The Didot Sale.

picture ' s , 1 , 4001 ( Ellis ); 153 , " Officium beata ? Marie Virginis , " Venice , 1545 , on vellum , 2 , 0001 ( Cohn ) . No . 157 was a copy of the rare second edition of "Lactantins , " printed by Schweynheim and Pannartz at Rome in 1468—1 , 4201 ( Quaritch ); 159 , ' " Hieronymi Epistolre , " Mentz , Schoeffer , 1470—3 , 0001 ( Ellis ); 167 , "L'orloge de Sapience , " printed on vellum b y

Antoine Verard at Paris in 1493 , 9 , 5001 ( Techener ) ; 168 , a collection of ascetic pieces printed by Giinthei' Zainer at Augsburg about 1470 , in which is included the first edition of the famous "Imitatio Christi "—1 , 5001 ( Fontaine ) ; 170 , " Monte Sancto di Dio" of Antonio Bettini di Siena , printed at Florence in 1477 , ancl celebrated as the first book containing copper-plate engravings — 4800 f . ( Cohn ) ; this book would probablhave feetched a

, y much higher price if opinion had been unanimous concerning the genuiness of the engravings ; 174 , " Justiniani Institucones , " printed by Peter Schoeffer , at Mentz , in 1468 , on vellum—6 , 900 f ; 178 , " Constumier de Poictou , " Maimer , 1514 , an unique copy on vellum— ' 5 , 5001 ; 179 , " Coustumes du Pays cle Bourbonnoys , " printed on vellum , at Paris , in 1521 , ancl the only copy known—5 , 0001 ( Due d'Aumale ) ; 183 , " Ordonances Royaux , " Paris , 1582 , in a

binding of the time—3 , 3501 ( Techener ); 187 , the " Sonmie Rural" of Jehen Boutillier , the first book printed at Abbeville , 1486—3 , 0001 ; 191 , " Bonifacii Liber Sextus Decretalium , " printed by Peter Schoeffer in 1465 , on vellum—4 , 5001 ( Ellis ) ; 202 , " Cicero de Ofliciis , " etc ., Schoeffer , 1465 , ' the first edition of the first printed classic , on vellum—6 , 0501 ( Quaritch ) ; 231 , " Le Jeu des Eschez" a French translation of the celebrated Chess-book of Jacopo di

, Cessole , printed at Paris by Verard in 1504 , with woodcuts—3 , 4001 ( Quaritch ) ; 233 , " Briefue Instruction pour Tons Estats , " by Girard Corlieu , Paris , 1588 , entirely printed in the peculiar type called cara ' cteres de civilite—1 , 2001 ( Quaritch ); 238 , "Ingiustizia del Duello , " b y G . B . Susio , Vinegia , 1555 , in a binding executed for the famous Anne de Montmorency—50001

( Flammermont ) ; 258 , Ambroise Pare ' s curious treatise on " la maniere de traicter les plays faicres tat par hacquebues que par fleches , " Paris , 1552 , the dedication copy to Henry II ., printed on vellum—6 , 000 f . ( Quaritch ) ; 264 , Th . Blouet , "Pronostication , " only interesting as having been printed at Lille in 1503—1 , 3801 ( Bibliotheque Nationale ) ; 277 , "Modelbiich , " an early collection of designs and patterns for lacework , Cologne , 1545—1 , 9001 ( Quaritch ) ; 278 Vecellio" Corona dell Donne" designs for lace-workVenice

1592—, , , , , 1 , 1001 ( Labitte ) ; 284 , " De Artificiali Perspective" by Jean Pelerin surnamed "Viator , " 1505 , the first book printed in the old episcopal city of Toul , ancl also the first treatise on the subject of perspective in art—2 , 0801 ( Quaritch ) ; 289 , " Champ Fleury" of Geoffroy Tory , first edition , Paris , 1529 , with woodcuts—8201 ( Quaritch ) ; 291 , " Livre Artincieux , " a book of designs for painters , Anvers , 1540—1 , 2201 ( Quaritch ) ; 295 , " Vitruvius et

Frontinus , " first edition , printed at Rome 1486—1 , 1001 ( Quaritch ); 306 , " JSsop and other Fabulists , " in Latin , an undated edition , attributed in the sale catalogue to Johaun Zainer , of Ulm , but which seemed rather to be from a Cologne or Dutch pi-ess—1 , 5501 ( Quaritch ) ; 311 , " Tewrdannckh , " the famous allegorical romance written by or at the suggestion of the Emperor Maximilian upon his marriage with Mary of Burgundfirst

editionNuremy , , berg , 1517 . printed on vellum—5 , 8201 ( Labitte ) ; 342 , Albert Diirer ' s three celebrated sets of woodcuts in folio size ( 1511 ); "The Life of the Virgin , " " The Passion of Christ , " and the " Apocalypse " in figures , bound in one volume —4 , 8001 ( Bibliotheque Nationale ) . The jirice marks an astonishing advance in the commercial value of Diirer ' s work , as the three pieces in this instance were of the inferior issue which is recognized bthe appearance of a printed

y text on the reverse of the woodcut-pages , which in the superior state is left blank . 343 , Diirer ' s " Passion , " in quarto size , with engravings on copper , date 1511—1 , 7201 ( Bibliotheque Nationale ) ; 350 , " Trachtenbuch , " a book of costumes engraved on wood , by Jobst Amman , 1577—1 , 0701 ( Quaritch )