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Early English Literature. Miniatures. Bindings. 49
This document was found among the title deeds to an estate
at Woolsthorpe, where Sir Isaac resided, and it is accompanied by an
old memorandum to that effect.
122 NEWTON, ISAAC.
OPTICE: sive de Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus &
Coloribus Lucis, Libri tres. (Transl. into Latin by Sam. Clarke.)
2nd edition. Londini, G. & J. Innys, 1719. 4to. With 12 folded
piates. Old calf. $ 5.80
Lowndes 1673. Brunet IV 50.
123 NIGER, FRANCISCUS.
GRAMMATICA. Venice, Theodorus Herbipolensis (Theodor 0/
Würzburg), 1480. 4to. Roman type. 247 unn. leaves. With printed
musical notes on 4 leaves (199a to 201 b) 24 lines. Half vellum. $ 425. —
FIRST EDITION AND ONLY PRODUCTION FROM THIS
PRESS.
Hain 11 858. Proct. 4198. Brit. Mus. Cat. V 281/82.
The earliest b o o k wherein music notes are
printed for scientific and not for liturgical use.
Complete and large copy.
The upper blank margin slightly wormholed and waterstained.
SEE ILLUSTRATION!
124 ORATIONES
RHETORUM GRAECORUM. 2 parts (the 3d part is missing)
in 1 vol. Venice, Aldus, 1513. Sm. fol. 1 leaf, 197 pages &
162 pages. With printer’s device. Old red Straight morocco, gilt borders.
(Courteval.) $ 40.—
FIRST EDITION.
Brunet IV 201. Renouard 60 no. 2.
Very fine copy of a beautiful production of the Aldine press;
as usual the copy contains only the first two vohnnes, the 3d one having
been printed in a very small edition and therefore generally being missing.
125 ORTIZ, THOMAS.
ARTE Y RE GLAS DE LA LEN GUA TA GALA. Sampaloc (Manila),
1740. 4to. 6leaves.i23pages.6pagesregister.Oldlimpvellum. $ 500. —
Palau V 387. Medina, La imprenta en Manila no. 213, quotes
only the copy in the Brit. Museum. Leclerc, Bibi. Amerieana no.
2120. Brunet IV 214. Pardo de Tavera, Bibi, filipina no. 1890.
(“work of utmost rarity”). L’imprimerie hors L’Europe p. 161. Not
in the Library of Congress, nor in Retana, Cat. de obras filipinas.
FIRST EDITION EXCEEDINGLY RARE, ONLY 3 COPIES
KNOWN.
The 4th work printed at Sampaloc, where the first printing
press was established in 1736.
Very fine and fresh copy, printed on ricepaper.
SEE ILLUSTRATION!
PAUL GOTTSCHALK, Berlin W. 8, Unter den Linden 3 a.
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This document was found among the title deeds to an estate
at Woolsthorpe, where Sir Isaac resided, and it is accompanied by an
old memorandum to that effect.
122 NEWTON, ISAAC.
OPTICE: sive de Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus &
Coloribus Lucis, Libri tres. (Transl. into Latin by Sam. Clarke.)
2nd edition. Londini, G. & J. Innys, 1719. 4to. With 12 folded
piates. Old calf. $ 5.80
Lowndes 1673. Brunet IV 50.
123 NIGER, FRANCISCUS.
GRAMMATICA. Venice, Theodorus Herbipolensis (Theodor 0/
Würzburg), 1480. 4to. Roman type. 247 unn. leaves. With printed
musical notes on 4 leaves (199a to 201 b) 24 lines. Half vellum. $ 425. —
FIRST EDITION AND ONLY PRODUCTION FROM THIS
PRESS.
Hain 11 858. Proct. 4198. Brit. Mus. Cat. V 281/82.
The earliest b o o k wherein music notes are
printed for scientific and not for liturgical use.
Complete and large copy.
The upper blank margin slightly wormholed and waterstained.
SEE ILLUSTRATION!
124 ORATIONES
RHETORUM GRAECORUM. 2 parts (the 3d part is missing)
in 1 vol. Venice, Aldus, 1513. Sm. fol. 1 leaf, 197 pages &
162 pages. With printer’s device. Old red Straight morocco, gilt borders.
(Courteval.) $ 40.—
FIRST EDITION.
Brunet IV 201. Renouard 60 no. 2.
Very fine copy of a beautiful production of the Aldine press;
as usual the copy contains only the first two vohnnes, the 3d one having
been printed in a very small edition and therefore generally being missing.
125 ORTIZ, THOMAS.
ARTE Y RE GLAS DE LA LEN GUA TA GALA. Sampaloc (Manila),
1740. 4to. 6leaves.i23pages.6pagesregister.Oldlimpvellum. $ 500. —
Palau V 387. Medina, La imprenta en Manila no. 213, quotes
only the copy in the Brit. Museum. Leclerc, Bibi. Amerieana no.
2120. Brunet IV 214. Pardo de Tavera, Bibi, filipina no. 1890.
(“work of utmost rarity”). L’imprimerie hors L’Europe p. 161. Not
in the Library of Congress, nor in Retana, Cat. de obras filipinas.
FIRST EDITION EXCEEDINGLY RARE, ONLY 3 COPIES
KNOWN.
The 4th work printed at Sampaloc, where the first printing
press was established in 1736.
Very fine and fresh copy, printed on ricepaper.
SEE ILLUSTRATION!
PAUL GOTTSCHALK, Berlin W. 8, Unter den Linden 3 a.
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