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1558800Wittenberg: Krafft 1558. Softcover. Fair. Misc. A remarkable survivor clearly a student's copy of Sacrobosco's Libellus de Sphaera printed in 1558 with the student's inscription at the bottom of the title page and a question and answer styled study guide bound at the rear 1560 by Hartmann Beyer. The shared shelfmark from the title page to the binding indicates the wallet-style binding may be contemporary to the book. Also this copy still retaining its broadside with the locations of the sun updated since the 365.25 days per calendar year causes yearly drift in the location of the sun by day since the true day is slightly shorter. Sacrobosco's work was first produced around 1230 a text book dedicated to spherical astronomy. Although Sacrobosco did use the Earth as central to all rotation his methods of finding the locations of stars the sun and moon based on elliptical patterns was fairly reliable and became the standard of students for centuries to come. He also correctly identified the world as a sphere. By 1558 the idea of the Earth as the center of the universe was largely dispelled but Sacrobosco's calculations and tables were so good that they were yet to be replaced so academies were updating to accommodate the new science. This copy has the commentary and editing of several 16th century scholars Philip Melanchthon and Erasmus Reinhold as well as a second book with commentary of Hartmann Beyer. The university usage of this copy is clear and to be noted. The scholar one Wolfgang notes at the bottom of the title page that he is studying physics. The 17th century date of study denotes that an older book was still acceptable in studies. Yet despite the later date the binding contains both the 1558 Sacrobosco and essentially a 1560 study guide posing the question ""Has this book been used for study before Wolfgang wrote in it"" A mystery is the Cistercian monastery also holding the work. Did they possess the book before or after Wolfgang Or was it from a different Cistercian monastery that was dissolved during the protestant reformation years leading up to Wolfgang's study Bibliographic Details - 1558 Sacrobosco - Universal Short Title Catalogue USTC number 668014 6 copies recorded in the world's libraries. 1560 Quaestiones. - Universal Short Title Catalogue USTC number 689026 5 copies recorded in the world's libraries and USTC 689025 recording four more copies. Physical Attributes - Measures approx. 15 x 9 x 3 cm. Vellum wallet-style wrapper. Spine with two bands. Spine with author/title in old hand. Sacrobosco's work is illustrated throughout some with diagrams that could be used as the base for moving parts. Sacrobosco - Pages - Not paginated Collation - A-R8 with last two blank leaves present. Collates complete. Beyer - Pages - xxxii 302 2 blank pages last leaf blank Collation - aa8 a8 b-u8 collates complete. Condition - See pictures. Wallet-style vellum binding with wear and cockling waviness. Bottom of flap corner chipped away. Top front strap missing from binding to text block causing looseness still connected in back. No pastedowns used. Matching library number to title page written on front board inner as well as bookseller notes of date/publication and ex libris of Gingerich. 1st gathering almost loose chipping to top edge. Title page heavily annotated with two ex libris. One is the library of a Cistercian monastery and the other is of an early 16th century student. The title page has heavy toning and some chipping along edges. Bottom corner of front of text block dog eared. Throughout text block there is use consistent with student usage. Occasional thumbing dog-eared corners annotations page-edge chips/tears fox spots candle ember marks etc. Occasional moisture mark from edge second half from upper corner worst at last page. Occasional faded page E gathering ink light. Krafft
157572<p><b>FINE AND IMPORTANT ALDINE EDITION OF ERASMUS ADAGES</b>Erasmus Roterodamus. <b><i>Adagia</i></b><i> quaecumque ad hanc diem exierunt Paulli Manutii studio atque industria . ab omnibus mendis vindicata quae pium et veritatis Catholicae studiosum lectorem poterant offendere: sublatis etiam falsis interpretationibus & nonnullis . digressionibus. Quem laborem a sacrosanti Concilii Tridentini patribus Manutio mandatum Gregorius 13. motu proprio ita comprobauit vt omnes Adagiorum libros vna excepta editione Manutiana prohibeat atque condemnet. </i><i>Cum plurimis ac locupletissimis indicibus Graecis & Latinis quorum nonnulli nusquam antheac impressi fuerunt</i>. Florentiae apud Iuntas MDLXXV Florence Giunti for the Aldine Press <b>1575</b>.2° later limp <i>cartonnage</i> handwritten title and library label at spine ff. 4 columns 1454 i.e.1440 ff. 36.Giunti device at title and final leaves. Woodcut headletters. Text in Latin on two columns with some passages in Greek.Aldus Manutius' dedicatory to pope Gregory XIII.<b>Fine and important edition revised by Aldus Manutius the Younger of the renowned collection of Latin and Greek adages sayings proverbs mottos epygrams compiled by Erasmus</b>.Paul Manutius was commissioned by the Fathers of the Council of Trent to correct the work reorder purge by false interpretations and doctrinal errors in order to make this edition the only one approved by the Church the bull of Gregory XIII as stated in the title prohibits and condemns the other editions.<b>Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus</b> 1466 – 1536 known as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus was a Dutch Renaissance humanist Catholic priest social critic teacher and theologian.Amongst humanists he enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists"; he has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists". Using humanist techniques for working on texts he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation.<b>Provenance</b>: Ownership signature <i>Philippi Monti</i> at title-page beside the printer device.<b>References</b>: Renouard 220. 14. STC <i>Italian</i> 236; Adams E-443. BMC 236. CNCE 18245 & 18247.</p> Giunti for the Aldine Press paperback
153147178Basel, Froben, 1531 + Coloniae, Petrus Quentell, 1536. Folio. Bound together in a beautiful contemporary full calf binding over wooden boards. Blindstamped ornamental frames to boards. Five raised bands to spine. Remains of brass clasps to boards. Brass at corners of boards and brass strips to bottom edges of boards. A tear through the letter at the lower capital, no loss. Some scrathing of leather, mostly to back board and upper part of spine. The titles of the two works written in contemporary hand to the outer edge. The strong vellum cords, which go through the the wooden boards can be seen on the inside of the wooden boards, which also have some initials in red and blue paint, possibly from a painted leaf that has rubbed off? First title-page a bit dusty, otherwise very nice, clean, and crisp throughout. [Eucherius:] Froben printer's device to title-page, to final leaf of the first part, to the half-title of the second part (Episcopi Commentariorum in libros Regum ad Veranium & Salonium) and to the last leaf of that part. Beautiful large woodcut initial at beginning of each new work. (8), 194, (2)" 310, (2) pp.[Radulphus:] Woodcut device to title-page. Numerous beautiful woodcut, allegorical initials, both large and smaller, throughout. (4 - title, dedications), (14 - index), (6), 314 pp.
155050048London: imprynted at London by Iohn Day dwellinge ouer Aldersgate beneth saint Martyns. And are to be sold at his shop by the litle conduit in Chepesyde at the sygne of the Resurrection 1550. First edition small 8vo 139 x 86mm ff. 116 collating A-O⸠Pâ´; printed in Black Letter throughout; woodcut initials; later vellum-backed marbled boards; title leaf torn at the top margin no loss; the binding lightly rubbed. Early ownership signature of Thomas Ferrar on the title page; ex-Earls of Macclesfield with their North Library bookplate on the front pastedown and their blindstamp at the top of the title page. Part of this is a translation of the De civilitate morum puerilium. libellus of Desiderius Erasmus which was regularly reprinted throughout the 16th century. Rare: ESTC records only 6 copies of this translation only the Huntington and Yale in the U.S. STC 22484; Alston VI 8. Sherry's work "is a mirror of one variation of rhetoric which came to be called the rhetoric of style. As a representative of this stylistic school.it carries forward the medieval concept that ornateness in communication is desirable; it suggests that figures of speech are tools for achieving this ornateness; it supplies examples of ornateness to be imitated in writing and speaking; it supports knowing the figures in order to understand both secular and religious writings; it proposes that clarity is found in the figures. In short the work assisted Englishmen to understand eloquence as well as to create it" Herbert W. Hildebrandt in his introduction to the 1977 facsimile reprint. <br/><br/> imprynted at London by Iohn Day dwellinge ouer Aldersgate, beneth saint Martyns. And are to be sold at his shop by the litle con hardcover books
1520ABC_49889Augsburg 1520. 4to. Sigmund Grimm and Marcus Wirsung 19th-century gold-tooled vellum with a black morocco title label and a black morocco label with the year of publication on the spine lettered in gold a double fillet border on both boards red edges marbled endpapers. With an elaborate woodcut title border by Hans Weiditz. 4 ll. Early print of the letter Erasmus wrote to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg Archbishop of Mainz in October 1519 with statements about Luther. In it Erasmus recommends to hear Luther whom he defends in several instances and suggests to help him where he errs. The letter was delivered by Ulrich von Hutten 1488-1523 and likely published without Erasmus's consent. The present edition is one of seven unauthorised editions published in the same year. It was printed by Marcus Wirsung ca. 1460-ca.1520 and Sigmund Grimm ca. 1480-1530 whose printing office was the most important publication centre for humanist literature in pre-Reformation Augsburg. Their edition includes a beautiful title border by Hans Weiditz 1495-ca.1537 and is among the rarest of the seven with only five copies recorded by the Universal Short Title Catalogue USTC. The present copy was auctioned at Sotheby's in 1955 and 1980 and is one of only two copies that we have been able to trace in sales records.The boards are somewhat warped. The work has been bound with 25 blank leaves. Otherwise in good condition.l Adams E 871; Allen Opus epistolarum Erasmi IV 1033; Bezzel 28; BM STC German p. 276; Erasmus Online 1957; Proctor 10920; USTC 635546 5 copies; Vander Haeghen I 93; VD16 E 1887; not in De Reuck. hardcover
1575214172Florence: Apud Iuntas 1575. Half Bound. VG. 9 1/2 x 13. Adagia of Erasmus. His name for some reason does not appear on the title page. Ex-library copy with minimal stamps and labels. Greek and Latin text. 1453 pages plus Index of the Proverbs. Pages are in very good condition; very readable. Light foxing throughout especially on the edges. Half bound with brown leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decoration on the spine. Corners a little bumped and frayed. Boards and leather a little scuffed. Binding very secure. VG heavy - may require extra postage <br/> <br/> Apud Iuntas unknown
159080905Cologne Coloniae Agrippinae: Ioannem Gymnicum sub Monocerote 1590. Cloth bound in good condition; Title page partially separating appears to be partially reglued; Top trim severe but running titles still present. EX NOVISSIMA CHILIADUM recognitione"; 5 1/2" x 3 5/8"; pp. 2 ff. 658 79 index; Leaf A2 wanting; two modern binder's leaves inserted after A1; Matches VD16 E 3102 & USTC 626708; Contemprary Latin manuscript notes on title page. Ioannem Gymnicum sub Monocerote unknown
15233722Paris: apud Simon de Colines 1523. First edition. Contemporary French blind-stamped calf over wooden boards panelled with intersecting fillets and lozenge tools; remains of clasps present metal attachments preserved; spine with raised bands. Wide-margined and notably clean throughout. Early manuscript moral sonnet signed "Frater Hugo Thubert" on the front flyleaf and a biblical motto "Si quis vult post me venire." in a seemingly different sixteenth-century hand on the rear flyleaf. With a few early marginal annotations in a sixteenth-century hand on ff. 39 and 253 and f. 9 ruled with brown-ink frames. Leather somewhat worn including a damaged area on the front panel and some loss at the lower corners with surface abrasions and light cracking along the joints; spine rubbed at head and foot. A complete unsophisticated copy in its original binding retaining notable early reader's marks; overall in very good condition. First edition. Contemporary French blind-stamped calf over wooden boards panelled with intersecting fillets and lozenge tools; remains of clasps present metal attachments preserved; spine with raised bands. ff. 373 22. <p><br /> A rare example of early educational use of Erasmus's Adagia in its contemporary French leather binding and preserved with a handwritten French moral sonnet by its sixteenth-century owner Hugues Thubert.<br /> <p><p><br /> First edition of Jean Brouchier's pedagogical epitome of Erasmus's Adagia printed by Simon de Colines in the early years of his Paris press. Though derived entirely from Erasmus's celebrated Chiliades the structure and didactic programme are Brouchier's: an abridged sequence of selected adages arranged for the studiosa iuventus intended to make the moral historical and rhetorical substance of the Adagia usable in the Latin classroom at an elementary stage.<br /> <p><p><br /> Brouchier's dedicatory epistle explains the rationale behind the epitome: while the Adagia had become essential reading for humanist education their full scope far exceeded what younger students could manage. His selection extracts the most serviceable sententiae supplying a compact repertory suited to memorization written exercises and introductory rhetorical training. The epitome reflects early humanist classroom practice when teachers adopted shorter selections to provide beginners with a practical corpus for variation and elementary composition while still introducing Erasmus's ethical and stylistic programme.<br /> <p><p><br /> A dedicatory letter to the magistrates of Florence precedes the text outlining Brouchier's aims and directing readers to Erasmus for fuller commentary. The work aligns with Colines's broader programme of humanist educational printing which equipped collèges and monastic schools with clear reliable editions of classical and contemporary authors. Colines's architectural title border clean roman types and spacious mise-en-page underscore the book's intended function as a school text designed for legibility and daily use. As an adaptation of one of Erasmus's most influential works Brouchier's Epitome documents an early stage in the mediation condensation and classroom transmission of the Adagia illustrating the practical needs of humanist teaching in early sixteenth-century France.<br /> <p><p><br /> Brouchier's biography is largely undocumented; he is known only through a small group of humanist pedagogical editions issued in Paris between 1511 and 1534. Three of these-the present Epitome and the two editions of the Commentarii in Septem Sapientum Graeciae Apophthegmata-were printed by Simon de Colines placing Brouchier within the circle of authors associated with Colines's early humanist programme.<br /> <p><p><br /> This copy preserves an unpublished French moral sonnet in the hand of Hugues Thubert written on the front flyleaf and signed "Frater Hugo Thubert." The poem belongs to the broad and often fragmentary vernacular literary production of the sixteenth century when humanist education and the widespread use of printed and manuscript verse encouraged even non-professional writers to adopt classical forms for ethical reflection. Autograph poems of this type-especially those entered into the flyleaves of school and humanist books-are relatively uncommon and they offer intimate evidence of personal reading practices. Thubert's sonnet in fluent but regionally inflected French adapts the sonnet structure to a concise moral argument setting impurity and chastity in rhetorical opposition a mode familiar from contemporary humanist and devotional writing.<br /> <p><p><br /> An early owner of the present volume Hugues Hugo Thubert was a Benedictine of the Congregation of Chezal-Benoît listed in the 1529 matricule as a monk of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and later recorded as having left the order TELMA IRHT. He signs himself in this volume and appears again as owner of another book-Jean Grolier's former copy of Gaspar Bracellus's Ortus delitiarum Milan Minutianus 1515; Austin 357; Michon 24A-which he inscribed with his name and the date 1580 and which subsequently entered the abbey library of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. These traces collectively document a Paris-based sixteenth-century reader whose surviving books display consistent humanistic engagement.<br /> Rare; USTC lists 14 copies only six outside France and RBH records a single sale 2024.<br /> <p><p><br /> References: USTC 180884; IRHT-CNRS. n.d. Matricule de la Congrégation de Chezal-Benoît 1529. In TELMA - Traitement électronique des manuscrits.<br /> <p>. apud Simon de Colines unknown
1534150904London: Robert Wyer c.1534. Erasmus on reading the Bible in the vernacular Rare English translation of Erasmus's Paraclesis "a cogently argued text in support of the Bible in the vernacular and it is this particular thrust of the work that must have drawn the early English reformers to it since they too like Erasmus spoke eloquently and at length. in support of the Bible in English" Douglas H. Parker. Based on a translation variously attributed to either William Joy or George Joye which was first printed at Antwerp in 1529 this is one of two editions printed for the first time in England in 1534. While the 1529 Antwerp edition had included a translation of Martin Luther's commentary on 1 Corinthians 7 both 1534 editions replace Luther's text with another Erasmus text "An exhortacyon to the study of the Gospell". This is the only copy to have appeared in commerce in the past 45 years. Octavo 135 x 94 mm in two parts. Woodcut opening initials printer's devices McKerrow 67c and 68 69 "dieu et mon droit" woodcut on I8r. Twentieth-century brown pigskin spine lettered in gilt marbled endpapers. Fore-margins restored throughout affecting woodcuts on final leaf and occasional shoulder notes numerous short wormtracks filled some just into text some mostly marginal staining washed still a presentable copy carefully restored of a notably rare book. STC 10494 four copies only: British Library Oxford Huntington and the present copy. unknown
1520375736Basel: Froben 1520. First edition printed in May. Woodcut borders to title leaf and dedication by Hans Holbein printer's device on last page. 150 2 imprint pp. 4to. Eighteenth-century marbled boards ink label. Some toning to spine. Very good fresh copy. First edition printed in May. Woodcut borders to title leaf and dedication by Hans Holbein printer's device on last page. 150 2 imprint pp. 4to. Ignorantiam esse superbiae matrem. Eruditionem contra modestiam parere.<br /> Ignorance is the mother of pride; it is from learning on the contrary that modesty is born.<br /> <br /> First edition of Antibarbari Erasmus' manifesto "defending the arts against the scruples of the barbarians" Tracy. Erasmus argues for the primacy of poetry among the liberal arts for the importance of critical understanding of the writers of classical antiquity and for appropriating what is good in their work. He is also scornful of rote learning and blind repetition of earlier scholarship where "cuckoo calls to cuckoo".<br /> <br /> In Petro summus erat ardor fidei in Hieronymino summa doctrina: alterius animum alterius studia imitar. In Peter there was the ardour of faith at its highest; in Jeronme there was learning at its best. It is for you to imitate the spirit if the one and the scholarship of the other.<br /> <br /> This was a work of very long ripening. Erasmus began the earliest version circa 1490 when he was a newly ordained monk but that manuscript was left behind in his wanderings. Decades later when he came across his earlier work he was at the center of intellectual controversy following publication of of his edition of the New Testament. He revised his Antibarbari to assert the humanist position and Froben published it in May 1520. There were six editions of the work in the early 1520s Froben himself published another edition later the same year and ten editions in his lifetime.<br /> <br /> "it is ignorance rather than erudtion which makes men insolent"<br /> <br /> FIRST EDITION OF A KEY WORK BY ERASMUS. VD16 E1997; Valentina Sebastiani Johann Froben Printer of Basel 170; Bibliotheca Erasmiana p. 9; Adams E-463; Bezzel 157. The standard modern text iwith translation by Margaret Mann Phillips˜The Antibarbarians" is in the Toronto Collected Works vol. 23 1978 Froben unknown
15591807040010Basel: Frobenium et Nicol. Episcopium Froben 1559. Hardcover. Good. Bound in contemporary 1/2 vellum. Worn cover edges. Collated: 10 of 12 preliminary pages 886 pages blank 16 leaves. Lacking 2nd preliminary leaf and top half of 3rd. Handsome Froben printer's device on title and final leaf. Internally clean. Larger figurative initials at the start of each section and smaller historiated initials throughout. All edges red. Not in Adams See Adams J 360 for first edition of 1534 De bello Judaico; Contra Apionem; De imperio rationis Later Latin edition of one of the main works of the ancient historian Flavius Josephus 38-100 on Roman-Jewish history. Basel: Frobenium et Nicol. Episcopium (Froben) hardcover
15791306270053Parisiis: Sumptibus Herculis Francois 1579-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Early black pigskin raised bands. 12mo. 1296 25 pp. Later part of index bound in front. Title page in facsimile. Lacking first 24 pages of preface. Minor foxing marginal dampstaining affecting text. Restoration to final leaves. 1095-1296 is Parabolae sive similitudines: Des. Erasmi Roterodami. <br><br> The Alsatian humanist Conrad Lycosthenes Conrad Wolffhart compiled this collection of classical anecdotes. Lycosthenes was a noted populizer of classical science and medicine. Parisiis: Sumptibus Herculis Francois hardcover
15708875Cologne: Apud Gualtherum Fabricum & JoannemGymnicum sub Monoccrote 1570. Pigskin. Very good . Sm. 8vo. 1675345pp. Woodcut device on title page. 2 woodcut historiated initials. Original roll tooled pigskin binding spine soiled. Covers with a large central stamp depicting a royal personage holding a sword and the scales of justice back cover image rather worn. Ownership signature of Andreas Drischel on verso of front free endpaper dated 1578. VD 16 E 2050. Apud Gualtherum Fabricum, & JoannemGymnicum sub Monoccrote unknown books
153194471531 Parisiis in via Iacobaea, apud Ludouicum Cyaneu sub duobus Gallis & Ionnem Roigninum sub Basilisco, 1531. Un volume in-12 (12 x 16,5 cm), [16]-746-[36] pp. (epistola nuncupatoria + lib. I-VI + index). Signatures: aii-cciiiib. Colophon: « Parisiis ex officina ludovici Cyanei sub duobus gallis in via Iacobea, Anno M.D.XXXI, mense Augusto». Livre bien complet de tous ses feuillets. Dans une reliure dépoque en cuir marron foncé, les plats estampés à froid, dos à cinq nerfs, tranches rouges. La couverture, notamment le dos, ont été habilement restaurés au XXe siècle, tout comme la page de titre et la dernière garde. Pages salies en début et fin d'ouvrage, écritures anciennes à la plume au verso de la page de titre, quelques soulignages dans le corps du texte, sinon ouvrage en bon état et parfaitement lisible.
154865831Lugduni:: Seb. Gryphium 1548. old mottled sheep; gilt spine. . Old small bookplate and faint old ownership signature; faint old dampstain affects lower margin; a few old ms. excisions to text leaving it entirely legible. The binding is a little rubbed; but tight and sound. . 12mo. Seb. Gryphium, unknown
1522ABC_49903Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornus 1522. Contemporary blind-tooled calf with armorial panel-stamps. Sewn on 4 supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine with remnants of 4 pairs of green closing ties re-backed. 4to. With an elaborate woodcut frame on the title page and 2 smaller woodcut frames on the first pages of the texts and 5 woodcut decorated initials. 2 parts in 1 volume. Including: ERASMUS Desiderius. Commentarius in psalmum quare fremuerunt gentes. Second edition printed in the same year as the first of Erasmus version of the Commentaries on the psalms attributed to Arnobius the Younger a Christian priest active in 5th-century Gaul. Arnobius interprets the psalms allegorically relating their content to Christ and the Church. First printed in folio by Froben in Basel in September 1522 the present 4to edition was published shortly after that same year in Cologne by Eucharius Cervicornus. It contains Erasmus preface addressed to Pope Adrian VI the commentary of Arnobius on the psalms and Erasmus own extensive commentary on psalm 2 Quare fremuerunt gentes. The present copy is bound in a contemporary Cologne binding attributed to an anonymous binder active circa 1510. Both boards feature a panel-stamped frame including three armorial shields of the city arms of Cologne ermine field with three open crowns the arms of the Archbishopric of Cologne a black cross on a silver field and a diagonally banded shield likely the binders own mark. Inside there are two identical rectangular panels made up of a stamp with bird motifs and the motto Clamo ad te Domine "I call to you Lord".With two book plates mounted on the front pastedown Thomas Brooke F.S.A. Armitage Bridge and one with the motto Pro viribus summis contendo a small manuscript cypher CP on the title page and Erasmus commentary contains manuscript annotations in the margins and on the final blank page by a near-contemporary hand. The binding has been re-backed the head of the spine is slightly damaged the corners of the boards are slightly damaged the original blind-tooled leather on the boards is somewhat dry and cracked affecting the clarity of the stamps and with some small scratched in the leather on the front board. Some occasional browning and water- staining in the margins. Otherwise in good condition.l Bezzel 554; Goldschmidt 57; Jenkins 2.1; USTC 613135; Vander Haeghen II 10; VD 16 B 3132 and VD 16 E 2460; not in: BM STC German De Reuck. Eucharius Cervicornus, hardcover
1519048644Paris: Ioanne Paruo Jean Petit 1519. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. First part dated 1518 second 1519. Later overlapping parchment. browned new endpapers. Some soiling to title page top edge excised likely for a signature page numbers added to upper right in pencil slight scattered browning light dampstain to upper edge of final leaves. A nice wide margined copy two parts in one with the integral blank between them. Rubricated throughout. 6 255 1 bl. 64 ff.<br /> <br /> Scarce edition with the important commentary on Paul's Epistles here attributed to Athanasius but actually by Theophylact of Ohrid. They were a "profound influence" on Erasmus' new testament and his In Praise of Folly Obolensky Six Byzantine Portraits 1988. 22 copies in OCLC but only 3 in the US. Rare in commerce.<br /> <br /> <br /> contains: Commentari in Epistolas Pauli Contra gentiles liber unus : De incarnatione Verbi eiusque ad nos per corpus aduentum : Disputatio contra Arrium : In uim Psalmorum opusculum : Exhortatio ad Monachos : De passione imaginis domini nostri libellus : Epistolæ nonnullæ Romanorum pontificum ad Athanasium et Athanasii ad eosdem Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 048644. Ioanne Paruo (Jean Petit) hardcover
156615871Paris, Hieronymus de Marnef, 1566. Petit in-8 de 540 (pour 542)-[2] pages (a-y-z8; A-L8), plein vélin souple à rabats. Au recto de la page de garde, on trouve une petite photographie XIXe, portrait d'un homme agé, portant moult médailles.
1530329Parisiis Paris: Apud Simonem Colinaeum Simon de Colines 1530. Reprint of the printer's edition of 1525. First printed by Johann Froben in 1517. Papered spine. In fine condition. Title within elaborate woodcut border with initials S.D.C. and Geoffroy Tory’s Lorraine cross. Title within elaborate woodcut border with initials S.D.C. and Geoffroy Tory’s Lorraine cross. Reprint of the printer's edition of 1525. First printed by Johann Froben in 1517. Papered spine. 8º a–c8 c8 blank; 23 1 blank leaves. <p><br /> Erasmus’ famous pacifist text on the adage “dulce bellum inexpertis" war is sweet to those who have not tried it. It was first published in the revised and enlarged edition of “Adages†called “Proverbiorum chiliades" 1515 Basel; Froben and published separately in 1517 also by Froben. <br /> <p><p><br /> “Bellum" is the first essay where Erasmus speaks of Jews contemporary to him praises them along with the Turks and the pagans as well as various peoples of Europe Asia and Africa for their virtuous living. He writes: “When has the sword murder arson plundering turned conquered people into good Christians! Openly to be a Turk or a Jew is lesser evil than to pretend to be a Christian. I prefer a real Turk to a false Christian.†<br /> <p><p><br /> The printer Simon de Colines 1480–1546 is most notable for his 1525 “Grandes Heures de Simon de Colines†the illustrator was the same Geoffroy Tory 1480–1533 who made the design of the woodcut border of this book.<br /> <p><p><br /> Bibl.: Markish Shimon: Erasmus and the Jews. Chicago. University of Chicago Press 1986.; Johnson Carina L.: Cultural hierarchy in sixteenth-century Europe. The Ottomans and Mexicans. Cambridge; New York. Cambridge University Press 2011.; Olin John C.: Six essays on Erasmus and a Translation of Erasmus' Letter to Carondelet 1523. New York. Fordham University Press 1979.<br /> <p><p><br /> Moreau III 2074. <br /> <p>. Apud Simonem Colinaeum (Simon de Colines) unknown
1556LLV2641Lugduni Lyon:: Seb. Gryphium 1556. 1556. Small 8vo. Pagination: 473 23 pp. Signatures: a-z8 A-H8. Printer's device on the title page woodcut initials printed marginalia; editor's name on title and p. 2 are lined out in ink three small worm holes from title-page. Nineteenth century quarter gilt-ruled calf red paper board boards. Early ink name on title of "Carolus . . ." and occasional marginalia pp. 58 61 62 80-83 heavy notes - in the same hand. Very good. Beautifully printed early pocket edition printed by Sebastianus Gryphius 1493-1556 of Suetonius' most famous work and one of the few of his texts that survive with excellent annotations by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. Commonly known as The Twelve Caesars the work contains a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first eleven emperors of the Roman Empire Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian. It is a primary source for the study of Roman history. <br /><br /> The first edition of Suetonius with Erasmus' annotation was issued in 1533. <br /><br /> Baudrier Henri L. Bibliographie lyonnaise VIII p. 284; Gultlingen V p. 215: I369; French Books III & IV: Books published in France before 1601 . . . edited by Andrew Pettegree Malcolm Walsby Leiden: Brill 2012 87100. <br /><br /> Locations: BYU lacks everything after p. 340 and title is damaged; NYPL. Seb. Gryphium, 1556. hardcover
1566129831Lugduni (Lyon) apud Antonium Gryphium M.C.LXVI (1566). 682, (30 von 38) Seiten. Mit einer Titelvignette. Geprägter, brauner Ledereinband auf vier Bünden mit vergoldetem Rückentitel. (Die nicht nummerierten letzten 8 Seiten "Annotata fehlen! Titelblatt mit alten handschriftlichen Eintragungen. Mehrere Blätter an den Rändern etwas ausgefranst, jedoch ohne Textverlust. Papier teils gering fleckig. Einige Textunterstreichungen). 12,5x7,5x3,3 cm
1556LLV2641Lugduni Lyon:: Seb. Gryphium 1556. 1556. Small 8vo. Pagination: 473 23 pp. Signatures: a-z8 A-H8. Printer’s device on the title page woodcut initials printed marginalia; editor’s name on title and p. 2 are lined out in ink three small worm holes from title-page. Nineteenth century quarter gilt-ruled calf red paper board boards. Early ink name on title of "Carolus . . ." and occasional marginalia pp. 58 61 62 80-83 heavy notes - in the same hand. Very good. Beautifully printed early pocket edition printed by Sebastianus Gryphius 1493-1556 of Suetonius’ most famous work and one of the few of his texts that survive with excellent annotations by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. Commonly known as The Twelve Caesars the work contains a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first eleven emperors of the Roman Empire Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian. It is a primary source for the study of Roman history. <br /><br /> The first edition of Suetonius with Erasmus’ annotation was issued in 1533. <br /><br /> Baudrier Henri L. Bibliographie lyonnaise VIII p. 284; Gultlingen V p. 215: I369; French Books III & IV: Books published in France before 1601 . . . edited by Andrew Pettegree Malcolm Walsby Leiden: Brill 2012 87100. <br /><br /> Locations: BYU lacks everything after p. 340 and title is damaged; NYPL. Seb. Gryphium, 1556. hardcover books
15402712Cologne:: Ex officina Ioannis Gymnici 1540. RARE COLOGNE EDITION. Folio: . 31.2 x 20 cm. . 88 3-874 1 pp. A-d6 e8 f-g6 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Zzz6 Aaaa-Dddd6 last leaf is blank. A very fine copy bound in contemporary pigskin over beveled wooden boards tooled in blind. The clasps lacking some scuffing and soiling to lower board otherwise a very nice binding. Internally a beautiful copy with the lightest of occasional soiling. Gyminus’ fine hippocamp device appears on the title. A very rare Cologne edition of Erasmus’ beloved and extraordinarily influential “Adages†first conceived as a collection of proverbial sayings drawn from the Latin authors of antiquity elucidated for the use of those who aspired to write an elegant Latin style. In its first incarnation the “Adagia†consisted of about eight hundred proverbs. The present version Erasmus' "Adagia Chiliades" “Thousands of Adages†is more than just a vastly expanded edition of that first enterprise: "A glance at its composition reveals that the ‘Adagia Chiliades’ was in fact -as well as in name- a new book and that Greek scholarship was largely responsible for the difference. Instead of 818 adages there were 3260. Of those about four-fifths were either new or substantially altered in form. And 2734 contained Greek passages of two to six lines or more in length.â€Renaissance Humanism vol. 2 pages 232-233. “In the dedication Erasmus pointed out the profit an author may derive both in ornamenting his style and in strengthening his argumentation from having at his disposal a good supply of sentences hallowed by their antiquity. He proposes to offer such a help to his readers. What he actually gave was much more. He familiarized a much wider circle than the earlier humanists had reached with the spirit of antiquity. “Prior to the ‘Adages’ the humanists had to some extent monopolized the treasures of classic culture in order to parade their knowledge of which the multitude remained destitute and so to become strange prodigies of learning and elegance. With his irresistible need of teaching and his sincere love for humanity and its general culture Erasmus introduced the classic spirit in so far as it could be reflected in the soul of a sixteenth-century Christian among the people. Erasmus made current the classic spirit. Humanism ceased to be the exclusive privilege of a few. According to Beatus Rhenanus he had been reproached by some humanists when about to publish the 'Adagia' for divulging the mysteries of their craft. But he desired that the book of antiquity should be open to all." Huizinga p. 39-40 Van der Haeghen I 4; Bezzel 83; VD16 E 1944 Ex officina Ioannis Gymnici, unknown books
15106221Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Bound in 20th-century 1/4-vellum over marbled boards. Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer <b>Jul</b><b>y 1510. Second Strasbourg</b> edition of Erasmus heavily annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs. Printed in Roman and Greek types. <br /><br />This is the original version containing 818 adages which is considerably shorter than the later expanded versions published under the title Adagiorum chiliades. Adams E-420; Bezzel Erasmusdrucke 50; Van der Haeghen Bibliotheca Erasmiana p.25-6; Bibl. Belgica II 276: no. E.61; Muller Strasbourg II p. 179 no. 45. <br /><br />The Adagia could only have been possible in the new world of European education in which careful attention to a broader range of classical texts produced a much fuller picture of the literature of antiquity. Its impact has been long lasting. Such popular expressions such as <i>one step at a time</i> <i>between a rock and a hard place</i> <i>break the ice</i> <i>an iron in the fire</i> l<i>ooking a gift horse in the mouth</i> and many other sayings can trace their origin to the Adagia. <br /><br />The printer Matthias Schürer published 15 works by Erasmus in over 70 editions. It is interesting to note that his relationship with Erasmus began with a rather rough start. In 1509 the year Schürer completed his apprenticeship and opened his own print shop he struck an unauthorized edition of Erasmuss Adagia purloined from the first edition of 1500. In spite of this commercial indiscretion Erasmus favored Schürer with a warm supportive and lasting friendship. The dedicatee of this celebrated work William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy of Barton Blount Derbyshire was a wealthy English courtier and scholar. A pupil of Erasmus he called him inter nobiles doctissimus The most learned amongst the nobles. Having served since 1512 as Chamberlain to Queen Catherine of Aragon it fell to him to announce to her the intention of Henry VIII to divorce her. Boards slightly rubbed; signatures D-K with a small wormhole to outer margin without loss of text; some slight browning and soiling to some pages; a few leaves with faded manuscript marginalia in a neat 16th-century hand; index leaves with light water staining to upper portion; o/w a very nice unrestored wide-margined example of this rare early edition. Matthias Schürer hardcover
1562508219Petrus Horst 1562. Leather. GOOD. 8vo 3.75 x 6' 784pp. Later mottled sheep with ornate floral spine panels and burgundy morocco title label half perished. Tips worn joints rubbed and starting at tail ends but cords still intact title page repaired and some lettering restored by hand; occasional pen markings in multiple early hands one contemporary; with engraved portrait of Erasmus d. 1802 inlaid to flyleaf; owner's inscription 'Conrady . 1841' to FFEP. Petrus Horst unknown
