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12mo. (20), 240 pp. With engraved frontispiece and 7 engraved plates. Contemporary blindstamped calf with ties; IHS and MARIA monograms to covers. Second edition of this extremely rare and curious emblem book, with the text couched in the form of seven dialogues between a "vir politicus" and "theologicus", generally attributed to the Hungarian Jesuit János Rajcsanyi. The dialogues concern (1) the existence of God; (2) divine providence; (3) fate; (4) predestination and divine prescience; (5) the immortality of the soul; (6) on Gehenna; and (7) the resurrection of the dead. Along with a frontispiece, each dialogue is preceded by an emblematic engraving by the Viennese artist (Franz) Ambros Dietel (d. 1737?) which constitute extraordinary, and frequently visionary, pictorial representations of the substance of each of the dialogues. The frontispiece is signed "A. Dietel sc. Vi.", others "Dietell" or "D. sc.". The plates depart from the usual format of the emblem book in that there is no motto, but the symbolic content of the images, each with an accompanying Biblical verse, places it squarely in the tradition. - Although Sommervogel cites no other edition and gives Raicsani's dates as 1670-1733, his text was first published in Vienna in 1676 with six very similar plates which clearly were the model on which Dietel based his engravings. An undated edition which may precede the present one was printed in Passau by Maria Margarete Höller, and reprints appear as late as 1757. All editions are rare: no copy of any edition in U.S. libraries, and only two copies anywhere (Bavaria State Library and Austrian National Library) of this 1704 edition. - Paper lightly browned; a few tiny wormholes to spine. 19th century bookplate of Anton Kurz on pastedown; handwritten and stamped 1979 ownership of the Viennese collector Werner Habel (1939-2015) to the flyleaf. De Backer/Sommervogel VI, 1402f., 1. Cf. VD 17, 12:110764V (1676 ed.).
In 4, pp. (2) + 252 + (2). Indicazioni di stampa al colophon. Fresco esemplare in bel carattere tondo. Piccola mancanza restaurata a p. 3 con perdita do poche lettere al verso. Piena pergamena settecentesca. Rarissima edizione originale di questo particolare catechismo redatto in gran parte dal Marini su ordine del cardinale Gonzaga di cui era stato nominato suffraganeo per la diocesi di Mantova. La disposizione degli argomenti dell'opera (Decalogo, Simbolo, Padre Nostro) richiama assai da vicino la celebre triade (gerbot - glauben - gebet) seguita da Martin Lutero nei due catechismi di Wittemberg del 1529 che il M. conosceva. Tale struttura e la mancanza di una parte specificatamente dedicata ai sacramenti, differenzia il Catecismo da altre opere coeve simili. Sebbene possa ascriversi al M. la stesura di gran parte del testo(il decalogo, il simbolo e il discorso sopra l'orazione) non gli fu possibile redigere la parte dedicata al Padre Nostro. Nuovi incarichi obbligarono il M. a partire dalla diocesi e a lasciare il Catecismo che, completato da Bartolomeo Ghisellino, fu pubblicato nel 1555 a mantova dal Ruffinelli. M. era stato nominato Nunzio apostolico a madrid da Giulio III... (Marco Maiorino in Diz. Biogr. degli Italiani, vol. 70). Marini era nto sull'isola di Chio, nell'Egeo da famiglia genovese, Domenica, fu abile predicatore e diplomatico, ebbe, infatti, la nunziatura apostolica a madrid. Rezzagi, Il 'catecismo' di Leonardo Marini nel contsto della riforma pastorale del Card. Ercole Gonzaga. Solo 2 ess. in ICCU.
Paris, Bertholdus Rembolt, 1517 y 1518. [al fin:] Parrhisiis impressi per Magistrum Bertholdum Rembolt, anno domini millesimo quingentesimo xvii, [y] per Magistrum Bertholdum Rembolt Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo xviii. Seis tomos en un volúmen en 4to.; 4 hs., LIIII folios ( mal numerados: en realidad, XCIV). + CXXXIIII folios, 2 hojas, incluída portada orlada, impresa a dos tintas, con la marca del impresor + LXXVI folios, 2 hojas, incluída portada orlada, impresa a dos tintas, con la marca del impresor, + LII folios, 10 hojas, incluída portada orlada, impresa a dos tintas, con la marca del impresor, + XCVI folios, 4 hojas, incluida portada orlada, impresa a dos tintas, con marca del impresor, con un grabado en el reverso que muestra la Crucifixión y otro de San Francisco de Asís recibiendo los estigmas en el vuelto de la cuarta hoja + LVII folios numerados y siete más sin numerar, 4 hojas, incluída portada orlada, impresa a dos tintas, con marca de impresor y con un grabado de San Francisco de Asís recibiendo los estigmas en el reverso. Impresión gótica. Bellísima encuadernación de época, en piel sobre tabla, con gofrados en seco en ambos planos. Los tres tomos restantes contienen: Oratio Octaviani in vitam Beati Bonaventure. Libellus de reductione Artium ad Theologiam. Tractatus de paupertate Christi. Tractatulus de quinque festivitatibus Pueri Iesu. Tractatulus de regimine anime. Epistola ad magistrum innominatum eliminans errorem contra regulam Beati Francisci. Epistola de eo quæ Christus et Apostoli et discipuli eius incesserunt Discalciati. Epistola ad ministros provinciales et custodes de reformandis fratribus sui Ordinis. Viginti passus de informatione spiritualis vite et profectu religiosorum. Sermones de decem preceptis Domini. Apologia Pauperum. Expositio orationes dominice. Laudisimus de cruce Domini. Tractatus de dieta salutis. Contemplatio devota de nativitate Domini. Tractatus de resurrectione hominis a peccato ad gratiam. Liber salutaris Beati Bonaventure Pharettra vocatus.
complete in 28 volumes: 26 volumes + 2 volumes of indices, text in latin, original 1856-1878-edition, Editio nova (second edition, the first of which was printed in 1740-1751 in Venice), 27cm., text printed in 2 columns, all vols. are uniformely bound in hardcover (marbled plates, spine in cloth, with marginal spots), few library stamps, good set [cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, VII col.1680 no.24, Suarez Franciscus S.J., Grenada 1548 - Lisbon 1617], R67192
in-folio, ff. (6), CCCXIV, (10). Leg. 700esca mezza pergamena, tass. in pelle con tit. oro al dorso. Titolo racchiuso in magnifica bordura silogr. nello stile di Holbein raffig. vari episodi della vita di S. Atanasio; numerose iniz. silogr. su fondo nero, testo in car. tondo con note marginali in corsivo. Nei ff. preliminari leggesi la lunga "esortazione al pio lettore" di Erasmo da Rotterdam, il quale è autore anche dell'ampia Vita di S. Atanasio che abbraccia gli ultimi 20 ff. Edizione importantissima, una tra le prime, delle opere di Sant'Atanasio, vescovo di Alessandria, Padre e Dottore della Chiesa, vissuto tra il 295 ed il 373 d.C. Tra le principali opere, apologetiche e dogmatiche, citiamo il Trattato contro i Greci, il Trattato sulla Incarnazione del Verbo, l'Apologia contro gli Ariani. Da segnalare l'importanza dei due scritti di Erasmo già citati e la presenza di Angelo Poliziano tra traduttori. Bell'esempl., puro e genuino, con note di mano coeva nel margine dei primi ff., ex-libris manoscritto della "Fundationis Baldauficae" sulla sguardia e suo antico timbro sul titolo (fori di tarlo all'inizio e più sensibili in fine).. STC, German Books, 49. Bibliotheca Erasmiana, II série, p. 11..
Large 4to (176 x 243 mm). (10), 1012 pp. Letterpress title printed in red and black. With engraved title page and a full-page engraving; several woodcut initials and headpieces. Contemporary full calf with gilt cover borders and gilt spine with label. All edges gilt; traces of goffering. Coloured paper pastedowns. First edition. - "A commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew" (Nersessian). In 1717, Mechitar of Sebaste had "founded near Venice the Convent of San Lazaro, where many editions of the Armenian scriptures have been printed" (Darlow/Moule 1784). A few years previously, the author had edited the complete Armenian Bible for Bortoli. - Some browning and waterstaining, but on the whole tight and well-preserved. No copy in auction records. Voskanian 436. Nersessian 126 (lacking index). Meghapart 441. OCLC 81573051.
Small 8vo (103 x 150 mm). 80 pp. Contemporary full red morocco, elaborately giltstamped with ornamental borders and the arms of the Kingdom of Portugal. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Very appealingly bound, extremely rare Portuguese liturgical collection of prayers and devotions to Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231). They are known to have been issued variously between 1761 and 1850 (the editions of 1828, 1844 and 1869 all having 80 pages), but no other copy of an 1840 edition could be traced. - Slight browning; a few edges slightly wrinkled. The splendid binding, apparently crafted for the Portuguese royal family, shows tiny flaws to spine, otherwise immaculate.
5 voll. in 4o, pp. (22 n.n.) 24, 1226, 1 (tra le pagg. 857 e la doppia 857, 3 fogli n.n.); (6 n.n.) 11, 1 bianca, 870, 1 (manca la prima c. bianca); (4 n.n.) 18, 968, 1 (mancano le 2 c. bianche; (6 n.n.) 15, 1 c. bianca, 927; (2 n.n.) 14, 791, tutta pergamena con nervi, con rinforzo coevo al dorso, imprese, testatine, finalini, capolettera xilografici. Tracce di tarlo ad alcune carte del 1o e 3o vol. che non ledono il testo. Fori di tarlo al dorso dei primi 3 voll. Lievi difetti alle legature , ma in generale ottima opera in buono stato di conservazione (6315/ STORIA DELLA CHIESA - STORIA DEI CONCILII - TEOLOGIA - DIRITTO CANONICO ED ECCLESIASTICO)
Large 8vo. VI, (2), 316 pp. With several wood engravings in the text. Contemporary half calf on four raised bands with giltstamped title to gilt spine (signed by C. A. Unrasch). All edges marbled. First edition of Carus's last important work. With full-page autogr. signed inscription on flyleaf: "Seinem lieben und verehrten Freunde Herrn Präsidenten Dr. v. Langern Eyzler [?] zum 26 Januar 1866" and 14-line poem in hexameters: "Der Du mit sinnigem Blick das Größte wägst und das Kleinste, / Strenge den Schuldigen strafst, doch lieber den Schuldlosen freiläßt! / Auch das Thier ist Dir werth, die ungeflügelte Psyche, / Welchem göttlicher Hauch ersetzt das bewußtvolle Denken; / Dich erfreut seine Regung, zieht an das hohe Geheimnis [...] Endlich löst sich das Siegel, die Binde fällt von den Augen, / Und 'Epheb' am Altar' stellt nun dies Büchlein sich dar." - With several autogr. notes and underlinings by Eyzler. - The physician Carus (1789-1869), a friend of Goethe who was also a psychologist, natural scientist, philosopher, and (under the instruction of Caspar David Friedrich) a painter, made important contributions to the theory of the sub-conscious. - Decorative binding by Unrasch in Dresden, with his stamp on the back pastedown. Fine inscribed copy of this important and early work on the theory of the subconscious. Cf. Hirsch, I 674. Borst 2959. Ziegenfuß I, 174.
Ensemble de 15 volumes in-8 (202 x 123 mm), plein veau acajou moucheté de l'époque, dos lisses ornés d'un riche décor romantique de palettes, chaînettes, filets et fers spéciaux dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de veau vert bronze, tranches cailloutées assorties aux gardes. Exceptionnel ensemble des oeuvres collectives non romanesques de Benjamin Constant, en édition originale, réunies et reliées uniformément à l'époque (sauf le dernier volume, relié à l'identique). 1- Première édition collective en partie originale, recueil complet des écrits politiques, écrits de circonstances et articles de presse composés par Benjamin Constant, augmentés de l'histoire des sessions parlementaires de 1816 et 1818. (Courtney, 131a). 2- Edition originale. Recueil de 69 discours prononcés par Benjamin Constant entre 1819 et 1827, précédés d'un avant-propos de l'auteur. (Courtney, 132a). 3- Première édition collective de ces vingt importants essais de philosophie politique de Benjamin Constant, la plupart dans des éditions modifiées, et six inédits, précédés d'une préface de circonstance. Publié quelques mois avant la mort de l'auteur, l'ouvrage constitue l'ultime synthèse de sa doctrine et son testament politique, "véritable credo du libéralisme". (Courtney, 134a). 4- Édition originale des cinq parties, conforme à la description donnée par Courtney, les deux dernières ont paru à titre posthume. (Courtney, 58a). 5- Edition originale posthume. Le testament spirituel de Benjamin Constant, "expression interrompue et dernière d'une pensée qui aurait dû prolonger sa course longtemps encore". (Courtney, 63a). 6- Première édition complète. Etablissement du texte, introduction et notes par Jean Mistler. Ce volume en reliure moderne à l’imitation de l’ensemble. Des rousseurs et piqûres éparses, plus soutenues à certains feuillets. Bel ensemble réuni dans une reliure romantique uniforme décorative de l'époque.
Folio (210 x 352 mm). (1), 111, (1) ff. With architectural woodcut title border and a few diagrams within the text. Contemporary calf. An edition of two remarkable 15th century kabbalistic treatises, the "Kanah" and "Peliah", of which the latter is here printed for the first time. Contains observations on the account of the creation in Genesis and on the Decalogue. Seemingly launching kabbalistic theory against the Bible and the Talmud, the author (whose name is allegorical, but who likely flourished in Spain) in fact seeks to base on firmer ground the scripture he purports to criticize (cf. Graetz VIII, 449ff.). The chief role in this work is played by a prodigy called Nahum, who at the age of three, together with his father, was taught the Kabbala by his grandfather, the latter receiving the assistance and cooperation of the prophet Elijah and various heavenly voices. For the role of the versatile printer J. A. Kriger in producing books on his various presses for the growing number of Polish Jews eager for printed matter, cf. E. Ringelblum, "Johann Anton Krieger, printer of Jewish books", in: Polin 12 (1999), pp. 198-211. - Binding rubbed and bumped at extremeties with severe defects to spine and corners; interior browned, waterstained, and wormed, edges and corners damaged, but complete. "Korzec" stamp on title page, with additional stamp pasted on, and contemporary handwritten ownership "... Frik". Fürst I, 240 ("Zum ersten Male erschienen"). Wachstein, Salo Cohn I, 482. Vinograd, Koretz 28 (33). OCLC 50019708, 780189760. Cf. Steinschneider I, 4032 (note). Not in Scholem.
4to. (8), 304, XCIX, (4), 1 blank, 5, (1) pp., 1 blank leaf. With engraved title vignette showing the coat of arms of the Barberini family, as well as Saints Peter and Paul. With woodcut initials. Printed in red and black throughout. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin, monogrammed "CVCD" and dated 1684, over wooden boards with handwritten spine title, four raised bands and two clasps. Early (4th) edition of this popular work of liturgical music by the Archbishop of Mechelen, Matthias Hovius (1542-1620), first published in 1602 and reissued as late as the 19th century. It provides music and corresponding lyrics for choral singing. The appearance of the coat of arms of the Barberini family is a reference to Urban VII (Maffeo Barberini), as this work was issued during his papacy. The blindstamped covers, dating from 1684, show the coat of arms of the Discalced Carmelite order with the banner bearing the prophet Elijah's words: "Zelo zelatus sum pro domino deo exercituum". - Paper slightly browned and wavy, small ruststains from the clasps on the endpapers and the lower pastedown. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel, with his signed and stamped ownership, dated 1984, to front pastedown. OCLC 643050989. For the Discalced Carmelites cf. LThK V, 842.
In 8, cc. 88. Legatura in p. pg. coeva. con poche mancanze alla parte inf. del fr. Tarletti al marg. int. del volume (nessuna perdita di testo). Antica firma di possesso al fr. Lieve gora alla parte inf. delle prime cc.e qualche altra gora marginale. Bella edizione in carattere gotico degli Officii di Sant'Ambrogio.
In-4, ff.128 (mancano il primo e l'ultimo bianchi). Legatura settecentesca in piena pergamena, titolo in oro su tassello granata. Tagli spruzzati. Circa un terzo del volume è interessato da una gora d'acqua nel margine interno, l'ultimo quaderno anche all'esterno e gli ultimi 5 fogli hanno un'integrazione cartacea all'angolo superiore senza perdita di testo. Per il resto, esemplare su carta forte, bella e nitida impressione, ampi margini. Voluta e curata dal vigevanese Giovanni Andrea Bussi, si tratta della prima edizione dei sermoni di Papa Leone Magno. Johannes Andrea fu accolito del papa Niccolò V, vescovo della Diocesi di Accia e di Aleria in Corsica, bibliotecario della Biblioteca Vaticana e segretario pontificio. Raccolse ed emendò numerosi codici e, dal 1468, curò le editiones principes di molti autori latini per i tipografi romani. Con lui la prefazione si ampliò da semplice lettera personale al patrono, diventando una lezione pubblica o anche un'omelia. Al contropiatto ex-libris della famiglia Dionisi, tra le più antiche della nobiltà di Verona: il marchese Gabriele (1719-1808) fu l'artefice della ristrutturazione della villa a Ca' del lago di Cerea nonché del riordino e aggiornamento della biblioteca. I Dionisi avevano destinato al piano nobile la funzione di libreria e sala di lettura, precoce esempio di centro culturale dove si riunivano artisti e letterati. Dopo la dispersione delle migliaia di volumi del fondo antico, conserva ora i libri sul mobile d'arte contemporaneo della Fondazione Aldo Morelato.. Goff L134; HC 10012*; Pell Ms 7127 (7070); CIBN L-115; Aquilon 442; Neveu 390; Maignien(Grenoble) 361; Polain(B) 4518; IGI 5725; IBE 3475; IBP 3394; Sajó-Soltész 2047; IBPort 1076; SI 2397; Sallander 2294; Martín Abad L-26; Walsh 1796; Oates 1800;Sheppard 3653; Pr 4496; BMC V 281.
[Incunabolo-raro -diritto] (cm.14,6) Solida mz. pergamena fine XIX sec. Doppio tassello al dorso, titolo in oro. -cc.201 (di 202) manca l'ultima bianca. Caratteri gotici, 33 linee, spazi per lettere capitali con letterina guida. le prime 185 cc. a numerazione romana. Edizione rarissima della quale si registrano 3 copie in America e secondo I.G.I. 6 copie in Italia. Sander "prices" 1930, una sola vendita. Manca ad Harvard e Oates "in Cambridge"; nonchè al Baudrier "Bibliographie Lyonnaise". Non abbiamo traovato nessuna vendita in molti celebri cataloghi di Maggs, Quaritch, Baer, Rosenthal, Olschky, e Harper. Opera celebre apparsa intorno al 1480 che ebbe varie ristampe fino alla edizione Aldina del 1586; l'autore Domenicano, morì nel 1334. Ottima vecchia integrazione all'angolo bianco di una decina di carte, esemplare molto bello, nitido, fresco e con buoni margini. Assolutamente completo, privo solo dell'ultima carta bianca, e raro come tutti gli incunaboli di piccole dimensioni. * Hain 1796; * I.G.I 858; * Gw 2504;* Goff A 1058; *BMC VIII 330 * Proctor 8677; * Pellechet 1272; * Polain 313.[f47] Libro
Royal folio (315 x 450 mm). (4), 176 pp. With engraved title-page, engraved title vignette, 18 engraved vignettes in the text, 3 engraved borders, 15 full-page text engravings, and numerous engraved initials. Contemporary auburn morocco with green label to richly gilt spine; covers elaborately gilt with bishop's giltstamped armorial supralibros. All edges gilt; leading edges gilt. Coloured endpapers. Splendid missal bound for the personal use of an unidentified bishop. His arms in the supralibros have been superimposed with a different crest by a later owner (removed from back cover). - Text and notes printedin red and black throughout; the engraved plates depict scenes from the life of Christ, mostly signed by Carlo Grandi (cf. Thieme/B. XIV, 506). - Appealing binding, slightly rubbed and chafed; some browning and fingerstaining to interior. Not in Weale/Bohatta.
In-8, broché, couverture imprimée, (4), 647 p., et 36 de catalogue éditeur (Alcan), carte pliée hors texte. Édition originale de cet ouvrage fondateur, illustré d'une carte pliée hors texte. "A partir d'une analyse du totémisme australien, défini comme une forme élémentaire de la vie religieuse, Durkheim entreprend une étude pionnière de la religion et met à jour les aspects symboliques de l'intégration sociale par la religion" (J.-P. Willaime). Précieux exemplaire comportant un envoi autographe signé d'Emile Durkheim à François Simiand: "A F. Simiand, Affectueux souvenirs". Sociologue, historien et économiste, François Simiand (1873-1935) est considéré, avec Durkheim, comme l'un des fondateurs de l'école sociologique française. Simiand s'engagea très tôt auprès d’Émile Durkheim et participa à ses combats pour la promotion de la sociologie comme discipline autonome et en faveur de son intégration dans l’université. "Maître d'oeuvre de la sociologie économique dans l'école durkheimienne", François Simiand appliqua à l’étude des phénomènes économiques les principes d’analyse des faits sociaux énoncés par Durkheim. La descendance dans les sciences humaines en fut immense. Papier légèrement bruni. Bon exemplaire.
8vo. XVI, 64 pp. Later plain paper wrappers with handwritten cover-title. First edition. - Early Western edition of a part of the Quran, comprising the first and 79 verses of the second surah (Al-Fatihah and Al-Baqarah) in Latin and Arabic, edited and translated by the German theologian and orientalist Froriep (1745-1800). A planned sequel to this work, promised by Froriep "provided this specimen is met with approval" (cf. Ernesti), was never realized. - The Arabic text is taken from the well-received Maracci edition. The text is followed by historical and philological observations on the same, drawing on Ludovico Maracci, George Sale, Adriaan Reland and others, as well as explanations of several passages of the Old Testament. - Light edge wear to wrappers; interior somewhat browned and brownstained. Contemporary ownership stamp to verso of title-page, another stamp reading "Card Catalogued" to title-page. A good copy of this rare work never seen at auction. Schnurrer 383. Ernesti, Neue theologische Bibliothek IX, 471ff. Binark/Eren. World bib., 1047. BM Arabic I, col. 902. OCLC 165614847.
8vo. VIII, 529, (5) pp. Printed in red and black throughout. Contemporary green half calf with gilt spine and marbled boards. First edition of Redslob's revision of Flügel's text, first published in 1834. The orientalist Gustav Leberecht Flügel (1802-70) edited numerous Arabic texts; his Qur'an edition remained the standard for European scholarship for a century. - A good, clean copy of one of the earliest scholarly Quran editions conforming to modern standards. Cf. Enay 115 (1834 ed.).
[Fig. postincunabolo-Medicina] (cm.18,5) buona piena pergamena dell' epoca con unghie e tracce di lacci.-- cc. 284 nn. (di cui due bianche), 41 linee, caratteri gotici, molti capilettera figurati. Nel testo 4 xilografie (ripetute) che rappresentano la decollazione di Saint Symphorien, e davanti Champier con la sua donna inginocchiati con le loro armi. Edizione originale veramente rara e molto bella. La dedica è datata V idus aprilis 1507. Manca ad Harvard, Waller, Choix e addirittura al Baudrier " Bibliogr. Lionnaise ". L' autore (1472-1539) fu un grande filosofo e medico e pubblicò molte opere, fra le quali la celebre: " De Quadruplici Vita " del 1507. Vedi la lunga descrizione in Brunet e Graesse; Per notizie biografiche vedi Hirsch I 700. La sezione medica contiene: " Vocabulorum Medicinalium " e " Liber Quartus Ethymologiarum.qui est de medicina ". In fine un capitolo è dedicato alle origini storiche della città di Lione. All' inizio è aggiunta una pagina con annotazioni manoscritte dell' epoca. Alcune rare ombreggiature, ma esemplare molto bello, fresco e nitido, con xilografie in ottima tiratura. * Wellcome I 1421; * Durling 933; * Graesse II 114; * Brunet I 1766; * Cioranesco " Litterature Francaise du Seizieme Siecle " 6172; * Adams C 1322; * Bm. Stc. French 98; * Allut VIII 153; * Osler 2266.[f55] Libro
Dechiarati & vulgarizati dal reuerendo professore de sacra theologia maiestro Guasparre da Perosia del sacro ordine de li predicatori, secondo che conuiene ad persone spirituale maximamente ad persone religiose, mandati & intitulati ad suora Theodora del terzo ordine dicto de la penitentia de santo Domenico innel monasterio de la felice memoria de suora Colomba, figliola de Francesco Chartolaio & nepote del predicto maiestro Guasparre, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-vélin à coins blanc, Sampati [sic] in la inclita citta de Perusia : Per Girolamo, figliolo del sopradicto Francesco cartholaio, fratello de la sopradicta suora Theodora, & nepote del sopradicto maiestro Guasparre, adi xiij de Febraio, MCCCCCX [1510], [96] pp. - Signatures : A-F8 Le titre est imprimé entre les noms Yesus et [ Christus ]. Bon exemplaire de cette belle impression ancienne de Pérouse (une coupure sans manque au dernier feuillet, très bon état par ailleurs). Italien
Editions du Seuil, 1963. Fort In-8 broché de 538 pages. Très bon état
4to. (6) ff, 323 [i.e. 327] pp, (1), including additional engraved title signed C. Galle after N. van der Horst, vignette on title-page, frontispiece portrait of the dedicatee (Mademoiselle D'Arschot) and 6 full-page plates by Galle after A. Sallaert. Contemporary velum. Old ex-libris markings of various religious libraries on pastedown and title-page only; tiny areas of loss to uppermost margin of added engr. title; very occasional light dampstaining; with engravings in excellent, dark impression. Rare sole edition of this Flemish devotional work on the Passion, curiously dedicated to a princess’ lady-in-waiting. It is illustrated with seven full-page engravings by Cornelius Galle, son of Philip, after the painter and draughtsman Antoine Sallaert. Although they cannot be considered proper emblems with mottoes, Praz mentions de la Serre and his devotional books passim in Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery (Vol II, p. 133). - The present work bears a curious dedication to the lady-in-waiting of the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Philip IV. 'Demoiselle' d'Arschot, as she is called, is pictured in the engraved frontispiece as an adolescent girl, already exemplifying the virtues of a pious noblewoman. She clutches in one hand a string of prayer beads, while in front of her is her own personal altarpiece with a candle and crucifix, and a cloth-covered lectern for reading her devotions while kneeling. - The text itself is divided into six chapters, each of which is headed by an engraving incorporating its relevant themes. The text is intended to impress upon the reader the manifestations of God's love, as observed in the story of the Passion. As Van der Vennet notes, the Brussels painter Antoine Sallaert's rich designs are especially suited to Puget de la Serre's Merveilles: “the subjects of [Sallaert's] compositions display on the one hand an attachment to the tradition but at the same time an openness to the new developments which were taking place during the 17th century. While his saints conserve their legendary attributes, certain forms of symbolism, popular during the Middle Ages, disappear... However, neither the Counter-Reformation, nor the doctrines of the Council [of Trent] managed to wipe out the taste for the marvelous; which was fed during the 17th century by religious ecstasies and visions. The great devotional images which Sallaert composed for the graver are full of such raptures...” (“Le Peintre bruxellois”, p. 85-7). - Van der Vennet also speaks highly of the present work in particular: “In Les Merveilles de l'Amour Divin, which appeared in 1633, the master illustrates six episodes of the Passion. The elegance and precision of the designs tends towards a beautiful reservedness in evoking these dramatic subjects. As to the composition of these pages, the images appear so large than one almost forgets their small format. The admirable 'Christ of the Pieta' (fig II) and the persons surrounding him, would have their place on a great altarpiece...” (p. 93). - The engraver Cornelius Galle (1576-1650) represented the second generation of the great Galle dynasty. From 1596-1610 Cornelius lived and worked in Rome, before returning to Antwerp where he collaborated with his father as well as preparing his own plates. - OCLC shows a single US copy, at Harvard. Old Hollstein Vol 7, #418; cf also Le Livre, l'estampe, l'édition en Brabant du XVe au XIXe siècle (1935), p. 99; and M. Van der Vennet, “Le Peintre bruxellois Antoine Sallaert, Un choix de gravures,” in Bulletin Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Volumes 30-33, 1981-1984, 1-3, pp. 81-122.
Very Good Bulgarian Original blue cloth bdg. with embossing. Slightly stains on boards and toned on pages. Otherwise a very good copy. 12mo. (16,5 x 12 cm). In Bulgarian. 1230, [2] p. [HOLY BOOK IN BULGARIAN PRINTED IN TSARIGRAD (CONSTANTINOPLE)] Bibliia sirech sveshtenoto pisanie na Vetkhiia i Noviia zavet: Viarno i tochno prevedena ot pûrvoobraznoto. [.] In 1840 5,000 copies of the first complete translation of the New Testament were printed in Smyrna by the British and Foreign Bible Society. A second edition which was printed in Smyrna in 1850 was an almost exact reprint of the 1840 edition. A third edition followed in 1853 with 15,000 copies. The fourth edition was published in 1857 in Bucharest, and for the first time civil characters type was used. In 1859, two more editions were published. In 1866, a new "pocket" edition with text revised by Elias Riggs and Dr. Albert Long was printed in Constantinople. The New Testament was revised and reprinted a total of nine times. In the period from 1840 to 1860 the Eastern (Tarnovo) dialect was adopted as literary Bulgarian language and the Macedonian dialect, in which the New Testament had been translated, was widely rejected. By 1858 Neofit Rilski had finished large portion of the Old Testament. Riggs met with Neofit Rilski and discussed a possible revision of the Bulgarian New Testament to remove the Macedonian dialect elements. Neofit objected the revision, so Riggs took the translation and returned to Constantinople. In January 1859 Riggs invited the Bulgarian teacher Hristodul Kostovich to help him with the revision. In 1862 Long and Riggs visited the noted Bulgarian writer and poet Petko Rachov Slaveykov in Tryavna. Slaveykov agreed to help with the translation and began the work on the revising of Neofit's New Testament at once. Long joined the revision of the New Testament into the Eastern dialect in 1863 and later assisted with the translation of the Old Testament. In June 1871, after more than 12 years of revision and translation, 36,000 copies of the complete Bible translation in Bulgarian were published in Constantinople. The translation came to be known as the "Tsarigrad (Constantinople) Edition". Tsarigrad [or; Tsargrad, Tzargrad, Czargrad] Tsargrad is a Slavic name for the city or land of Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, and present-day Istanbul in Turkey. A physical copy of this edition is not located in OCLC. For digital register: OCLC 181122059.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original brown half morocco, raised bands to spine, gilt lettering. three volumes set: (2 volumes in one: [2], 641 p.; third volume: [8], 379 p.). Foxing and stains on pages, overall a very good copy set. Extremely rare first Turkish edition translated by Nüzhet Muhammad (translator of Ministry of Education) of this first Muslim source to use Western scholarly works in order to ascertain the errors and contradictions of the Bible, in response to the allegations made by certain Christian missionaries against Islam and especially to counter Mizân al-Haqq [i.e. The balance of truth], a book written by Basel Mission missionary in Central Asia and Trans-Caucasus Karl Gottlieb Pfander (1803-1865) against Islam. Izhar al-Haqq aims to respond to Christian criticism of Islam. The doctrine of the Trinity is purportedly contested using biblical, Christian, and other sources. The book was originally written in Arabic in 1864, this six-volume book was later translated (or summarized) into English, Turkish, Urdu, and Bengali. This set is printed in the Vilâyât Printing House of Bosnia-Herzegovina. "'The Demonstration of the Truth' served as a summary of all possible charges against Christianity and was therefore used after al-Kairânawî's death as a sort of encyclopedia since al-Kairânawî extended the material of former polemicists like 'Ali Tabarî, Ibn Hazm or Ibn Taymiyya to a great extent". (Schirrmacher). Rahmatullah Kairanawi Al-Hindi, (1818-1891), was a Sunni Muslim scholar who is a descendant of the third Caliph, Uthman ibn Affan, his full lineage is mentioned in family sources. Sheikh Hakeem Abdul Kareem who was the 8th great-grandfather of Rahmatullah was Emperor Akbar's physician. Kairanwi began receiving traditional Islamic education at the age of 6, memorizing the Qur'an at 12. He also learned Arabic and Persian. Later he moved to Delhi where he studied different disciplines including mathematics and medicine. In 1837 the Church Mission Society appointed Karl Gottlieb Pfander who was known for converting Muslims to Christianity, described by Eugene Stock as "perhaps the greatest of all missionaries to Mohammedans", to Agra in Northern India, where in 1854 he engaged in a famous public debate with leading Islamic scholars. The main Muslim debater was Kairanawi, being assisted by English-speaking Muhammad Wazîr Khân and influential Islamic writer Imad ud-din Lahiz. Kairanawi used arguments from recent European theologically critical works that Pfander was unfamiliar with, having left Europe before these were published, though his main source of reference was the apocryphal sixteenth-century Gospel of Barnabas, which he held to be authentic. Following armed uprisings against the British in which he personally took part, Kairanawani (his property was confiscated by the Imperial British Raj) had to leave all his property (auctioned later), and board a ship in Bombay. Arriving at the port of Mocha, Yemen, he walked to Mecca. The journey took two years. Özege 8894.; TBTK 674/6745.