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1054 [Church of Rome]
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BARCHIN, Hieronymus Paulus
- Practica Cancellariae Apostolicae cum
stylo & formis in Romana Curia usitatis, excerpta nuper ex Memorabilibus D. Hier. Pauli Barchin,
literarum Apostolicarum Vicecorrectoris [and] Provinciale omnium ecclesiarum cathedralium
universi orbis, cum cuiusque regionis monetae nomenclatura ac ualore, nuper ex libro Cancellariae
Apostolicae excerptum. Lyon, M. Bonhomme for V. de Portonariis, 1546, 8vo, old blindruled calf
(rebacked), fore-edge titled, 303-[1], [40] pp. Good copy.
€ 200/300
Very rare textbook for Church officials, describing the style used in forms and letters issued by the
Papal Chancellary. Pt. 2 is a survey of cathedral churches and their taxes due to Rome. Woodcut
mark of Portonariis on titles. In italics. Old ownership entry “le Comte Rupelmonde”. Old armorial
bookpl.
Ref.
SvGültlingen (Bonhomme) 83 & 86 = Baudrier V:484. Pettegree FB 81748. Ind. Aurel.
112.975. Not in Adams, BL.
~ The Duke of Roxburghe’s copy of a 16th-century pseudo-English romance ~
1055 COLET, Claude
- L’Histoire Palladienne, traitant des gestes & genereux faitz d’armes et d’amours
de plusieurs grandz princes et seigneurs, specialement de Palladien filz du roy Milanor d’Angleterre,
& de la belle Selerine soeur du Roy de Portugal (...). Paris, Estienne Groulleau, 1555, folio, 18th c.
gold-tooled calf (somewhat worn), gilt ruled borders with large central arms and crowned D & WS
cornerpcs, gilt spine on 5 raised bands (rebacked with the orig. backstrip preserved). Large margin
copy (occ. very minor foxing). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 5000/8000
First edition
, Groulleau’s own issue,
of Claude Colet’s posthumously published free adaptation
of the 1st part of the Spanish romance Florando de Inglaterra (Lisbon, 1545), which claimed an
unidentified and probably non-existent English original. Etienne Jodelle contributed a preface and
a poem “Aux cendres de Colet.” With
39 fine woodcut ills
in text (incl. 15 repeats), each in a
4-piece border of foliated and grotesque ornament, usually with a coat-of-arms in the lower border,
woodcut thistle initials, coming from the large stock of woodcuts made for the Amadis de Gaule,
published by Janot and Groulleau from 1540 to 1556. There are 4 different issues of the present
1st ed., all with Groulleau in the colophon, but other imprints and publishers’ devices for other
booksellers. Early owner’s name on the t.-p. (Herbert (?), see also leaf 84) and armorial bookpl.
of William Cavendish (1808-1891), 7th Duke of Devonshire. The arms on the covers are of John
Ker (1740-1804), 3rd Duke of Roxburghe. The cornerpcs were added c. 1812 for William Spencer
Cavendish (1790-1858), 6th Duke of Devonshire.
Ref.
STC French (BL), 335. Pettegree FB 40370.
Mortimer (French) 407 (Dallier issue). Not in Fairfax Murray, Rothshild.
1056 [Deventer imprint - Holy Land]
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HESE, Johannes de
- Itinerarius Joannis de Hese a Hierusalem
describens dispositiones terrarum insularum montium & auarum ac etiam quedam mirabilia &
pericula per diversas partes mundi contingentia lucidissime enarrans. Tractatus de decem nationibus
et sectis christianorum. Epistola Joannis soldani ad Pium papam secundum. Epistola responsoria
(...) Joannis presbiteri maximi Indorum & Ethiopum christianorum Imperatoris (...) Tractatus (...)
de situ & dispositione regionum & insularum totius indie. Deventer, Jacobus de Breda, 24 January
1504, 4to, mod. wr., [20] ff. Excellent copy, rubricated throughout.
Cfr. ill.
€ 2000/3000
Very rare early ed. (1st 1490) of a famous fictitious travel account to the Holy Land and further. It
survives in 5 mss. (1424-) and 11 early printed eds (1490-1565), often with revisions. “In a similar
vein with Mandeville’s travels, Hesse’s work provides the reader with a fantastic and extremely
engaging narrative - he encounters cannibals, pygmies, and a unicorn; sees a parting of the
sea, which enables him to reach a holy shrine; finds and visits the Garden of Eden; and spends
a significant amount of time visiting the legendary (and mythical) Prester John in his oriental
palace.” (Reese). It is above all a record of how a northern European might have imagined Asia
during the later Middle Ages. Blank capital spaces.
Ref.
NK 1217. Pettegree NB 14732. STC Dutch
(BL) 106. Not in Adams.