. Monuments of early printing in Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, France and England, 1460-1500 . )v THE CLUB BINDERY. Paris. Pour Anthoine .$1, First French Edition and up to its time the most voluminousWork produced by any Paris Press. Brunei remarking on thissays. Although these five big volumes were printed in theshort space of eight months, they are so fine and uniform intheir printing, that the cleverest printers of today could notsurpass them. Tlie original Latin F^lition of the Work, printed by Mentelin in1473. at Strassbourg under the name of *^Speculum quadru
. Monuments of early printing in Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, France and England, 1460-1500 . )v THE CLUB BINDERY. Paris. Pour Anthoine .$1, First French Edition and up to its time the most voluminousWork produced by any Paris Press. Brunei remarking on thissays. Although these five big volumes were printed in theshort space of eight months, they are so fine and uniform intheir printing, that the cleverest printers of today could notsurpass them. Tlie original Latin F^lition of the Work, printed by Mentelin in1473. at Strassbourg under the name of *^Speculum quadruplex,Naturale, Doctrinale, Morale, Historiale, was a veritableEncyclopedia of 13th Century Art, Science, Philosophy and Traditionand contains many valuable extracts from Older Works now entirelylost or altered out of Resemblance. COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS 71. No. 119. MoHtor de Laniis. CURIOUS WORK ON WITCHES AND SORCERERS. 1489. 119. MOLITOR, ULRICH. De Laniis el Philonieis Mulieril) letter, 34 long lines to the page, with signatures butno numeration, 7 curious woodcuts, snuill Mo, ImII l)r()\vii enisliedlevant with line borders, gilt edges by BEDFORD. ( Flach. 1489.) -1^1 ; 00 The text in this Edition is more correcl in I lie Editionprinted the same year at Cologne. Tlie very (|uainl euls dei)ielingthe departure of the Witches for their Sabl)alii, their liu ant at ionsover the Cauldron, Witches riding Wolves, ete., are amongst theearliest Illustrations of Witchcraft known. An extremely fine Illustrations above and on page 72. iZracmm no lUufmffi mum pnncipcm V^nm ^t\i;i\\inX)\)idticcm ;): (amia crpbiromas mnlicnbijs perXllncum moliforis t>t; conltaiiria .(liidq txxrorcm a cmic parronfi. nd 1^/iioicm
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