Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . cto of X viij is thecolophon—in four lines, ending thus : Argii. impressus. Anno dni Ixxxix. finit feliciter. This elegantly bound and well conditionedcopy was obtained from the library of St. Peters monastery at Salzburg. 1159. Landini : Formulario di Lettere, &c.{Printed at Florence.) Without Date. Quarto. Although there be no colophon to this elegant little volume (heremuch diminished in size b
Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . cto of X viij is thecolophon—in four lines, ending thus : Argii. impressus. Anno dni Ixxxix. finit feliciter. This elegantly bound and well conditionedcopy was obtained from the library of St. Peters monastery at Salzburg. 1159. Landini : Formulario di Lettere, &c.{Printed at Florence.) Without Date. Quarto. Although there be no colophon to this elegant little volume (heremuch diminished in size by the tools of some former binder) yet thefirst glance of the style of art, in the frontispice, clearly stamps it to bethe production of a Florence Press. As this frontispiece exhibits anelegant specimen of art, strongly similar to what is seen in vol. ii. pages299-301 of the Bibliographical Decameron, it may be worth submittingit to the readers notice—as illustrative of the early history of decorativeprinting. The following title precedes it. MISCELLANEOUS. KJ5 €1 Formiilario dilettere & di orationi uolgare con laproposta & risposta coposto per Christophoro The reverse is blank. The work begins on the recto of the followingleaf, a z, with a fuller title thus, in six lines : Formulario di epistoleuulgare missiue & responsiue & altri fiori di ornati parlamenti alioexcelso & illustrissimo principe signore Hercule da esti dignissimo ducadi Ferrara: Composto per Christophoro landini ciptadino di Firenze:dignissimo commentatore di Dante, &c. The signatures run in body of the work ends on the recto of / 4. Then follow fourleaves of Suprascriptiones et Subscriptiones Litteranim copy is elegantly bound in dark blue morocco by C. Lewis. ]6G MISCELLANEOUS. 1160. Laudivius. Vita Beati in 14/3, at Naples. Folio. An address from the author (who was a Knight of Jerusalem) toFranciscus Beltrandus Barchinonensis, occupies the recto of
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