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15767393Genoa: Appresso Marc' Antonio Bellone 1576. First edition. Vellum. Very Good. 4to. 819224pp. Index of names. Armorial woodcut device on title. Publisher's woodcut device on colophon. Cont. limp vellum a bit soiled ties lacking some gnawing at lower fore-edge of front cover remains of an old hand-lettered paper label on spine. A few gatherings a bit browned M-S and V-X. A valuable and entertaining book which Borromeo placed in his collection of "Novellieri" but which contains in reality narrative stories of people and events occurring between the mid-15th century and 1566; their names are listed in the index at the end. The events factual and anecdotal take place in Liguria Lombardy Campania and Aragon and several of them mention Turkey and the Turks. At the beginning in his preface the author narrates the history of Novi Ligure where he was born circa 1510. Not in adams; BL Italian STC p. 145. Appresso Marc' Antonio Bellone hardcover books
1535WB15731Lyon: Seb. Gryphium 1535. Hardcover. Very Good. MDXXXV 1535. 8vo 170 x 120mm. 493pp. 42. Signatures: a-z8 A-K8 L4. Colophon on leaf 3r. Woodcut engraved printers device of griffin on pedestal and winged orb with motto VIRTUTE DVCE COMITE FORTVNA Under the guidance of valor accompanied by good fortune. 5-line chapter decorative initials throughout. Printed catchwords and marginalia. 19th century half cloth over marbled boards spine with three raised bands and lettered in gilt LAURENTIUS VALLA endpapers renewed; title browned with small lower right marginal tear some marginal dampstaining marginal worming in center of text block only affecting a few quires few stains outer edgewear; altogether a good French imprint from the Gryphius press. Title page with 19th century ownership inscriptions "Gabriele Tasinari 1865 and early 20th century ink ownership stamp of Jaime Azancot. Lyon edition of Lorenzo Vallas linguistic work on the Latin language. This same year an edition appeared with Jodus Badius Ascensius and was printed in Paris with Simonem Colinaeum. The next year 1536 saw editions from the printers Giunta in Lyon and Fabricius in Cologne. Immensely popular as a textbook this was Vallas widely reprinted and influential work on Latin linguistics which went through at least 60 editions between 1471 and 1536. Lorenzo or Laurentius Valla from Piacenza was a scholar humanist and philosopher not unfamiliar with controversy. In his tumultuous career he was chosen by Pope Nicholas V to translate the classical texts of Herodotus and Thucydides into Latin. His masterwork is De lingvae latinae elegantia 1444 called a brilliant philological defense of classical Latin in which he contrasted the elegance of the ancient Romans works - especially those of Cicero and Quintilian - with the clumsiness of medieval and Church Latin Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 6th ed. 2006. Vallas treatise was novel in it subjected the forms of Latin grammar and the rules of Latin style and rhetoric to a critical examination. His work was the basis for the Humanist movement to reform the style of Latin prose to a more classical and Ciceronian direction and on a scientific basis and away from the Christian Latin of the European Middle Ages. This was thought to be a major improvement in style and elegance in Latin usage. Sebastian Gryphius was a German bookseller-printer and humanist. Around 1520 he came to Lyon and settled there on behalf of a Venetian firm of booksellers. Initially Gryphius largely published works on law but was later known for classic works in humanism produced in elegant format. For an often reprinted title this particular edition is not common. <br/><br/> Seb. Gryphium hardcover books
1577JC14677Antwerp: Christophe Plantin 1577. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 240 x 175mm. Pagination: 2 3-194pp. 2 colophon leaf. Signatures: A-Z4; a6. Engraved architectural frame on title signed Bernardinus Passarus with coat of arms of Pope Gregory XIII two cardinals Alessandro Farnese escutcheon of six fleur-de-lis and Antonio Perenotto escutcheon of double-headed eagle and seven bends and classicizing boughs of fruit. All 55 copperplate engravings 54 in cartouche illustrated by Bernandino Passeri c.1577-1585 and engraved by Hieronymus Jerome Wierix c.1553-1619 with the exception of the Raising of Lazarus on p. 88 which is signed PB i.e. Pieter van der Borcht as designer and IHW i.e. Jan Wierix which belonged to the Plantin stock. Edited by Jacobus Pactus. Text in roman and italic. Contemporary limp vellum lacking ties manuscript title to spine GAMBARAE CARININA SACRA; title and edges lightly browned hinges starting ink stains on p. 71 but otherwise a good copy. Old library stamp of the Biblitoeca de Oscar e Carbone. Modern armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on the front pastedown. <br/><br/>Scarce first edition of Lorenzo Gambaras devotional treatise the Rerum sacrarum liber published by Plantin in Antwerp in 1577. Plentiful in sacred iconography Gambaras book was known for its beautiful art history images depicting classic Christological scenes visions saints and parables all after the drawings of Bernadino Passeri. Lorenzo Gambara born in Brescia studied arts and letters at the University of Padua. While he was still young he moved to Rome where he was linked to the papal court and was in service to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and later Pope Gregory XIII. Virtually Gambaras entire life had been encompassed by the culture of the papal court a place where he also made his name as a poet. One of Gambaras major driving beliefs was that the popular myths in ancient poetry had pagan roots. Wanting to write something to counteract the celebration of depraved literature in his time Gambara wrote this treatise to discourage Christian poets from using pagan symbols in their work. He dedicated this work to some of the greatest themes in Christian liturgy such as the Annunciation Epiphany Pentecost and Christmas. Adams G-186; Brunet II 1474; Graesse III 22. Christophe Plantin hardcover books
1577LD6849Antwerp: Christoph Plantin 1577. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 205 x 155mm. 194pp. 1. Engraved title after Bernadino Passeri with coats of arms of Alessandro Farnese cardinals hat surmounting escutcheon bearing six fleurs-de-lis and Antonio Perenotto cardinals hat over double headed eagle and seven bends emblems of Pope Gregory XIII papal tiara and crossed keys of Rome over medallion enclosing head of dragon two putti and heads of putti amid boughs of fruit hanging from architectural frame. All 55 copperplate engravings 54 in cartouche representing religious scenes mainly scenes of Christs life the Presentation Transfiguration Entry into Jerusalem Crucifixion Resurrection Ascension Pentecost various judgments visionary and moralistic scenes mainly for saints and a fight against the Turks all from drawings of Bernardino Passeri one repeated on p. 160 p. 191 and one The Raising of Lazarus p. 88 of a different style and signed I. H. W.-P. B. i. e. Hieronymus Wierix after Pierre van der Borcht of the Plantin stock. Early 19th-century half morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers and edges; margins trimmed close title browned some toning throughout lightly worn otherwise complete and sound. Armorial bookplate of T. Graham three escallops joined with chevron charged with three crescents with motto Omne meum nihil meum tis all mine and none mine on front pastedown. Few annotations in margins mainly on poem for St. Anthony of Padua beginning p. 183. <br/><br/>Gambaras rare neo-Latin treatise discouraging Christian poets from using pagan symbols the Liber Rerum Sacrarum finely illustrated by Passeri and from the Plantin press in 1577. Rare original edition of Lorenzo Gambaras Liber Rerum Sacrarum a collection of Latin religious poems in which he dissuades Christian poets from using pagan mythology in their work. Gambara was born in Brescia in 1506 but spent most of his life in Rome in service to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and Pope Gregory XIII where he had regular contact with many writers of the day. He himself was a prolific poet and translator of Greek lyric poetry perhaps better known for his work on the Navigation of Christopher Columbus 1581. Gambara died in 1596 at the age of 90. Each of Gambaras poems in the Liber Rerum Sacrarum feature saints or religious feasts which were dedicated to a prominent prelate starting with a brief argumentum or appeal and with an illustration adapted to the text. As pointed out in letters by Plantin the plates were made in Italy by an unknown engraver probably after the designs of the Roman painter Bernardino Passeri whose name figures on the title page and shipped to Antwerp. Rare copies located at Stanford Duke Newberry Library Brigham Young and the National Art Library in London and another on market. Christoph Plantin hardcover books