The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 13

Case VII.—Specimens of the Earliest Productions of the Printing Press in Italy and France

Case VII.—Specimens of the Earliest Productions of the Printing Press in Italy and France.

1.	Valturius. De re militari.—Printed by John of Verona in 1472. The first book printed at Verona, and the first dated book with woodcuts executed in Italy. Described in Bill. Spencer, iv. 43, and Supplement, p. 31. Purchased in 1775.
2.	Fazio. Dita mundi.—Printed at Vicenza, by Leonardo de Basilea, in 1474. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
3.	Biblia Sacra.—Printed at Piacenza, by Joan. Petrus de Ferratis, in 1475. The first book printed at Piacenza. From the library of King George III.
4.	Biblia Latina.—Printed at Naples, by Matthæus Moravus, in 1470. From the library of King George III.
5.	Le Livre du Roy Modus et de la Royne Racio.—Printed at Chambéry, in Savoy, by Anthoine Key ret, 1486. One of the earliest works on hunting, &c.; the Book of St. Alban's on the same subject, exhibited among the English specimens, being of the same date. From the library of King George IlI.page 14
6.	Portion of the First Hebrew Bible; with MS. Latin translation by Archbishop Cranmer.—Printed at Soncino, by Abraham Colorito, in 1488. From the old royal collection.
7.	Gasparinus Barzizius. Liber epistolarum.—Printed at the Sorbonne, in Paris, by Ulrich Gering, Michael Friburger, and Martin Crantz, in 1470. The first book printed in France. Purchased in 1848.
8.	L'Art et Science de Rhetorique.—Printed at Paris by Antoine Verard, in 1493. On vellum. Henry VII.'s copy. From the old royal collection.
9.	Traytte of god lyuyng and good deyng, etc. Translatyt in Parys the xiii day of May, of franch in Euglysh oon tliowsand v hondreth et iii zears.—Printed at Paris by Anthoine Verard, the 30th day of May, 1503. Presented by William Maskell, Esq.
10.	Lotharius. Tractatus quinque.—Printed at Lyons by Guillaume Eegis in 1473. The first book printed at Lyons. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
11.	Les Quatre Filz Aymon.—Printed about 1480 at Lyons. From the old royal collection.
12.	Berenger de la Tour. L'Amie des Amies—an imitation of the episode of Zerbino and Isabella, by Ariosto.—Printed at Lyons in 1558, by Granjon, in cursive characters, termed Caractères de Civilité, invented by him. From the library of King George III.
13.	Lotharius. Spurcissimi Sathanæ litigacionis contra genus humanum liber.—Printed at Vienne, in Dauphiny, by Johannes Solidi, in 1478. The first book printed at Vienne. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
14.	St. Augustine. Cité de Dieu.—Printed at Abbevillo, by Jehan Dupré and Pierre Gerard, in 1486. The first book printed at Abbeville. Purchased in 1850.
15.	Missale secundum usum Ecclesie Sarisburiensis.—Printed at Rouen by Martin Morin, in 1492. The first edition of the Salisbury Missal. Purchased in 1848.
16.	Missale secundum usum Ecclesie Sarisburiensis.—On page 15 "Vellum. Printed at Rouen, by Martin Martin, in 1497. This copy belonged to Cardinal Pole. Purchased in 1852.

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