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1566845541566 Antuerpiae [Anvers], ex officina Christophori Plantini [Plantin], 1566, petit in 4° relié demi-veau glacé marron du XIXe siècle, dos lisse orné, 95 pages ; infimes rousseurs éparses.
1566D14106Geneva: Henricus Stephanus 1566. Hardcover. Very Good. Early-19th century red morocco boards and spine ruled in gilt gilt-stamped lettering in second spine compartment 5 raised bands; 4to 257x158m; pp. 4 539 33 index with woodcut printer's device on title-page. Spine and edges of boards somewhat darkened; binding a bit scuffed. Text block is lovely. Provenance: Arthur Machen acquired at the Anderson Auction Company December 1903. <br/><br/>Estienne's important edition of the Greek Anthology which provided a far superior text than its predecessors. For this edition Henri devised a system of diacritical marks peculiar to himself notae sibi peculiares to denote various classes of proper nouns and also employs in the margins the symbol of the hand with pointing finger to call attention to gnomic expressions in the text Schreiber. Adams A-1187; Schreiber 159. Henricus Stephanus hardcover
1566D14106Geneva: Henricus Stephanus 1566. Hardcover. Very Good. Early-19th century red morocco boards and spine ruled in gilt gilt-stamped lettering in second spine compartment 5 raised bands; 4to 257x158m; pp. 4 539 33 index with woodcut printer's device on title-page. Spine and edges of boards somewhat darkened; binding a bit scuffed. Text block is lovely. Provenance: Arthur Machen acquired at the Anderson Auction Company December 1903. <br/><br/>Estienne's important edition of the Greek Anthology which provided a far superior text than its predecessors. For this edition Henri devised a system of diacritical marks peculiar to himself notae sibi peculiares to denote various classes of proper nouns and also employs in the margins the symbol of the hand with pointing finger to call attention to gnomic expressions in the text Schreiber. Adams A-1187; Schreiber 159. Henricus Stephanus hardcover books
156014605[Genève], Henri Estienne, Huldrich Fugger (Huldrici Fuggeri), 1560 ; in-8 ; plein vélin ivoire ; 100 pp. (A-F 8, G 2).
1575GR923Basel, Henric Petrina 1575. Small folio 30 x 20 cm, 1bl.+64+1294+1bl. pp., Damascenus work in greek and latin parallel text, engraved printer's mark on the title page and at the end, engraved initials. Full calf contemporary blind stamped binding, later rebacked back with 6 raised bands. Light waer stains at the last pages. The author, with many fields of interest, wrote several works on the Christiang faith, was a strond defender of the ikons and was condidered as the last of the Fathers of the Eastern church. Ioannis Cassianus was a monk and theologian with a Scythian or Gallic origin. His ideas for salvation through prayer, ascetisism and free will and not so much on predestination and God's grace were studied by Eastern and Western church which both ranked him as a saint.
15577715Aldus in Venetia, 1557 ; in-8 ; plein vélin ivoire, pièce de titre bordeaux (reliure ancienne) ; 255 ff., le dernier marque d'imprimeur des Alde.
160055298Emendata Obiter, multis partibus auctior qua antea ; nonnusquam adnotatis auctorum nominibus, Opera Davidis Hoeschelii Augustani, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque plein vélin blond à lacets, plats estampés à froid, dos à 3 nerfs, Typis Michäelis Mangeri [Michael Manger ], Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsbourg ], 1600, A-Z8 2A-Z8 3A-G8, 3H3
15492307040014Paris: Benoit Prevost for P. Haultin; Apud Petrum Haultinum 1549. Hardcover. Good. Pharmacology: Early printing Greek / Roman Medicine Bound In 19th century polished calf. Gilt spine. Triple gilt ruled covers. All edges gilt. Front hinge starting. Blue marbled end sheets. Woodcut printer's device. Printed in double columns in Greek and Latin. 20 392 leaves. <br> Dioscorides's 1st-century A.D. materia medica remained authoritative into the early modern era. Today the Greek physician is considered the father of pharmacology for his work in herbal medicine. Provenance: From the library of Nicolas Yemeniz 1783-1871 one of the great French bibliophiles of the late 19th-century. "Lugdun" bookplate. Refs: Adams D-657; Durling 1135; Wellcome I 1779. Paris: (Benoit Prevost for) P. Haultin; Apud Petrum Haultinum hardcover
15593705FBFrankfurt, D. Zöpfel für S. Feyerabend, 1559. 12°. 15,5 x 10 cm. 335 [statt 344] nicht nummerierte Blatt. [6 Warenabbildungen]
15627212Basilea, Ioanem Oporinum, 1562. In-folio imprimé sur deux colonnes de 667p., colonnes 668 à 845, [25]p.; les 333 premiers feuillets sont paginés normalement (666 pages), puis le feuillet suivant - Kk4 - est paginé au recto (667) et ensuite les colonnes sont numérotées; de 668 à 845 (soit 44ff., et 1p. - le recto du ff. Ss ) puis [25]p. d'index, plein vélin ivoire estampé à froid sur ais de bois, fermoirs (manque une attache) [a-i6, k-u6, x-z6, A-I6, K-T6, V6, X-Z6, Aa-Ii6, Kk-Ss6, T8]. Deux noms proprement découpés sur la page de garde. Très belle reliure, datée de 1563, soit l'année suivant la publication du volume.
1571486271571 (Lyon) Lugduni, Apud Ioan. Tornaesivm (Jean de Tournes), Typogr. Regium (Typographe royal). MDLXXI - 1571 - In-16, 12 x 8,5 x 3,8 cm - Edition Originale - Reliure vélin de récupération avec manque -Collationné complet des 110 gravures sur bois- 637 pagers + Index (3) manque pages d'index- fortes mouillures - Envoi rapide et soigné - Réf. 48627
159732804Francofurti: apud Andreae Wecheli heredes Claudium Marnium & Ioan. Aubrium 1597. Folio extra 37 cm; 14.5". 4 ff. 1098 pp. lacks final leaf with colophon. <br><br>Thought to have been edited by Franciscus Junius or Friedrich Sylburg this complete Greek Bible is based on the Basel edition of 1545 with corrections from the Complutensian and other texts including for the New Testament that of Robert Estienne. The woodcut printer's device appears on the title-page. The main text is printed in double-column format with some handsome woodcut initials and headpieces. The chapters and verses are numbered. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Adams B979; Darlow & Moule 4653; VD16 B2578. 18th-century English calf binding in the Cambridge style worn. Both boards with loss of leather and roughly replaced. Front board detached in past and resecured with a linen hinge inside and a leather spine repair; hinge at rear with same strenthening. Early leaves crumpled some later ones as well. A few leaves have irregular fore-margins. Title-page stained and with old library stamp and shelving label; reverse of same with rubber stamp. A less than ideal copy but priced accordingly. apud Andreae Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium, & Ioan. Aubrium hardcover books
1587371783Rome: Franciscus Zanetti 1587. Text in Greek with short Latin notes at the end of each verse in two columns. Large engraved vignette on title with figures of Moses and Esdras on either side of the arms of Sixtus V. aâ´ A-3Sⶠ3Tâ¸. 8 783 1pp. Folio. Eighteenth century red morocco arms of the second Duke of Newcastle on the covers marbled endpapers gilt edges minor darkening to spine and wear to joints. Scattered minor dampstaining at lower outer corner of a few leaves. Provenance: Collegii Paris. Societas Jesu.early inscription on title; Douglass Maxwell Moffat booklabel with original invoice purchasing the volume from Davis & Orioli in 1940; General Theological Seminary bookplates. Text in Greek with short Latin notes at the end of each verse in two columns. Large engraved vignette on title with figures of Moses and Esdras on either side of the arms of Sixtus V. aâ´ A-3Sⶠ3Tâ¸. 8 783 1pp. Folio. Commissioned by Pope Sixtus V to assist the revisers who were preparing the Latin Vulgate edition ordered by the Council of Trent the "Sixtine" or "Roman" edition of the Septuagint was edited by Cardinal Antonio Carafa based on the Codex Vaticanus and became the standard for all the later editions of the Septuagint for three centuries after its publication. Darlow & Moule no. 4647; Adams B1246; BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 94 Franciscus Zanetti unknown
158843973Paris: Michel Sonnius 1588. Early edition. Hardcover. f to vg. 12mo 7 x 4 3/4". 8 528 32 leaves. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Publisher's title vignette. Decorative headpieces and initials. <br /> <br /> Originally published in 1575 this first French language edition of the works of Philo a first-century Alexandrian philosopher known for his mostly allegorical interpretations of the Torah known in the Hellenic world as the Pentateuch. His works also include histories and comments on philosophy. <br /> <br /> Many of the titles by which texts and text groups are known as modern conventions and not inventions of Philo.<br /> <br /> This book contains no less than 24 titles including the following:<br /> <br /> - De la Création du Monde On The Creation of the World<br /> - Allégories des Saintes Lois Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws<br /> - Du Plantement On Planting<br /> - De la Vie de Moïse On the Life of Moses<br /> - De la Charité et de l'Amour de son Prochain On Charity and Love for Others<br /> - De l'État et Devoir du Juge On a Judge's Duty<br /> - De l'Érection et Création du Prince The creation and elevation of the Prince<br /> - De la Force et Grandeur de Courage On the Power and Grandeur of Courage<br /> - Les Dix Commandements The Ten Commandments<br /> - Des Lois Particulières On the Specific Laws<br /> - De la Circoncision On Circumcision<br /> - De la Monarchie On Monarchy<br /> - Quels doiuent estre les loyers & honneurs des Sacrificateurs Rents & Honors of Priests<br /> - Des animaux qui sont propres aux Sacroifices: & quelles sont les elpeces des Sacrifices Elements of Animal Sacrifices<br /> - De ceux qui offrent les hosties au Sacrifice Hosts of Sacrifices<br /> - Qu'il ne faut point receuoir au temple le loyer & gain de la paillarde Rent and Profit of the Merchants<br /> - Que tout homme de bien est libre Every Good Man is Free<br /> - De la vie contemplariue ou des vertus des personnes deuotes Contemplative Life and Virtues<br /> - De la Noblesse On Nobility<br /> - Des loyers & peines Rents and Penalties<br /> - Des maledictions Curses<br /> - Que le monde n'est perissable That the World isnot Perishable<br /> - Contre Flaccus: ou de la prouidence Against Flaccus: or the Providence<br /> - Des vertus & ambassade fait à Caius Virtues & Embassy to Caius<br /> <br /> Binding age-toned. Book block separating from binding but still holding. Fore-edge of front free endpaper and fly leaf creased and torn. Clear and sporadic water-staining along upper margin of pages throughout. Text in old French. Binding in overall fair to good interior in good to very good condition. Michel Sonnius hardcover
15327677CBBasileae, Isengrin, 1532. 8°. 480 (recte 460) S., (2) Bl. Mit 22 Holzschnittinitialen (davon 4 grössere, hübsch illustriert), am Schluss mit Druckermarke. Lederband des 17. Jahrh. mit Rücken- und Deckelvergoldung sowie mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt (mit Blindprägung). + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 7677CB|7677CB_2|7677CB_3 [3 Warenabbildungen]
15327677CBBasileae, Isengrin, 1532. 8°. 480 (recte 460) S., (2) Bl. Mit 22 Holzschnittinitialen (davon 4 grössere, hübsch illustriert), am Schluss mit Druckermarke. Lederband des 17. Jahrh. mit Rücken- und Deckelvergoldung sowie mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt (mit Blindprägung).
1514372265Alcala de Henares: Arnao Guilem de Brocar 1514. First edition of the New Testament in Greek published as volume 5 of the Complutensian Polyglot. Woodcut arms of Cardinal Jiménez on title page with woodcut borderswoodcut initials. Text in Greek and Latin in two columns Collation: a4 A-Q6 a6 R-Z6 AA-LL6 MM8 2a11 3a6 b-f6 g4 -g4. 271 of 272 leaves lacking final blank. 1 vols. Folio. Recent full black morocco spine gilt gilt turn-ins red morocco doublures gilt marbled flyleaves. Minor toning or soiling to a few leaves. A clean fresh copy. First edition of the New Testament in Greek published as volume 5 of the Complutensian Polyglot. Woodcut arms of Cardinal Jiménez on title page with woodcut borderswoodcut initials. Text in Greek and Latin in two columns Collation: a4 A-Q6 a6 R-Z6 AA-LL6 MM8 2a11 3a6 b-f6 g4 -g4. 271 of 272 leaves lacking final blank. 1 vols. Folio. Produced under the patronage of Cardinal Ximenes archbishop of Toledo and founder of the university of Alcala. As part of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible the New Testament was printed first dated 10 January 1514; the Old Testament was completed only in 1517 and publication was delayed until 1522.<br /> <br /> "Undoubtedly the finest Greek fount ever cut and the only one of which it can be affirmed with certainty that it is based on the writing of a particular manuscript" Proctor. Pope Leo X lent the Codex Vaticanus to Ximenes and it was upon this manuscript that Brocar modelled his type. Proctor used it as the model for the type in his edition of the Oresteia of 1904. This volume complete with the six leaves of the travels of St. Paul printed only in Greek and often lacking as it was printed later.<br /> <br /> This is the first Greek New Testament ever printed 1514 but as it was not published until 1522 this text was unknown to Erasmus when he published his Greek New Testament in 1516.<br /> <br /> Douglas Maxwell Moffat 1881-1956 Yale class of 1903 was a Grolier Club member from 1929 until his death; the libraries at Yale University and the General Theological Seminary were beneficiaries of gifts from his widow. "As a collector he was interested in three fields primarily: editions of Vergil; Greek and Latin lyric poetry; and fine printing. Almost all his books were in superb condition and often of very interesting provenance" Yale University Library Gazette 35:2 p. 122.<br /> <br /> THE MOST FAMOUS PIECE OF PRINTING EXECUTED IN SPAIN. Darlow & Moule 1412/4593; PMM 52; Adams B968 Vol. 5; Norton Printing in Spain 1501-1520 27; Proctor Printing of Greek p. 144. Provenance: Douglas Maxwell Moffat bought from E.P. Goldschmidt; General Theological Seminary gift of Mrs. Douglas M. Moffat Arnao Guilem de Brocar unknown
158448696Antverpiae: Ex officina Christophori Plantini 1584. Folio 6 parts in 1; pp. 8 186 2; 128; collating: ¶ⴠA-Yâ´ Zâ¶; Aa-Qqâ´; woodcut device on title page; bound with: Biblica Hebraica Antverpiae 1584 Hebrew-Latin Old Testament Greek-Latin Apocrypha etc. in various pagings from back of book viz.: pp. 20 183 1; 283 1; 84; 203 1; collating from the back: †ⴠ‡ⶠA-OⶠPâ¸; a-xⶠy-z⸠aa-ggⶠAA-RRâ¶; in all 551 leaves; text in double column in Hebrew Greek and Latin; early 18th century calf blindstamped panels on covers red morocco label on spine; covers with dampstains corners bumped and showing small cracks starting at the extremities of the joints occasional light minor dampstaining but in all a very good and reasonably sound copy. Terminal flyleaf with elaborately penned inscription: "Isaac Sharpe flourishes dono Patris 1719." On the rear pastedown is Sharpe's early "Coll. Mag." bookplate dated April 4 1683 - possibly the date of his matriculation at Magdalene College Cambridge. The Greek N.T. starts at the beginning of the volume and the Hebrew O.T. at the end with the Greek Apocrypha of 128 pages between them. Each Testament has its own title page and the mention of the Apocrypha on both suggests that it was intended to form an appendix to either of the Testaments if they were issued separately. See Darlow & Moule 4645 and 5106: "This forms the latter half of the complete Bible in the original languages with an interlinear Latin translation; the whole reprinted from the Antwerp polyglot"; Voet A2 p. 320. Ex officina Christophori Plantini unknown
159939429Heidelberg: Ex officina Commeliniana 1599. 8vo 19.9 cm 7.75". 14 827 1 pp. Lacks interior blank only. <br><br>One of the last 16th-century interlinear editions of the Greek New Testament and Vulgate Latin as first presented in Plantin's monumental Royal Antwerp Polyglot Bible of 156972. The text is printed in Greek with the Vulgate in roman type inter-linearly; additionally there are decorative letters and head and tailpieces. When the Vulgate differs from the Greek its text is printed in the margin as a shouldernote and a literal Latin rendering by the great Spanish theologian Benedictus Arias Montanus a.k.a. Benito Arias Montano is printed in italics in the text. The Commelin device appears on the title-page which describes this printing as "Editio postrema multò quàm antehac emendatior."<br>Â Â Â Â Evidence of Readership: Marginal notes or accents in at least two early hands have been added in ink in two dozenplus places with one page used for scribbling and content ranging from a squiggle to a word to real notes; two Latin words and the publication date in Arabic numerals under the publisher's roman have been inked to the title-page.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Early calligraphic ownership note of "Dudley" dated 1843 on binder's blank; later ownership signature of E.F. Whitehouse with the shelfmark 354 and an acquisition note including the collectorly report "It was all to bits I had it bound and consider it a great curiosity. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Adams B1716; Darlow & Moule 4656a; VD16 ZV 1904; USTC 440704. Recent half brown calf and mustard buckram cloth red leather spine label lettered in gilt all edges speckled brown new endpapers; very gently rubbed one short tear at bottom gutter of binder's blank. Light age-toning and waterstaining of various darknesses throughout most of the text with the occasional spot. The title leaf has been backed with a later paper with no loss of content; interior blank only lacking as above three leaves with small interior holes affecting letters two leaves with marginal sections torn away. Readership and provenance evidence as above with some inked notes trimmed or bled onto surrounding leaves. => Read and engaged with by multiple people and all the more intriguing because of it. Ex officina Commeliniana hardcover books
158448696Antverpiae: Ex officina Christophori Plantini 1584. Folio 6 parts in 1; pp. 8 186 2; 128; collating: ¶4 A-Y4 Z6; Aa-Qq4; woodcut device on title page; bound with: Biblica Hebraica Antverpiae 1584 Hebrew-Latin Old Testament Greek-Latin Apocrypha etc. in various pagings from back of book viz.: pp. 20 183 1; 283 1; 84; 203 1; collating from the back: †4 ‡ 6 A-O6 P8; a-x6 y-z8 aa-gg6 AA-RR6; in all 551 leaves; text in double column in Hebrew Greek and Latin; early 18th century calf blindstamped panels on covers red morocco label on spine; covers with dampstains corners bumped and showing small cracks starting at the extremities of the joints occasional light minor dampstaining but in all a very good and reasonably sound copy. Terminal flyleaf with elaborately penned inscription: "Isaac Sharpe flourishes dono Patris 1719." On the rear pastedown is Sharpe's early "Coll. Mag." bookplate dated April 4 1683 - possibly the date of his matriculation at Magdalene College Cambridge. The Greek N.T. starts at the beginning of the volume and the Hebrew O.T. at the end with the Greek Apocrypha of 128 pages between them. Each Testament has its own title page and the mention of the Apocrypha on both suggests that it was intended to form an appendix to either of the Testaments if they were issued separately. See Darlow & Moule 4645 and 5106: "This forms the latter half of the complete Bible in the original languages with an interlinear Latin translation; the whole reprinted from the Antwerp polyglot"; Voet A2 p. 320. <br/><br/> Ex officina Christophori Plantini unknown books
152510628Strasbourg, Wolfgang Cephalaeus, 1525 In-12 (155 x 95 mm), 251 ff., 61 ff. n. ch. Vélin, dos lisse, titre en grec manuscrit, tranches marbrées, page de titre remontée légèrement plus courte en tête et en queue, ex-libris effacé sur la marge supérieure de la p.1, espaces pour les lettrines avec lettres guides, petites taches sans gravité aux feuillets "g" et "g2", petit manque marginal dans le coin inférieur de la p. 251 (reliure moderne de la fin du XIXe siècle ou du début du XXe siècle).
158883711588 Francfort, chez André Wechel, 1588. Un volume in-folio cousu mais non endossé dans une chemise en vélin ivoire, titre manuscrit au dos, 694 pages,texte en grec et latin, sur deux colonnes. Manquent les feuillets de titre, frontispice, et préface, mouillure claire et quelques rousseurs. Mérite restauration.
153540636colophon: Basileae: apvd Io Bebelium for Johann Schabler called Wattenschnee 1535. 8vo 16 cm 6.25". 8 367 1 ff. <br><br>Jakob Ceporinus 14991525 born Jakob Wiesendanger the editor of this Greek Testament was => a Swiss humanist who attended the universities of Cologne and Vienna and acquired knowledge of Hebrew by studying with the German humanist Johannes Reuchlin in Ingolstadt. He worked in Basel as a proofreader for a printing house settled in Zurich and in April of 1525 was appointed as => the first Reader of Greek and Hebrew at Zwingli's school of theology in Zurich. He died unexpectedly in December 1525.<br>Â Â Â Â The first edition of his Greek New Testament appeared in 1524 from the same printer as this third edition of 1535 and like that first closely follows the Erasmus third edition with a few variants and independent readings. Also as with the 1524 edition the title-page has => four woodcuts after Urs Graf representing the evangelists and that leaf is followed by Oecolampadius' "In sacrarum literarum lectionem . . . exhortatio" pi 27.<br>Â Â Â Â The work was published at the expense of Johann Schabler called Wattenschnee whose device with motto "Durum pacientia frango" is on the verso of last leaf. The Testament text is in Greek only and each book begins with a woodcut headpiece and a historiated initial with some initials after Dance of Death designs by => Hans Holbein.<br>Â Â Â Â Reuss lists this among "Editiones Erasmicae."<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 19th-century signature on front fly-leaf of W.C.S. Tole ; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â VD16 B4180; Adams B1653; Reuss Bibliotheca Novi Testamenti Graeci p. 33. Not in Darlow & Moule but see 4601 for the first editon. 18th-century full calf no raised bands round spine gilt extra; spine pulled at head front joint sometime repaired taking part of the label and some gilt on that side with volume now strong corners rubbed and some old abrasions. => Interior with a very few instances of old marginalia; type splendidly sharp on very clean pages. apvd Io, Bebelium {for Johann Schabler, called Wattenschnee} hardcover books
158837032Genevae: Henricus Stephanus 1588. Folio 33 cm; 13". 6 ff. 555 1 blank pp. 8 ff. lacks final blank leaf; lacks vol. II Epistles Revelation. <br><br>An interleaved and heavily annotated copy of the Gospels and Acts of "Beza's third major edition of the Greek New Testament. The text follows that of the second major edition 1582 with only five exceptions" Darlow and Moule. => One should note that the title-page proclaims this "quarta editio" and that this is Estienne's third folio printing of Beza's N.T.<br>Â Â Â Â Beza's New Testament Greek text is here accompanied by his Latin and the Vulgate i.e. Catholic Latin translations the trio appearing in parallel columns on each page with => extensive notes that often fill as much as one-third to one-half of a page and with parallel references additionally set in the margins. The volume's title-page is printed in red and black and bears Henri Estienne's printer's device; a different finely wrought woodcut headpiece opens each book with each column on those pages bearing a woodcut initial at its head and a few of the books of the N.T. end with woodcut tailpieces.<br>Â Â Â Â Evidence of readership: An interleaved copy with => the vast majority of the leaves bearing an early 19th-century reader's notes and annotations. The notes cite references published as late as 1809 and it is clear that the natively German-speaking scholar was comfortable in Greek Hebrew Latin and English.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Ownership signature on title-page of Leon St. Vincent. Later in The Howell Bible Collection Pacific School of Religion properly released; no markings.<br>Â Â Â Â The paper stock used for the interleaving has the classic ProPatria watermark and that and its countermark match Churchill's 151 which has a starting date of 1799. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Darlow & Moule 4650; Adams B1711. On the interleaves' watermarks see: Churchill Watermarks in paper in Holland England France etc. in the XVII and XVIII centuries. 19th-century half vellum with German pastepaper over boards spine with tinted and tooled label text recased and new endpapers; vol. I only of this production without the Epistles and Revelation. Title-page creased and dust-soiled all leaves before pp. 9/10 rodent-gnawed in lower outside corner with loss of paper but not of text or manuscript annotation and a bit of light waterstaining to rearmost leaves only. => An important edition and a singular copy. [Henricus Stephanus] hardcover books
153326505Basel: Hieronymus Froben e Nikolaus Episcopius 1533. The Editio Princeps the first printing of the work in the original Greek. Greek and roman type. Woodcut printer’s device of Johann Froben by Hans Holbein der Jünger The Younger on the title-page and on fol. CC4v Heitz-Bernoulli 50. Woodcut decorated headpieces decorated and animated initials on black ground from different alphabets designed by Holbein; on fol. a1r 8-line initial showing Heraclitus and Democritus from the capital Latin alphabet of May 1520 drawn by Holbein and by Jacob Faber cfr. Hollstein’s German xivB n. 119. 4to 210x146 mm. In a very rarely encountered contemporary binding of Dutch blind-tooled leather over wooden boards. The covers are framed by two borders of blind tooled fillets a floral tool at each corner; the central panel is divided into diamond designs with rosettes on the upper cover and fleur-de-lys on the rear. Turn–ins and cords fixed at the inner boards. Antique spine and clasps renewed at a somewhat later date and accomplished with the greatest skill. The guard leaves are composed of two bifolia from a 14th-century manuscript breviary. Collation: 1 2 3 4 a-z4 A-Z4 aa-zz4 AA-CC4 fols. 1v CC4r blank. 8 573 3 pp A beautiful and fine broad-margined copy in a wonderful contemporary binding faint water staining to the inner corner of the first quires a minor repair to the gutter of the first leaves two tiny wormholes in the last three quires. Provenance: John Alfred Spranger 1889-1968; book-plate on front pastedown and stamp on title-page. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST PRINTING OF THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THIS REMARKABLY IMPORTANT BOOK AND A COPY WHICH IS OF THE VERY FINEST STATE AND CONDITION. The editio princeps of Diogenes Laertius’ Lives of the Famous Philosophers is the most important source of our knowledge in the history of Greek philosophy from Thales to Pyrrho. <br> The text was known only in the Latin translation by Ambrogio Traversari 1386-1439 which made its first appearance in print in Rome around 1472 and which was widely reprinted during the fourteenth and the first decades of the sixteenth century. This is the first printing of the book in its original language.<br> The edition is dedicated by the typographers Froben and Episcopius to the scholars and in their epistle they declare their publishing plan: to print at least a work per year able to combine usefulness and pleasure. <br> The text follows a manuscript provided by the professor of Greek and Hebrew at the University of Wittenberg Matthaeus Goldhahn 1480-1553 called Aurigallus probably a copy of the codex Raudnitzianus Lobkowicensis vi.F.c.38 at the time preserved in Komotau Bohemie in the house of the politician Bohuslav Lobkowitz von Hassenstein c. 1460-1510 and presently in the Library Národní Knihovna of Prague. Hieronymus Froben e Nikolaus Episcopius hardcover
