Saturnalium Sermonum Libri Duo, Qui de Gladiatoribus. Noviter correcti, auct, & Formis aeneis illustrati de LIPSIUS, Justus [1547-1606] - 1585

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hagae Comitum : apud Henricum Scheurleer, 1712. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original leather boards; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; xvi, 208, [15] pages. Subjects; Latin poetry History and criticism ; Early works to 1800.

Antuerpiae (antwerp): Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Ioannem Moretum. Very Good. 1603-07. Flexible covers. Contemporary full vellum with hand-lettered title on spine and leather ties (one tie has half missing). Internal & external hinges intact. Text Is tight & intact with age toning to some sections & rare spotting through text. 1/2" tear on top edge of rear cover. Rear endpaper has 1" tear on front edge, Early owner's signature on first title page & initials are embossed into bottom edge. 5 works in one volume. Each has illustrated title page, publisher's woodcut device at end & varying number of historiated letters. (*1*) : DIVA VIRGO HALLENSIS. Beneficia eius & Miracula fide atque ordine descripta. 1605. [8, 86pp, 10]. 2 full-page engravings by Cornelis Galle and Adrian Collaert : (Interior of the chapel & siege of Hallae Opidum). (*2*) DIVA SICHEMIENSIS SIUE ASPRICOLLIS: Noua eius Beneficia & Admiranda. 1606. [8, 69pp, 11]. (*3*) DE… Leer más

Antverpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1648. 2nd Edition in this form. Hardback. Minor generalized textual wear with preliminary browning and insignificant worming. Finely bound in aniline calf over marble boards; raised bands with a redd gilt-blocked Morocco label. An exceptional example. Scans and additional detail on request. ; 1 pages; Physical desc. : 3 pts ; 39 cm. Subject: Rome - History - The five Julii, 30 B. C. -68 A. D. Reprinted from the 1627 edition; title and ornaments differ. Title in red and black. Printer's device on each title page & verso of final leaves. Head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginal notations.

Antwerp: "Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Ioannem Moretum," 1599.. 4to (252 x 178mm). Engraved printer's device on title, repeated in woodcut at the end, initials and ornaments, 19 engraved illustrations, including one full-page and two on the same sheet (heavily browned throughout, a few dark spots). Later vellum, title in manuscript on spine, new endpapers.This edition not in OCLCOCLC Number: 27970415 for the French edition of the same year.

Leiden: Christopher Plantin, 1589. Hardcover. Very Good. [PLANTIN] - LIPSIUS, Justus (1547-1606). De Constantia libri duo... Quarta editio. 1589. [Bound with:] Epistoloarum centuriae duae, 1590, two parts, separately titled. [With:] Saturnalium sermonum libri duo, 1590. [With:] De Amphitheatro liber, 1589, two parts, separately titled, all identically published Leiden: Christopher Plantin. Together 6 parts in four works, bound in one volume, 4to (194 x 155mm). Titles with woodcut Plantin devices, the Saturnalia with 4 large folding engraved plates and 12 plates lettered A-M; De Ampitheatro with 4 large folding engraved plates front the Saturnalia plus plates A-C misbound in part 2 of De Ampitheatro. 18th-century Dutch half- sheep and brown paste-paper boards, a cut-out of pink pastepaper on front cover, spine gilt, green calf gilt lettering label, marbled edges, pink pastepaper endpapers; (few names on first title marked out, few headlines just barely shaved, occasional browning, marginal staining… Leer más

Ex officina Weidmanniana, 1739. Hardcover. See Description. 12mo. pp. [10] 348 [12]. Title printed in red and black. Crudely illustrated frontispiece. Annotated by Johann Minellii. This edition of Sallustius was probably meant for Latin students. The entire book is inter-leaved with blanks, presumably for note taking. Several blanks contain notes in a miniscule old hand. Bound in full vellum (darkened spine). [Schweiger II, p.881].

Lipsiae [Leipzig], 1586. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine. Publication date "M. D. XXCVI." Professionally rebound in brown boards with the spine stamped in black. Text block is browned and appears cut-down slightly from original size. Unmarked. Text is in Latin. A Very pretty copy. 134 p. plus 5 more printed pages and two blank leaves. 3 5/8 x 5 15/16 inches. I believe that this book was rebound in the early twentieth century. See Pictures.

Venetia: Bernardo Giunti. [Giunti-Tasso-Prima Edizione] (cm.20) brossura antica restaurata con foglio di antifonario con musica, sguardie antiche.-- cc. 10. Grande marca al frontis, carattere rotondo, grande capolettera figurato. Edizione originale molto rara. Manca a Choix ed Adams. Il Census Iccu registra solo 9 copie nelle Biblioteche Italiane. L' operetta affronta varie facoltà morali e materiali dell' uomo. Esemplare molto bello e fresco. * Camerini II p.465 n° 16; * Graesse VII 39; * Parenti 482; * Raccolta Tassiana " A.Mai " n° 1434; * Bm. Stc. 660.[f56] . ottimo. Rilegato. prima edizione. 1582.

(Genève), apud Petrum Santandreanum, 1583. 8vo. (1),196,(18),62 p. Vellum 17 cm (Ref: 1 GLN 3005; Schweiger 2,354, Smitskamp 60) (Details: Six thongs laced through the joints. Veritas printer's device on the title: a woman, the naked truth, seated on a cubus, holding a radiant sun in her right hand; in her left hand she holds an opened book and a palm leaf; her feet rest on the globe; the garland of fruit which surrounds her shows a ribbon with the text in Greek: 'Alêtheia Pandamatôr', i.e. 'Allmighty Truth'). (Condition: Vellum partly soiled. Right margin of title slightly thumbed; title slightly browning) (Note: Festus is a 2nd century grammarian, who produced an abbreviation of a lexicographic work by Marcus Verrius Flaccus, a wellknown antiquarian and grammarian living in Augustan Rome. Verrius compiled an enormous lexicon in 80 books, full of unusual, difficult, and archaic words, with discussions about customs, political institutions, belief and Roman law.… Leer más

Koln (Cologne): apud Maternum Cholinum, 1557. Hardcover. Good. Small woodcuts (40 with a few repeats mostly of biblical scenes) + a few historiated initials. . Folio flexible vellum with stubs of ties (some wrinkles /paper spine label & large old shelfmark B) Titlepage +[25pp]=dedication, indices, to reader & errata. +[1p]blank +5-704pp As listed on a4 the book collates !6 #4 a6 b4 c-z6 +A-Z6 +Aa-Mm6 +Nn7 (lacks Nn8=the final blank) Title has stamp of the library of P.P.Capuci & early "sum ex libris Leodegarj a Meggen Can. Beron." Another "Capucinorum in Sursee" also "loci Capu. in Schyfen". Three small pin sized worm holes to TP soon diminishing to one and then none after the first few pages of text. There are two corners torn away without loss, 4 marginal tears (only one into text and that without loss). And p 634 has a marginal paper fault, again not affecting text.Page 479/480 is bound before 477/478. There are a few gatherings that are browner and a few creases. A few ink splatters to about 6… Leer más

Frankfurt: Andreas Wechel first edition, 1578. Hardcover. Very Good. Printer's mark of flying horse over cornucopia & hand from cloud holding caduceus to titlepage + same printer's mark slightly larger to verso of last leaf + floral, foliate & historiated head- & tail-piece & initials.. Folio handsome 18th century gilt ruled and sprinkled calf with 6 raised bands, the compartments & bands gilt but without a title on the spine (small chip out of head of spine/edges sl.rubbed). All edges sprinkled with red dye [8]pp prelims + 320pp + [28]pp index, publisher's imprint and large Wechel printer's mark. Some marginal damp marks to top corner but not affecting the strength and crispness of the paper nor the text. Name Fletcher to top of titlepage. A very few notes or marks to margin. *History of Louis XI & Charles VIII by de Commynes, shortened history of memorable events by Froissart and a further work, by de Seissel. Scarce volume of Medieval French history OCLC locates only 6 copies.

Argentorati (Augsburg): Theodosius Rihelius, 1572 [from dedication]. Hardcover. Good. Woodcut printer's devices on title pages; woodcut initials. . Octavo (165x90mm) Vol. 1 only (of 2) original vellum with yapp edges title in old ink on spine 893+[73]pp Scolia & Index. Dedication dated XIIII. Kalend. Aprilis. A.D. 1572. Greek (text of H. Estienne) and Latin text of J. Crespin's edition, Geneva, 1560-67) on opposite pages throughout. Pages very browned thoughout but Latin & Greek text entirely legible. Referenced by Brunet III 272, Adams H764. Publisher Rihel was active 1560?-1619.

Title page continued: Kurtzer Innhalt der Sontag vnd Fest durchs Jhar Epistel vnd Euangelien : in Sententz und Gebetleins weise je mit vier Verßlein, Lateinisch und deutsch, fur Einfeltige, Christlicher meinung gebracht. This copy once belonged to Richard Heber with his small ink stamp Bibliotheca Heberiana on first free endpaper. FIRST EDITION 1593, text in Latin and German quatrains, small slim 8vo, approximately 152 x 85 mm, 6 x 3½ inches, 83 small woodcuts of biblical scenes in rectangles (approx. 45 x 60 mm, 1¾ x 2¼ inches), 128 unnumbered pages including title page, collation: A-H8, H8v is a blank, rebound at sometime in quarter leather over yellow paper boards, gilt lettered black label and gilt rules to spine, edges speckled blue, endpapers renewed at time of rebinding. Spine very slightly rubbed at head and tail, tiny scrape to upper cover at lower corner, small library number label on upper cover next to spine, a few light marks to covers, tiny hole to lower inner margin of title page,… Leer más

Paris (Parisiis), Apud Arnoldum Sittart, 1584. 8vo (XXVIII),CCCIX,(1 blank),(22 index),(2 blank); LXXV,(1 blank),(10),CCXVI,(24 index),84 p. Limp vellum 17 cm (Ref: Smitskamp 61; Schweiger 2,355 & 1134; Brunet 5,2 1148; Renouard-1926, n° 1044 (Renouard et alii, 'Imprimeurs et libraires parisiens du XVIe siècle', Paris, 1964)) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved printer's mark of Arnoldus Sittart on the title, his motto: 'Finis coronat opus', 'the end crowns the work'. (BaTyR : Base de Typographie de la Renaissance, no. 28409) The printer's mark shows the coat of arms of Cologne, the city where Arnoldus Sittart was born: the escutcheon bears 3 crowns and beneath them are twelve drops; the escutcheon is supported by a standing crowned griffin and idem lion; above the shield a helmet with peacock feathers as crest. (See for an explanation Wikipedia 'Kölner Wappen') (Condition: The vellum is probably recycled from another… Leer más

Lyons: Bartholomeus Vincentius, 1572. Hardcover. Very Good. Emblematic publisher's device on titlepage VINCENTI + a few foliated capitals + printer's device on colophon, Joannes Marcorellius.. Octavo (175x115mm) fine stamped vellum, central portrait with text, floral borders and inked-in initials ARW + date 1592, central coat of arms on rear board, spine on 6 cords, clasps missing with marginal tear showing old MS on underlying vellum, [32],601,[7]pp (collated complete a-b A-2P). Worming without loss of text in margin of front board and on 1st few pages. Old library stamp with MS nr on front pastedown, stamp "Bibl. Gymn. Goth" on TP verso, very neat early Latin marginal notes on about 150pp, else clean & crisp throughout. This book supposedly gave Nevizzano a reputation as a misogynist. *Rare early medical text book on marital sex and related Canon & Roman Law, only 5 copies noted in British libraries.