Farfel Notebook 05: Leaves 317-396

Schr 4276 les memes 15 g.s.b: que un l'ed No. 4274 (c.1477) a la exception de la fig. 6 qui manque comme a l'ed. precedent (i.e H. Schonsperger 1483, H. 4896) Pas contre la fig. 14 se repete sur la page du titre: 22 diverses initiales. HEHL 86281 H.4894 GW6528 C. 1567 32 lines - type differs from mine (c. 1477) title of my leaf - Von de vierden venden was d'be + deuten sey vn was sein gestalt sey. then woodcut . (total of 5 pages) = in this volume my leaf is p. 28 + 29. d4+5 (of 8) colored woodcuts + initials. (15) The Game of Chess (Caxton) [inserted] 2nd book; in his own translation. [end inserted] is an English version of a text written originally in Latin by J. de Cessolia under the title Liber de Ludo Scaccorum. This work which was itself based on De Regimine Principiun: by AEgidus. Romanus was composed in the late 13 or early 14th C + was evidently very popular. Copy Bibliotheca Bodmeriana Ref Z240B922 Inkunabeln. #260 Both chess + du Cessolis' treatise enjoyed great popularity during the 14th + 15th C. In the 14th C. 2 French Translations were made. Cessolis interprets the pieces of a single side as representing the stations of society: the 5 major pieces embody their actual roles - king, queen, knight, judge (the modern bishop) + king's deputy (the modern rook) - while the 8 pawns are represented as woodsman blacksmith, wool merchant, money changer, doctor, innkeeper, watchman + a water-carrier.

319 N+N. Pavlov S.F. Book Fair Feb. '91 $12.50 (-10%) Angiolo Ambrogini Poliziano, Angelo Politianus, Angelus. ( 1454-1494) Opera (Ed. by Alexander Sartius) Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, July 1498 f0 (298 X 206 mm) Ref : Goff P886 HC 13218 Polam (B) 323 Oates 2184 BMC V559 2nd part - Opuscula - Y5 (of 10) Cop : UCal BL, HEHL, NYPL, PML, Stanford Lamia Y V 452 leaves, 232 blank. 4a : 381. + deadline. 216 (224) x 128 mm. Capital spaces t guide letters. Catch words. Types : 114 R - Aldine text type t accents, semicolons + commas. Capitals black + rather small, single Qu t very long straight tail ending in upward bend. M t sloping shanks, S leaning to right. In use 1495/6 - June 1499. Superseded by 115 R. 114 Gk cursive text type. In use Aug. 1496 to end of 1499. 327a, Lama ; 345a - 364b, praefatio in Homerum, and C. a-p8 gr10 st8; A-I8 K4; L-P8 QR10, S8 T10 V6 X10 Y10 Z8 +10 aa10 bb8 bb-hh8 ii6 kk10. Gimbles Cat. $176.50 the 1st ed. The spirit of Roman literature lives again in Poliziano.... Neither Statiusnon Ausonius produced more musical hexameters or expressed their feeling for natural beauty in phrases marked t more spontaneous grace ... What is remarkable about the Greek + Latin poetry of Politianus is that the flavour of the author's Italian style transpired in them. They are no mere imitations of the Classics. The reseat fluency of the Rime reappears in these prolusiones making it manifest that the 3 languages were used t equal facility. Polain fnc. 324i0 Plutarchi Cheronaci Amatoriae Narrationes Angelo Politiano Interprete. fnc 327 signe Y, i0, 11 inegales: Angeli Politian praelectio inpriora Aristotelis 11 Analytico, Titulus Lamia.

before - Plutarchi cheronei amatoriae narrationese gracco in latinum Part 1 - Epistoles (12) " 2.0 puscula HEHL 104158 2nd part - the Opuscula Angeli Politiani. Y' begins Angeli Politiani praelcction in priora Aristotelia Anglytica, Titulus Lamia to Y8, then, Angeli Politiani praelectio, cuititulus Panepistemon The rare 1st ed. + one of the most beautiful books from the Aldine press. The volume begins t the Epistolas lib xii (1st part) 1st ed. of Poliziano's work + "l'une des plus belle qui soient sortics de l'impremerie Aldine" Leaf Hg bears the 1st specimen of Hebrew type used by Aldus. also the 1st Hebrew type used in Venice A. Poliziano, the great Florentine humanist, was a friend + teacher of Lorenzo de' Medici. As this ed of his collected works, translations, + correspondence shows, he had achieved universal knowledge in all branches of scholarship known in his time. Poliziano's Miscellanea is a loosely joined series of conjectures on classical topics + texts set forth something in the style of the Elegantiae of his teacher, Valla, his only equal during the 15th c. philologists. Renowed as a poet in both Italian + Latin, Poliziano was tutor to the Medici children and an important figure in the circle of Neoplatonists in Lorenzo's court. Probably the 1st European to command ancient Greek. The 100 chapters of the Miscellanea are arranged Topically. The present ed. is the 1st collected works of Poliziano printed by Aldus. The author was one of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance, "chiefly memorable for the bridge which he built between the achievements of Petrarch + Boccaccio on the one side + Ariosto + Tasso on the other" The present collection contains Politian's classical translations + original Greek + Latin poems, not his writings in the vernacular. It contains the 1st specimen of Hebrew type used by Aldus (f. H8n).

(320 N+N. Pavlov S.F. Book Fair Feb '91 $57.50 (-10%)

Antoninus Florentinus (Florence 1389-1459) Canonized by Pope Adrian VI De censuris. De sponsalibus et matrimonio. in 1523. Venice: Johannes de Colonia + Johannes Manthen. 23 Sept. 1474. 4° 1st ed. Ref: Goff A 776. HC 1268 Pell 896 Polain (B) 276 IGI 604 BMC V 225. GW 2070 folio, 79 (80) Cop: HEHL, LC, NYPL. B. Nat. k5

136 leaves, the 1st blank. 2 col. 3a 40 lines, 155 - 6 x 104 - 6 mm. Capital spaces c guide letters. ab10 c-k8; 16 m-g8 ^6. Type 78G2 ornate Gothic text type. Plain I c single thorn. Dr. Haebler's M40. S c 2 internal hooks. Single hyphen. a complete act of plain majuscules profusely admixed. In use 1474-5. I, blank; 2a-84b, Tractatus de censuris. 90a-135b, Tractatus de sponsalibus et matrimonio.

J. de Colonia + J. Manthen - this partnership which is a reconstruction of that of J. de Colonia + V. de Spira (1471-3) produced more than 12 books in 1474 + continued in regular work until 10 Oct. 1480. (total about 80 books.)

HEHL - rubricated in red + blue (penwork not as elaborate) (89905) my leaf k5 -> leaf 80 near middle of volume tractus de censuris ends on k8 (cap. 101 is the last chapter) tractus de sponsalibus et de matrimonio. (37 chapters) Florentinus - philosopher + theologian. Archbishop of Florence He was canonized by Pope Adrian VI in 1523. Sat as papal theologian at the Council of Florence + had a great reputation for theological learning. His Summa theologica + Summa confusionalis are his best known works.

- 1st complete edition, preceded by a portion of the text printed in 1465. - Florentinus - made his novitiate in the Dominican Order at the same time as the 2 famous Florentine painters, Fra Angelico + Fra Bartolommeo. In 1436 he est. the renowned Convent of San Marco at Florence. - Comprises those sections from the Summa of Antoninus dealing t ecclesiastical censure (including excommunication) as well as betrothal + marriage (clandestine marriage was cause for ecclesiastical censure) 10 May 1480 Goff A777 HC 1270 Pell 898 Polain (B) 277 BMCV236 GW 2071 Copy : HEHL (89904) not rub. k5 - Type differs but wording the same) 154 X 105 mm Cap. spaces nearly all t guide letters practically a page for page reprint of 1474 41 lines Type 75G.