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1644169611644 un volume, reliure plein veau brun marbré in-12 (binding full calfskin duodécimo), dos 4 nerfs, roulettes sur les nerfs (spine with 4 raised bands with fillets) presque plus d'or sur les fers (almost more gold on the stamps) - entre-nerfs à encadrement à double filets pleins, fleuron , rinceaux aux angles et petits fers en remplissage (between the raised bands with framing and with gilt full lines and beaded lines - floweret and with foliages carried out with the curved line in angles and small blocking stamp in filling) , pièce de titre comportant le titre abrégé de l'ouvrage sur fond grenat avec double filet or (garnet label of the title with the title abbreviated by the work with gilt line), rinceaux en pied (the foot of spine with foliages carried out with the curved line), manque de dorure (blurred gilding), dos craquelé, toutes tranches jaspées rouges (all red edges), marque de l'éditeur gravée sur bois en noir sur la page de titre, sans illustrations exceptés, les lettrines et culs-de-lampes gravées sur bois en noir (engraving wood), petites et légères cicatrices de mouillures en marge des trois premières pages, texte en latin, [XX (pièces liminaires) + 743] Pages, 1644 Amstelodami : apud J. Jansonium,
16690054731669 Genève, Widerhold, 1669. Deux parties reliées en deux volumes petit in-12 (90 X 142 mm) vélin rigide ivoire à couture apparentes, double encadrement de filet doré sur les plats, dos lisse cloisonné de filets noirs, titre calligraphié à l'encre noire, tranches dorées (Reliure de l'époque). T. I : frontispice illustré gravé et (23) ff. dont titre, 595 pages - T. II : (11) ff., 475 pages. Petit manque de papier en marge latérale du feuillet 3 du tome I avec mentions manuscrites en marge, sans atteinte au texte, frontispice un peu court en marge latérale. Tampon ex-libris encre rouge au verso des titres.
1603114251Witebergae, Impensis Zacharia Schüreri, impr. Typis Cratontanis 1603 In-16 15,5 x 9,5 cm. Reliure de l’époque vélin ivoire, dos lisse, titre manuscrit illisible, [50]-268-[10] pp. Ouvrage d’une relative rareté. Reliure patinée, pages de garde et de titre déchirées, en coin de pied, 50 premières pages sensiblement jaunies, 1 cahier délié, intérieur correct.
160762101Ad veterum exemplarium fidem nunc recens castigata : Graecis lacuni, quibus superiores Editiones scatebant, expletis ; Ac illustrata Commentariis selectioribus, quorum Auctores citantur pagina sequenti, Accessere Loci Communes ex utroque Seneca facti ; Auctore D. Gothofredo I. C., 1 vol. fort in-folio reliure de l'époque pleine basane granitée, dos à 6 nerfs orné, P. Chevalier, Parisiis [ Paris ], 1607, 24 ff. (certains paginés), 974 pp., 23 ff. n ch., 116 pp., 6 ff. n. ch., 284 pp. [ pp. 277-284, cahier Aa interverti avec le cahier suivant "*" ], [ And. Schottus De Claris apud Senecam rhetoribus ... : ] 98 pp., 17 ff. n. ch.
1638056080Wittebergæ Wittenberg : Impensis hæredum Clementis Bergeri: Wittebergæ 1638. Haeredes Clementis Bergeri publisher 1638. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 14 x 11 Inches Tall. Engraved frontispiece and Internal Engravings. FIRST EDITION. WITTENBERG : 1638. Hardback. Engraved title-page including portrait of author. Printed title-page in black and red. Text printed in triple columns. Text complete. Foxed. Woodcut initials; ornaments. Text in Greek; title page and preliminaries in Latin. Contemporary full brown calf-leather. Later re-spine to match. Raised bands with decorative gilt panels. Gilt lettered label to spine. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Usual foxing. VERY GOOD INDEED. No page numbers. Signatures: 4 leaves then A-Kkk5. SCARCE. Folio; approx. 14 x 11 inches. LARGE HEAVY BOOK; some extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books C.H.S. Cumberland D.L.S. Everyman G. K. C. Keswick Inklings Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Impensis hæredum Clementis Bergeri: Wittebergæ, 1638. [ Haeredes Clementis Bergeri [publisher] hardcover
1638059759Wittebergæ Wittenberg : Impensis hæredum Clementis Bergeri: Wittebergæ 1638. Haeredes Clementis Bergeri publisher 1638. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 14 x 11 Inches Tall. Engraved frontispiece and Internal Engravings. FIRST EDITION. WITTENBERG : 1638. Hardback. Engraved title-page including portrait of author. Printed title-page in black and red. Text printed in triple columns. Text complete. Foxed. Woodcut initials; ornaments. Text in Greek; title page and preliminaries in Latin. Contemporary full brown calf-leather. Later professional re-spine to match. Raised bands with decorative gilt panels. Gilt lettered label to spine. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Usual browning to pages. VERY GOOD INDEED. No page numbers. Signatures: 4 leaves then A-Kkk5. SCARCE. Folio; approx. 14 x 11 inches. LARGE HEAVY BOOK; some extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Impensis hæredum Clementis Bergeri: Wittebergæ 1638. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Impensis hæredum Clementis Bergeri: Wittebergæ, 1638. [ Haeredes Clementis Bergeri [publisher] hardcover
1622373794Leiden: Joannes Maire 1622. 8 198 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. Worn and soiled some staining to textblock. Good. Owner signature of Thos. Fletcher 1693; H Wragham 1815; Henry D. Gilpin bookplate partly covered; "ex libris G.R.W. 1879" William R. Whittingham. 8 198 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. At the back of this book is the essay by Erasmus De ratione studii pp. 161-198.<br /> <br /> William R. Whittingham 1805-1879 graduated the General Theological Seminary in 1825 and was named librarian of the newly founded school. He later accepted a position on the faculty in 1836. Whittingham was consecrated the fourth Bishop of Maryland in 1840 and served in that capacity until his death. Bishop Whittingham's important theological library became the core of the Maryland Diocese library which was in turn transferred to the General Theological Seminary. The ownership signature of Bishop Whittingham is dated 1879 a very late acquisition for him. Provenance: William R. Whittingham; Maryland Diocesan Library; General Theological Seminary bookplates and inkstamps Joannes Maire unknown
162421764Venetiis, Sumptibus Petri Pauli Tozzii, 1624. In-4 de 23-[2[ et une planche hors-texte; et [24]-51-[1] pages, cartonnage du temps.
1675009581Various places: Various publishers 1675. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Numerous works bound in one volume. Half vellum binding with marbled paper-covered boards; moderately soiled. Previous owner's bookplate Bilharz on front paste-down endpaper and circular private library sticker at bottom of spine. Works include: 1. Moller D. G. "Dissertatio De Technophysiotameis Von Kunst- und Naturalien- Kammern." Henrici Meyeri: Altdorfii 1704. Dissertaion/Thesis F. S. Wuffbain respondent. 68 pages. 2. Fermin Phillipe. "Memoire sur l'origine de la belemnite contenant la decouverte de l'animal analogue a ce fossile." 4 page manuscript with folding manuscript illustration. Apparently a fair copy of the above named article published in Ph. Renard's "Considerations d'histoire naturelle" pp.63-76 in 1775. 3. Camerarius R. J. "Dissertation inauguralis medica de lapidum figuratorum usu medico." Johannis Cunradi Reissi: Tubingae 1718. Dissertaion/Thesis J. J. Straskircher respondent. 32 pages. 4. Marbodus Bishop of Rennes; edited by F. E. Bruckmann. "Marbodei Galli Poetae Uetustissimi de Lapidibus Pretiosis Enchiridion Cum Scholiis Pictorii Villingensis." Bruckmanniana: Wolffenbuttleae 1740. 82 2 pages. 5. Stella Erasmus; edited by F. E. Bruckmann. "Interpretament Gemmarum Libellus Unicus Plinius Secundus de Gemmis." Carol. Frid. Jungnicolium: Erfurti et Lipsiae 1736. 68 pages. 6. Hebenstreit J. E. "De Ordinibus Gemmarum Verbis C. Plinii ex eius Naturalis Historiae Libr. XXXVII. Qui Totus de Gemmis Est Disserens Panegyrin Medicam." Lipsiae 1747. 16 pages. 7. Hueber G. L. "Disssertatio Inauguralis Physico-Chemico-Medica de Margaritis Earumque Virtute Medica." Joannis Jacobi Christophori Kleyer: Wirceburgi 1744. Dissertaion/Thesis J.G. Gross respondent. 71 xv pages. 8. Vogel R. A. "Terrarum Atque Lapidum Partitio Disputatio Medica Solemnis." Schulzianis Rosenbusch: Gottingae 1762. Dissertaion/Thesis A. F. C. Hempel respondent. 54 pages. 9. Roederer J. G. "Decanus Ordinis Medici in Academia Georgia Augusta Jo. Georg Roderer D. Dissertationem Inauguralem" Schulzianis Rosenbusch: Gottingae 1762. Dissertaion/Thesis with vita of A. F. C. Hempel. 12 pages. 10. Reiske Johannes. "M. Joh. Reiskii de Glossopetris Luneburgensibus ad Virum Nobilissimum Atque Esperientissimum Joh. Georg Hieronymi." Joh. Georg. Lipperi: Lipsiae 1684. 56 pages one folded leaf of illustrations. 11. Guettard Jean Etienne; Philippe Buache. Folding Map. "Carte Mineralogique de la Suisse par Philippe Buache." 1752. 12. Hottinger J. H. "Dissertatio de Crystallis." Bodmeriano: Tiguri 1698. iv 44 pages illustrated by one folding leaf of gems/crystals. 13. Hensing J. T. "Dissertatio Chemica de Germinatione Metallica Arificiali Ejusdemque Novo Invento." Joh. Reinh. Vulpii: Giessae-Hassorum 1718. Dissertaion/Thesis Joh. Georgio Beck respondent. 35 pages. 14. Muller P. L. S. "Dubia Coralliorum Origini Animali Opposita." Io. Diter. Mich. Camerarii: Erlangae 1770. 22 pages. Probably another dissertation: Suscipiet Philippus Ludovicus Statius Muller. 15. Frank Johann. "Disertatio Physica de Coralio Juxta Ductum Plinii Hist. Nat. Lib.32.c.2. adornata." Praelo Bauhoferiano: Jenae 1675. Dissertaion/Thesis Paulus Linsius respondent. 12 leaves. 16. Folding leaf with text and illustrations of tube worms. Measures 10 x 14 inches. "Kurtze Abbildung und Beschreibung der ungewohnten entsetzlichen Wuermen.in gank Nord-holland." Circa 1735. Various publishers Hardcover
1675009581Various places: Various publishers 1675. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Numerous works bound in one volume. Half vellum binding with marbled paper-covered boards; moderately soiled. Previous owner's bookplate Bilharz on front paste-down endpaper and circular private library sticker at bottom of spine. Works include: 1. Moller D. G. "Dissertatio De Technophysiotameis Von Kunst- und Naturalien- Kammern." Henrici Meyeri: Altdorfii 1704. Dissertaion/Thesis F. S. Wuffbain respondent. 68 pages. 2. Fermin Phillipe. "Memoire sur l'origine de la belemnite contenant la decouverte de l'animal analogue a ce fossile." 4 page manuscript with folding manuscript illustration. Apparently a fair copy of the above named article published in Ph. Renard's "Considerations d'histoire naturelle" pp.63-76 in 1775. 3. Camerarius R. J. "Dissertation inauguralis medica de lapidum figuratorum usu medico." Johannis Cunradi Reissi: Tubingae 1718. Dissertaion/Thesis J. J. Straskircher respondent. 32 pages. 4. Marbodus Bishop of Rennes; edited by F. E. Bruckmann. "Marbodei Galli Poetae Uetustissimi de Lapidibus Pretiosis Enchiridion Cum Scholiis Pictorii Villingensis." Bruckmanniana: Wolffenbuttleae 1740. 82 2 pages. 5. Stella Erasmus; edited by F. E. Bruckmann. "Interpretament Gemmarum Libellus Unicus Plinius Secundus de Gemmis." Carol. Frid. Jungnicolium: Erfurti et Lipsiae 1736. 68 pages. 6. Hebenstreit J. E. "De Ordinibus Gemmarum Verbis C. Plinii ex eius Naturalis Historiae Libr. XXXVII. Qui Totus de Gemmis Est Disserens Panegyrin Medicam." Lipsiae 1747. 16 pages. 7. Hueber G. L. "Disssertatio Inauguralis Physico-Chemico-Medica de Margaritis Earumque Virtute Medica." Joannis Jacobi Christophori Kleyer: Wirceburgi 1744. Dissertaion/Thesis J.G. Gross respondent. 71 xv pages. 8. Vogel R. A. "Terrarum Atque Lapidum Partitio Disputatio Medica Solemnis." Schulzianis Rosenbusch: Gottingae 1762. Dissertaion/Thesis A. F. C. Hempel respondent. 54 pages. 9. Roederer J. G. "Decanus Ordinis Medici in Academia Georgia Augusta Jo. Georg Roderer D. Dissertationem Inauguralem" Schulzianis Rosenbusch: Gottingae 1762. Dissertaion/Thesis with vita of A. F. C. Hempel. 12 pages. 10. Reiske Johannes. "M. Joh. Reiskii de Glossopetris Luneburgensibus ad Virum Nobilissimum Atque Esperientissimum Joh. Georg Hieronymi." Joh. Georg. Lipperi: Lipsiae 1684. 56 pages one folded leaf of illustrations. 11. Guettard Jean Etienne; Philippe Buache. Folding Map. "Carte Mineralogique de la Suisse par Philippe Buache." 1752. 12. Hottinger J. H. "Dissertatio de Crystallis." Bodmeriano: Tiguri 1698. iv 44 pages illustrated by one folding leaf of gems/crystals. 13. Hensing J. T. "Dissertatio Chemica de Germinatione Metallica Arificiali Ejusdemque Novo Invento." Joh. Reinh. Vulpii: Giessae-Hassorum 1718. Dissertaion/Thesis Joh. Georgio Beck respondent. 35 pages. 14. Muller P. L. S. "Dubia Coralliorum Origini Animali Opposita." Io. Diter. Mich. Camerarii: Erlangae 1770. 22 pages. Probably another dissertation: Suscipiet Philippus Ludovicus Statius Muller. 15. Frank Johann. "Disertatio Physica de Coralio Juxta Ductum Plinii Hist. Nat. Lib.32.c.2. adornata." Praelo Bauhoferiano: Jenae 1675. Dissertaion/Thesis Paulus Linsius respondent. 12 leaves. 16. Folding leaf with text and illustrations of tube worms. Measures 10 x 14 inches. "Kurtze Abbildung und Beschreibung der ungewohnten entsetzlichen Wuermen.in gank Nord-holland." Circa 1735. Various publishers Hardcover books
16180454RfGColoniae (Köln), Lazari Zetzneri, 1618. zwei Titelvignetten, 7 Bl., 1035 S., 2 Bl., 7 Bl., 72 S., 2 Bl., [5 Warenabbildungen] gesprenkelter Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, dreiseitiger Rotschnitt. Zustand 3, Ecken u. Kanten berieben u. bestoßen, Rückenleder Schürfstellen, Vorsatz Zahlen in Farbstift, Titel 4 kleine Fleckchen, 2 Besitzeinträge, 1 durchgestrichen, 11 Blatt durchziehender 2 mm-Insektenfraßgang u. 1 mm-Gang durch halben Buchblock, Papi
1618LV2653Coloniae:: Sumptibus Haeredum Lazari Zetzneri 1618. 1618. Two books in one. Thick 8vo. xvi 1035 5 xvi 171 10 pp. Printer’s device on title decorative initials index; foxed or light browning throughout. Original full vellum with ink manuscript spine title Conradi Alicosten Opera ties present; vellum a bit browned and crinkled separated from spine no free endleaves. Rubber stamps of the Bibliotheca Archivo Nacional del Peru and blind stamps on first and last few leaves including title. Good. Scarce on the market. Conrad Lycosthenes changed his German birth name Wolffhart. He was a Renaissance man studied philosophy Latin and Greek becoming known as a humanist and encyclopedist and maintained a particular fondness for curiosities. At twenty-seven years of age he suffered from hemiplegia losing the use of his right hand. His brother in law was the famous Basel book printer Johannes Oporinus Oporin 1507-1568. SEE: Lincoln’s Inn London England. Library a Catalogue of the Printed Books: To which is Prefixed a . . . 1835 p. 123. FULL TITLE: Apophthegmata Ex Probatis Graecae Latinaeque Linguae Scriptoribus: . . .Altera Editio luculentior priori & copiosior. AND: Parabolarum sive Similitudinum quae ex Aristotele Plutarcho Plinio ac Seneca grauissimis authoribus olim ab Erasmo Roterodamo collectae postea per Conradum Lycosthenem ad suas classes iuxta alphabeti ordinem reuocatae sunt: Loci Communes. Sumptibus Haeredum Lazari Zetzneri, 1618. hardcover books
1642047100Amstelodami Amsterdam: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium Elzevier 1642. 2 Bl. 336 S. 2 Bl.; Pergamenteinband der Zeit mit spanischen Kanten handschriftl. Rückentitel; Vorsatz mit Besitzervermerk von alter Hand Titelblatt fehlt untere Hälfte des fliegenden Bl. fehlt die andere Hälfte mit handschriftl. Titel 'L. A. Senecae Flores per Erasmum Roterd. Amstelodami 1642' wenige Unterstreichungen im Text Rücken mit fachmännisch ergänzter Fehlstelle Einband fleckig . Pergament. Befriedigend. 13 cm. Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium (Elzevier) Hardcover
164221300Amsterodami [Amsterdam], apud Ludovicum Elzevirium [Elzevier], 1642. Un vol. au format in-16 étroit (126 x 72 mm) de 336 pp. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau glacé fauve, plats occupés par un important décor aux petits fers comportant de larges entrelacs de fleurons dorés, semis de cercles et de pointillés dorés, filet en pointillé, filet et dentelle d'encadrement dorés, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, fleurons dorés, titre doré, roulette dorée sur les coupes, toutes tranches dorées.
1642213001642. Amsterodami Amsterdam apud Ludovicum Elzevirium Elzevier 1642. Un vol. au format in-16 ÂŽtroit 126 x 72 mm de 336 pp. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ fauve plats occupÂŽs par un important dÂŽcor aux petits fers comportant de larges entrelacs de fleurons dorÂŽs semis de cercles et de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs filet en pointillÂŽ filet et dentelle d'encadrement dorÂŽs dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ roulette dorÂŽe sur les coupes toutes tranches dorÂŽes. Belle ÂŽdition elzÂŽvirienne ici revÂtue d'une superbe reliure du temps ornÂŽe d'un important dÂŽcor aux petits fers. L'exemplaire s'ouvre sur une jolie page de titre gravÂŽe signÂŽe Cornelis Claeszoon Duysen ou Duyssend. Infime manque superficiel affectant le premier plat. Le second prÂŽsente quelques marques brunes. Nerfs frottÂŽs. AltÂŽration en queue du dos. Cerne claire dans le corps d'ouvrage sans entrave pour la lecture. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
16536648<p>Full yapped vellum; large gilt arabesque decor to boards; particulars debossed in blind to spine. Encased in 1566 edition of J.L. Vives 1493-1540 De Officio Mariti published in Frankfurt.</p><p>Text and plates from the original 1609 printing but now with the Frankfurt 1653 title page. Without additions or corrections but lacking two tables "amphitheatri aeternae" & "primordialiter constituunt mundum". Maintains same curious pagination as 1609 editon 61-42-63; 145-146-145-146-147; 190-192-193-193. No missing pages.</p><p>Eleven plates from the 1609 edition 9 of which are folding attached to rear and twelfth plate at 1653 title page.</p><p>Rear plates most wholly or partially rebacked include: original 1609 title page portrait of Khunrath Tablet of Jesus Tablet of Adam Table of Rebis Laboratorium Designation of the Pyramids or Designatio Porta Amphitheatri Adumbratio Gymnasii Hypotposis Arcis and Feinde Figure of the Panel of Enemies this last with creature-caused losses to top peripheral text see image. Minor loss to upper margin of center fold of plates 8 & 9. Peripheral dampstaining to upper margin of plates 3 4 & 7. Watermark of a crest with 3 towers in a shield over a moat to plate 5. This reissue bound without the elusive wise owl.</p><p>Peripheral worming throughout margins with two exceptions; one of which travels without side-tracking from a2 through z4 see images. Wear and moderate soiling to boards. No previous owners' names or other markings. 222 pp. 1. 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches; 20 x 31 cm.</p> Tobiam Gundermannum; Guilielmus Antonius hardcover
16832098403Nürnberg, In Verlegung Johann Andreae Endters Sel. Söhne 1683. (28), 1219 (von 1230), (2) Seiten. Frakturdruck. Titel in rot-schwarz. Mit einem doppelblattgroßen Titelkupfer und 51 (von 52) von C. N. Schurtz gestochenen, teils gefalteten Kupfertafeln. 8° (17,5 x 10,5 cm). Schwarzer Lederband der Zeit auf 4 Bünden über Holzdeckeln mit blindgeprägten Fileten auf den Deckeln und punziertem Goldschnitt. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
168260722Nürnberg W.M. Endters 1682 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A very nice copy. 28 1195 5 pp. frontispiece and 51 engraved plates. <br/><br/><em>Rare first edition of Franciscus' extensive work richly illustrated with exotic depictions of the road to hell. A second edition was published in 1686. German Emblem Books 1531-1888: 290. </em> hardcover
1664B5178Nuremberg: Johann Hofmann c. 1664. There is a fold across one half of the first engraved title page and minor wear but the book is in very good condition. Text and engravings are clean. Binding: Contemporary full vellum. Notes: Text in German. Two volumes in one. This book describes cities and strongholds during the fourth Austro-Turkish War 1663-1664 with the focus being on the year 1663 in particular. The Austro–Turkish War was a short war between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman aim was to resume the advance in central Europe conquer Vienna and subdue Austria. The book contains a detailed description of the siege of Vienna with maps and engravings; by C. M. Conrad Meyer perhaps.<br>Erasmus Finx 1627 – 1694 aka Erasmus Francisci was a German Polymath author and writer of Christian hymns. Finx was born in Lübeck the son of a lawyer and received higher education at Lüneburg and Stettin. He studied law and was travelling through Italy France and the Netherlands afterwards. As of 1657 he worked as a reader at Endter publishing at Nuremberg where he also published some of his books. <br> Size: 12vo 129x75mm. Illustration: Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages 4 fold-out maps and 6 views 5 fold-out. Volume: 2 volumes in 1 Provenance: Signed by someone dating to 1664 but the name has been covered by ink and is only partially readable. Pages: P. Blank. Engraved title page. Title page. Introduction 1-19. 1-379 80 mispag. 08. Index 1-5. Blank. Engraved title page. Title page. 1-187 164 mispag. 163. Project 1-21. Blank. Category: Book Europe Hungary; Book Military; Book Near East Turkey; Book Europe Germany; Book Europe Austria; Johann Hofmann hardcover
16814103Nürnberg: Wolfgang Moritz Endter and Johann Andreas Endter 1681. Thick 8vo 161 x 95 x 77 mm. 26 1214 2 pages. Title printed in red and black double-page engraved frontispiece or additional engraved title sixty-four numbered engraved plates of which four folding; 43 signed by Cornelius Nicolaus Schurtz 21 unsigned including one of the two frontispiece engravings folding plates 36 and 41 by J. Sandrart. Final errata leaf. Two gothic typefaces woodcut initials typographic printed music on p. 257. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards upper cover stamped in silver-gilt faded I.B.G.V.H. Johann Bernhard Graf von Herberstein and 1681 manuscript spine title edges red-stained lacking pair of fore-edge ties. fine. Provenance: Johann Bernhard Graf von Herberstein 1630-1685 binding and ms. inscription on frontispiece; Christoph Wenzel Graf von Nostitz -Rieneck 1648-1712 bibliophile art collector and art patron engraved armorial bookplate with initials C.W.G.V.N.; stencilled shelfmark 58 on backstrip; with Haus der Bücher Basel catalogue 706 Deutsche Literature der Barockzeit part 1 1963 no. 280.First Edition of a very rare baroque emblem book on the Last Judgment by one of Germany's first professional writers a beautiful copy in immaculate condition. Francisci son of the Lübeck jurist Franciscus von Finx named himself "son of Franciscus" i.e. Francisci. More unusual than this endearing foible was his successful career as a free-lance man of letters. A prolific and popular polymath Francisci died at the age of 68 "having left behind almost as many volumes" Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Throughout his career he worked as a sort of house author with the Nuremberg publishing house of the Endter family. "There was hardly an area of knowledge at which he did not try his hand. As one of the first full-time professional authors of Germany Francisci understood how to switch if the need arose to a new area of interest that promised good sales for his publisher" Dunnhaupt Bibliographisches Handbuch I p. 628 my trans. With gusto and success he catered to an audience hungry for tales of distant lands for folklore and "a world saturated with wonders" Faber du Faur German Baroque Literature p. 198 compiling tales of travel and distant lands compendia of natural history and curiosities historical works and devotional meditations. As the thickness of this volume intimates Francisci's Sitzfleisch was awe-inspiring. His versatility huge readership and connections with many members of the "republic of letters" made him one of the most influential German writers of the Baroque. While the prose of his religious works may seem cloying to the modern reader they sold as well as his secular compilations. Being widely read across social classes fine copies of his books are rare. The 64 Bedenckungen considerations of the present treatise are interwoven with fables anecdotes and digressions. Each is illustrated with an engraved emblem Sinnbild set within an exuberant ornamental border the borders of most of the 21 unsigned plates apparently by a less skilled engraver than Schurtz are plainer. Francisci is known to have worked closely with his illustrators and presumably collaborated on the design of these engravings by Cornelius Nicolaus Schurtz Joachim von Sandrart and one other engraver the 21 unsigned plates are in plainer borders and appear to be the work of a less skilled engraver. Characteristically varied in subject-matter the emblems and emblematic scenes are largely secular showing scenes of war domestic life natural disasters seafaring including shipwrecks the plant and animal world including exotic species children romping fireworks alchemical apparatus and even an amputation and a corpse being dissected in an anatomy hall. Only a few contain biblical scenes. Most striking are the four folding plates frightening panoramas of Judgment Day and the two unearthly frontispiece illustrations of which the first shows two men a virtuous man and a sinner in bed dreaming of their respective afterlives. Himself a tireless hymn-writer Francisci dedicated this work on Doomsday to one of the most important composers of Baroque hymns Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt Duchess of Württemberg 1652-1712. The book includes twenty original hymns or Kirchenlieder to be sung to identified choral melodies. The presumably less well-known music for one Trostlied hymn of consolation is provided on p. 257 with accompanying bass line. This edition collates :8 - :1.8 : : 8 -::8 A-4G8: the signing of the two preliminary quires is odd but this copy is complete. The double-leaf engraving at front may have been counted as the first leaf of the first quire since the first letterpress leaf following the letterpress title is signed ":iii". Both the first quire containing the title-leaf and dedication and the second containing laudatory poems signed by S. E. Gr. zu L and by Joachimus Simon the foreword and the table of contents contain no 8th leaf. This matches other copies and seems to have been due to composing miscalculations resulting in the removal of the final blank of each quire. Some cataloguers included the two-leaf engraved title or frontispiece in their folio count counting 15 preliminary leaves and others more correctly count 13 leaves.Not in NUC; OCLC locates a single copy in an American library at Berkeley. VD-17 reveals that this edition is one of two variant typesettings with the same imprint the other is VD17 1:664300Y; priority is not known and they may be different states of the same edition. A second edition or possibly a re-issue of these sheets appeared in 1684. VD17 12:102498K; Goedeke Grundriss zur Geschichte der Deutschen Dichtung III: 90 176; Dünnhaupt Personalbibliographien zu den Drucken des Barock 1990-93 1538 32.1; Dünnhaupt Bibliographisches Handbuch der Barockliteratur 1980-81 I: 649 32; Praz Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery 339. Wolfgang Moritz Endter and Johann Andreas Endter unknown books
1668V70496Nurnberg: Johann Andreas Endter & heirs of Wolfgang 1668. Hardcover. Good. Fine full-page engraved plates 65 numbered 1-63 with 2 bis plates 45 & 47 1 text illustration full page elaborate copperplate coat of arms of Leopold I by C.N. Schurtz. Folio old vellum spine split repaired front cover nearly detached. Bookplate of Bibliotheca Prieseriana showing books on shelves and small library stamp on pastedown. Titlepage in red and black with printer's mark of 2 female supporters with sun shining on clasped book with monogram AEW. Titlepage 36pp including full page copperplate coat of arms of Leopold I by C.N.Schurtz 1762pp 34pp indices 2pp errata with a few part-lines of loss to lower outer corner & tatty edges. Double column Gothic type with shoulder notes throughout. Two marginal tears with loss hardly touching print & first page of dedication with cropping to outer edge some corner creases else clean and no worming/no foxing/no ink marks. Despite its huge bulk the book block is square and tight. A fascinating early German account of travels and curisoties and one of the most famous illustrated natural history books of the 17th century Nissen 648; Sabin 25463. Johann Andreas Endter & heirs of Wolfgang hardcover
168260722Nurnberg, W.M. Endters, 1682 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A very nice copy. (28), 1195, (5) pp. + frontispiece and 51 engraved plates.
16684248Nuremberg, Johann A. Endters and Wolfgang Sel, 1668. 1668 3 parties reliées en 2 vol. in-folio (318 x 202 mm. de: [20] ff. (frontispice gravé, titre en rouge et noir, armes de Leopold I gravées par C.N. Schurtz, dédicace, liste des auteur), 1762 pp. ; [18] ff. (tables) ; 65 gravures à pleine page numérotées de 1 à 63, avec les planches 45 et 47 doublées (titre et feuillet de dédicace rognés courts, petite découpe comblée dans la marge du titre). Reliure à paneaux mosaïqués d'époque, dos à nerfs orné, titres de maroquin rouge, tranches marbrées ( dos restauré avec dos ancien conservé).
16428318<p><b>1642 Erasmus of Rotterdam Autobiography & Letters Dutch Renaissance Humanism </b></p><p><i>"When I have a little money I buy books; and if I have any left I buy food and clothes." </i></p><p>― Erasmus</p><p><i>While mostly known for involvement in the Northern Renaissance Erasmus of Rotterdam published several works on humanism and Protestant theology. Beginning in 1642 publisher Joannis Maire sought to publish an entire series of the works of Erasmus. This work 'Vita' was the first of this series. This work and the letters therein is a reissue of the 1615 edition that was edited by the famous Dutch scholar Pieter Schrijver. 'Vita' itself is a collection of smaller works including:</i></p><p>· Erasmus's 'Autobiography'</p><p>· Beatus Rhenanus 'Biography' of Erasmus</p><p>· Erasmus's last will and testament</p><p>· A plethora of letters written by Erasmus to Lambertus Grunnius Hector Deidonanus Christophorus Messia Hispanus Conradus Goclenius Mutianus Rufus Joannes de Hondt Oecolampadius Petrus Vulcanius and Helius Eobanus Hessus.</p><p><i>This example curiously features both the 1642 and 1649 editions of Maire's printing of Erasmus's letters.</i></p><p>Item number: #8318</p><p>Price: $550</p><p>ERASMUS of Rotterdam</p><p><b><i>Magni Des. Erasmi Roterodami Vita: Accedunt Epistolae Illustres. Lingua sive de linguae usu atque abusu liber utilissimus.</i></b></p><p>Lugduni Batavorum: Ex officina Joannis Maire 1642.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1</p><p>o 'Vita' – 44 394 2</p><p>o 'Lingua' – 410 18</p><p>· Language: English </p><p>· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~5.25in X 3in 13cm x 8cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>8318</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> officina Joannis Maire hardcover
1688LD6060Nurnberg: Hoffmann c. 1688. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern black morocco gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label gilt detail stamped direct on spine; 4to; pp. 3-52 plus 46 plates 11 of which are folding and heavily restored; 1 of which is laid-in. First title-page printed in red and black and with 3 additional lavishly engraved half-title pages. Binding is very fine indeed but condition of text block varies -- many folding plates restored full-page plates sometimes a bit browned sometimes a bit fragile and tissuey and sometimes remarkably nice and bright. A nice copy overall offering images of ornate columns window frames cornices ceilings and more. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Hoffmann hardcover