For William H. Scheide

100 Pages·2003·6.6 MB·English

by  Gretchen Oberfranc

Johann Sebastian Bach, autograph letter signed, to his cousin Johann Elias Bach,
Cantor at Schweinfurt. Leipzig, 6 October 1748. (Checklist no. 402)
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WILLIAM H.
SCH EI DE
F I F T Y Y E A R S OF
C O L L E C T I N G
6 JANUARY 2 0 0 4
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Copyright © 2004 by Princeton University Library
Published by Princeton University Library
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Cover design by Frank Mahood
On the cover: Detail from Johannes Balbus, Catholicon.
(manuscript on vellum, Augsburg, 1458)
Photography by John Blazejewski
Printed in the United States of America by Toppan Printing, Inc.
CONTENTS
Illustrations
vii
For William H. Scheide
From the President
3
From the University Librarian
5
From Family and Friends
7
Fifty Years of Collecting
Introduction
29
Checklist of Acquisitions
35
Manuscripts to 1500
39
Printing to 1500
45
Printing and Manuscripts after 1500
60
Music
88

ILLUSTRATIONS
Johann Sebastian Bach, autograph letter signed,
Leipzig, 6 October 1748
frontispiece
William H. Scheide with Scheide Scholarship students
2
Psalterium. [Mainz]: Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer,
14 August 1457
10
Latin Bible. [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1460]
14
Latin Bible. [Bamberg: Albrecht Pfister?, not after 1461]
15
Pope Pius II, In Europam. Manuscript, c. 1480–1485
19
Johann Sebastian Bach, autograph score, Cantata 33
23
Psalter (Latin and Middle English). Manuscript, c. 1350–1400
26
Blood-letting Calendar for 1462. [Vienna? Ulrich Han?, 1461?]
31
Gospel of Matthew (Coptic). Manuscript, c. A.D. 400
39
Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana. Manuscript, c. A.D. 900
41
Old Testament (Hebrew). Manuscript, dated 5073 (= A.D. 1313)
42
Johannes Balbus, Catholicon. Manuscript, Augsburg, 1458
44
Passione di Cristo. [Northern Italy: Ulrich Han?, c. 1462–1463]
47
Guilelmus de Saliceto, De salute corporis. [The Netherlands:
Prototypography Press, not after 1472]
50
Raoul Le Fevre, Recuyell of the historyes of Troye.
[Bruges: William Caxton, 1473]
53
ILLUSTRATIONS
viii
Le doctrinal de sapience (English). Westminster: William Caxton,
[after 7 May 1489]
58
Gabriel Harvey’s copy of Johannes de Sacrobosco, Libellus de
anni ratione. Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1550
66
William Harvey, Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis.
Frankfurt am Main: Guilelmus Fitzerus, 1628
73
[Lexington Alarm]. Philadelphia, April 26, 1775.... [Philadelphia:
W. & T. Bradford, 26 April 1775]
83
Ludwig van Beethoven, autograph sketchbook. Vienna, 1815–1816
91
For
WILLIAM H. SCHEIDE
William H. Scheide with Scheide Scholarship students, March 2000.
Photograph courtesy of Judith McCartin Scheide.