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Rare and Early Printed Books. Autographs and Manuscripts.
Thomas Wyat, at page XX observes that “no regulär detail of the
history of Wyat’s attachment to Anne Boleyn has been preserved”.
Since the publication of that work chance has thrown in the
way of the editor the following Memoir, of which twenty-seven copies
are printed”. (Preface.)
No. 21 o f 27 copies. Signed “Robert Triphook”.
A very clean and large copy.
*26 ^BRATHWAITE, RICH.J
AR’T ASLEEPE HUSBAND? A Boulster Lecture; Stored with
all variety of witty jeasts, merry Tales, and other pleasant passages;
Extracted from the choicest flowers of Philosophy, Poesy, antient
and moderne History. Illustrated with Examples of incomparable
constancy, in the excellent History of Philocles and Doriclea. By
Philogenes Panedonius. London, Printed by R. Bishop for R(ichard)
B(est), 1640. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece by W. Marshall. New
red morocco, gilt edges. $ 180.—
S. T. 3555. Corser’s “Collectanea” part II pp. 416/18. Sayle
5114. Brit. Mus. 1191 (2 copies, both imperfect.)
THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST EDITION.
Fine copy with the four unpaged leaves of signature Y, but
without the two leaves of postscript, sign. Z., which are missing in
nearly all copies known.
27 BREVISSIMA INTRODUCTIO AD LITTERAS GRAECAS. Siena Si-
mone Nardo, 1505. 4to. dleaves. Title with futlpage woodcut (Siena).
Printer’s device at the end showing the arms of Siena. Modern dark
bitte morocco, gilt edges. $ 150.—
First book with Greek type issued at Siena
and also the first book printed by an Italian in
t h i s c i t y.
The woodcut on the title shows an interesting view of Siena with
its medieval towers.
Fine copy but for some ink-scratches on the title.
SEE ILLUSTRATION!
28 BULLA, AUREA.
Bulla, Aurea, sive bulla Karolina aut Leges et Constitutiones Im-
periales sub aurea bulla Karoli quarti rhomanorum Imperatoris.
(Cologne, Cornelius de Ziricksee, after 1500.) 8vo., 24 unn. leaves
with sign., 34 lines. With title woodcut. Unbound. $ 4°-—
Hain 4074. Proct. 1511. Pell. 3316. Schreiber 3658. Now gener-
ally assigned to the beginning of the 16th Century.
Somewhat browned. Some old inkwritten notes.
*29 BURLEY, WALTER.
DE VITA ET MORIBUS PHILOSOPHORUM. (Cologne) Arnold
ter Hoernen, 1472. 4/0. Goth, types. 98 unn. leaves, 27 lines.
PAUL GOTTSCHALK, Berlin W. 8, Unter den Linden 3 a.
Rare and Early Printed Books. Autographs and Manuscripts.
Thomas Wyat, at page XX observes that “no regulär detail of the
history of Wyat’s attachment to Anne Boleyn has been preserved”.
Since the publication of that work chance has thrown in the
way of the editor the following Memoir, of which twenty-seven copies
are printed”. (Preface.)
No. 21 o f 27 copies. Signed “Robert Triphook”.
A very clean and large copy.
*26 ^BRATHWAITE, RICH.J
AR’T ASLEEPE HUSBAND? A Boulster Lecture; Stored with
all variety of witty jeasts, merry Tales, and other pleasant passages;
Extracted from the choicest flowers of Philosophy, Poesy, antient
and moderne History. Illustrated with Examples of incomparable
constancy, in the excellent History of Philocles and Doriclea. By
Philogenes Panedonius. London, Printed by R. Bishop for R(ichard)
B(est), 1640. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece by W. Marshall. New
red morocco, gilt edges. $ 180.—
S. T. 3555. Corser’s “Collectanea” part II pp. 416/18. Sayle
5114. Brit. Mus. 1191 (2 copies, both imperfect.)
THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST EDITION.
Fine copy with the four unpaged leaves of signature Y, but
without the two leaves of postscript, sign. Z., which are missing in
nearly all copies known.
27 BREVISSIMA INTRODUCTIO AD LITTERAS GRAECAS. Siena Si-
mone Nardo, 1505. 4to. dleaves. Title with futlpage woodcut (Siena).
Printer’s device at the end showing the arms of Siena. Modern dark
bitte morocco, gilt edges. $ 150.—
First book with Greek type issued at Siena
and also the first book printed by an Italian in
t h i s c i t y.
The woodcut on the title shows an interesting view of Siena with
its medieval towers.
Fine copy but for some ink-scratches on the title.
SEE ILLUSTRATION!
28 BULLA, AUREA.
Bulla, Aurea, sive bulla Karolina aut Leges et Constitutiones Im-
periales sub aurea bulla Karoli quarti rhomanorum Imperatoris.
(Cologne, Cornelius de Ziricksee, after 1500.) 8vo., 24 unn. leaves
with sign., 34 lines. With title woodcut. Unbound. $ 4°-—
Hain 4074. Proct. 1511. Pell. 3316. Schreiber 3658. Now gener-
ally assigned to the beginning of the 16th Century.
Somewhat browned. Some old inkwritten notes.
*29 BURLEY, WALTER.
DE VITA ET MORIBUS PHILOSOPHORUM. (Cologne) Arnold
ter Hoernen, 1472. 4/0. Goth, types. 98 unn. leaves, 27 lines.
PAUL GOTTSCHALK, Berlin W. 8, Unter den Linden 3 a.