Davis & Orioli (London)

(21.5 cm), 91 (1) pp., illustrations. 311 items; priced. Self-wrappers. - Advertised on the wrapper (price £3100) is a 15th century Italian manuscript Book of Hours (use of Rome), in a binding with the arms of a Spanish bishop, apparently Ruiz de Huidobra (ex-Dyson Perrins sale, 29 November 1962, lot 122; resold by Sotheby’s, 5 July 1965, lot 204). Includes (item 3, £1050) Andrea da Barberino, Guerino il Meschino ([Venice: Printer of Valla Elegantiae], 1483), one of four known copies (appears in Sotheby’s, 14 June 1966, lot 80; acquired by Breslauer, sold to Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Inc.fol.8143b). ¶ Fine copy