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Baptista Mantuanus.
Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- De mundi calamitatibus earumque cum causis tum remediis. Deventer: Richard Pafraet, 22 November 1497, 54 leaves, 30 lines, Gothic letter, 2- and 3-line initial spaces with printed guides, [HCR 2383; GW 3251: this is the only recorded copy in the British Isles]
- Paper
Baptista Mantuanus. De contemnenda morte carmen. (Deventer: Albert Pafraet, 7 July 1514), 8 leaves, woodcut of Death on title-page, [IA 112.591; Nijhoff-Kronenburg 2343], upper corner of A3-4 torn (not affecting text)
Baptista Mantuanus. Dive Lucie virginis et martyris Agon. (Deventer: Albert Pafraet, November 1515), 8 leaves, woodcut of St Lucy on title-page, woodcut initials, numerous contemporary annotations, [IA 112.622]
Dati, Agostino. [Elegantiolae] Dacus maior. Deventer: [Jacobus de Breda], 10 June 1497, 18 leaves (last leaf blank), 36 lines, Gothic letter, woodcut of the Four Evangels on title-page, [C 1906; GW 8115], one of only 3 complete copies recorded in ISTC
Murmellius, Johannes. In artis componendorum versuum rudimenta minimo labore pueris... Deventer: Albert Pafraet, [c. 1516], 14 leaves, woodcut of St Lucy on title-page, woodcut of Christ as Man of Sorrows on final verso, early manuscript annotations, [Nijhoff-Kronenburg 3588], upper corner defective with some loss of text
Bartholomaeus Coloniensis. Libellus. Elegiacus de septenis doloribus gloriosissime virginis Marie. [Deventer: Jacobus de Breda, c. 1512], 10 leaves, early manuscript annotations, [Nijhoff-Kronenburg 2375]
Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius. Liber in quo scribitur passio beati Romani Martyris et in eodem contra omnes gentilium deos sectasque et sacra disputatur. [Deventer: Richard Pafraet], 28 September [1503], 18 leaves (of 20), early manuscript annotations, [Nijhoff-Kronenberg 1770], lacking A4-5
Murmellius, Johannes. Florea dive virginis dei matris. [Cologne: heirs of Heinrich Quentel, 1508], 10 leaves, [VD16 ZV11249]
Prosper Tyro Aquitanus. Epigrammata. (Deventer: Albert Pafraet, October 1515), 30 leaves, woodcut portrait on title-page, [Nijhoff-Kronenburg 1764]
Joannes de Sacrobosco. Opus sphaericum. (Cologne: Heinrich Quentel, 1503), 33 leaves, woodcut diagrams, [VD16 J709, stating 45 leaves; BL copy with 37 leaves], incomplete, A6 repaired in margins, without final blank
Alanus ab Insulis. Alanus metricus in parabolis cum optima expositione. (Cologne: Heinrich Quentel, 1502), 24 leaves, [VD16 A1219]
Wollick, Nicolaus. Opus aureum musice castigatissimum de Gregoriana & figurativa atque contrapuncto simplici per commode tractans omnibus cantu oblectantibus utile & necessarium e diversis excerptum. (Cologne: Heinrich Quentel, 1508), 39 leaves, woodcut diagrams and music including a Guidonian hand, early manuscript annotations, some staves left blank, [VD16 W4343; RISM Écrits p.900]
12 works in one volume, 4to (192 x 130mm.), nineteenth-century half calf, upper hinge broken, some annotations shaved
Baptista Mantuanus. Dive Lucie virginis et martyris Agon. (Deventer: Albert Pafraet, November 1515), 8 leaves, woodcut of St Lucy on title-page, woodcut initials, numerous contemporary annotations, [IA 112.622]
Dati, Agostino. [Elegantiolae] Dacus maior. Deventer: [Jacobus de Breda], 10 June 1497, 18 leaves (last leaf blank), 36 lines, Gothic letter, woodcut of the Four Evangels on title-page, [C 1906; GW 8115], one of only 3 complete copies recorded in ISTC
Murmellius, Johannes. In artis componendorum versuum rudimenta minimo labore pueris... Deventer: Albert Pafraet, [c. 1516], 14 leaves, woodcut of St Lucy on title-page, woodcut of Christ as Man of Sorrows on final verso, early manuscript annotations, [Nijhoff-Kronenburg 3588], upper corner defective with some loss of text
Bartholomaeus Coloniensis. Libellus. Elegiacus de septenis doloribus gloriosissime virginis Marie. [Deventer: Jacobus de Breda, c. 1512], 10 leaves, early manuscript annotations, [Nijhoff-Kronenburg 2375]
Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius. Liber in quo scribitur passio beati Romani Martyris et in eodem contra omnes gentilium deos sectasque et sacra disputatur. [Deventer: Richard Pafraet], 28 September [1503], 18 leaves (of 20), early manuscript annotations, [Nijhoff-Kronenberg 1770], lacking A4-5
Murmellius, Johannes. Florea dive virginis dei matris. [Cologne: heirs of Heinrich Quentel, 1508], 10 leaves, [VD16 ZV11249]
Prosper Tyro Aquitanus. Epigrammata. (Deventer: Albert Pafraet, October 1515), 30 leaves, woodcut portrait on title-page, [Nijhoff-Kronenburg 1764]
Joannes de Sacrobosco. Opus sphaericum. (Cologne: Heinrich Quentel, 1503), 33 leaves, woodcut diagrams, [VD16 J709, stating 45 leaves; BL copy with 37 leaves], incomplete, A6 repaired in margins, without final blank
Alanus ab Insulis. Alanus metricus in parabolis cum optima expositione. (Cologne: Heinrich Quentel, 1502), 24 leaves, [VD16 A1219]
Wollick, Nicolaus. Opus aureum musice castigatissimum de Gregoriana & figurativa atque contrapuncto simplici per commode tractans omnibus cantu oblectantibus utile & necessarium e diversis excerptum. (Cologne: Heinrich Quentel, 1508), 39 leaves, woodcut diagrams and music including a Guidonian hand, early manuscript annotations, some staves left blank, [VD16 W4343; RISM Écrits p.900]
12 works in one volume, 4to (192 x 130mm.), nineteenth-century half calf, upper hinge broken, some annotations shaved
Provenance
Ampleforth Abbey Library, bookplate on inside front cover and library stamp on flyleaf
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
Wollick (or Volkyr de Serouville) studied music at Cologne University and his treatise on practical music, first published by Quentel in 1501, is one of the earliest German works on musical composition.
Although the binding on this volume is fairly modern, it seems very likely that the contents have been bound together for several centuries as they are from the same few printing houses and have annotations in the same or similar hands.