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Bernardus Claravallensis (pseudo-). Floretus. (Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, not after 1491). With a splendid nearly full-page title woodcut of a teacher instructing two pupils, a scroll with inscription above, a dove perched on his shoulder and an open book before him. Printed in Gothic type. Capital spaces. 35 - 45 lines and head-line to the page. 56 lvs. 4to. 20th century boards covered with an early printed leaf, printed paper spine label. (# 5132)

Hain-Copinger 2912. GKW 4004. BMC I, 276. Goff B-392. Janauschek No. 167. Not in IDL. For the fine "accipies" woodcut see: Schreiber No. 3431, Schramm VIII 20, and Schreiber - Heitz No. 18. First edition with commentary of this often reprinted schoolbook. And the first version of the beautiful "accipies" woodcut, with a scroll inscribed: "Accipies tanti doctoris dogmata sancti". Heinrich Quentell used this "magister cum discipulis" woodcut for the first time in 1490, and in the following years numerous schoolbooks were illustrated with comparable woodcuts. The "Floretus" consists of a text in rhythmic prose for easy memorization and an anonymous explanatory commentary. The work is ascribed to Saint Bernard (1090 - 1153), Abbot of Clairvaux, which under his direction soon became one of the chief centres of the Cistercian Order. The basic Christian tenets in this work include a.o. the following subjects: "De pr(a)eceptis iuris scripti", "De peccato gul(a)e et de malis sequentibus ebrietatem", "De sententia excommunicationis", "De scientia et ignorantia", "De virginitate & castitate", "De somno et vigilia", "De custodia quinque sensuum, gustus, odoratus, auditus, visio, tactus". - A light marginal waterstain to a very few leaves. A few leaves very slightly browned. Contemporary handwritten marginal annotations and some underlinings, in at least two different hands, one signed by Gebhardus Rem(m)inger (leaf 24 recto). Library stamp inside front-cover of F. Fasting, Rio de Janeiro. A well preserved incunable.

Columbus, Chr. Epistola de insulis Indie supra Gangem nuper inventis. (Rome, Stephan Plannck, after 29 April 1493). Facsimile Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat, München, ca. 1920. 4 lvs. 4to. In folded sheets, unbound, uncut. (# 5118)

Hain-Copinger 5490. Klebs 284.1. BMC IV, 97. Goff C-757. GKW 7173. Harrisse No. 1. Facsimile edition of the first edition (of six editions all printed in 1493) of the Latin translation of Columbus' official account of his discovery of America (called: the Islands of India beyond the Ganges) in 1493. Translated from Spanish by Leandro di Cosco.

Columbus, Chr. Epistola de insulis Indie supra Gangem nuper inventis. (Rome, Eucharius Silber, after 29 April 1493). Facsimile Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat, München, ca. 1920. With ornamental intitial. 4 lvs (last blank). 4to. In one folded sheet, unbound. (# 5120)

Hain-Copinger 5492. Klebs 284.3. BMC IV, 115. Goff C-759. GKW 7178. Harrisse No. 3. Facsimile edition of the third edition (of six editions all printed in 1493) of the Latin translation of Columbus' official account of his discovery of America (called: the Islands of India beyond the Ganges) in 1493. Translated from Spanish by Leandro di Cosco.

Kol Bo (complete ritual). (Italy, no printer, about 1491). Printed in square Hebrew type, in 2 columns, 48 lines to the page, without vowel-points. 3 leaves, leaves 135-136 (laws of 'Treifut') and leaf 149 (laws of 'Simchot'). Folio. In cardboard porfolio. (# 5758)

Vinograd, Italy, No. 5. Goff Heb-67. Offenberg No. 81. Steinschneider No. 3589. Zedner 191 (Naples?, 1490). First edition. A collection of Rabbinic laws written by a still unknown author, probably at the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century. Printed at an unknown press. Offenberg, The dating of the Kol Bo... in: Studia Rosenthaliana 6:1 (1972) pp. 86-106: "The same type is not used in any other known Hebrew incunable... The book was printed somewhere in Italy about 1490 ... Naturally, it can indeed have been printed in Naples, particularly since the greatest part of Hebrew incunabula were published there about 1490, but it is not possible to be certain of this on the evidence of the paper alone". - A few tiny wormholes, just touching a few letters; browned; 2 small tears in blank margins repaired; one blank margin repaired.

Misset, E. Le premier livre imprimé connu. Un missel spécial de Constance, oeuvre de Gutenberg avant 1450. Étude liturgique et critique. Paris, H. Champion et l'auteur, 1899. Illustrated. 41 pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers. - (Extrait du Bibliographe moderne, 1899, no. 4). (# 2738)

Rosenthal, Ludwig. Hebräische Inkunabeln 1475-1496. Mit 33 Faksimiles. Katalog 151. München, (1912). With 33 illustrations. 45 pp. Large 4to. Original decorated wrappers (slightly stained). (# 5365)

The first antiquarian bookseller's catalogue containing exclusively Hebrew incunables printed before 1500. From the ca. 100 then known Hebrew incunables, printed in Spain and Italy, this catalogue describes 48 titles in 68 copies. - Lightly browned.

Rosenthal, Ludwig. Incunabula xylographica et chalcographica. Katalog 90. München, (1892). With 102 illustrations. 4 lvs., 61, 1 pp., 1 lf. Folio. Original printed limp boards (somewhat stained), unopened, uncut. (# 5368)

Famous incunable catalogue in German and French, describing 233 numbers. - Lightly browned.