Lot 299
Incunabula leaves.- Good collection of 40 leaves from a wide range of incunabula, a few with woodcut illustrations, various places, various printers, 1470-1500.
Hammer Price: £6,500
Description
Incunabula leaves.- Good collection of 40 leaves from a wide range of incunabula, a few with woodcut illustrations, all identified and preserved in plastic sleeves in a loose leaf album, various places, various printers, 1470-1500.
⁂ A superb array of examples of fine early European printing, including:
1) Magni (Jacobus) Sophologium, Strassburg, Adolf Rusch ('the R-printer), 1470
2) Nicolaus of Lyra, Postilla super totam Bibliam, one 2-line initial in blue, Rome, Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1471
3) Bellovacensis (Vincentius) Speculum historiale, 4 3-line initials in red and blue, rubricated, Strassburg, Johann Mentelin, 1473
4) Ales (Alexander de) Super tertium Sententiarum, large initial in red and blue with purple ink decorative surround and marginal trail, 2 other smaller initials in red and blue, rubricated, Venice, J. de Colonia and J. Manthen, 1476
5) Thomas Aquinas, Catena Aurea Super Quattuor Evangelistas [Matthew c. 6], one 4-line initial in blue, rubricated, Basel, Michael Wenssler, 1476
6) Dante Alighieri, La Commedia, one 3-line (blue) and one 4-line (red) initial, rubricated, Venice, Vindelinus de Spira, 1477
7) Tortellius (Johannes) Orthographia, Treviso, Hermannus Liechtenstein for Michael Manzolus, 1477
8) Plutarch. Vitae Parallelae, bifolium, Venice, Nicolas Jenson, 1478
9) Biblia cum glossa, 2 leaves, Strassburg, Rusch for Koberger, 1480
10) Albius Tibullus, Elegiae, Reggio d'Emilia, Albertuis de Mazalibus with Prosper Odoardus, 1481
11) Higden (Ranulph) Polychronicon, rubricated and with ink annotations,
Westminster, William Caxton, 1482
12) Hyginus (Caius Julius) Poeticon Astronomicon, 2 woodcut initials, Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 1482
13) Biblia Germania (Psalms), large woodcut depicting King David playing a harp in contemporary hand-colouring, several initials in red, headline cropped, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1483
14) Botho (Conrad) Cronecken der Sassen, 3 woodcut portraits with coats-of-arms, 2 woodcut initials, ink annotations, Mainz, Peter Schoeffer, 1492
15) Schedel (Hartmann) Liber chronicarum, 2 leaves, both with woodcuts, one with large view of Hungary, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493
16) Book of Hours, use of Rome, printed on vellum with woodcut borders, red and blue initials heightened with gold, Paris, Antoine Verard, 1498
17) Maternus et al. Scriptores Astronomici Veteres, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1499
A full list is available on request.
Description
Incunabula leaves.- Good collection of 40 leaves from a wide range of incunabula, a few with woodcut illustrations, all identified and preserved in plastic sleeves in a loose leaf album, various places, various printers, 1470-1500.
⁂ A superb array of examples of fine early European printing, including:
1) Magni (Jacobus) Sophologium, Strassburg, Adolf Rusch ('the R-printer), 1470
2) Nicolaus of Lyra, Postilla super totam Bibliam, one 2-line initial in blue, Rome, Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1471
3) Bellovacensis (Vincentius) Speculum historiale, 4 3-line initials in red and blue, rubricated, Strassburg, Johann Mentelin, 1473
4) Ales (Alexander de) Super tertium Sententiarum, large initial in red and blue with purple ink decorative surround and marginal trail, 2 other smaller initials in red and blue, rubricated, Venice, J. de Colonia and J. Manthen, 1476
5) Thomas Aquinas, Catena Aurea Super Quattuor Evangelistas [Matthew c. 6], one 4-line initial in blue, rubricated, Basel, Michael Wenssler, 1476
6) Dante Alighieri, La Commedia, one 3-line (blue) and one 4-line (red) initial, rubricated, Venice, Vindelinus de Spira, 1477
7) Tortellius (Johannes) Orthographia, Treviso, Hermannus Liechtenstein for Michael Manzolus, 1477
8) Plutarch. Vitae Parallelae, bifolium, Venice, Nicolas Jenson, 1478
9) Biblia cum glossa, 2 leaves, Strassburg, Rusch for Koberger, 1480
10) Albius Tibullus, Elegiae, Reggio d'Emilia, Albertuis de Mazalibus with Prosper Odoardus, 1481
11) Higden (Ranulph) Polychronicon, rubricated and with ink annotations,
Westminster, William Caxton, 1482
12) Hyginus (Caius Julius) Poeticon Astronomicon, 2 woodcut initials, Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 1482
13) Biblia Germania (Psalms), large woodcut depicting King David playing a harp in contemporary hand-colouring, several initials in red, headline cropped, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1483
14) Botho (Conrad) Cronecken der Sassen, 3 woodcut portraits with coats-of-arms, 2 woodcut initials, ink annotations, Mainz, Peter Schoeffer, 1492
15) Schedel (Hartmann) Liber chronicarum, 2 leaves, both with woodcuts, one with large view of Hungary, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493
16) Book of Hours, use of Rome, printed on vellum with woodcut borders, red and blue initials heightened with gold, Paris, Antoine Verard, 1498
17) Maternus et al. Scriptores Astronomici Veteres, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1499
A full list is available on request.