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
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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.

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    Aremberg (Carolo de), Flores Seraphici, sive leones, Vitae, et Gesta Virorum illustrium ordinis fratrum minomm S. Francisci Capu- cinorum, qui ab Anno 1525 usque ad Annum 1612 in eodem Ordine Miraculis, ac vitae sanctimonia claruere compendiose descripta. 2 vols., 1st edn., with heautifvilly engraved title-pages and upwards of 180 engraved plates of Franciscan Fathers, each occupying an entire page, fo. ColonicB, \QA0-A2 (Nov. 16, 1885 ; 1407). * An invaluable book for the history of the Franciscan Order. The portraits are of full-length size, with backgrounds containing scenes relating to the life and works of the father represented. Among them we find Benedict Canfeld, an Englishman, and Father Archangel, a member of the noble Scottish family of Gordon. Aretino (P.) Cortigiana Comedia, woodcut portrait after Titian, Ato, Venetia, F. Marcolini per Sahio, 1534 (Jun. 18, 1888 ; 435). * Casali pronounces this first and rarest edition Rarissima. The date 1534 is correct. Brunet gives it erroneously MD.LXXXXIIII., that origin- ally printed is 1544, but one X in all copies has been designedly scratched out by the printer as an error. It was evidently printed in the same year as the Sette Salmi and in the same type. Passione di Giesu, con due canzoni, 4to. Vinegia, F. Marcolini per Sahio, 1534 (June 18, 1888 ; 437). * Pronounced by Casali “ Rarissima, ” The work was unknown to Fontanin Zeno, Mazzuchelli and biographers of Aretino. Argote de Molina (Gonz.) Historia del gran Tamorlan, fo. Sevilla, 1582 (Aug. 3, 1886 ; 440). * The real author of this romance was Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo ; Argote is only the editor and author of the explanatory discourse mentioned in the title-page. “ Ouvrage tres recherche des curieux.” says De Bure. Sold at Mr. Dent’s sale for £22 lyibro della monteria | qve mando escrevir | el mvy alto y mvy ponderoso | Rey Don Alonso de Castilla, y de Leon, | Vltimo deste nombre. | Acrecentado por Goncalo Argote de Molina | 34 woodcuts, sm. fo. Sevilla, 1582 (Dec. 6, 1905 ; 179). * Amongst the additions made by Argote there are accounts of sport in Mexico and S. America, and bull-fighting in Spain, with illustrations. Ariosto (L.) I Suppositi Comedia, in Venetia, 1596 (Mar 21, 1905 ; 324). * Mr. Hazlitt states that Shakespeare has shown an acquaintance with Ariosto’s I Suppositi, the results of which are seen in The Winter’s Tale and The Taming of the Shrew. Orlando Furioso, con cinque canti d’un nuovo libro, &c., wood- cut title and many beautiful woodcuts and pictorial letters, fo. Lione 1556 (July 29, 1901 ; 325). * A very early and important edition. At the end is a vocabulary of words by It. Dolce.