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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 13

Case X.—Specimens of Illuminations and sumptuous Printing

Case X.—Specimens of Illuminations and sumptuous Printing.

1.Cicero. Officiorum libri tres.—On vellum. Printed at Mentz by Fust and Schœffer, in 1466. The second edition of this work. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
2.Justinus's Abridgment of Trogus.—On vellum. First edition, printed at Venice by Jenson, in 1470. This copy page 20 formerly belonged to a member of the Donato family, the arms of which are represented in the initial letter C. on the first page. From the library of King George III.
3.Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius. Statii Sylvæ.—On vellum. First edition. Printed at Venice by Vindelin de Spira, in 1472. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
4.Cicero. Epistolæ familiares.—On vellum. Printed at Venice by Jenson, in 1475. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
5.Euclid' s Geometry, in Latin.—On vellum. Printed at Venice by Ratdolt, in 1482. The first edition, and one of the first books printed with diagrams. Presentation copy to the Doge Giovanni Mocenigo, to whom the edition is dedicated. From the library of King George III.
6.Virgil.—On vellum. Printed at Venice by Aldus, in April, 1501. The first book printed in Italic types, and the earliest attempt to produce cheap books. It has belonged to the Gonzaga family, and has the autographs of the two Cardinals, Ippolito and Ercole, as well as that of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
7.Martialis. Epigrammata.—On vellum. Printed at Venice by Aldus, in 1501. From the library of King George III.
8.Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius.—On vellum. Printed at Venice by Aldus, in 1502. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
9.Fichet. Rhetoricorum libri.—On vellum. Printed at Paris by Gering, Friburger, and Cranz, in 1471. One of the very early productions of the Paris press. A presentation copy to Pope Sixtus IV. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
10.Hours for the use of the Diocese of Paris.—On vellum. Printed at Paris by P. Pigouchet, about 1488. Purchased in 1848.
11.Hours for the use of the Diocese of Rome.—On vellum. Printed at Paris by P. Pigouchet, in 1493. Purchased in 1847.
12.Boccaccio. Des nobles et cleres femmes.—On vellum. page 21 Printed at Paris by Ant. Verard, in 1493. Henry VII.'s copy. From the old royal collection.
13.Les Chroniques de France.—On vellum. Printed at Paris by Antoine Verard, in 1493. Purchased in 1848.
14.Hours for the use of the Diocese of Rome.—On vellum. Printed at Paris by P. Pigouchet, in 1498. Purchased in 1842.
15.Heures à l'usaige de Romme.—On vellum. Printed at Paris by Ant. Chappiel, in 1504. (Format d'Agenda.) Unique in this shape. Presented by the Rev. J. Horner.
16.Missale ad Romane ecclesie usum.—On vellum. Printed at Paris, in 1517. This copy belonged to Charles III., Duke of Savoy, whose arms and portrait on horseback, illuminated, appear at the beginning of the volume. Purchased in 1838.
17.Galen. Methodus Medendi. T. Linacro interprete.—On vellum. Printed at Paris in 1519. A presentation copy from Linacre to Cardinal Wolsey. At the foot of the title-page a Cardinal's hat is painted, a blank space being left for Wolsey's arms. From the old royal collection.
18.Missale ecclesie Rothomagensis.—On vellum. Printed at Rouen by Martin Morin, in 1499. Purchased in 1851.
19.Aulus Gellius. Noctes Atticæ.—Printed at Florence by Giunta, in 1513. The presentation copy to Lorenzo de' Medici, to whom the book is dedicated, and the only copy known on vellum. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
20.Plautus. Comedies.—On vellum. Printed at Florence by Giunta, in 1514. Probably the presentation copy to Lorenzo II. de' Medici, to whom the book is dedicated. From the library of King George III.