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Josephus Flavius DE ANTIQUITATE JUDAICA. DE BELLO JUDAICO
Venezia: Albertinus Vercelle per Octavianus Scotus, 23, Oct. 1499. A SCARCE and attractive Venetian Josephus, the first work to be printed by Albertinus Vercellensis without his brother Joannes Rubeus. 60 lines and headline in fine Roman type, with many fine woodcut historiated initials, some quite large and a few hand-coloured Chancery Folio (311 x 208 mm.], in 19th century calf-backed boards, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt and with a gilt device, with central gilt bust in 4 (one obscured) of the compartments and fine morocco labels in the remaining 2 (finely ruled), stippled and lettered in gilt, page edges speckled in light blue. (14 ff), I-CCLX leaves, (1). (being, a8, A-Y8, Z6, AA-KK8). Lacking blank leaf z.6. A handsome and significant copy in uncommonly fresh state, some expected and occasional very light staining primarily in the margins, a few minor paper flaws and two expert small repairs, the upper outside hinge of the binding starting but still quite solid.. VERY SCARCE AND A VERY ATTRACTIVELY PRINTED INCUNABLE JOSEPHUS. This attractive Venetian Josephus was the first work to be printed by Albertinus Vercellensis without his brother Joannes Rubeus. Johannes had begun printing alone at Treviso in around 1480, but issued books from Venice beginning about 1482. His first major Venetian undertaking was his first Josephus which appeared in 1486. In April 1489 he appears to have been joined by his brother, who later that year also began printing books under his name alone, beginning with this present work. "Josephus was a learned Jew who lived in the latter half of the first century of our era. At Rome he early made a favorable impression on the imperial government. Returning to Jerusalem, he endeavored to dissuade his countrymen from their intended revolt against Roman authority; but, failing in his efforts, he joined the war party. He was made a general, and was intrusted with the defense of Galilee; but, after a desperate resistance, was betrayed to the Roman commander. Long held as a prisoner, he was present at the siege of Jerusalem. At the close of the war he went to Rome, was presented with the freedom of the city, an annual pension, and a house that had formerly been the residence of an imperial family. The remainder of his life he gave up to literary pursuites" (Adams, Manual of Historical Literature, p. 81). His works cover the entire history of the nation to the fall of Jerusalem. [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.]
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After Oterschaden, Johannes (Fl. 1580-1603) Miniature Silver Terrestrial Globe Mounted on a Modern Metal Tripod Stand
. A BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED SIXTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURE GLOBE Diameter: 21/2" last quarter of the sixteenth century. This elaborate and finely engraved miniature globe shows an intricately detailed image of the world. The land shows mountains and rivers, named as profusely as space allows, and the small crowns denote kingdoms. The oceans are stippled and decorated with four sailing ships and three sea monsters. The globe is joined along the plane of the elliptic and holes at the North and South Poles originally held support pins. Several small texts are found, in particular in the Southern Continent below India, "Terra nove plane cognita Inventa Ao 1499" and by the Moluccas, "Insula nove inventa. " The globe also names all the continents, Equator and tropics, the oceans and some islands. Modeled on the work of Johannes Oterschaden, this rare and beautifully engraved miniature silver globe was probably made to form a part of a globe clock or elaborate armillary sphere. Elements of Oterschaden's geography almost certainly derive from Francois Demongenet's terrestrial globe of 1560. It is likely that the globe makers met while working in southern France, Oterschaden for the Bishop of Comminges and Demongenet at Vejoul in Franche Comt�. In addition, it seems likely that Oterschaden was also in contact with the German globe maker Christoff Schniepp and Willem Nicolai at Leiden because their globes seem to share the same source of geography. [Bookseller: Alibris]
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document manuscrit Le contr�leur du grenier � sel de Gien dicte son testament.
- Nombre de document : 1 manuscrit Nombre de page : 7 In-4 12/10/1499 mouillure (n'affectant pas la lisibilit�) Testament dict� le samedi 12 octobre 1499, veille de sa mort, par Jean Platel, contr�leur du grenier � sel de Gien, � Jean R�gnault, chanoine de Gien et notaire apostolique. Il ordonne ses honneurs fun�bres et demande � �tre enterr� en l'�glise Saint-Etienne. Il nomme sa femme Anne de Vaulx et Jean Guitre ses ex�cuteurs testamentaires. Suit le compte des d�penses faites suivant la volont� du d�funt. [Bookseller: Traces Ecrites]
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Suidas [Greek Lexicon] LEXICON GRAECUM
Milan: Joannes Bissolis & Benedictus Mangius per Demetrio Chalcondylas, 15 November 1499. First Edition and Editio Princeps. A unique production of the Milanese typography created for this great Greek Lexicon. With the use of three different very fine Greek characters with different and separate fonts for the Latin passages. Folio, in a fine and handsome binding of full dark morocco in contemporary style, blindstamped and decorated very tastefully. 516 folio leaves. A beautiful copy, with generous margins. Fresh and very well preserved.. A BOOK OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE. THIS IS THE EDITIO PRINCEPS AND FIRST EDITION OF THIS SUPERB BOOK. OThe Souida is an enormously voluminous book. There are at least 2,077,650 Greek letters in the book. To do all the punch-cutting and casting required, and to edit and print off a volume of this size in a time which cannot in any case exceed 15 or 16 months, was a marvellous feat, and justified those concerned in the production of the book in the laudatory dialogue...(Proctor, Printing of Greek, p. 112). The first edition of the book has been called one of the most important literary monuments from the Byzantine period (Krumbacher pp. 563-70). Based in part on the work of hesychius, it contains much information on Greek literature and history and preserves much Othat is ultimately derived from the earliest or best authorities in ancient scholarship, and includes topics from many departments of Greek learning and civilizationO (Oxford Classical Dict.) Aldus took as his copy text for his 1514 edition a manuscript different from that used for this, the true first edition and editio princeps. [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.]
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Fagnart,Laure L�onard De Vinci en France.
L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2009 - Lermarte Volume: 3 402 p. : 102 ill. col. b/n ; 28 cm. abstract: Pr�face de Pietro C. Marani; Introduction; Prologue: De Milan � Cloux Chronique des relations entre L�onard de Vinci et les Fran�ais : 1. Premiers �changes; 2. Les Fran�ais en Milanais (1499); 3. L�onard au service de Charles II d'Amboise (1506-1511); 4. L�onard et Fran�ois Ier (1515-1519); 5. � A Salay pour quelques tables de paintures baill�es au Roy �. Le sort des tableaux de L�onard; Premi�re partie : Du ch�teau de Blois au cabinet des m�dailles de Versailles. P�r�grinations des tableaux de L�onard de Vinci dans la collection royale fran�aise : 1. En Touraine (1499-vers 1540); 2. � Fontainebleau (vers 1540-vers 1665); 3. � Paris (vers 1600-1682) et � Versailles (1673-1715); Seconde partie: � l'image des rois de France Les membres de la cour et la C�ne de Santa Maria delle Grazie de Milan : 1. La C�ne, la peinture de L�onard la plus appr�ci�e des Fran�ais; 2. Les copies � fran�aises � de la C�ne; Troisi�me partie: Les tableaux de L�onard de Vinci dans les � cabinets de ceux qu'on appelle curieux � : 1. � Joconde � et � Pourtraict en forme de Joconde �; 2. Le cabinet de Pierre Bonnard; 3. Les collections du cardinal de Richelieu; 4. Les peintures de Roger du Plessis, duc de Liancourt; 5. Sept tableaux du ma�tre chez Louis II Ph�lypeaux de la Vrilli�re; 6. Une Vierge � l'Enfant chez Charles d'Escoubleau, marquis de Sourdis; 7. Le cabinet de Jean-Baptiste de Bretagne; 8. Les tableaux � rares et de prix � de Jacques du Lorens; 9. La Vierge � la balance du Mus�e du Louvre chez Martin de Charmois; 10. Le cabinet des �poux Bordier; 11. Une T�te de saint Jean-Baptiste sur un plat chez Louis II de Bourbon; 12. Le cabinet de Marie de Lorraine, duchesse de Guise; �pilogue; Catalogue des oeuvres; Corpus des sources; Bibliographie; 1. Sources manuscrites; 2. Sources imprim�es; 3. Litt�rature secondaire; Index; Table des illustrations. abstract: Pr�face de Pietro C. Marani; Introduction; Prologue: De Milan � Cloux Chronique des relations entre L�onard de Vinci et les Fran�ais : 1. Premiers �changes; 2. Les Fran�ais en Milanais (1499); 3. L�onard au service de Charles II d'Amboise (1506-1511); 4. L�onard et Fran�ois Ier (1515-1519); 5. � A Salay pour quelques tables de paintures baill�es au Roy �. Le sort des tableaux de L�onard; Premi�re partie : Du ch�teau de Blois au cabinet des m�dailles de Versailles. P�r�grinations des tableaux de L�onard de Vinci dans la collection royale fran�aise : 1. En Touraine (1499-vers 1540); 2. � Fontainebleau (vers 1540-vers 1665); 3. � Paris (vers 1600-1682) et � Versailles (1673-1715); Seconde partie: � l'image des rois de France Les membres de la cour et la C�ne de Santa Maria delle Grazie de Milan : 1. La C�ne, la peinture de L�onard la plus appr�ci�e des Fran�ais; 2. Les copies � fran�aises � de la C�ne; Troisi�me partie: Les tableaux de L�onard de Vinci dans les � cabinets de ceux qu'on appelle curieux � : 1. � Joconde � et � Pourtraict en forme de Joconde �; 2. Le cabinet de Pierre Bonnard; 3. Les collections du cardinal de Richelieu; 4. Les peintures de Roger du Plessis, duc de Liancourt; 5. Sept tableaux du ma�tre chez Louis II Ph�lypeaux de la Vrilli�re; 6. Une Vierge � l'Enfant chez Charles d'Escoubleau, marquis de Sourdis; 7. Le cabinet de Jean-Baptiste de Bretagne; 8. Les tableaux � rares et de prix � de Jacques du Lorens; 9. La Vierge � la balance du Mus�e du Louvre chez Martin de Charmois; 10. Le cabinet des �poux Bordier; 11. Une T�te de saint Jean-Baptiste sur un plat chez Louis II de Bourbon; 12. Le cabinet de Marie de Lorraine, duchesse de Guise; �pilogue; Catalogue des oeuvres; Corpus des sources; Bibliographie; 1. Sources manuscrites; 2. Sources imprim�es; 3. Litt�rature secondaire; Index; Table des illustrations. Weight gr. 1100 [Bookseller: Libreria gi� Nardecchia s.r.l.]
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Georg Stuchs Missale Hildensemense (ein Orginalblatt)
N�rnberg 1499 - Ein Orginalblatt der 1. Ausgabe von Missale Hildensemense gedruckt von Georg Stuchs in N�rnberg 1499. Blattgr��e ca. 355 x250mm. Gedruckt auf qualitativ gutem und starkem B�ttenpapier. Rote und schwarze gothische Schrift zweispaltig in 31 Zeilen. Zustand des Balttes ist gut. Der aus Sulzbach in der Oberpfalz stammende Georg Stuchs lernte in N�rnberg den Buchdruck. Ab 1484 arbeitete er in eigener Werkstatt und widmete sich ab 1490 �berwiegend der Liturgica. Das "Missale Hildensemense" beinhaltete alle liturgischen Ges�nge und Gebete die f�r die Heilige Messe notwendig waren. [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Turnshare Ltd. - Publisher]
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SIBYLLA BARTHOLOMAEUS SPECULUM PEREGRINARUM QUESTIONUM. STRASBURGO GRUNINGER, 19 AGOSTO 1499
In-4 (mm. 196 x 135), 10 cc. non num., 254 cc. num.1 c. b. Carattere tondo, 32 linee. Leg. su assi di legno, dorso in mezza pelle moderna con fregi a secco. Bella xilografia a pien pagina al front. Bell'esemplare. Seconda edizione di questa interessante opera di Bartolomeo Sibylla (priore del convento domenicano di Monopoli) divisa in tre decadi. Le �questio� riguardano vari argomenti, tra cui angeli e demoni, astrologia, piante magiche e parole simboliche. Sono citati numerosi autori come Hermes Trismegisto, Apuleio, Seneca e Tolomeo. In-4 (mm. 196 x 135), leaves (20),254,1 b., 32 lines. Monastic binding with modern blind tooled at the spine.Large woodcut on title-page. Second edition of this interesting work of Bartholomew Sibylla (prior of the Dominican convent of Monopolies) divided in three decedes. The "questio" they concern various matters, among which angels and demons, astrology, cried magic and symbolic words. Numerous authors are quoted as Hermes Trismegisto, Apuleio, Seneca and Tolomeo. Hain-Copinger 14720; Proctor 490; BMC 113; GW 3460; Caillet 10496. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria XODO �]
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T�rkenschrift]. De futuris christiano[rum] triumphis in Thurcos et Sarracenos.
- (Augsburg, Johann Froschauer, 1499).8. Mit einem kl. Textholzschnitt zu Beginn. 22 nn. Bll. (gotische Type, einspaltiger Druck), Mod. Ppbd.Vermutlich zu identifizieren mit der erstmals 1480 in Genua erschienenen Schrift gleichen Titels des Dominikaners Johannes Annius (auch: Nannis) von Viterbo. Andererseits war lt. GW der Verfasser bzw. Kompilator [...] vielleicht Wolfgang Hillinger, der in Augsburg T�rkenliteratur zum Drucke gebracht hat. Der kleine Holzschnitt am Beginn (L'enfant tenant un rameau � trois glands, vgl. Schreiber) fand auch in Froschauers im selben Jahr gedruckten Sacerdotium Verwendung. - Papier tlw. schwach gebr�unt bzw. fleckig. Fu�steg u. seitlich wasserrandig. Wenige kl. durchg. Wurmg�nge, nur im wei�es Rand des letzten Blattes etw. st�rker. - Hain 15643 Goff T-459 GW M48120 Ohly-Sack 2848 BMC II, 398 IA 6555 Proctor 1842 Schreiber 5389 ISTC it00459000. - Hardcover [Bookseller: Antiquariat Wolfgang Friebes]
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BAPTISTA MANTUANUS In Robertum Severinatem panegyricum carmen
Jacopo Pencio, Venice 1499 - Modern paper covered boards Small 4to . Beautifully printed edition of this collection of poetry by the eminent Italian humanist and poet Baptista Mantuanus (1448-1516) which was first published at Bologna in 1489. The work includes his Somnium Romanum (C1v-D7v), the Carmen dedicated to D. Falconem protonotarium, plus shorter poems (D7v- G4v). "Mantuanus was a prolific poet and enjoyed enormous popularity both in Italy and in northern Europe. His poetry was especially prized for its combination of Christian material with classical forms . His reputation was high among Erasmus' friends. . [also] Erasmus' attitude towards Mantuanus was a very positive one. He admired his style and his treatment of Christian subjects. He referred to the Italian as a 'Christian Virgil' " (Contemporaries of Erasmus, II, p. 375). The author's collection of ten Latin eclogues (Adulescentia) was perhaps his most influential work for its profound effect on English literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from Shakespeare and Spencer to Milton. From the collection of the famous Florentine bookseller and publisher Leo S. Olschki with his book plate [100] pp. Roman type; spaces for capitals with guide letters; few faint marginal damp marks. Very nice copy. With book plate of "Leo S. Olschki, Firenze" � BMC, V, p. 565 (IA.24532); Goff B-87; GW 3260; Hain 2396. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Inc.]
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T�rkenschrift]. De futuris christiano[rum] triumphis in Thurcos et Sarracenos.
- (Augsburg, Johann Froschauer, 1499).8. Mit einem kl. Textholzschnitt zu Beginn. 22 nn. Bll. (gotische Type, einspaltiger Druck), Mod. Ppbd.Vermutlich zu identifizieren mit der erstmals 1480 in Genua erschienenen Schrift gleichen Titels des Dominikaners Johannes Annius (auch: Nannis) von Viterbo. Andererseits war lt. GW der Verfasser bzw. Kompilator [...] vielleicht Wolfgang Hillinger, der in Augsburg T�rkenliteratur zum Drucke gebracht hat. Der kleine Holzschnitt am Beginn (L'enfant tenant un rameau � trois glands, vgl. Schreiber) fand auch in Froschauers im selben Jahr gedruckten Sacerdotium Verwendung. - Papier tlw. schwach gebr�unt bzw. fleckig. Fu�steg u. seitlich wasserrandig. Wenige kl. durchg. Wurmg�nge, nur im wei�es Rand des letzten Blattes etw. st�rker. - Hain 15643 Goff T-459 GW M48120 Ohly-Sack 2848 BMC II, 398 IA 6555 Proctor 1842 Schreiber 5389 ISTC it00459000. - Hardcover [Bookseller: Antiquariat Wolfgang Friebes]
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INCUNABLE Leaf BOOK of Hours of Ch�lon Sur Sa�ne
- Single leaf printed recto and verso on vellum . Paris, Kerver, 1499, size: 87 mm x 136mm, 10 miniatures in the borders, capitals in red and blue. very fine [DR5] [Bookseller: Thornton's Bookshop (W.A. & J.S. Meeuws)]
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VETTORI PIETRO.: PETRII VICTORII EXPLICATIONES SUARUM IN CICERONEM CASTIGATIONUM.
Lugduni, apud Antonium Vicentium, 1560. Small 8vo, 180 x 110 mm, 7" x 4.¼", publisher's device on title page, 700 pages plus colophon, bound in contemporary German pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, blind-stamped decoration, central panel different on upper and lower covers, each with a central figure surrounded by a pictorial border, lacking clasps, raised bands to spine, any lettering on spine now almost illegible. Binding slightly worn and discoloured, slightly chipped at head and tail of spine, slightly rubbed on hinges, small patch of worm damage to front pastedown, lacking front endpaper, 2 sets of initials and trace of inscription at foot of title page, intermittent pale damp-staining in lower margin, a few neat old ink marginal notes, occasional discreet underlining, 1 ink mark on text, all still legible, a couple of vertical lines in margin, very short closed margin tear to 5 pages, last 11 pages lightly damp-stained in lower outer corner, last 6 pages and colophon damp-stained in top half, single wormhole in last 3 pages and colophon affecting text area but without loss. A very good tight copy in a very early binding (16th century?). Pietro Vettori (1499-1584) was a noted Italian humanist and philologist. This work on Cicero was first published in 1538. Images sent on request. [Bookseller: roger middleton]
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POLIZIANO (Angelo). Illustrium Virorum Epistolea
(a la fin:) (Lyon), in officina Nicolai Wolf Lutriensis, 1499. in-folio. 84ff. Plein velin moderne genre ancien. Premiere Edition Separee, tres rare, de ce recueil de lettres compile par le celebre humaniste florentin Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), et edite par Josse Bade pour Anton Koberger. Il fut imprime a Lyon par Nicolas Wolff, imprimeur allemand qui exerca dans cette ville de 1498 a 1500. Ces lettres pleines de details interessants sur l'histoire de la fin du XVe siecle contiennent la correspondance des plus grands humanistes italiens de cette epoque, comme Pic de la Mirandole, Aldo Manuzio, Lorenzo de Medici, Filippo Beroaldo, etc., avec les reponses de Poliziano. L'ouvrage fut reimprime a de nombreuses reprises au cours du 16e siecle. "Angelo Poliziano est bien l'une des figures les plus representatives et en meme temps les plus originales du Quattrocento italien, et plus specifiquement florentin. (a) Il offre de maniere exemplaire un des multiples visages de cette Florence dechiree de contradictions : celui du mecenat, d'une elite eprise d'erudition, d'art et de plaisirs sensuels ; bientot viendra Savonarole dont les apres et austeres sermons, les rugueux accents bibliques renoueront avec la tradition medievale" (Encyclopudia Universalis). Exemplaire bien complet, malgre un large manque de papier repare dans les marges de la page de titre et de petites reparations au dernier feuillet, avec deux petits trous affectant quelques caracteres. Le reste du volume est bien conserve, imprime sur papier fort avec de grandes marges. Brunet, II, 1023. Goff, E98. [Bookseller: Llibreria Antiquaria Comellas]
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Pelbartus de Temesvar Pomerium de tempore. Augsburg, Johann Otmar fr Johannis Schnsperger jun. 1502. Fol. 225 nn.Bll. mit groem Titelmetallschnitt.- Angeb.: Ders., Pomerium quadragesimale. Augsburg, Schnsperger 1502. Fol. 94 nn.Bll. mit (wdh.) Titelmetallschnitt sptgotis
- I) VD 16, P 1181 - RMK III, 105 - Slg. Borda 8 - Zapf, Augsb. Buchdr. II, 8.- II) VD 16, P 1194 - RMK III, 106.- Sehr seltene erste Augsburger Ausgabe (erstmals 1499 bei Gran Hagenau gedruckt).- Pelbartus de Themeswar (1435 - 1504) war die grte Gestalt der ungarischen Predigtliteratur im spten Mittelalter. Zwischen 1489 und 1498 brachte er sein Hauptwerk, eine aus mehreren Teilen bestehende umfangreiche Predigtensammlung zu Papier, der er den zusammenfassenden Titel Pomerium (Obstgarten) gab.- Der groe Titelmetallschnitt auf schwarzem Grund zeigt Pelbartus am Schreibpult sitzend, an den Ecken angesetzt sind vier Medaillons mit den Evangelien-Symbolen.- Kl. Fehlstelle im Titel u. Eckabriss v. Bl.36 ergnzt, kl. Fehlstellen im Rcken u. Schlieen ergnzt, insges. sehr schnes breitrandiges Ex., Initialen in rot u. blau. [Bookseller: Antiquariat M�ller]
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Beroaldo, Filippo (1453-1505). Declamatio ebriosi, scortatoris et aleatoris.
Bologna, Benedetto Faelli, 1499. "In-4� (mm 210x150). Segnatura: a-b8, c4. 20 carte non numerate. Carattere romano 112R e carattere Greco. Al recto dell�ultima carta marca tipografica del Faelli incisa su legno. Legatura moderna in pergamena. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, un alone lungo l�angolo inferiore esterno del primo quaderno. Alcune postille di mano del xvi o xvii secolo in francese nel testo. Prima edizione della fortunata operetta di Filippo Beroaldo il Vecchio, data alle stampe a Bologna da Benedetto Faelli. Il testo sar� poi riproposto dallo stesso tipografo nel 1511, e infine inserito nel 1521, sempre da Faelli, nella raccolta degli Opera dell�umanista bolognese. Nato a Bologna da nobile famiglia nel 1453, Beroaldo insegn� dal 1472 fino alla morte nel 1505 retorica e poetica presso lo Studio della citt�. A un�intensa attivit� letteraria associ� incarichi politici e diplomatici, partecipando attivamente alla vita del Comune. In contatto con alcuni dei maggiori umanisti italiani, quali Ermolao Barbaro, Angelo Poliziano e Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Beroaldo fu �uomo originale, e dottissimo, fra gli ingegni pi� acuti del suo tempo, filologo di rara perizia� (E. Garin, La cultura filosofica del Rinascimento italiano, Milano, 1994, p. 364), come testimoniamo le edizioni e i commenti di molti autori classici, in primo luogo i Commentarii a Apuleio, stampati sempre da Faelli nel 1500, e la cui imminente stampa - �intra duos ad summum sesquimenses�- � annunciata da Beroaldo proprio nella Declamatio ebriosi, scortatoris et aleatoris, nella epistola dedicatoria a Sigismund Gossinger, canonico di Breslau. Nella visione di Beroaldo la vera cultura � frutto dell�unione di dottrina e moralit�; il sapere deve quindi diventare �scuola di vita e di costumi� (Garin, cit., p. 365), un principio che trova compiuta espressione nella sua vasta produzione di orationes e declamationes, in cui il gusto delle citazioni classiche e cristiane e la ricerca di preziose immagini si uniscono a una sottile ironia. A tale genere appartiene la Declamatio ebriosi, scortatoris et aleatoris, che affronta il tema caro agli umanisti dei vizi dell�uomo, attraverso le figure di tre fratelli � il primo dedito al bere, il secondo incline ai piaceri della carne, il terzo schiavo del gioco �, che si contendono l�eredit� paterna, e dalla quale dovr� essere escluso colui che sar� giudicato il pi� corrotto dei tre. A tal fine ognuno di essi pronuncia una difesa del proprio modo di vita, condannando al contempo i vizi incarnati dagli altri fratelli. L�operetta ebbe considerevole diffusione, e notevole fu la sua circolazione in ambiente umanistico tedesco. La Declamatio conobbe infatti due precoci edizioni a Erfurt e a Heidelberg nel 1501, mentre nel 1513 Jakob Wimpfeling ne cur� una versione tedesca, alla quale segu� nel 1539 quella dovuta a Sebastian Franck, gi� traduttore dell'Encomium moriae erasmiano. Della Declamatio ebriosi, scortatoris et aleatoris si ebbero nel Cinquecento anche due traduzioni francesi, dovute a Calvi de La Fontaine (1556) e a Gilbert Damalis, in versi decasillabi (1558). First edition of this successful work by the Bolognese humanist Filippo Beroaldo, who was professor of rethoric and poetics in Bologna from 1472 until his dead, and a close friend of some of the most important scholars of his time, such as Ermolao Barbaro, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Angelo Poliziano. The Declamatio can be considered the typical moral treatise of the time, by using the dialogue between three brothers, each one representing a vice (a drunkard, a dissolute and a gambler), Beroaldo praises the humanistic virtues. Modern vellum binding. Very good copy, some spotting to the lower corner of the first quire. Some 16th century manuscript notes in French throughout. Goff B, 472; IGI 1590; Proctor 6644; GW 4131; BMC VI, 845." [Bookseller: Philobiblon di Francesca Petrilli e Fili]
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Brenz Johannes (d. �.) Catechismus Deudsch. (Heylsame vnnd n�tzliche erklerung des Ehrwirdigen Herrn Joannis Brentij, vber den Catechismum. Durch Hartmann Beyer allen Christlichen Hau�vetern zu gefallen verdeutscht.) Wittenberg, (L. Schwenck 1562 / ) 1563. 8�. (421 v.) 423 nn.Bll. mit Titelholzschn. u. 24 Textholzschnitten, blindgepr. Ldr. d. Zt. �ber Holzdeckeln dat. 1563
- VD16 B 7570 - K�hler, Brentiana 421 - nicht in Adams u. BM STC.- Seltener Katechismus des schw�bischen Reformators Johannes Brenz (1499-1570) �bersetzt u. mit einer Vorrede von Hartmann Breyer.- Die Holzschnitte mit Illustrationen zum Glaubensbekenntnis, Vater unser, zu den 10 Geboten etc.- Es fehlen die letzten beiden Bll., Titel mit kl. erg�nz. Randausriss, leicht gebr�unt, tls. etw. fleckig od. wasserrandig, R�cken tls. fachm. erg�nzt, Schlie�en fehlen. [Bookseller: Antiquariat M�ller]
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Sibylla, Bartholomaeus [Speculum peregrinarum questionum]
Johann Gr!ninger, Johann Gr!ninger,, 1499. 4to (20 x 14 cm), [9] 254 leaves (lacks title page and final blank leaf; colophon [2L8v] intact). Bound in contemporary limp vellum, leather ties partially present, title in ink at spine, recent endpapers. Occasional mild foxing and browning of paper throughout, otherwise a solid copy. Hain 14720, Goff S-492 [Bookseller: Hudson Street Books*]
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Baptista Mantuanus (Spagnuolo), Giovanni, Saint De patientia
Johann Bergmann de Olpe, Basel:: Johann Bergmann de Olpe,, 1499, 17 August.. Fine contemporary elaborately blind-stamped calf over wood boards, spine double-banded with original metal clasps, some damage to rear cover has been repaired; Binding by the Trier Matthiaskloster: the decoration on the covers uses a number of separate stamps:roundels :rampant lion, eagle, crossed halberds,saints; lozanges; florals; typographic elements; decorative designs; etc. in triple blind lines [Binding stamps include Schunke/Schwenke #s: Schrift 334, 376; Heilige 46 (St Catherine); Rosette 574; Blattwek 573, 575, 576; Blumenkopf 10; Christus 31; Grantapel 41; Lamm 72; Wappen 66.all identified as the Trier bindery in Michael Laird and Paul NeedhamOs OUnofficial IndexO] ; front paste-down ms vellum leaf of the late 14th century from a hymnal with a selection from the Bible [Romans chapter 6] and hymns [one with neumes] in dark brown ink and red initials and marks,another that had been used in the rear has been removed but its image is visible on rear board; title-page slightly detached at bottom, minor edge dampstain on first leaves, a very fine copy.#11;. 4to.. Types 220, title and headings; 109a, title and tet. Greek 109 in text. OCarmelite and Renaissance poet, born at Mantua, 17 April, 1447, where he also died, 22 March, 1516. The eldest son of Peter Spagnoli, a Spanish nobleman at the court of Mantua, Baptista studied grammar under Gregorio Tifernate, and philosophy at Pavia under Polo Bagelardi... He went to Venice and later on to Ferrara where he carried out his resolution of entering the Carmelite convent which belonged to the then flourishing Reform of Mantua...#11;Baptista pursued his studies at Ferrara and Bologna where he was ordained priest, received his degrees, and delivered lectures in philosophy and divinity. The Duke of Mantua entrusted him with the education of his children, and the connection with the ducal family resulted in a number of poetical works...Six times (each for two years with four years interval) Baptista was nominated vicar general of his congregation, and, in 1513, general of the whole order through the exertions of his former disciples, the duke and the cardinal. The chapter, however, resenting the intervention, restricted his powers. He held the office until his death... Baptista Mantuanus was beatified in 1890, his feast being assigned to 23 March.[CE]#11;This is the fourth printed edition of this famous treatise which is notable for its early reference to diseases in the Americas.He also describes the many epidemics which were being introduced into Europe by returning explorers. He also discusses health and the virtues of a proper diet in maintaining it. #11;#11;(Wilfred Pirt Mustard in his work on Mantuanus [The Ecolgues of Baptista Mantuanus...Johns Hopkins, 1911] noted that NiceronOs Memoirs gives the date of composition as 1498 (it was first printed in Brecia in 1497) because of a reading Oagitur enim nunc Christo annus millesimus quadringentismus nonagesimus octavus.O OBut this reading must have been Obrought up to dateO by some one who printed the treatise in 1498; for both the Brescia edition of 1497 and the Venice edition of 1499 have Ononagesimus septimus.O And what the Mantuan actually wrote in this passage must have been something different still; for each of these early editions includes a letter from Helias Capreolus to Iaonnes Taberius... which states that the treatise has been brought to Brecia by Pietro de Novellara, and asks that it be printed. The fact is, that the composition of De Patentia extended over a considerable period of years.O pp29-30.)#11;#11;Johann Bergmann de Olpe Oappears as a priest and chaplain of the cathedral foundation at Basel... His earlist signed and dated books belong to the year 1494, and he printed regularly till 1499, his latest dated book being the ODe patentiaO of the 17 August of that year.O [BMC]#11;#11;Unusually, the date is given on the title-page in arabic numerals. In the 16th century, this was to become the standard form but in the incunabular period it is not only unusual to find a dated title-page, the colophon was used extensively for publisher's information, but even more so in Arabic numerals. Goff B79. Hain/ Copinger 2407. Pell 1813. CIBN B-55. Arnoult 201. Parguez 131. Zehnacker 351. Polain(B) 487. IGI 1191. IBP 775. Saj!-Solt!sz 480. Madsen 522. G!nt(L) 289. Voull(B) 618. Voull(Trier) 282. Hubay(Augsburg) 270. Hubay(Eichst!tt) 126. Ohly-Sack 373. Sack(Freiburg) 439. Borm 328 . Pad-Ink 84. Wilhelmi 99, 100. Walsh 1264. Oates 2855. Sheppard 2564. Bodleian B-042. Proctor 7783. BMC III 797. BSB-Ink B-42. GW 3307. ISTC ib00079000. Alden, European Americana, 499/1. [Bookseller: Krown & Spellman, Booksellers]
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Houben-Weyl Methoden der organischen Chemie / Additional and Supplementary Volumes to the 4th Edition / Stereoselective Synthesis Nomenclature, Principles, Analytic, Axially Chiral Compounds, Bond Disconnection, Alkylation Reaction, Insertion into C-H Bonds[BD E 21 a
Thieme Verlag. Houben-Weyl Methoden der organischen Chemie / Additional and Supplementary Volumes to the 4th Edition / Stereoselective Synthesis Nomenclature, Principles, Analytic, Axially Chiral Compounds, Bond Disconnection, Alkylation Reaction, Insertion into C-H Bonds [BD E 21 / BD E 21a] (Thieme) ISBN: 978-3-13-219504-2 Leinen XX, 1150 S., (S. 1-1150) - 25,5 x 17 cm Houben-Weyl Methoden der organischen Chemie / Additional and Supplementary Volumes to the 4th Edition / Stereoselective Synthesis Nomenclature, Principles, Analytic, Axially Chiral Compounds, Bond Disconnection, Alkylation Reaction, Insertion into C-H Bonds Herausgegeben von B�chel, Karl H / Falbe, J�rgen / Hagemann, Hermann / Hanack, Michael / Klamann, Dieter / Kreher, Richard / Kropf, Heinz / Regitz, Manfred / Schaumann, Ernst. Bearbeitet von Padeken, Hans G. Herausgegeben von Smeaton, E. Begr�ndet von M�ller, Eugen / Bayer, Otto / Meerwein, Hans / Ziegler, Karl. Beitr�ge von Kropf, Heinz Verlag : Thieme ISBN : 978-3-13-219504-2 Einband : Leinen Preisinfo : 1499,00 Eur[D] / 1541,10 Eur[A] / 2488,00 CHF UVP Alle Preisangaben in CHF (Schweizer Franken) sind unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen. Legende: UVP = unverbindliche Preisempfehlung, iVb = in Vorbereitung. Sonstige Preise : Bei Abn. d. Gesamtw.: 1349,00 Eur[D] / 2131,00 CHF UVP Seiten/Umfang : XX, 1150 S., (S. 1-1150) - 25,5 x 17 cm Erschienen : 1. Aufl. 05.1995 Gewicht : 2340 g. 3-13-219504-2 Verlagsfrisch New Copy [Bookseller: Antiquariat und Versandbuchhandel Uwe L�]
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Pelbartus de Temesvar Pomerium de tempore. Augsburg, Johann Otmar f�r Johannis Sch�nsperger jun. 1502. Fol. 225 nn.Bll. mit gro�em Titelmetallschnitt.- Angeb.: Ders., Pomerium quadragesimale. Augsburg, Sch�nsperger 1502. Fol. 94 nn.Bll. mit (wdh.) Titelmetallschnitt; sp�tgotischer Kalbsldrbd. �ber Holzdeckeln mit 2 Schlie�en.
- I) VD 16, P 1181 - RMK III, 105 - Slg. Borda 8 - Zapf, Augsb. Buchdr. II, 8.- II) VD 16, P 1194 - RMK III, 106.- Sehr seltene erste Augsburger Ausgabe (erstmals 1499 bei Gran Hagenau gedruckt).- Pelbartus de Themeswar (1435 - 1504) war die gr��te Gestalt der ungarischen Predigtliteratur im sp�ten Mittelalter. Zwischen 1489 und 1498 brachte er sein Hauptwerk, eine aus mehreren Teilen bestehende umfangreiche Predigtensammlung zu Papier, der er den zusammenfassenden Titel Pomerium (Obstgarten) gab.- Der gro�e Titelmetallschnitt auf schwarzem Grund zeigt Pelbartus am Schreibpult sitzend, an den Ecken angesetzt sind vier Medaillons mit den Evangelien-Symbolen.- Kl. Fehlstelle im Titel u. Eckabriss v. Bl.36 erg�nzt, kl. Fehlstellen im R�cken u. Schlie�en erg�nzt, insges. sehr sch�nes breitrandiges Ex., Initialen in rot u. blau. [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Antiquariat M�ller]
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PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius Historia Naturalis.
Venice, Joannes Alvisius, 18 de mayo de 1499. En folio. 268 hojas. 57 lineas por p�gina. Encuadernaci�n en pergamino del siglo diecisiete. Temprana edici�n de la �Historia Natural� de Plinio, editada por Hieronimo Barbaro. El impresor Joannes Alvisius tuvo una breve actividad durante el per�odo incunable, imprimiendo s�lo siete obras; esta edici�n sigue de cerca la edici�n de Benalio de 1497/8.Plinio escribi� su Historia Natural entre los a�os 23 y 79 de nuestra era, es la primera enciclopedia de la naturaleza concebida como tal; dividida en 37 libros, en ella se recogen los conocimientos cient�ficos m�s importantes del mundo antiguo en las materias de geograf�a, cosmolog�a, medicina, mineralog�a, fisiolog�a animal y vegetal, historia del arte, etc. Precisamente muri� v�ctima de su curiosidad cient�fica al observar la erupci�n del Vesubio que acab� con Pompeya y Herculano.Contiene: I Prefacio, tabla de contenidos, y bibliograf�a. II Astronom�a y meteorolog�a. III Geograf�a del Mediterr�neo occidental. IV Geograf�a del Mediterr�neo oriental. V Geograf�a de �frica, Oriente Medio y Turqu�a. VI Geograf�a de Asia. VII Antropolog�a y Psicolog�a humana. VIII Zoolog�a de los animales terrestres IX Zoolog�a de los animales marinos. X Zoolog�a, Ornitolog�a o animales a�reos, reproducci�n animal y los cinco sentidos. XI Zoolog�a, insectos, Zoolog�a comparada e intento de taxonom�a. XII Bot�nica, plantas ex�ticas, perfumes, especias de India, Egipto, Mesopotamia, etc. XIII Bot�nica, incluyendo las plantas acu�ticas. XIV Bot�nica, la vid y el vino. XV Bot�nica, el olivo, el aceite y sus usos, fruta y nogales. XVI Bot�nica, incluyendo m�s �rboles y hierbas. XVII Arboricultura, frutales y zumos. XVIII C�mo llevar una granja. XIX Jardiner�a y plantas ornamentales, m�s vegetales, hierbas y arbustos. XX Herborister�a, m�s plantas y arbustos de jard�n. XXI Flores y floricultura. XXII Bot�nica, plantas miscel�neas. XXIII Bot�nica, plantas medicinales y propiedades o virtudes de diversas plantas, vinos, vinagres y frutos. XXIV Medicina, propiedades medicinales de �rboles y hierbas. XXV Medicina, propiedades medicinales de hierbas, farmacolog�a. XXVI Medicina, arbustos medicinales. XXVII Medicina, hierbas medicinales en orden alfab�tico XXVIII Medicina, usos m�dicos de productos animales. XXIX Medicina, usos medicinales de productos animales. XXX Pre�mbulo sobre magia; m�s usos medicinales de productos animales. XXXI Medicina, usos medicinales de productos del mar: sales, plantas, esponjas etc. XXXII Medicina, usos medicinales de animales marinos. XXXIII Mineralog�a y metalurgia del oro, plata y mercurio. XXXIV Mineralog�a y metalurgia del bronce; estatuaria. XXXV Mineralog�a, usos de la tierra, pigmentos, discusi�n sobre el arte de la pintura y el uso del sulfuro. XXXVI Mineralog�a, lapidario; escultura, arquitectura, obeliscos, pir�mides, laberintos cretenses, arcilla, arena, piedra, vidrio, uso del fuego. XXXVII Mineralog�a, cristal de roca, �mbar, gemas, diamantes, piedras semipreciosas, etc. Referencias: Goff P-800; Hain 13104; Klebs 786.15; BMC V 572 Incunabula edition of the famous �Naturalis Historia�, an encyclopaedia written circa AD 77 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day, and was one of the first reference works developed in the Classical period to examine natural and man-made objects, both organic and mineral, as well as many natural phenomena. It became a model for all later encyclopaedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The work was dedicated to Titus. It is the only work by Pliny to have survived. Very good copy bound in seventeenth century vellum. [Bookseller: Librer�a Jos� Porr�a Turanzas, S.A.]
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Graduale s(ecundu)m morem sancte romane ecclesiae : integru(m) & completu(m) videlicet d(omi)nicale : Sanctuariu(m) co(m)mune & ca(n)torinu(m) : sive kyriale. Impressu(m) Venetijs cum privilegio : cu(m) quo etiam imprimatur antiphonarium et psalmi
(Impressum Venetijs cura atq(ue) impe(n)s(is) nobil(is) viri Lucea(n)tonij de Giunta flore(n)tini : arte aute(m) Joan(n)is Emerici de Spira : anno incarnationis d(omin)ice : MCCCCLXXXXIX (ottobre 1499 IIII k(a)l(endas) octobris).. 3 carte non numerate e 215 numerate. Mancano, per il primo volume completo dell'opera, la carta 216 contenente parte del graduale della domenica XXIII e la carta 217 di colophon (il colophon e desunto dalla copia dell'opera esistente presso la biblioteca di Foligno, tra le poche in Italia a disporre dell'opera completa). Dalla collazione della stessa opera presente a Foligno, si desume che l'esemplare e completo di tutte le sue carte dal frontespizio alle altre due cc.non num.fino alla carta CCXV. Non possiamo inserire nella numerazione delle segnature le prime 3 carte mancanti di qualsiasi registro, per le altre carte a1-7 (registro completo nonostante la disparita dei fogli, alcune bibliografie inseriscono una delle due carte introduttive come foglio all'interno di tale registro), B1-8; fino a F1-8 poi G1-7; H1-8; I1-7; K1-8; L1-7; poi M1-8 fino a S1-8; poi T1-10; Pgreco II, 1-5, mancano le ultime due carte del primo volume e complessivamente le ultime 3 dell'ultimo registro segnalato, ove probabilmente era inserita una carta bianca. Difatti per un'identica opera collazionata alla bibl.della N.Y. University, le segnature della seconda parte il "Sanctorale" ripartono dalla lettera A. Primo volume dell'opera, a se stante per quanto riguarda il "Graduale temporale", la seconda parte riporta difatti la sezione "Sanctorale". L'opera completa sarebbe risultata di 381 carte complessive (la parte "Sanctorale" segue la numerazione della parte "Temporale"). Tarli perfettamente restaurati al taglio alto delle prime 3 carte ed al taglio basso del Graduale vero e proprio, quasi mai sono lesi i caratteri tipografici. Dimensioni del volume: cm. 48 x 34 ca. (le dimensioni dell'opera collazionata sono differenti a seconda della biblioteca o del bibliografo curatore, ad esempio il Camerino riporta cm. 54 x 36; la copia del British Museum e di cm. 54 x 38, la copia della Biblioteca di Washington di cm. 52 x 36). La pagina di frontespizio e stampata in caratteri rossi (di tipo gotico) di corpo 24, marca tipografica con giglio inserito in triplice filettatura e con le iniziali L.A. (di cm. 6 x 8,5). Verso del frontesp. Intitolato: "Frater Fra(n)ciscus de Brugis ordinis mino(rum) observantiu(m) de p(ro)nuncia sancti Antonij: ad cantores prefatio"; vrso stampato in caratteri ad inchiostro nero di tipo gotico (con spigolature molto addolcite) in 51 righe con caratteri di corpo 16; le altre 2 carte sono stampate con caratteri della stessa tipologia ma di corpo 10, con righe di paragrafo stampate ad inchiostro rosso, rubriche (3 in totale) ad inchiostro rosso e nero, esempi di musica notata a caratteri rossi e neri, le prime 3 carte riportano 2 capilettera incisi in negativo (con lettera in chiaro) di cm. 3 x 3 e 4 x 4 (i due con doppia filettatura all'esterno, con motivi floreali il primo e con figure antropomorfe il secondo). Le 215 carte del graduale sono tutte elegantemente impresse in rosso e nero, su ogni foglio sono riportate 7 righe notate al cui margine superiore sono inseriti i versi cantati, stampati in due colori in caratteri gotici di corpo 24ca., inoltre nelle 215 carte sono inseriti 8 splendidi capilettera animati, incisi elegantemente su legno, incorniciati in doppia filettatura, riproducenti scene tratte dalla vita di Gesu (realizzati in nero) di cm. 10 x 12. Sono inserite nel Graduale numerose rubriche stampate ad inchiostro rosso e nero. Il Graduale rappresenta uno dei massimi monumenti tipografici della fine del XV secolo, il tipografo infatti riusci con quest'opera nell'ambizioso progetto di sostituire gli amanuensi, anche nella realizzazione di opere con musica notata. Bibliografia consultata: BM 15th cent.vol.V: 541; Bohatta Lit.Bib.: 704; Camerini - Massera n.46; Essling 1208; Goff: G-332; Graesse III:128; Hain 7844; IGI 4357; Landau vol.I:527; Panzer 5288; Pellechet 5288; Proctor 5502; Rosenthal (edizione del 1949) n.2259; Sajo-Soltesz 1437; Sander 3211. Sono segnalate copie nelle seguenti biblioteche: Berkley UC; Budapest (completo); Firenze Marciana (solo seconda parte); Lawrence UK (mancano 24 carte); Lugo Bibl.Com. (mancano numerosi fogli); Milano (mancano 6 carte); Paris BN (solo primo vol.); Venezia BCM (mancano 2 carte); Washington LC (completa); opere complete sono situate in : Foligno, Parma, Rimini, Roma, Bibl. Vaticana, Verona, New York. [Bookseller: librerie antiquarie iavarone adlibros]
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Laetus [Leto], Pomponius & Marcantonio Sabellico Romanae Historiae Compendium
Benardinus Venetus da Vitalibus, Venice:: Benardinus Venetus da Vitalibus,, 1499, April 23.. First Edition.. 18th c. blind-tooled sheep with corner and central stamps, a bit bowed, with some worming to spine, spine banded, title on leather label; title in old hand on fore-edge, vellum paste-downs; some scattered wormholes (not affecting text);inner margin of [a]1 strengthened; marginal repair to a2;minor stains, early marginalia. . 4to. 154 x 102 mm.. Large decorated initials. OPomponius Laetus.Humanist, b. in Calabria in 1425; d. at Rome in 1497. He was a bastard of the House of the Sanseverino of Naples, Princes of Salerno... When very young he went to Rome and became a pupil of Valla. His brilliant capacities won him admiration and success. He wished to live the life of the ancients. His vineyard on the Quirinal was cultivated in accordance with the precepts of Varro and of Columella, and he was himself regarded as a second Cato. On holidays he went fishing or caught birds in his lime-twigs; sometimes he would simply spend the day in the open air, refreshing himself at a spring or by the banks of the Tiber. One of the most important and first known complete manuscripts of Plautus, that of Cardinal Orsini (now Vaticanus 3870), had been brought to Rome in the year 1428 or 1429. It was suggested that the plays it contained should be performed in the palaces of the prelates. Laetus became stage director of the performances. Finally, he and a few kindred souls, Platina, the future librarian of the Vatican, Sabellicus, afterwards prefect of the Library of San Marco of Venice, founded a semi-pagan academy. Its members assumed Latin names and celebrated every year the festival of the Palilia N anniversary of the foundation of Rome. They also met to commemorate a deceased member. A prelate celebrated Mass. Laetus delivered the eulogy. Latin recitations followed and a banquet closed every meeting. At other times, the members gave Latin farces much like the Atellanae. But Paul II, a pope who did not favour the Humanists, occupied the Chair of Peter. Laetus was looked upon as a scorner of Christianity and conspirator. Venice delivered him into the hands of the pope. Confined in the Castle of Sant' Angelo in 1468, he with Platina and others was tortured. However, he defended himself and reminded them that he had maintained the immortality of the soul, a belief often discussed by the Humanists. On the accession of Sixtus IV (1471) Laetus was released and the academy allowed to continue its meetings. He lectured in the Roman University. He was often seen at daybreak, descending, with lantern in hand, from his home on the Esquiline, on his way to his lectures where many eager hearers awaited him. He was a very conscientious professor, especially learned in Roman antiquities but exclusively a Latinist. He had declined to study Greek for fear of spoiling his Latin style. He went so far as to read the most classical authors only and disdained the Bible and the Fathers.A prelate celebrated Mass. Laetus delivered the eulogy. Latin recitations followed and a banquet closed every meeting. At other times, the members gave Latin farces much like the Atellanae. But Paul II, a pope who did not favour the Humanists, occupied the Chair of Peter. Laetus was looked upon as a scorner of Christianity and conspirator. Venice delivered him into the hands of the pope. Confined in the Castle of Sant' Angelo in 1468, he with Platina and others was tortured. However, he defended himself and reminded them that he had maintained the immortality of the soul, a belief often discussed by the Humanists. On the accession of Sixtus IV (1471) Laetus was released and the academy allowed to continue its meetings. He lectured in the Roman University. He was often seen at daybreak, descending, with lantern in hand, from his home on the Esquiline, on his way to his lectures where many eager hearers awaited him. He was a very conscientious professor, especially learned in Roman antiquities but exclusively a Latinist. He had declined to study Greek for fear of spoiling his Latin style. He went so far as to read the most classical authors only and disdained the Bible and the Fathers...In the last period of his life, Pomponius Laetus wrote short antiquarian treatises ("De magistratibus, sacerdotiis et legibus Romanorum"; "De romanae urbis antiquitate"; "Compendium historiae romanae ab interitu Gordiani usque ad Justinum III").O[CE]#11;Sebellico (1436?-1506) historian and humanist. OSebellico had ability and versatility in Latin and produced works that would appeal to a Latin literate circle, to humanists, to publishers in the expanding commercial world of print, and to those Venetian patricians... and to their successors... Sebellico was interested in biography; the best known example was the life of his master Pomponio Leto, which appeared as an introduction to LetoOs Romanae histyoriae compendium which Sabellico got published in 1499.O [Ruth Chavasse, The studia humanitatis and the making of a humanist career... in Renaissance Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1.] Goff L24 ; HC 9830* ; Pell Ms 7000 (6953) ; CIBN P-561 ; Arnoult 950 ; Neveu 498 ; Parguez 644 ; Zehnacker 1397 ; Polain(B) 2429 ; IGI 7987 ; IBP 3345 ; Saj!-Solt!sz 2025 ; IBE 3427 ; Coll(U) 1251 ; Madsen 3350 ; LQkk!s(Cat BPU) 266 ; Voull(B) 4473 ; G!nt(L) 3842 ; Mittler-Kind 877 ; Walsh 2618 ; Oates 2151 ; Bod-inc L-019 ; Sheppard 4592, 4593 ; Pr 5532 ; BMC V 549 ; BSB-Ink P-683. ISTC il00024000. [Bookseller: Krown & Spellman, Booksellers]
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GRADUALE S(ECUNDU)M MOREM SANCTE ROMANE ECCLESIAE : INTEGRU(M) & COMPLETU(M) VIDELICET D(OMI)NICALE : SANCTUARIU(M) CO(M)MUNE & CA(N)TORINU(M) : SIVE KYRIALE." "IMPRESSU(M) VENETIJS CUM PRIVILEGIO : CU(M) QUO ETIAM IMPRIMATUR ANTIPHONARIUM ET PSALMISTA : SUB PENA UT I(N) GRATIA MCCCCC . MARCA TIPOGRAFICA - CORRECTUM PER FRATEM FRANCISCUM DE BRUGIS ORDINIS MINORUM DE OBSERVANTIA." "(IMPRESSUM VENETIJS CURA ATQ(UE) IMPE(N)S(IS) NOBIL(IS) VIRI LUCEA(N)TONIJ DE GIUNTA FLORE(N)TINI : ARTE AUTE(M) JOAN(N)IS EMERICI DE SPIRA : ANNO INCARNATIONIS D(OMIN)ICE : MCCCCLXXXXIX (OTTOBRE 1499 IIII K(A)L(ENDAS) OCTOBRIS).
"3 carte non numerate e 215 numerate. Mancano, per il primo volume completo dell'opera, la carta 216 contenente parte del graduale della domenica XXIII e la carta 217 di colophon (il colophon e' desunto dalla copia dell'opera esistente presso la biblioteca di Foligno, tra le poche in Italia a disporre dell'opera completa). Dalla collazione della stessa opera presente a Foligno, si desume che l'esemplare e' completo di tutte le sue carte dal frontespizio alle altre due cc.non num.fino alla carta CCXV. Non possiamo inserire nella numerazione delle segnature le prime 3 carte mancanti di qualsiasi registro, per le altre carte a1-7 (registro completo nonostante la disparita' dei fogli, alcune bibliografie inseriscono una delle due carte introduttive come foglio all'interno di tale registro), B1-8; fino a F1-8 poi G1-7; H1-8; I1-7; K1-8; L1-7; poi M1-8 fino a S1-8; poi T1-10; Pgreco II, 1-5, mancano le ultime due carte del primo volume e complessivamente le ultime 3 dell'ultimo registro segnalato, ove probabilmente era inserita una carta bianca. Difatti per un'identica opera collazionata alla bibl.della N.Y. University, le segnature della seconda parte il ""Sanctorale"" ripartono dalla lettera A. Primo volume dell'opera, a se stante per quanto riguarda il ""Graduale temporale"", la seconda parte riporta difatti la sezione ""Sanctorale"". L'opera completa sarebbe risultata di 381 carte complessive (la parte ""Sanctorale"" segue la numerazione della parte ""Temporale""). Tarli perfettamente restaurati al taglio alto delle prime 3 carte ed al taglio basso del Graduale vero e proprio, quasi mai sono lesi i caratteri tipografici. Dimensioni del volume: cm. 48 x 34 ca. (le dimensioni dell'opera collazionata sono differenti a seconda della biblioteca o del bibliografo curatore, ad esempio il Camerino riporta cm. 54 x 36; la copia del British Museum e' di cm. 54 x 38, la copia della Biblioteca di Washington di cm. 52 x 36). La pagina di frontespizio e' stampata in caratteri rossi (di tipo gotico) di corpo 24, marca tipografica con giglio inserito in triplice filettatura e con le iniziali L.A. (di cm. 6 x 8,5). Verso del frontesp. Intitolato: ""Frater Fra(n)ciscus de Brugis ordinis mino(rum) observantiu(m) de p(ro)nuncia sancti Antonij: ad cantores prefatio""; vrso stampato in caratteri ad inchiostro nero di tipo gotico (con spigolature molto addolcite) in 51 righe con caratteri di corpo 16; le altre 2 carte sono stampate con caratteri della stessa tipologia ma di corpo 10, con righe di paragrafo stampate ad inchiostro rosso, rubriche (3 in totale) ad inchiostro rosso e nero, esempi di musica notata a caratteri rossi e neri, le prime 3 carte riportano 2 capilettera incisi in negativo (con lettera in chiaro) di cm. 3 x 3 e 4 x 4 (i due con doppia filettatura all'esterno, con motivi floreali il primo e con figure antropomorfe il secondo). Le 215 carte del graduale sono tutte elegantemente impresse in rosso e nero, su ogni foglio sono riportate 7 righe notate al cui margine superiore sono inseriti i versi cantati, stampati in due colori in caratteri gotici di corpo 24ca., inoltre nelle 215 carte sono inseriti 8 splendidi capilettera animati, incisi elegantemente su legno, incorniciati in doppia filettatura, riproducenti scene tratte dalla vita di Gesu' (realizzati in nero) di cm. 10 x 12. Sono inserite nel Graduale numerose rubriche stampate ad inchiostro rosso e nero. Il Graduale rappresenta uno dei massimi monumenti tipografici della fine del XV secolo, il tipografo infatti riusci' con quest'opera nell'ambizioso progetto di sostituire gli amanuensi, anche nella realizzazione di opere con musica notata. Bibliografia consultata: BM 15th cent.vol.V: 541; Bohatta Lit.Bib.: 704; Camerini - Massera n.46; Essling 1208; Goff: G-332; Graesse III:128; Hain 7844; IGI 4357; Landau vol.I:527; Panzer 5288; Pellechet 5288; Proctor 5502; Rosenthal (edizione del 1949) n.2259; Sajo-Soltesz 1437; Sander 3211. Sono segnalate copie nelle seguenti biblioteche: Ber [Bookseller: Librerie Antiquarie IAVARONE�]
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BAPTISTA MANTUANUS In Robertum Severinatem panegyricum carmen
Jacopo Pencio Venice 1499 Modern paper covered boards Small 4to . Beautifully printed edition of this collection of poetry by the eminent Italian humanist and poet Baptista Mantuanus (1448-1516) which was first published at Bologna in 1489. The work includes his Somnium Romanum (C1v-D7v), the Carmen dedicated to D. Falconem protonotarium, plus shorter poems (D7v- G4v). "Mantuanus was a prolific poet and enjoyed enormous popularity both in Italy and in northern Europe. His poetry was especially prized for its combination of Christian material with classical forms ... His reputation was high among Erasmus' friends. ... [also] Erasmus' attitude towards Mantuanus was a very positive one. He admired his style and his treatment of Christian subjects. He referred to the Italian as a 'Christian Virgil' " (Contemporaries of Erasmus, II, p. 375). The author's collection of ten Latin eclogues (Adulescentia) was perhaps his most influential work for its profound effect on English literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from Shakespeare and Spencer to Milton. From the collection of the famous Florentine bookseller and publisher Leo S. Olschki with his book plate [100] pp. Roman type; spaces for capitals with guide letters; few faint marginal damp marks. Very nice copy. With book plate of "Leo S. Olschki, Firenze" � BMC, V, p. 565 (IA.24532); Goff B-87; GW 3260; Hain 2396 [Bookseller: Jeffrey D. Mancevice Inc.]
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Pietro Martire Vermigli Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Truman State University Press. Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562) was a scriptural exegete, but also an Aristotelian philosopher. His voluminous commentaries on Old and New Testament books are complemented by this volume, the only one of its kind in his corpus. It provides a window into the complex world of early modern European philosophical translation and commentary, as well as the theology and ethics of the Reformed camp. Theological commentaries on Aristotle are an important part of the history of the philosophy-theology connection. Thomas Aquinas is an outstanding example, and Peter Martyr Vermigli follows in his steps. It reflects Vermigli's years at Padua studying the? practical Aristotle. ? This lecture series, given at Strasbourg 1553-56, provides a running commentary, showing the positive take on Aristotle, along with the decisive criterion of scripture. It is a major contribution to the debate on Reformed scholasticism, which casts Beza, Vermigli, and Zanchi as protagonists. It supports the thesis of Richard Muller and others that scholasticism is a method rather than a position, a pedagogical mode of organizing doctrine in behalf of clarity and interior logic. ISBN10: 193111255X. [Bookseller: Alibris]
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Herausgegeben von Lehr, Jay H. / Keeley, Jack Water Encyclopedia 5 Volume Set
Wiley & Sons - Water Encyclopedia 5 Volume Set (Wiley, J) ISBN: 978-0-471-44164-9 gebunden ca. 4112 S. - 29,5 x 26,5 cm Water Encyclopedia 5 Volume Set Herausgegeben von Lehr, Jay H. / Keeley, Jack Verlag : Wiley, J ISBN : 978-0-471-44164-9 Einband : gebunden Preisinfo : 1499,00 Eur[D] UVP / 2368,00 CHF UVP Alle Preisangaben in CHF (Schweizer Franken) sind unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen. Legende: UVP = unverbindliche Preisempfehlung, iVb = in Vorbereitung. Seiten/Umfang : ca. 4112 S. - 29,5 x 26,5 cm Erschienen : 1. Auflage 01.07.2005 Gewicht : 11043 g verwandte Themen : Umwelttechnik Umweltwissenschaften Wasserchemie 1499,00 Eur[D] UVP The Water Encyclopedia offers a comprehensive depository of all information relating to the scientific and technological aspects of the world's most important natural resource -- water. The role of water in science, engineering and society requires a one-stop location to find whatever information is available on the cutting edge of the 21st century. This book is a resource for useful public domain data. Its focus is expert narrative on all water-related subjects. [Bookseller: Antiquariat-Versandbuchhandel Uwe L�b]
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Koelhoff: Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat van Coellen.
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Herausgegeben von Patai, Saul The Chemistry of the Hydrazo, Azo and Azoxy Groups Volume 2
Wiley & Sons - The Chemistry of the Hydrazo, Azo and Azoxy Groups Volume 2 (Wiley, J) ISBN: 978-0-471-96885-6 gebunden XVI, 820 S. - 23,6 x 16 cm The Chemistry of the Hydrazo, Azo and Azoxy Groups Volume 2 Herausgegeben von Patai, Saul Verlag : Wiley, J ISBN : 978-0-471-96885-6 Einband : gebunden Preisinfo : 949,00 Eur[D] UVP / 1499,00 CHF UVP Alle Preisangaben in CHF (Schweizer Franken) sind unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen. Legende: UVP = unverbindliche Preisempfehlung, iVb = in Vorbereitung. Seiten/Umfang : XVI, 820 S. - 23,6 x 16 cm Erschienen : 1. Auflage 25.09.1997 Gewicht : 1310 g Aus der Reihe : The Chemistry of Functional Groups [Bookseller: Antiquariat-Versandbuchhandel Uwe L�b]
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BOETHIUS, ANICIUS MANLIUS TORQUATUS SEVERINUS (d. 524). [Works]. Hec sunt opera Boetii, que in hoc volumine c�tinentur. In porphirii Isagogen a Victorino translatam editio prima. In Porphirii Isagogen a Boetio ipso tr�slat� editio scda. In cathogorias [sic] Aristotelis. editio una. In librum Aristotelis. de interpretatione editio prima. In eundem librum de interpretatione editio secunda: De divisionibus liber unus. De definitionibus liber unus.
Ad cathegoricos syllogismos introductio. Commentariorum in Topica Ciceronis libri sex. De differentiis Topicis libri quattuor. De syllogismo cathegorico libri duo. De syllogismo hipothetico libri duo. De trinitate libri duo. De hebdomadibus liber unus: De unitate [et] uno liber unus. Contra euthichen. [et] Nestorium de duabus naturis: [et] una persona christi liber unus. [Venetiis, Ioannem [et] Gregorium de gregoriis, 8. Iulii, 1499.] Part 1 of 3. Folio; 206 leaves, numbered [1]-199, 199-201. Sig.: [2], a8, 1 (register), b8-z8, r8, c10, [1]. Gothic and some Greek type; 2 columns, 65 lines. Numerous ornamental initials, some historiated, in white on black; woodcut diagrams throughout text; register for part one; catchwords on versos; signature marks. Without colophon, as is usually noted for part one of this edition. Errors in foliation: leaves 19, 52, 113-116, 122, 159, 181, 184, 187, 195, 200-202 are misnumbered 18, 51, 114-117, 22, 179, 811, 185, 188, 145, 199-201 respectively; part of number on f. 89 lost in trimming. Early manuscript note in lower margin of last printed leaf. Contemporary full vellum, somewhat soiled but intact, handwritten "Boetii Opera" on spine; edges dusty; browning on few leaves; worming throughout, mainly, but not solely, in margins; contemporary notes on front endpaper and first blank leaf. This is the complete first part of a three-part set, each part of which was issued separately. A good copy of a very scarce work. Of other copies, including those described in Hain 3352, Pellechet 2491, Polain B721, Walsh 2034, only BM V, 21143 mentions the typographical error in the title ("cathogorias"); in lists of errors in foliation, f. 52 is not noted elsewhere; and the register for part one, present here, appears in part two of some copies. This is the second edition of Boethius' works printed by the de Gregoriis brothers; a previous edition in two parts was published in 1492. Boethius was one of very few Romans who had read the Greek scholars, and he passed on his knowledge to his fellow citizens by providing a basic Latin vocabulary of philosophical discourse and by translating the works of Aristotle. This first part of the collection of Boethius' Works includes his translation of Porphyry's introduction to Aristotle's works of logic, the writings themselves, and Boethius' commentary. Also included in this volume are his commentary on Cicero's Topics, as well as five tracts by Boethius on theological subjects, such as the Holy Trinity. Boethius' works and translations became essential reading for classical scholarship right through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and had a major influence on writers such as Chaucer and Dante. [Bookseller: Helen R. Kahn & Assoc. Inc]
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document manuscrit Vend�e. Offre formul�e par un chevalier, conseiller du roi.
- Nombre de document : 1 Parchemin 33 x 12,5 cm 19/06/1499 brunissure en marge Offre d’hommage faite par Jean Tindou, chevalier, conseiller du roi, premier pr�sident du Parlement de Bordeaux, � M. de Gasmaches, seigneur de �Boysmaynart�, pour deux borderies (petites m�tairies) situ�es � la Cacaudi�re et d�pendant de ladite seigneurie. Pierre Robin, procureur g�n�ral en la seigneurie de Boism�nard, ne peut recevoir cet hommage au nom du seigneur qu’il repr�sente, �parce que de ce n’avoye aucune charge� ; mais il prend note de l’offre. En fran�ais. [Bookseller: Traces Ecrites]
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Frank A. James Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination: The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer
Clarendon Press - This study is in its broadest sense an inquiry into the intellectual origins of the Reformed branch of Protestantism generally, but inaccurately, designated Calvinism. More specifically, it concerns one of the early theologians who gave formative shape to Reformed theology, Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562), and focuses on his adoption of the soteriological doctrine of gemina praedestinatio, double predestination: divine election and divine reprobation. One of the most erudite men of his age, Vermigli was also one of the most remarkable, for his religious career spanned the ecclesiastical horizon from prominence as a Roman Catholic theologian to one of the formative theologians of six. [Bookseller: Books Express (Academic & Professional)]
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BAPTISTA MANTUANUS In Robertum Severinatem panegyricum carmen
Jacopo Pencio, Venice 1499 - Modern paper covered boards Small 4to . Beautifully printed edition of this collection of poetry by the eminent Italian humanist and poet Baptista Mantuanus (1448-1516) which was first published at Bologna in 1489. The work includes his Somnium Romanum (C1v-D7v), the Carmen dedicated to D. Falconem protonotarium, plus shorter poems (D7v- G4v). "Mantuanus was a prolific poet and enjoyed enormous popularity both in Italy and in northern Europe. His poetry was especially prized for its combination of Christian material with classical forms . His reputation was high among Erasmus' friends. . [also] Erasmus' attitude towards Mantuanus was a very positive one. He admired his style and his treatment of Christian subjects. He referred to the Italian as a 'Christian Virgil' " (Contemporaries of Erasmus, II, p. 375). The author's collection of ten Latin eclogues (Adulescentia) was perhaps his most influential work for its profound effect on English literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from Shakespeare and Spencer to Milton. From the collection of the famous Florentine bookseller and publisher Leo S. Olschki with his book plate [100] pp. Roman type; spaces for capitals with guide letters; few faint marginal damp marks. Very nice copy. With book plate of "Leo S. Olschki, Firenze" � BMC, V, p. 565 (IA.24532); Goff B-87; GW 3260; Hain 2396. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Inc.]
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Laetus [Leto], Pomponius & Marcantonio Sabellico Romanae Historiae Compendium
Benardinus Venetus da Vitalibus, 1499, April 23. Marcantonio Sabellico, ed. and Vita Pomponii. 4to. 154 x 102 mm. [a]-p4 60ff. First Edition. 18th c. blind-tooled sheep with corner and central stamps, a bit bowed, with some worming to spine, spine banded, title on leather label; title in old hand on fore-edge, vellum paste-downs; some scattered wormholes (not affecting text); inner margin of [a]1 strengthened; marginal repair to a2; minor stains, early marginalia. Large decorated initials. “ Pomponius Laetus. Humanist, b. in Calabria in 1425; d. at Rome in 1497. He was a bastard of the House of the Sanseverino of Naples, Princes of Salerno...When very young he went to Rome and became a pupil of Valla. His brilliant capacities won him admiration and success. He wished to live the life of the ancients. His vineyard on the Quirinal was cultivated in accordance with the precepts of Varro and of Columella, and he was himself regarded as a second Cato. On holidays he went fishing or caught birds in his lime-twigs; sometimes he would simply spend the day in the open air, refreshing himself at a spring or by the banks of the Tiber. One of the most important and first known complete manuscripts of Plautus, that of Cardinal Orsini (now Vaticanus 3870), had been brought to Rome in the year 1428 or 1429. It was suggested that the plays it contained should be performed in the palaces of the prelates. Laetus became stage director of the performances. Finally, he and a few kindred souls, Platina, the future librarian of the Vatican, Sabellicus, afterwards prefect of the Library of San Marco of Venice, founded a semi-pagan academy. Its members assumed Latin names and celebrated every year the festival of the Palilia &emdash; anniversary of the foundation of Rome. They also met to commemorate a deceased member. A prelate celebrated Mass. Laetus delivered the eulogy. Latin recitations followed and a banquet closed every meeting. At other times, the members gave Latin farces much like the Atellanae. But Paul II, a pope who did [Bookseller: Alibris]
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Sacrobosco, J. de Sphera mundi cum tribus, commentis nuper editis
Venice, Simon Papiens (Bevilaqua), 1499 (Hain 14125; BMC V, 524; Goff J 419). Folio, half calf & wooden boards. 150nn leaves. Full page printer device in verso of a2, second on verso M1. Text richly illustrated with woodcuts & surrounded by commentaries. Last three blank pages with contemporary, manuscript tables & commentaries. Two books in one volume: Sacrobosco, Sphera Mundi, 'the fundamental astronomy of the Middle Ages' and Peuerbach, Theoricae novae planetarum, 'an elementary but thorough textbook on planetary theory describing the solid sphere representations of Ptolomeic planetary models'.#[510] [Bookseller: Frederik Muller Rare Books bv / De Ark*]
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Houben-Weyl Methoden der organischen Chemie / Additional and Supplementary Volumes to the 4th Edition / Stereoselective Synthesis Nomenclature, Principles, Analytic, Axially Chiral Compounds, Bond Disconnection, Alkylation Reaction, Insertion into C-H Bonds[BD E 21 a
Thieme Verlag - Houben-Weyl Methoden der organischen Chemie / Additional and Supplementary Volumes to the 4th Edition / Stereoselective Synthesis Nomenclature, Principles, Analytic, Axially Chiral Compounds, Bond Disconnection, Alkylation Reaction, Insertion into C-H Bonds [BD E 21 / BD E 21a] (Thieme) ISBN: 978-3-13-219504-2 Leinen XX, 1150 S., (S. 1-1150) - 25,5 x 17 cm Houben-Weyl Methoden der organischen Chemie / Additional and Supplementary Volumes to the 4th Edition / Stereoselective Synthesis Nomenclature, Principles, Analytic, Axially Chiral Compounds, Bond Disconnection, Alkylation Reaction, Insertion into C-H Bonds Herausgegeben von B�chel, Karl H / Falbe, J�rgen / Hagemann, Hermann / Hanack, Michael / Klamann, Dieter / Kreher, Richard / Kropf, Heinz / Regitz, Manfred / Schaumann, Ernst. Bearbeitet von Padeken, Hans G. Herausgegeben von Smeaton, E. Begr�ndet von M�ller, Eugen / Bayer, Otto / Meerwein, Hans / Ziegler, Karl. Beitr�ge von Kropf, Heinz Verlag : Thieme ISBN : 978-3-13-219504-2 Einband : Leinen Preisinfo : 1499,00 Eur[D] / 1541,10 Eur[A] / 2488,00 CHF UVP Alle Preisangaben in CHF (Schweizer Franken) sind unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen. Legende: UVP = unverbindliche Preisempfehlung, iVb = in Vorbereitung. Sonstige Preise : Bei Abn. d. Gesamtw.: 1349,00 Eur[D] / 2131,00 CHF UVP Seiten/Umfang : XX, 1150 S., (S. 1-1150) - 25,5 x 17 cm Erschienen : 1. Aufl. 05.1995 Gewicht : 2340 g [Bookseller: Antiquariat-Versandbuchhandel Uwe L�b]
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Joachim Ringelberg / Joachim Sterck Van Ringelbergh / Joachimus Fortius Ringelbergius Ioachi Mi Ringelbergii: Antuerpiani Institutiones Astronomicae Ternis Libris Contentae Quorum Primus Spherae Ac Mundi Naturam Declarat Secun Dus Orbium Tertuis Circulorum: Cum Annotationibus + Indice
1528 Basileae Apud Valentinum Curionem / Modern Reprint. Astrology, Horoscope, Zodiac. Astrology / Astrological Guidebook / Astronomy. 118 pages. Softcover reprinted edition in very good condition, this book has card covers with cloth spine. Very slight wear to edges. Modern facsimile replica of the original text / original work or manuscript / book. Privately published. Archival reprint. This book is not old, however, there is no other publication date other than of the original text. Most likely produced for research purposes since the original text is fragile or very rare. Both book and text are clean and unmarked. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading resource, research and study. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. This is NOT a mass market paperback, or mass produced book. As is, as found. TEXT IS ONLY IN LATIN. Excerpt about the author from wikipedia: Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh / Joachimus Fortius Ringelbergius / Antwerp, c.1499 to c. 1556 was a Flemish scholar, humanist, mathematician and astrologer. He is credited with inventing the term encyclopedia. More precisely, cyclopedia, in the book title Lucubrationes vel potius absolutissima kyklopaideia; Basel, 1541 He is known also for his book on pedagogy, De Ratione Studii. [Bookseller: Alibris]
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Pulci Luca (1431-1470) Epistole [�] al Magnifico Lore[n]zo de� Medici, [colophon:] Venezia, per Maestro Ma[n]frino Bon da Monferra[to], 21 ottobre 1505.
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Laetus [Leto], Pomponius & Marcantonio Sabellico . Marcantonio Sabellico, ed. and Vita Pomponii. Romanae Historiae Compendium.
Benardinus Venetus da Vitalibus, Venice: 1499, April 23. - 4to. 154 x 102 mm. [a]-p4 60ff. First Edition. 18th c. blind-tooled sheep with corner and central stamps, a bit bowed, with some worming to spine, spine banded, title on leather label; title in old hand on fore-edge, vellum paste-downs; some scattered wormholes (not affecting text);inner margin of [a]1 strengthened; marginal repair to a2;minor stains, early marginalia. Large decorated initials. �Pomponius Laetus.Humanist, b. in Calabria in 1425; d. at Rome in 1497. He was a bastard of the House of the Sanseverino of Naples, Princes of Salerno. When very young he went to Rome and became a pupil of Valla. His brilliant capacities won him admiration and success. He wished to live the life of the ancients. His vineyard on the Quirinal was cultivated in accordance with the precepts of Varro and of Columella, and he was himself regarded as a second Cato. On holidays he went fishing or caught birds in his lime-twigs; sometimes he would simply spend the day in the open air, refreshing himself at a spring or by the banks of the Tiber. One of the most important and first known complete manuscripts of Plautus, that of Cardinal Orsini (now Vaticanus 3870), had been brought to Rome in the year 1428 or 1429. It was suggested that the plays it contained should be performed in the palaces of the prelates. Laetus became stage director of the performances. Finally, he and a few kindred souls, Platina, the future librarian of the Vatican, Sabellicus, afterwards prefect of the Library of San Marco of Venice, founded a semi-pagan academy. Its members assumed Latin names and celebrated every year the festival of the Palilia � anniversary of the foundation of Rome. They also met to commemorate a deceased member. A prelate celebrated Mass. Laetus delivered the eulogy. Latin recitations followed and a banquet closed every meeting. At other times, the members gave Latin farces much like the Atellanae. But Paul II, a pope who did not favour the Humanists, occupied the Chair of Peter. Laetus was looked upon as a scorner of Christianity and conspirator. Venice delivered him into the hands of the pope. Confined in the Castle of Sant' Angelo in 1468, he with Platina and others was tortured. However, he defended himself and reminded them that he had maintained the immortality of the soul, a belief often discussed by the Humanists. On the accession of Sixtus IV (1471) Laetus was released and the academy allowed to continue its meetings. He lectured in the Roman University. He was often seen at daybreak, descending, with lantern in hand, from his home on the Esquiline, on his way to his lectures where many eager hearers awaited him. He was a very conscientious professor, especially learned in Roman antiquities but exclusively a Latinist. He had declined to study Greek for fear of spoiling his Latin style. He went so far as to read the most classical authors only and disdained the Bible and the Fathers.A prelate celebrated Mass. Laetus delivered the eulogy. Latin recitations followed and a banquet closed every meeting. At other times, the members gave Latin farces much like the Atellanae. But Paul II, a pope who did not favour the Humanists, occupied the Chair of Peter. Laetus was looked upon as a scorner of Christianity and conspirator. Venice delivered him into the hands of the pope. Confined in the Castle of Sant' Angelo in 1468, he with Platina and others was tortured. However, he defended himself and reminded them that he had maintained the immortality of the soul, a belief often discussed by the Humanists. On the accession of Sixtus IV (1471) Laetus was released and the academy allowed to continue its meetings. He lectured in the Roman University. He was often seen at daybreak, descending, with lantern in hand, from his home on the Esquiline, on his way to his lectures where many eager hearers awaited him. He was a very conscientious professor, especially learned in Roman antiquities but exclusively a Latinist. He had declined to study Greek for fear of s [Bookseller: Krown & Spellman, Booksellers]
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III Frank A. James Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination: the Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer
Oxford University Press, USA. New This study is in its broadest sense an inquiry into the intellectual origins of the Reformed branch of Protestantism generally, but inaccurately, designated Calvinism. More specifically, it concerns one of the early theologians who gave formative shape to Reformed theology, Peter MartyrVermigli (1499-1562), and focuses on his adoption of the soteriological doctrine of gemina praedestinatio, double predestination: divine election and divine reprobation. ISBN10: 0198269692. [Bookseller: Alibris]
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LAETUS [LETO], POMPONIUS & MARCANTONIO SABELLICO . MARCANTONIO SABELLICO, ED. AND VITA POMPONII. ROMANAE HISTORIAE COMPENDIUM. VENICE: BENARDINUS VENETUS DA VITALIBUS, 1499, APRIL 23.
4to. 154 x 102 mm. [a]-p4 60ff. First Edition. 18th c. blind-tooled sheep with corner and central stamps, a bit bowed, with some worming to spine, spine banded, title on leather label; title in old hand on fore-edge, vellum paste-downs; some scattered wormholes (not affecting text);inner margin of [a]1 strengthened; marginal repair to a2;minor stains, early marginalia. Large decorated initials. EPomponius Laetus.Humanist, b. in Calabria in 1425; d. at Rome in 1497. He was a bastard of the House of the Sanseverino of Naples, Princes of Salerno... When very young he went to Rome and became a pupil of Valla. His brilliant capacities won him admiration and success. He wished to live the life of the ancients. His vineyard on the Quirinal was cultivated in accordance with the precepts of Varro and of Columella, and he was himself regarded as a second Cato. On holidays he went fishing or caught birds in his lime-twigs; sometimes he would simply spend the day in the open air, refreshing himself at a spring or by the banks of the Tiber. One of the most important and first known complete manuscripts of Plautus, that of Cardinal Orsini (now Vaticanus 3870), had been brought to Rome in the year 1428 or 1429. It was suggested that the plays it contained should be performed in the palaces of the prelates. Laetus became stage director of the performances. Finally, he and a few kindred souls, Platina, the future librarian of the Vatican, Sabellicus, afterwards prefect of the Library of San Marco of Venice, founded a semi-pagan academy. Its members assumed Latin names and celebrated every year the festival of the Palilia D anniversary of the foundation of Rome. They also met to commemorate a deceased member. A prelate celebrated Mass. Laetus delivered the eulogy. Latin recitations followed and a banquet closed every meeting. At other times, the members gave Latin farces much like the Atellanae. But Paul II, a pope who did not favour the Humanists, occupied the Chair of Peter. Laetus was looked upon as a scorner of Christianity and conspirator. Venice delivered him into the hands of the pope. Confined in the Castle of Sant' Angelo in 1468, he with Platina and others was tortured. However, he defended himself and reminded them that he had maintained the immortality of the soul, a belief often discussed by the Humanists. On the accession of Sixtus IV (1471) Laetus was released and the academy allowed to continue its meetings. He lectured in the Roman University. He was often seen at daybreak, descending, with lantern in hand, from his home on the Esquiline, on his way to his lectures where many eager hearers awaited him. He was a very conscientious professor, especially learned in Roman antiquities but exclusively a Latinist. He had declined to study Greek for fear of spoiling his Latin style. He went so far as to read the most classical authors only and disdained the Bible and the Fathers.A prelate celebrated Mass. Laetus delivered the eulogy. Latin recitations followed and a banquet closed every meeting. At other times, the members gave Latin farces much like the Atellanae. But Paul II, a pope who did not favour the Humanists, occupied the Chair of Peter. Laetus was looked upon as a scorner of Christianity and conspirator. Venice delivered him into the hands of the pope. Confined in the Castle of Sant' Angelo in 1468, he with Platina and others was tortured. However, he defended himself and reminded them that he had maintained the immortality of the soul, a belief often discussed by the Humanists. On the accession of Sixtus IV (1471) Laetus was released and the academy allowed to continue its meetings. He lectured in the Roman University. He was often seen at daybreak, descending, with lantern in hand, from his home on the Esquiline, on his way to his lectures where many eager hearers awaited him. He was a very conscientious professor, especially learned in Roman antiquities but exclusively a Latinist. He had declined to study Greek for fear of [Bookseller: Booksellers KROWN & SPELLMAN�]
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SUIDAS LEXICON GRAECUM. (IN FINE:) MILANO, JOANNES BISSOLIS & BENEDICTUS MANGIUS PER DEMETRIO CHALCONDYLAS, 15 NOVEMBRE 1499,
in-folio (mm 357x242), ff. 516, bella e solida legatura ottocentesca ad imitazione antica in pelle, piatti adorni di impressioni a secco; titolo e fregi al dorso. Impresa tipogr. in fine, utilizzo di 3 differenti caratteri greci assai belli, qualche passaggio in latino. Editio princeps di questo importantissimo lessico composto attorno al 1000 d.C.; ricco di oltre 3000 voci, e' la piu' ampia raccolta greca del genere. Comprende non solo dati grammaticali ed etimologici, ma anche notizie storiche, geografiche, scientifiche, letterarie e biografiche; Suidas piu' che il nome del compilatore, sarebbe il titolo della raccolta ed avrebbe il significato di vademecum. Straordinario incunabulo, il piu' bel libro greco mai stampato a Milano, e la piu' monumetale singola edizione greca del Quattrocento; si ritiene sia stato stampato in 800 esempl. The Souidas is an enormously voluminous book... we have 2,077,650 greek letters in the book. To do all the punch-cutting and casting required, and to edit and print off a volume of this size in a time which cannot in any case exceed 15 or 16 months, was a marvellous feat, and justified those concerned in the production of the book in the laudatory dialogue.. ' (Proctor, Printing of Greek, p. 112). Di notevole interesse e' la vicenda che ha preceduto la pubblicazione di questo libro, che rientra nei complicati meccanismi di privilegi e brevetti per la stampa greca a Venezia: si tratta dell�unica produzione milanese di questi tipografi, che avevano gia' stampato in precedenza a Venezia. I carpigiani Benedetto de Manzi e Giovanni Bissolo erano collaboratori di Gabriel di Brassichella, che a sua volta lavorava con Aldo Manuzio. In qualche modo Aldo riusci' a fare annullare il privilegio per alcuni testi greci concesso al Brassichella, che fu costretto a lasciare Venezia; Bissolo e Manzi cercarono di vendicarsi di Aldo, associandosi con Demetrio Calcondila e riuscendo a pubblicare lo Suida a tempo di record nel 1499; in effetti Aldo dovette procurarsi un altro manoscritto ed attendere 15 anni per poter stampare la propria edizione. In seguito all�occupazione francese di Milano pero' la societa' fu costretta a chiudere. Ottimo esemplare, molto marginoso e su carta forte (piccol macchia nel margine inferiore del primo f.).Goff S-829. BMC VI,792. H* 15135. IGI 9189. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria PREGLIASCO�]
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AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus. Opera Ausonii Nuper Reperta.
[Colophon:] Parma: Angelus Ugoletus, 10 July 1499. - small 4to. ff. [8], lxxviii. printer’s device at end. roman letter & some Greek. 35 lines. initial spaces with guide letters. 19th century blind-paneled calf (rubbed, joints cracked, spine label wanting, page numbers sometimes cut off or shaved, some light foxing & occasional soiling). the E.Gordon Duff-Carl Purington Rollins-Daniel Berkeley Updike copy, with ownership entries of Duff & Updike and bookplates of Updike and Rollins. Fourth and last incunable edition, the most complete, with additions by Franciscus Paxius and Antonius Securanus and edited by Thaddeus Ugoletus. Ausonius, Roman poet and rhetorician, was born in Bordeaux in Gaul around 309 A.D. He enjoyed a brilliant thirty-year career as a teacher of rhetoric before being appointed tutor to Gratian, son of Emperor Valentinian, who upon his accession rewarded Ausonius with numerous titles and honours culminating in a consulship in 379. Following the murder of Gratian, Ausonius retired to his estate in Bordeaux. His most famous work is a poem in 483 hexameters on the Moselle, describing life and scenery along the river between Bingen and Trier (Tr�ves), which includes passages relating to the region’s wines and vineyards. Some of Ausonius’s other writings contain references grape-growing and wine-making in the now famous wine country around his native Bordeaux. The French wine, Ch�teau Ausone takes its name from the poet. This is the only incunable edition to contain the Moselle poem in addition to several other works including Ludus septem sapientum. "This book, as containing the entire works of Ausonius, should be always found in a well-furnished classical library." (Dibdin) Proctor lists only 37 incunables from 10 presses in Parma, the majority printed by Ugoletus (11; the BMC lists 12). This copy was formerly in the collections of E.Gordon Duff, bibliographer and librarian at the John Ryland Library in Manchester in the late 19th century, a scholar of 15th and 16th century printing and bookbinding; Carl Purington Rollins, typographer at Yale University Press; and American printer and historian of typography, Daniel Berkeley Updike, founder of Merrymount Press. There is a 1-page tipped-in typed note from a Mr. Keogh at Yale University Library, April 11, 1936, reporting to Mr. Rollins on Ausonius’s book in general and this copy in particular.BMC VII 946. Goff A-1404. Hain-Copinger 2181. GW 3094. IGI 1101. Pellechet 1649. Proctor 6873. Dibdin (4th Edn.) I p. 345. Moss I pp. 213-14. cfOberl� 12-16. [Bookseller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)]
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BEROALDO, FILIPPO Declamatio lepidissima ebriosi scortatoris aleatoris de vitiositate disceptantium: condita a Philippo Beroaldo
Bologna, Benedetto Ettore 1499 - 4to (cm 20), pergamena antica rimontata, lieve alone al margine inferiore, peraltro pulito esemplare ben conservato. Cc. 20 nn., segn. a8, b8, c4. Nota d'acquisto di collezionista, dalla libreria Pregliasco, datata 10 luglio 1939.Prima edizione di questa celebre opera del B., un dialogo tra un ubriacone, un libertino ed un giocatore, intenti a dimostrare quale dei tre vizi risulti il pi spregevole, cos" da essere escluso dall'ereditˆ paterna. Goff B-472; Hain 2965; BMC VI, p. 845; Pellechet 2220; Klebs 184.1; OberlŽ Fastes 1013, Simon Bacchica 1, 171 per il contenuto di interesse enologico [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico Paolo Rambaldi*]
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Calefati, Pietro; Monter de la Cueva, M Enarrationes in rub. & l.i.C. de aeden.; In Rubr. ff. solu. matri
Calefati, Pietro [1499- - 1586]. Enarrationes in Rub. & L.i.C. de Aeden. Bologna: Ex Officina Ioannis Rossii, 1566. 14 ff. Main text in parallel comumns. [Bound with] Monter de la Cueva, Martin [d. 1610]. In Rubr. Ff. Solu. Matri. Repetitio. Bologna: Typis Mercurianis Ioannis Rossii, 1570. [iv], 94 pp. Final leaf, a blank, lacking. Main text in parallel comumns. Folio (12" x 8"). Recent period-style vellum (from an old Hebrew manuscript), hand-lettered title to spine, endpapaers renewed, ties lacking. Light shelfwear, corners lightly bumped. Attractive woodcut printer devices, decorated initials, head-pieces and tail-pieces. Light toning, minor inkstains to a few leaves, interiors otherwise fresh. * Only editions of two scarce works on matrimonial law. Calefati was a professor of law at the University of Pisa. Monter de la Cueva was a jurist, professor and state official. He taught at the Universities of Bologna and San Climent andserved in the "cancelleria e fiscale" of Aragonia. OCLC locates no copies of Calafati and 1 copy of Monter de law Cueva (in Germany). Censimento Nazionale delle Edizioni Italiane del XVI Secolo (EDIT16) CNCE 8409, 29185. [Bookseller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB]
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Andreae, Johannes von, Novella in sextum Andreae, Johannes von, Novella in sextum
Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt - Andreae, Johannes von Novella in sextum (Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt) ISBN: 978-3-201-00077-2 Leinen 324 S. Andreae, Johannes von Novella in sextum Verlag : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt ISBN : 978-3-201-00077-2 Einband : Leinen Preisinfo : 130,00 Eur[D] / 130,00 Eur[A] / 220,00 CHF UVP Alle Preisangaben in CHF (Schweizer Franken) sind unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen. Legende: UVP = unverbindliche Preisempfehlung, iVb = in Vorbereitung. Seiten/Umfang : 324 S. Erschienen : (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Venedig 1499) 1963 [Bookseller: Antiquariat-Versandbuchhandel Uwe L�b]
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Queen Isabella I of Spain Visiting Granada with King Ferdinand to inspect the Kingdom of the Moors conquered by Spain, the month Vasco da Gama returned to Portugal after discovering an ocean route to India, Queen Isabella orders a payment to one of her servants.
Manuscript Document Signed �Yo la Reyna� (�I the Queen�), one page, 8.5� x 11.5�. Granada, September 26, 1499. In old Spanish, not translated. �La Reyna� at top center. Countersigned by the Queen�s secretary �Gaspar de Trizio� beneath the words �By Command of the Queen.� On laid paper watermarked with a five petal flower above a right hand; inconspicuous cancellation cuts used during this period strengthened by glassine on verso. Fine condition. An order to her chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, to pay her servant Maria de Medina 1,000 maravedis, a receipt to be obtained. Manuscript receipt signed by Maria in lower portion of document. Docketed on verso. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had commissioned Alonso de Ojeda, a veteran of Columbus�s second and third voyages, to explore the Caribbean and northern South America. On May 18, 1499, four months before this document was signed, Ojeda left Spain with four ships. Columbus�s cartographer Juan de la Cosa and Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci were on this voyage, the first to visit many areas, including a bay where the natives had built houses on stilts on Lake Maracaibo. It reminded Ojeda of Venice, so he named it �Little Venice,� Venezuela. In September 1499, the explorers arrived in Hispa�ola. In was in September 1499, that Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama returned to Lisbon a hero after sailing around Africa�s Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean, discovering an ocean route from Portugal to the East. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand visited Granada in September 1499 to inspect the Kingdom of the Moors conquered by Spain in 1491. It was in Granada that this document was signed. [Bookseller: University Archives]
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FRANCK, Sebastian Weltbuch, spiegel und bildenis des gantzen Erdtbodens . . . inn vier bucher, namlich in Asiam, Aphricam, und Americam gestelt und abteylt . . .
. Folio. [4], 237, [7] folios. Collates [unsigned]6, aiv, b-zvi, A-Riv, Sviii lacking the blanks Riv and Sviii, as does the BL copy. Modern blind ruled calf. Spine with raised bands and a contrasting label. Occasional light paper browning, otherwise clean and tight internally. Sabin 25469. Sebastian Franck (c.1499 – c.1543) was an important German humanist and radical reformer with close connections to the Anabaptists. He was expelled from both Strasbourg and Ulm because of his controversial writings, and eventually moved to Basel where he died c.1543. His Weltbuch was first published in T�bingen in 1534 to accompany his Chronica, Zeitbuch und Geschichtsbibel . This work was largely compiled from the Nuremberg Chronicle and exhibited Franck’s strong freethinking principles. [Bookseller: Cobnar Books Ltd]
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BARTHOLOMAEUS SIBYLLA SPECULUM PEREGRINARUM QUESTIONUM. STRASBURGO GRUNINGER, 19 AGOSTO 1499
In-4 (mm. 196 x 135), 10 cc. non num., 254 cc. num.1 c. b. Carattere tondo, 32 linee. Leg. su assi di legno, dorso in mezza pelle moderna con fregi a secco. Bella xilografia a pien pagina al front. Bell'esemplare. Seconda edizione di questa interessante opera di Bartolomeo Sibylla (priore del convento domenicano di Monopoli) divisa in tre decadi. Le �questio� riguardano vari argomenti, tra cui angeli e demoni, astrologia, piante magiche e parole simboliche. Sono citati numerosi autori come Hermes Trismegisto, Apuleio, Seneca e Tolomeo. In-4 (mm. 196 x 135), leaves (20),254,1 b., 32 lines. Monastic binding with modern blind tooled at the spine.Large woodcut on title-page. Second edition of this interesting work of Bartholomew Sibylla (prior of the Dominican convent of Monopolies) divided in three decedes. The "questio" they concern various matters, among which angels and demons, astrology, cried magic and symbolic words. Numerous authors are quoted as Hermes Trismegisto, Apuleio, Seneca and Tolomeo. Hain-Copinger 14720; Proctor 490; BMC 113; GW 3460; Caillet 10496. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria XODO �]
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Pietro Martire Vermigli Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Truman State University Press. PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562) was a scriptural exegete, but also an Aristotelian philosopher. His voluminous commentaries on Old and New Testament books are complemented by this volume, the only one of its kind in his corpus. It provides a window into the complex world of early modern European philosophical translation and commentary, as well as the theology and ethics of the Reformed camp. Theological commentaries on Aristotle are an important part of the history of the philosophy-theology connection. Thomas Aquinas is an outstanding example, and Peter Martyr Vermigli follows in his steps. It reflects Vermigli's years at Padua studying the? practical Aristotle. ? This lecture series, given at Strasbourg 1553-56, provides a running commentary, showing the positive take on Aristotle, along with the decisive criterion of scripture. It is a major contribution to the debate on Reformed scholasticism, which casts Beza, Vermigli, and Zanchi as protagonists. It supports the thesis of Richard Muller and others that scholasticism is a method rather than a position, a pedagogical mode of organizing doctrine in behalf of clarity and interior logic. ISBN10: 193111255X. [Bookseller: Alibris]
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Sacrobosco, J. de Sphera mundi cum tribus, commentis nuper editis
- Venice, Simon Papiens (Bevilaqua), 1499 (Hain 14125; BMC V, 524; Goff J 419). Folio, half calf & wooden boards. 150nn leaves. Full page printer device in verso of a2, second on verso M1. Text richly illustrated with woodcuts & surrounded by commentaries. Last three blank pages with contemporary, manuscript tables & commentaries. Two books in one volume: Sacrobosco, Sphera Mundi, 'the fundamental astronomy of the Middle Ages' and Peuerbach, Theoricae novae planetarum, 'an elementary but thorough textbook on planetary theory describing the solid sphere representations of Ptolomeic planetary models'.#[510] [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Frederik Muller Rare Books BV*]
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PUPIKOFER, J. A: Geschichte des Thurgaus.
- Erste H�lfte: Von der Urzeit bis zum Jahre 1499. Zweite H�lfte: 1499-1829. 1.Ausgabe. 2 Bde.in 1. Bischofzell, bei dem Verfasser, 1828-1830. XII, 314 S., 1 Bl.; 2 Bl., 400 S. 8�. Halblederband d.Zeit mit R�ckenschild und Buntpapierbezug. R�ckenschild leicht besch�digt, R�cken unten an 1 Stelle restauriert, R�nder berieben, Ecken bestossen; Deckbl�tter fleckig, Besitzervermerk auf dem vorderen Deckblatt, Papier stellenweise leicht fleckig. Schweiz, Thurgau, Geschichte vor 1900 [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Antiquariat Gerber AG]
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ETYMOLOGICUM MAGNUM GRAECUM VENEZIA, ZACHARIAS KALLIERGES PER NIKOLAOS BLASTOS, 8 LUGLIO 1499,
in-folio (393 x 273mm), ff. 224 n.n., splendida legatura coeva in cuoio, i piatti ornati a secco da riquadri di filetti e da duplice quadrante con due bordure a volute intrecciate e fregi al centro ed agli angoli, dorso a nervi (abili restauri agli scomparti superiore e inf. del dorso, ed agli angoli). Testo su due colonne, composto con l�eccezionale corsivo creato dal Calliergi dopo 5 anni di lavoro, e qui utilizzato per la prima volta. La sua estrema eleganza e' anche dovuta al fatto che per la prima volta nella storia della tipografia riusci' a realizzare un carattere unico per le vocali ed i loro accenti e spiriti, mentre il carattere di Aldo necessitava di un�accentuazione separata. L�edizione e' arricchita da 23 stupende testate silogr. con fregi e volute e da 23 grandissime iniziali riccamente ornate, il tutto impresso in rosso all�inizio della trattazione di ogni lettera dell�alfabeto; e da centinaia di capilettera ornati piu' piccoli e da tutte le migliaia di maiuscole del volume anch�esse stampate in rosso. Editio princeps, curata da Marcus Musurus, del piu' importante lessico dell�antichita' (stimato attorno all�XI secolo d.C.) che, oltre a registrare sotto vocaboli disposti alfabeticamente le loro etimologie, da' spesso notizie sulla loro ortografia ed il loro senso lessicale, e nozioni storiche e scientifiche sulle conoscenze enciclopediche dell�epoca. Rarissimo capolavoro dell�arte tipografica, non solo greca, del Quattrocento, il primo dei soli 4 libri impressi dai torchi veneziani del Calliergi. Esemplare molto marginoso, ben inchiostrato, soprattutto nelle decorative parti in rosso, lieve macchia d�umido nel margine superiore bianco dei primi 10 ff., piccola mancanza nel margine inferiore bianco del primo foglio. Nel complesso splendido esemplare, eccezionalmente fresco. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria PREGLIASCO�]
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Pelbartus de Temesvar Pomerium de tempore. Augsburg, Johann Otmar fŸr Johannis Schšnsperger jun. 1502. Fol. 225 nn.Bll. mit gro�em Titelmetallschnitt.- Angeb.: Ders., Pomerium quadragesimale. Augsburg, Schšnsperger 1502. Fol. 94 nn.Bll. mit (wdh.) Titelmetallschnitt; spŠtgotischer Kalbsldrbd. Ÿber Holzdeckeln mit 2 Schlie�en.
- I) VD 16, P 1181 - RMK III, 105 - Slg. Borda 8 - Zapf, Augsb. Buchdr. II, 8.- II) VD 16, P 1194 - RMK III, 106.- Sehr seltene erste Augsburger Ausgabe (erstmals 1499 bei Gran Hagenau gedruckt).- Pelbartus de Themeswar (1435 - 1504) war die grš�te Gestalt der ungarischen Predigtliteratur im spŠten Mittelalter. Zwischen 1489 und 1498 brachte er sein Hauptwerk, eine aus mehreren Teilen bestehende umfangreiche Predigtensammlung zu Papier, der er den zusammenfassenden Titel Pomerium (Obstgarten) gab.- Der gro�e Titelmetallschnitt auf schwarzem Grund zeigt Pelbartus am Schreibpult sitzend, an den Ecken angesetzt sind vier Medaillons mit den Evangelien-Symbolen.- Kl. Fehlstelle im Titel u. Eckabriss v. Bl.36 ergŠnzt, kl. Fehlstellen im RŸcken u. Schlie�en ergŠnzt, insges. sehr schšnes breitrandiges Ex., Initialen in rot u. blau. [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Antiquariat M�ller]
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CAPELLA, MARTIANUS Opus Martiani Capella de Nuptijs Philologie et Mercurij libri duo. De Grammatica. De Dialectica. De Rhetorica. De Geometria. De Arithmetica. De astronomia. De Musica libri septem.
Vicenza, Enrico di Sant'Orso 1499 - Folio (cm 31.5), mezza pergamena ottocentesca con angoli, lievi bruniture per la qual. della carta, alcuni legg. aloni, il fascicolo 'c' legg. pi corto, peraltro esemplare con ampi margini. Cc. 124 in carattere romano. Editio princeps di quest'opera di grande importanza storica, il 'De Nuptiis' una enciclopedia dell'erudizione classica, ed una fonte del platonismo e della filosofia ermetica. L'opera costruita su un impianto fortemente allegorico (l'ascesa al cielo della Filologia con le sette arti liberali per sposare Mercurio, cio l'eloquenza), e riprende temi e spunti da altri scrittori, come Apuleio e Varrone. � strutturata in due parti distinte: i primi due libri sono interamente incentrati sulla cornice narrativa, densamente popolata di figure allegoriche, con la narrazione della ricerca di una moglie da parte di Mercurio e la presentazione di Filologia, la sposa designata, al concilio degli dei; la seconda parte articolata in sette libri, in ciascuno dei quali esposta una delle arti liberali, dapprima quelle del trivio (grammatica, dialettica, retorica), poi quelle del quadrivio (geometria, aritmetica, astronomia, musica). Dalla tarda antichitˆ, ma soprattutto dall' etˆ carolingia all' etˆ rinascimentale, le 'Nozze' furono ampiamente usate come libro di testo e come punto di riferimento indispensabile per lo studio delle discipline liberali. Un tratto peculiare di quest'opera la lingua, ricca di volgarismi, metafore pesanti e frequenti figure retoriche, tanto che il testo sub" tra Medioevo e Rinascimento numerose manipolazioni. L'autore, africano di Cartagine, pagano (o almeno non cristiano), era un avvocato, divenuto scrittore in etˆ avanzata. Visse tra due avvenimenti nefasti per la storia romana: il sacco di Roma del 410 e il sacco di Cartagine, compiuto dai Vandali nel 439. Secondo uno studio recentemente pubblicato da Giovanni Reale, la celebre Allegoria della Primavera di Botticelli (agli Uffizi) sarebbe una trasposizione pittorica del 'De Nuptiis'. Hain/Cop. 4370; Klebs 668.1; Smith, Rara arithmetica p.66; Pellechet 3224; Polain, Belgique 967; IBE 1421; IGI 2426; IBP 1392; VoulliŽme, Berlin 4602; Rhodes, Oxford Colleges 502; Proctor 7174; BMC VII, 1048; XII 74. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico Paolo Rambaldi*]
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Regiomontanus, Joannes (Johann M�ller) Kalendarium magistri Ioannis de Mo[n]teregio [Calendar]
Erhard Ratdolt, Augsburg 1499 - A very rare incunable edition of one of the most important astronomical works of 15th century. BINDING, COLLATION, ETC: Quarto (207 mm x 145 mm). Bound in modern full vellum over boards (boards paneled in blind with small gilt fleuron corner-pieces), two pairs of silk ties. Unfoliated; 30 (of 30) unnumbered leaves (but forming 28 physical leaves = 56 pages). The last four leaves, printed on one side only (c9v, c10r, c11v and blank c12r), are pasted together (as intended) to form 2 double-thick leaves with full page woodcuts of instrument on each of the four pages. Signature collation: a10 b8 c12. Leaf c8 is blank and genuine, but misbound at the end (after quire c). COMPLETE, but without the moveable volvelle and the brass pointer on diagrams of instruments. Printed in gothic type. Fifteen fine black-on-white decorative initials of various sizes. Title printed in red in large gothic type on a1, with a laudatory poem on verso. Calendar tables printed in red and black; 30 DIAGRAMS OF ECLIPSES on leaves b4v-b6v also IN BLACK AND RED. FOUR FULL PAGE WOODCUT DIAGRAMS OF ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS on last four pages. Colophon on c7v. CONDITION: Lacking the volvelles and the brass pointer, otherwise complete and Very Good copy. Light browning, marginal foxing and/or finger-soiling, second plate of instruments with 3 small holes caused by the brass pointer, some contemporary manuscript annotations, including an ink drawing of three circular diagrams to bottom margin of a2r. Outer margins of some leaves ruled in ink. ADDITIONAL NOTES: According to the British Museum Catalogue (BMC XV cent. II, p. 389-390), this 1499 Latin edition of Regiomontanus' perpetual calendar is 'a page for page reprint of the 1496 issue.' It is illustrated with thirty woodcut diagrams of the lunar and solar eclipses for the years 1497 - 1530 printed in red and black, as well as four full page woodcuts of astronomical instruments. ISTC locates only four copies of this edition in the US. Outstanding German mathematician and astronomer Johannes M�ller von K�nigsberg (1436-1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus, first printed his Kalendarium at the press he established at his own house in Nuremberg to disseminate scientific literature. The Kalendarium was an epoch-making work: it was the first application of the advanced methods of astronomical calculation and observation to the production of a perpetual calendar (including calculation of Easter) and the accurate prediction of eclipses. REFERENCES: Goff R-100; Hain 13783; Klebs 836.9; Proctor 1912 ; BMC II, 389; CIBN R-66; Schreiber 4380; Zinner 732. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Lux et Umbra]
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PIETRO D?ARGELATA. Cirurgia.
[Colophon:] Venetiis [Venice]: [no printer], 1499. - Folio, 131 leaves (of 132, lacking the last blank). Gothic letter, double column, 70 lines plus headline, woodcut initials. Old repair to upper corner of C8 with loss of folio number, old repairs to a wormhole in the lower corner of 14 leaves, a few pale dampstains in the margins, last (blank) page a bit soiled and ragged in the upper corner, corners of last few leaves a little worn. Eighteenth century sheep-backed boards, spine repaired at head. Annotated in an early hand in the margins of about 68 pages (some cropped by the later binder). Fourth edition. Pietro d?Argelata (d. 1423) was the most distinguished pupil of Guy de Chauliac, and the principal surgeon between Guy and John of Vigo. He was professor at Bologna, and his Cirurgia was first published in 1480, edited by Matthaeus Moretus. He "taught the dry treatment of wounds, but powdered them; was skilled in dentistry, used sutures and drainage-tubes in wounds, trephined the skull, incised the linea alba in post-mortem Caesarean section, and sometimes operated for hernia, stone, and fistula in ano" (Garrison). He recommended compressing bandages in chronic ulcers, did not sew up wounds of nerves, cauterised varicose veins, and accomplished the removal of teeth by medicine rather than by pulling them out. The work contains a careful review of earlier literature with numerous references. The various chapters cover wounds in general and of particular parts, and ulcers in general and of particular parts, with other chapters on specific disorders such as hernia and scabies, and parts of the body including the eyes, ears, teeth and gums, skin, nerves, spine, etc. It contains a post-mortem carried out on the body of Pope Alexander V, who died suddenly and mysteriously in Bologna in 1410 (Long, p. 62). The annotations in this copy range from a brief note or just a single word to much longer notes occupying a whole margin. They are most extensive in the chapters on wounds. Klebs 777.4. BMC V, 588. GKW 2324. Wellcome I, 398. See Stillwell III, 481. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Nigel Phillips ABA ILAB]
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THEODOSIUS II; SICHARD, JOHANNES, EDITOR Codicis Theodosiani Libri XVI: Qiubus [sic] Sunt Ipsorum Principum...
Theodosius II, [401-450] CE Emperor of the East. Sichard, Johannes (1499-1552), Editor. Gaius [c.115-180 CE]. Frontinus, Sextis Julius [c.40-103 CE). Paulus, Julius, [fl. c.200 CE]. Maecianus, L. Volusius [Second Century, CE.]. Aggenus, Urbicus. Codicis Theodosiani Libri XVI: Qiubus [sic] Sunt Ipsorum Principum Autoritate Adiectae Novellae Theodosij, Valentiniani, Martiani, Maioriani, Seueri, Caij Institutionum Lib. II, Iulij Pauli Receptarum Sententiarum Lib. V, Gregoriani Codicis Lib. V, Hermogeniani Lib. I, Papiniani Tit. I: Hiis Nos Adjecimus ex Vetustissimis Bibliothecis, Eo Quod ad Ius Civile Pertinerent, & Alterius Etiam Responsa Passim in Pandectis Legerentur, L. Volusij Metiani Lib. de Asse, Julij Frontini Lib. de Controversijs Limitum, Cum Aggeni Urbici Commentarijs. [Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1528]. [vi], 178 [i.e. 172] ff. (forming 356 pages). Gatherings D, E and G paginated rather than foliated. Collation: a6 a-z4 A-C4 D-E2 F4 G2 H-V4 X6. Folio (12" x 8"). Handsome recent vellum using a circa 16th century antiphonal leaf, two pairs of calf ties, endpapers renewed. Numerous decorative and historiated woodcut initials by Hans Holbein the Younger, mostly from his various Kinderalphabeten, including a splendid 9-line opening initial 'S' on leaf a1r, depicting two putti, one playing a lute. This magnificent initial belongs to the group of seven Kinderinitialen that, according to Schneeli & Heitz are Holbein's largest. Some toning, light marginal damp-staining to portions of text. Many leaves with scholarly marginal notes in fine early century hand. Minor soiling to margins of a few leaves. A very attractive exemplar. $7,500. * First edition. Sichard, or Sichardt, was a notable German humanist and professor of Rhetoric at the University of Basel. His edition is a notable imprint because it contains an early critical edition of the Codex Theodosianus and the first complete edition of the Lex Romana Visigothorum. Commissioned by the Emperor Theodosius II in 429 CE, the Codex is an official compilation of all laws enacted since the reign of Constantine. Completed in 438 CE, and ratified that year by the Senate, it was the standard legal text o [Bookseller: Lawbook Exchange]
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Pietro Martire Vermigli Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Truman State University Press. Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562) was a scriptural exegete, but also an Aristotelian philosopher. His voluminous commentaries on Old and New Testament books are complemented by this volume, the only one of its kind in his corpus. It provides a window into the complex world of early modern European philosophical translation and commentary, as well as the theology and ethics of the Reformed camp. Theological commentaries on Aristotle are an important part of the history of the philosophy-theology connection. Thomas Aquinas is an outstanding example, and Peter Martyr Vermigli follows in his steps. It reflects Vermigli's years at Padua studying the? practical Aristotle. ? This lecture series, given at Strasbourg 1553-56, provides a running commentary, showing the positive take on Aristotle, along with the decisive criterion of scripture. It is a major contribution to the debate on Reformed scholasticism, which casts Beza, Vermigli, and Zanchi as protagonists. It supports the thesis of Richard Muller and others that scholasticism is a method rather than a position, a pedagogical mode of organizing doctrine in behalf of clarity and interior logic. ISBN10: 193111255X. [Bookseller: Alibris]
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SUIDAS Lexicon Graecum.
(In fine:) Milano, Joannes Bissolis & Benedictus Mangius per Demetrio Chalcondylas, 15 Novembre 1499, in-folio (mm 346x223), ff. 516, legatura fine Settecento in p. pelle, piatti adorni di sottile bordura in oro; titolo e fregi in oro al dorso (rifatto). Impresa tipogr. in fine, utilizzo di 3 differenti caratteri greci assai belli, qualche passaggio in latino. L'incipit dell'opera (f. a3r) � adorno di una bordura miniata presumibilmente nel Seicento: tale f. � incorniciato sui margini esterni da grottesche ed elementi floreali ricalcanti i modi miniatori cinquecenteschi, il bordo superiore presenta due angeli reggenti lo stemma araldico di un cardinale non identificato, mentre nel bordo inferiore due angeli, di dimensioni maggiori, sorreggono le armi, della stessa famiglia, per� con il solo emblema dello scoiattolo entro scudo su fondo rosso; al medesimo f. iniziale miniata su fondo oro con elementi floreali. Editio princeps di questo importantissimo lessico composto attorno al 1000 d.C.; ricco di oltre 3000 voci, � la pi� ampia raccolta greca del genere. Comprende non solo dati grammaticali ed etimologici, ma anche notizie storiche, geografiche, scientifiche, letterarie e biografiche; Suidas pi� che il nome del compilatore, sarebbe il titolo della raccolta ed avrebbe il significato di vademecum. Straordinario incunabulo, il pi� bel libro greco mai stampato a Milano, e la pi� monumetale singola edizione greca del Quattrocento; si ritiene sia stato stampato in 800 esempl. �The Souidas is an enormously voluminous book... we have 2,077,650 greek letters in the book. To do all the punch-cutti months, was a marvellous feat, and justified those concerned in the production of the book in the laudatory dialogue.. � (PROCTOR, Printing of Greek, p. 112). Di notevole interesse � la vicenda che ha preceduto la pubblicazione di questo libro, che rientra nei complicati meccanismi di privilegi e brevetti per la stampa greca a Venezia: si tratta dell'unica produzione milanese di questi tipografi, che avevano gi� stampato in precedenza a Venezia. I carpigiani Benedetto de Manzi e Giovanni Bissolo erano collaboratori di Gabriel di Brassichella, che a sua volta lavorava con Aldo Manuzio. In qualche modo Aldo riusc� a fare annullare il privilegio per alcuni testi greci concesso al Brassichella, che fu costretto a lasciare Venezia; Bissolo e Manzi cercarono di vendicarsi di Aldo, associandosi con Demetrio Calcondila e riuscendo a pubblicare lo Suida a tempo di record nel 1499; in effetti Aldo dovette procurarsi un altro manoscritto ed attendere 15 anni per poter stampare la propria edizione. In seguito all'occupazione francese di Milano per� la societ� fu costretta a chiudere. Ottimo esemplare, molto marginoso e su carta forte, notazioni di possesso: sul contropiatto ant. ex-libris di Furstenberg e di Charles Butler, nota ms. al f. a1r "Caroli Morisoni". Note ms. di mano ottocentesca sul contenuto dell'opera sul settimo f. di sguardia ant. (piccoli fori di tarlo nel margine inferiore bianco dei primi 30 ff. ca.) Goff S-829. BMC VI,792. H* 15135. IGI 9189. [Bookseller: Pregliasco Libreria Antiquaria di Umbert]
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Stein, S. T., Die allgemeine Elektrisation des menschlichen K�rpers. Elektrotechnische Beitr�ge zur �rztlichen Behandlung der Nervenschw�che (Nervosit�t und Neuroasthenie) sowie verwandter allgemeiner Neurosen.Knapp Halle, 2. Aufl., 1883,
- X, 1 Bl., 144 S. m. 64 Textholzschnitte und 1 Tafel, Halbleinen (half cloth) Fischer II, S. 1499. Stein, Sigmund Theodor (1840-1891) war prakt. Arzt in Frankfurt. "Er machte sich sowohl um die wissenschaftl. Photographie wie um die medizin. Elektrizit�tslehre verdient und f�rderte auch die Verbreitung und Vertiefung elektrotechnischer Kenntnisse". (Fischer). [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Dr. Martin Saendig GmbH]
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JOSEPHUS, Flavius [c. 37-c. 100 A.D.]. De Antiquitatibus ac de bello Judaico.
Colophon: Venice: Albertinus Vercellensis for Octavianus Scotus, October 23, 1499. - Folio (30 x 20 cm). 2 parts in 1. Ff. [14]table, 181, [1]blank, 182-260, [1]register. 276 leaves. a8, b6, A-Y8, Z6, AA-KK8. 60 lines. Printed in Roman type, with numerous large and small woodcut initials. Bound in early vellum with ink lettered spin e and three double raised bands, rejointed with old repairs to spine. Light dampstaining to inner margin of preliminary leaves, a little marginal foxing and browning, especially to opening and closing leaves, extensive though relatively minor wormin g throughout, sometimes affecting letterpress, but not generally impairing legibility, 1" closed tear to f. A, occasional marginal notes in an early hand, but on the whole a nice clean copy. A reprint of the Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis edition of 1486, employing the Latin text attributed to Rufinus Aquileiensis, first published by Johann Schussler in Augburg, 1470. This edition contains the two principal works of Josephus, "Antiquities of the Jews" and "The Jewish War". The former trac es the history of the Jews from Creation to the beginning of the Jewish revolt in 66 A.D. Its purpose was to glorify the Jewish nation in Roman eyes. It contains one of the few extra-biblical accounts of John the Baptist and Jesus, which may account for the fact that Josephus' writings were preserved from oblivion by the Christians. The second work (actually written first), "The Jewish War", is an eye-witness account of the Jewish insurrection against Rome which culminated in the destructi on of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. As governor of Galilee, Josephus joined the revolt and fought against the forces of Vespasian during the siege of Jotapata in 67 A.D. After his capture, Josephus ingratiated himself with the Roman general by predicting he would soon be emperor. When Vespasian did become emperor two years later, he granted Josephus full Roman citizenship and a pension. In his subsequent account of events of the Jewish revolt, Josephus was careful to explain the Jewish cause in such a way as to not offend the sensitivities of his Roman benefactors -- thereby compromising his credibility in the eyes of his critics. Nevertheless, his writings remain an indispensable record of the period. Hain-Copinger 9455. Goff J-487. Proctor 5148. [Bookseller: ABELARD BOOKS]
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Josephus, Flavius. DE ANTIQUITATE JUDAICA. DE BELLO JUDAICO
(Venezia: Albertinus Vercelle per Octavianus Scotus, 23, Oct. 1499) A SCARCE and attractive Venetian Josephus, the first work to be printed by Albertinus Vercellensis without his brother Joannes Rubeus. 60 lines and headline in fine Roman type, with many fine woodcut historiated initials, some quite large and a few hand-coloured Chancery Folio (311 x 208 mm.], in 19th century calf-backed boards, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt and with a gilt device, with central gilt bust in 4 (one obscured) of the compartments and fine morocco labels in the remaining 2 (finely ruled), stippled and lettered in gilt, page edges speckled in light blue. (14 ff), I-CCLX leaves, (1). (being, a8, A-Y8, Z6, AA-KK8). Lacking blank leaf z.6. A handsome and significant copy in uncommonly fresh state, some expected and occasional very light staining primarily in the margins, a few minor paper flaws and two expert small repairs, the upper outside hinge of the binding starting but still quite solid. VERY SCARCE AND A VERY ATTRACTIVELY PRINTED INCUNABLE JOSEPHUS. This attractive Venetian Josephus was the first work to be printed by Albertinus Vercellensis without his brother Joannes Rubeus. Johannes had begun printing alone at Treviso in around 1480, but issued books from Venice beginning about 1482. His first major Venetian undertaking was his first Josephus which appeared in 1486. In April 1489 he appears to have been joined by his brother, who later that year also began printing books under his name alone, beginning with this present work. "Josephus was a learned Jew who lived in the latter half of the first century of our era. At Rome he early made a favorable impression on the imperial government. Returning to Jerusalem, he endeavored to dissuade his countrymen from their intended revolt against Roman authority; but, failing in his efforts, he joined the war party. He was made a general, and was intrusted with the defense of Galilee; but, after a desperate resistance, was betrayed to the Roman commander. Long held as a prisoner, he was present at the siege of Jerusalem. At the close of the war he went to Rome, was presented with the freedom of the city, an annual pension, and a house that had formerly been the residence of an imperial family. The remainder of his life he gave up to literary pursuites" (Adams, Manual of Historical Literature, p. 81). His works cover the entire history of the nation to the fall of Jerusalem. [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.]
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JOSEPHUS, Flavius [c. 37-c. 100 A.D.]. De Antiquitatibus ac de bello Judaico.
Colophon: Venice: Albertinus Vercellensis for Octavianus Scotus, October 23, 1499. - Folio (30 x 20 cm). 2 parts in 1. Ff. [14]table, 181, [1]blank, 182-260, [1]register. 276 leaves. a8, b6, A-Y8, Z6, AA-KK8. 60 lines. Printed in Roman type, with numerous large and small woodcut initials. Bound in early vellum with ink lettered spin e and three double raised bands, rejointed with old repairs to spine. Light dampstaining to inner margin of preliminary leaves, a little marginal foxing and browning, especially to opening and closing leaves, extensive though relatively minor wormin g throughout, sometimes affecting letterpress, but not generally impairing legibility, 1" closed tear to f. A, occasional marginal notes in an early hand, but on the whole a nice clean copy. A reprint of the Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis edition of 1486, employing the Latin text attributed to Rufinus Aquileiensis, first published by Johann Schussler in Augburg, 1470. This edition contains the two principal works of Josephus, "Antiquities of the Jews" and "The Jewish War". The former trac es the history of the Jews from Creation to the beginning of the Jewish revolt in 66 A.D. Its purpose was to glorify the Jewish nation in Roman eyes. It contains one of the few extra-biblical accounts of John the Baptist and Jesus, which may account for the fact that Josephus' writings were preserved from oblivion by the Christians. The second work (actually written first), "The Jewish War", is an eye-witness account of the Jewish insurrection against Rome which culminated in the destructi on of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. As governor of Galilee, Josephus joined the revolt and fought against the forces of Vespasian during the siege of Jotapata in 67 A.D. After his capture, Josephus ingratiated himself with the Roman general by predicting he would soon be emperor. When Vespasian did become emperor two years later, he granted Josephus full Roman citizenship and a pension. In his subsequent account of events of the Jewish revolt, Josephus was careful to explain the Jewish cause in such a way as to not offend the sensitivities of his Roman benefactors -- thereby compromising his credibility in the eyes of his critics. Nevertheless, his writings remain an indispensable record of the period. Hain-Copinger 9455. Goff J-487. Proctor 5148. [Bookseller: ABELARD BOOKS]
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Cicero, Marcus Tulius & Cornelius Nepos. [Epistolae ad Br...
Bartholomaeus Salicetus and Ludovicus Regis eds. Additions by Pomponius Laetus. Venice: [Phillipus Pincius,] 1499, 12 June. Folio. 310 x 212mm. a-q8, r4. 132 leaves. Contemp. oak boards with leather backing, rubbing and restorations to spine, lacks clasps (front cover has leather remains), wormholes in covers; medieval vellum ms. used as binder�s pastedowns with central text and commentary; dampstain to upper inner margin at front an outer margin in rear; wormhole in text (some letters affected); ink burn hole in one of the added leaves at front; contemporary marginal annotations throughout; 8 leaves have been added (4 front, 4 rear) which have contemporary index in red and brown inks (7 of the pages are used); old institution number stamped at end with library mark removed, a few old stains.. 2 White on black decorated initials.Type 16:108R; Greek type 80 Gkb. "The letters of Cicero are of a varied character. They range from the most informal communications with members of his family to serious and elaborate compositions which are practically treatises in epistolary form. A very large proportion of them were obviously written out of the mood of the moment, with no thought of the possibility of publication; and in these the style is comparatively relaxed and colloquial. Others, addressed to public characters, are practically of the same nature as his speeches, discussions of political questions intended to influence public opinion...In the case of both of these two main groups the interest is twofold: personal and historical, though it is naturally in the private letters that we find most light thrown on the character of the writer. In spite of the spontaneity of these epistles there exists a great difference of opinion among scholars as to the personality revealed by them, and both in the extent of the divergence of view and in the heat of the controversy we are reminded of modern discussions of the characters of men such as Gladstone or Roosevelt. It has been fairly said that there is on the whole more chance of justice to Cicero from the man of the world who understands how the stress and change of politics lead a statesman into apparently inconsistent utterances than from the professional scholar who subjects these utterances to the severest logical scrutiny, without the illumination of practical experience." [Evelyn Shuckburg, Letters of Cicero, 1909.]Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-24 BC) was a Roman biographer. Supposedly he was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. His Gallic origin is attested by Ausonius, and Pliny the Elder calls him Padi accola ('a dweller on the River Po, Natural History III.22). He was a friend of Catullus, who dedicates his poems to him (I.3), Cicero and Titus Pomponius Atticus. Eusebius places him in the fourth year of the reign of Augustus, which is supposed to be when he began to attract critical acclaim by his writing.Pomponius Laetus, �Humanist, born in Calabria in 1425; d. at Rome in 1497. He was a bastard of the House of the Sanseverino of Naples, Princes of Salerno, but owing to his great admiration for antiquity and the Roman Republic he would not recognize them as connections. When very young he went to Rome and became a pupil of Valla. His brilliant capacities won him admiration and success. He wished to live the life of the ancients. His vineyard on the Quirinal was cultivated in accordance with the precepts of Varro and of Columella, and he was himself regarded as a second Cato.� [CE]Basically a reprint of Pincius� c1495 edition with the addition of a note to readers by Julius Pomponius Laetus. Goff C503. Hain/Copinger 5217. Pell 3628. IBE 1594. IGI 2805. IBP 1522. Saj�-Solt�sz 992. G�nt(L) 3561. Walsh 2470. Sheppard 4409. Bodleian C286. Proctor 5322. BMC V 499. GW 6862. BSB C324.050. ISTC ic00503000. Schweiger I,164. [Bookseller: Krown & Spellman, Booksellers*]
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Josephus Flavius DE ANTIQUITATE JUDAICA. DE BELLO JUDAICO
Venezia Albertinus Vercelle per Octavianus Scotus 23, Oct. 1499 - A SCARCE and attractive Venetian Josephus, the first work to be printed by Albertinus Vercellensis without his brother Joannes Rubeus. 60 lines and headline in fine Roman type, with many fine woodcut historiated initials, some quite large and a few hand-coloured Chancery Folio (311 x 208 mm.], in 19th century calf-backed boards, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt and with a gilt device, with central gilt bust in 4 (one obscured) of the compartments and fine morocco labels in the remaining 2 (finely ruled), stippled and lettered in gilt, page edges speckled in light blue. (14 ff), I-CCLX leaves, (1). (being, a8, A-Y8, Z6, AA-KK8). Lacking blank leaf z.6. A handsome and significant copy in uncommonly fresh state, some expected and occasional very light staining primarily in the margins, a few minor paper flaws and two expert small repairs, the upper outside hinge of the binding starting but still quite solid. VERY SCARCE AND A VERY ATTRACTIVELY PRINTED INCUNABLE JOSEPHUS. This attractive Venetian Josephus was the first work to be printed by Albertinus Vercellensis without his brother Joannes Rubeus. Johannes had begun printing alone at Treviso in around 1480, but issued books from Venice beginning about 1482. His first major Venetian undertaking was his first Josephus which appeared in 1486. In April 1489 he appears to have been joined by his brother, who later that year also began printing books under his name alone, beginning with this present work. "Josephus was a learned Jew who lived in the latter half of the first century of our era. At Rome he early made a favorable impression on the imperial government. Returning to Jerusalem, he endeavored to dissuade his countrymen from their intended revolt against Roman authority; but, failing in his efforts, he joined the war party. He was made a general, and was intrusted with the defense of Galilee; but, after a desperate resistance, was betrayed to the Roman commander. Long held as a prisoner, he was present at the siege of Jerusalem. At the close of the war he went to Rome, was presented with the freedom of the city, an annual pension, and a house that had formerly been the residence of an imperial family. The remainder of his life he gave up to literary pursuites" (Adams, Manual of Historical Literature, p. 81). His works cover the entire history of the nation to the fall of Jerusalem. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. ABAA]
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Suidas, [Greek Lexicon]. LEXICON GRAECUM.
(Milan: Joannes Bissolis & Benedictus Mangius per Demetrio Chalcondylas, 15 November 1499) First Edition and Editio Princeps. A unique production of the Milanese typography created for this great Greek Lexicon. With the use of three different very fine Greek characters with different and separate fonts for the Latin passages. Folio, in a fine and handsome binding of full dark morocco in contemporary style, blindstamped and decorated very tastefully. 516 folio leaves. A beautiful copy, with generous margins. Fresh and very well preserved. A BOOK OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE. THIS IS THE EDITIO PRINCEPS AND FIRST EDITION OF THIS SUPERB BOOK. �The Souida is an enormously voluminous book. There are at least 2,077,650 Greek letters in the book. To do all the punch-cutting and casting required, and to edit and print off a volume of this size in a time which cannot in any case exceed 15 or 16 months, was a marvellous feat, and justified those concerned in the production of the book in the laudatory dialogue...(Proctor, Printing of Greek, p. 112). The first edition of the book has been called one of the most important literary monuments from the Byzantine period (Krumbacher pp. 563-70). Based in part on the work of hesychius, it contains much information on Greek literature and history and preserves much �that is ultimately derived from the earliest or best authorities in ancient scholarship, and includes topics from many departments of Greek learning and civilization� (Oxford Classical Dict.) Aldus took as his copy text for his 1514 edition a manuscript different from that used for this, the true first edition and editio princeps. [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.]
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ETYMOLOGICUM MAGNUM GRAECUM
Venezia, Zacharias Kallierges per Nikolaos Blastos, 8 Luglio 1499, in-folio (393 x 273mm), ff. 224 n.n., splendida legatura coeva in cuoio, i piatti ornati a secco da riquadri di filetti e da duplice quadrante con due bordure a volute intrecciate e fregi al centro ed agli angoli, dorso a nervi (abili restauri agli scomparti superiore e inf. del dorso, ed agli angoli). Testo su due colonne, composto con l�eccezionale corsivo creato dal Calliergi dopo 5 anni di lavoro, e qui utilizzato per la prima volta. La sua estrema eleganza � anche dovuta al fatto che per la prima volta nella storia della tipografia riusc� a realizzare un carattere unico per le vocali ed i loro accenti e spiriti, mentre il carattere di Aldo necessitava di un�accentuazione separata. L�edizione � arricchita da 23 stupende testate silogr. con fregi e volute e da 23 grandissime iniziali riccamente ornate, il tutto impresso in rosso all�inizio della trattazione di ogni lettera dell�alfabeto; e da centinaia di capilettera ornati pi� piccoli e da tutte le migliaia di maiuscole del volume anch�esse stampate in rosso. Editio princeps, curata da Marcus Musurus, del pi� importante lessico dell�antichit� (stimato attorno all�XI secolo d.C.) che, oltre a registrare sotto vocaboli disposti alfabeticamente le loro etimologie, d� spesso notizie sulla loro ortografia ed il loro senso lessicale, e nozioni storiche e scientifiche sulle conoscenze enciclopediche dell�epoca. Rarissimo capolavoro dell�arte tipografica, non solo greca, del Quattrocento, il primo dei soli 4 libri impressi dai torchi veneziani del Calliergi. Esemplare molto marginoso, ben inchiostrato, soprattutto nelle decorative parti in rosso, lieve macchia d�umido nel margine superiore bianco dei primi 10 ff., piccola mancanza nel margine inferiore bianco del primo foglio. Nel complesso splendido esemplare, eccezionalmente fresco. [Bookseller: Pregliasco Libreria Antiquaria di Umbert]
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Graduale s
(Impressum Venetijs cura atq(ue) impe(n)s(is) nobil(is) viri Lucea(n)tonij de Giunta flore(n)tini : arte aute(m) Joan(n)is Emerici de Spira : anno incarnationis d(omin)ice : MCCCCLXXXXIX (ottobre 1499 IIII k(a)l(endas) octobris).. 3 carte non numerate e 215 numerate. Mancano, per il primo volume completo dell'opera, la carta 216 contenente parte del graduale della domenica XXIII e la carta 217 di colophon (il colophon e desunto dalla copia dell'opera esistente presso la biblioteca di Foligno, tra le poche in Italia a disporre dell'opera completa). Dalla collazione della stessa opera presente a Foligno, si desume che l'esemplare e completo di tutte le sue carte dal frontespizio alle altre due cc.non num.fino alla carta CCXV. Non possiamo inserire nella numerazione delle segnature le prime 3 carte mancanti di qualsiasi registro, per le altre carte a1-7 (registro completo nonostante la disparita dei fogli, alcune bibliografie inseriscono una delle due carte introduttive come foglio all'interno di tale registro), B1-8; fino a F1-8 poi G1-7; H1-8; I1-7; K1-8; L1-7; poi M1-8 fino a S1-8; poi T1-10; Pgreco II, 1-5, mancano le ultime due carte del primo volume e complessivamente le ultime 3 dell'ultimo registro segnalato, ove probabilmente era inserita una carta bianca. Difatti per un'identica opera collazionata alla bibl.della N.Y. University, le segnature della seconda parte il "Sanctorale" ripartono dalla lettera A. Primo volume dell'opera, a se stante per quanto riguarda il "Graduale temporale", la seconda parte riporta difatti la sezione "Sanctorale". L'opera completa sarebbe risultata di 381 carte complessive (la parte "Sanctorale" segue la numerazione della parte "Temporale"). Tarli perfettamente restaurati al taglio alto delle prime 3 carte ed al taglio basso del Graduale vero e proprio, quasi mai sono lesi i caratteri tipografici. Dimensioni del volume: cm. 48 x 34 ca. (le dimensioni dell'opera collazionata sono differenti a seconda della biblioteca o del bibliografo curatore, ad esempio il Camerino riporta cm. 54 x 36; la copia del British Museum e di cm. 54 x 38, la copia della Biblioteca di Washington di cm. 52 x 36). La pagina di frontespizio e stampata in caratteri rossi (di tipo gotico) di corpo 24, marca tipografica con giglio inserito in triplice filettatura e con le iniziali L.A. (di cm. 6 x 8,5). Verso del frontesp. Intitolato: "Frater Fra(n)ciscus de Brugis ordinis mino(rum) observantiu(m) de p(ro)nuncia sancti Antonij: ad cantores prefatio"; vrso stampato in caratteri ad inchiostro nero di tipo gotico (con spigolature molto addolcite) in 51 righe con caratteri di corpo 16; le altre 2 carte sono stampate con caratteri della stessa tipologia ma di corpo 10, con righe di paragrafo stampate ad inchiostro rosso, rubriche (3 in totale) ad inchiostro rosso e nero, esempi di musica notata a caratteri rossi e neri, le prime 3 carte riportano 2 capilettera incisi in negativo (con lettera in chiaro) di cm. 3 x 3 e 4 x 4 (i due con doppia filettatura all'esterno, con motivi floreali il primo e con figure antropomorfe il secondo). Le 215 carte del graduale sono tutte elegantemente impresse in rosso e nero, su ogni foglio sono riportate 7 righe notate al cui margine superiore sono inseriti i versi cantati, stampati in due colori in caratteri gotici di corpo 24ca., inoltre nelle 215 carte sono inseriti 8 splendidi capilettera animati, incisi elegantemente su legno, incorniciati in doppia filettatura, riproducenti scene tratte dalla vita di Gesu (realizzati in nero) di cm. 10 x 12. Sono inserite nel Graduale numerose rubriche stampate ad inchiostro rosso e nero. Il Graduale rappresenta uno dei massimi monumenti tipografici della fine del XV secolo, il tipografo infatti riusci con quest'opera nell'ambizioso progetto di sostituire gli amanuensi, anche nella realizzazione di opere con musica notata. Bibliografia consultata: BM 15th cent.vol.V: 541; Bohatta Lit.Bib.: 704; Camerini - Massera n.46; Essling 1208; Goff: G-332; Graesse III:128; Hain 7844; IGI 4357; Landau vol.I:527; Panzer 5288; Pellechet 5288; Proctor 5502; Rosenthal (edizione del 1949) n.2259; Sajo-Soltesz 1437; Sander 3211. Sono segnalate copie nelle seguenti biblioteche: Berkley UC; Budapest (completo); Firenze Marciana (solo seconda parte); Lawrence UK (mancano 24 carte); Lugo Bibl.Com. (mancano numerosi fogli); Milano (mancano 6 carte); Paris BN (solo primo vol.); Venezia BCM (mancano 2 carte); Washington LC (completa); opere complete sono situate in : Foligno, Parma, Rimini, Roma, Bibl. Vaticana, Verona, New York. [Bookseller: librerie antiquarie iavarone adlibros]
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Suidas [Greek Lexicon] LEXICON GRAECUM.
Milan Joannes Bissolis & Benedictus Mangius per Demetrio Chalcondylas 15 November 1499 - First Edition and Editio Princeps. A unique production of the Milanese typography created for this great Greek Lexicon. With the use of three different very fine Greek characters with different and separate fonts for the Latin passages. Folio, in a fine and handsome binding of full dark morocco in contemporary style, blindstamped and decorated very tastefully. 516 folio leaves. A beautiful copy, with generous margins. Fresh and very well preserved. A BOOK OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE. THIS IS THE EDITIO PRINCEPS AND FIRST EDITION OF THIS SUPERB BOOK. �The Souida is an enormously voluminous book. There are at least 2,077,650 Greek letters in the book. To do all the punch-cutting and casting required, and to edit and print off a volume of this size in a time which cannot in any case exceed 15 or 16 months, was a marvellous feat, and justified those concerned in the production of the book in the laudatory dialogue.(Proctor, Printing of Greek, p. 112). The first edition of the book has been called one of the most important literary monuments from the Byzantine period (Krumbacher pp. 563-70). Based in part on the work of hesychius, it contains much information on Greek literature and history and preserves much �that is ultimately derived from the earliest or best authorities in ancient scholarship, and includes topics from many departments of Greek learning and civilization� (Oxford Classical Dict.) Aldus took as his copy text for his 1514 edition a manuscript different from that used for this, the true first edition and editio princeps. [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. ABAA]
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The most important Greek authors edited by the famous humanist and archbishop Marcus Musurus (1470-1517) EPISTOLAE diversorum philosophorum oratorum. Rhetorum sex & viginti. Quorum nomina in sequenti in venies Pagina (in Greek).- EPISTOLAE Basilii Magni, Libanii Rhetoris, Chionis Platonici, Aeschinis & Isocratis oratorium, Phalaridis Tyranni, Bruti Romani, Apollonii Tyanensis, Iuliani Apostatae (in Greek).
Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1499.. 2 parts in one vol. 4to. Nineteenth century richly gilt and black-stamped calf, g.e. (266; 138) lvs.. Editio princeps of two collections of letters of the most important Greek authors, philosophers, politicians and scientists, like Plato, Demostenes, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Democrites, Heraclites, Diogenes, Euripides, etc. The editor of this important collection, republished at Geneva, in 1606, was the famous Greek humanist and archbishop Marcus Musurus (1470-1517), who contributed greatly to the success of the Greek editions by Aldus Manutius. The work is beautifully produced, and printed in a fine Greek type. All initials are left blank, with printed guide-letters. Good copy, with the bookplates of Johannes Fefri de Legnano, E.M.M. Rodocanachi, G.J. Arvanitidi, and one with the monogram R.E.P.- (Binding sl. rubbed). Renouard I, p. 24-25; Goff E 64; Hain-Copinger 6659; Klebs 379.1; Pellechet 4613; Polain 1416; Oates 2186; Proctor 5569; BMC V 560; GW 9367; IDL 1723. [Bookseller: Antiquariaat Forum BV]
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Suidas [Greek Lexicon] LEXICON GRAECUM.
Milan Joannes Bissolis & Benedictus Mangius per Demetrio Chalcondylas 15 November 1499 - First Edition and Editio Princeps. A unique production of the Milanese typography created for this great Greek Lexicon. With the use of three different very fine Greek characters with different and separate fonts for the Latin passages. Folio, in a fine and handsome binding of full dark morocco in contemporary style, blindstamped and decorated very tastefully. 516 folio leaves. A beautiful copy, with generous margins. Fresh and very well preserved. A BOOK OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE. THIS IS THE EDITIO PRINCEPS AND FIRST EDITION OF THIS SUPERB BOOK. �The Souida is an enormously voluminous book. There are at least 2,077,650 Greek letters in the book. To do all the punch-cutting and casting required, and to edit and print off a volume of this size in a time which cannot in any case exceed 15 or 16 months, was a marvellous feat, and justified those concerned in the production of the book in the laudatory dialogue.(Proctor, Printing of Greek, p. 112). The first edition of the book has been called one of the most important literary monuments from the Byzantine period (Krumbacher pp. 563-70). Based in part on the work of hesychius, it contains much information on Greek literature and history and preserves much �that is ultimately derived from the earliest or best authorities in ancient scholarship, and includes topics from many departments of Greek learning and civilization� (Oxford Classical Dict.) Aldus took as his copy text for his 1514 edition a manuscript different from that used for this, the true first edition and editio princeps. [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. ABAA]
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PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius Historia Naturalis.
- Venice, Joannes Alvisius, 18 de mayo de 1499. En folio. 268 hojas. 57 lineas por p�gina. Encuadernaci�n en pergamino del siglo diecisiete. Temprana edici�n de la "Historia Natural" de Plinio, editada por Hieronimo Barbaro. El impresor Joannes Alvisius tuvo una breve actividad durante el per�odo incunable, imprimiendo s�lo siete obras; esta edici�n sigue de cerca la edici�n de Benalio de 1497/8.Plinio escribi� su Historia Natural entre los a�os 23 y 79 de nuestra era, es la primera enciclopedia de la naturaleza concebida como tal; dividida en 37 libros, en ella se recogen los conocimientos cient�ficos m�s importantes del mundo antiguo en las materias de geograf�a, cosmolog�a, medicina, mineralog�a, fisiolog�a animal y vegetal, historia del arte, etc. Precisamente muri� v�ctima de su curiosidad cient�fica al observar la erupci�n del Vesubio que acab� con Pompeya y Herculano.Contiene: I Prefacio, tabla de contenidos, y bibliograf�a. II Astronom�a y meteorolog�a. III Geograf�a del Mediterr�neo occidental. IV Geograf�a del Mediterr�neo oriental. V Geograf�a de �frica, Oriente Medio y Turqu�a. VI Geograf�a de Asia. VII Antropolog�a y Psicolog�a humana. VIII Zoolog�a de los animales terrestres IX Zoolog�a de los animales marinos. X Zoolog�a, Ornitolog�a o animales a�reos, reproducci�n animal y los cinco sentidos. XI Zoolog�a, insectos, Zoolog�a comparada e intento de taxonom�a. XII Bot�nica, plantas ex�ticas, perfumes, especias de India, Egipto, Mesopotamia, etc. XIII Bot�nica, incluyendo las plantas acu�ticas. XIV Bot�nica, la vid y el vino. XV Bot�nica, el olivo, el aceite y sus usos, fruta y nogales. XVI Bot�nica, incluyendo m�s �rboles y hierbas. XVII Arboricultura, frutales y zumos. XVIII C�mo llevar una granja. XIX Jardiner�a y plantas ornamentales, m�s vegetales, hierbas y arbustos. XX Herborister�a, m�s plantas y arbustos de jard�n. XXI Flores y floricultura. XXII Bot�nica, plantas miscel�neas. XXIII Bot�nica, plantas medicinales y propiedades o virtudes de diversas plantas, vinos, vinagres y frutos. XXIV Medicina, propiedades medicinales de �rboles y hierbas. XXV Medicina, propiedades medicinales de hierbas, farmacolog�a. XXVI Medicina, arbustos medicinales. XXVII Medicina, hierbas medicinales en orden alfab�tico XXVIII Medicina, usos m�dicos de productos animales. XXIX Medicina, usos medicinales de productos animales. XXX Pre�mbulo sobre magia; m�s usos medicinales de productos animales. XXXI Medicina, usos medicinales de productos del mar: sales, plantas, esponjas etc. XXXII Medicina, usos medicinales de animales marinos. XXXIII Mineralog�a y metalurgia del oro, plata y mercurio. XXXIV Mineralog�a y metalurgia del bronce; estatuaria. XXXV Mineralog�a, usos de la tierra, pigmentos, discusi�n sobre el arte de la pintura y el uso del sulfuro. XXXVI Mineralog�a, lapidario; escultura, arquitectura, obeliscos, pir�mides, laberintos cretenses, arcilla, arena, piedra, vidrio, uso del fuego. XXXVII Mineralog�a, cristal de roca, �mbar, gemas, diamantes, piedras semipreciosas, etc. Referencias: Goff P-800; Hain 13104; Klebs 786.15; BMC V 572 Incunabula edition of the famous "Naturalis Historia", an encyclopaedia written circa AD 77 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day, and was one of the first reference works developed in the Classical period to examine natural and man-made objects, both organic and mineral, as well as many natural phenomena. It became a model for all later encyclopaedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The work was dedicated to Titus. It is the only work by Pliny to have survived. Very good copy bound in seventeenth century vellum. [Bookseller: Librer�a Jos� Porr�a Turanzas S.A.]
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JOHANNES DE SANCTO GEMINIANO Summa de exemplis ac similitudinibus rerum, noviter impressa
Venezia, Giovanni e Gregorio de Gregoriis, de Florivio, 12 luglio 1499. in-4 (mm 172 x 127), ff. 396, di cui i primi 10 n.n. (vari errori nella numerazione: saltati i ff. 383 e 384, 386 segnato come 378), leg. ottocentesca in mezza pelle con tit. e filetti dorati sul dorso, tagli spruzzati. Impresso in carattere gotico su 2 colonne di ll. 48, con centinaia di iniziali silografiche istoriate, alcuni spazi bianchi con lettere guida, marca tipogr. a piena pag. in fine. Importante e non comune testo scientifico di carattere enciclopedico, con osservazioni su zoologia, mineralogia, anatomia, cibi e vini; edizione tratta dalla prima rarissima edizione fatta in Italia nel 1497. Ottimo esemplare, con ampi margini, impresso su carta forte. HC 7547. Klebs 562.5. BMC V, 351. Goff J-431. IGI 5357. ISTC N. ij00431000. Vaticana J-140. [Bookseller: Pregliasco Libreria Antiquaria di Umbert*]
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Brenz Johannes (d. �.) Catechismus Deudsch. (Heylsame vnnd n�tzliche erklerung des Ehrwirdigen Herrn Joannis Brentij, vber den Catechismum. Durch Hartmann Beyer allen Christlichen Hau�vetern zu gefallen verdeutscht.) Wittenberg, (L. Schwenck 1562 / ) 1563. 8�. (421 v.) 423 nn.Bll. mit Titelholzschn. u. 24 Textholzschnitten, blindgepr. Ldr. d. Zt. �ber Holzdeckeln dat. 1563
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NODIER Charles FRANCISCUS COLUMNA
embo�tage vert - feuillets pr�sent�s sous chemise et sous �tui cartonn� muet verts - (layers presented under paper cover and under green hard-bound without title), dos insol� (fading spine), tranches non rogn�es (edges no smooth), tirage limit� � 3300 exemplaires sur papier de Luxe des Papeteries du Marais sp�cialement imprim� pour le Docteur Michel Riou (limited edition - 3300 copies were printed - Name specific copy fort he Docteur Michel Riou), illustrations : gravures sur bois choisies dans l'�dition italienne du "Songe" de 1499 et l'�dition fran�aise de 1546 (illustrations : wood engravings chosen in the Italian edition of "Songe" of 1499 and the French edition of 1546), 91 pages, 1949 � Brie-Comte-Robert Les Bibliol�tres de France - Les Minimes, pr�c�d�e d'une �tude bibliographique et litt�raire de (Preceded by a bibliographical and literary study of ) Mario Roques sur "le songe de Poliphile" - �dition originale num�rot�e (original edition numbered) - bon �tat malgr� le petit d�faut signal� (very good condition in spite of the small defect indicated) [Bookseller: Librairie Guimard]
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Incunables) POLIZIANO (Angelo). Illustrium Virorum Epistole
(� la fin:) (Lyon), in officina Nicolai Wolf Lutriensis, 1499. - in-folio. 84ff. Plein v�lin moderne genre ancien. Premi�re Edition S�par�e, tr�s rare, de ce recueil de lettres compil� par le c�l�bre humaniste florentin Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), et �dit� par Josse Bade pour Anton Koberger. Il fut imprim� � Lyon par Nicolas Wolff, imprimeur allemand qui exer�a dans cette ville de 1498 � 1500. Ces lettres pleines de d�tails int�ressants sur l'histoire de la fin du XVe si�cle contiennent la correspondance des plus grands humanistes italiens de cette �poque, comme Pic de la Mirandole, Aldo Manuzio, Lorenzo de Medici, Filippo Beroaldo, etc., avec les r�ponses de Poliziano. L'ouvrage fut r�imprim� � de nombreuses reprises au cours du 16e si�cle. "Angelo Poliziano est bien l'une des figures les plus repr�sentatives et en m�me temps les plus originales du Quattrocento italien, et plus sp�cifiquement florentin. ( ) Il offre de mani�re exemplaire un des multiples visages de cette Florence d�chir�e de contradictions: celui du m�c�nat, d'une �lite �prise d'�rudition, d'art et de plaisirs sensuels; bient�t viendra Savonarole dont les �pres et aust�res sermons, les rugueux accents bibliques renoueront avec la tradition m�di�vale" (Encyclop�dia Universalis). Exemplaire bien complet, malgr� un large manque de papier r�par� dans les marges de la page de titre et de petites r�parations au dernier feuillet, avec deux petits trous affectant quelques caract�res. Le reste du volume est bien conserv�, imprim� sur papier fort avec de grandes marges. Brunet, II, 1023. Goff, E98. [Bookseller: Librer�a Comellas]
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(Incunables) POLIZIANO (Angelo). Illustrium Virorum Epistole�
(� la fin:) (Lyon), in officina Nicolai Wolf Lutriensis, 1499. in-folio. 84ff. Plein v�lin moderne genre ancien. Premi�re Edition S�par�e, tr�s rare, de ce recueil de lettres compil� par le c�l�bre humaniste florentin Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), et �dit� par Josse Bade pour Anton Koberger. Il fut imprim� � Lyon par Nicolas Wolff, imprimeur allemand qui exer�a dans cette ville de 1498 � 1500. Ces lettres pleines de d�tails int�ressants sur l'histoire de la fin du XVe si�cle contiennent la correspondance des plus grands humanistes italiens de cette �poque, comme Pic de la Mirandole, Aldo Manuzio, Lorenzo de Medici, Filippo Beroaldo, etc., avec les r�ponses de Poliziano. L'ouvrage fut r�imprim� � de nombreuses reprises au cours du 16e si�cle. "Angelo Poliziano est bien l'une des figures les plus repr�sentatives et en m�me temps les plus originales du Quattrocento italien, et plus sp�cifiquement florentin. (�) Il offre de mani�re exemplaire un des multiples visages de cette Florence d�chir�e de contradictions�: celui du m�c�nat, d'une �lite �prise d'�rudition, d'art et de plaisirs sensuels�; bient�t viendra Savonarole dont les �pres et aust�res sermons, les rugueux accents bibliques renoueront avec la tradition m�di�vale" (Encyclop�dia Universalis). Exemplaire bien complet, malgr� un large manque de papier r�par� dans les marges de la page de titre et de petites r�parations au dernier feuillet, avec deux petits trous affectant quelques caract�res. Le reste du volume est bien conserv�, imprim� sur papier fort avec de grandes marges. Brunet, II, 1023. Goff, E98. [Bookseller: Llibreria Antiqu�ria Comellas]
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