- 4810
Vettori, Pietro (1499-1585).
Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Commentarii in librum Demetrii Phalerei de elocutione [with the Greek text and a Latin translation]. Florence: heirs of Bernardo Giunta, 1562, [20], 268, [12]pp., illustration: woodcut printer's device on title-page and final verso, woodcut initials, small section excised from title-page
Pigna, Giovanni Battista (c. 1530-1575). Poetica Horatiana. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561, [28], 90pp., ff. 16 (printed on one side of the leaf only), 17-28, [2]pp., illustration: woodcut device on title-page and final verso, woodcut initials
2 works in one volume, folio (314 x 201mm.), binding: sixteenth-century English blind-tooled calf, fifteenth-century english manuscript pastedowns (lifted), title lettered on foot of textblock (in such a way that the book must have been shelved foredge down), binding rubbed, calf detaching from boards, lower joint split at foot
2 works in one volume, folio (314 x 201mm.), binding: sixteenth-century English blind-tooled calf, fifteenth-century english manuscript pastedowns (lifted), title lettered on foot of textblock (in such a way that the book must have been shelved foredge down), binding rubbed, calf detaching from boards, lower joint split at foot
Provenance
Tho. Bingus, inscription on first title-page, possibly Thomas Byng (d. 1599), regius professor of civil law at Cambridge and master of Clare College, Cambridge, who had a good knowledge of Greek.
Literature
Censimento 16 CNCE 16158 & 38125; Pettas p.239
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Middle English religious or literary manscripts in private hands are rare. The pastedowns here comprise four substantial bifolia from a Middle English prose sermon on the Ten Commandments, with some incipits in Latin, written in the mid-fifteenth century in a textura hand, 26 lines in a single column. The text has quotations on the commandments from SS Augustine (here in ME form "seynt austyn"), Isidore ("ysodre") and Paul ("poule"), and is apparently similar to the texts in Salisbury Cathedral Library MS 103, ff. 190-200, which is itself a large and compendious sermon collection, probably much like the volume these leaves originally came from.