Phillip J. Pirages PHILLIP J. PIRAGES Catalogue 74 Catalogue 74 Items Pictured on the Front Cover 31 186 49 50 79 48 157 PHILLIP J. 176 PIRAGES Catalogue 74 47 64 137 52 126 Items Pictured on the Back Cover 163 73/74 47 We are publishing a leaf book. 65 53 224 It will show in considerable detail how William Morris was indebted to printers of the 15th century in the design of the typeface he used for his Kelmscott Press Chaucer 54 The book will be accompanied by five leaves, one from the Chaucer 90/89 93 88 and one each from the presses of 52 Peter Schoeffer, Johann Mentelin, Günther Zainer, and Anton Koberger 36 151 22 For details, see item #213 in this catalogue. 95 228 83 146 108 To identify items on the front and back covers, lift this flap up and to the right, then close the cover. PHILLIP J. PIRAGES Fine Books and Manuscripts 1709 NE 27th Street, Suite G McMinnville, OR 97128 P: (503) 472-0476 Toll Free: (800) 962-6666 F: (503) 472-5029 [email protected] www.pirages.com Catalogue 74: Manuscript Material, Incunabula, and Books Printed from 1501 to Present, Including Fine Bindings and Private Press Please send orders and inquiries to the above physical or electronic addresses, and do not hesitate to telephone at any time. We would be happy to have you visit us, but please make an appointment so that we are sure to be here. In addition, our website is always open. Prices are in American dollars. Shipping costs are extra. We try to build trust by offering fine quality items and by striving for precision of description because we want you to feel that you can buy from us with confidence. As part of this effort, we want you to understand that your satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed. If you buy an item from us and are not satisfied with it, you may return it within 30 days of receipt for a refund, so long as the item has not been damaged. Most of the text of this catalogue was written by Cokie Anderson and Kaitlin Manning, with assistance from Jill Mann. Jill is also responsible for photography and layout. Phillip J. Pirages designed the cover. Essential administrative support has been provided by Tammy Opheim. We are pleased and grateful when you pass on our catalogue to somebody else and when you let us know of other parties to whom we might send our publications. And we are, of course, always happy to discuss fine and interesting items that we might purchase. Table of Contents (References are to entry numbers) I. Manuscript Material From the 11th to the 20th Century 1-56 II. Incunabula 57-64 III. Books Printed in the 16th to the 18th Centuries 65-143 IV. Books Printed in the 19th Century to the Present 144-238 For more images and our complete inventory, please visit our website, www.pirages.com. ________ page 1 Partial Index of Topics (References are to Entry Numbers) NOTA BENE: THE LEAVES WE OFFER FOR SALE ARE ACQUIRED INDIVIDUALLY OR AS PART OF A FRAGMENT OF A BOOK ONLY. WE DO NOT TAKE APART Americana and 68, 75, 152, 175-78, Great Printers, 1501-1800: 65-67, 73, 74, 87, 93, 103, COMPLETE BOOKS IN ORDER TO SELL INDIVIDUAL LEAVES. Early American Imprints: 200-02 104 Art & Architecture: 131, 150, 184, 232 Health & Nutrition: 57, 121, 125, 144 I. MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL FROM THE 11TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY Bibles: 47, 77, 78, 82 Illuminated Manuscripts, 53, 54 Modern: Bindings, Fine & Historic: 52-54, 70, 75-77, 79-83, EARLY MANUSCRIPT LEAVES FROM A VARIETY OF TEXTS 88-91, 93-95, 98, 102, Incunabula: 57-64, 213, 214 104, 110, 127, 130, 131, TWO VELLUM LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, WITH MUSICAL NOTATION FROM AN Judaica: 116, 120, 158 135, 136, 140, 151-75, 1 EARLY CHOIR BOOK IN LATIN. (Southern Germany, early 11th century) 330 x 222 mm. (12 7/8 x 8 180, 184-86, 188, 195, Leaf Books: 213, 214 3/4”). Single column, 28 lines of text with musical notation, in a late Caroline minuscule hand. Rubrics in red, 199, 201, 202, 206, 219, either two or three large initials in red at the openings of major passages. With Medieval folio numbers in the 227, 230, 232 Magic, Occult, 64, 69, 88, 125, 143 upper margins, prickings visible, and several instances of marginal notations. Recovered from a binding and and Pseudo-science: therefore with the expected moderate uneven browning, staining, and soiling, visible folds, a one-inch open Bindings, Finely Bound Sets: 162-74, 186, 224, 230 Manuscripts, Complete: 47-54 tear to lower margin of one leaf (probably an original fault in the vellum), but very good specimens in a pleasing Biography & Memoir: 79, 110, 152, 153, 164, hand, entirely legible and with no loss to the text. $4,000 for the leaf with two large initials, $4,500 for the leaf 167, 171, 174, 180, 186, Manuscript Leaves with 26-46 with three large initials 188 Miniatures or Historiation: Bird Books & Prints: 137, 197, 198 Medicine: 57, 106, 107, 111, 121-25, These leaves are fine examples 142, 144, 218 of an early hand and musical Botanicals, Herbals, 92, 100, 101, 106, 122, notation, with numerous marginal Military & Naval: 71, 136, 176, 196 Flowers, & Gardening: 126, 132, 133, 182, 217, annotations in contemporary and 228 Miniature Books: 70 later hands. The rounded script is unmistakably Romanesque, but there Business, Economics, & Law: 62, 84, 119, 138, 166, Modern First Editions: 187, 195, 234-38 233 is also evidence of earlier stylistic Papal Bulls and Indulgences: 16-20, 97 tendencies, particularly noticeable Calligraphy: 130, 183 in the large rubricated initial “A” on Private Press Books: 145-49, 156, 157, 181, one of the leaves. The main readings Children’s Books: 175, 183, 216, 220, 221, 184, 196, 204-13, 227, 226 229, 231 here are for the feasts of Sts. Fabian and Sebastian, Agnes, Agatha, and Classics, Greek & Roman: 65, 66, 73, 74, 102, 103, Publisher’s Prospectus: 178, 225 Valentine. In the ample margins, 112, 113, 117, 141, 147, other hands have added readings 156, 229 Reformation, English: 72, 96, 129 for Sts. Timothy the Apostle and Color Illustrated/Color Plates: 93, 104, 116,126, 137, STC & Wing Books: 69, 71, 72, 78, 89, 90, Blaise, and another for the Chair of 150, 179, 182, 184, 197, 96, 99, 107, 109, 110, St. Peter. The intriguing addition of 198, 217, 227, 228, 232 112, 113, 117, 119, 121, the name “Hymerehi ap[osto]li” in 129, 132, 133, 142, 143 Continental Books before 1600: 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 88, 91, tiny script in the lower margin of one 93, 95, 98, 100, 105, 106, Science and Technology: 128, 215 leaf probably refers to Saint Imerius 135 of Immertal (known variously as Travel, Scenery, 70, 87, 94, 191, 193 Himerius, Imier, and Immer), a 7th century hermit believed to have died in what is now known as Saint-Imier (near present Engraved Books & Engravings, 85, 86, 92, 102, 103, 111, & Cartography: day Berne). The inclusion of this unusual saint may be a clue to the manuscript’s origins, or at the very least where it may Books with Important: 124, 127, 130, 131, 136, Vellum, Books Printed on: 64, 141, 231, 232 have ended up. Although recovered from a binding and thus with a certain amount of soiling and creasing, the script and 138, 155, 158, 183, 184 notation are very well-preserved and altogether pleasing. (ST14396) Women, Books by, about, 123, 124, 154, 158, 161, Etiquette & Conduct Literature: 57, 183 or relating to: 183, 217, 218, 234-38 MOST OF A VELLUM LEAF FROM A COPY OF ST. JEROME’S COMMENTARY ON THE PROPHET Extra-Illustrated Books: 186 Woodcuts, 77, 91, 93, 98,100, 101, 2 MICAH IN LATIN. (Italy, late 11th or early 12th century) 395 x 245 mm. (15 1/2 x 9 3/4”). Double Fine Press (after 1945): 216, 223 Books with Important: 106, 107, 119, 132-35, column, 43 lines in a proto-gothic hand. Recovered from a binding and thus with overall faint browning, text 146, 185, 207, 209, 211, of one side worn away (or the leaf possibly blank on this side, as the text from the other side clearly visible), Fore-edge Paintings: 188-94 223 numerous small repairs(?) affecting a few words on several lines of text, perhaps two dozen wormholes (causing Forgeries & Hoaxes: 83 only small damage) and other minor defects, but the text of the one side very dark and legible, and a good specimen overall. SOLD ________ ________ page 2 page 3 This leaf represents an excellent example of an early This bifolium preserves two pages of a monumental liturgical Pentateuch, or humash, containing the Hebrew transitional hand, with letterforms bridging the gap between Masoretic text and the Aramaic translation of the Targum, alternating verse by verse, with the grammatical the earlier Caroline script and the gothic script that would notes of the Masora parva between the columns. Despite the losses sustained from its later use as binding scrap, this come to dominate Western Europe for centuries to come. St. item has many positives: it is mostly intact, a bifolium and not just a single leaf, and comes from a desirable part of the Jerome wrote a significant number of commentaries on various Bible, relating the stories of Abraham bargaining with God for the people of Sodom and buying the burial plot of Makhpela books of the Bible, including the so-called “Minor Prophets,” of for Sarah.