24s 5702 HABITI d'Huomeni et Donne Venetiane con la processione della serma. Signoria et altri particolari, cioe Trionfi, Feste, Ceremonie publiche della nobilissima citta di Venezia, folio, 36 very elaborate plates of Costume, Pageants, Amusements, &c. by FRANCO FORMA, bds, very rare, £2. 16s Venezia, (P1600) 5703 MARÍESCHI (M.) Prospectus Urbis Venetiarum, prae caeteris magnifica, royal folio, a splendid Series of 21 Views in Venice, fine impressions, half bound, Venet. s. a. 5704 PALATII (Io.) Fasti ducales, ab Anafesto I. ad Silvestrum Valerium Venetorum ducem, 4to. with the Portraits, Medals, and Coats of Arms of all the Doges, calf, 15s Venetiis, 1696 5705 VERSAILLES. Les plans, profils et elevations des Ville et Chateau de Versailles, avec les Bosquets et Fontaines, en 1714 et 1715, impl. folio, 47 plates, early impressions, hf. bd. 20s Paris, 1715 5706 VIARDOT, les Musées d'Espagne, d'Angleterre et de Belgique, 12mo. bd. 2s 6d 1843 5707 les Musées d'Allemagne et de Russie, 12mo. hf. calf gilt, 3s 6d 1844 5708 VILLA BORGHESE: Sculture del Palazzo della Villa Borghese detta Pinciana, 2 vols. 258 plates-Monumenti Gabini della Villa Pinciana, descritti da E. Q.VISCONTI, 1 vol. 59 plates, together 3 vols. 8vo. fine impressions of the plates, elegantly hf. bound morocco, £2. 16s Roma, 1796-97 5709 VINCI (Leonard de) Traité de la Peinture, 12mo. plates, old red mor. gilt edges, fine copy, 98 5710 VISCONTI (Ennio Quirino) OPERE DELLA HISTORIA DELLE BELLE ARTI: 1716 IL MUSEO PIO CLEMENTINO, 7 vols. portrait and 426 plates ICONOGRAFIA ROMANA, 2 vols. in 1, 40 plates ICONOGRAFIA GRECA, 3 vols. 169 plates MUSEO WORSLEJANO, 1 vol. portrait and 78 plates MONUMENTI GABINI della Villa Pinciana, 1 vol. 22 plates 1818-22 1820 1818-19 1823-25 1834 1835 1837 1827-31 -together 20 vols. 8vo. in 19, upwards of 900 plates (pub. at about £12. 12s in parts, value of binding £7. 7s), uniformly and elegantly bound in Roman vellum, contents lettered, £10. 10s Milano, 1818-37 A complete set of Visconti's works, comprising an immense amount of Ancient and Early Italian Art. 5711 VIVIAN'S (G.) Scenery of PORTUGAL and SPAIN, impl. folio, title and 31 beautiful lithographs, by L. Haghe (pub. at £4. 4s) hf. bd. £2. 2s 1839 5712 WAAGEN'S Kunstwerke und Künstler in England und in Paris, 3 vols. stout 12mo. sd. 5s 5713 5714 5715 2s the same, 3 vols. 12mo. cloth, 7s 6d Berlin, 1837-9 1837-39 1837-39 the same, 3 vols. in 2, 12mo. calf, 10s Leipzig, 1843 5716 WELCKER (G. A.) alte Denkmäler, Vol. I. die Giebelgruppen und andere griechische Gruppen und Statuen; vol, II. Basreliefe und geschnittene Steine; vol. III. Griechische Vasengemälde, 3 vols. 8vo. with 36 folding plates of Greek Art, sd. 21s Göttingen, 1849-51 5717 WILLEMIN (N. X.) MONUMENS FRANÇAIS INÉDITS pour servir à l'Histoire des Arts, des Costumes civiles et militaires, Armes et Armures, Instrumens de Musique, Meubles et Decorations des Maisons, depuis le VI. S. jusqu'au XVIIe. 2 vols. large folio, with 300 beautiful plates, many elaborately executed in gold and colours, exhibiting the most beautiful specimens of Art-Workmanship of the Franks and the French; designed and coloured from the originals existing in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, etc. hf. bd. morocco, uncut, M Borluut de Noortdonck's copy, £20. Paris, 1806-39 Rechercher les titres de notre art national, tenter de dresser son histoire avec des preuves irrécusables et certaines, tel a été le but de M. Willemin. Infatigable travailleur, laborieux chercheur, M. Willemin est parvenu à force de peine et de soin à donner à son ouvrage un mérite incontestable de vérité qui le rend indispensable aujourd'hui; jamais, peut-être, à aucune époque de notre histoire, les artistes n'ont recherché avec un plus grand soin l'exactitude des costumes et de l'ameublement. Ils n'avaient, avant la publication des Monuments inédits de Willemin, aucun ouvrage spécial qui pût leur faciliter leurs recherches; Montfaucon avait tenté ce travail, mais l'inexactitude quelquefois grotesque de ces planches n'avait pas permis à son livre de faire autorité; c'était avec méfiance que le peintre ou le sculpteur le consultaient, l'archéologue, pourvu qu'il eût quelque peu étudié, avait reconnu son insuffisance et ses défauts. Une place importante restait donc à prendre, Willemin, naturellement porté vers les études de ce genre, comprit cela, il s'en empara. Pour arriver à ce but, il employa les moyens les plus certains pour réussir; difficile pour lui-même, cherchant à s'éclairer de tous les travaux partiels de ses devanciers. Il demanda aux oeuvres elles-mêmes leurs certificats origine, leurs diplômes d'authenticité, et, chose bien rare et bien louable, il sut conserver assez longtemps les trésors qu'il avait rassemblés, pour ne les publier que lorsqu'il fut parfaitement satisfait de ses découvertes, et lorsqu'il fut suffisamment éclairé pour ne rien sacrifier au hasard, et pour ne donner que des monuments dont il fut parfaitement sûr. C'est à cette condition seule que l'ont fait un bon livre, un livre utile et impossible à refaire. Quiconque a consulté les Monuments inédits de Willemin, a reconnu comme nous l'exactitude des objets reproduits. Miniatures, meubles, ornements, costumes, orfèvrerie ou émaux, rien n'a été ni négligé ni sacrifié. Confiée à des artistes spéciaux, l'exécution de ces planches a été surveillée par Willemin lui même, et aucune épreuve n'a été publiée sans avoir passé sous les yeux du maître qui en corrigeait lui-même les défauts. Un texte explicatif que la mort avait empêché Willemin de rédiger, fut confié à l'éruditon variée d'un ami du defunt, M. André Pottier, de Rouen; le choix était heureux, et fut pleinement justifié : il est difficile, en effet, de faire moins parade d'érudition que M. André Pottier, il est difficile aussi de mieux rapporter à Willemin le mérite de l'ouvrage entrepris, mais il est difficile aussi de faire preuve d'un savoir plus sûr et plus profond. 5718 WOOD'S (R.) Antiquities of PALMYRA and BALBEC ; 2 vols. in 1, impl. folio, 103 fine engravings, hf. red morocco, uncut, £2. 1837 "When I endeavour to do justice to the editions of Palmyra and Balbec, I would not confine my encomiums to the sculptures. The modest descriptions prefixed are standards of writing; the exact measure of what should and what should not be said, and of what was necessary to be known, was never comprehended in more clear diction, or more elegant style. The pomp of the buildings has not a nobler air than the simplicity of the narration."-Lord Orford. 5719 WYATT'S (M Digby) Metal Work and its Artistic Design-Specimens of Ornamental Art Workmanship in Gold, Silver, Iron, Brass, and Bronze, from the Twelfth to the Nineteenth Centuries, impl. folio, 50 large plates of the choicest examples, exquisitely printed in gold and colours, with a History of the Art in Italy, England, France, Germany and Spain, together with its Theory and Practice, (pub. at £6. 6s) elegantly bound in cloth, 36s 1852 This most beautiful and interesting work exhibits in fifty plates, mostly illuminated in gold and colours, some hundred specimens of the most admirable relics of the Middle Ages, and of the period of the Renaissance. Among them are Italian Chalices and Ciboria, rich Processional Cross, Reliquaries, Pastoral Staff, Pendant and Bracket Lamps, rich Gold Drinking Cups, specimens of Jewellery, Silver Dagger and Coins by Benvenuto Cellini, Wrought Iron Doors, Screens, elaborate and elegant Locks, Keys, Hinges, &c. 5720 WYATT'S (M. Digby) INDUSTRIAL ARTS of the 19th Century, a series of Illustrations of the choicest specimens produced by every Nation at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry, in 1851, 2 vols. impl. folio, illustrated with 168 large lithographic plates of the choicest Statues, Bronzes, Bijouterie, richlydecorated Furniture, Stained Glass, Manufactures in Metal, Silk Fabrics, Embroidery, Pottery, Porcelain, &c. &c. most exquisitely printed in colours, (pub. at £17. 178) half morocco, gilt edges, embossed sides, £8. 15s 1853 66 This beautiful work forms in itself a perfect cyclopædia of Design in all branches of Art. The plates have the appearance of original paintings, and have never been equalled in gorgeousness of colouring. 5721 WOODCUTS-ALT-VAETER. Das Buch der heiligen Altväter, mit seinen beyspilen; das zu latein genant ist Vitae patrum," very stout sm. folio, numerous verg quaint woodcuts, wanting page 67, original binding, £2. 15s Augspurg, Sorg, MCCCCLXXXII. Slightly wormed at the end, otherwise a remarkably fine copy of this rare book, in which are very numerous woodcuts, executed, in all probability, at a much earlier period than the date of this work. 5722 AMMAN'S (Jost) Works: LONICERI (P.) Chronica Turcica, 3 vols. in 1, many_hundred spirited woodcuts by Jost Ammon calf, 288 "Francof. S. Feyrabent, 1578 The third volume is almost exclusively devoted to the Life and Adventures of Scanderbeg. Goldsmith's copy fetched £2. 48; 1855, Lord Rothesay's copy, mor. fetched £2. 12s, and was sold afterwards for £3. 38. 5724 5723 AMMAN, Stam und Wapenbuch hochs und niders Standts, small 4to. 246 very beautiful woodcuts of COATS OF ARMS, COSTUME, and ALLEGORICAL FIGURES, fine impressions, hf. bd. vellum, £2. 16s Franckfurt am Mayn, S. Feyerabend, 1579 CLERI TOTIUS ROMANÆ ECCLESIÆ subjecti, seu Pontificiorum Ordinum omnium omnino utriusque sexus, Habitus, artificiossimis figuris, quibus Francisci Modii singula octosticha adjecta sunt, nunc primum a JUDICO AMMANNO expressi; addito Libello singulari ejusdem Fr. Modii de origine et vestitu cujusque ordinis Ecclesiastici; 4to. with 103 fine woodcuts, calf gilt, £2. 2s Franc. ad Mænum, 1585 5725 Fetched, 1855, at Sotheby's, £3. 18. Idem, 103 woodcuts, 1585-GYNAECEUM, sive Theatrum Mulierum, in quo praecipuarum omnium per Europam imprimis Nationum cujuscunque dignitatis FOEMINEOS HABITUS videre est, 122 beautiful woodcuts of Female Costume, splendid impressions, Francof. 1586-the 2 works in 1 vol. smallest 4to. vellum, £4. 4s "These plates give a faithful picture of the Dresses and Costume of Ladies of Rank throughout Europe 300 years ago." 5726 1585-86 Künstliche wolgerissene new Figuren von allerlat JAGT und WeidWERCK, smallest 4to. portrait and 40 pretty plates of every kind of sport, with German verses below, fine copy in calf, £2. 2s ib. 1592 5727 AMMAN'S BOOK OF TRADES, the woodcuts used for the work: CARZONI, Piazza Universale das ist, allgemeiner Schawplatz aller Professionen, Künsten und Handtwercken, thick small 4to. with upwards of 100 woodcuts, vellum, 15s Franckfurt, M. Merian's Erben, 1659 5728 BECKER'S (C.) Jobst Amman, Zeichner und Formschneider, Kupferätzer und Stecher, sq. 8vo. with 17 woodcuts, new, hf. morocco, 10s Leipzig, 1854 : A most carefully got up Bibliography of 138 works illustrative of Jost Amman. 5729 ARS MORIENDI: Ein loblich und nutzbarlich BUCHELEIN DEZ STERBEN Wie ein itzlich cristen mensch recht yn warem cristen glauben sterben szal und der anfechtung des boszen geystes wid stehe Durch manche nutzbarliche lere der lerer der heyligen schrifft, smallest 4to. 16 leaves, with 13 Early woodcuts, the size of the page, morocco, gilt edges, VERY RARE, £5. 5s Leyptzigk, without name of the printer, (MCCCC) XCIIII A beautiful and very early specimen of the Leipzic press. 5730 BARBAROSSA. Eine schöne und warhaffte Beschreibung des Lebens und der Geschichten Keyser Friderichs I. gennant Barbarossa, durch Johannem Adelphum, folio, pp. 32, 38, 50, 57, 61 wanting, otherwise a remarkably fine copy, with many fine bold woodcuts, hf. calf, 20s Strassburg, Grüninger, 1535 5731 BECKER (R. Z.) et H. A. VON DERSCHAU, Collection des Gravures en Bois des anciens Maitres Allemands, tirées des Planches originales, avec un Discours de la Gravure en Bois, Allemand et Francais, 3 vols. atlas folio, containing on 123 sheets near 300 fine LARGE WOODCUTS, some upwards of four feet long, printed from the ORIGINAL BLOCKS (pub. at £11. 11s) bds. £7. 10s Gotha, 1808-16 This curious and splendid series of woodcuts by the Old German Masters has become very scarce; and after a severe fall copies are now selling again near the original publishing price; which in course of time will no doubt be exceeded. 5733 5732 BEWICK (T. and J.) SELECT FABLES; with Memoir and descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick, 8vo. with about 300 woodcuts, designed and engraved by the Bewicks previous to the year 1784, fine clean copy, RED MOROCCO, richly gilt, gilt edges, £2. 12s Newcastle, 1820 the same, LARGEST PAPER, impl. 8vo. red morocco, richly gilt, gilt edges, £3. 8s 1820 Bewick's Landscapes are absolute facsimiles, his animals are whole length portraits. You may buy dear books, but if you want to know what a bird or quadruped is, to Bewick you must go at last. For Bewick's Quadrupeds and Birdss-see Nos. 4688-91. 5734 BIBLE CUTS. Figure de la Biblia, illustrate de Stanze Tuscane, per Gabriel Symeoni, 12mo. very fine woodcuts (by Le Petit Bernard) French calf, beautiful copy, 21s Lyone, Gulielmo Rovillio, 1565 5735 BLARRORIVO (Petri de) Liber Nanceidos: Insigne Nanceidos Opus de Bello Nanceiano (Carmen historicum), hac primum exaratura elimatissime nuperrime in lucem emissum, small folio, numerous very beautiful and spirited woodcuts, beautiful copy (with both Mandements) in blue MOROCCO extra, gilt edges, by DE ROME, £7.78 Impressum in celebri Lothoringie pago divi Nicolai de portu per petrum jacobi presbyterum, loci paganum, 1518 Priced 1818, Longman's, £12. 128. This is a Poem on the siege of Nancy in 1477, when the Duke of Burgundy was killed. It was printed in a village near Nancy. Dr. Cotton asserts that only this single Work was ever printed at St. Nicolas du Port, bt this is an error, as the same printer is known to have printed the Horæ ad Usum Fullensis Ecclesiæ at this place as early as 1503. This volume is extremely rare, and very curious. It is ornamented with many woodcuts by Jacobus, executed in a spirited style, which represent the various events of the war of Lorraine. Some Bibliographers have mentioned an edition of 1476, but no such edition ever existed: the error has arisen from the manner in which that date is introduced at the close of the Poem. "Ce poëme historique de P. de Blarru est imprimé en belles lettres rondes, et il est orné d gravures en bois; on en trouve difficilement des exemplaires bien conservés.”—Brunet. "The celebrated Liber Nanceidos." "It is a poem written in Latin hexameter verse by P. Blaru, descriptive of the memorable siege of Nancy in 1476, by Charles the Rash, Duke of Burgundy, who perished before the walls. His death is described in the sixth book, the passage relating to it beginning 'Est in Nanceijs aratro locus utilis aruis.' A woodcut portrait of the commanding French general, Renet, is in the frontispiece. A good copy of this handsomely printed, and rather interesting work should always grace the shelves of an historical or classical collector."-Dibdin's Tour, vol. ii. p. 543. 5736 BRABANT CHRONICLE: Van Brabant die excellente Cronike, stout sm. folio, numerous rude woodcuts, fine copy in old calf, 328 Priced 1840, Payne and Foss, £2. 12s 6d. Antwerpen, 1530 5737 CALILA-WA-DIMNA. DIRECTORIUM HUMANE VITE alias Parabolæ antiquorum Sapientum (Johanne de Capua interprete) folio, with about 100 exceedingly curious and spirited woodcuts, fine copy in green morocco extra, gilt edges, VERY RARE, £10. 10s s. 1. & a., sed circa 1480 A book of great rarity and curiosity, universally known as the Fables of Pilpay, a collection of Tales written originally in Sanscrit by Vishnu-Sarma, under the title of "Pantcha-Tantra."-No collection of Tales enjoys a higher reputation in the East, translations having been made into almost every one of its dialects. In Europe its reputation has been equally great, and the innumerable versions into almost every language bear witness to its popularity. This Latin version was made from the Hebrew by John of Capua (a baptized Jew) who tells us," Hic est liber parabolarum antiquorum sapientum nationum mundi. Et vocatur liber kelile et dimne et prius quidum in lingua fuerat indorum translatus. Inde in linguam translatus persarum. Postea vero reduxerunt illum arabes in linguam suam, ultimo ex inde ad linguam fuit redactus hebraicam. Nunc autem nostri propositi est ipsum in linguam fundare latinam. Est autem liber delectabilis, etc." This version from the Hebrew is the parent of nearly all the Translations into the languages of Europe. Sir William Jones was one of the first to point out the name of the real author, and thus expressed his admiration of his work: "The Fables of Vishnu-Sarman, whom we ridiculously call Pilpay, are the most beautiful, if not the most ancient in the world." Priced 1837, Payne and Foss, £14. 148; 1842, Thorpe, £10. 10s; White Knight's copy sold for £21. 198; Sir Mark Sykes's, £31. 10s; Hibbert's, £8. 15s. This is the edition described by Brunet (see Bedpai) as having in the running title "capitulum secundum," etc. "No collection of tales enjoys a greater reputation in the East. Sir William Jones, in his Discourses on the Hindoos, thus expresses his admiration of them, and points out the real name of the author. The Fables of Vishnusarman, whom we ridiculously call Pilpay, are the most beautiful, if not the most ancient in the world." This Latin version was made by John de Capua, from the Hebrew, and is the parent of all the European translations. See Ellis's Metrical Romances. This translation was made by Joannes de Capua about the year 1262. In vol. 6, page 460 of the Bibliotheca Græca of Fabricius, is an account of the various Versions and Interpretations of this "Liber jucundus et utilis lectu, refertusque Fabulis lepide et ingeniose excogitatis, quibus malitia, fraudes et stultitia hominum in vita communi, et in aulis frequens ad vivum depingitur. Dicitur scriptus ante duo amplius annorum millia Indorum lingua." 5738 CANISIOU Katechismos eikonismenos, Hellēnikōs metaphrastheis para Mariou, 18mo. 103 very fine woodcuts, hf. bound, 12s Augoustei, 1613 5739 COMENII (J. A.) Orbis sensualium pictus, prima in Dania editio, danice, latine, et germanice; editio aucta cura Rhodii, thick 12mo. engraved title, and many very quaint woodcuts, vellum, 7s 6d Hafniae, 1672 5740 DYALOGUS CREATURARUM optime moralizatus omni materie morali jocundo et edificativo modo applicabilis: ad laudem dei et edificationem hominum, folio, first edition, with numerous very rude and very quaint WOODCUTS, in the colouring of the period, very fine sound copy, calf, £5. 5s Presens liber" Dyalogus Creaturarum appellatus jocundis fabulis plenus," per Gerardum Leeu in opido Goudensi inceptus munere dei finitus est A. D. MCCCCLXXX An EXTREMELY RARE edition of this popular work. Collation: blank leaf; preface 10 leaves, one of them blank; Dyalogus, etc. 93 leaves, the first leaf with a rich border, curious cut and capital letter. 5741 DOLCE (L.) Le Trasformationi, sm. 4to. BEST EDITION, very many fine woodcuts, vellum, 12s Venetia, 1553 5742 ERASMUS. [Scriptores XIV historiae Romanae] Ex recognitione Des. Erasmi Roterodami: Suetonius, Dio Cassius, Aelius Spartianus, Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, Pomponius, etc. folio, singularly fine woodcut title, comprising in 13 compartments, events of Roman History, and numerous very beautiful CAPITALS, original hf. vellum binding, 10s Coloniae, 1527 5743 GEISSERT (J.) Ein ritterlich und adelich Kunstbuch, darinnen von Reiten, Zeumen, Stangen, Kinnketten, Mundstücken Bericht begriffen, large folio, 102 large engravings of HORSES' BITS, vellum, 28s Koburg, 1615 5744 GEYLER (Dr. Johannes von Keiserperg) Das Evangelibuch, folio, 74 singular woodcuts, of a very early date, and fine Initial Letters, in the original oak binding, £2. 5s Strasburg, 1515 Passion des Heren Jesu, many beautiful woodcuts, Strasburg, J. Gruninger, 1508-Die Reformation so d'aller durchleuchtigest Herr Sigmund Romischer Keyser, in den nechsten Concilien zu Costentz den Christlichen Kirchen, in bestetige ordnung zu pringen furgenomen hat, &c. woodcuts, Augspurg, Luca Zeissenmair, 1497-in one vol. sm. folio, old wood binding, with brass bosses, in fine preservation, 30s 5745 5746 HANS SACHS im Gewande seiner Zeit oder Gedichte dieses Meistersängers, von Becker, impl. folio, frontispiece and 22 large bold woodcuts, with German verses underneath, bds. 18s Gotha, 1821 5747 HOLBEIN. Icones Historiarum Veteris Testamenti, a series of 98 most beautiful engravings on wood, after the designs of Hans Holbein, smallest 4to. the title and last leaf would be improved by washing, hf. bound, fine tall copy, Lugduni, 1547 5748 5749 £3. A very cropped and soiled copy fetched, 1859, at Foster's, £3. 7s 6d 1830 L'Alphabet de la Mort de Hans Holbein, gravé sur bois et entouré de bordures analogues du seizième siècle, également sur bois, par MM. Loedel et Léon Le Maire, avec des quatrains et des sentences latines tirées des saints Pères, et suivi d'anciens poëmes français sur le sujet des trois Mors et des trois Vis, publiés d'après les manuscrits, par Anatole de Montaiglon, deux parties en 1 vol. 8vo. (pub. at 12 fr. 50 c.) cloth, uncut, 5s 1856 1859 5750 LOCKHART (J. G.) ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS, translated with notes, with a Memoir of his Life, 4to. engraved portrait, and numerous elegant WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS, printed within borders, with ornamental vignettes, by Owen Jones, richly bound in crimson MOROCCo super extra, gilt edges, £2. 5s 5751 LUCIDARIUS. Ain lieblichs biechlin zu lesen von dem hochgelerten meister Lucidarius der do sagt von den wunderbaren Sachen der welt und des hymmels, sm. 4to. curious woodcuts, Black letter, very scarce, fine copy, half calf, 20s Strasburg, Mathys Hupfuff, 1499 The last woodcut, "Christ bearing the Cross," is the full size of the page, and apparently of a much earlier date (than 1499). 5752 LöнR, die Künst und Gewerbe des Menschen, 8vo. with 104 woodcuts full size of the page, bds. 3s 6d Leipzig, s. a. (? 1820) MAXIMILIAN (Emperor of Germany) his Series of Illustrated Works: 5753 TEWRDANNCK. Die Geferlicheiten und geschichten des löblichen streitbaren und hoch beriempten Helds und Ritters Teürdanncks. A Romance of Chivalry, detailing the Adventures of the brave and far-famed Knight Tewrdannckh, |