[Incunabula] Amerbach, Johann (printer)Biblia LatinaBasel: Johann Amerbach, 1479. Folio (279 x 203 mm). 538 leaves. Collation: a-y10, A-T10, U12, X-Y10, 1-8(10), 9-10(8). 47 lines, double column, headlines, X2v-10(8)r with printed sidenotes. Gothic type (type: 1:185G, 2:81G, 3:92G). Initials rubricated in red and blue throughout entire volume. Original wooden boards, leather almost entirely perished, front and rear board fore-edges severely chipped, worming and heavy wear to same, spine partially perished but sound; text leaves trimmed with some headlines partially shaved; scattered marginalia; varying degrees of dampstaining along bottom edge and at upper gutter and top edge of most leaves; some initials faded; soiling and dampstaining to front paste-down and first two leaves; creasing and short closed tears along fore-edge of first 31 leaves; b1 sprung; small loss at bottom corner of i6; P5-P6 fore-edge cut away but with no loss to text. Book-plate of Theological Seminary Library, Gettysburg, Pa., as well as donation book-plate of the Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman on front paste-down. ISTC ib00561000; Goff B561; BMC III 745; GW 4236; VcBA 11002911."The glory of Basel started when Johann Amerbach (1443-1513) set up his press in 1477. A pupil of Johann Heynlin at the Sorbonne, where he obtained his degree as Master of Arts, Amerbach made the press the vehicle of the Christian humanism of his teacher. A scholar and aesthete himself, he saw to it that his editions were not only printed with fastidious taste but also edited with care and accuracy." (p. 48, Steinberg. "Five Hundred Years of Printing")Amerbach's first Bible to include the marginal concordance system in the New Testament, which enabled easier reference to biblical passages; it had first appeared in printed form in Basel printer Bernhard Richel's Bible of 1477. Only five copies of Amerbach's first Bible appear in the auction record. Rare.PROVENANCE:Rev. Dr. Jeremiah ZimmermanUnited Lutheran Seminary
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[Incunabula] (Ripelin, Hugo)(Compendium theologicae veritatis [with table by Thomas Dorniberg])(Ulm: Johann Zainer, ca. 1478-80). Folio (260 x 190 mm). 162 leaves. 40 lines, single column, headlines. Gothic type (type: 4:96G, 5:136G). Many initials rubricated in red, capitals accented in red, and section titles underlined in red. Original red leather over bevelled wooden boards, decoratively stamped in blind with alternating floral and fleur de lis pattern, remnants of original clasps, old paper label on spine, boards and spine heavily rubbed and worn, large chip out of top corner of rear board, lower corner very worn, spine ends chipped, scattered worming; catalogue description on front paste-down; lengthy early description in ink on recto of front blank; title in ink at head of first printed leaf; dampstaining at fore-edge of first 14 leaves; scattered minor dampstaining at bottom edge; minor worming in bottom gutter of leaves 19-27; scattered soiling; front and rear blanks soiled and slightly worn; scattered marginalia; two paper fragments in two different hands laid in at front; armorial book-plate of German doctor and incunabula collector Ferdinand Herscher (15??-1646) on front paste-down, book-plate of Theological Seminary Library, Gettysburg, PA., on same. ISTC ia00233000; Goff A233; GW 599.Johann Zainer (d. ca. 1523) was the second printer based in Ulm. Among others, he is remembered for printing the first German translation of Boccaccio's "De claris mulieribus" in 1473. Only 1.4% of ISTC recorded editions were printed in Ulm. The "Compendium theologicae" has a long history of being misattributed to an array of authors such as Albert Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Dorinberg, and Bonaventure, among others, but is now more certainly considered to be by Hugo Ripelin (1205-70), a Dominican theologian from Strasbourg. Apart from the works of Thomas Aquinas, the "Compendium" was the most widely read work of Dominican theology, being used as a textbook for close to 400 years.PROVENANCE:United Lutheran Seminary
[Incunabula] Amerbach, Johann (printer)Biblia LatinaBasel: Johann Amerbach, 1481. In two volumes. Folio (288 x 200 mm). 564 (of 572) leaves, lacking eight leaves of signature 10 in second volume. Collation: a-y10, A-D10, plus blank; 2 blanks, E-T10, U12, X-Y10, 1-8(10), 9(8), 11(10), 12-13(12). 47 lines, double column. Gothc type (type: 1:185G, 2:81G, 3:92G). Some initials in each volume rubricated in red, other initial spaces with printed guides, capitals accented in red. Near-contemporary full panelled calf over bevelled wooden boards, elaborately stamped in blind, boards worn and rubbed, front and rear joints split but sound, headcaps perished, catches and other brass hardware present, clasps and straps wanting; title in MS in red ink on fore-edge of each volume; vellum waste paper paste-downs in each volume, now separated from boards; dampstaining at fore-edge of leaf a2 in first volume; old cataloguer's notes on first free leaf in both volumes; old paper repair at recto and verso headline of leaf E1 in second volume, dampstaining at lower fore-edge of 2(2)-2(8) in same; scattered soiling and marginalia in each volume. Ownership signature of Jeremiah Zimmerman on front paste-down of first volume, his gift inscription to Theological Seminary, Gettysburg on front paste-down of second volume; Bundesdenkmalamt ink stamp on front paste-down in each volume. ISTC ib00571000; Goff B571; BMC III 745; GW 4246; VcBA 11002937.Johann Amerbach's second Latin bible, a reprint of his 1479 edition.PROVENANCE:Rev. Dr. Jeremiah ZimmermanUnited Lutheran Seminary
[Incunabula] Florentinus, AntoninusPrima pars totius summe AntoniniBasel: Michael Wenssler, 1485. Part one only. Index of Johannes Molitoris at front. Folio (349 x 241 mm). 374 leaves. Collation: A-P8, [2], Q8, [2], a-z8, (?-?8), A-C8, D6, E-F8. 56 lines, double column, headlines. Gothic type (type: 4:190G, 9:90G). Initials rubricated in red and blue ink, with illuminated initials at leaf A2 and a4. Near-contemporary full pigskin over wooden boards, elaborately stamped in blind, rubbed and soiled; tooled brass and pigskin clasps and catches intact and unsophisticated; scattered minor spotting and soiling to text; scattered marginalia; short tide mark at bottom of most leaves (more pronounced from leaves l8 onward); closed tear at top corner of M6; approximately 2 1/2 in. open tear at fore-edge of M8; faint dampstaining on leaf r1; old ownership signature at bottom of E3 at rear and dated 1659, 1 1/4 in. chip at bottom edge of same; dampstaining at top corner of F4-F8 at rear; two small open tears at bottom corner of F8 at rear; old cataloguer's notes on title-page, rubber stamp of seminary on title-page, bottom margin A2, F8v at rear, and rear paste-down; book-plate of Theological Seminary Library, Gettysburg, Pa., as well as donation book-plate of the Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman on front paste-down. ISTC ia00874000; Goff A874; BMC III 728; GW 2188.Antoninus of Florence (1389-1459) was an Italian Dominican friar who ruled as Archbishop of Florence from 1446 until his death. He was canonized on May 31, 1523 by Pope Adrian VI. Michael Wenssler (14??-1499) was a Basel based printer. Born in Strasbourg, he became a citizen of Basel in 1473 and printed there until 1490. He sold his printing press in 1490 to settle debts, and worked briefly in France, returning to Basel in 1499.PROVENANCE:Rev. Dr. Jeremiah ZimmermanUnited Lutheran Seminary
[Incunabula] Gerson, JohannesOperaBasel: Nicolaus Kesler, March 12-21, 1489. Edited by Peter Schott and Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg. Three parts, plus "Inuentarium eorum que in operibus Gersonis continentur" (index), in one volume. Folio (298 x 216 mm). Index: 46 leaves; part one: 188 leaves; part two: 230 leaves; part three: 320; complete with all blanks. 57 lines, double column, headlines. Gothic type (type: 1:180G, 2:82G, 6:64G). Initial spaces blank. Illustrated with three full-page woodcuts on verso of each title-page depicting Gerson as a pilgrim (copied from Johann Prüss' woodcut in the 1488 Strasbourg edition). Contemporary full calf over wooden boards, decoratively stamped in blind, catches and other brass hardware present, clasps and straps wanting, boards worn and blistered, scattered minor worming, upper front board corner starting, upper rear corner repaired, spine worn and blistered; minor soiling and scattered marginalia throughout text; vellum waste paper endpapers, large remnant of paper leaf from an undetermined work pasted to same; old catalogue description on front free endpaper; scattered minor worming throughout index at front; some dampstaining along bottom edge of first 10 leaves and final 20 leaves; repair on part one title-page recto; small repair in bottom corner J2; small loss at top corner kK3 just touching printed foliation; tear at top corner Pp6; minor worming to some leaves at rear. With the book-plate of the Doctor Jeremiah Zimmerman Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa., on front paste-down. ISTC ig00187000; Goff G187; BMC III 767; GW 10715.A rare and complete collection of French theologian Johannes Gerson's (1363-1429) works.PROVENANCE:Rev. Dr. Jeremiah ZimmermanUnited Lutheran Seminary
[Incunabula] William of Ockham(Quodlibeta septem una cum tractatu de sacramento altaris...)(Strasbourg: Georg Husner), 1491. Folio (282 x 209 mm). 124 leaves. Collation: a8, b6, c8, d6, e8, f-o6, p8, q6, r8, A-B6. Part one lacking first 6 leaves (title-page, table); part two lacking C-F6 (as compared with Biblioteca Universitaria de Deusto copy). 51 lines, double column. Gothic type (type 1:160G, 3:91G, 5:80G). First 47 leaves rubricated in red. Nineteenth century limp blue paper wrappers, front wrapper detached, but present; first three leaves with assorted tears and losses, first leaf missing large section of bottom corner; tide mark at fore-edge and bottom edge of most leaves; scattered worming throughout entire text; old collator's notes at top edge of first leaf; foliated in pencil by a later hand. With the book-plate of the Theological Seminary Library, Gettysburg, Pa. on verso of front wrapper. ISTC io00018000; Goff O18; BMC I 141; GW 11912.William of Ockham (1287-1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. Along with Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus, he is one of the most prominent philosophers during the High Middle Ages.PROVENANCE:United Lutheran Seminary
[Incunabula] Hieronymi (St. Jerome)Epistolarum beati Hieronymi presbyteri omnes partes uno volumine contenteNuremberg, Anton Koberger, 12 Nov. 1495. Folio (322 x 233 mm). 374 leaves. Collation: (6), a-b6, d-z8, A-Y8, Z10. 66 lines, double column, headlines. Gothic type (type: 14:130G, 15:91G, 21:74G, 31:74Gr). Initials rubricated in red, some with extended marginal flourishes, capitals accented in red. Original full calf, decoratively stamped in blind, paper spine label, bosses and clasps wanting, boards rubbed and worn, lower front and rear joint starting, title and author in MS on fore-edge; vellum waste paper paste-downs, front excised, rear separated from board; first few leaves variously darkened and soiled; old ownership signature on recto of title-page, other marginalia in several hands on recto and verso of same; scattered soiling and darkening to text; bottom corner of leaf CCL creased; final leaves variously soiled and worn, scattered worming to same; old MS notes at bottom verso of final leaf. Book-plate of Theological Seminary Library, Gettysburg, Pa. (United Lutheran Seminary), on front paste-down. ISTC ih00174000; Goff H174; BMC II 440; GW 12434.Anton Koberger (1445-1513) was one of the most successful printers and publishers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Working primarily out of Nuremberg, he also operated presses in Basel, Strasbourg, Lyon, Paris, and other parts of Europe. At the height of his activites he ran over 24 presses and employed over 100 compositers, proof-readers, press-men, illuminators, and binders. During his long career he is credited with publishing over 200 titles, and helped to make Nuremberg one of the most prolific sites in the production of incunabula.PROVENANCE:United Lutheran Seminary
[Religion] Nicholls, WilliamA Comment on the Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, &c. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David...London: Printed for R. Bonwicke, W. Freeman, et. al., 1710. First edition. Folio. (viii), xx, (590), 71, (5) pp. Lacking engraved frontispiece portait. Full contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, stamped in blind and in gilt, red morocco spine label, boards rubbed and lightly blistered, light wear to extremities; all edges trimmed; old ownership signature at head of title-page, scattered minor spotting to text, repairs in gutter and bottom edge of pp. (113/114); armorial book-plate of Miles Bland, D.D., F.R.S. on front paste-down. Bound with:Sternhold, ThomasThe Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into Englsh MetreLondon: Printed for James Roberts, 1739. Reprint. (56) pp.Miles Bland (1786-1867) was an English cleric and mathematician, and fellow of the Royal Society, the Society of Antiquities, and the Royal Astronomical Society.
[Religion]The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church...Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson and W. Dawson, 1793. Tall folio. (50), 4, (346) pp. From the library of Hugh Cecil, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, and with his armorial book-plate on front paste-down. Full contemporary green straight-grain morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, red and green morocco onlay, front and rear joints rubbed, lower front joint starting, small stain at center of front board, light wear to extremities; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Griffiths 2, p. 206; ESTC T81290.Bound with:Brady, N., and N. TateA New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in ChurchesLondon: Printed by T. Wright, 1794. (46) pp. ESTC T81471.A lovely example of a contemporary binding.Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944) was an English peer, sportsman, and founding member and first president of the National Sporting Club and Automobile Association. During his lifetime he was one of England's wealthiest men, and is well remembered for his bon vivant lifestyle. Due to his liberal spending habits, his estate was auctioned in 1947, and is considered the largest English Country house sale of the twentieth century.
A quantity of books on wood engravers, Japanese prints and books and book collecting to include Eric Gill - The Song of Songs, Folio Society 2017, with an accompanying essay by Sebastian Carter and case as issued, Ravilious Engravings by Jeremy Greenwood, The Wood Lea Press 20087, with associated photograph, in slip case as issued, The Japanese print Its Evolution and Essence by Muneshge Nagasaki adapted by C H Mitchell, 1st Edition 1966, in slip case. The Colour of Prints of Hiroshige by Edward F Strange 1st Edition 1925, in slip case and others
AMUCHASTEGUI (AXEL)Some Birds and Mammals of South America... text by Carlos S. Andrade, 1966; Some Birds and Mammals of North America... text by Les Line, 1971; Some Birds and Mammals of Africa... text by Hilary Hook, 1979, FIRST EDITIONS, THE FIRST LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, THE OTHERS 505 COPIES, colour plates by Amuchastegui, original blue quarter morocco by Zaehnsdorf, slipcases, folio, Curwen Press for the Tryon Gallery (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Dugdale (Sir W) A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this realm, Robert Clavell, 1685, folio, calf; Hutton (W) The Battle of Bosworth Field between Richard the Third and Henry Earl of Richmond, second edition with additions by J Nichols. L, Nichols, Son & Bentley, 1813 and Hooker (Joseph Dalton) Muscologia Britannica, containing the mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, second edition, 1827 (3)
An interesting folio of prints including Raphael Sciaminossi (1572-1622), Edward Lear (British 1812-1888), Claude Goyrand (c.1620-1662) etc. CONDITION REPORT: Veduta Di Napoli - this engraving is a good impression but in very poor condition. Michael Pacinius - close trimmed and glued to paper ground. In reasonable condition.Piranesi - bad crease in upper section and tear centre right. Impression good. Other lesser prints and engravings have various faults. Recommend viewing.
English School, 19th centuryA Merchant Brigg entering the River Demerara, Guyanawatercolour18.5cm x 25cm;A gaff rigged yacht, close-hauledwatercolour12.5cm x 19.5cm, both unframed (2)Condition report: Unframed, bright colours having been stored in a folio. Both watercolours stuck down to card.
van Gogh, V. VINCENT VAN GOGH: THE SKETCHBOOKS Folio Society and the van Gogh Museum First edition, numbered 72/1000 There are four intact sketchbooks, and a number of loose leaves. The earliest sketchbook in the collection dates back to Van Gogh’s time in Nuenen in the Netherlands, and the last is the sketchbook he used in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, where Van Gogh spent his final days. The other sketchbooks contain work from Nuenen, Antwerp and Paris. The reproduction of these fragile originals is in the hands of The Folio Society, who have extensive expertise in the creation of facsimile editions of medieval and modern masterpieces. Folio case
Ornithology: Blackburn, Mrs [Jemima] Hugh - Birds Drawn from Nature, folio, half calf, with 40 only lithograph plates, Glasgow 1868; Ticehurst, Norman F - A History of the Birds of Kent, 8vo, cloth, 24 photographs and coloured folding map at rear, London 1909 and Witherby H.F. et al - The Handbook of British Birds, 5 vols, 8vo, cloth, London 1945 (7)
Anon - A late 19th century Irish manuscript "Hunting Diary" in 2 parts for the years 1886-7, folio, 22 and 9 pages in black ink, recounting events of various meets, from 2nd November 1886 Johnstown - "Opening meet of the Kildares" with descriptions of weather, terrain and numerous hunts throughout Co.Kildare, title page with family motto - "Haec Olim Meminisse Juvabit (This day we will [remember]), and Osbaldeston, George - Squire Osbaldeston: His Autobiography, 1st edition, 2nd reprint, qto, cloth, 16 colour plates, illustrations and folding maps, London 1926 (2)
Edwards, Lionel and Wallace, H.F. - Hunting and Stalking the Deer. The Pursuit of red, fallow and roe deer in England and Scotland ..., 8 coloured and numerous other plates and text illustrations, gilt cloth, roy, 4to, cheaper re-issue, 1930; St John, Charles - A Scottish Naturalist: the sketches and notes of Charles St John, 1809-1856, coloured plates and other illustrations, d/wrapper, 4to, 1982; together with 12 others on stalking and gamebirdsCONDITION: Edwards - sl. marks on cloth, some text foxing - o/w generally good, pencilled ownership name and ink inscription at front, the plts with captioned guards; others incl. Pollard's Game Birds and Game Bird Shooting. col. plts (Rickman) 1936 (2 copies), both with marks/fading to cloth; Coles's Game Birds (1983), col. f-page illus. and others (by Maurice Pledger) folio, v. good in d/wrapper
Miscellany of Natural History and Related including Ornithology, Plants and GardeningCONDITION: Includes: Arnold (E.C.) British Waders. cd. plts., gilt cloth, 4 vo. 1924 (cloth sl. marked, title and other spotting); Wood (J.G.) Insects Abroad. Being a popular account of foreign inscects ...........20 plts. and many other illus., gilt pict. cloth, thick med. 8 vo. (78opp), 1874 (cloth with sl. wear); Elgood (George S.) Italian Gardens.........1st edition, 1907. 52 coloured plts, gilt buckram, folio. (covers badly discoloured, o/w. good copy); 29 books in total
Allen, Thomas - The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain- A Series of Views from original drawings, 8vo, half calf with marbled boards, with fold out map, frontis of Canterbury Cathedral (foxed) and 52 plates, George Virtue, London, 1833; Greenwood, C - An Epitome of County History - Vol 1 - Kent, (all published), folio, blind stamped green cloth with gilt titling, with double-page hand -coloured map of Kent and 82 litho plates, London, !838 (2)
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