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- S.n, s.l. [Grenade] 1569, in-folio (21,5x30,5cm - marge haute : 35mm, marge basse : 50mm, marge intérieure : 30mm, marge extérieure : 40mm) , 31 ff., relié. - [ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT] ANONYMOUS Regla y Constitutiones de la Cofradia del Sanctissimo Sacramento de la Yglesia de San Christoval de Granada Autograph manuscript with three miniatures no publisher | [Granada] 1569 | folio (21.5 x 30.5 cm - upper margin: 35 mm, bottom margin: 50 mm, interior margin: 30 mm, exterior margin: 40 mm), 31 ff. | 16th-century full calf gilt Manuscript on vellum, comprising 31 leaves: 50 pages of text, ruled and lined and 3 full-page miniatures in colours, heightened in gold. The four final leaves were numbered and partly ruled but left empty. Contemporary manuscript ex-libris on front endpaper. In Spanish throughout, written in Caroline minuscule on 24 lines, the text is very readable and very regular. The manuscript begins with a three-page summary covering the 24 chapters that comprise the Regla y constitutiones de la cofradia del Sanctissimo sacramento de la yglesia de San Christoval de Granada. One illuminated capital in red and blue, indents and pagination in red, small sketch in black ink to the inner margin. The verso of the final page of the summary has been ruled and lined in red but left blank. There follow the three full-page miniatures. The first shows a Communion scene (on the recto of one leaf), the second the Tree of Jesse (verso of the same leaf), and the third Saint Christopher bearing the baby Jesus (recto of the following leaf). The verso of the miniature bears a short manuscript text explaining that these rules are those of the confraternity and brotherhood of the Holy Sacrament, established in the Church of Saint Christopher of Granada on the 1st of May 1568. This is followed by the "prohemio", a prologue of two and a half pages in which the confraternity takes an oath; this starts with an imposing illuminated capital in red and blue. The chapters then follow on directly, each with a tidy initial. The important terms are heightened in red, allowing for quick navigation in the text. A long manuscript annotation to the outer margin of leaf 24. The aforementioned rules take up 23 ruled leaves, ruled and lined in red. Leaf 27 bears two manuscript privileges. We have not been able to read the signature on the first, dated May 1569, though quite elaborate. The second, later, one (May 1596), is signed by Justino Antolinez de Burgos (1557-1637), at the time the Chaplain Royal, charged with the inspection of ecclesiastical lodges. Long contemporary manuscript note to reverse of leaf 24. Contemporary light-brown calf, spine in five compartments with gilt fillets and fleurons, gilt fillet frame to boards, small gilt fleurons to corner and a larger gilt fleuron to centre of covers. One clasp preserved. A few very skilful repairs and regilding, practically invisible. This manuscript has three spectacular full-page miniatures in gouache, heightened in gold. The first shows the Holy Communion, with Christ himself establishing the Eucharist with the words "This is my body, this is my blood." The Apostles and Jesus (with a halo) blessing them are seated around a table set with bread and fish. This motif became a major theme of Christian art in the Renaissance, as this miniature also shows. The second miniature shows the Tree of Jesse, which symbolises the genealogy of Christ traced from Jesse ("Xese"), shown as an old man reclining. In keeping with the iconographic tradition, a tree protrudes from his side, the main branches of which bear some of Jesus's ancestors. Here, they are: Zachary, Jeremiah, David, an unidentified king, and - at the pinnacle - Mary holding the Christ child within a mandorla. The third miniature presents a scene with Saint Christopher - the patron of the Church in Granada to which the Confraternity of the Holy Sacrament was attached - with a child on his shoulders, as he was commonly represented. The
(Northern France/Belgium, ca. 1430-35). Small 4to. Binding measuring 19,5 x 14 cm. Leaves measuring 19 x 13,5 cm. In a beatiful 16th century full limp morocco binding with rich gilding. Spine with gilt sea dragons to compartments, and boards with broad ornamental gilt borders, gilt corner ornamentations and gilt armorial centre-pieces with a lion holding a rose. All edges gilt. The spine is worn, but not weak, and the gilding on the spine is vague. Corners worn, some overall wear, and worm tracts that have resulted in tiny worm holes to outside of boards, but generally in very good condition. Inside of boards and end-papers with more extensive worm tracts. A nineteenth century inscription to front free end-paper reading ""offizio della B(eate) V(irgine) scritto in Germania"". Internally in excellent condition, overall very nice, clean, and bright. First leaf of the calander with a bit of soiling and two ink spots. One ornamental border (f. 13r) with light soiling and the hen in the right side of the border sligthly wiped out. Leaf (65) with an elaborate border also a bit soiled and darkened. Otherwise the borders and the initials are generally in splendid condition with very bright, unbroken gold. The first two leaves and the last quire have small, single worm holes to the blank margins. Wide borders. 98 ff., with 18 lines of text to a page, in Gothic script, in red and black ink. All texts, including rubics, in Latin. Exquisitely and elaborately illuminated with 12 elaborately decorated large ornamental borders in gold and various colours, 12 large initials elaborately illuminated in gold and colours (3,5 x 4,5 cm) and ca. 170 initials in gold and colours (ca. 1x2 cm), as well as numerous smaller initials and ornamentations in gold and different colours. No full-page miniatures, but fully complete. (For further details about the decoration, see below, in the note). Contents: Calendar (ff.1r-12v) with universal and local feast days of the liturgical year, followed by the Hours of the Holy Cross (ff. 13r-18v), the Hours of the Holy Spirit (ff. 19r-22v), the Hours of the Virgin (ff. 23r-128v), the Seven Penitential Psalms (ff.65r-72v), the Litany of Saints (ff. 73r-75r, followed by petitions of the three types, Ab, Per, and Ut, ff. 75v-76r and preces (Kyrie eleyson, f. 76r), Collects (ff. 76r-76v), the Office of the Dead (ff. 77r-98r) and the Collect “Partem beate resurrectionis“ (f. 98r).
- Robert Estienne, Paris 1546, in-16 (7x11,5cm), a-r8 s10 [146 f.] et t-z8 aa-kk8 ll3 [124 f.] et mm-yy8 [88 f.] et zz8 A-N8 O10 [122 f.] et P-Z8 AA-DD8 E4 [108 f.], 5 volumes reliés. - [TORAH] Quinque libri legis [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [ESTIENNE] Robert Estienne, Paris 1546, 16°(7x11,5cm), 5 bound volumes. First 16° edition of the Torah in Hebrew by Robert Estienne. This pocket edition was printed in 17 volumes between 1544 and 1546, after the success of the four-volume quarto edition printed from 1539 to 1544. Each individual volume could be acquired separately and considered complete in itself. Printer's woodcut device on each title page with book titles set within woodcut cartouche head-pieces. Only the title page is in Latin-Hebrew. "This little edition, said to be very accurate, is a true typographical jewel, and perhaps the most beautiful one ever printed in the Hebrew language." "Cette petite édition que l'on dit fort exacte, est vraiment un bijou typographique, et peut-être ce qui a jamais été imprimé de plus beau en langue hébraïque" (A. A. Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne) Contemporary binding in full brown morocco, two of the volumes with a smooth spine, the three others with gilt raised bands, gilt tooled boards, all edges gilt. Some wormholes on the fifth volume, not affecting the text. Numerous contemporary Latin marginalia, mainly in the first two volumes. This five-volume Torah includes Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. This edition, by François Vatable is based on the Hebrew Soncino princeps edition published in 1488. The text in Hebrew follows the Masoretic tradition and presents diacritics that facilitate its vocalization. Provenance: library of Charles John Dimsdale (1801-1872), fifth baron of the Russian Empire, with his bookplate on each pastedown endpaper. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Première édition in-16 de cette Torah de Robert Estienne. A la suite du succès de l'édition en 4 volumes in-4 dont l'impression s'étala de 1539 à 1544, cette édition miniature constituée de dix-sept parties fut publiée entre 1544 et 1546 ; chaque volume pouvait être acquis séparément car complet en soit. Belle marque d'imprimeur à chaque page de titre ainsi que plusieurs encadrements gravés. Seule la page de titre est bilingue (latin-hébreu). « Cette petite édition que l'on dit fort exacte, est vraiment un bijou typographique, et peut-être ce qui a jamais été imprimé de plus beau en langue hébraïque. » (A. A. Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne) Reliures postérieures (1590-1615) en plein maroquin brun, deux des volumes ont un dos lisse, les trois autres à quatre nerfs soulignés de filets dorés, plats encadrés de doubles filets et poinçons dorés, toutes tranches dorées. Quelques travaux et trous de vers au cinquième volume, sans aucune atteinte au texte. Mors, coins et coiffes habilement restaurés. Nombreuses notes marginales de l'époque en latin, essentiellement dans les deux premiers volumes. Cette Torah en cinq volumes comprend la Genèse, l'Exode, le Lévitique, les Nombres et le Deutéronome. Cette édition, réalisée par François Vatable, s'appuie sur l'édition princeps hébraïque publiée par Soncino en 1488. Le texte, intégralement en hébreu, suit la tradition massorétique et présente des diacritiques facilitant sa vocalisation. Exégète de talent, le jeune François Vatable (1495-1547) travailla d'abord pour Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples avec lequel il traduisit les uvres d'Aristote du latin au grec ; François Ier, à la fondation du Collège de France en 1530 lui confia la chaire d'hébreu. Près de dix ans plus tard, et toujours en qualité de professeur d'hébreu, il travailla aux côtés de Robert Estienne (1503-1559) - éditeur du Roi pour le latin et l'hébreu - sur les textes hébraïques de la Bible. Le format de cet ouvrage, d'abord publié dans une édition in-4 plus luxueuse, et la possibilité d'acquérir chaque volume séparément, en font une publication sans doute destinée aux étudiants. Cett
- Par S. Millanges, A Bourdeaus 1595, in-8 (10,5x16cm), (24) 176pp. ; (8) 775pp. (1), relié. - By S. Millanges |in Bordeaux 1595 | in-8 (10.5 x 16 cm) | (24) 176 pp?; (8) 775 pp(1) | bound Third edition after the original published in Bordeaux in 1593 and a second Parisian edition in 1594. The copy mentions the second edition because it is the second to be published in Bordeaux. Extremely rare handwritten presentation signed by the author on the page of the endpaper: "Pour Monsieur de Rives en memoire de moy. A Caors ce iiij [4] may 1595. Charron." "For Monseiur de Rives in memory of me. In Caors this iiij [4] May 1595. Charron." It is, without doubt, about Jean III de Rieu, Lord of Rives, who belonged to the family of Antoine Hébrard de Saint-Sulpice, bishop of Cahors. Pierre Charron had been called theological by this same bishop of Cahors and became his curate for six years. Bound in calf vellum with contemporary yapp edges, blank spine. Extensive yellowing of the endpaper page until page 30, then lessening, in the middle of the page throughout the first part and until page 120 of the second part. This yellowing resumes from page 760 until the end. Pierre Charron's first writing, who, in this controversial work regarding Protestantism, develops three great "vérités" "truths": religion is necessary, Christianity is revealed and only the Roman Church is the true Church. It is this last point in particular that the author tries to demonstrate. This third part is so important that it has its own title page and takes up two-thirds of the book. In Bordeaux, Pierre Charron met Montaigne whose ideas spread through his works and his thoughts. They bonded with such a deep friendship that Montaigne designated Charron as heir to his house coat of arms. The handwritten ex-donos or presentations of the great humanists of the 16th century are an exceptional rarity. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Troisième édition après l'originale parue à Bordeaux en 1593 et une seconde parisienne en 1594. L'exemplaire porte une mention de seconde édition car elle est la deuxième à paraître à Bordeaux. Rarissime envoi autographe signé de l'auteur en page de garde?: «?Pour Monsieur de Rives en memoire de moy. A Caors ce iiij [4] may 1595. Charron.?» Il s'agit certainement de Jean III du Rieu, seigneur de Rives, qui appartenait à la famille d'Antoine Hébrard de Saint-Sulpice, évêque de Cahors. Pierre Charron avait été appelé par ce même évêque à Cahors comme théologal, et devint son vicaire durant six ans. Reliure en plein vélin à rabats d'époque, dos lisse muet. Large jaunissure de la page de garde jusqu'à la page 30, puis moindre, en milieu de page sur toute la première partie et jusque vers la page 120 de la seconde partie. Cette jaunissure reprend de la page 760 à la fin. Premier écrit de Pierre Charron, qui développe dans cet ouvrage polémique à l'égard du protestantisme trois grandes «?vérités?»?: la religion est nécessaire, le christianisme est révélé et seule l'Église romaine est la véritable Église. C'est particulièrement ce dernier point que l'auteur s'efforce de démontrer. Cette troisième partie est si importante qu'elle possède sa propre page de titre et occupe les deux tiers du livre. À Bordeaux, Pierre Charron rencontra Montaigne dont les idées imprégnèrent ses uvres et sa pensée. Il se lièrent d'une si profonde amitié que Montaigne désigna Charron comme héritier du blason de sa maison. Les ex-dono ou envois autographes de grands humanistes du XVIè siècle sont d'une excessive rareté.
Macerata, Agostino Grisei, 1653. 4to (202 x 140mm). In contemporary limp vellum. Title and number in contemporary hand to spine. Light soiling to extremities. Small tear to spine and hindges a bit weak. Inner back hindge split. Woodcut device on title. Previous owner's name to title-page (Jesuits of Bologna). Additional leaf in gathering B. Light brownspotting throughout. Repair to p. 77/78. A good copy. (4), 127, (1) pp.
Kiøbenhaffn, (Matz Vingaard), (1588-)89. Folio. (39 x 27 cm.). Samtidigt hellæderbind i brunt kalveskind over svært træ og med kanter i smig. Lettere ophøjede bind på ryg. Håndsyede kapitælbånd. Lille hak i skindet på nederste rygfelt. Med de 4 originale hængselsbeslag i støbt messing bevarede, men den ene strop fornyet og den anden mangler. Permerne har begge blindtrykte arabesker, i midterfeltet en stor arabesk og i hjørner og kanter 6 pyramideformede arabesker, som alle er med en blindtrykt krone i pyramidens top. Permerne har mindre messingstifter med store hoveder til beskyttelse af bindet ved opslag. Marmoreret snit. Bindet er ganske velbevaret med kun lidt kantslid og let slid på de ophøjede rygbind. (22),353(i.e.354),226,159 blade. Komplet, men uden de 3 blanke blade. Træskåret titelblad med tekst trykt i rødt i midterfeltet. Titelbladsvarianten med kongens kobberstukne portræt (af Goltzius) opklæbet på bagsiden (en del eksemplarer udkom uden portrættet). Blad 2 med rigsvåbnet, bladet er kantrepareret. 2 træskårne deltitelblade. Registerbladene med svag skjold i ydre marginer. De sidste 35 blade delvist omkantede, for det meste i ydre marginer. Ganske få spredte brunpletter. Iøvrigt ganske lette brugsspor. Et udmærket velbevaret og komplet eksemplar (bortset fra de 3 blanke).På forreste friblad er anført lidt af eksemplarets ejerhistorie fra 1819, - erhvervet af Mikkel Johannesson Fladebøe som her delvist klausulerer dens ejerskab til fremtidige ejere af gården (Fladebøe ?). Senere synes den overgået til andre i slægten bosat i U.S.A. (Olaf Albertsen, Axel Albertsen, Stanley Albertsen, Sidney Albertsen).
Kiøbenhaffn, (Melchior Martzan og Salomon Sartor), (1632-) 1633. Folio (binding: 37 x 25 cm.). Bound in a spledid, contemporary full calf binding over wooden boards. Rich, elaborate gilding to both boards and spine. The gilding is vague, especially on the front board, but the tooling is very sharp, and the binding overall is magnificent. With four beautiful, ornamented brass edges to each board and two large ornamented brass clasps. All edges are gilt and beautifully blindtooled. Wear to capitals, where the cords are loosening a bit, and with a bit of loss of leather. A bit of wear to hinges, at the cords, which are showing. But overall the binding is in splendid condition. Also internally extremely well preserved. The title-page has a tiny restored hole to lower right corner, and the first four leaves might have been inserted. They are slightly smaller at the outer margin than the other leaves. But that might also be due to restoration, as the binding has not been tampered with at any point and is completely unrestored. The text is unusually nice, clean and fresh, by far the nicest copy we have ever come across. Pasted-down front end-paper with the ownership signature and lacquered coat-of-arms seal of Severin Svanenhielm (Severin Seehusen (1664-1726) ) as well as the ownership signatures of Søren Schiøtz (1796-1863) (with names of members of his family), C. Th. Zahle and Erik Zahle. With the book plate of William Davignon (d. 1924). The brass corners carry the initials HL and are depicted in Johannes Rudbeck's Svenska Bokband I (fig. 26, p.53). The binding there is dated 1622, whereas our binding is from 1633 or right after. The brass fittings were a commercial merchandise for sale in Germany and probably also in both Sweden and Denmark. Engraved title-page and two engraved half-titles as well as the engraved portrait of Christian IV, all by the royal engraver Simon the Pas. Withoput the half-title, which merely contains the printed words ""BIBLIA / Paa Danske"", which is almost never present. (21 - not counting the engraved title-page and the portrait), 353 (i.e. 354 due to the erroneous double pagination 353), 226, 159 ff.
Paris, G. Morel for A. Turnebus, 1554. 4to. Contemporary full vellum with contemporary handwritten title to spine. Inner hinge opening at cords. Some leaves with a bit of light browning. A stamp as well as handwritten owner's inscription to title-page, dated 1606. Pencil-annotations to pasted-down front free end-paper and owner's signature dated 1937 to front free end-paper. A very nice copy, completely unrestored.Woodcut printer's device, (8), 103 " (1), 126 pp. + final blank.
(On colophon:) Hagenau, Henrich Gran for Johannes Rynman, 1498, 20. August. Small quarto. A copy with wide margins. Newer (late 19th century) brown half calf w. gilt red title label and gilt ornamentation to back. Corners bumped. First leaf a bit soiled and with many old owener's names. Repair to upper part of first leaf, due to worm-hole, far prom affecting printed text. The two following leaves with small worm-hole to upper margin, far from affecting text. Occasional soiling and minor brownspotting. Many leaves with contemporary marginal annotations and occasional contemporary underlinings. The marginal annotations have been fully preserved when the book was rebound, and the margins have not been cut. Printed in double columns with 34 lines to each, and headlines " rubricated throughout. (12 (being title and Tabula), 1 (blank), 139) ff. - i.e. with all 152 ff., including the blank, which has been lacking in other identified copies.
Paris, Brunot-Labbe, 1817. 8vo. Completely uncut in later, simple paper-wrappers. Light dusting to first and last leaf and only light occasional brownspotting. Overall a magnificent anf fresh copy, on good paper, and completely uncut.
Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1849. 8vo. Cont. full cardboard-binding of black glitted paper w. single gilt lines to spine, all edges gilt (the typical gift-binding). On vellum-paper. Professionally rebacked, preserving part of the orig. spine (ab. 1/3). A bit of wear to extremities. Minor occasional brownspotting. Endpapers spotted, due to paper-quality. 42 pp.
Series complete from volume 1 to volume 83 (1892-1990) except for (missing:) volume 77 fasc.1 and volume 82 (1989), Original 1892-1990-edition (NO reprints), 25cm., volumes 1 to 45 and 47 to 50 are uniformly bound in nice hardcover bindings (marbled boards, spine in red leather with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers), volumes 46 and 51 to 83 are in original softcover (with few traces of use at some fascs.), together over 60.000 pages, with some ills., provenance: from the private collection of the Belgian byzantinist prof. Justin Mossay (with his ex-libris stamp and ex-dono ex-libris tipped in), very good set, ISSN 0007-7704, X93332
Köln, Ioannis Gymnici, Antonius Boetzer, 1624 a. 1621-1640. Folio. (40 x 26 cm.). Bound in 8 (thick) uniform contemp. full pigskin over wood. Raised bands and richly blindtooled covers. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Clasps missing. Spines a bit rubbed. Wear to some spineends. Some upper compartments with nicks, one volume having a tear in leather at upper compartment. One volume having a small loss of leather also at upper compartement. With engraved title-page, engraved portrait of Baronius, engraved portrait of pope Urban VII. More than 10000 pp. Printed in double-columns. In general internally fine.
Kiøbenhaffn, (Andreas Gutterwitz og Hans Stockelmann), 1576. Folio. (27 x 19 cm.). Senere velbevaret hellæderbind i flammet kalv fra omkring 1850. Ryg med svagt ophøjede ægte bind, smalle forgyldte borter langs bindene. Forgyldt rygtitel: HUUSPOSTIL. Eksemplaret er næsten komplet, idet der kun mangler titelbladet til 1. del og det sidste blanke blad. Del.1: 13 (af 14) unummererede blade + 214 nummererede blade. Del 2: 234 nummererede + 13 unummererede. Med talrige monumentale halvsides træsnit i teksten illustrerende Jesu levnedsløb, hvis kunstner indtil for nylig var uidentificeret. (Se noten neden for). Nogle fejlpagineringer i begge Dele. 2 signaturer (læg) ombyttede (i 1. Del og i registeret). Trykt på svært papir og med lettere brugsspor, mest blandt de første blade i 1. Del. Ca. 20 blade omkantede, ca. 15 blade kantforstærkede i højre margin, 3 blade reparerede med teksttab. Enkelte blade reparerede i kanter med tab af bogstaver i marginalierne. Kolofonbladet repareret i alle kanter, men uden tab af tekst. Enkelte blade med svage skjolder og brunpletter. Et læg i registeret løsnet. Alt i alt et usædvanligt velbevaret eksemplar af dette monumentalværk i dansk teologisk litteratur.
- Ex officina Francisci Perrini , Genevae (Genève) 1565, in-8 (12x19,5cm), (10f.) 412ff. (20f.) Sig : *10 a-z8 A-Z8 Aa-Hh8, relié. - CALVIN Jean & BèZE Théodore de Ioannis Caluini in viginti prima Ezechielis Prophetae capita Praelectiones, Ioannis Budaei & Caroli Ionuillaei labore & industria exceptae. Com Praefatione Theodori Bazae ad generosis. Gasparem) Colignio Gallia Amiralium. Ex officina Francisci Perrini , Genevae (Geneva) 1565, in-8 (12 x 19,5 cm), (10 f.) 412 ff (20 f.) Sig: *10 a-z8 A-Z8 Aa-Hh8, mid-19th-century half morocco The very rare posthumous first edition, first printing (known as "type a"), with all the typographical characteristics (capitals in the fifth line of the title in Roman letter, *ii instead of *ij and identical initials on *ii and p.1). This edition contains a preface by Théodore de Bèze, Calvin's successor, in the form of an exhortation to the head of the Protestants in France, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny. Another edition by the same printer appeared a few months later in French translation. Thirty-four lines per page, woodcut initials, printer's device. Mid-19th century half navy blue morocco by Galette, spine in six compartments with richly decorated frames, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, all edges red. Two corners slightly rubbed, small repair to upper inside margin of title, a few leaves repaired in margins, occasional marginal dampstaining. Contemporary inscription to title. Calvin began his lessons on Ezekiel on the 20th January 1562. Very soon, however, his state of health compelled him to call upon Théodore de Bèze's help. In a letter to the Daniel family, François Perrot notes this double teaching: "Our good tutor and common father has got into the habit of commenting on Ezekiel - still in hand - which is to say on the first three days every second week this year, while our Théodore in his turn is commenting on the Catechism in Greek the first three days of the week...Because of his illness, Calvin can often hardly finish his bit." Calvin interrupted his unfinished lessons once and for all on the 2nd February 1564. These lessons on the first twenty chapters of the revelations of the Prophet Ezekiel are the last preached by Calvin before his death on the 27th May 1564. Like the previous lessons, these too were collected in Latin by Jean Budé and Calvin's secretary, Charles de Jonviller who, on the 9th October 1564 asked the Council for "permission to have printed the lessons of Monseigneur Calvin on the first 20 chapters of Ezekiel, reviewed by the deceased. Agreed that he has permission for as many as Monseigneur de Bèze has witnessed." In his dedicatory epistle to Admiral de Coligny, de Bèze - who succeeded Calvin to the Chair of Theology at the Academy - pays elegant homage to his friend and spiritual guide: "In him we find the only [person] in our time who has left behind so many works which contain so whole and so pure a doctrine. But that it had pleased God to leave us the benefit of this shining light for another year or two; it seems to me, in truth, that one could not demand a more perfect knowledge of the Old and New Testaments...His death, of which he was forewarned, prevented his finishing Ezekiel, which is all the greater a loss to the Church, since he was the most obscure of the Prophets, as we know...and who knows when we will find someone to complete this painting, begun by our Apelles." Only 16 copies in various libraries of the first printing (cf. Bibliotheca Calviniana). A handsome and very rare copy of the first printing with good margins. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Très rare édition originale posthume de premier tirage (dit "type a") comportant bien toutes les particularités typographiques (capitales de la cinquième ligne du titre en romain, signature *ii. au lieu de *ij. et lettrines identiques en *ii et en p.1). Cette édition contient une préface de Théodore de Bèze, successeur de Calvin, sous forme d'exhortation au chef des Protestants de France, l'amiral Ga
Kiøbenhaffn, (Melchior Martzan og Salomon Sartor), (1632-) 1633. Folio. (37,5 x 24,5 cm.). Nær samtidigt hellæderbind over svært træ. De ægte bind markeret i blindtryk på ryggen. Permerne er begge forsynet med talrige mindre stifter med store hoveder i messing til beskyttelse af permerne ved opslag. 2 lukkestroppe med blanke messingbeslag hvor den lille klo på det ene er bortslidt. Bindet er antageligt fra sidste halvdel af 1600-tallet og ganske velbevaret. Blokken er noget løs, men heftesnorene, som er intakte skal fastgøres på permernes inderside, hvilket kræver noget lim og måske en fornyelse af forsatsbladene. Halvtitelblad, 2 deltitelblade. Kobberstukket titelblad, kobberstukket portræt af Christian IV. (24),353,226,157 blade (af 159 - sidste tekstblad og registerbladet mangler til Ny Testamente). Teksten med talrige træsnit. Halvtitelbladet, som næsten altid mangler, er løst og kantflosset. Et blad løs i heftningen. Enkelte blade i Fortalen med smårifter og lettere kantflossede. En del af de sidste blade i Ny Testamente med slid i ydre marginer. Enkelte blade kantforstærkede. Med talrige træsnit i teksten.
Hamburg, Excud. Iac. Wolffius, impens Paulus Brachfeldus, 1591. 4to. Senere halvpergament med mønstret papir over permerne. Professionelt restaurerede revner ved de først to blade, intet tab. Titelblad jævnt brunet, ellers blot en smule lettere brunpletning i margin af nogle blade. (28), 176, (7) pp. Pp. (76)-(77) udgør den kobberstukne planche (lidt tæt beskåret ved marginerne), der afbilder Jellingstenen. Tre store træskårne illustrationer i teksten. Træskårne initialer og vignetter. 4to. Later nice half vellum vith patterned paper over boards. Neatly repaired tear to first two leaves, no loss. Title-page evenly browned, otherwise only a bit of occasional minor marginal brownspotting. (28), 176, (7) pp. Pp. (76)-(77) constituting an engraved plate (a bit shaved at margins). Three large woodcut illustrations (ab. 1/2-page) in the text. Woodcut initials and vignettes.
- Chez François Foppens, A Bruxelles 1700, In-4 (21,5x29,8cm), (4) xxiv, 997pp. et (2) 996pp. et (2) 664pp. ; (8) 254pp. (2), 3 volumes reliés. - Nouvelle édition illustrée d'un frontispice par Vernansal gravé par Thomassin, une carte dépliante sur double page avec 12 vignettes dans les marges et 41 bandeaux de titre illustrés non signés. Une vignette de titre répétée sur les tomes. Il a été joint une carte volante du voyage des israelites dans le désert encadrée de 11 vignettes, découpée aux marges. La Saint Bible, suivi de Histoire et concorde des quatre évangélistes in fine au 3e volumes. Reliure en plein maroquin rouge sang d'époque. Dos à nerfs richement orné avec un fer à la colombe portant une gerbe de blé, et une botte de blé. Pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge ornés. Triple filet d'encadrement sur les plats. Tranches dorées. Roulette sur les coupes et frise intérieure. Exemplaire entièrement réglé. 2 cernes noirs sur le plat supérieur du tome I et légèrement sur le premier caisson. Très étroite fente au mors inférieur en tête du tome II. Traces de frottement. coins un peu repliés. ensemble bien frais. Très bel exemplaire de cette Bible dans une condition exceptionnelle en plein maroquin rouge du temps. Bible dite de Port-Royal, traduite par Le Maistre de Sacy. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
In-4°, 88 carte di cui prima e ultima bianche (ultima mancante), legatura in mezza pelle con angoli, leggermente rovinata, copia a pieni margini (150X205); Colophon: Finiut epistole Enee Siluii piccolominei qui & Pius secundus fuit in Cardinalatu edite. BMC IV, 92; Goff p.713 Questo documento fornisce una testimonianza fondamentale su questo straordinario personaggio che fu contemporaneamente uomo di Chiesa – e di “apparato ecclesiastico” -, ma anche grande giurista, uomo di cultura, umanista e raffinato diplomatico. Unico vescovo di Trieste (tra il 1447 e il 1450) ad assurgere – nel 1458 - al soglio pontificio. Enea Silvio Piccolomini fu un grande ecumenista ante-litteram. Di lui infatti – sia prima che dopo l’elezione a Papa – è nota l’attenzione verso le altre comunità religiose, verso gli ortodossi di Grecia e dei Balcani di cui auspicò – e cercò di trattare – condizioni migliori da parte del dominatore turco; e verso gli stessi Ottomani per cui è noto persino un tentativo di “convertire” lo stesso Sultano; e poi verso gli ebrei di cui pose le condizioni per una maggiore libertà. In-4 °, 88 leaves, first and last blank (last missing), slightly damaged half leather binding with corners, copy with full margins (150X205); Colophon: Finiut epistole Enee Siluii piccolominei qui & Pius secundus fuit in Cardinalatu edite. BMC IV, 92; Goff p.713 This document provides a fundamental testimony on this extraordinary person who was at the same time a man of the Church - and of the "ecclesiastical apparatus" -, but also a great jurist, a man of culture, a humanist and a refined diplomat. The only bishop of Trieste (between 1447 and 1450) to have risen to the papal throne in 1458. Enea Silvio Piccolomini was a great ante-litteram ecumenist. In fact - both before and after his election as Pope - his attention is known to other religious communities, to the Orthodox of Greece and the Balkans, of whom he hoped - and tried to negotiate - better conditions on the part of the Turkish ruler; and towards the Ottomans themselves, for whom an attempt to "convert" the Sultan himself is known; and then towards the Jews of which he laid the conditions for greater freedom.
In -4°, pp. (8), 220; con 17 tavv. di cui quattro ripiegate e una doppia, tagli dorati. L’impaginazione delle tavole è apparentemente disordinata, ma corrisponde a quella riscontrata in altre copie: libro completo e in ottime condizioni. Legatura alle armi del vescovo John Ernest Emmanuel von Harrach. Binding with arms of Harrach Bishop.
Odense, Christian Skrøder, 1699. Folio. Samtidigt hellæderbind over træ. Ryg med horisontale blindtrykte stregdekorationer. Permer med blindtrykte stregrammer. De øverste 2-3 cm. af ryggen mangler skindet. Permer og ryg lettere slidt. Titelbladet trykt i rødt og sort. (8),300,(14) pp., talrige noder i teksten, trykt med støbte typer. De første ca. 100 sider med bruning i øvre marginer og ned langs halvdelen af højre marginer, dog aftagende.
Nürnberg, Johann Andreae Endtners Seel. Söhne, 1692. Folio. (46 x 30 cm.). Contemp. full calf. Wear to top of spine. 2 compartments with old repairs. A closed tear to foot of spine. Remains of old gilting and title on spine. Spine rubbed. With 3 (of 4) clasps and catches in brass. Engraved titel and printed title in red/black. (38),(22),(66),686,950,(18) pp. A few brownspots on the first leaves. A dampstain in lower margin of the last 5 leaves. A few leaves in beginning and at end a bit frayed in right margins. A few leaves with loss of blank in margin. Internally in general clean and fine. With in all 42 engraved plates (incl. general title and portrait of Luther) and 1 engraved coat of arms (portraits, apostles, plates, parttitles, plans, map etc.). A few plates with dampstains to margins.
In -4°; (16), 134; cartonato moderno. Stefano Gradi (1613-1683), o anche Gradic, filosofo e scienziato croato, fu inviato precocemente da Ragusa a Roma, dove studiò in seminario e prese gli ordini secolari: nel 1661 divenne custode della Biblioteca Vaticana. In quest’opera Gradi si inserisce con veemenza nella discussione sul “probabilismo” etico, concetto di teologia morale messo a fuoco nel secolo precedente e abbondantemente dibattuto negli anni in cui viene pubblicata quest’opera. I probabilisti, in estrema sintesi, accettavano che una determinata norma morale potesse essere discussa in termini di probabilità della sua “verità”. Matematico per formazione e consuetudine, e quindi profondo conoscitore delle scienze esatte, Gradi si scontra con quanti, i probabilisti estremi, applicavano in modo secondo lui arbitrario dei concetti propri della geometria alla morale: pur essendo questo, in senso stretto, un libro di teologia morale, abbonda di riferimenti alla matematica e alle scienze, con precisi riferimenti a Castelli, Galileo, ecc., rivendicando un’autonomia delle scienze matematiche rispetto a quelle storiche e morali. La pubblicazione di questa “Disputatio” gli valse il sospetto di Giansenismo e il ritardo della sua nomina cardinalizia. Rilegato con “Oratio de eligendo Summo Pont. Sede vacante post obitum Alexandri VII...”, Roma, Tinassi, 1667 (pp. 12). Riccardi I, 617 “intorno all’opera - de opinione probabili - vedi Jang. o des sav., anno 1679” Modern paper. Stefano Gradi (1613-1683), or Gradic, was a croatian scientist and philosopher. He was early sent to Rome, from Dubrovnik, where he became a priest: in 1661 he was appointed as principal of the Vatican Library. In this work Gradi get into the disputation about the ethic “probabilism”, a theological concept defined in the XVI Century and much discussed at his time. A matematician, Gradi substains the autonomy of sciences from history and moral studies. The publication of this “Disputatio” pulled him to be suspected of Jansenism. Bound with “Oratio de eligendo Summo Pont. Sede vacante post obitum Alexandri VII...”, Roma, Tinassi, 1667 (pp. 12).
(Paris, Henricus Stephanus, 1513). Folio. Bound in a nice 18th century brown half calf with six raised bands to richly gilt spine. Corners slightly bumped and capitals worn, especially the lower one, where the capital band is showing and has loosened a bit. Inner hinge slightly weak. Front free end-paper with 18th century ink-annotation (title, year, etc.). A very light damp stain top the last portion of leaves, a bit heavier to the last two leaves. Otherwise internally very nice and clean. All in all a very nice copy, with only very light scattered brownspotting. Beautifully printed in two columns and in red and black throughout. Pp. 233-294.
Monumental work on Church History ("Ecclesiastical Annals") covering the period from year 1 till 1571 which the Oratorian Baronius wrote in 1588-1607 to oppose the Lutheran and thus anti-catholic history called the "Magdeburg Centuries", complete in 37 volumes, re-edition edited by Augustin Theiner, together ca. 22.000 pages, 32cm., uniform solid hardcover bindings in black cloth in good condition (spines sunfaded), stamp on title page, text is clean and bright except for some occasional foxing, text in Latin, text is printed in two columns, good set, total weight: 70kg., R107128
