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The Sunderland Library.
five letters . One great name belonging to Italian literature , Petrarch , and four great representatives of French literature , Moliere , Montaigne , Rabelais , and Racine , thus come into the list . The first edition of Petrarch ' s " Sonetti , Canzoni , et Trionphi , " Venice , 1470 , printed upon vellum , is perhaps the gem of this portion of the collection .
Five copies are said to have been printed upon vellum , but no sale of a copy has yet been chronicled . The first Aldine edition of Petrarch , 1501 , is also upon vellum . This is the first Italian book printed with the Italian characters of Aldus It was printed from an autograph of the poet supplied by Bembo , and is supposed to be a marvel of
correctness . Many other Petrarchs of equal rarity appear in the list . Moliere is scarcely represented , and of Racine there is no edition earlier than 1697 , Paris , D . Thierry . The earliest Montaigne is the fifth edition ( qy . fourth ) , the first with the third book , Paris , 1588 . There is however , a copy , of the excellent edition of 1595 , the most
authoritative in existence as regards text . Of Rebelais the rarest copy is No . 10 , 470 , " Lo Vie inestimable du Grand Gargantua , & c . On les vend a Lyon ches Fracoys Juste devat nostre Dame de Confort MDXXXV . " This is the earliest edition of the first book , which ,
however , comes second in order of publication . Twenty lots appear under the head of Rabelais . Among French books appears " La Mer des Histoires , 1488 . " Unfortunately the first volume lacks a title-page , and the fine engravings in the second volume have been coloured . The romance of " Milles et Arnys , " and a large paper copy of the first
edition of Mezeray ' s " Histoire de France , " deserve also to be mentioned . Two volumes of early " Mysteres" are sold with all faults . No early edition of " Paradise Lost" appears under the head of Milton , but there is the first edition of the the "Poems both English and Latin . " A copy of the " Works" of Sir Thomas More , 1557 , belonged
to More ' s son-in-law , Sir William Roper . A long list of editiones principles can be culled . Among the classical writers represented in this form are Musams , Ovid , Phsedrus , Pindar , Plato , Plautus , Pliny , Plutarch , Polybius , and Quintillian . The " Ordonnances de 1 'Ordre de la Toison d'Or , " no date , a copy on vellum with the arms of the
Duke of Burgundy , constitutes a desirable possession . Even more desirable is a vellum Pliny ( Venice , Nic . Jensen , 1472 ) , with illuminations , described as exquisite . The portion now offered is full of average interest , and the perusal of it is calculated to make the mouth of the amateur water . "
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The Sunderland Library.
five letters . One great name belonging to Italian literature , Petrarch , and four great representatives of French literature , Moliere , Montaigne , Rabelais , and Racine , thus come into the list . The first edition of Petrarch ' s " Sonetti , Canzoni , et Trionphi , " Venice , 1470 , printed upon vellum , is perhaps the gem of this portion of the collection .
Five copies are said to have been printed upon vellum , but no sale of a copy has yet been chronicled . The first Aldine edition of Petrarch , 1501 , is also upon vellum . This is the first Italian book printed with the Italian characters of Aldus It was printed from an autograph of the poet supplied by Bembo , and is supposed to be a marvel of
correctness . Many other Petrarchs of equal rarity appear in the list . Moliere is scarcely represented , and of Racine there is no edition earlier than 1697 , Paris , D . Thierry . The earliest Montaigne is the fifth edition ( qy . fourth ) , the first with the third book , Paris , 1588 . There is however , a copy , of the excellent edition of 1595 , the most
authoritative in existence as regards text . Of Rebelais the rarest copy is No . 10 , 470 , " Lo Vie inestimable du Grand Gargantua , & c . On les vend a Lyon ches Fracoys Juste devat nostre Dame de Confort MDXXXV . " This is the earliest edition of the first book , which ,
however , comes second in order of publication . Twenty lots appear under the head of Rabelais . Among French books appears " La Mer des Histoires , 1488 . " Unfortunately the first volume lacks a title-page , and the fine engravings in the second volume have been coloured . The romance of " Milles et Arnys , " and a large paper copy of the first
edition of Mezeray ' s " Histoire de France , " deserve also to be mentioned . Two volumes of early " Mysteres" are sold with all faults . No early edition of " Paradise Lost" appears under the head of Milton , but there is the first edition of the the "Poems both English and Latin . " A copy of the " Works" of Sir Thomas More , 1557 , belonged
to More ' s son-in-law , Sir William Roper . A long list of editiones principles can be culled . Among the classical writers represented in this form are Musams , Ovid , Phsedrus , Pindar , Plato , Plautus , Pliny , Plutarch , Polybius , and Quintillian . The " Ordonnances de 1 'Ordre de la Toison d'Or , " no date , a copy on vellum with the arms of the
Duke of Burgundy , constitutes a desirable possession . Even more desirable is a vellum Pliny ( Venice , Nic . Jensen , 1472 ) , with illuminations , described as exquisite . The portion now offered is full of average interest , and the perusal of it is calculated to make the mouth of the amateur water . "
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