ment of each having an elegant border formed of flowers, birds, infants, and golden studs. The volume is further decorated with innumerable capitals alternately in gold and colour. The numerous large initials are also in gold ornamented with burning branches, which no doubt formed the device of the owner. Old French blue morocco, gilt edges, the back full gilt and ornamented with armorial bearings (a fox passant, a French regal crown between 2 mullets in chief), £275. SEC. XVI 37 SPECULUM VITE, a Mirror of Life, in English, smallest folio, (8vo.) interesting English Manuscript on VELLUM, old russia, with some interesting MS. notes inserted by the late Mr. John Bruce the antiquary, £100. circa 1380 Formerly in the collection of Mr. Singer, from whose hand is the following description: The MYRROUR OF LIFE, formerly attributed to Richard Rolle, or Richard of Hampole, residing in or near the Nunnery of Hampole, near Doncaster; but as it appears from MS. Reg. c. viij, pointed out by Sir F. Madden, it is a translation from the Latin of John of Waldby, by William of Nassyngton. The poem begins with the spiritual advantages of the Lord's Prayer, of its seven petitions, their offices, &c. &c. and ends with the seven Beautitudes. In the course of enumerating the vices and virtues, much that is interesting, as illustrating modes of life and manners, occurs; and I know that Mr. Douce had made large extracts from the MS. in the Brit. Museum on this account. For instance, in the section, DE TEMERARIO OFFICIO ET ARTIFICIO, fol. 886, the following characters are sketched-Common Women, Jugglers, Snek-drawers or Roberds-men, Faitours or Beggars, Harlots (seemingly Wandering Minstrels), Heralds, Champions, Tollers of Market Towns, and Hangmen. Onc is rather surprised to find the Heralds in such company, but they are accused of taking care of their advantage in adjudging the prize at Justings and Tournaments to grete lordings, hallooing names with great cry, &c. The Harlots are thus described: "Harlotes walkes thorw many touns, With specked mantels and bourdouns, Bot Harlotes men calles namly Alle that haunte Harlotry. Harlotes falles ay stonde on the flore And play some time at the spore At the bene and at the cat A fowle play hald I that. When men biddes tham for thair fe Thay say-Maystres wol mot zc be. Is suche by thair profession; This is a poynt of tham ilk tyme To licken men thare they come in ryme. Zit use they ofte other japes Some ledes beres and some ledes apes, That mas joy and solace to tham that sees Al thes er folys and niceties." This MS. is beautifully written, and was formerly in the Library of the Fermors, a distinguished Catholic family at Tusmore, in Oxfordshire, so well known from Belinda the heroine of the Rape of the Lock. The first leaf is unfortunately wanting. At the end (the recto of folio 200) is the following colophon : "Explicit tractatus de oracione dmca s. de Pater Noster. In quo reprehendentur multa vicia. Et in quo continentur oms virtutes quo in hac vita degentibus sunt necessarie. Et specialiter illiteratis docende, ad Dei honorem. Hic liber est scriptus-qui scripsit sit benedictus." L 38 STUKELEY (W.) COMMON-PLACE BOOK, folio, Autograph Manuscript of this celebrated Antiquary, with numerous valuable original drawings, having 2 holograph letters of R. Thoresby and E. Prideaux to J. Anstis added by Dr. Stukeley, £96. 1717-48 circ. 1470 The drawings are very valuable to the Topographical Collector, and embrace Ruins of Whitehall, Scite of Old Verolam and St. Albans, Druidical Stones and other Remains, Plan of Abury," My House at Barnhill, Stamford," Celtic Antiquities, various ancient Monuments (severel coloured) in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, &c. 39 TERENTII COMŒDLE, Svo. FINE MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, by an Italian Scribe, with initial letters finely illuminated in gold and colours, an elcgant border, with coat of arms on the first leaf, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by C. Lewis, £50. 40 VALENCIAN MISSAL: INCIPIT LIBER MISSALIS, SECUNDUM CONSUETUDINEM SEDIS VALENTIÆ, CUM CALENDARIO, large folio, SPLENDID SPANISH MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, finely illuminated in gold and colours, the first page of text ornamented with an EXQUISITE ARABESQUE BORDER, displaying the arms of the owner supported by flying cupids, and a BEAUTIFUL MINIATURE of the Annunciation richly painted in colours and heightened with gold. Before the Canon of the Mass are TWO LARGE PAINTINGS (12 by 8 inches) of the ECCE HOMO and the CRUCIFIXION, by an EARLY SPANISHI ARTIST, admirably executed in vivid colours heightened with gold; the whole volume in astonishingly perfect preservation, and bound in the original oak boards, covered with stamped morocco, £148. SEC. XV (1477) This splendid manuscript was written in the year 1477, as appears from the first leaf of calendar which commences" In hoc Anno Domini m cccc.lxxvii est littera dominicalis e ut in cruce." Specimens of early Spanish art are excessively rare, and the present MS. is one so remarkably fine and so brilliantly decorated, in the Italian style, which then came into use amongst the Spaniards, that it would form a specially valuable feature in any palæographical collection. There is, as compared with the Italianesque ornamentation, a more distinctive character in the two large paintings, which are truly imposing works of Art. The face of the mother in the picture of the Crucifixion is an extremely beautiful specimen. 41 Welsh. GAMBOLD (W.) English-Welsh and Welsh-English Dictionary, 2 vols. sin 4to. with Welsh Grammar, sm. Svo. ; together 3 vols. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, calf gilt, £10. This valuable Dictionary was never printed. The Grammar was published in 1727. There are apparently some two or three MS. copies of the Dictionary in existence, all written by Gambold himself, in an extremely neat and elegant character. 41*PALEOGRAPHICA: a royal folio volume, interleaved with more than 40 fine specimens of Calligraphy and Illumination, being fragments of varying size and character out of MSS. on Vellum, ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, bound in half red morocco, £28. Sec. X-XV This collection displays work of the early Lombard and Burgundian schools, and of the French, English and Flemish styles, with some curious ones of German origin. There are very fine specimens of Flemish Art, miniatures richly illuminated on a large scale; and amongst the French there is a late but splendid example of the Grisaille. At the end of the original fragments, a considerable number of engraved facsimiles from MSS. is inserted. PALEOGRAPHY. FACSIMILES OF MSS., WRITING. 42 ADAMS (J. W. Writing Master, Deptford) Opus Præcipuum, or Complete Set of Alphabets, ancient and modern, 2 vols. 8vo. MANUSCRIPT, a curious specimen of calligraphy, calf gilt, £2. 28 1830 This industrious and elegant penman seems to have sought everywhere for alphabets. All countries and all ages are represented. 43 ASTLE, the Origin and Progress of Writing, 4to. second edition with additions, 30 plates full of every style of Writing, mostly facsimiles of Charters, Manuscripts, Inscriptions, Alphabets, etc. bds. half russia, £1. 16s 43 45 the same, hf. morocco, gilt top, fine copy, £2. 10s 1803 1803 Paris, 1846 + BARROIS (F.) Eléments Carlovingiens Linguistiques et Littéraires, 4to. plates, half calf, 10s CHAMPOLLION, Paléographie des Classiques Latins d'après les plus beaux MSS. de la Bibl. Royale de Paris, avec une introduction par Champollion-Figeac, folio, 17 facsimiles on, 12 plates, dating from the earliest Roman times to the Fifteenth Century, hf. morocco, 258 Paris, 1837 46 COOPER (C. P.) Account of the most important Public Records of Great Britain, and the Publications of the Record Commissioners, 2 vols. Svo. calf neat, scarce, £2. 16s 47 48 1832 1832 another copy, 2 vols. 8vo. stamp on titles, calf gilt, £2. 4s EVANGILES DES DIMANCHES ET FêTES DE L'ANNÉE AVEC CALENDRIER ET L'APPENDICE PAR L. CURMER, 2 vols. 4to. the text of the Evangiles, printed within exquisitely illuminated borders, and ornamented with magnificent MINIATURES, worked in brilliant colours, heightened with gold, red morocco extra, gilt edges, and the Appendix with elegant woodcut borders (including DANCE OF DEATH), and ornamented with photographs, &c. uniformly hf. bd. £21. Paris, 1864 This magnificent Table-Book is now very scarce. The wood engravings photographed from designs by Wierx and other artists are remarkable for their high artistic skill, and the MINIATURES are facsimiles of the finest paintings contained in early Service Books. Cet admirable ouvrage est, sans contredit, le Musée de l'art des miniaturistes depuis le treizième siècle jusqu'au seizième. On y trouve les fac-simile des splendides manuscrits du cardinal Grimani, de Bedford, etc. Toutes les pages du texte sont enrichies de bordures en or et couleurs qui forment une sorte d'encyclopédie de l'ornement au moyen âge et pendant la Renaissance. 49 FONTAINE (P. J.) Manuel de l'Amateur des Autographes, Svo. interleaved, calf gilt, marbled edges, 10s Paris, 1836 50 GRIMANI BREVIARY (Facsimile of the) Photographed from the original illuminated MS. in the Library of St. Mark's, Venice, a series of 89 plates of beautiful Miniatures, Arabesque Borders and other Ornaments, sm. folio, unbound, £2. 28 n. d. 51 HEURES DE LA REINE ANNE DE BRETAGNE (LE LIVRE D') MAGNIFICENTLY PRINTED ON 239 LEAVES OF THIN ENAMEL CARDBOARD, WITH FORTY-EIGHT LARGE MINIATURES, AND ELEGANT BORDERS surrounding each page, composed of Fruits, Flowers, Insects, Reptiles, Illuminated Initial Letters, Ornaments, etc. Also a Volume of Text, containing "Le Livre d'Heures de la Reine Anne de Bretagne, traduit du Latin et accompagne de Notices inédites par L'ABBE DELAUNAY," 2 vols. 4to. super morocco extra, £36. Paris, L. Curmer, 1841 52 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS: FIRST and THIRD Reports of Royal Commission on, 2 pts. folio, sd. rare, 25s 53 1870-2 HUMPHREYS (H. N.) ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES, illustrated by a series of Examples of the size of the originals, by Owen Jones, 39 plates beautifully printed in gold and colours, hf. morocco, £10. 1849 54 IMITATION DE JESUS-CHRIST, fidèlement traduite du Latin par M. de Marillac, printed within beautiful borders, copied in facsimile from ancient illuminated Missals and Books of Hours, from the VIIIth to the XVIIth century, also some LARGE MINIATURES, heightened in gold and colours, crimson morocco, top edge gilt-APPENDICE à l'Imitation par M. l'Abbe Delaunay-Histoire de l'Ornementation des MSS. par M. F. Denis, Index des MS. avec l'Indication des Noms des Dessinateurs et des chromographes-Grand Danse Macabre, photographs, woodcuts, etc. 2 vols. hf. bd. crimson morocco extra, £10. 10s impl. 8vo. Paris, L. Curmer 55 MONTFAUCON Palæographia Græca, sive de Ortu et Progressu Literarum Græcarum, et de variis Scriptionis Græc. generibus, itemque de Abbreviationibus, folio, plates of Monuments, Inscriptions, Facsimiles, etc. £2. 158 Paris, 1708 56 NOUVEAU TRAITE de Diplomatique, où l'on examine les fondements de cet art; par deux Religieux Bénédictins de Saint-Maur, 6 vols. large 4to. GRAND PAPIER, many plates of Alphabets, Charts, MSS. etc. old calf gilt, very fine copy, £8. 8s Paris, 1750 57 ORNEMENTS DES MANUSCRITS, du VIII au XVI Siècle, reproduits en couleurs par Mathieu, avec notice historique par Ferd. Denis, 2 vols. sm. Svo. numerous illustrated Facsimiles of Miniatures, ornamental borders, etc. blue morocco extra, gilt edges, £1. 4s Paris, 1867 58 PALEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY: Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, Part I. edited by E. A. Bond, and E. M. Thompson, large folio, 12 plates containing 13 facsimiles with corresponding leaves of text, 258 1873 59 PALEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S Facsimiles, part 2, large folio, 11 magnificent plates beginning with the Codex Beza (6th Century) and ending with an Anglo-Saxon Charter (A.D. 848) gratis to subscribers, 1874 The commencement of a very useful and valuable undertaking which will undoubtedly be the best work of its class, and form the student's safest guide to Palaography. This first part comprises facsimiles of a Greek Papyrus, A.C. 152, a Latin Papyrus, A.D. 572, the Lindisfarne and other Gospels of English origin, and charters of Anglo-Saxon Kings, all of the eighth century; concluding with an Episcopal Charter of the tenth. The contents of the second are mentioned above. 60 SAINTS (Vie des) illustrée en Chromolithographie d'après les Anciens Manuscrits de tous les Siècles. Publiée par F. Kellerhoven. Texte par H. de Riancey, impl. 8vo. 50 beautiful miniatures, in gold and colours, morocco, £5. Paris, n. d. 61 SHAW (H.) Illuminated Ornaments from Manuscripts and early printed Books, with Descriptions by Sir F. Madden, 4to. 40 coloured plates, (pub. at £5. 58) half morocco, uncut, top edge gilt, £3. 3s 62 1833 the same, folio, LARGE PAPER, the plates beautifully illuminated in gold and colours, hf. bd. green morocco, gilt edges, a genuine copy, £6. 10s 1833 63 SILVESTRE, Paléographie Universelle. Collection de facsimiles d'écritures de tous les peuples et de tous les temps, tirés des plus authentiques documents de l'art graphique, chartes et manuscrits existant dans les archives et les bibliothèques de France, d'Italie, d'Allemagne et d'Angleterre; publiée, d'après les modèles écrits, dessinés et peints sur les lieux mêmes, par M. Silvestre, accompagnée d'explications historiques et descriptives, 4 vols. atlas folio, ORIGINAL EDITION, with 364 magnificent plates, containing SPECIMENS OF EVERY STYLE OF CALLIGRAPHY AND FACSIMILES OF THE MINIATURES, from the choicest Missals and Charters in the" Bibliothèque Nationale," many of them SPLENDIDLY ILLUMINATED, hf. red morocco, gilt edges, £65. 1841-43 64 65 SILVESTRE'S UNIVERSAL PALEOGRAPHY, or a Collection of Facsimiles of the Writings of every Age, taken from the most authentic Manuscripts existing in the Libraries of France, Italy, Germany, and England; by M. Silvestre, containing nearly 300 large and most beautifully executed FACSIMILES, taken from Missals and other MSS. most richly illuminated in the finest style of art, new and improved edition, 2 vols. atlas folio, the text in two vols. royal 8vo.- together 4 vols. elegantly hf. bound morocco, gilt edges, £24. 1850, etc. - another copy, wanting 34 plates, and nearly as many sheets of text, hf. bd. £28. 1841-43 The best work on the manuscript Literature of ancient and Medieval times. The finest possible specimens are given of MSS. in every European and Oriental Language; of such Languages as GREEK and LATIN many Specimens of every century and every style are represented. The number of reproductions of ITALIAN, FRENCH and GERMAN MINIATURES is very considerable. 66 TITE'S (Sir William) Notes towards the formation of a systematic bibliographical description of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, with a descriptive Catalogue of a series of Manuscripts, roy. 8vo. cloth, 258 Thirteen copies only printed. 1857 Not published, 1858 CC*THOMSON and TITE, Lectures on the characteristic features of Illuminated MSS. and on the materials of illuminators, biographical notices, etc. roy. 8vo. privately printed, 128 67 Utrecht Psalter: LATIN PSALTER, in the University Library of Utrecht, photographed and produced in facsimile by the permanent autograph process, folio, the 105 leaves of the original facsimiled on 209 separate leaves, executed with marvellous perfection of similitude, hf. mor. £6. 15s 1874 The MS. is considered by Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, who stands almost alone in his opinion, to have been written in the sixth century; while the new Palæographical school (at the head of which is Mr. Bond) and many other scholars give indignant denial to such a claim of antiquity, and refer it to various periods between the Ninth and Eleventh Centuries. 68 Utrecht Psalter (The) Reports, addressed to the Trustees of the British Museum on the Age of the Manuscript, by E. A. Bond, E. M. Thompson, Rev. H. O. Coxe, Rev. S. S. Lewis, Sir M. Digby Wyatt, Professor Westwood, F. H. Dickinson, and Professor Swainson; with a Preface by A. Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., Dean of Westminster, small folio, with 3 facsimiles, bds. 78 6d 1864 69 Utrecht Psalter: ARNTZ (T.) over den oorsprong van het Quicumque of Symbolum van den heiligen Athanasius, with the facsimile of the Psalm and the Creed after Cotton's Codex Claudius, A 7, impl. 4to. 58 Utrecht (? 1873) 70 VAINES (Dom. de) Dictionnaire raisonné de Diplomatique, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 48 plates, French calf gilt, 208 Paris, 1774 71 WESTWOOD (J. O.) Illuminated Illustrations of the Bible, copied from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages, small 4to. 40 beautiful illustrations in gold and colours, hf. morocco gilt, gilt edges, £3. 38 another copy, morocco full gilt, gilt edges, £2. 12s 6d 72 73 1846 1846 the same, LARGE PAPER, impl. 4to. hf. morocco, a beautiful book, £3. 108 1846 74 WESTWOOD's Palæographia sacra pictoria; being a series of Illustrations of the ancient versions of the BIBLE, impl. 4to. 50 fine plates in gold and colours, hf. morocco, uncut, an original copy, £4. 4s 1845 |