old red mor., gt. pyramids on sides, gt. back, gt. flowered end-papers, g.e., Venetiis apud Aldum, 1509, 8vo. (3341), Nov. 2, Sotheby Ellis, £8 5s. Horatius. Poëmata Omnia, Aldine anchor on title and last leaf, margins ruled in red, green crushed mor., tooled inside borders, g.e., by Niedrée (lower margin of last leaf restored), Venetiis, Aldus, 1527, sm. 8vo. (309), Nov. 25, Hodgson Davis & Orioli, £4 17s. 6d. Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). Opera a Dionysio Lambrino Monstroliensi ex fide decem librorum manuscriptorum emendati (the headings of a few 11. slightly defective, inner margin of first title repaired, second title backed, a few words damaged by stains), 2 vol., old red mor. gt., consisting of a panel with a central gt. ornament within an ornamental border of birds and foliage, gt. back, Venetiis, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F., 1566, 4to. (41), Nov. 9, Sotheby Tregaskis, £4 5s. Horace. Odes, containyng much Morallity and Sweetnesse, selected and translated by Sir T. H[awkins], engraved title, green levant mor. ex., g.e., by W. Pratt, the Miller arms in gold on sides, fine copy, A. M. for Will. Lee, 1625, sm. 4to. (97), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £100 [Hodgson, Jan. 19, Lot 1131, 12m0. ed., £4 4s.] Horatius. Poëmata, illustrata a J. Bond, engraved title, purple straight-grain mor. ex., elegantly tooled back, g.e., by Simier, a pretty copy, Amst., D. Elzevir, 1676, 8vo. (313), Nov. 25, Hodgson Quaritch, £5 10S. Horace. Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera, second issue, text engraved, 2 fleurons, 2 fronts., 225 illustrations, vignettes and culs-de-lampe, 2 vol., contemp. red mor. gt., the sides elaborately tooled in gold to a cottage pattern, decorated with crowns, harps, acorns, flowers, etc., g.e., Iohannes Pine, 1733-7, 8vo. (615), April 18, Sotheby Edwards, £20 [Hodgson, Nov. 25, 13; Sotheby, March 1, £6 15s.; June 20, £4 15s.; June 26, £5 IOS.] Horatius. Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera, first or "post est ed., plates, 2 vol., red mor. gt., in the so-called "cottage style, consisting of a panel with inlays of various col. leathers ornamented with delicate sprays of foliage, the background powdered with dots, forwarding, marbled paper, London, John Pine, 1737, 8vo. (385), March 1, Sotheby Michelmore, £61 [A fine example of an Irish binding.] Horatii Opera, fronts. and vignettes by J. Pine, 2 vol., crimson mor. ex., g.e., fine copy, 1733-37, 8vo. (470), Nov. 24, Sotheby Tregaskis, £12 IOS. [May 18, £8; July 13, £6; American Art Association, Dec. 20, $125.] Horatius [Opera], beautifully bd. in contemp, blue mor. ex., richly tooled borders, etc., with tooled centre-device, g.e., in choice state, Glasguæ, R. Foulis, 1756, sm. 8vo. (316), Nov. 25, Hodgson Bain, £5 5s. Horatius [Opera], elegant headpieces engraved on wood by [One of two copies printed on vell., and with movable characters, used afterwards by Didot for his stereotype ed.] Horace. The Works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, illustrated chiefly from the remains of Ancient Art, with a Life by the Rev. Henry H. Milman, woodcuts and borders in various colours, full citron levant mor., the front cover decorated with a reproduction of the title border of the first book of Carmina, enclosed within mosaic borders of blue, green and maroon, the back cover having a copy of the col. title of the Epistles, enclosed within Etruscan borders, the back of the book elaborately inlaid in various colours and handsomely tooled, the doublures are of the same mor. as the covers, with broad panels inlaid in green, red, purple and blue, the front one having a gold medallion of Horace in the centre, the doublures are different in design, being reproductions of title borders in the book, silk ends, g.e., bound for Mr. Avery by CanapeBelz and tooled by Domont, London, John Murray, 1849, 8vo. (356), March 1, Anderson Galleries $125 En [A magnificent specimen of modern French binding, most elaborately and appropriately decorated. closed in a green mor. case. With the S. P. Avery bookplate.] Horace. Traduction en Vers (avec Notes et Commentaires) par Comte Siméon, ports. and vignettes, 3 vol., crimson French levant mor. ex., gt. backs, broad tooled borders on sides and centre ornaments, joints, g.t., by Chatelin, Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873-4, 8vo. (419), Nov. 15, Sotheby Maggs, £12 Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, ad usum Parisiensis cum Kalendario, illuminated Manuscript on vell. [French xvth cent.], 187 11. (8 by 6 in.), written in neat gothic characters, 15 long lines to a page, Calendar written in gold, red and blue, hundreds of large and small ornamental initials and considerable textual decoration of bar-pattern, in superb condition throughout, with unusually wide margins, modern brown mor. ex., blind tooled scroll and gt. line borders in antique style, brass clasps, gt. gauffred edges, c. 1450, 4to. (369), Dec. 13, Sotheby Stanton, £410 [A fine example of the best style of the French illuminator's art of the period.] Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, cum Kalendario, illuminated MS. on vell. [Flemish xvth cent.], 270 ll. (31% by 2§ in.), written in neat gothic characters, 13 long lines to a page, richly illustrated with 15 arched miniatures within full borders, illuminated initials and borders and an extraordinarily large number of marginal paintings, all very finely painted in gold and colours, modern binding of blue g.e., [An exceedingly fine example of the best style of the Flemish illuminator's art of the latter end of the xvth century.] Horæ ad usum Romanum, MS. on vell., 138 II., long lines, 19 to a page, written in a bold gothic hand, Calendar within borders showing the occupations of the month, 15 large miniatures, black mor., by Bauzonnet-Trautz, Flemish, late xv. cent., sm. 4to. (71 by 51 in.), (232), Dec. 2, Sotheby Edwards, £150 Hora Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, cum Calendario, richly illuminated Dutch Manuscript on thin vell. (129 ll., 6 by 4in.), written in neat gothic characters, long lines, 16 to a full page, every page decorated with borders of floreate branches and having small circular medallions of peacocks and other birds, animals, flowers, etc., 21 large and finely painted and illuminated miniatures, old French green mor., Sæc. xv., sq. 8vo. (580), Jan. 17, Sotheby Hertzberger, £96 [A very richly decorated Dutch or Flemish MS., the miniatures and decorative details being the work of a superior artist.] Hora Beatæ Mariæ Virginis Secundum Usum Sarum, etc., cum Calendario, richly illuminated Manuscript on vell. (74 11., 13 by 9 in.), written in bold lettres bâtardes, double columns, 26 lines, red and black, in modern oak bds. with brass bosses, mor. back (from T. W. Bramston's library), late Sæc. xv., folio (578), Jan. 17, Sotheby Maggs, £57 [A fine Sarum MS., with several Yorkshire commemorations.] Hora Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, cum Calendario, fifteenth century Manuscript in Latin of French workmanship, written in gothic characters, Calendar in blue and red, prayers in black, on 145 ll. of vell., 6 by 4 inches, with 13 beautiful miniatures, green velvet, with brass clasp, gt. gauffred edges (back worn over cords and at edges, corners rubbed), xvth cent., 8vo. (555), Dec. 20, American Art Association $102.50 [Beautiful specimen of French illumination of the fifteenth century, in excellent condition. A prayer on last leaf for nre cōgregationis fratres would indicate that the book was written for one of the French monasteries.] Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, cum Calendario, fifteenth century Manuscript in Latin and French, written in gothic characters in black, with Calendar in blue, red and gold, on 128 11. of vell., 63 by 4 inches, with 8 large miniatures with broad floriated borders, olive-green mor., by Le Gascon (binding rubbed and with a few small breaks at $100 edges, back faded), xvth cent., 8vo. (556), Dec. 20, American Art Association Horæ B. V. M., cum Calendario. Incipit officiù beatissime virginis marie secudum ɔsuetudinez romane curie, printed on vell., in red and black, long lines, 14 to a page, 226 11. [Hain-Copinger 11986, who gives 224 11.; Proctor 9501], 7 pages within fine scroll borders introducing flowers and fruit relieved with gold dots, these pages all have initials painted in gold and colours, 17 other large initials painted in colours on a gold ground, with painted border of scrolls and flowers, a large number of other initials in gold on a blue and red ground (the marginal decoration in some cases cut into, a hole in the blank margin of the last leaf, apparently an original defect in the vell.), old brown mor., gt. panel tooling on sides, with centre and cornerpieces, gt. back, brass catches and clasps, g.e., fine copy, Valencia [? Nicolaus Spindeler], 7 Nov., 1486 (470), April 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £185 Heures a Lusage de Paris. [Title, with Pigouchet's mark] Ad vsum Parisiensem, printed on vell. in lettres bâtardes, double columns, 25 lines, 91 11. (wanting one leaf, sign. L 4), (8 by 5 in.), printed within borders, sixteenth century black cf., with a small roll pattern, rebacked and with the leather ties renewed, fine copy, [colophon] Ces presentes heures a lusage de Paris furent acheuees le premier iour de decembre mil quatre centz quatre vingtz et vnze par Philippes pigouchet imprimeur demeurant en la rue de la harpe deuant saint cosme en lostel du colliege de dinuille. Qui en vouldra auoir il en trouuera audit lieu et deuant saint yues a lenseigne du pellican en la rue saint iaques, Paris, P. Pigouchet, 1 Dec., 1491, sm. 4to. (83), June 22, Sotheby Collyer, £42 This is [Collation: A 8-K 8, L7 (wanting L 4), M 4. the first Book of Hours printed by Pigouchet, and was published by him in conjunction with Geoffroy de Marnef, whose device in some copies is printed on the last pagehere blank. It is of great importance, as showing Pigouchet's first attempts and settling the plan on which his subsequent editions were built up. The general arrangement and many of the border-pieces are copied from the very rare Heures a lusaige de Rōme, with vignettes printed on copper, issued by Jehan du Pré, 4 Feb., 1488-9.] Heures a Lusaige de Rōme, lit. goth., printed on vell., ornamented with 18 large woodcuts with architectural backgrounds, Pigouchet's device and 30 smaller woodcuts, all most beautifully painted and illuminated by a contemp. artist of the highest skill, within elegant woodcut borders composed of sacred and grotesque subjects, including the Dance of Death, 2 11. (E I and E 8) wanting, in a fine French binding of the xvith century of red mor., gt. centre-pieces on sides surrounded by ornaments of gold stars, the corners and back decorated with stars in the style of Nicolas Eve, a charming vol., Acheuez le XVI. jour de Septembre, 1498, pour Simon Vostre, sm. 4to. (579), April 18, Sotheby Ellis, £42 Heures a Lusaige de Rome. [Title, with Pigouchet's mark] Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Rome furēt acheuez le xvi. iour de Septembre. Lan Mil cccc.iiii. xx. et xviii. Pour Simon vostre, libraire demourant a Paris a la rue neuue nostre dame a lymage Sainct Jehan leuangeliste, printed on vell. in lettres bâtardes, long lines, 27 to a page, 96 11. (8 by 5§ in.), printed within borders, sixteenth century Lyonnese binding, brown mor., with large centre and corner ornaments on sides, gt. back, with stamp of a bird (3 variations) within panels, gt. gauffred edges (back very slightly defective), a very fine copy, Paris, P. Pigouchet for S. Vostre, 16 Sept., 1498, sm. 4to. (85), June 22, Sotheby Dobell, £98 [This ed. is an example of French Books of Hours at their finest, and this is a beautiful copy.] Heures a Lusaige de Romme. [Title, with Pigouchet's mark] Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme furēt acheuees le xxv. iour de Feurier. Lan. M.CCCC.iiiixx. et dixsept. pour Simon vostre libraire: demourant a Paris a la rue neuue nostre dame a lymaige sainct iehan leuangeliste, printed on vell. in lettres bâtardes, long lines, 26 to a page, 90 11. (67 by 4 in.), printed within borders, modern crushed black mor., g.e., Marius Michel, Paris, P. Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, 25 Feb., 1497 (1498), 8vo. (84), June 22, Sotheby Ellis, £40 [The anatomical man with dotted background had been substituted for the earlier design in, or before, August, 1497. The last cut of the series is the first of the new pictures with dotted backgrounds added by Pigouchet in the course of 1498. The other cuts belong to his second set of Horae cuts, which he began to use in October, 1495. A fine copy. The initial letters are coloured and illuminated; the pictures and borders uncoloured.] Heures a Lusaige de Amiens. [Title, with Pigouchet's mark] Ces psentes heures a lusiage de Amiēs: tout au log sans reqre ont este faictes pour Simō Vostre. Libraire: demourant a Paris a la rue neuue nostre dame, a lēseigne Sainct Jehan leuägeliste, printed on vell. in lettres bâtardes, long lines, 21 to a page, 140 11. (6 by 4 in.), printed within borders (a minute hole through 3 11.), seventeenth century French citron mor., gt. tooled border, panel with large diamond-shaped centre-piece and cornerpieces of fine sprays and flowers, back tooled to a similar design within a panel, g.e., in padded slip-case, Paris, P. Pigouchet for S. Vostre, n.d. [Almanac for 1502-20], c. 1501, 8vo. (86), June 22, Sotheby Dobell, £52 [The cuts are the same (with five additions) as those used in the Heures de Rome of 25 Feb., 1497. A fine copy. Both the cuts and the borders are col. The |