Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Small 4to. With an original leaf from Bartholomaeus Aglicus' De Proprietatibus rerum, printed by Wynkyn de Worde (1495), inserted in a mylar folder. Original morocco-backed boards.

LIMITED EDITION, number 59 of 138 copies, WITH AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM THE 1495 DE PROPRIETATIBUS RERUM: a single leaf, 305 x 203 mm, printed in Westminster by Wynkyn de Worde in 1495, double-column text, pagination "97" in an early hand and a later pagination "88" in pencil, both in upper corner, first line of text beginning with "the whyche humour lettyth the soule..." and ending with "in feuer acu without rewme it is a go." ISTC ib00143000.

"This book...is one of the most difficult modern leaf books to find on the market, and also among the most interesting to read...[which] stems from the important role its featured leaf played in the history of papermaking, in addition to its significance for printing and cultural history" (Joel Silver, "Catalog of the Exhibition," in: Disbound and Dispersed 41). De Proprietatibus Rerum was the first English book printed on paper made in England by the country's first papermaker, John Tate.

[With:] Another copy. Limited edition, number 76 of 138 copies. With an original leaf (sig. q2) from De Proprietatibus rerum, printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1495.

[With:] A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde with a Leaf from the Golden Legend Printed by Him at the Sign of the Sun in Fleet Street, London, the Year 1527. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California, 1949. Folio. With an original leaf (ff. 141) from the Golden Legend printed by Wynkin de Worde in 1527, tipped in. Original cloth-backed patterned boards; dust jacket (chipping). LIMITED EDITION, one of 375 copies.

Together, 3 works in 3 volumes.