Fine Books and Works on Paper

Varro (Marcus Terrentius) De lingua Latina, edited by Giulio Pomponio Leto, first edition, 83 ff., the first blank, 32 lines (variable), Roman typ...

Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Satyrae, commentary by Domizio Calderini, 96 ff., the first blank, 55 lines of commentary surround 25 lines of text, 36...

Petrarca (Francesco) Trionfi, commentary by Bernardo Lapini da Siena, 196 ff., the first blank, 51 lines of commentary surrounding text, Gothic le...

Politianus (Angelus) Miscellaneorum centuria prima, first edition, 94 ff., 32 lines, Roman and Greek types, initial spaces with guide-letters, woo...

Johannes de Capua. Directorum humanae vitae alias parabole antiquorum sapientum, 82 ff., 50 lines plus headline, Gothic letter, initial spaces, so...

Bembo (Pietro) De Aetna dialogus, first edition, second issue, 30ff., 22 lines plus headline, Roman type, initial spaces, leaf B2 with misprint 'q...

Urbanus Bellunensis. Institutiones Graecae Grammatices, text in Latin and Greek, 214 ff., 27 lines, Greek and Roman type, a4v full-page woodcut di...

Crastonus (Joannes) Dictionarium græcum...cum interpretatione latina, edited by Marcus Musurus, mostly double column, index triple column, 244 ff....

Aesop. Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare & latino, 2 parts in 1, 107 ff. (of 110, lacking e1&6 and final blank i8), varying number of lines...

Chrysoloras (Manuel) Erotemata [graece], 86 ff. (of 88, lacking β1&4), 19 lines, Greek type, 3-line opening initial with marginal decoration, para...

Fulgentius Placiades (Fabius) Enarrationes allegoricae fabularum, [edited and with commentary by Joannes Baptista Pius], first edition, 47 ff., in...

Suidas. Lexicon Graecum [graece], edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas, 516 ff., 45 lines, Greek type, capital spaces, some with guide-letter, woodcut...

[Colonna (Francesco)] Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, first edition, 234ff., 39 lines, Roman letter, 172 woodcut illustrations in the text, of which 11...

Poetae Christiani Veteres. 3 vol., [Vol. 1, Prudentius and others], some early ink marginalia, 2k6 blank, small worm traces / holes to margins of ...

Aesop. Esopi appologi sive mythology cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant, 2 parts in 1 vol., woodcut portrait of Aes...

Stephanus, Byzantius. De Urbibus [graece], edited by Aldus Manutius, text in Greek, double column, initials spaces with guide-letters, sig. F blan...

Bessarion (Cardinal Basilius) In Calumniatorem Platonis libri quatuor [and other works], woodcut printer's device to title, initial spaces with gu...

Manutius (Aldus) Institutionum Grammaticarum Libri Quatuor, text in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, initial spaces with guide-letter, occasional staining...

Plutarch. Opuscula LXXXXII, [edited by Demetrios Doukas, assisted by Erasmus and Girolamo Aleandro], text in Greek, woodcut printer's device to ti...

Lascaris (Constantinus) De octo partibus oronis Lib. I., text in Latin and Greek with respective sheets inter-leaved, some Hebrew type at end, woo...

Oratores Graeci. Orationes horum Rhetorum, parts 1 & 2 (of 3), titles in Greek and Latin and with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with gu...

Alexander, Aphrodisiensis. In Topica Aristotelis, commentarii, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title and verso of otherwise blank f. with...

Perottus (Nicolaus) In hoc volumine habentur haec. Cornucopiae, siue linguae Latinae commentarii, 2 parts in 1, woodcut printer's device to title ...

Manutius (Aldus) Grammaticae Institutiones Graecae, edited by Marcus Musurus, text in Greek, title, dedication and colophon in Latin, woodcut prin...

Bessarion (Johannes) In calumniatorem Platonis, 2 parts in 1 vol., text in Greek and Latin, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwi...

Richerius (Ludovicus Coelius) Sicuti Antiquarum Lectionum Commentarios Concinnarat Olim Vindex Ceselius, title and woodcut anchor device printed i...

Pausanias. Graeciae descriptio [graece], edited by Marcus Musurus, text in Greek, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial space...

Perottus (Nicolaus) In hoc volumine habentur haec. Cornucopiae, siue linguae Latinae commentarii, double column, woodcut printer's device to title...

Aesop. Esopus constructus moralicatus & hystoriatus, fine woodcut title with border incorporating portraits of saints and biblical figures surroun...

Dioscorides (Pedanius) De materia medica libri sex [graece], edited by Girolamo Rossi and Francesco Torresani, text in Greek, woodcut printer's de...

Demosthenes. Orationes duæ & Sexaginta, 2 parts in 1 vol., woodcut printer's device to titles, initial spaces with guide-letter, with final blank,...

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII, woodcut pirnter's device to title and verso of final f., initial spaces with gui...

Livius (Titus) Ex XIIII T. Livius Decadibus Prima Tertia Quarta, 5 parts in 1, numerous woodcut printer's devices, including to title and verso of...

Stephanus, Byzantinus. De Urbibus, Greek text, attractive woodcut initials, final f. with large woodcut printer's device verso otherwise blank, ea...

Budé (Guillaume) Libri V. de Asse, title and verso of colophon f. with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letter, some staining a...

Phavorinus (Varinus) Magnum ac perutile Dictionarium [graece], title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, woodcut printer's device to title, A2 prin...

Trapezuntius (Georgius) Continentur Hoc Volumine...Rhetoricorum libri V., woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f.,...

Crastonus (Joannes) Dictionarium græcum...cum interpretatione Latina, mostly double column, title and verso of otherwise blank final f. with woodc...

[Crastone (Giovanni)] Dictionarium Græcum, first edition, text in Greek and Latin, title within handsome woodcut historiated border by Giovanni A...

Xenophon. Omnia, Quae Extant, edited by Francesco d'Asola, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of...

Simplicius. Commentarii in octo Aristotelis physicae auscultionis libros, cum ipso Aristotelis textu [graece], title and verso of final f. with wo...

Priscianus. Libri Omnes, woodcut printer's device to title and to verso of colophon f., with final blank, initial spaces with guide-letter, faded ...

Steuchus (Augustinus) Recognitio Veteris Testamenti ad Hebraicam Veritatem, woodcut printer's device to title, initial spaces with guide-letter, a...

Agriculture.- Cato (Marcus Porcius), Marcus Terentius Varro, Junius Moderatus Columella and Rutilius Taurus Palladius. Libri de re Rustica, woodcu...

Aesop. Fabulae, feliciter incipiuntur, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initial on verso of final leaf, lightly stained at head ...

Dionysius Periegetes. Orbis Ambitus, Greek text, woodcut basilisk printer's device to title, final blank leaf present, [Adams D642] bound with Ara...

Aristotle. De Moribus ad Nicomachum filium libri decem, woodcut printer's device to title, head-pieces and initials, wide margins, marginal repair...

Estienne (Henri).- Poetae graeci principes heroici carminis, & alii nonnulli, 2 vol. in 1, Greek and Latin text, complete with blanks, occasional ...

La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, mises en vers, first edition, title with engraved device of the arms of the Dauphin, 118 engraved illustrat...

War against the Turks.- Sixtus IV, Pope. Emericus de Kemel, Commissary. Indulgence for promoting war against the Turks, text in Latin, single leaf...

Bury (Richard de, Bishop of Durham) Philobiblon, 40 ff., the last blank, 31 lines, Gothic type, first initial supplied in brown ink, others in red...

Gratianus. Decretum, commentary by Bartolomaeus Brixiensis, double column, printed in red and black, 281 ff. (of 282, lacking initial blank), 86 l...

Plato. Opera, [translated by Marsilus Ficinus], double column, 448 ff., 62 lines plus headline, Gothic type, initial spaces with guide-letter, som...

Virgilius Maro (Publius) [Opera], with commentaries of Servius, Landinus, Donatus & Calderinus, 354 ff. (of 356, lacking both blanks), 62 lines of...

Philephus (Franciscus) Epistolarum familiarum, woodcut initials, many criblé, good margins, occasional light foxing, later blind-stamped calf, a l...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Epistolae familiares, the dedication copy, printed on vellum, 267ff. only (of 268, lacking HH4), Roman and italic type, wi...

Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence. Prima [-quarta] pars totius summe, 4 vol., double column, woodcut printer's device at end, early ink mar...

Breviarium Romanum, printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, a few ff. misbound, some worming at beginning, lacking ...

Guarinus, Veronensis. Erotemata, 2 parts in 1, part 1 Greek text, part 2 Latin text, woodcut device on title, ruled in red, occasional soiling, 19...

Plutarch. Graecorum Romanorumque Illustrium Vitae, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated initials, some s...