Notes from Sotheby's : being a compilation of 2,032 notes from Catalogues of book-sales which have taken place in the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, between the years 1885-1909 / by Frank Karslake.

  • Karslake, Frank, 1851-1920.
Date:
1909
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Notes from Sotheby's : being a compilation of 2,032 notes from Catalogues of book-sales which have taken place in the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, between the years 1885-1909 / by Frank Karslake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    256/438 (page 224)
    Lodge (Thomas) The Divel Conjured, h. t, 1st Edn., A. Islip for William Mats in Fleetstreet at the Sign of the Hand and Plough, 1596 ; Wit’s Miserie, and the World’s Madnesse ; 1st Edn., A. Islip, and to be sold by Cuthbert Burley at his shop by the Roiall Exchange, 1596 ; sm. Ato. (June 11, 1900 ; 442). * Two excessively rare pieces of Thomas Lodge, the contemporary of Shake- speare. To the latter pamphlet Shakespeare is supposed to allude in Midsummer Night’s Dream, “ One sees more devils than vast Hell can hold.” A passage at page 40 begins “ They say likewise there is a Plaier Devil, a handsome sonne of Mammons.” &c. Lo Frasso (Antonio) Los diez libros de Fortuna d’Amor, woodcuts. Barcelona, Pedro Malo, 1573 (Mar. 21, 1905 ; 456). * “ This book, quoth the Barber, is, The twelve books of the fortunes of love, written by Anthony Lofrasso, the Sardim’call Poet. By the Holy Orders which I have received quoth the Curate ; since Apollo was Apollo, and the Muses Muses, and Poets Poets, was never written so delightful and extrava- gant a book as this ; and that in his way and vain, it is only one of all the books that have ever issued of that kinde to view the light of the world, and he th at hath not read it may make account that he hath never read matter of de- light.” Don Quixote, tr. Shelton, Part I,, Chap. VI. One of the rarest as well as the most important, of the books in Don Quixote’s Library. Loi Salique. La loy salicque qui est la premiere loy des fracoys faicte par le roy Pharamon premier roy de France faisant mencion de plusieurs droitz : croniques et histoires desditz roys de frace ; woodcut of the King seated and receiving seven docters, (. g., with the printe/s large armorial device, sm. Ato. Paris, Michel le noir, 1507 (Dec. 17, 1900 ; 688 ). * This treatise on the cpiestions disputed between successive French and English Kings was written between 1461 and 1471, as we may conclude from some words on leaf C 5 : “ ies deux roys dangleterre qui a present sont. Cest assauoir edouart et henry.” Lombardus (Petrus) Textus Sententiaz, i. g., fo. Basilise, Nic. Kesler (with shields), 1486 (May 18, 1903 ; 560). * One of the earliest examples of this press (Hain-Copinger, *10190). The latter is, however, wrong in stating that there should be 236 folios, though he gives the signatures correctly, making 232. This copy wants the blank leaf 158. Lommazzi (G. P.) Rime, con Vita, 7 Parts in 1 vol., L. P., Ato. Milano, 1587 (June 18, 1888 ; 1732). * This work of Lomazzi, a famous Milanese Artist, is very valuable for the History of Painting and Sculpture. Several of the Poems are in the Dialect of Milan and Gratiano, and in it are contemporary verses to the Author in Prench, Latin, Spanish, and Italian. London (Wm. Bookseller) Catalogue of the most Vendible Books in England, Orderly and Alphabetically digested, sm. Ato. 1658 (Mar. 24, 1909 ; 561).