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Incunabula & Leafs

Auction No. 86
Closed March 20, 1999
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446. Incunabula (Printed leaf), Guillaume Durand, Rationale Divinorum Officiorum (On the Meaning of Divine Order), Nuremburg, [1481]. 8 x 11". This work of the French canonist (1230-1296) discusses the origin and symbolic sense of Christian ritual and is acknowledged to be one of the great authorities on Western liturgy. This Incunabula period leaf is distinguished by the exuberant use of hand colored rubication, typical of Renaissance work. The printer, Anton Koberger, is among the most highly esteemed of German printers. (A) Illustrated at left. $80-100

The following three lots are very large (14 x 22) hand printed leaves from an Italian Book of Psalms, circa 1560. Each has a large, 3-line, decorative capital and is printed on both sides in red and black ink on heavy paper. They are museum mounted and matted.

447. 321. (A+) Illustrated at left. $150-200

448. 272. (A+) Illustrated at right. $150-200

449. 347. (A+) Illustrated at left. $150-200

450. Printed leaves (Pair of leaves), [1547-74]. 8 x 12". First from Q. Horatius Flaccus… Opera Dionysii Lambini Emendatus..., printed in Paris by J. Macaeus, in 1547. The second is from Consiliorum D. Guidonis Papae Doctoris…, printed in Frankfort, by George Corvinus, in 1574. Light foxing. (B) Illustrated at right. $50-60

451. Printed leaf (Liber V), Munster, Cosmography, Basle, [1568]. 7.5 x 12". (BW) Nice leaf with a woodcut illustration of one of Hannibal’s elephants, carrying several soldiers, on one side, and a battle scene on the verso. Light stain in margin. (A) Illustrated at left. $50-70

452. Manuscript Music Sheet, ca. 1700. 16 x 28". This is the largest, manuscript, vellum music sheet we’ve ever seen. It contains five line music and is decorated with hand-painted designs of a vine with tiny red flowers. A bit of soil, but overall very good. (B) Illustrated at right. $200-250

453. Indenture, 1732. 28.5 x 22". Large sheet of vellum, in full manuscript, with striking calligraphy including a royal crest. The document is a land transfer in England between Elizabeth Loyd and Richard Hollyman. Folded and complete with red wax seals and tax stamp. (A) $160-190

454. Bonds (Civil War Bond), Confederate States of America, 1861. 11 x 8". (BW) $50 bond with sixteen coupons. Early 1861 issue, #1469, from Montogomery Alabama, with a nice engraving of two ladies. Couple of light folds with some toning. (A) $175-200

455. Bonds (Civil War Bond), Confederate States of America, 1863. 11 x 8". (BW) A $500 bond, issue #949. Vignette of Memminger, CSA Secretary of Treasury. Includes 12 coupons. (A+) $120-150