laureato dottore in legge d'Urbino," author of Boemondo, a poem thus praised by Quadrio: "Occupa però il primo luogo tra quelli dell' infelice suo secolo." A Treatise de Graphomontia is also in Italian. The Treatise de Chiromantia has drawings. The work de Sectis Philosophorum et Medicorum, dated Placentiæ, 1641, contains, under "de Secta Magica," a treatise de Magia. This work, illustrated with numerous scientific diagrams and plates, is a true cyclopædia of the state of learning, chiefly in Italy, during the seventeenth century; and contains much valuable information which it would be difficult to find elsewhere. Prefixed to each special treatise, there is a biography of the subject. 2302 NORRIS (Anthony) A Glossary or Dictionary, explaining the OBSOLETE and ancient words used by our old English writers, with references to examples where they occur. To which is added a Catalogue of local and vulgar words used in the County of NORFOLK, fol. hf. bd. from Dawson Turner's lib. £7.7s about 1780 From the library of Sir John Fenn, who has prefixed to the volume a short account of its contents. This evidently formed part of the copious and important collection made by Mr. Norris for the illustration of the county of Norfolk, and now in the possession of the Right Hon. J. H. Frere. The manuscript was purchased of Mr. Rodd the bookseller, who bought it at the sale of manuscripts of Mr. Boucher. The references to the works of Shakspeare and other dramatists, as well as to standard writers in other departments of English literature are copious, and much enhance the value of the manuscript.

2303 OMAR Ben-Afar Aganai Tebiadis Tractatus de Nativitat. folio, 40 pp. 7s 6d

Saec. XIV-XV.

This manuscript, with diagrams and Arabic numerical figures, might be supposed to be the same work of which a copy is quoted amongst the Latin manuscripts in the " Catalogus Bibliothecæ Regiæ Parisiensis," under the title of "Omar de revolutionibus nativitatum libri tres," were not the work contained in the present manuscript divided into two instead of three books. Very probably, however, it may be the same work which was printed at Venice in 1503, in 4to. under the title "Omar Tiberiadis liber de nativitatibus et interrogationibus." 2304 ORLEANS FAMILY. A collection of 36 ORIGINAL DEEDS ON VELLUM, with Seals

(from 1343 to 1497) including several relating to the celebrated Warrior and
Poet, Charles Duke of Orleans, who during the XVth Century was so long
detained a Prisoner in England, and whose Poems have been printed for the
Roxburghe Club (and very ably republished in France by the learned M. Aimé
Champollion-Figeac), various sizes, £10.
Sac. XIV-XV.

To show the character of Charles d'Orleans it will be sufficient to quote from M. Villemain's admirable "Tableau de la littérature au moyen âge," (vol. II. p. 228):

"Fait prisonnier il est conduit en Angleterre: et il y fut gardé vingt cinq ans.' "Cette captivité nous a valu le volume de poésie le plus original du xve Siècle, le premier ouvrage où l'imagination soit correcte et naïve, où le style offre une élégance prématurée, où le poëte, par la douce émotion dont il était rempli, trouve de ces expressions qui n'ont point de date, et qui, étant toujours vraies, ne passent pas de la langue et de la mémoire d'un peuple. Sans doute, quelques empreintes de rouille se mêlent à ces beautés primitives; mais il n'est pas d'étude où l'on puisse mieux découvrir ce que l'idiome Francais, manié par un homme de génie, offrait déjà de creations heureuses."

2305 PEREIRA (Ben.) Adagia Lusitano-latina e Lexico ejusdem excerpta in carcere ad S. Julianum prope Ulyssiponem ab ANSELMO ECKART, Soc. Jesu, cum reliquis hoc in libro contentis, 291 pp. very neatly written-TILLEMON, Dictionarium geographicum latino-gallicum et gallico-latinum-Index Vocam latinarum Lexici geographici, auctore L. ECHARD-in 1 very stout vol. 12mo. very neatly written, hf. bd. 25s 2306 PETRARCHA (Francesco) Canzone, Sonecti et Triomphi, 8vo. Manuscript on vellum, with the Intitulation in LETTERS of GOLD, and having the first page, containing a PORTRAIT OF THE POET in the initial letter and an elegant border, ILLUMINATED in gold and colours, old morocco, gilt edges, £25. Sac. XV. This extraordinary Manuscript is entirely written in those singular trembling characters which Palatino and other authors on Italian penmanship call rognosi, which although in some few isolated

instances they might be discovered as introduced to diversify the pages, yet are of such excessive rarity that another entire manuscript of the same kind now to be discovered anywhere seems to us a moral impossibility. The binding, which is in morocco, with gold ornaments on the sides and clasps, is perhaps one of the finest specimens of Italian binding of the XVth century now in existence. In some portions of it are displayed the same ornaments as were used for the ancient beautiful binding of the 4to. Anthologia of Lascaris, printed upon vellum, which is now in the British Museum. 2307 POESIAS ESPAÑOLES, 4to. 542 pp. old vellum, £2. 10s

Sæc. XVII.

A Collection of Romances, Loas, Sonetos, Letrillas, Satiras, Canciones, &c. with an Index, apparently in the autograph of the author of "La Comedia de el Desengano de Amor, ano de 1614," or at least with autograph annotations and corrections by him. There are several Acrostics to Eufrasia, Maria, Doña Ynes, &c. &c.

2308 PORTOLANO que si contiene tutto il costaggio di Terra Firma cominciando dal Porto Santa Maria, dentro il Stretto di Gibilterra e si gira, sino alla montagna detta Erminia, with an INDEX, folio, MS. of the XVIIth Century, upon paper, calf and ornamented gilt binding, £4. 4s

2309 PORT ROYAL. Lettres que les Religieuses de Port Royal ont écrites pendant les dix Mois qu'elles furent renfermées sous l'Authorité de la Mère Eugenie, thick 4to. Manuscript in the Autograph of Sister Gabrielle de Sainte Eufrasie, very interesting. A beautiful specimen of the elder De Rome's binding, red morocco, gilt edges, with his ticket, which is very rare, £4. 4s Sec. XVIII.

2310 PRINTING. Some Account of Lawrence Coster and John Faustus, 4to. 2s 6d 2311 PRISCIANI Cæsariensis Grammatici de Grammatica Libri XV. 4to. 243 leaves of VELLUM, original binding, £10. 10s Sæc. XV,

In a beautiful Italian hand, with illuminated capitals, and a fine PAINTED BORDER on the first leaf, having in front the inscription "ad Julianum Consulem ac Patricium," which Krehl omits, as he was unable to find it in any manuscript he collated.

This fine manuscript exhibits a very pure text, the Greek quotations being supplied in a different hand, and the correct digamma used wherever it occurs. As the XVth Book in Krehl's edition is divided into two, in reality this manuscript ought to be described as exhibiting "Libri XVI." As a specimen of the various readings, we select a few occurring in the XVIth Book of Krehl, treating" De Conjunctionibus:"

A curious fact is that this manuscript does not contain any mention of Theodorus, and also that there is scarcely any division of the work into different books.

2312 QUINTUS CURTIUS. L'Istoria de Alexandro Magno figlio di Philippo Re di Macedonia, scripta da Quinto Curcio Ruffo Historico Eloquentissimo, e traducta en vulgare fidelmente da P. Candido. This is preceded by a parallel, in the manner of Plutarch, of Julius Cæsar and Alexander, addressed to Filippo Maria Ducha di Milano, &c. The colophon at the end of the volume is "Al nombre di Dio omnipotente finisse el duodecimo e l'ultimo libro de l'istoria d'Alexandro magno figlio di Philippo Re di Macedonia. Scripta da Quinto Cursio Ruffo eruditissimo e facundissimo auctore, e traducta in vulgare, al Serenissimo Principe Filippo Maria Tercio Ducha di Milano, &c. per P. Candido Decembre suo seruo MCCCC.XXXVIII a die xxo del mese d'Aprile in Milano, folio, MS. UPON VELLUM, splendidly illuminated Title, and several very beautiful Initial Letters, original vellum binding, £18. 18s Sæc. XV. This interesting MS. was executed for the illustrious DON INIGO D'AVALOS, whose arms and devices are repeated in the Illuminations; and on the last page the heroic possessor has inscribed

QVINTI CVRCI RVFI LIBER EST MEI D. YNIGO DAVALOS.

Beneath which we have

SCRIPTVS PER THOMAM GARIBERTV.

It is from the Library of the Duke de Cassano Serra.

2313 REFORMERS (The) IN GERMANY. A Letter of 8 folio pp. from the Professors of the WITTEMBERG UNIVERSITY to John Frederic, Duke of Saxony,

Elector; dated March 12, 1547, and signed by CASPAR CREUTZIGER, Dr.
Rector; JOH. Bugenhagen, Pomeranus, Dr.; BEN. PAULI, Jurisc.; BLEYCK-
HART, Syndicus, Dr. ; PHILIPPUS MELANTHON; JOH. SAXO, Holstenius; LUCAS
EDENBERGER; MELCHIOR FENDI ; JOH. MARCELLUS: P. EBERUS, M.; et Joн.
STOLSIUS; an important historical document, taken from the Elector John
Frederick of Saxony at the battle of Mühlberg, April 24, where he was taken
prisoner by the Roman Catholics (the Austrians), £5.

The courageous professors state in their letter, that they will keep upon the path of truth (the reformed religion) and suffer for it rather than to live in joy with the enemies who despise both them and divine truth.

2314 SCELTA d'alcuni Modi di dire cavati da diversi Autori, 4to. 200 pp. vellum, 10s Sec. XVII-XVIII. This Scelta, written about the end of the Seicento, contains the most extraordinary concetti of that century proposed for imitation. For instance:

"Ma non prima fu compiuto quel secolo che mancando per tante fronti beate le stelle del firmamento, si die' piglio ai pianeti, e con un Sole segnossi il petto a Tommaso." 2315 SEALS AND AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 184 Seals and Autographs, including those of the following noblemen and gentlemen, dating from about 1660 to 1806-Apsley (Lord), Allen, Allen (Lord Viscount), Berkeley, Bryant, Cave, Chesterfield, Creux, Craven, Davison, Dun, Dunmore, Gascoigne, Halifax, Hatton, Graham, Gordon (Duke of), Godolphin (Lady), Kilmore and Ardagh, Newton, Ossory, Rainsford, Ragsdell, Talbot, Wigorn, Wrottesley, etc. etc.-the lot 30s 2316 SIBER (C. F.) ITINERARIUM, oder kurtze Beschreibung aller Merckwürdigkeiten, welche auf der mit dem Herrn Ludwig Christoph von HOHENSTEIN, auf Adelsmannsfelden und Thalheim, durch Ober- und Nieder-Sachsen, in Holland, und von da wieder zurück als Hoffmeister vollzogener Reysse, zu beobachten vorkommen, small 4to. 353 pp. very neatly written on paper, with Index, apparently prepared for publication, hf. bd. vellum, 15s 1709 2317 SPECULUM Humanæ Salvationis: Facsimile of this Blockbook, as printed in 1414, with all its singular WOODCUTS, executed with the pen by Jacques Fucien Leclabart, folio, old crimson morocco, gilt edges, £14. 1778 Considering the almost absolute impossibility of the original Blockbook being ever offered for sale, this well-made facsimile will be a desirable substitute for it.

On the first fly-leaf of this book is the following memorandum, apparently in the handwriting of W. H. Ireland: "Of this extraordinary work another copy was executed by Leclabart, on vellum, which produced, when sold, 4000 francs. At the King's Library (at Paris), however, the present copy was esteemed the more curious, being written on paper exactly similar to that on which the work was printed; so that this volume might literally pass for the original imprint. The figured title page is merely a decorative title from the hand of the penman; as the printed book commences as at page 1, having had no title whatsoever, as was the case with works from the press of those early periods."

In another memorandum, on a loose piece of paper, in the handwriting of Leclabart, he styles himself" Membre de l'Académie Royale d'Ecriture de Paris, Ecrivain Imitateur de caractères de toutes les impressions modernes, tant l'Ecriture des anciens manuscrits, gothiques, ou imprimés, qu'en Hébreu ou autres langues étrangères, que pour les figures, les vignettes et les ornemens, pour l'entretien des vieux livres," etc.

The copy of the work from which the above facsimile was made is in the Royal Library at Paris. For a description of the book itself, see Heinecken, Idée d'une Collection complette d'Estampes, p. 432.

2318 SPENCE (J.) His Collection of Remarkable Epitaphs, sm. 4to. autograph and very curious, £2. 2s

1775

2319 TAGLICHE ANDACHTS Uebungen, 8vo. a beautifully written MS. of 104 pp. upon VELLUM, all the Initials with tasteful Flourishes, the title executed in gold and colours, also six pretty pen and ink Drawings, red morocco, richly gilt, gilt edges, in a handsomely gilt calf case, £2. 10s 2320 THERAMI LIBER BELIAL. ANONYMI Flores Sacræ Scripturæ, pp. 1-39. JACOBI DE THERAMO, Archidiaconi Avessani et Canonici, Compendium breve de redemptione generis humani, Consolatio peccatorum nuncupatum et apud nonnullos BELIAL vocitatum sive processus Luciferi contra Jesum judice Salomone, pp. 41-118; at the end, "Datum Aversae prope Neapolis, anno Domini 1382 aetatis meae 33°. Ego scriptor, qui hunc scripsi, imposui extremam manum die 16 Juli 1463. Absque labore gravi vix munera magna dabuntur," folio, a well