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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    * A splendid specimen of Venetian printing on vellum in the earliest days of typography. Probably unique, at any rate we are unable to trace the existence of another copy on vellum, Hain never saw a copy, even on paper. Coppinger gives a full collation but makes no mention of any copy on vellum, nor does it occur in Van Praet’s elaborate catalogue of books printed on vellum. [Austin (S.)] Naps upon Parnassus, 1658 (Nov. 16, 1885 ; 422). * Warton, in his History of English Poetry says of this little volume, “ In an old miscellany quaintly called ‘ Naps upon Parnassus ’ printed in 1658, there is a recital of the most excellent English poets, but there is not a syllable of the writer of VAllegro, II Penseroso, and Comus.” Avery (David, Chaplain to Col. Sherburne's Regiment) The Lord is to be Praised for the Triumphs of His Power, a sermon preached at Greenwich in Connecticut, on the 18th of December, 1777, being a general Thanksgiving through the United American States. Norwich {Conn.), Greene and Spooner, 1778 (June 9, 1902 ; 17). * The preface is dated “ Camp at Fish-Kill 2nd March 1778.” The sermon contains an interesting account of some events of the Revolution, and the author says it “ w^as first composed for the particular use and instruction of soldiers,” Aviendo entendido la materia que se controvierte sobri si se debe fortificar la boca del Rio de la ensenada del Dariel, y el desem- barcadero del Playon en el parage de los Cagos de las Cabacas, &c. —Aviendo prevenido en el Papel antecedente la mejor forma de assegurar los Puertos, &c. Ato. s. 1. a. a. (July 17, 1895 ; 102). * Written about 1 94 and printed in America, these tv^o rare tracts, not mentioned by Pinelo, relate to the exploits of the Buccaneers of America. Ayala (Pedro Lopez de) Coronica del Rey D. Perdo, fo. En Pam- plona, P. Porralis, 1591 (Aug. 3, 1886 ; 451) * The Chronicle of Peter the Cruel. He was deposed, but reinstated by Edward the Black Prince. His cruelties having again provoked his subjects beyond endurance, they once more took up arms against him under the lead- ership of Henry of Transtamare, his natural brother, who slew Peter wdth hs own hand in 1368. Aylett (Robert) Susanna : or the Arraignment of the Two Unjust Elders, a Poem, 1622 (Dec. 17, 1898 ; 108). * Mr. Heber bought this copy at Dr. Farmer’s sale in 1798, and it was pur- chased at his sale in 1834 by a former owner. Heber describes the little volume on the fly-leaf as “ extremely scarce, and no other copy, except that in the Huth Library, from the Sykes and Corser collections, appears to have occurred for sale. The latter is the only one cited by Lowndes ; but in Haz- litt’s Handbook, 1867,copies are said to be in the British Museum and Bodleian — a total of four altogether. For an interesting note on Aylett, see the Huth Catalogue. Aylmer (John, Bishop of London) An Harborowe for Faithfull and Trewe Subiectes, sm. Ato. Strashorowe, 1559 (Nov. 16, 1885 ; 431). * First edition of this treatise, written in answer to John Knox’s ” First blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women,” which gave such extreme offence to Queen Elizabeth. The Fuller-Russell copy sold for 15s.