Comprising the Library of F. F. von SIEBOLD, the eminent Traveller and Naturalist; and a Selection of the Choicest Books from the Stock of Mr. H. G. BOHN, retiring from VALUABLE NEW BOOKS, at Reduced Prices 1081-1130 GENERAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. ST. MATTHEW, seated before a lectern and a lesk, on which are placed writing materials; the head surrounded by a nimbus, and looking to the right, three quarters of the face shewn; hair and beard grey. ST. MARK, a book in his hand, a nimbus round his head. seated before a desk; looking to the right, with brown hair and beard. ST. LUKE, also sitting in a similar position, with brown hair, and small beard. Sr. Jons, round-headed, with grey hair and beard, looking to the left, also seated before a lectern, and more Asiatic in appearance than the other three. larly Codices of the BIBLE and of CLASSICS on Vellum; Important HISTORICAL Documents; Inedited Works; ILLUMINATED MISSALS; Original DRAWINGS. EVANGELIA QUATUOR, GRÆCE, quibus præpositi sunt CANONES EUSEBII, 410 leaves, in 2 vols. sm. 4to. including 10 blank ones, fine Byzantine Manuscript on VELLUM, written in the latter half of the Ninth Century, with 4 large PAINTINGS of the EVANGELISTS, the capitals and headings in gold, beautifully bound in brown morocco extra, blind tooling, enclosed in a red velvet case, with compartments and spring, £250. circa A.D. 860 Artistic Illustrations :through the MS. and then with a peculiar antiqueness of appearance And the is always marked with two dots, when it stands by another vowel; which is sometimes the case with ŋ also. The words almost run one into the other, with very little distinction; and the lines frequently break syllables in two. The dative case is generally marked by an adjoined "," occasionally it is not so distinguished, but the iota is never subscribed as in more recent MSS. and according to modern usage. The blemish of itacism is seldom observable; but there are some few instances of it: in Mark xi. v. 25, sŋkɛTAL is written for ŋKETE (the Codex Alexandrinus has sŋkɛrat, the Sinaitic 57€); in John ii. v. 6, λɛyɛɩ appears for λeyp. Again in John, the word axorta has evidently been altered from σκοτηα ; εμαρτυρισεν is written for εμαρτύρεσεν, etc. All these circumstances point to the fact that the MS. is one of high antiquity and im. portance. One example alone will evince the critical care bestowed on the work in the first chapter of John, verse 28, the word Bnoaßapa, which appears in most of the more modera MS. and in nearly all printed editions (including Wetstein) and translations, was evidently erased by the writer, who has substituted Bnoavia, as it appears in the Alexandrine and Sinaitic Codices. The latter reading is probably to be found in no other MS. of the period. The critics have frequently quarrelled over the correct reading of this passage, the word Bethabara having been substituted by Origen in the 3rd Century for the original Bethania, a change universally accepted. THIS FACT PROVES THAT THE EARLIEST EXISTING MSS., AND NECESSARILY SOME AS EARLY AS Tthe time of Origen, This precious Manuscript is of extreme importance for its text, which possesses a highly critical value, and has never been collated by any editor of the New Testament. It is written in plain upright cursive characters, with uncial headings and initials, the accents and breathings in most instances correctly noted. It has been the fashion of some scholars to depreciate MSS. in the cursive character, and to attribute an undue superiority to the older-looking Codices entirely written in capitals. This erroneous tendency is ably combated by Mr. Scrivener in the introduction to his edition of the Codex Augiensis (royal 8vo. 1859), and Dr. Davidson is quoted as saying that "good readings make good Manuscripts." Besides, Dom Vaines, in the Dictionnaire de Diplomatique (Vol. I. pp. 12 and 14), shews that the cursive character was in use before the Sixth Century, although not universally adopted till the Ninth. The style of penmanship used in the above volume is very ancient, as may be seen by the open upright letters of the text, the simple but beautifully-shaped initials, and the almost entire absence of abbreviation. Only the same few words as are found abbreviated in the earliest known Codices are contracted in this one. Even the form e occurs merely three or four times WERE COLLATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAIN ING A PURE TEXT; indeed, the accuracy of this Codex is remarkable in that respect. Some of the variants may be noted here.In the second chapter of Matthew, rev. 5, we find arw where B Wetstein. Ver. 45 has Iwong without the arti cle rov, thus again agreeing with the Alexan drine. In John ii. 5, ov is written for oo in the phrase " τι εμοι και σοι, γυναι?” which is probably one of the few errors that occur in a MS. so remarkable for its correctness, but which may on the other hand suggest a new reading and signification. In John iv. 14, the pre position εv is omitted before avry; and in this very passage some omitted words are added in the margin by a contemporary hand, without doubt that of the reviser. On the whole, this precious monument of Byzantine Art and De votion proves conclusively that when it was writ ten the most ancient sources of knowledge were still accessible, and that even the authority of the Fathers could not outweigh the duty of a critical revision of the sacred text. Indeed, 1 need not scruple to assert, that this MS. will be found by scholars one of the most important accessions to our means of discovering the ori ginal and purest form of the Scriptural Records. 'erw is given by Wetstein, who, however, admits that the former word is used by the more ancient MSS. In ver. 7 of the same chapter, the words λαθρα καλεσας of the ordinary text are reversed The words of Christ on the cross are written Hλi Hλi λipa oaßax@avi; thus agreeing with the Alexandrine Codex, while the ordinary text has λaua, and the Sinaitic "EXwi λepa." Mat. xxvii. v. 39, gives кɛpaλaç avròv instead of kɛpaλaç avтwv, and at verse 43 the words used are 15εvμεv εTavτw, while the Sinaitic writes EπаνTOV, and the Alexandrine as well as Wetstein's text give avry without the article. Mark ix. 33, has kai ŋλev o Inoous, while the Codd. Alexandr. and Sinait. as well as Wetstein, omit the nominative. In John i. v. 29, the nominative og is inserted between the lines; the Codd. Alex. and Sinait. omit these words, but Wetstein gives them from his earliest authorities. In John i. 41, de is left out; ver. 42, Meriav has but one o; v. 43 ò omitted; here also the nominative ò Inoove is transposed according to the Alexandr. Cod., disagreeing with 2 ALPHABETS OF ARMS, with Forme of Granting Arms, &c. sm. stout sq. 8vo. 520 pp. containing many thousands of Names of ENGLISH, WELSH, IRISH, and FRENCH Families; MANUSCRIPT, from the Collection of John Hol land, whose bookplate, engraved by Hogarth, is pasted inside the cover, calf £3. cir. 1600 At the end is a Manuscript, entitled "The of the Quene of Scotts att Peterborough,” Order of Lordes and Ladyes with the Funerall cir. 1700 3 ALPHABET OF ARMS (A-Sn), folio, 200 pp. MANUSCRIPT, distinctly written, hf. calf, 208 ALPHABET OF ARMS (probably by WILLIAM CADY, whose Arms are painted on the first leaf), folio, 160 pp. MANUSCRIPT, with various Coats of Arms in colours and in trick, old calf, £10. 4 cir. 1620 It would be of great interest to the Genea logist as the Counties are given to most of the Names, and the information has probably neve been published. This valuable old MS. written at the commencement of the 17th Cent. contains the Names of 4000 Families, with description of their Armorial Bearings. 5 AMERICA. Los ESPAÑOLES en Mexico, narrow royal folio, MS. consisting of 7 leaves of rude paper, very tough and fibrous, with a number of deposi tions by "Indios Comareinos" and others regarding the Mexican Empir previous to the coming of the Christians, bound in half morocco neat, £5. Mexico, cir. 1540 A MOST CURIOUS AND UNIQUE MS. It bears | to the character and conduct of several of the the official signatures and endorsements, and Conquistadores, including some whose antagon must have come from the old government ar- ism to Cortez proved fatal to themselves. chives of the province. There are depositions 6 ANGLO-SAXON. GLOSSARY of Anglo-Saxon Words, explained partly i Latin, partly in English, sq. 8vo. the Saxon words in red ink, written i an old English hand, and preceded by a few estate-accounts, and translate extracts from various ancient Annalists, old calf, £12. 10s 163 This curious MS. has come from the Der- composition of the well known Sir Edward De ing collection, and is one of a very high philc- ing who flourished under Charles I. logical and antiquarian interest. It may be the 7 ANTIPHONARIUM, CUM NOTIS MUSICIS, folio, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUN 165 leaves, with very quaint painted capitals, the musical notes written i Neuma or Neumes (with only one central line), old red morocco gilt, in preservation, £36. goo ? Sec. X This VENERABLE and highly interesting is similar in character to a Graduale, bearin relic of antiquity, attributed to the 11th century, date of 1071, which fetched the sum of £8 No. 154, at Payne's sale, Sotheby's, June 20, 360), and probably came from the same church. or the History of Sacred Music this is one of e most important volumes, as in the Antionarium are preserved those beautiful Chants hich the Venerable Bede was so anxious to | introduce into our cathedrals, and which admirers of solemn grandeur consider were no way improved when Guido d'Arezzo introduced, in this same century, his newly invented system, of sol-fa-ing. ARMORIAL OF FLANDERS, Genealogien Boek, in Dutch, sm. folio, a beautiful original MS. very carefully written, 452 pp. with 805 painted Coats of Arms, Genealogical lists of about 10,000 names, a most important volume, calf, £32. 1863 MS. très précieux du XVIIe siècle. Il est | du volume, représentant la rhétorique sous la é d'une quantité de blasons en or et en cou- forme d'une femme entourée de professeurs et rs, et précédé d'une miniature de la grandeur d'élèves. ARMORIAL and CHRONICLE of LORRAINE and BRABANT, in Flemish: Genealogia principum Lotharingiae et Brabantiae, etc. sm. folio, a valuable and well-written MS. of 478 pp. dating from 1191, carried down to 1616, and by later hands to 1744; appended is a List of the Town Council of the City of HERTOGEN BOSCH (Bois le Duc), from 1629-1742the year of their death added to most of the names, injured at Sotheby's fire, the margins burnt, and the text somewhat waterstained, in a whole blue morocco case, lettered on the back " Cronyck van Brabant," £3. 108 1616-1744 BERNARDI (S.) Opusculum de Laudibus Virginis Matris; Sermones LXV. et Institutio quomodo canere et psallere debeamus, 4to. MS. ON VELLUM, much damaged by Sotheby's fire, 25s Sæc. XV. BIBLIA LATINA (Gen. xxxv. 11, usque ad IV. Reg. XVIII. 27), a venerable MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, folio, 238 leaves, with Capitals, in the original oak boards, covered with stamped leather, £25. Sec. XII. This important and valuable Manuscript is agrees, but exhibits some few important readtat cited by C. Vercellone in his "Varia Lec-ings not to be found there. The commencement ones Vulgate Latinæ Bibliorum Editionis," as and also the continuation as far as I. Chronicles, odex U. It belongs to what is usually termed 6, are supplied in MS. about 150 years later le" Recensio Alcuina," with which it generally than the rest of the volume. 2 BIBLIA LATINA, à Regibus I. usque ad librum Hester, cum prologis Sancti Hieronymi, large folio, a beautiful German MS. of 165 leaves, on VELLUM, with thirteen finely executed MINIATURES within large initials (mostly 3 inches square), eight of them illuminated in gold and colours, the other five etched, the writing large and clear, in an elegant Gothic character, the beginning and end slightly damaged, whole bound morocco, blind-tooled, gilt edges, £26. ca. 1440 13 BOCCACCIO. BOCHAS (John) FAL OF NOBLES, translated into English Verse (by JOHN LYDGATE, Monke of Bury), sm. folio, FINE MANUSCRIPT of 171 leaves, ON VELLUM, with the initial letters illuminated in gold and colours, red MOROCCO extra, uncut, from Lord Charlemont's library, £50. circa 1420 The first printed edition of this translation | orthography. Ligge is written for lie, hond for was by Pinson in 1494; the second, also by Pin-hand, oo and oon for one, the participial termison, in 1524 they are both excessively rare and expensive. The present MS., which was undoubtedly written in Lydgate's life-time, offers a text very remarkable and valuable from a philological point of view. It seems to be of northern origin, from some peculiarities of the 14 BONAVENTURA (Saint) Life of Christe, and other Devout Pieces of the XVth Century, An EARLY ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT, on VELLUM. A perfect and very extraordinary volume, containing the following pieces, written in Gothic Letter, in double columns, viz. :— nation sometimes appears as it, forn is written for I. The Booke that is cleped "the Mirrour of the blissed Lyfe of Jhesus |