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Hierocles of Alexandria (died 5th century AD)
In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum.
Padua, Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1474.. First Edition. 4°; 20 cm x 15,5 cm. 91 (of 92) leaves, a-k8 l6 m5 (lacking last blank leaf). 24 columns per page (Text size: 132 x 76 mm). Full calf binding. Very good condition.; 1. IncunableWonderfully preserved First Edition in a superbly elegant binding made of beautiful red leather. The work contains the commentary to the "Golden Poem" by the Pythagoreans. It is the only surviving work by the Neo-Platonist Hierocles of Alexandria. The text was translated into Latin by the Sicilian humanist Giovanni Aurispa (1376-1459; also known as Joannes Aurispa) who bought the original Greek manuscript in Venice in 1441. The book is dedicated to Pope Nicolas V. (1447-1455). This edition also features an extremely rare characteristic of old incunables: the quire counts were stamped onto the paper by hand. These hand-stamped counts are especially known in works printed by Valdezoccho (also: Val de Zoccho) in 1473. When these works were rebound the bookbinder usually removed the stamps, which happened here in quires i-m. Quires a-h still retain these remarkable stamps. The broad margins and early Roman type are also important criteria which further underline the esthetical uniqueness of the volume at hand. Elegant full red leather binding of the late 19th century with beautifully discreet gilt-stamped spine and fine gilt-stamped borders on covers and edges. All edges of the text block are golden. [Condition of the binding: Very Good / Condition of the paper: Good (+) / Further remarks: The incunable is in very good condition. The corners and edges of the binding are only very lightly rubbed. The red color of the leather is strong and bright. A small library label on the front cover. The paper has hardly darkened and apart from a few light marks appears as new. The inner cover with a book plate by John Vertues, Bishop of Portsmouth (1826-1900), who gave the book to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire in 1894. A remarkably beautiful and wonderfully preserved copy of this very much sought-after First Edition. ] Hierocles (died 5th century A.D.) was a student of Plutarch of Athens (c. 350 - 431/433). He was an avid defender of heathen beliefs and was of the opinion that divine intervention and free will could coexist: "The most important source for our knowledge of H.'s philosophy is his commentary on the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans." (BBKL, Bd. II) (GW 12409 Goff H-151). [Bookseller: Bibliopegi GmbH]
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OTTOLANDER, K.J.W., A. KOSTER Mz. and C. de VOS, editors.
Nederlandsche Flora en Pomona, beschreven en uitgegeven door het Bestuur der Pomologische Vereeniging te Boskoop. Met platen naar de natuur geteekend door A.J. WENDEL.Groningen, J.B. Wolters, 1876. Large 4to. With 81 full-page chromolithographed plates. Modern half morocco.
(8), 235, (1 blank), ix pp. Nissen, BBI 1474. An extensive and well-illustrated account of Dutch fruits and berries, flowers, shrubs, conifers and a few other trees, with 81 chromolithographed plates. It was issued by the pomological association, so more than half of the plates are devoted to fruits (apples, pears, plums, peaches and grapes) and berries. It was intended primarily for professional growers and provides practical information, as well as accurate colour illustrations. Each description is initialed, mostly by Ottolander and De Vos.The first leaf of the index is bound at the end. With the inside front hinge cracked, a few minor marginal tears and very minor foxing, but the paltes are fresh and in very good condition. [Bookseller: ASHER Rare Books]
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Salomon (Ramschwag), Bischof von Konstanz (Episcopus Constantiensis):
Glossae (GWM 39747, HC 14134, C 5231). Blatt XLIII.
(Augsburg, St. Ulrich u. Afra, ca. 1474). Type 1.. Zweispaltiges, 55-zeiliges O-Inkunabelblatt mit gelb- und rotgestrichenen Versalien und Rubriken. Wasserzeichen: achtblättrige Blume. Blattgröße: 28 x 40 cm. Incunabula text leaf.. Die Glossae des Salomon III (Ramschwag), Bischof von Konstanz und Abt von St. Gallen (891 - 920), ist eine der frühesten gedruckten lateinischen Wörterbücher oder Glossare des XV. Jahrhunderts (Bühler 1967, 133). Die Drucktätigkeit des Reichsklosters St. Ulrich und Afra bei Augsburg begann 1473 mit dem Erwerb von fünf Pressen Johann Schüsslers durch den Abt Melchior von Stamhaim. Geldner geht davon aus, dass die Drucktätigkeit mit dem Tod des Abtes Melchior im Jahre 1474 erlosch (Geldner I, 139). Nur 16 Drucke entstammen dieser Werkstatt, deren Typen von Zainer, Bämler und Sorg stammen. Werkmeister der Druckerrei waren wohl Günther Zainer und Anton Sorg. [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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Genealogia dei Principi d'Este
Modena Il Bulino Edizioni d'Arte genealogia, Este, edizioni di pregio, facsimili, tiratura limitata 37x26 cm., 12 cc., 169 ritratti miniati di principi e parenti di Casa d'Este, dalle origini fino alle soglie del Cinquecento, legatura in velluto blu con stemma estense impresso in oro zecchino al piatto, cofanetto, edizione a tiratura esclusiva mondiale di 333 esemplari numerati su carta conforme alla pergamena, la doratura a rilievo dei fondi è stata applicata con impressioni a caldo, in italiano dialettale ferrarese L'opera, commissionata dal Ministero dei Beni Culturali, riunisce i due frammenti originari inizialmente uniti, conservati presso la Biblioteca Estense Universitaria di Modena e presso la Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma - fondo Vitt. Emanuele, del codice miniato su pergamena risalente al 1474-79 ca. Il manoscritto, un unicum nel suo genere per interesse genealogico, iconografico e per la storia del costume, rivestiva la funzione di aulico "album di famiglia" da mostrare agli ospiti di rango per ostentare ricchezza, potere e illustri origini; 169 personaggi dei primi quattro secoli di dominio estense (1095-1479) vi sono ritratti. Eseguito da un autore rimasto anonimo (ma attribuito a Bonifacio Bembo o alla cerchia di Baldassarre d'Este), il codice fu disperso sul finire del XVIII secolo, e un frammento pervenne appunto alla Biblioteca Estense, nel 1782. Commentario di 208 pagine con trascrizione integrale dei testi e saggi di E.Milano, F.Niutta, M.M.Breccia Fratadocchi e M.Bini. [Bookseller: ALFEA Rare Books]
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CAIMI, BARTOLOMEO
INTERROGATORIUM SIVE CONFESSIONALE CHRISTOPHORUS VALDARFER MILANO
CAIMI, BARTOLOMEO. Interrogatorium sive Confessionale.[seguito da:] ANSELMO DI CANTERBURY. Interrogationes faciende infirmo morienti. [al colophon:] Impressit magnum maximus auctor opus. 1474. 3. k[a]l[end]as octobris. [Milano, Christophorus Valdarfer, 29 settembre 1474]. In-8 (155x115 mm), legatura in mezza pelle ottocentesca su piatti di cartone e carta colorata, tassello in pelle rossa con filetti e titolo in oro al dorso, cc. (174). GRANDE INIZIALE RUBRICATA (tre linee) e tredici piccole iniziali (due linee) in rosso e in blu; eleganti estensioni marginali filigranate in inchiostro. Numerose rubricature in rosso o in blu all'inizio e alla fine di ogni paragrafo. RARA PRIMA EDIZIONE del popolare Confessionale di Bartolomeo Caimi: e' il secondo volume impresso dal Valdarfer dopo il trasferimento da Venezia a Milano, che segue il De Officis di Sant'Ambrogio, del gennaio dello stesso anno. Bartolomeo Caimi ( ca. 1496), monaco francescano nel convento di santa Maria degli Angeli a Milano e legato papale sotto Sisto IV, fu auctor unius libri: questa sua unica opera divenne utilizzatissima tanto da essere ristampata undici volte nel quindicesimo secolo, principalmente in Germania. Il Confessionale e' un manuale pratico, organizzato per capitoli secondo lo schema proposto da sant'Antonino e probabilmente ispirato alla Summa Angelica del Clavasio, con indicazioni specifiche ai confessori su domande e penitenze relative alle singole professioni, e con un excursus dei vari tipi di giochi d'azzardo, proibiti agli uomini di chiesa. Segni di tarlo restaurati al margine esterno di nove carte. In generale, esemplare fresco e molto buono su carta forte, impreziosito da numerose note manoscritte coeve. PROVENIENZA: Nota di possesso S Mari(a)e Grati(a)e Arci alla prima carta, note marginali (leggermente rifilate), paginazione e titoli correnti manoscritti in due diverse grafie coeve, in inchiostro rosso o nero. Hain, 2481; IGI, 2718; BMC, VI 725; BSB-Ink, C-244; GW, 6540; Goff, B-153 (10 esemplari); CIBN, C-233 (2 esemplari); Parguez, 141; IDL, 1220; Pellechet, 1859; Ohly-Sack, 846; Madsen, 1110; Walsh, 3075; Oates, 2269; Proctor, 5875. [Bookseller: Libreria BIBLIOPATHOS - Milano - Italy*]
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[Limoges, Pierre de] - Climacus, Johannes, santo.
Libro de locchio morale et spirituale. Venezia, [Giovanni de’ Rossi da Vercelli], 21 maggio 1496. (Legato con:) Climacus, Johannes, santo. Scala paradisi. Venezia, Cristoforo de Mandelo, 12 ottobre 1492.
"Due opere in un volume in-4° (mm 200x142). i. Segnatura: a-h8. 64 carte non numerate. Testo su unacolonna di 36 linee, caratteri 135G e 82R. Alla prima carta legno (mm 76x75) raffigurante un monaco che insegna, nell’atto di indicarsi l’occhio, già apparso nell’edizione latina dello stesso anno. Iniziali silografiche ornate su fondo nero nel testo. ii. Segnatura: a-l8, m10. 98 carte non numerate. Testo su 42 linee, carattere 80Ra. Alla prima carta legno (mm 55x75) raffigurante Cristo circondato dalla folla, alla c. 2v piccola vignetta raffigurante la pietà; iniziali silografiche ornate su fondo nero. Legatura moderna in pelle marrone decorata da ferri dorati, tagli gialli. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, lievi gore alle ultime carte della seconda opera. Timbro ‘Schönborn Bibliothek’ al verso dell’ultima carta della seconda opera. Prima edizione in italiano della seconda opera più antica sull’occhio, dopo il De oculis del Grassus (1474). Questo trattato è spesso attribuito a Johannes Peckam, ma l’autore sembrerebbe piuttosto essere Petrus de Lapicera, il cui nome appare nel colophon, o Petrus Lemovicensis (Pierre de Limoges), originario di Parigi e tra i fondatori della Sorbona alla fine del xiii secolo. Il testo di questa edizione è di fra’ Teofilo Romano. Prima di questa vennero stampate tre edizioni latine (1476, 1477 e 1496). L’opera è fondamentalmente un trattato morale, ma non mancano capitoli di interesse scientifico, e contiene la prima descrizione anatomica dell’occhio. «The purpose of the De oculo morali is purely ethical but it contains a description of the eye, together with a brief account of eye diseases and their treatment» (Sarton ii, p. 1029). La seconda opera legata è la terza edizione volgare, ristampa fedele della seconda impressa dal Benali e dal Capcasa nel 1491, della Scala Paradisi, del mistico bizantino Giovanni Climaco, sul conseguimento della perfezione morale. i. HC* 9805; BMC v, 419; IGI 7384; Goff J, 393; Essling 892; Sander 3757. ii. HC* 5466, 5467; BMC v, 468; IGI 5216; Goff J, 310; Essling 566; Sander 2019. First Italian edition of the second earliest printed work on the eye, containing in the first four chapters a description of the eye together with a brief account of eye diseases and their treatment. Bound with a vernacular incunable edition of the Scala paradisi, written by the Byzantine mystic Johannes Climacus." [Bookseller: Philobiblon S.r.l.]
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LES TROBES...
LES TROBES EN LAHORS DE LA VERGE MARIA / PUBLICADAS EN VALENCIA EN 1474, Y REIMPRESAS POR PRIMERA VEZ, CON UNA INTRODUCCION Y NOTICIAS BIOGRAFICAS DE SUS AUTORES, ESCRITAS POR FRANCISCO MARTI GRAJALES
Valencia: Libr. de Pascual Aguilar, 1894.- 91 p. + 116 p. sin numerar de Les Trobes, y 2 h. al final de bibliografia; 4to.; gran papel de hilo; Media Piel chagren, nervios, hierros en seco, conserva las cubiertas originales en pergamino.- EJEMPLAR EN PERFECTO ESTADO, SIN CORTAR, CONSERVANDO TODOS SUS MARGENES. DEDICATORIA AUTOGRAFA DE MARTI GRAJALES A D. MIGUEL MIR EN LAPORTADILLA. AUNQUE NO LO INDICA, ES EDICION DE CORTA TIRADA Y LA PRIMERA REIMPRESION DE ESTA JOYA BIBLIOGRAFICA, QUE FUE UNO DE LOS PRIMEROS LIBROS IMPRESOS EN ESPANA. RARISIMO Y DE ALTA BIBLIOFILIA.* [Bookseller: Libreria Miguel MIRANDA - Madrid - Spain]
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GENEALOGIA DEI PRINCIPI D'ESTE . MODENA, IL BULINO EDIZIONI D'ARTE,
2 [ vol. + commentario] vol. 37x26 cm., 12 cc., 169 ritratti miniati di principi e parenti di Casa d'Este, dalle origini fino alle soglie del Cinquecento, legatura in velluto blu con stemma estense impresso in oro zecchino al piatto, cofanetto, edizione a tiratura esclusiva mondiale di 333 esemplari numerati su carta conforme alla pergamena, la doratura a rilievo dei fondi e' stata applicata con impressioni a caldo, in italiano dialettale ferrarese L'opera, commissionata dal Ministero dei Beni Culturali, riunisce i due frammenti originari inizialmente uniti, conservati presso la Biblioteca Estense Universitaria di Modena e presso la Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma - fondo Vitt. Emanuele, del codice miniato su pergamena risalente al 1474-79 ca.. Il manoscritto, un unicum nel suo genere per interesse genealogico, iconografico e per la storia del costume, rivestiva la funzione di aulico "album di famiglia" da mostrare agli ospiti di rango per ostentare ricchezza, potere e illustri origini; 169 personaggi dei primi quattro secoli di dominio estense (1095-1479) vi sono ritratti. Eseguito da un autore rimasto anonimo (ma attribuito a Bonifacio Bembo o alla cerchia di Baldassarre d'Este), il codice fu disperso sul finire del XVIII secolo, e un frammento pervenne appunto alla Biblioteca Estense, nel 1782. Commentario di 208 pagine con trascrizione integrale dei testi e saggi di E.Milano, F.Niutta, M.M.Breccia Fratadocchi e M.Bini. [Bookseller: Libreria ALFEA rare books - Milano - Mil]
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Jacobus Magni (Jacques Legrand):
Sophologium. [GW M17665, Hain 10471].
Straßburg, Adolf Rusch, 1474. Type 1.. Einspaltiges Original-Inkunabelblatt (21,3 x 29,4 cm) mit rubrizierten Majuskeln, Titel und Seitenzahl. Kleiner schwacher Wasserfleck im oberen Randbereich und schwacher kleiner roter Fleck im Textbereich. Incunabula text leaf.. "Adolf Rusch ist es gewesen, der zum ersten Male ein Druckwerk mit Antiqua-Typen zu drucken unternommen hat ... An ungewöhnlichen Formen weist die Rusch'sche Antiqua eigentlich nur das eigenartige R auf, das so gestaltet ist, als habe der Schriftstecher darin etwas wie ein Monogramm der Buchstaben A und R schaffen wollen." (Haebler 1927, S. 59). Ein Bild des Inkunabelblattes wird gerne auf Wunsch per email zugeschickt! [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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Paulo Veneto.
Logica magna.
Cristóbal Valdarfer, 1474, 14 de diciembre, Milán: 76 hojas en signaturas: a10, b6, c10, d6, e10, f6, g-i8, k6. Conserva la primera hoja blanca. Letra gótica a dos columnas. Anotaciones manuscritas de época. Pergamino de la época. Puntos de polilla, manchas y hongos en los márgenes, bastas restauraciones. Hain 12500. Goff P-220 (sólo 1 ejemplar). IGI 7349. No en BMC. No en BN[de París], No en BSB. No en IBE. Juan Bautista Landino, siglo xvi. Angelo de Brescia, siglo xvi. Rarísimo. Segunda edición. Este libro es la quintaesencia de la lógica medieval, la antología del silogismo, la proposición en grado superlativo, el aristotelismo más contumaz del príncipe de los averroistas y del comentarista del Stagirita más vivo del siglo xv. Paulo Nicoletti fue profesor en Siena, murió en 1429 y tuvo un éxito mayúsculo como filósofo y comentarista. [Bookseller: Els Llibres del Tirant]
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CAIMI, BARTOLOMEO
Interrogatorium sive Confessionale
Christophorus Valdarfer, Milano 1474 CAIMI, BARTOLOMEO. Interrogatorium sive Confessionale.[seguito da:] ANSELMO DI CANTERBURY. Interrogationes faciende infirmo morienti. [al colophon:] Impressit magnum maximus auctor opus. 1474. 3°. k[a]l[end]as octobris. [Milano, Christophorus Valdarfer, 29 settembre 1474]. In-8° (155x115 mm), legatura in mezza pelle ottocentesca su piatti di cartone e carta colorata, tassello in pelle rossa con filetti e titolo in oro al dorso, cc. (174). GRANDE INIZIALE RUBRICATA (tre linee) e tredici piccole iniziali (due linee) in rosso e in blu; eleganti estensioni marginali filigranate in inchiostro. Numerose rubricature in rosso o in blu all'inizio e alla fine di ogni paragrafo. RARA PRIMA EDIZIONE del popolare Confessionale di Bartolomeo Caimi: è il secondo volume impresso dal Valdarfer dopo il trasferimento da Venezia a Milano, che segue il De Officis di Sant'Ambrogio, del gennaio dello stesso anno. Bartolomeo Caimi († ca. 1496), monaco francescano nel convento di santa Maria degli Angeli a Milano e legato papale sotto Sisto IV, fu auctor unius libri: questa sua unica opera divenne utilizzatissima tanto da essere ristampata undici volte nel quindicesimo secolo, principalmente in Germania. Il Confessionale è un manuale pratico, organizzato per capitoli secondo lo schema proposto da sant'Antonino e probabilmente ispirato alla Summa Angelica del Clavasio, con indicazioni specifiche ai confessori su domande e penitenze relative alle singole professioni, e con un excursus dei vari tipi di giochi d'azzardo, proibiti agli uomini di chiesa. Segni di tarlo restaurati al margine esterno di nove carte. In generale, esemplare fresco e molto buono su carta forte, impreziosito da numerose note manoscritte coeve. PROVENIENZA: Nota di possesso S Mari(a)e Grati(a)e Arci alla prima carta, note marginali (leggermente rifilate), paginazione e titoli correnti manoscritti in due diverse grafie coeve, in inchiostro rosso o nero. Hain, 2481; IGI, 2718; BMC, VI 725; BSB-Ink, C-244; GW, 6540; Goff, B-153 (10 esemplari); CIBN, C-233 (2 esemplari); Parguez, 141; IDL, 1220; Pellechet, 1859; Ohly-Sack, 846; Madsen, 1110; Walsh, 3075; Oates, 2269; Proctor, 5875. [Bookseller: Bibliopathos*]
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Weale, W H Catalogus Missalium ritus latini ab anno 1474 impressorum Bibliographia Liturgica Bearbeitet von Bohatta, Hanns
Weale, W H Catalogus Missalium ritus latini ab anno 1474 impressorum Bibliographia Liturgica Bearbeitet von Bohatta, Hanns
Hiersemann Verlag, Stuttgart Weale, W H Catalogus Missalium ritus latini ab anno 1474 impressorum Bibliographia Liturgica Bearbeitet von Bohatta, Hanns Verlag : Hiersemann, A ISBN : 3-7772-9021-1 Einband : Leinen Seiten/Umfang : XXXIV, 380 Seiten - 23 × 14 cm Erschienen : (Nachdruck d. Ausg. 1928) 2. Auflage 1990 Preisinfo : 240,00 Eur[D] Die von dem Wiener Bibliographen Hanns Bohatta (1864-1947) bearbeitete zweite Auflage (London/ Leipzig 1928) von Weales bibliographischem Katalog der lateinischen Meßbücher (1886) ist seit langem antiquarisch selten und gesucht. In einem unveränderten Nachdruck wird das wichtige Nachschlagewerk hiermit wieder verfügbar gemacht. Es verzeichnet 1937 Drucke des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts und ist gegliedert in die Teile I "Missalia Ecclesiarum" und II "Missalia Ordinum" nebst Konkordanzen zu Hain, Copinger, Proctor sowie einem "Index chronologicus" und einem "Index typographorum et librariorum". - Vom selben Autor ist die "Bibliographie der Breviere 1501 - 1850" (siehe Bohatta). [Bookseller: Antiquariat-Versandbuchhandel Uwe Löb]
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MAGNI, Jacobus.
Sophologium.
Uncut copy of the first edition of the Sophologium, given by Wilhelm of Aachen to the 'Domus Regularium Bonorum puerorum'at Liege in 1474 (Strassburg, 'R' printer (Adolf Rusch), ca. 1470). Folio. Contemporary calf over bevelled wooden boards, spine ribbed, with original green morocco label lettered in gold; both covers with blind tooled lozenge-shaped pattern with small fleur-de-lys and star stamps; original label with title and shelf-mark pasted to the front cover; in modern half calf case. Roman letter (Type: R 103), rubricated in red throughout with red paragraph marks and initials on the three to five line spaces left open, many with printed guide letters; wide margins (the measuring 295 x 215 mm.), 35 lines to a page; Collation: (a-d)10, (e)8+1(f. e2 added, no lost of text), (f)8, (g-i)10, (k)6, (l-m)8, (n-o)10, (p-q)8, (r-u)10, (x)8, (y)10, (z)8, (A)8-2 (without the mostly lacking last two blanks); 217 leaves. First edition of this very rare incunable. There are two undated editions of this work by the same printer Adolf Rusch, which were printed shortly after one another (HC 10471 and 10472) and our copy appears to belong to the first. The anonymous printer, whose modern nickname is derived from the peculiar 'R' of his 103 type is now generally identified with Adolf Rusch of Ingweiler who married Johann Mentelin's daughter Salome and who succeeded Mentelin - the very first printer in Strassburg - in his business after his death in 1479. Before that date he worked already partly for Mentelin and partly for his own, as our book shows. His type with the peculiar 'R' is the first Roman type ever used in Germany.Jacobus Magni (or Jacques Legrand) was a French Augustinian, born in Toulouse (ca. 1350) where he first worked as a librarian. Later on, at the beginning of the fifteenth century he moved to Paris to become a preacher. In Paris he came in contact with the Royal Court of Charles VI, where he preached in 1405 with much boldnes against Queen Isabel of Bavaris (1371-1435) and the inpopular Duc d'Orléans. After the assassination of the Duc, Le Grand was sent to England to negociate with the English King. He died around 1422. Being in essence an encyclopaedical work especially in the field of philosophy and economy, the Sophologium was considered to be a handbook of good manners at the same time. As such it had a great success and judging by the vast number of incunable and post-incunable editions the book became very popular during the first century of printing. In fact the work is an anthology of philosophy and science taken from numerous ancient writers and early Fathers, as well as Albumazar, Chaucer, etc. Because it is a well composed and rather complete summary of all relevant classical and medieval authors, the book was used intensively till far into the 17th century. The text was translated into French by Jacques le Grand himself and was published (only in abridged form) in Chablis in 1478 under the title 'Le livre intitule de bonnes meurs dédié à très -noble prince ... Jean, fils du roi de France, duc de Berry ...'. An English translation was printed by Caxton in 1487 with the title 'The Book of Good Manners'.The incunable has a very interesting provenance. On verso of the first fly-leaf a manuscript note states that this copy was given to the 'Convent of the regular Canons at the priory of St. Elisabeth or of the 'Good boys' (des Bons-Enfants)' in Liège in 1474 by Wilhelmus de Aquisgrani (of Aachen), canon of the St. Lambert Church at Liège (Monast. Belge, II, p. 376-9): "Liber regularium domus bonorum puerorum in Leodio. Quem dedit nobis venerabilis dominus wilhelmus de aquisgrani. doctor in sacra theologia. et canonicus ecclesie sancti lamberti leodiensis ... oremus ergo cordialiter pro eo: Anno domino M. cccc. lxxiiii." Our copy is herewith the third copy known with an added date in manuscript - one with the date 1473 and one other with 1474 - giving a firm 'terminus ante quem' to the undated edition. We know also the orifinal shelf-mark of the book in the library of the convent: "M vi" is written on the label on the front cover, as well as on a label pasted to the verso of this cover.Furthermore our copy shows a number of very interesting features regarding the history of early printing. The leaves are totally uncut in such a way that not only most of the original manuscript signatures and catchwords are visible in the lower margins, but also the little holes in the upper and lower margins caused by the nails on the tympan of the printing-press, enabling the printer to print the lines on the rectos and the versos of the leaves 'in register': just on top of each other.- f. 1r-3r: Contents: Capitula tractatus primi libri primi Incipiunt.- f. 3v: Dedication the the French King by Jacobus Magno. Inc.: '(I)llustrissimi principis regis francorum.- f. 3v-217v: Text. Inc.: 'Tractatus primus huius primi libri: est de quibusdam que inducunt ad amorem sapiencie. Cuius primum capitulum est de inducentibus ad amorem sapiencie. (D)icit Ariostoteles decimo ethicorum ...'- f. 217v: Colophon: 'Sophilogium editum a fratre Iacobo magni de Parisiis ordinis heremitarum sancti Augu. finit foeliciter'. Very interesting, important and good uncut copy.- (Rebacked and covers skilfully restored, with some ms. notes in the margins; some occasional soiling; parchment leaves with a 15th-century treatise entitled 'Tractatus de amore sapientie', pasted to the inner sides of the boards). Goff M-38; Hain-Copinger 10472; Polain (B) 2458; Polain (F) 7045; Oates 100; Klebs 595.2; BMC I 61; Proctor 241; Ritter 293; cf. Baer II 207; Zehnacker, Cat. rég. des inc., XIII, 1, 1480; L. Halkin, 'La maison des Bons Enfants de Liège', in: Bulletin de l'Institut archéol. liègeoise', 64 (1940), pp. 5-54. 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Hierocles of Alexandria (died 5th century AD)
In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum.
Padua, Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1474. First Edition. 4°; 20 cm x 15,5 cm. 91 (of 92) leaves, a-k8 l6 m5 (lacking last blank leaf). 24 columns per page (Text size: 132 x 76 mm). Full calf binding. Very good condition. Wonderfully preserved First Edition in a superbly elegant binding made of beautiful red leather. The work contains the commentary to the "Golden Poem" by the Pythagoreans. It is the only surviving work by the Neo-Platonist Hierocles of Alexandria. The text was translated into Latin by the Sicilian humanist Giovanni Aurispa (1376-1459; also known as Joannes Aurispa) who bought the original Greek manuscript in Venice in 1441. The book is dedicated to Pope Nicolas V. (1447-1455). This edition also features an extremely rare characteristic of old incunables: the quire counts were stamped onto the paper by hand. These hand-stamped counts are especially known in works printed by Valdezoccho (also: Val de Zoccho) in 1473. When these works were rebound the bookbinder usually removed the stamps, which happened here in quires i-m. Quires a-h still retain these remarkable stamps. The broad margins and early Roman type are also important criteria which further underline the esthetical uniqueness of the volume at hand. Elegant full red leather binding of the late 19th century with beautifully discreet gilt-stamped spine and fine gilt-stamped borders on covers and edges. All edges of the text block are golden. [Condition of the binding: Very Good / Condition of the paper: Good (+) / Further remarks: The incunable is in very good condition. The corners and edges of the binding are only very lightly rubbed. The red color of the leather is strong and bright. A small library label on the front cover. The paper has hardly darkened and apart from a few light marks appears as new. The inner cover with a book plate by John Vertues, Bishop of Portsmouth (1826-1900), who gave the book to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire in 1894. A remarkably beautiful and wonderfully preserved copy of this very much sought-after First Edition. ] Hierocles (died 5th century A.D.) was a student of Plutarch of Athens (c. 350 - 431/433). He was an avid defender of heathen beliefs and was of the opinion that divine intervention and free will could coexist: "The most important source for our knowledge of H.'s philosophy is his commentary on the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans." (BBKL, Bd. II) (GW 12409 Goff H-151). [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Bibliopegi GmbH]
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CAMUS, Edmond Gustave.
Orchidées de France. [Paris], 1895. Imperial 4to (32 x 26.5 cm). Atlas-volume with calligraphed title-page, 52 fine watercolour drawings on 51 leaves showing orchid varieties, finished with arabic gum, and 1 leaf with photo of the author pasted in. Burgundy half morocco binding, marbled sides and endleaves.
Cf. Junk, Bibliographia Botanica 1474; Nissen, BBI supp. 316 na; Willing 473. Beautiful work with 52 watercolour drawings of the orchids of France on 51 leaves. These original drawings are most likely part of a continuing project to write a comprehensive study on the complicated taxonomy of the orchids in this region. The orchids are drawn on smaller sheets, measuring c. 24.5 x 15.5 cm, that have been pasted onto larger leaves of 32 x 26.5 cm. The latter are mounted on stubs and bound in into the present volume. There are 51 leaves, numbered I-XXIX, XXIXbis, XXX-L in the upper right corner, whereas leaf XLII has two varieties. Camus wrote the name of the variety and that of the botanist who first described this particular orchid in block letters underneath the drawing. Drawings XXIV and XXXVII have been signed by him, "E.G. Camus," the others are unsigned. Because of the small sheets on which the orchids have been drawn, sixteen varieties have been depicted in a lower and an upper half. Edmond Gustave Camus (1852-1915), a pharmacist and botanist, was fascinated by the intricate taxonomy of the genus of the orchid. He lived close to l'Isle-Adam, the habitat of numerous orchids, and set out to collect the different varieties. In 1891 he published twelve sets with the first fruits of his research in Iconographie des Orchidées des environs de Paris, each of which contained forty meticulously drawn and hand-coloured drawings of orchids, "j'ai entrepris l'oeuvre laborieuse de former douze exemplaires de l'Iconographie en dessinant et peignant douze fois les quarante plances (de grandeur naturelle) qui la composent" (Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, vol. 7 (1885). In 1891 Camus began to publish his Monographie des Orchidées de France, which was to appear in a series of articles in the Journal de Botanique. The first article appeared in Journal de Botanique 5 (1891), pp. 429-434, and the final article was published in the same magazine in 1893 (see Willing 473 for a complete list of these articles). The text of these articles was published separately in 1894, consisting of a text-volume with 130 pages of text, and an atlas-volume with 52 photographic plates (there was now a XLII and a XLIIbis), partially hand-coloured. Both volumes measure 25 cm in height and were published in an edition of 38 copies only (see Junk, Nissen). In the Monographie des Orchidées de France, which we consulted in the version of the journal articles, Camus dicusses a total of 155 numbered varieties of orchids, and for 52 varieties, he refers to illustrations in an accompanying Atlas. The names of these varieties agree exactly with the orchids depicted in our atlas-volume. The present 52 watercolour drawings are not listed in any of the bibliographies, not even in the bibliography of the publications by E.G. Camus, prepared by Henri Lecomte and Camus's daughter Aimée Antoinette in E.G. Camus, Iconographie des Orchidées d'Europe (Paris 1921-1929; Stafleu & Cowan 971). These drawings testify to Camus's outstanding craftmanship both as a botanist and artist and to his love for orchids. Their charm cannot fail to captivate anyone who browses through the atlas. The splendid drawings are in excellent condition. [Bookseller: ASHER Rare Books]
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Hierokles von Alexandria (gest. Mitte des 5. Jh.)
In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum.
Padua, Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1474. 1. Ausgabe. Provenienzexemplar. 4°; 20 cm hoch, 15,5 cm tief. 91 (statt 92) Bll., a-k8 l6 m5 (letztes leeres Bl. fehlt). 24 Zeilen pro Seite (Textspiegel: 132 x 76 mm). Ganzleder. Sehr Guter - Guter Zustand. Lateinische Übersetzung durch Joannes Aurispa. Ganzlederband des späten 19. Jh. (GW 12409 Goff H-151) Wunderbar erhaltene Erstausgabe in prachtvollem roten Ledereinband des 19. Jahrhunderts. Es handelt sich hierbei um einen Kommentar zum "Goldenen Gedicht" der Phytagoreer, das einzige vollständig erhaltene Werk des Neoplatonikers Hierokles von Alexandria. Der Text wurde durch den sizilianischen Humanisten Giovanni Aurispa (1376-1459) ins Lateinische übersetzt, der die griechische Handschrift 1441 in Venedig erstand. Die dem Text vorangestellte vierseitige Widmung richtete Aursipa an Papst Nicolas V. (1447-55). Eine ausgesprochene Besonderheit dieser Ausgabe sind die handgestempelten Lagenzählungen, die aus einer Reihe von bei Valdezoccho [auch: Val de Zoccho] gedruckten Werken aus dem Jahre 1474 bekannt sind. Bei einer Neubindung wurden diese häufig durch den Buchbinder abgeschnitten, was im vorliegenden Fall für die Lagen i-m zutrifft. Bei den Lagen a-h sind diese außergewöhnlichen Stempel jedoch erhalten. Weiterhin sind der ausgesprochen breite Rand sowie die frühe romanische Drucktype wichtige Merkmale, welche die besondere Ästhetik des vorliegenden Bandes unterstreichen. Prachtvoller roter Ganzlederband des späten 19. Jahrhunderts mit dezenten goldenen Rückenprägungen sowie feinen goldgeprägten Bordüren auf Deckeln, Innen- und Stehkanten. Dreiseitiger Goldschnitt. [Zustand des Einbandes: 1-2 / Zustand des Papiers: 2+ / Sonstige Anmerkungen: Die Inkunabel befindet sich innerlich wie äußerlich in wunderbarem Zustand. Die Kanten und Ecken des Einbandes sind nur leicht berieben, die rote Farbe des Leders kräftig und leuchtend. Kleines Bibliotheksschildchen auf dem vorderen Deckel. Das Papier ist nur sehr leicht gebräunt und bis auf wenige schwache Flecken makellos. Auf dem vorderen Spiegel findet sich das gedruckte Exlibris John Vertues, Bishop of Portsmouth (1826-1900), der den Band im Jahre 1894 dem Stonyhurst College in Lancashire vermachte. Ein prachtvoll erhaltenes und schön gebundenes Exemplar dieser gesuchten Erstausgabe.] Hierokles (gest. Mitte des 5. Jh.) war ein Schüler des Plutarch von Athen (ca. 350 - 431 oder 433). Er hielt stets an seinem Heidentum fest und vertrat die Ansicht, dass die göttliche Vorsehung und der freie Wille des Menschen durchaus miteinander zu vereinbaren waren: "Die wichtigsten Quellen für die Kenntnis der Philosophie des H. bilden sein Kommentar zum Goldenen Gedicht der Pythagoreer und das von Photius referierte Werk Peri Pronoias (Über Vorsehung). Der oberste Gott übt als Demiurg seine Vorsehung durch Engel aus, was aber mit dem freien Willen vereinbar bleibt." (BBKL, Bd. II, Sp. 817). [Bookseller: Bibliopegi GmbH]
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MERULA, Giorgio.
In librum de homine Martii Galeotti opus…
Venice, Johannes de Colonia & Johannes Manthen c.1474 FIRST EDITION. 4to. 80 unnumbered ll. [b2-b10, c10, d-g8, h10, i6, l2-l8, m6]. Roman letter, some Greek. 29 lines per page, guide letters, spaces blank, lacking the two blanks. One leaf (l8) not printed, text supplied in contemp. ms., medical marginalia in the same hand throughout. Marginal soiling to first leaf, two small marginal wormholes to first four gatherings, a little foxing to some leaves. A very good, clean, wide-margined copy on thick paper in C17th mottled sheep, spine gilt in compartments. Illegible ownership inscription in lower blank portion of first leaf dated 1644, another, contemporary, at end of first part. A very attractive copy of the first edition of Merula's (c.1430-1494) elaborate philological attack on Galeotus' medical and astrological treatise, Liber de homine, published in Bologna in 1471. The present work is divided into four sections. In the first, Merula takes short statements or extracts from Galeotus, and interweaves them with his own, lengthy, commentary (he takes pains to cite and correct Galeotus' work in meticulous detail). Galeotus' work is first concerned with medicine, so Merula's criticisms - which frequently refer to Classical sources including Pliny, Demosthenes and Aristotle - discuss medical conditions and treatment, among them nasal polyps, stomach-ache, haemorrhoids (which Merula attributes to a surfeit of black choler in the veins around the groin), and glaucoma, when the eyes appear "lividi et plumbei coloris." Merula states that Galeotus describes the condition inaccurately and confuses it with hypochyma, citing authorities to support his claims; the work is arranged systematically (discussions of other eye diseases follow). Merula takes issue with Galeotus' reading of the Classical medical authorities, criticizing his understanding of the texts, rather than his medical knowledge as such. Merula also elaborately criticises Galeotus' astrological views, which make up the second subject matter of his work, especially his rather naïve infatuation with judicial astrology which Merula clearly does not share.The remaining three sections, addressed to some of the great nobleman-scholars of the day, contain some excellent examples of the Classical scholarship for which Merula was renowned:(1) An interpretation of Sappho, written to Patricius Marcus Antonius Maurocenus (Morosini), a member of the noble Venetian family which supplied many Doges and Cardinals, perhaps to be identified with the Antonio Morosini who was author of the great historical manuscript the Morosini Codex (c.1430), held in the Austrian Nationalbibliothek.(2) A discussion of Pliny the Younger, addressed to Antonius Chronicus (Antonio Vinciguerra Cronico), a little-known scholar, praised by the cabbalist Giovanni Pico della Mirandola in his Orations as a man of immense learning.(3) Nominally a commentary on Vergil, but more a gazetteer of places in the ancient world, such as Athens, Cythera and Sidon, their contemporary equivalents and the derivations of their names, as well as ancient cultures, including the Spanish, Saxons and Amazons. This is addressed to Prince Ludovicus Gonzaga, a name held by several members of the family of the Dukes of Mantua, but given the date, most probably Ludovicus III (1414-1478). Merula taught Classics for forty years in Milan and Venice, and was "un des restaurateurs des bonnes études" (NBG). He published commentaries on Cicero, Pliny, Virgil, Ovid and Juvenal, editiones principes of Plautus and the Scriptores rei rusticae, and corresponded with many of his leading contemporaries, not always on cordial terms. "Sa vanité, qui était encore plus grande que son savoir", led him into conflicts such as the present one. Galeotus (tutor to King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and professor at Bologna) was so angry with Merula that he published a response to the present work, Refutatio obiectorum in librum de homine a Giorgio Merula, in 1476, a "bitter invective against Merula" (BMC).Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen worked together from 1474 until 1480, in a reconstruction of Colonia's earlier partnership with Vindelinus de Spira. This is one of their earliest productions, and remains an elegant example of early Venetian typography. BMC V, 230; GW M22925; Goff M-0504 (6 copies only); Hain 11097; Klebs 678.1; Thorndike IV, 399; Brunet II, 1453; not in Osler or HoH. [Bookseller: Sokol Books Ltd.]
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Hierocles of Alexandria (died 5th century AD)
In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum.
Padua, Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1474. First Edition. 4°; 20 cm x 15,5 cm. 91 (of 92) leaves, a-k8 l6 m5 (lacking last blank leaf). 24 columns per page (Text size: 132 x 76 mm). Full calf binding. Very good condition. Wonderfully preserved First Edition in a superbly elegant binding made of beautiful red leather. The work contains the commentary to the "Golden Poem" by the Pythagoreans. It is the only surviving work by the Neo-Platonist Hierocles of Alexandria. The text was translated into Latin by the Sicilian humanist Giovanni Aurispa (1376-1459; also known as Joannes Aurispa) who bought the original Greek manuscript in Venice in 1441. The book is dedicated to Pope Nicolas V. (1447-1455). This edition also features an extremely rare characteristic of old incunables: the quire counts were stamped onto the paper by hand. These hand-stamped counts are especially known in works printed by Valdezoccho (also: Val de Zoccho) in 1473. When these works were rebound the bookbinder usually removed the stamps, which happened here in quires i-m. Quires a-h still retain these remarkable stamps. The broad margins and early Roman type are also important criteria which further underline the esthetical uniqueness of the volume at hand. Elegant full red leather binding of the late 19th century with beautifully discreet gilt-stamped spine and fine gilt-stamped borders on covers and edges. All edges of the text block are golden. [Condition of the binding: Very Good / Condition of the paper: Good (+) / Further remarks: The incunable is in very good condition. The corners and edges of the binding are only very lightly rubbed. The red color of the leather is strong and bright. A small library label on the front cover. The paper has hardly darkened and apart from a few light marks appears as new. The inner cover with a book plate by John Vertues, Bishop of Portsmouth (1826-1900), who gave the book to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire in 1894. A remarkably beautiful and wonderfully preserved copy of this very much sought-after First Edition. ] Hierocles (died 5th century A.D.) was a student of Plutarch of Athens (c. 350 - 431/433). He was an avid defender of heathen beliefs and was of the opinion that divine intervention and free will could coexist: "The most important source for our knowledge of H.'s philosophy is his commentary on the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans." (BBKL, Bd. II) (GW 12409 Goff H-151). [Bookseller: Antiquarischer Lexikonhandel]
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ROLEVINCK, WERNER.
FASCICULUS TEMPORUM). UTRECHT, JAN VELDENER, 1480, 14 FEBRUARY.
Folio. Eighteenth-century calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with red title-label. With 2 woodcut printer's devices, on verso first leaf and at the end, 2 leaves within floral woodcut borders, one with large floral woodcut initial, the other with woodcut illustration, all hand-coloured, and 35 large and small woodcuts, including repeats, numerous armorial woodcuts and other woodcut figures, partly coloured. (8), 330 lvs. First Dutch edition of one of the most important and extensive historical world chronicles of the fifteenth century, and one of the first printed historical works in the Netherlands. The original edition, in Latin, was published by Arnold Therhoernen at Cologne in 1474. Of the author, Werner Rolevinck (1425-1502), not much more is known than that he was a Carthusian from Cologne. His chronicle contains the history of the world from the creation until 1474, the year of publication, with sometimes supplements from the publisher in later editions. The 'Fasciculus Temporum' is a masterpiece for its complicated lay-out: Rolevinck starts his chronicle with Christ's birth, at the same time going back to the creation and going forward through history. To solve the problem of these two opposite chronologies, the biblical events are printed upside down through the other text at specific places to indicate clearly the relevant connections between the biblical and historical events. Even the woodcut illustrations, marking the text at specific places, form an integral part. In this work, form and content are inseparable. This typographical tour de force was executed by Johan Veldener, who worked with Therhoernen. The work was very popular in Germany, but only printed once in the Northern Netherlands. This Dutch edition is of special interest for the many substantial additions, the second part containing extensive chronicles of the different parts of the Netherlands, including Brabant, Utrecht, Holland, Zeeland, Hainault, etc., as well as more detailed chronicles of France and England. A short text on the development of arts in general and the spread of printing in the middle of the fifteenth century is also extra. The text of the supplements is long attributed to the printer Jan Veldener himself, and his fame is still present in the often used title 'Veldenaers Kroniek'. The present edition is printed in gothic type, foliated with many misnumberings, like the omission of number 185, and the presence of number 258 on two different leaves. The woodcuts are from blocks used in the Latin edition by Veldener, published at Louvain in 1475, with the addition of twelve new ones, and a set of coats-of-arms used only in the supplementary chronicles. They represent biblical scenes like the Creation, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, views of Jerusalem, Nineveh, Babylon, Byzantium, Utrecht, Bruges, Gand, Lille, etc. The beautiful large printer's device of Jan Veldener, with his coat-of-arms within floral decoration is present twice: on verso of the first leaf, surrounded by a framework of text from the Gospel of Saint John, and at the end without text. Good copy, with ms. annotations on fly-leaf, and contemporary ms. notes on the blank verso of the last leaf.- (First leaf - recto blank - lacking, printer's device pasted on the verso of the fly-leaf; upper margins of the two lvs. with floral borders cut short; small tears in three lvs.; margins of three lvs. repaired; occas. slightly stained). BMC IX, p. 12; Hain-Copinger 6946; CA 1479; Goff R 278; Polain (B) 3379; IDL 3950. [Bookseller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV]
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RAFAEL BALLESTER Y CASTELL
LAS FUENTES NARRATIVAS DE LA HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA DURANTE LA EDAD MEDIA (417-1474)
TIPO-LITOGRAFIA DE AMENGUAL Y MUNTANER, PALMA DE MALLORCA 1908 DEDICATORIA DEL AUTOR. HOLANDESA EN PIEL CON LETRAS DORADAS. 221 PÁGINAS. LEVES MANCHAS DE TINTA. BUEN ESTADO. [Bookseller: Librería Tormos]
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J. Mª Madurell Marimon
Documentos para la Historia de la imprenta y libreria en Barcelona. 1474-1553
Gremio de Editores de libreros y de maestros impresores, Barcelona 1955 Encuadernacion en rama con funda algo estropeada. Cuarto. Buen estado. Pag 1011 1 volumen [Bookseller: Libreria Anticuaria Garcia Prieto C.B.]
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DOCUMENTOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA IMPRENTA Y LIBRERÍA EN BARCELONA (1474-1553).
Recogidos y transcritos por José Mª Madurell Marimon. Anotados por Jorge Rubio y Balaguer. VIII pp.+1 h.+120 pp.+1.013 pp.+1 h. Excelente encuadernación (firmada Cambras) en plena piel con nervios con un artístico trabajo de mosaico en lomera. Guardas de moaré. Corte superior dorado. Caja de conservación. Conserva cubiertas originales. Ejemplar impecable. 25x18,5. Gremios de Editores, de libreros y de Maestros impresores. Barcelona, 1955. [Bookseller: Librería Anticuaria Galgo]
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ANTONINUS S. FLORENTINUS.
De censuris. De sponsalibus et matrimonio.
(in fine) Venetiis, Johannes de Colonia ac Johannes Manthen, 1474. "In-4°; 136 cc., la prima bianca, caratteri gotici, il primo foglio di testo è racchiuso in una cornice miniata e sullo stesso foglio è miniato un piccolo capolettera iniziale, altro capolettera miniato sulla carta l6. Tutto il volume rubricato in rosso e blu. Legatura originale, dorso in pelle e piatti in assicelle (i piatti furono ricoperti nel '700 da una carta decorata). Bell'esemplare su carta forte e marginoso, qualche gora non grave." Prima edizione di queste due note opere. Il testo, i caratteri, la carta iniziale con elegante bordura e miniature, le numerosissime iniziali e rubriche in rosso e blu, la legatura contribuiscono a farne una classica espressione di libro veneziano a stampa degli anni 70 del '400. GW 2070. HC 1268. BMC V 225. IGI 604. Goff A-776. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum]
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VENTURA, JORGE. Y OTROS
HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA. 4 Volúmenes. (I)De la Prehistoria al 714 de n. Era. (II) Del Año 714 al 1474. (III) Del Año 1474 al 1808. (IV) Del Año 1808 a nuestros dias.
Plaza Janes Editores. Barcelona 1976. Símil piel con dorados. Ilustrado.25x21.Mapas, Planos.252,274,278 y 310 pp. Libro en Español / Book in Spanish [Bookseller: Librería Vobiscum]
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Hierocles Of Alexandia. [Phillip Beroaldus' Copy]
In Aureos Versus Pythagorae Opusculum
Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1474, 17 April. Giovanni Aurispa, Latin trans. 4to. 204 x 139mm. a-k8, l6, m6. 92 leaves [including original blank. ] Later Vellum, tall copy with nearly all of the hand-stamped signature marks present [almost always trimmed-off], much early marginalia in Latin and Greek which old manuscript notes states are by PHILLIP BEROLADUS, ownership signature on first page dated 1700, two old stamps on t.p., tiny wormholes with some expertly filled-in tracks [text affected]; else very good. Roman letter. Editio Princeps in Latin. First Edition. Hierocles (b.412) was a 5th century Neoplationist who flourished in Alexandria; he tells us he was a student of Plutarch. His commenrtary on the "Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans" was an attempt to show agreement between the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle and to refute the systems of Epicurus and the Stoics. It was very influential in the Renaissance. "Between 415 and 450 Hierocles occupied the Alexandrian chair. Few details have survived the oblivion which unsympathetic historians imposed upon the remnants of the old philosophical traditions, but they testify to his shrewdness and suffering. Olympiodorus wrote that many of the school's assets had been seized on different occasions during this period. Despite his efforts to live at peace with the Christian community, he was once exiled to Constantinople where a magistrate had him scourged for some allegedly disparaging comparisons between Christianity and the 'old' doctrines. As a pupil of Plutarch, he sought to harmonize the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. While Syrianus held that Aristotelian thought is a stepping-stone to Pythagorean-Platonic philosophy, Hierocles taught that Ammonius Saccas had demonstrated the substantial unity of the two schools. Rather than write metaphysical treatises or attempt a systematic integration of neo-Platonic thought like that undertaken by Proclus, Hierocles concentrated on preserving the spirit of the school in Alexandria. He wrote consolatory essays to... [Bookseller: Alibris]
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Hierokles von Alexandria:
In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum (1474).
Padua, Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1474. 1. Ausgabe. Provenienzexemplar. 4°. Ganzleder. Sehr Gut - Gut. In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum. Lateinische Übersetzung durch Joannes Aurispa. Kollation: 91 (statt 92) Bll., a-k8 l6 m5 (letztes leeres Bl. fehlt). 24 Zeilen pro Seite (Textspiegel: 132 x 76 mm). Format: 4°; 20 cm hoch, 15,5 cm tief. Ganzlederband des späten 19. Jh. Padua, Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 17. April 1474. (GW 12409 Goff H-151) Wunderbar erhaltene Erstausgabe in prachtvollem roten Ledereinband des 19. Jahrhunderts. Es handelt sich hierbei um einen Kommentar zum "Goldenen Gedicht" der Phytagoreer, das einzige vollständig erhaltene Werk des Neoplatonikers Hierokles von Alexandria. Der Text wurde durch den sizilianischen Humanisten Giovanni Aurispa (1376-1459) ins Lateinische übersetzt, der die griechische Handschrift 1441 in Venedig erstand. Die dem Text vorangestellte vierseitige Widmung richtete Aursipa an Papst Nicolas V. (1447-55). Eine ausgesprochene Besonderheit dieser Ausgabe sind die handgestempelten Lagenzählungen, die aus einer Reihe von bei Valdezoccho [auch: Val de Zoccho] gedruckten Werken aus dem Jahre 1474 bekannt sind. Bei einer Neubindung wurden diese häufig durch den Buchbinder abgeschnitten, was im vorliegenden Fall für die Lagen i-m zutrifft. Bei den Lagen a-h sind diese außergewöhnlichen Stempel jedoch erhalten. Weiterhin sind der ausgesprochen breite Rand sowie die frühe romanische Drucktype wichtige Merkmale, welche die besondere Ästhetik des vorliegenden Bandes unterstreichen. Prachtvoller roter Ganzlederband des späten 19. Jahrhunderts mit dezenten goldenen Rückenprägungen sowie feinen goldgeprägten Bordüren auf Deckeln, Innen- und Stehkanten. Dreiseitiger Goldschnitt. [Zustand des Einbandes: 1-2 / Zustand des Papiers: 2+ / Sonstige Anmerkungen: Die Inkunabel befindet sich innerlich wie äußerlich in wunderbarem Zustand. Die Kanten und Ecken des Einbandes sind nur leicht berieben, die rote Farbe des Leders kräftig und leuchtend. Kleines Bibliotheksschildchen auf dem vorderen Deckel. Das Papier ist nur sehr leicht gebräunt und bis auf wenige schwache Flecken makellos. Auf dem vorderen Spiegel findet sich das gedruckte Exlibris John Vertues, Bishop of Portsmouth (1826-1900), der den Band im Jahre 1894 dem Stonyhurst College in Lancashire vermachte. Ein prachtvoll erhaltenes und schön gebundenes Exemplar dieser gesuchten Erstausgabe. Hierokles (gest. Mitte des 5. Jh.) war ein Schüler des Plutarch von Athen (ca. 350 - 431 oder 433). Er hielt stets an seinem Heidentum fest und vertrat die Ansicht, dass die göttliche Vorsehung und der freie Wille des Menschen durchaus miteinander zu vereinbaren waren: "Die wichtigsten Quellen für die Kenntnis der Philosophie des H. bilden sein Kommentar zum Goldenen Gedicht der Pythagoreer und das von Photius referierte Werk Peri Pronoias (Über Vorsehung). Der oberste Gott übt als Demiurg seine Vorsehung durch Engel aus, was aber mit dem freien Willen vereinbar bleibt." (BBKL, Bd. II, Sp. 817). [Bookseller: Antiquarischer Lexikonhandel]
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Leonardus de Utino:
Sermones aurei de sanctis. (HC 16130, GWM 17882).
Augsburg, Sankt Ulrich und Afra, "Laus Deo MCCCCLXXiiii" 1474. Type 1. . Einspaltiges, 38-zeiliges Original-Inkunabelblatt mit zweizeiliger roter Lombarde und 4-zeiliger roter Initiale und einem Wasserzeichen. Im oberen Randbereich gering fleckig. Breitrandiges Exemplar. Blattgröße: 22 x 31 cm. Incunabula text leaf. . Der Druck stammt aus dem Reichskloster St. Ulrich und Afra, das insgesamt nur 16 Drucke hervorgebracht hat. Abt Melchior von Stamhaim kaufte 1472 von Johann Schüssler fünf Pressen und ließ durch den Augsburger Meister Sixtus Sauerloch im Kloster eine Druckerrei einrichten, deren leitende Typographen Zainer und Sorg waren. Es wurde mit der Type 2 von Günther Zainer, der Type 1 von Anton Sorg und der Type 2 von Johann Bämler gedruckt. Im vorliegenden Blatt verwendete die Druckerrei ihre erste unabhänige Type, eine Antiquatype (Type 1), die nach Haebler von keiner anderen Type abhängt aber dem Einfluss italienischer Vorbilder unterliegt. Der Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke und Bogeng legen die Drucktätigkeit in die Zeit zwischen 1472 bis 1477. Geldner geht davon aus, dass die Klosterdruckerrei Sankt Ulrich und Afra mit dem Tod des Abtes Melchior im Jahre 1474 erlischt. (Geldner 1968, I 138 f.; Haebler 1927, 17; GW; Bogeng 1973, I 310) [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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REGIOMONTANUS (D.I. JOHANNES MÜLLER VON KÖNIGSBERG).
[Calendarium latinum.]
[Nürnberg,] Johannes Regiomontanus, [1474]. 4°. Römische Type, 32 Zeilen. In Rot und Schwarz gedruckt. 30 unnum. Bl. (statt 32; es fehlen die Blätter 19 und 20 mit der Darstellung der astronomischen Apparate; ohne Lagenzählung). Mit 60, teilweise gelb kolorierten Holzschnitten für die Mondphasen auf fünf Blättern und 22 Holzschnittinitialen auf schwarzem Grund. Moderner, hellbrauner Halbschweinslederband (sign. Hedberg, Stockholm). – Hain-Copinger 13775. Proctor 2210. BMC II, 456 (IA 7877). Goff R-92. Schreiber 4376 (nur acht Exemplare verzeichnet, dabei dieses). Klebs 836.1. Rosenwald 43. – Erste lateinische Ausgabe des ersten typographisch gedruckten Kalenders, von Regiomontan in seiner Nürnberger Privatdruckerei vermutlich gegen Ende 1474 gedruckt, gleichzeitig mit einer deutschen Ausgabe. Das Werk enthält astronomische Angaben für die Jahre 1475 bis 1513. Im vorliegenden Exemplar ist die erste unbedruckte Seite von zeitgenössischer (italienischer) Hand mit ausführlichen astronomischen Notizen dicht beschrieben. Die ersten zwölf Versoseiten enthalten die Tabellen für die Conjunction und Opposition des Mondes, auf den entsprechenden zwölf Rectoseiten ist das Calendarium angeordnet. Im Kalender sind einige Heiligen-Festtage mit roter Tinte eingedruckt, in den Conjunctions- resp. Oppositionstabellen sind zahlreiche Daten mit roter Tinte von Hand eingeschrieben. Auf das Dezember- Kalendarium folgt eine „Tabula Regionum“, darauf fünf Blätter mit den Darstellungen der Eclipsen. Weiter finden sich Angaben für die Kalenderberechnung, den Lauf der Sonne und des Mondes, Tageslängen mit Tafel, die Anweisung zur Anfertigung einer Sonnenuhr, über die Tag- und Nachtgleiche, die Stundenzahl der Tage, eine Ostertafel, sowie über das Aderlassen. Wie im Exemplar des British Museum ist vor die Tafel der beweglichen Feste ein Zettel eingeklebt, der Ergänzungen zur Berechnung der beweglichen Feste in Schaltjahren verzeichnet. Johannes Müller (1436-1476), der sich nach seiner Heimatstadt Königsberg „Regiomontanus“ nannte, studierte Mathematik und Astronomie an der Wiener Universität. Auf Einladung Kardinal Bessarions ging er 1460 nach Italien, um seine Griechisch-Kenntnisse zu vervollkommnen und um Astronomie in Ferrara, Padua und Venedig zu lehren. 1468 kehrte er nach Wien zurück, wurde bald von Mathias Corvinus als dessen Bibliothekar nach Buda geholt. 1471 läßt er sich in Nürnberg nieder, wo er in Bernhard Walther einen wohlhabenden Förderer findet, mit dessen Hilfe er 1473 seine Druckerei einrichtet, aus der bis 1475 insgesamt elf Drucke ans Licht kommen, sechs davon sind seine Kalender und Ephemeriden. 1475 rief Papst Sixtus IV. Regiomontan für seine geplante Kalenderreform nach Rom; dort starb er kurz nach Ankunft. – Unserm Exemplar fehlen die beiden Blätter mit der Darstellung der astronomischen Instrumente. Die vorhandenen Blätter sind durchgehend etwas finger- oder schmutzfleckig. Das breitrandige Exemplar weist einige unbedeutende Randeinrisse und winzige Wurmspuren ebenfalls im Rand auf. Das zwölfte Blatt ist alt mit einem Papierstreifen ausgebessert (ohne Textverlust). Das zwanzigste Blatt ist ebenfalls alt geklebt (vermutlich bereits bei Drucklegung). - Von großem Interesse sind die handschriftlichen Marginalien, die sich auf allen Blättern des Kalendariums finden. Diese Eintragungen - sie dürften aus dem frühen 16. Jh. stammen - sind von einem Kenner der Materie und sind Ergänzungen zu den Conjunctions- und Oppositionstabellen (jeweils im oberen weißen Rand); am Fuß Verweise auf die Sternzeichen. Auf dem Dezember-Blatt und dem gegenüberliegenden Blatt zwei hübsche Zeichnungen von Voll- und Neumond. Einige Marginalien von späterer Hand. - Es ist reizvoll zu spekulieren, ob die von Hand rot eingetragenen Daten auf den Conjunctions- und Oppositionstabellen sowie in der Tabelle der beweglichen Feste etwa von der Hand Regiomontans herrühren könnten. – Wie alle Drucke aus Regiomontans Privatdruckerei von großer Seltenheit. [Bookseller: Moirandat Company AG - Bücher & Autograp]
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anonymous
The Game Of The Chesse A Moral Treatise On The Duties Of Life The First Book Printed In England By William CaxtonIn The Year 1474 Reprinted in Phonetic Spelling With The Preface And Contents In Caxton's Orthography And A Fac-simile Page Of The Original Work
F Pitman + Isaac Pitman London & Bath 1872 2nd edition. 12mo. 78 + (2)pp. Double page facsimile bw plate of man in old dress & hat with exposed chess board & men in set position. Publisher's pale green cloth covers, black freeze around edges on front, gilt lettering on front & spine. Bevilled edges. Old pencil signature on fep. Original yellow eps. Covers : slight rubs corners & top/bottom of spine else very clean & bright. Contents : internal hinge slight cracking at rear end paper else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight attractive copy. VG. WE SPECIALISE IN CHESS, BACKGAMMON & BOARD GAMES. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Deightons]
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GREGORIUS IX Pont. Max.
Decretales, cum glossa.
Roma, Ulrich Han e Simone Cardella, 20.IX.1474, in-folio, ff. 475 n.n. (su 478: mancano a1 bianco, x2, D8; S1 bianco presente), senza segnatura (con indicazione del capitolo e numerazione mss. da mano coeva nell'angolo alto di ciascun foglio; quest'ultima però non tiene conto del primo f. bianco mancante); legatura secentesca in pergamena con grande fregio dorato al centro e 4 agli angoli dei piatti, dorso rifatto. Sul primo foglio 2 iniziali grandi e tre più piccole dipinte in rosso e blu con fregi filigranati, sparse nel testo svariate centinaia di altre piccole iniziali in rosso o blu. Testo su due colonne in car. tondo, racchiuso dal commento in car. più piccolo. F. 2 r.: «Incipit nova compilatio decretalium gregorii. ix.»; in fine, f. 476v., colophon: «Finiunt decretales correctissime: impresse in alma urbe Rom?&per magistrum Uldaricum gallum Alamanum & Symonem nicolai de Luca: cum glosis ordinariis Bernardi Parmensis & additionibus sui?&anno domini. MCCCCLXXIIII. die. xx. mensis septembri?&». Rarissimo incunabulo romano, probabilmente la terza edizione di questa raccolta di leggi papali che il grande Papa Gregorio IX (Ugolino dei conti di Segni, nato ad Anagni intorno al 1148, morto nel 1241) aveva pensato di far redigere fin dai primi anni del suo pontificato, quale "rinvigorimento dell'autorità pontificia e del suo influsso", tanto più necessario dopo la promulgazione delle Costituzioni di Melfi da parte di Federico II di Sicilia (cfr. Encicl. Catt. VI, 1136). Esempl. molto bello (nonostante la mancanza dichiarata), impresso su carta forte, a grandi margini, con rare postille di mano coeva nei margini (qualche ingiallitura qua e là, forellini di tarlo senza danno al testo sui primi 20 ed ultimi 9 ff.). Nessun esempl. al British Museum né in USA. IGI 4452 (4 copie). GW 11452. Vaticana G-164. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco s.a.s. di]
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Hugo (de Sancto Victore):
Didascalicon et alia opuscula. (GW n283, H 9022).
Strassburg, Drucker des Henricus Ariminesis (Georg Reyser), nicht nach 1474. Type 1. . Einspaltiges Original-Inkunabelblatt mit einer 4-zeiligen roten Lombarde. Blatt mit mehreren winzigen Wurmlöchern. Am vorderen Blattrand sind die Ecken etwas brüchig und ausgefranst. Blattgröße: 20,5 x 27,8 cm. Incunabula text leaf. . Georg Reyser aus Ensingen leitete in Strassburg von etwa 1468 bis 1478 die Druckerrei, die als die des Drucker des Henricus Ariminensis bekannt ist. Kurt Ohly wies nach, dass diese von Georg und Michael Reyser geführt wurde. Während Michael in Strassburg im Gefängnis saß begann Georg auf Wunsch des Bischofs Rudolf von Scherenberg seine Druckertätigkeit im Jahre 1479 in Würzburg, die 1504 wohl mit seinem Tod endete. Michael Reyser konnte mit Hilfe des Würzburger Bischofs 1480 nach Würzburg nachkommen. Und arbeitete dort bis etwa 1482 und ging anschließend nach Eichstätt, wo er bis 1494 nachweisbar ist. (Geldner I, 63f., 230, 261ff.) "Die Schrift des Henricus Ariminensis kann bis zu einem gewissen Grade als eine Urschrift gelten. Es bleibt aber doch bemerkenswert, dass ein großer Teil ihrer Formen sich bereits in der Type 5 des Heinrich Eggestein vorgebildet findet." (Haebler, 1927, S. 61). [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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MAGNI, Jacobus.
Sophologium.
Uncut copy of the first edition of the Sophologium, given by Wilhelm of Aachen to the 'Domus Regularium Bonorum puerorum'at Liege in 1474 (Strassburg, 'R' printer (Adolf Rusch), ca. 1470). Folio. Contemporary calf over bevelled wooden boards, spine ribbed, with original green morocco label lettered in gold; both covers with blind tooled lozenge-shaped pattern with small fleur-de-lys and star stamps; original label with title and shelf-mark pasted to the front cover; in modern half calf case. Roman letter (Type: R 103), rubricated in red throughout with red paragraph marks and initials on the three to five line spaces left open, many with printed guide letters; wide margins (the measuring 295 x 215 mm.), 35 lines to a page; Collation: (a-d)10, (e)8+1(f. e2 added, no lost of text), (f)8, (g-i)10, (k)6, (l-m)8, (n-o)10, (p-q)8, (r-u)10, (x)8, (y)10, (z)8, (A)8-2 (without the mostly lacking last two blanks); 217 leaves. First edition of this very rare incunable. There are two undated editions of this work by the same printer Adolf Rusch, which were printed shortly after one another (HC 10471 and 10472) and our copy appears to belong to the first. The anonymous printer, whose modern nickname is derived from the peculiar 'R' of his 103 type is now generally identified with Adolf Rusch of Ingweiler who married Johann Mentelin's daughter Salome and who succeeded Mentelin - the very first printer in Strassburg - in his business after his death in 1479. Before that date he worked already partly for Mentelin and partly for his own, as our book shows. His type with the peculiar 'R' is the first Roman type ever used in Germany.Jacobus Magni (or Jacques Legrand) was a French Augustinian, born in Toulouse (ca. 1350) where he first worked as a librarian. Later on, at the beginning of the fifteenth century he moved to Paris to become a preacher. In Paris he came in contact with the Royal Court of Charles VI, where he preached in 1405 with much boldnes against Queen Isabel of Bavaris (1371-1435) and the inpopular Duc d'Orléans. After the assassination of the Duc, Le Grand was sent to England to negociate with the English King. He died around 1422. Being in essence an encyclopaedical work especially in the field of philosophy and economy, the Sophologium was considered to be a handbook of good manners at the same time. As such it had a great success and judging by the vast number of incunable and post-incunable editions the book became very popular during the first century of printing. In fact the work is an anthology of philosophy and science taken from numerous ancient writers and early Fathers, as well as Albumazar, Chaucer, etc. Because it is a well composed and rather complete summary of all relevant classical and medieval authors, the book was used intensively till far into the 17th century. The text was translated into French by Jacques le Grand himself and was published (only in abridged form) in Chablis in 1478 under the title 'Le livre intitule de bonnes meurs dédié à très -noble prince ... Jean, fils du roi de France, duc de Berry ...'. An English translation was printed by Caxton in 1487 with the title 'The Book of Good Manners'.The incunable has a very interesting provenance. On verso of the first fly-leaf a manuscript note states that this copy was given to the 'Convent of the regular Canons at the priory of St. Elisabeth or of the 'Good boys' (des Bons-Enfants)' in Liège in 1474 by Wilhelmus de Aquisgrani (of Aachen), canon of the St. Lambert Church at Liège (Monast. Belge, II, p. 376-9): "Liber regularium domus bonorum puerorum in Leodio. Quem dedit nobis venerabilis dominus wilhelmus de aquisgrani. doctor in sacra theologia. et canonicus ecclesie sancti lamberti leodiensis ... oremus ergo cordialiter pro eo: Anno domino M. cccc. lxxiiii." Our copy is herewith the third copy known with an added date in manuscript - one with the date 1473 and one other with 1474 - giving a firm 'terminus ante quem' to the undated edition. We know also the orifinal shelf-mark of the book in the library of the convent: "M vi" is written on the label on the front cover, as well as on a label pasted to the verso of this cover.Furthermore our copy shows a number of very interesting features regarding the history of early printing. The leaves are totally uncut in such a way that not only most of the original manuscript signatures and catchwords are visible in the lower margins, but also the little holes in the upper and lower margins caused by the nails on the tympan of the printing-press, enabling the printer to print the lines on the rectos and the versos of the leaves 'in register': just on top of each other.- f. 1r-3r: Contents: Capitula tractatus primi libri primi Incipiunt.- f. 3v: Dedication the the French King by Jacobus Magno. Inc.: '(I)llustrissimi principis regis francorum.- f. 3v-217v: Text. Inc.: 'Tractatus primus huius primi libri: est de quibusdam que inducunt ad amorem sapiencie. Cuius primum capitulum est de inducentibus ad amorem sapiencie. (D)icit Ariostoteles decimo ethicorum ...'- f. 217v: Colophon: 'Sophilogium editum a fratre Iacobo magni de Parisiis ordinis heremitarum sancti Augu. finit foeliciter'. Very interesting, important and good uncut copy.- (Rebacked and covers skilfully restored, with some ms. notes in the margins; some occasional soiling; parchment leaves with a 15th-century treatise entitled 'Tractatus de amore sapientie', pasted to the inner sides of the boards). Goff M-38; Hain-Copinger 10472; Polain (B) 2458; Polain (F) 7045; Oates 100; Klebs 595.2; BMC I 61; Proctor 241; Ritter 293; cf. Baer II 207; Zehnacker, Cat. rég. des inc., XIII, 1, 1480; L. Halkin, 'La maison des Bons Enfants de Liège', in: Bulletin de l'Institut archéol. liègeoise', 64 (1940), pp. 5-54. [Bookseller: Antiquariaat Forum BV*]
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