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PETRUS DE AQUILA (c. 1275-1361). Quaestiones super quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. [Speyer]: Peter Drach, 1480.
First edition, from the library of William Morris. Goff P-446.
Royal folio (390 x 286mm). Initials in red, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red, woodcut printer’s device at end, some contemporary quiring preserved (small wormholes in last 7 quires, touching some letters in last 3). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, bound at the Bamberg Minorite convent [Kyriss 6], metal corner- and centre-pieces, clasps, evidence of chainstaple, old paper spine label (cornerpieces missing on rear cover, rubbed). Provenance: Bamberg, Minorite convent of St Ann (inscription; binding) – William Morris (1824-1896; sold Sotheby's London, 7th December 1898, lot 128 to Downing; Kelmscott House bookplate).
At his death in 1896 the visionary designer and founder of the Kelmscott Press, William Morris, possessed a library described by the Times as ‘one of the most perfect of its kind ever formed’. Especially rich in incunabula – some 275 volumes – the library provided Morris with inspiration for his own creativity in design and typography. Attempts were made to buy the library en bloc by Fairfax Murray, the Rylands library, and others, but it was eventually bought by Richard Bennett, who retained a portion and sent the larger part to sale at auction in December 1898. Cf. Needham ‘William Morris: Book Collector,’ in William Morris and the Art of the Book, and on-line The Library of William Morris (https://williammorrislibrary.wordpress.com). H *1325; BMC II 491; BSB-Ink P-341; Goff P-446.
First edition, from the library of William Morris. Goff P-446.
Royal folio (390 x 286mm). Initials in red, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red, woodcut printer’s device at end, some contemporary quiring preserved (small wormholes in last 7 quires, touching some letters in last 3). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, bound at the Bamberg Minorite convent [Kyriss 6], metal corner- and centre-pieces, clasps, evidence of chainstaple, old paper spine label (cornerpieces missing on rear cover, rubbed). Provenance: Bamberg, Minorite convent of St Ann (inscription; binding) – William Morris (1824-1896; sold Sotheby's London, 7th December 1898, lot 128 to Downing; Kelmscott House bookplate).
At his death in 1896 the visionary designer and founder of the Kelmscott Press, William Morris, possessed a library described by the Times as ‘one of the most perfect of its kind ever formed’. Especially rich in incunabula – some 275 volumes – the library provided Morris with inspiration for his own creativity in design and typography. Attempts were made to buy the library en bloc by Fairfax Murray, the Rylands library, and others, but it was eventually bought by Richard Bennett, who retained a portion and sent the larger part to sale at auction in December 1898. Cf. Needham ‘William Morris: Book Collector,’ in William Morris and the Art of the Book, and on-line The Library of William Morris (https://williammorrislibrary.wordpress.com). H *1325; BMC II 491; BSB-Ink P-341; Goff P-446.
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