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my leaf Qiii XXXV (in red 331 Q1111 QV rub. in red + blue sig. HEHL #97240 Goff G-386 A. Koberger Nov. 30, 1493 HC. 7913 Causa XXV - Questio 1-10. Questio 4 - short, only 21 lines. " 5 - long - 3 pages of 62 lines. DE gradibus vero conaan guinitatis quomodo computadi sunt: beatus isidorus sie loquitm. Quo sunt ? putadi grad 9 affinitatis (in red)

483 Dawson's Los Angeles Feb. '98 $50 See #225 Edmund Spencer (c. 1552-1599) The Faerie Queene Ashendene Press - 1923 Copy HEHL, Stanford Biblio. XXXII. The Faerie Queene Disposed into 12 books Fashioning XII morall Vertues by Edmund Spencer. md CCCCXXIII Printed at the Ashendene Press, at Shelley-House, Chelsea in the county of Middlesax by C. H. St. J. Hornby asisted by I. Jenkins, compositor + G. Faulkner, Pressmen. - begun Jan. 1932 - ended Nov. 1923. 180 copies paper, 12 vellum (for sale at 105 guineas) folio [A] 4 leaves; B-Z, AA, BB in eights; CC b leaves (435x300 mm) Stanford Typo Colection Z 239.2 A8S74f Pp viii + 408. text of Faerie Queene pp 9-406. Shoulder notes + verses at the head of each Cnato are printed in red + the large initials in red+ blue alternately. 2 col. on Batchelor paper bearing the Knight in Armous watermark. large initials designed by Graily Hewitt

HEHL #132637 paper copy Z1 (of 8) p. 337 - The Sixte Book of Faerie Queene - Z8 (of 8) p. 351 - The VI Book Ca. iij 33-42 Text with minor alterations is that ed. for the Oxford Univ. Press by J.C. Smith + is based on a collation of the Quartos of 1590 + 1596 + the folio of 1609. VI Booke - ends on p. 394

Franklin p. 240 Franklin says that, along with the "Minor Poems" this is the masterpiece among the impressive Ashendene folios. He says,

Spenser's large folios were the last in Subiaco + the best. - Subiaco type - first used - Lo Inferno di Dante, 1902. - in some cases the initials were not printed but instead spaces were left for the scribe to add them by hand afterwards. - 2nd type face added in 1925 -Ptolemy - used in the Don Quixote published in 1927. -total of 10 types used at the press. 7. Subiaco, Great Primer Roman 8. Ptolemy " " " These 2 faces were especially designed for the Ashendene Press. - The 6 books which Spencer completed (of the projected 12) exhibit the virtues of Holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Frenship Justice + Courtesy. 40 - 1590 - first 3 books published. 40 - 1596 - the 6 book Faerie Queene was published with some revisions in the 1st part + a changed ending to part 3 folio. 1609 - the so-called "Mutability Cantos" first appeared.

XXXV 1925 Spenser's Minor Poems - This book is the last of the Ashendene Press folios printed in the Subiaco type. - The Faerie Queene was conceived as a work of 12 books, each of which was to have portrayed, in the person of its leading knight, one of the 12 private moral virtues: the work as a whole to be unified by the figure of Prince Arthur, the 'image of a brave knight', in whom all these virtues were perfectec. Gloriana, the Faerie Queene, signifies both the abstract concept of Glory + Queen Elizabeth in particular. Drawing heavily from the chivalric romances, Spencer has Prince Arthur see hes in a vision + determine to seek her out in Faeryland.

484 Dawson's Los Angeles Feb '98 $35 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) Don Quixote Ashendene Press - 1927 Copy: HEHL, Stanford. Biblio. XXXVI Don Quixote - transl. by Thomas Shelton + 1st printed by William Stansby in the year 1612. The Shelley House. Chelsea in the County of London MXmxxvii printed by St. John Jornby assisted by G. Faulkner pressman + I. Jenkins compositor - begun Nov. 1925, ended May 1927 - initials + borders - designed by Louise Powell + cut on wood by W. M. Quick + Geo H. Ford. - paper by J. Batchelor + son of Ford Mill. Little Chart, Kent 225 on paper, 20 on vellum (17 for sale at 75 guineas each vol.) folio. [A] 8 leaves; B-X, Z in sixes; AA 4 leaves Pp. 2 + x + 260 (428x300 mm) text of history pp 1-256 these 2 vol. were the 1st to be printed in his new Ptolemy type. Hornby used it for 3 other late productions of the press before it closed in 1935. - Jowett's translation of Thucydides, the Amours (See #493) Pastorales de Daphnis + Chloe + his Bibliography.

Stanford Ashendene Press Bibliography Typo Collection Gurst Z 239.2 A8Z9 f. Z 239.2 A8 C41 f -paper HEHL #255292 2. vol. on vellum - loose leaves The First Booke of the p. 12 Delightful Historie his leadof the most Ingeniousn Knight Don - Quixote - might execute Chap. 1 Wherein is rehearsed in red the calling, and exercises of the renowned gentleman missing from my leaf T HERE Lived - Don Quixote of the Manche leaf - trial sheet The Frist book Chapt: I page 2 The First Book Chapt. IV Page 11 - 1st book, total of 8 chapters. Chapter IV. Of that which befell to out Knight, after hee had departed from the Inne. - 2nd book begins on page 29. p. 12 The First Booke in red missing from my leaf. Chap. IV. Of that which -

These 2 volumes taken together constitute the longest Ashendene publication + the most expensive one to produce. Emery Walker's new typeface, derived from the font used for the 1482 Ptolemy printed in Ulm, was a much lighter more elegant letter than the earlier font, "the denser Subiaco.

485 P. J. Pirages L.A. Bookfair Feb. '98 $125

France - MSS on vellum - 15th C (late)

Written in French, lettre batarde, single column, 32 lines, brown ink, ruled in red. Capitals touched with yellow. 2+4 line initials alternating in red + blue, each with red or brown penwork. 26x19cm. (19.1x13.3 cm)

A legal compendium related to ships, giving jedgements in cases involving rules of navigation.

From the bastard hand of the late 14th C there developed in England 2 distinct varieties of Gothic script 1) a small Court Hand - came into being early in the 15th C + gave rise a century later to English Secretary (Old English) 2) Several large Special Hands - emerged late in the 15th C + were restricted to use for certain sections of public + private business (Legal, Chancery etc.) These special hands, all Court hands are peculiar to England.

-As the use of Latin for legal transactions almost entirely How to Read Old Documents superseded the Normal-French language after the reign of Edward III (1327-1377) very few old deeds are met with in the latter language. - Late 17th C. or early 18th C - often written in English. - About the end of the 15th C, English began to be used for law business transactions more + more. Latin, like Norman-French had had its day + was dying out. Finally by George III's Act of Parliament the native language was ordered to be used for law work.

law deeds 1) deed-poll -square piece of parchment, made by 1 person such as a will or bond. 2) indenture - the work of several parties, such as marriage settlements + 2 sales or transfers of land - so called, from the fact that its upper edge was vandy ked or indented, a very secure pub primative method of testing authenticity - each party had a copy. These duplicates were written on a single strip of parchment, merely cut asunder afterwwards, through a word written between the 2 copies, such as 'chirographum' so that when required to be produced as evidence the 2 divided portions + words would fit each other exactly. A very common form of deed, met with among title deeds is the 'Fine' technically so called from its opening sentence: 'Hic est finalis concordia facta in cunia Domni Regis'; the sovereigh's name follows with the year of accession, after which are the names of the buyer + seller of the property, a full description of the amount of acreage, tenements etc. After warranting the whole for life to its purchaser, the deed concludes with the sum of money paid for the property; this is written in woeds, not figures. The 'Fines' are narrow strips of parchment, 2 in number. A Fine was indited in court hand. Sale by fine ie of very ancient date, probably an old Saxon custom. A 'fine' is so called

because it puts an end to a suit.

Chirograph - an early form of indenture. Fine - a final agreement between persons concerning lands or rent. The fine was engrossed in triplicate + cut into 3 parts, 2 indentures + a foot. The foot was held as a record in the Court of Common Pleas. In a deed executed in duplicate the 2 parts are called the original + the counterpart.

487 Pirages McMinnville, Oregon Aug. '98 $50.00

Petrus Comestor (ca 1100-1178) Historia scholastica Strassburg: Georg Husner) 15 July 1500. f0 Ref: Goff P-466 H. 5538 Pell 3883 Polain (B) 3094 Pr 749 BMC I 163 IGI 7628. German Haebler, Plate 92 Cop: HEHL, Uchi L, B. Nat.

208 leaves, the last blank. 2 col. 5a: 51 lines + headline 201 (218)x138mm a8b-z6 A8B-G6 H-K8 Types: 156, leaded to 190, title + headlines. (p5) title + headline type. 80 text (p6) the common text type. C with a slanting uniner stroke. Spaces, with guide letters for capitals

G. Jusner (2nd Press) 1st Press - earliest book known, 22 Nov. 1473. After 1479 Husner cannot be traced at work until 1493. HEHL #103146 rub. in red historia actuum apoutolorum my leaf K5 (of8) begins G5 (of 6) ends K7 last leaf of the book, total ca. CXXVii K8 blank (missing) CX - CX ante presidem contra tertulliu oratorem contendit. CXI CX felix voluit pecundia extorquere a paulo. CXVIII - De tempestate in mari quam predixerat paulo. before - historia evnagelica - begins B1 (of 6).