IV. PRINTS AND WORKS ON ART 176 British Museum: REPRODUCTIONS of PRINTS in the British Museum. New Series. Part IX. Specimens of Line-Engraving by the Earliest Masters working in England (about 1545-1695). Impl. folio, with 18 fine plates; in a portfolio 1900 177 DE BRY (Theodor) Emblemata Nobilitati et vulgo scitv digna, singulis historiis symbola adscripta & elegantes versus historia explicates etc.. in æs incisa à Theodoro de Bry. . Small 4to. fine engraved title in compartments (backed), and 54 fine plates of arms and emblems, mostly within ornamental borders, and taken on one side of the page only, 2 plates joined together and one soiled, brilliant impressions (2 uncovered); blue morocco extra, full gilt floreate back, line sides with £ s. d. 200 Francoforti ad Mænum, 1593 10 0 0 178 CHAFFERS (William). THE KERAMIC GALLERY containing illus- trations of Rare, Curious, and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the earliest Times to the beginning of the present Century. With Historical Notices and Descriptions. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., with hundreds of photographic illustrations; cloth; VERY RARE 1872 179 CRUIKSHANK. LIFE IN PARIS; comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffle- ton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family. By DAVID CAREY. Large 8vo., the EARLIEST ISSUE, with 21 COLOURED plates by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, also 22 woodcuts by the same; a beautifully LIFE IN LONDON; or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. By PIERCE EGAN. Impl. 8vo., LARGE PAPER, with woodcuts and 36 COLOURED plates by I. R. and G. CRUIKSHANK; a beautifully fresh 181 DUTUIT (Eugène). Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes, Vol. 1, 2 parts, Vols. 4, 5, and 6, imp. 8vo., with Atlas plates Contents: I.1. Introduction generale; I.2. Nielles; IV, V, VI Ecoles flamande et hollandaise, vols. 1, 2, and 3.-Planches xylographiques, 1884. 182 SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. IVORIES. Description of the Ivories, Ancient and Medieval, in the South Kensington Museum, with a preface by William Maskell. Royal 8vo., with 24 photographs WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS. Descriptive Catalogue of the His- torical Collection of Water-Colour Paintings in the South Kensington Museum, with an introductory notice by S. Redgrave. Roy. Svo., BRONZES. Descriptive Catalogue of the Bronzes of European Origin in the South Kensington Museum, with an introductory notice by C. Drury E. Fortnum. Roy. 8vo., with 25 photographs and 9 etchings; half morocco, SCARCE 185 GHEYN (Jaques de). Maniement d'Armes d'Arqvebuses, Mousqvetz, et Piqves. En conformité de l'ordre de Monseigneur le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange. . Representé par figures .. Folio, engraved title, 6 leaves of letterpress, and 117 full-page plates; in the original calf The military exercises, the weapons, and the costume, of the forces of the Dutch Republic are delineated with great skill and accuracy. The divisions are: Arquebuss, 2 leaves of text and 42 plates; Musquet, 2 leaves of text and 43 plates; Pike, 2 leaves 186 AN ENGLISH PATTERN BOOK of 120 plates (many folding) containing several hundred designs in Iron and Brasswork of Ornaments for furniture consisting of handles, knobs, keyplates, &c., with prices in contemporary handwriting, oblong small 4to. original half binding 187 circa 1770 a similar Pattern Book of Iron and Brass Fittings. Sm. oblong 4to. 150 plates, not quite consecutive, hf. bd. (? 1780) 188 LEPOTRE ou LEPAUTRE (Jean). COLLECTION DE SES ŒUVRES GRAVÉES. . 795 plates (about half of them of double page size) engraved by Le Blond and others; bound in 2 vols. stout small folio; old French red morocco extra (bound by Boyer about 1680) with the arms of the Marquis of Stafford added on the sides, and his bookplate pasted within the cover, a beautiful copy. £ s. d. 8 10 0 4 10 0 Paris, 1657-1678 100 0 0 Such a collection as this is hardly likely to come again into the I. Frises, Feuillages, Pilastres, Grotesques, Moresques, Panneaux, III. Desseins de Fontaines, Grottes, Vues de Jardins, Jets d'Eau, It will thus be seen that the collection comprises some of the most Many of the pieces here were not included in Jombert's edition. The coppers had probably been destroyed long before Mariette's stock came into his hands. 189 GUCKEISEN (Jakob) und EBELMANN (Hans) SEILEN BVCH darinnen derselben Grvnt, Theilvng, Zieradt, vnd gantze ornament This is apparently perfect.-A second copy of plate 13 is added but not included in ORNAMENTAL CARVINGS. 6 plates by Ebelmann. The first plate marked This apparently wants two plates in the complete set of 25. 1599 £ SHRINES. 8 plates of Goldsmith's ornamental work, numbered 3, 6, 7, There should be thirteen plates in this series. (Augsburg) 1624 altogether 77 plates of which 69 are by Guckeisen and Ebelmann, in 1 vol. square folio, vellum 1599-1609-1624 80 Collected and bound together about 1630 by a man whose initials are N. B. and who has numbered the pieces consecutively from 1 to 82, in which sequence are missing the numbers 31, 32, 43, 74, 75. 190 CUVILLIES (François de) père, OEUVRE: MORCEAUX, DE CAPRICE A divers These designs are arranged in livraisons, by numbers and letters : A--V, or 1 to 20. PORTION de Plafonds et d'un Poelle. 6 plates, Cuvillies Fils sculpsit The 72 plates consist of livraisons E-S, of which E, I, K, L, M, are in fours; About 1750-70 Munich, 1745-70 72 0 in 1 vol. folio, hf. red morocco gilt 191 CUVILLIES (Francois de) fils. ECOLE DE L'ARCHITECTURE BAVAROISE. Folio, a collection of 307 superb plates of Architectural designs, projected or executed by the two Cuvillies for the Elector of Bavaria, with plans and sections, façades, gardens, fountains, ornaments, etc.; bound in whole brown morocco extra, gilt tops, fine large copy (About 1766-76) 52 0 This excessively rare collection includes some few of the plates in the preceding volume; namely those designs on which the father and son worked together, or which were engraved by the son; but they are not numerous. 0 VI. WOODCUTS 192 AUERSWALD (Fabian von) Title: Ringer Kunst: fünff vnd achtzig Small folio, 47 leaves, with 87 very large and fine woodcuts by LUKAS 1539 18 0 On the title are the arms of the Elector, the third leaf has a portrait of the author with Cranach's mark, and there are 85 full-page designs of wrestling-bouts, in each of which Auerswald is one of the strugglers. This is a striking series of pictures, and is besides extremely rare. 193 DÜRER (Albrecht) APOCALYPSE. Title: Apocalipsis Cu Figuris with a woodcut beneath. On the reverse: Incipit prologus in Apocalypsim beati Iohannis apostoli. . Leaf 2 reverse: Incitpit argumeum.. Colophon on the reverse of leaf 16: Impressa denuo Nurnberge p Albertum Durer pictorem. Anno christiano Millesimo Quingentesimovndecimo followed by the statement of privilege. Folio, Latin text in Gothic Letter, with 15 full-page woodcuts, and a smaller woodcut on the title; vellum 1511 36 0 The original issues of this wonderful set of designs have become very scarce of late years. Each of the large cuts is signed with Dürer's monogram. 194 HORE BEATISSIMÆ VIRGINIS MARIÆ ad vsum Romanvm Antverpiae, Ex officina Christophori Plantini. M.D.LXV. Sm. 8vo. 232 leaves, with woodcuts; every page printed within a woodcut border ; slightly waterstained; old russia gilt 1565 195 MACER. Title: Hrebarum vires Macer tibi carmine dicet. . Colophon: Habetis inuenes studiosissimi Macri floridi de virib9 herbaru opusculum ab omi mēda castigatissimu vnacu interpretatiuculis luce meridiana lōge clarisimis. Finis. 12mo. Gothic Letter, 159 leaves, with numerous woodcuts of herbs, besides the woodcut of Macer on the title; calf neat S. n. (about 1510) This in two types, the larger of which makes 26 lines to the page, and the smaller 33. The editor dates his dedication from a school at Caen. 196 OLEARIUS. De fide cōcubinaru in sacerdotes Questio accessoria causa Small 4to. 26 leaves, the last a blank; with 12 fine woodcuts The woodcuts are amongst the best of their kind, both in design and execution. 197 SPECULUM HUMANE SALVATIONIS, Latin-German S. n. [Augsburg, Günther Zainer, in the Monastery £ s. d. 1 2 6 8 10 0 600 of SS. Ulrich and Afra, 1472] 105 0 0 The author of the second piece, which is a short Summula of the old Speculum, describes himself as having compiled it in the monastery of Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg. Of the original Speculum, each chapter with its description of illustrations, is followed by the same matter in German, and a meditation, or discourse, or prayer which appears only in Latin. VII. MISCELLANEA 199 BIBLE, Greek. "Tys Ocías гpapǹs.. aπavra. Divinae Scriptvrae omnia.. (Græce, ed. Melanchthon) Basileae.. MDXLV. Folio, fine large ruled copy in a seventeenth century binding (rebacked) with arms, and the initials D T on the sides, the bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford pasted on the back of the title Melanchthon's Latin preface (2 leaves at the beginning) is usually deficient. 1545 200 BIBLE Latin Ante-Hieronymian. BIBLIORUM SACRORUM LATINÆ versiones antiquæ seu Vetus Itnlica et cæteræ quæcunque. reperiri potuerunt: Quæ cum Vulgata Latina, & cum Textu Græco comparantur. . opera & studio D. Petri Sabatier. . Remis M.DCC.XLIII. 3 vols. folio, fine copy in old French veau fauve, with the insigna of the Prince de Soubise (Rohan) on the backs £ s. d 3 3 1743 21 0 A book of the highest importance which is likely to remain for another century at least the best work upon the subject. It contains all the fragments of the Latin Bible current among Christians in Northern Italy during the first three centuries of our era. 201 BONA (Joannis) Rerum Liturgicarum libri duo. studio et labore Roberti Sala Taurinensis, 3 vols.-Ioannis Bona Epistolæ Selectæ4 vols. in 2, folio, calf gilt, gilt edges Augusta Taurinorum, 1747-55 202 CALVIN. DEFENSIO ORTHODOXAE fidei de sacra Trinitate, cōtra prodigiosos errores Michaelis Serueti Hispani: vbi ostenditur hæreticos iure Gladii coercendos esse, & nominatim de homine hoc tam impio iuste & merito sumptù Geneuæ fuisse supplicium. Per Iohannem Caluinum . . Oliua Roberti Stephani, M.D.LIIII. 8vo. Roman Letter, 132 leaves (the last one a blank) hf. calf 1554 The excuse always alleged for Calvin is that he was not one of the judges who 203 FLACII ILLYRICI (Mathia) Catalogus testivm veritatis qvi ante nostram A famous book which made its mark in the annals of the Reformation. 1556 204 GERTOPHIUS. Title: RECRIMI | NATIO IOAN. GERTO | phii, adulescētis Germani, ad uersus furiosissimum Sycophantam Edoardum Leum Anglum qui ausus est primus ERASMUM candidissimum luto | aspergere...]. . ] . . | 1520. Small 4to. Roman Letter, 14 leaves, title within woodcut border, the Apvd Andream Cartandrum, mense Ivnio. anno M.D.XX. (1520) 205 LITURGIA Romana Vetus tria Sacramentaria complectens, Leonianum 206 Venetiis, 1748 1748 another copy, the first and last leaf creased; calf Any scholar possessing this book may see for himself what was the exact form of the liturgy five hundred years after Christ. The subject is one of perennial interest. 207 QUARITCH'S FACSIMILES. PETRUS PEREGRINUS DE MAGNETE: a Latin Epistle written about 1270 dealing scientifically with the Lode-stone, reproduced in facsimile from a MS. written in England about 1390, 4to. 8 leaves, stitched 1900 1 1 The first authentic treatise on the Magnet. It was printed in the sixteenth century, but that edition is excessively rare. |