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156298780Milan 1562. 1562. - Folio 12 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. 1-page on bifolium with a red paper seal. On the 4th leaf with the seal the letter is addressed "APRmo 5 Mons : Vescovo di Cremona". The letter realized in a secretarial hand is dated April 5 1562 from Milan and is boldly signed by Francesco Fernando dÁvalos d'Aquino d'Aragona.<p>Philip II King of Spain and Duke of Milan chose Francesco Fernando dÁvalos to be his envoy at the Council of Trent. He arrived in Trent on March 14 1562 and attended the sessions of the council. He pressed the Spaniards to not offer up anything against the interests of the Holy See. Upon his return to Milan he charged his secretary Ercole Pagnano with the task of generating a report. As the Governor's agent Pagnano had defended the privileges of the Sicilian monarchy and worked with the Spaniards to quell the controversy regarding the jurisdiction of bishops. In this letter to the Bishop of Cremona the Governor is offering Pagnano's report to him. Loosely translated he states that Pagnano is well informed about these things and that "V.S." Your Excellency should be given his account.<p>The letter was once folded into 4 panels and there very minor breaks along 3 of the folds. There is some minor browning especially to one of the folds. <p>An advisor to King Philip II of Spain Francesco Fernando dÁvalos c.1530-1571 took command of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont succeeding the 3rd Duke of Alba who had become the Governor of Milan. From 1560 to 1563 Francesco Fernando served as the Governor of the Duchy of Milan. He was the viceroy of Sicily from 1568 to 1571.<p>The Bishop of Cremona was born Niccolo Sfondrati in 1535 in the Duchy of Milan. Philip II of Spain appointed him to be a senator in Milan in 1552 and at the urging of the Spanish government the Pope appointed him Bishop of Cremona in 1560. He participated in some of the sessions of the Council of Trent from 1561 to 1563. In 1590 he was one of seven cardinals that were acceptable to be pope by Philip II of Spain. He was elected Pope and took the name Gregory XIV. He died less than a year later in October 1591. Milan, 1562. unknown
1585046650Antwerp: Christopher Plantin 1585. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. 3 volumes bound in 1 in old full calf 1585 1585 and 1588; a few dents at the edges wear to corners quite sound overall old catalog entry pasted to endpaper. The first two titles continuously paginated. Minor staining here and there paper repair in one margin trimmed a bit close at the top edge just touching page numbers and running title occasionally. 6 plates 3 folding in Amphitheatro/Amphitheatris. One folding plate missing the third section one with a repaired tear at the fold. 14 plates 12 of them folding in Saturnalium; plates lettered A-M and two large unlettered plates. Some wear and soiling to plates generally at the edges a few of the larger plates creased in spots but very good overall. 105 3pp; 8 175pp. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046650. Christopher Plantin hardcover books
1580045019Venice: Stamerla della Luna 1580. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary limp vellum soiled a few old stamps to spine lacking front endpaper and pastedown torn. A few pencil marks to table and errata otherwise clean - a nicely printed edition of Sonsovino's history of the world. It appeared a year before his celebrated history of Venice. liv 2 303pp. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045019. <br/><br/> Stamerla della Luna hardcover books
1556046281Basel: Henrichum Petri 1556. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 18th century pastepaper boards spine and edges degraded light dampstains to first few and final pages old library stamp to title and first page some worming in the gutter - generally quite clean otherwise and with front rear and internal blanks present. 16 196 4. Printer's mark at rear.<br/><br/>First published in 1553 an early original work by the polymath physician often compared to Erasmus. Scarce rare in commerce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046281. Henrichum Petri hardcover
1556046281Basel: Henrichum Petri 1556. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 18th century pastepaper boards spine and edges degraded light dampstains to first few and final pages old library stamp to title and first page some worming in the gutter - generally quite clean otherwise and with front rear and internal blanks present. 16 196 4. Printer's mark at rear.<br/><br/>First published in 1553 an early original work by the polymath physician often compared to Erasmus. Scarce rare in commerce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046281. Henrichum Petri hardcover books
1551046883Florence: Laurentius Torrentini 1551. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in leather backed marbled boards new endpapers. Quite clean internally scattered minor foxing last page with a small closed tear title and last with some soiling bright otherwise on fine thick paper. 8 204 index. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046883. Laurentius Torrentini hardcover
1551046883Florence: Laurentius Torrentini 1551. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in leather backed marbled boards new endpapers. Quite clean internally scattered minor foxing last page with a small closed tear title and last with some soiling bright otherwise on fine thick paper. 8 204 index. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046883. Laurentius Torrentini hardcover books
1591CAT0007151591. Very Good Condition. Light chipping and wear on left margin where removed slight browning. Depicts a Native American pair eating a stylized dinner of fish maize shellfish deer meat walnut a tobacco pipe. From a painting by John White of inhabitants of what is now Virginia. They appear to be eating nixtamalized maize - though White was no doubt too busy giving the Native woman European features to ask what the preparation was. Europeans and suffered from widespread - and often horrific - pellagra epidemics for centuries. In the U.S. it persisted into the mid 20th century where there were an estimated 3 million cases and over 100k deaths - all prevented by soaking the maize in a lye preparation overnight as the native consumers of it knew well. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000715. unknown books
1591CAT0007141591. Very Good Condition. Light chipping and wear on left margin where removed slight browning. Depicts a fish barbecue built of raised sticks being used by Native Americans in what is now Virginia - after a painting by John White. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000714. unknown books
1600046524Geneva: Paulus Stephanus Paul Estienne 1600. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Early paneled calf rebacked ca. 19th c. endpapers refreshed hinges worn and cracked held by cords corners bumped wear at edges title foxed scattered mostly light foxing and browning - generally quite clean internally and an attractively printed Estienne edition of Pliny's letters. 28 646 blank 28 8 168 151 pp. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046524. Paulus Stephanus (Paul Estienne) hardcover
1600046524Geneva: Paulus Stephanus Paul Estienne 1600. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Early paneled calf rebacked ca. 19th c. endpapers refreshed hinges worn and cracked held by cords corners bumped wear at edges title foxed scattered mostly light foxing and browning - generally quite clean internally and an attractively printed Estienne edition of Pliny's letters. 28 646 blank 28 8 168 151 pp. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046524. Paulus Stephanus (Paul Estienne) hardcover books
1557046552Venice: J. Strada 1557. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. 19th century leather backed boards front hinge cracked corners worn remains of library spine label binding sound overall. Private library plate on pastedown minor scattered foxing index leaf foxed and with a stain in the bottom margin; overall quite clean internally. Printed in red and black with engraved emblems throughout. 12 228pp index blanks intact. Adams P 195. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046552. J. Strada hardcover books
1591CAT0004501591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving light foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting damage to the text section with significant loss repaired with paper.<br/><br/>It reads translation from Discovering the New World Based on the Works of Theodore de Bry Harper & Row 1976: "At a certain time of year the Indians collect all kinds of game fish and even crocodiles. Baskets are filled with these creatures and put on the shoulders of curly-haired hermaphrodites whom we have already described. All this is taken to storehouses where it is not touched except in cases of extreme need when to avoid disputes the Indians come to an agreement among themselves which illustrates the harmony that exists among them. However the king is at liberty to take what he chooses." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000450. unknown
1591CAT0004501591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving light foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting damage to the text section with significant loss repaired with paper.<br/><br/>It reads translation from Discovering the New World Based on the Works of Theodore de Bry Harper & Row 1976: "At a certain time of year the Indians collect all kinds of game fish and even crocodiles. Baskets are filled with these creatures and put on the shoulders of curly-haired hermaphrodites whom we have already described. All this is taken to storehouses where it is not touched except in cases of extreme need when to avoid disputes the Indians come to an agreement among themselves which illustrates the harmony that exists among them. However the king is at liberty to take what he chooses." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000450. unknown books
1591CAT0004511591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving light foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting.<br/><br/>It reads translation from Discovering the New World Based on the Works of Theodore de Bry Harper & Row 1976: As can be seen from the preceding illustrations this area abounds with very agreeable little islands. The rivers are not deep; the pure clear water scarcely reaches the chest. When the Indians want to make an enjoyable excursion with their wives and children they go to these islands. They either swim across the river for they are excellent swimmers or they wade across carrying the little children. In fact the mothers can manage three children at once the smallest on a shoulder clutching its hand and the other two under her arms. With the free hand the women carry a basket full of fruit or other food for the occasion. For fear of meeting enemies the men carry bows and arrows. In order not to wet them they attach the quiver to their hair and hold the bows stretched and ready with and arrow prepared instantly to defend themselves as can be seen in our engraving. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000451. unknown books
1591CAT0004521591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving modest foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting small tape marks. <br/><br/>A famous plate depicting the cannibals Staden described in Brazil. In the foreground a butcher is working on a partially butchered body a tribesman is dragged off to be bludgeoned a small child works cleaning a head and arms and legs are barbecuing on a traditional stick barbecue. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000452. unknown books
1588046064Paris: Lucas Breyel 1588. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf heavily worn hinges cracked front board nearly detached and held by one cord rear by two rear bottom corner degraded and broken. Old names inked out on title light toning to title and early pages very clean internally otherwise. With lovely early papier dominoté endpapers and pastedowns stamped "paris chez les associé" with a hard to read number - lacking original blanks with these bound in relatively early on. 4 571 4 leaves.<br /> <br /> The second edition of Belleforest's 1572 work collecting military harangues - the exhortations of commanders given to the troops before a battle. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 046064. Lucas Breyel hardcover
1588046064Paris: Lucas Breyel 1588. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf heavily worn hinges cracked front board nearly detached and held by one cord rear by two rear bottom corner degraded and broken. Old names inked out on title light toning to title and early pages very clean internally otherwise. With lovely early paste paper endpapers and pastedowns - very fine examples; lacking original blanks with these bound in relatively early on. The second edition of Belleforest's 1572 work collecting military harangues - the exhortations of commanders given to the troops before a battle Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 046064. <br/><br/> Lucas Breyel hardcover books
1582045463Geneva: Jacob Stoer 1582. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary rolled calf over wooden boards. Calf dry and degraded missing in spots wood worn at the edges with some loss. Remains of clasps; binding still quite sound. Light age toning to pages scattered creases and minor flaws generally very clean internally. Attractively printed with historiated initials head and tail pieces and a vignette portrait of Livy. 14 623 29 leaves. Adams 1355 Graesse IV 234.<br /> <br /> The first French edition of the complete Livy and a monumental work of Renaissance scholarship. It was also printed in an octavo edition by Stoer in 3 volumes also 1582 and reprinted in folio by Chouet in 1607. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045463. Jacob Stoer hardcover
1582045463Geneva: Jacob Stoer 1582. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary rolled calf over wooden boards. Calf dry and degraded missing in spots wood worn at the edges with some loss. Remains of clasps; binding still quite sound. Light age toning to pages scattered creases and minor flaws generally very clean internally. Attractively printed with historiated initials head and tail pieces and a vignette portrait of Livy. 14 623 29 leaves. Adams 1355 Graesse IV 234. The first French edition of the complete Livy and a monumental work of Renaissance scholarship. It was also printed in an octavo edition by Stoer in 3 volumes also 1582 and reprinted in folio by Chouet in 1607. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045463. <br/><br/> Jacob Stoer hardcover books
1598090168No place stated 1598. Vellum. pp. 623. 4to. Vellum. Hand-lettered spine. Engraved title page. Double page map showing the Low Countries. 22 engraved portraits some trimmed a bit at the foredge as noted on WorldCat. Portion of text block shows a tide mark across one corner. Complete. Binding sound. Latin. USTC 663028. unknown
1600046554Coloniae Vbiorum Cologne: Cholini 1600. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full pigskin soiled and stained but sound. A few private library marks old names crossed out on title signatures to front blank modest browning to text block with scattered minor wear and worming to margins mispgination neatly corrected;generally quite clean overall with in text portraits throughout. 8 532 16 83pp blanks intact. <br/><br/>Platina's history of the popes first printed in 1479. He was also the author of the first printed cookbook a collection of recipes from Martino di Como 1475. His description of events in the Vitis Pontificum around the 1456 appearance of Halley's comet during the reign of Pope Callixtus III gave rise to the persistent tale that the comet was excommunicated. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 046554. Cholini hardcover
1562046899Antwerp: Bellerum 1562. Second Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Old colored vellum worn lacking front endpaper title browned and stained mild browning and a few light stains scattered marginalia in an early hand; generally clean. The second edition of the abridgment of Magnus's important history of the Northern people. 8 192 leaves with in text illustration throughout.<br/><br/>Magnus's history of Sweden and the North was enormously successful and popular and was translated early on into Italian German English and Dutch. It describes much folklore and customs not recorded elsewhere - including the first description of making the questionable Northern delicacy lutefisk. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; History. Inventory No: 046899. Bellerum hardcover books
1567046211Petri: Heinrich 1567. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Modern half leather over marbled boards author penned to page edge lacking any blanks and lacking the full page map of Northern Europe with a facsimile tipped in. Collijn in his Swedish Bibliography suggested that the map was printed and inserted separately and only in some copies of the Basel edition. First Basel and Second Latin edition a reprint of the Rome edition of 1555. Illustrated with small woodcuts throughout. Dampstain to upper right from around page 500 on a few scattered dampstains modest foxing - generally a clean copy. 96 854 2 pp. Brunet III 1302. Magnus's history of Sweden and the North was enormously successful and popular and was translated early on into Italian German English and Dutch. It describes much folklore and customs not recorded elsewhere - including the first description of making the questionable Northern delicacy lutefisk. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; History. Inventory No: 046211. <br/><br/> Heinrich hardcover books
1593046826Cologne: Birchmannica 1593. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Contemporary vellum soiled and worn but sound title page torn with loss to the right edge age toning and foxing light stains lacking rear blank a few old stamps. 435pp index<br/><br/>Long attributed to John of Damascus this story of the martyrs Barlaam and Josaphat a Christianized version of the Buddha story was written down in the 10th century. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046826. Birchmannica hardcover books
