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Pollux, Julius (sec. II d.C.).
IULII POLLUCIS VOCABULARIUM.
Venezia, Aldo Manuzio, aprile 1502. "In-folio (mm 322x208). 112 carte non numerate. Testo in greco stampato su due colonne di 56 linee, l’Indice è invece stampato in caratteri sia greci che latini. Legatura inglese della fine del XVIII secolo in pelle nocciola di Robert Payne, i piatti sono inquadrati da una cornice di triplici filetti dorati, al centro grande àncora aldina impressa in oro. Dorso a cinque doppi nervi, titolo e note tipografiche in oro, tagli dorati; fogli di guardia e sguardia in carta caillouté, segnalibro in seta verde. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, reglé, stampato su carta grande. Esemplare proveniente dalla collezione Syston Park, ex-libris John William Pease, Christopher William Beaumont Pease e Lord Wardington. Editio princeps del lessico di Polluce, retore e grammatico del ii secolo d.C. originario di Naucratis in Egitto, che studiò ad Atene presso il sofista Adraino e, con il favore dell’imperatore Commodo, ottenne la cattedra di retorica presso la scuola pubblica di Atene. La sua opera, una silloge di parole greche di grande interesse filologico, si è conservata solo in parte. Si tratta di un’edizione di grande eleganza, tra le greche più rare licenziate da Aldo. L’Onomastikon, diviso in dieci libri e dedicato all’imperatore, è l’opera più importante di Polluce; il testo è preceduto da una dedica latina ad Elia Capreolo, giurista e storico bresciano, ed è seguito da 8 carte di indici in greco ed in latino; infine è stampato il saluto in greco ai filologi di Scipione Forteguerri. Renouard 32, 1; Marciana, n. 57; Ahmanson-Murphy, n. 42; Adams P, 1787; Dionisotti-Orlandi, n. xxxiv. Syston Park copy, typically bound in 18th century calf with the gilt aldine device on boards, of the first and sole aldine edition of this important Greek lexicon. " [Bookseller: Philobiblon S.r.l.]
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MARCELLO, PIETRO
De Vitis Principum et gestis Venetorum compendium.
Venezia, Cristoforo de Pensis VIII giugno 1502 In folio (cm 29.5), pergamena floscia originale, titolo manoscritto al dorso, ottimo esemplare marginoso, fresco e genuino (lievi macchiette di umidità all’angolo inferiore destro della prima metà del volume). Esemplare impreziosito da aggiunte manoscritte coeve; al verso del foglio del titolo una bella mano coeva ha aggiunto in chiara calligrafia un indice dell’opera "Index principum qui in hoc opusculo continentur" con l’indicazione delle pagine relative; sul recto dell’ultima carta, bianca originale, troviamo due annotazioni che registrano l’insediamento di Antonio Grimani, come successore di Leonardo Loredano (ultimo Doge ad essere trattato nell’opera), e poi di Andrea Gritti. Fine copy in contemporary limp vellum, with several contemporary manuscript annotations in the wide margins. Carte 54 nn. (con numerazione antica a penna nell’angolo superiore), segnatura a6-i6. Prima edizione, rara. Non in Adams, BMC STC Ital. books p. 414; Cicogna I, 2249. [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico Paolo Rambaldi]
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DE LA TOUR BERTRAND
SERMONES EPISTOLARES BERTRANDI DE SANCTIS (NEL COLOPHON: IMPRESSI ARGENTINE) (GEORG HUSNER) 1502
190x135 mm cc. (8) + CCXXIII p.perg. con titolo manoscritto sul dorso Tagli spruzzati. Lievi abrasioni e piccole sbucciature alla copertina, antica indicazione di appartenenza e antico timbro (sbiadito) al frontespizio, sporadici percorsi di tarlo (piu' pronunciati solo in una ventina di carte), ma sempre marginali e senza fastidi allo specchio di stampa, qualche lieve alone Semplici, ma eleganti iniziali miniate in rosso [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria GIULIO CESARE - Roma]
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DOMINICUS de Sancto Geminiano,
Prima lectione Dominici de Sancto Geminiano super Sexto ti.decretalium cum apostillis eximii J.U.doctoris Mediolanensis d.Bernardini ex capitaneis de landriano Secunda pars dominici de sancto gemi. super VI. decre. cum apostillis noviter editis.
Venedig, Per Baptistam de Tortis, 1502, 23. Mai & 30. Juni. Groß-Folio. (Pars prima:) 176 gez. Bll.; (pars secunda:) 140 gez. Bll. 2 Teile in einem zeitgenössischen Pergamentband. Dominicus de Sancto Geminiano (gest. 1424) stammte aus dem Kastell dieses Namens in der Nähe von Florenz, lehrte lange Zeit an der Universität zu Bologna kanonisches Recht und war später auch Auditor an der Rota Romana. Der umfangreiche Kommentar zum Liber Sextus schließt die spätmittelalterliche Kommentierung dieses päpstlichen Gesetzbuches ab. Für das Liber Sextus, das 1298 in Kraft trat, ist es zugleich der umfangreichste und für die spätere Zeit maßgebende Kommentar. [Bookseller: VICO Antiquariat und Verlag OHG]
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Charlier de Gerson, Jean (1363-1429); Wimpheling, Jakob (1450-1528)
Quarta pars operum Johannis Gerson prius non impressa.
Strasbourg, Martin Flach, 1502. 4to; 11.8 in x 8.3 in. [312] leaves; aa-bb6, a-c6, d8, e6, f8, g-h6, i8, k6, l8, m6, n-o8, p6, q-s8, t6, v-y8, z6, A8, B6, C-G8, H6, I8, K6, L-M8, N-O6, P8, Q-R6, S-T8. Blind-stamped full leather binding. Good condition. The volume at hand contains the fourth part of Jean le Charlier de Gerson's collected works. It was published in 1502 as a supplement to the 1494 edition of the same printer, which comprised three volumes. As an early post-incunable the book contains many characteristics of early medieval prints: Beautifully hand-painted initials in luminous red ink mark the beginning of each chapter, the first initial being especially striking. Apart from being of impressive size, the letter was also very artistically painted in blue and red. The title page has also been richly decorated and rubricated. Furthermore the volume also contains an extraordinary woodcut attributed to Albrecht Dürer. It shows Gerson as a pilgrim with his coat of arms. The image was made with great attention to detail and also depicts a dog as well as an angel-like figure in the background. Full leather binding on three raised bands. Covers and spine are decorated with complex blind-stamped floral ornaments. The title is written in old hand on the long edge of the text block. [Condition of the binding: Good (+) / Condition of the paper: Good / Further remarks: The binding is lightly bumped and has been professionally repaired. Paper with minimal foxing and first leaves with worms holes in the margins. Some written notes in old hand. The title page shows a handwritten exlibris "Hunc Liber emit Alexander mayr mgr Hospitalis Ano 53". On the whole this post-incunable is in very good condition, especially when considering its age of over 500 years.] Jean le Charlier de Gerson (1363-1429) was chancellor of the Sorbonne and a very influential theologian of his time. His writings and personal actions were vital in solving the Great Western Schism. Gerson held the opinion that councils were superior to the pope and should therefore have the power to impeach the pope. His energetic attitude was one of the driving forces behind the Council of Constance. Apart from his works on canon law Gerson also wrote many mystical treatises. He was convinced that the believer could become one with god in prayer. The volume at hand contains numerous sermons and writings by Gerson on the existence of angels, the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary and the life of various saints. The sermons were published by the famous humanist and historian Jakob Wimpheling (1450-1528) who used to be quite critical of the church himself. On the whole this is a very well preserved and wonderfully decorated edition of Gerson's works. The remarkable woodcut by Albrecht Dürer together with the beautiful hand-painted initials make this post-incunabula volume quite an impressive rarity in every bibliophile's collection. [Bookseller: Bibliopegi GmbH]
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TURRECREMATA JOHANNES DE.
Expositio in Psalterium.
Venezia, Lazaro de Soardi, 1502. In 8° (152x100). Bella silografia al frontespizio. Legatura in piena pelle coeva con fregi a secco, tagli goffrati. Buon esemplare "Juan De Torquemada (1388-1468), or rather Johannes De Turrecremata, Spanish ecclesiastic, was born at Valladolid, in 1388, and was educated in that city. At an early age he joined the Dominican order, and soon distinguished himself for learning and devotion. In 1415 he accompanied the general of his order to the Council of Constance, whence he proceeded to Paris for study, and took his doctor"s degree in 1423. After teaching for some time in Paris he became prior of the Dominican house first in Valladolid and then in Toledo. In 1431 Pope Eugenius IV. called him to Rome and made him "magister sancti palatii." At the Council of Basel he was one of the ablest supporters of the view of the Roman curia, and he was rewarded with a cardinal"s hat in 1439. He died at Rome on the 26th of September 1468." [EB 11th) Torequemada's commentary on the Psalter was composed in Rome in 1463. Peter Schoeffer is one of the great names in the history of printing. He was, with Johannes Furst ,a partner in the first books of Johannes Gutenberg. He was initially a calligrapher who apprenticed to Gutenberg and designed type for him. After Gutenberg"s bankrupcy he formed a partnership with Fust and eventually married his daughter. He has been called the first truly successful . [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquariat Perini Sas]
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(GIUSTINIANI LORENZO, SAN).
Institutiones vitae monastice mortalibus universis ad bene beateque vivendum anhelantibus quam utilissime.
Brescia, Iacopo Britannico, 1502. In 8° (135x95); carte 4 non num., 144 num., carattere romano su 28 linee; legatura coeva in tutta pelle, tracce di legacci. Interessante postincunabolo in prima edizione volgare, originariamente stampato in latino nel 1494. Riporta anche una parte relativa al diavolo e tentazioni diaboliche (cap. XI, XII, XIII). L'autore, nato da nobile famiglia veneziana a Venezia nel 1381 fu patriarca di Venezia; morì nel 1456 e proclamato santo nel 1690; celebre è un suo ritratto eseguito dal Bellini, utilizzato per la silografia inserita nella prima edizione del 1494. Giacomo Britannico pubblicò un centinaio di edizioni fino al 1506, anno della sua morte; l'attività fu proseguita dal fratello Angelo, già associato a lui, fino al 1509 anno della sconfitta veneziana ad Agnadello e conquista di Brescia da parte dei francesi. Buon esemplare con traccia di alone. Solo 6 esemplari censiti nelle biblioteche italiane da ICCU. Non in Adams, né Brunet, né Graesse. Sandal 195; BMC, pag. 372. Nova, "Stampatori, librai ed editori bresciani in Italia nel Cinquecento", pag. 20. vita monastica, diavolo [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Perini s.a.s. di Per]
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From the monastery of the Fratres Minores at Fritzlar QUATTUOR NOVISSIMA cum multis exemplis pulcherrimis & de terroribus mortis cum eterne beatitudis gloria.
Deventer, Jac. de Breda, 1502, 5 Nov.. 4to. 19th century calf. Full-page woodcut on title with the symbols of the four evangelists. (47, 1 blank) lvs.. Rare Deventer post-incunable of a devotional book on the four extremes, quattuor novissima, which are: death, the last judgment, hell, andheaven. The work played a crucial role in te Dutch Modern Devotion and was ascribed to Gerardus de Vliederhoven, and to Dionysius Carthusianus, but also, unfounded, to Geert Groote. Good copy, with ms. notes, dated 1598-1600, and 17th or 18th-century ownership's entry on the title: "Conventus Frideslariensis Fratrum minorum S. Francisci in conventualium (= monastery of the fratres minores at Fritzlar); underneath the woodcut the names of the evangelists are repeated. On verso of the title, a late sixteenth-century ownership's entry: "Johannes Teuffel tem ist tas buch ... (and the Latin form:) Johannes Diabolus ...". Several margins and the last fly-leaf contain annotations in the same hand, dated 1598-1600, recording purchases (of a table f.e.) and sales, and on Johannes Ludovicus owing him several amounts of money.- (Tear in title; sl. stained). Nijhoff-Kronenberg 1605; Adams C 2620; Van Huisstede & Brandhorst 1380; not in STC Dutch. [Bookseller: Antiquariaat Forum BV]
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De Nigris, Giovanni Antonio
Commentarii in Capitula Regni Neapolitani. Hac Postrema Editione a Multis Erroribus Repurgati.
De Nigris, Giovanni Antonio, [1502- 1570]. Sebastiani ac Nicolai de Neapoli, Bartholomaei de Capua, & Lucae de Penna Additamenta Quaedam ad Eadem Capitula Exarata, Eiusdem Auctoris Cura & Diligentia suo Cuique Loco Inserta, cum Indice Rerum Memorabilium Locupletissimo. Venice: Apud Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1594. 245 [i.e. 255] fols. Main text in parallel columns. [And] Index Rerum Memorabilium Quae in His Commentariis ad Capitula Regni Praestantissimorum Iurisconsultorum, Ioannis Arcamoni, Neapodani, Debastiani de Neapoli, Batholomaei de Capua, Nicolai de Neapoli, Lucae de Penna, ac Ioannis de Nigris Campani, Continentur. Venice: Apud Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1594. [34] fols. Text in parallel columns. [Bound with] [Clement VII, Pope (1378-1394)]. Clementis Papae Septimi, Extravagans Contitutio Contra Clericos non Incidentes in Habitu, Et Tonsura: Una cum Mirifico Apparatu, Et Novissimis ac Utilissimis Additionibus. Tam in Clementina. Quam in Materia Spoliorum, & Renuntiatione Beneficiorum, & Aliis, Ut in Opera Apparet. Ac cum Repertororio, & Indici Apte Situato per Magnificum Dominum Aloysium Tronulum Eiusdem Civitatis Campaniae Iuris Utriusque Professorem Peritissimum. Novissime per Magnificum Berlengerium Bernaliam Eiusdem Civitatis V. I. Interpretem, Cum Magis Uberrimo, & Foecundissimo Indici Reformato Noviter in Lucem Edita. Venice: Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1596. 80 pp. Text of Pope Clement VII surrounded by commentary in parallel columns. [And] Repertorium Mirifici Apparatus Excellenontra Domini Ioannis Antonii de Nigros. Contra Clericos non Incidentes in Habitu, Et Tonsura, Cum Multis Novis Additionibus, & cum Materia de Spoliis, & Renuntiatione Beneficiorum. Noviter in Lucem Edita cum Novo Foecundissimo Indice Magnifici Berlingerii Bernalia Utriusq; Iuris Interpretis Dictae Civitatis Campaniae Accurate Excuso. Venice: Apud Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1596. [20] pp. Text in parallel columns. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary limp vellum, early hand-lettered title to spine. Light soiling and a few small stains, some wear to fore-edges and spine, front pastedown lacking. Woodcut title-page devices, head-pieces, tail-pieces and decora. [Bookseller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB]
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TIENE, Gaetano;
Expositio in libro de celo & mundo. Cum questioe Domini Egidii de materia celi nuperrime impressa & diligentissime Emendata.
"Venise B. Locatellus pour O. Scotus 1502 ""In-folio de 84 ff.; daim naturel, double encadrement defilets à froid sur les plats (reliure moderne, genre ancien)."" ""Adams G-1033 (sous Gratia Dei). Quatrième édition (l'originale publiée à Padoue en 1476). Gaetano da Thiene (1387-1465), de Vicence, fut élève de Paolo Nicoletti à Venise. Il fut l'un des principaux propagateurs de la doctrine d'Averroès en Italie et a abondament commenté les oeuvres scientifiques d'Aristote. "Books I and II of the De caelo treat of astronomical theories; III and IV, of the elements. Drawing upon theories advanced by his predecessors, Aristotle's theories in general may be summarized as representing the earth as fixed at the center of a spherical universe, with the spheres of the moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in orbit around the earth, and beyond them the sphere of the fixed stars and the realm of the primum movens or force which, every twenty-four hours, caused the planetary spheres to complete their revolutions, while each planet with an individual motion moved at times slightly retrograde." (Stillwell, The Awakening Interest in Science during the First Century of Printing, pp. 11-12). En fin de volume se trouve le De materia coeli d'Egidio Colonna (? 1316), connu aussi sous le nom de Giles de Rome, "especially noteworthy...[it] takes the position -against Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and the majority of contemporary scholars- that celestial matter is identical to that of the sublunary world." (D.S.B., V, p. 403). Quelques figures dans le texte et belles initiales à fond noir. Bon exemplaire.""-" [Bookseller: Librairie Thomas-Scheler]
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DANTE
LE TERZE RIME DI DANTE.
(al verso del foglio:) Lo 'nferno e 'l purgatorio e 'l paradiso di Dante Alaghieri. (in fine:) Venetiis, in Aedibus Aldi. Accuratissime men. Aug. MDII. (Venezia, Aldo Manuzio, 1502.) in-8 (mm 157 x 95) , ff. 244 non numerati (il f. 82 bianco presente), carattere corsivo aldino, bella legatura inglese d'amatore di fine ottocento, non firmata, in marocchino blu scuro, i piatti adorni di riquadro con filetti e fregi floreali in oro, dorso a nervi con fregi e titoli oro, tagli dorati, dentelle int. Prima edizione aldina e prima delle edizioni di Dante impressa in formato tascabile. La lezione, curata da Pietro Bembo, servi' di base a tutte le edizioni successive. La presente edizione e' di insigne importanza filologica, assai rara ed ambita dai bibliofili: qui appare per la prima volta la celebre impresa tipografica di Aldo Manuzio dell' ancora con delfino al verso dell' ultimo foglio; la piu' celebre delle marche tipografiche della storia, che venne ultimata durante la stampa del volume. Bellissimo esemplare, abilmente rinfrescato all'epoca della rilegatura, con tre antiche provenienze nobiliari non ancora identificate, una con timbro e due manoscritte, sulla sguardia anteriore, sul primo e sul secondo foglio. In questo esemplare, di pregio particolare, ognuno dei 33 canti dell'Inferno ha nel margine bianco inferiore di una sua pagina una dotta nota manoscritta coeva di commento al canto stesso, vergata in chiaro minuto carattere, in una lingua italo-spagnuola, su tre o piu' righe, assai interessante. Inoltre tra i fogli i7 e i8 e' inserito un foglio con numerazione 72 che contiene l'inizio del canto XXXII dell'Inferno, proveniente dall'edizione aldina del 1515 delle "Terze Rime". Renouard, Annali, p. 34. 5. Gamba, testi di lingua, 385: "molto raro". Mambelli, Annali Danteschi 17: "Assai rari gli esemplari completi". De Batines, I, 60. UCLA, I, 47. Olschki Dantesca, 22: "rarissima e graziosissima". [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria PREGLIASCO - Torino ]
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TIENE, Gaetano;
Expositio in libro de celo & mundo. Cum questioe Domini Egidii de materia celi nuperrime impressa & diligentissime Emendata.
Venise B. Locatellus pour O. Scotus 1502 In-folio de 84 ff.; daim naturel, double encadrement de filets à froid sur les plats (reliure moderne, genre ancien). Adams G-1033 (sous Gratia Dei). Quatrième édition (l'originale publiée à Padoue en 1476). Gaetano da Thiene (1387-1465), de Vicence, fut élève de Paolo Nicoletti à Venise. Il fut l'un des principaux propagateurs de la doctrine d'Averroès en Italie et a abondament commenté les oeuvres scientifiques d'Aristote. "Books I and II of the De caelo treat of astronomical theories; III and IV, of the elements. Drawing upon theories advanced by his predecessors, Aristotle's theories in general may be summarized as representing the earth as fixed at the center of a spherical universe, with the spheres of the moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in orbit around the earth, and beyond them the sphere of the fixed stars and the realm of the primum movens or force which, every twenty-four hours, caused the planetary spheres to complete their revolutions, while each planet with an individual motion moved at times slightly retrograde." (Stillwell, The Awakening Interest in Science during the First Century of Printing, pp. 11-12). En fin de volume se trouve le De materia coeli d'Egidio Colonna († 1316), connu aussi sous le nom de Giles de Rome, "especially noteworthy.[it] takes the position -against Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and the majority of contemporary scholars- that celestial matter is identical to that of the sublunary world." (D.S.B., V, p. 403). Quelques figures dans le texte et belles initiales à fond noir. Bon exemplaire. [Bookseller: thomas-scheler]
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Anonymus
Getijdenboek (horae...)
Manuscript on milkwhite (sheep) vellum, for use in Utrecht, probably/possibly 1502 or 1491.In smalloctavo (leaves 125x90mm; text 82x52 mm)191 (of 192) unnumbered leavesIn XVIII century, simple parchment bindingTwo paper leaves bound in in the end, discussing possible date in a XVIII century hand (Dutch)Bookplate (Rick Jackson) dated 1887Dutch text (Geert Grote translation) throughout17 rules to a pageWritten in littera textualis in brown ink by one hand,No miniaturesRed & blue initials all through the textFive large (10 rules) decorated initials in red & blue with one margin decoration in red ink.Many large (3 rules) initialsOver 100 two rule, simple initials in red & blue.Browning to first leave, else excellent.Dutch manuscript book of hours of around 1500, very well preserved and complete except for one leave (of oficium mortuum). Probably written in Utrecht but used in Holland (in calendarium, in red august 17: Jeroen). Translated from Latin into Dutch by Geert Groote (Gerardus Magnus, Deventer, 1340-1384), co-founder of the devotio moderna, the innovative movement in the Catholic Church in the XIV century.Contents: Calender folio 1- 12 Hours of virgin 13-66 Hours of the Cross: 67- 90 Hours of Eternal Wisdom: 91- 117 Hours of the Holy Spirit: 118- 141 Seven Psalms of penetation: 142- 153 Lithany: 154-167 Office of the death: 168-175 Other prayers: 175-191 [Bookseller: Frederik Muller Rare Books bv / De Ark*]
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La Tour Bertrand, de
Sermones epistolares Bertrandi de sanctis
, 190x135 mm, pagg. cc. (8) + CCXXIII, p.perg. con titolo manoscritto sul dorso, Tagli spruzzati. Lievi abrasioni e piccole sbucciature alla copertina, antica indicazione di appartenenza e antico timbro (sbiadito) al frontespizio, sporadici percorsi di tarlo (più pronunciati solo in una ventina di carte), ma sempre marginali e senza fastidi allo specchio di stampa, qualche lieve alone, Semplici, ma eleganti iniziali miniate in rosso (Religione_Mistica_Teologia_/_Religion_Mystics_Theology), 1502, (Georg Husner), (nel colophon: Impressi Argentine) [Bookseller: Franco A. Volta]
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DIONYSIUS AEROPAGITA
CAELESTIS HIERARCHIA// ECCLESIASTICA HIERARCHIA// DIVINA NOMINA// MYSTICA THEOLOGIA// UNDECIM EPISTOLAE// POLYCARPI EPISTOLA UNA// THEOLOGIA VIVIFICANS CIBUS SOLIDUS. In fine: Venetiis, Joanne Tacuinus de Tridino, 24 nov. 1502.
(cm. 31,7) cc. 6 nn. + cc. 143+ 1 c. bianca. Legatura buona Mezza Pergamena antica restaurata, piatti con musica in rosso e nero, sguardie originali. Magnifico frontis. con la grande figura di S.Giovanni Battista con monogramma B.M. (Benedetto Montagna). Il primo titolo e il primo capolettera è stampato in rosso, gli altri capilettera sono figurati a fondo nero. Schemi e figure nel testo. Marca tipogr. in fine con monogramma Z.T. (Kristeller 326 e 328). Lo schema astronomico alla carta 107 raffigura una eclisse di sole. Vecchio restauro e integrazione al margine bianco del frontis e delle successive 15 carte, all'angolo bianco delle ultime 6 carte e di poche carte interne, ma sempre all'estremo margine. Qualche lievissimo alone, altrimenti PRIMA edizione splendidamente impressa di questa versione latina dovuta al celebre umanista Ambrogio Traversari, generale dei Camaldolesi. Dionigi Aeropagita è un personaggio misterioso la cui realtà storica è tuttora ignota; scrisse una serie di trattati che il Medio Evo venerò alla stregua di sacre scritture. Manca a Mortimer, Harvard Library. - Adams, D 522; BM STC 217; Choix 4458; Isaac 12668; Graesse II, 399; Rava, Supplemento a Sander, 2438. [Bookseller: Maria Calabrò Studio Bibliografico]
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CHERUBINO DA SPOLETO (F. MIN. OS.) -
SERMONES QUADRAGESIMALES PRAECLARISSIMI, CLARO ET ORNATISSIMO STILLO EDITI AB EXIMIO DIVINI VERBI PRAECONE FRATRE (...) OPUS VENETIIS (GIORGIO ARRIVABENE, 20 OTTOBRE 1502).
16mo (cc. 4 nn. + 510 n. + 2 b. ) Leg. mod. tutta pelle a 4 nervi e fr. a secco, antica firma di appartenenza al frontis, annotazioni e cancellature di antica penna, testo a due coll., bel capolettera al primo sermone, spazi con letterine d'attesa ai capoversi, bella marca tip. a fondo nero al verso della terz'ultima carta, ottimo esemplare molto fresco di questo raro postincunabulo [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico AMULETUM - Perugia ]
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OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS.
DE FASTIS CUM DUOBUS COMMENTARIIS: ANTONII DE FANO ET PAULI MARSI. VENICE, JOHANNES TACUINUS DE TRIDINO, 14. X. 1502.
Folio. (4), 199, (1) ff. Blindstamped contemp. Italian half calf over wooden boards. Remains of 1 clasp; 2nd clasp intact. Rare 2nd ed. of this early separate issue of Ovids poetic calendar (first Tacuino ed. publ. 1497). Texte encadre' par le commentaire; 62 ll. par page. Au-dessus du titre, bois au trait, emprunte du Perse, Satirae, 14 fevr, 1494 (Essling). Cf. Essling for the title woodcut: Au-dessus du titre, bois au trait, le meme que dans le Juvenal, 28 janvier 1494, avec cette difference, que la partie mobile de droite, ou' sont representes deux commentateurs du poete, a ete remplace par une autre morceau, avec un seul personnage (I.II.1, 238; cf. fig. on p. 237). - Clean copy, only a few contemp. marginalia and markings at the beginning with coloured pencil. Very slight worming at beginning and end (also concerning covers); small torn-out sections at edges restored professionally (mostly concerning only the margins; last 4 ff. also with slight loss to text in upper third of page). Endpapers renewed; damaged spine professionally rebacked with calfskin. Rare; no copy in USA; only 5 copies established worldwide (not in BSB); only 1 copy at auctions of the past 30 years internationally. Essling 1125 (I.II.2, 420). Edit 16, CNCE 53554. Cf. BM-STC Italian 481 (different commentator: A. Constantinus instead of A. de Fano). Cf. Adams O 456 (1508 ed.). Not in Dibdin, Moss, Schweiger. [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS - Wien - Austria]
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HERODOTUS.
Herodoti libri novem quibus Musarum indita sunt nomina.
Venice; In domo Aldi, 1502. EDITIO PRINCEPS. Ff [cxv]. AA[Alpha]AA - PP[Rho]RR8, SS[Sigma]SS4. Greek letter, Aldus' anchor and dolphin device on t-p and on verso of last, capital spaces with guide letters at beginning of each book, very occasional contemporary marginal notes and underlinings, early ms. pagination. T-p dusty at outer corners, tiny wormhole affecting just a few letters on verso, old paper repair to lower blank portion, occasional very minor marginal waterstain to a few leaves. A very good, clean copy with excellent margins in vellum over boards c.1600. The superb Editio Princeps of the works of Herodotus, 'The Father of History,' published and edited by Aldus Manutius, on the basis of numerous manuscripts as he stresses in his dedication to Giovanni Calfurnio da Brescia, and one of his finest and most important productions. The work recounts the history of the great Persian invasion of Greece between 490 and 479BC but two thirds of it is devoted to the earlier history of the two protagonists, touching on many of the adjacent countries as well, and describing them and their people in considerable detail, Everything about this edition was attended to with the greatest care, from the typography and layout to the superior quality of the paper and impression, and the editing of the manuscript sources. Aldus valued Herodotus not only for his 'sweet, candid and flowing language', but also for the merit of his contributions to the study of the past and foreign cultures. He defends the study of Herodotus and sets the stage for his popularity in the 16th C. We do not know when and how the Histories were first written down,; very likely they arose out of recitations or readings that Herodotus gave over a number of years both in other Greek cities and in Athens at the height of its Imperial power. The works of Herodotus created an intellectual field that we still call by the name Herodotus gave his own investigations; historie or history. The magnitude of Herodotus; achievement as the first historian is hard to appreciate, however, precisely because the genre he invented became so important to our own thinking about the world, it is difficult to imagine it not existing. His history constructs a huge roadmap of the known human world, past and present, in which everything is linked through story to everything else. He weaves a dense web of casual connections, created in a large part by personal reciprocities, than span generations and cultures. 'Herodotus is the earliest historian; his predecessors were by contrast chroniclers. He was the first to collect his materials systematically, to test their accuracy as far as he could, and to arrange his story so as to appeal to, as well as to inform, his readers certainly for the Persian war his authority forms the basis of all modern histories; and, more than that, it is the stuff of legends. Herodotus is far more than a valuable source: always readable, his work has been quoted and translated ever since' (PMM). A very good copy of a particularly beautiful and important work. "In the opinion of Wesseling this is a very faithful and accurate edition, compiled with great care, and executed with considerable typographical elegance. Bergler, in Act. Erudit. An. 1716 p.378, ranks it with the very best productions of the Aldine press; and in point of fidelity it is greatly preferable to the Medicean MS so loudly boasted of by Gronovius. M. Renouard abandons the idea which he had first entertained, of there being copies of this work on large or thick paper. He conceives, and perhaps with justice, that the paper, which is of very beautiful quality, is of a uniform size; and that the size of the paper depends on the care of the binder." Dibdin II p.19. BM STC It. P.326. Adams H394. Brunet III 122 'cette première édition d'herodote est l'une des meilleues qu'Alde ait publiées d'aucun grec; l'impression et le papier en sont de toute beauté.' Renouard p.35, 8. Printing and the Mind of Man 4 [Bookseller: Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB]
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LUCANUS.
(PHARSALIA). VENETIIS, ALDUS, 1502.
In 8 (150x90); carte non num. 140; testo in carattere romano. Legatura amatoriale inglese ottocentesca in tutta pergamena con bordura a secco ad inquadrare i piatti, dorso a cinque nervi, titolo in oro su tassello rosso al dorso, tagli rossi. Prima edizione aldina del noto poema eroico. Questa edizione, che alla fine riporta la vita di Lucano, e' filologicamente basata sull'edizione del 1493 di Venezia. Buon esemplare con nota di appartenenza a Daniel Fowler all'interno del piatto, altre antiche note di possesso al frontespizio, numerose brevi annotazioni marginali antiche; tracce di sporco superficiale al frontespizio e lievi aloni agli angoli a scomparire nelle prime carte, tre angoli inf. con piega. Qualche difetto alle cerniere anteriori e spigoli; sporco superficiale al piatto ant. Renouard, pag. 33; Adams, L-1557. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria PERINI s.a.s. - Vero]
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(OESTERREICHER, K.):
Venustissima materia passionis Cristi jesu: a quodam fratre minore de observantula in civitate Monavensi predicata.
Memmingen (A. Kunne) 1502.. 8°. 10 Bll. Mod. Pp. Ringsum mit gilbendem Feuchtigkeitsrand.. VD 16, O 487; Proctor 11260. - Zweite Ausgabe, Predigt über das Leiden und den Prozeß Jesu. Der Autor war Franziskaner und in München als Prediger tätig. - Sehr seltener Druck aus der ersten Offizin in Memmingen. Kunne druckte seit 1478 mehrere Inkunabeln, im 16. Jh. sind lt. Benzing bis 1519 noch insges. 15 Drucke bekannt. [Bookseller: Antiquariat Kurt Lammek]
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DURER
INCISIONE ORIGINLE / LA VENERAZIONE DELLA MADONNA N/A 1502
Esemplare autentico di incisione in legno, originale, dalla serie La Vita della Vergine, la piu' rappresentativa del ciclo, la stampa piu' antica della serie Xilografia di mm 298 x 211 incisa nel 1502 circa ( n. 207 del Catalogo Meder) dalla serie La Vita della Vergine. Esemplare in tiratura del 1511 con testo latino in basso, filigrana triangolo con fiore (Meder 127). [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico IMPRIMATUR - Cesate]
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ALBERTUS MAGNUS (Pseudo-).
Two treatises on magic and the marvels of the Universe attributed to Albertus Magnus in a very rare Antwerp edition of 1502 [Liber aggregationibus] De virtutibus herbarum. De virtutibus lapidum. De virutibus animalium et mirabilibus mundi. Item parvum regimen sanitatis valde utile.
Antwerp, Govaert Bac, 1502. 4to. Nineteenth-century polished calf with double gilt lines along the edges of both sides, gilt spine with title lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. With a full-page woodcut (115 x 84 mm) of a monk offering a book to a prince, repeated on the verso of the title; and full-page woodcut of the printer's device of Govaert Bac on the verso of the last leaf (133 x 84 mm): 'g [masters mark] b' cut within a birdcage on a black fond, with the coat of arms of Antwerp underneath (see NAT II, 5-6); rubricated in red throughout. 36 lvs. (Collation: a8, b4, c8, d4, e8, f4). 36 ll. to a page. Fourth copy known of this very rare post-incunable edition, and the fourth edition of this text printed in the Netherlands, of these two very popular treatises: (1) The book of secrets of Albertus Magnus, or Experiments, but mostly referred to as the Liber aggregationis: a combined work in which are described the virtues, real or imagined, of plants, stones, and animals. The plants, stones - the stones part includes numerous gemstones -, and animals are each briefly described and magical properties explained, and (2) De mirabilibus mundi, on the marvels of the Universe, that covers a variety of topics: astrology, zoology, astronomy, medicine, and physiology. These two treatises are sometimes attributed to Albertus Magnus (ca. 1193-1280), sometimes to Albertus of Saxonia, but nowadays considered to belong to the spurious works of Albertus. Added are (1) a section on maintaining one's health, the Regimen sanitatis attributed to Benedictus Kanuti (f. 24v-26r), and (2) the anonymous Quaestiones naturalis philosophorum (f. 26v-36r). Thorndike devoted an entire chapter to 'Three treatises ascribed to Albertus Magnus but usually considered spurious: Experimenta Alberti (=1), De mirabilibus mundi (=2), De secretis mulierum (not in this edition)'. The two treatises already circulated under Albert Magnus' name in the middle ages and appeared in numerous editions in the early years of printing, proving that these brief collections of superstitious experiments and sensational marvels were even more popular than Albert's longer, more difficult and argumentative, theological and scientific works.In the first treatise the author intends to make use of Kiranides and the book of Alcorath, later said to be by Hermes, and to speak first of certain herbs, than of certain stones and certain animals and of their virtues, showing the importance of natural objects in magic, and the virtues here ascribed to them are often indeed magical: one may become invisible, not feel pain, boil water instantly, make a rainbow appear, excite love between two persons, or arouse joy, sadness and other emotional and intellectual states, interpret any dream, and prophesy concerning the future, to name only a few instances. The treatise has an experimental character, which is to be classed as one of those 'books of experiments', or 'experimental books', and if this treatise is not by Albert himself, there can at least be little doubt that it pretends to be a product of his experimental school among the Dominicans at Cologne.The second treatise, the 'Marvels of the Universe' contains more theological discussion of the usual scholastic sort than the first, and so approximates rather more nearly to the form of most of Albert's works. The 'Marvels' enters upon a long and learned preliminary discussion of the validity, causes, and principles of magic before beginning its list of particular marvels, showing that the mind can bind and alter objects as it desires; the human soul can alter its own body or exterior objects, especially if its influence concurs with a favourable astrological hour. It further treats the magic power in man and specific marvels. Also a number of cures for certain diseases are described. Many of the recipes aim at magical or optical illusions, f.e. the fabrication of marvellous candles, lights and combustibles, some of which are perhaps akin to modern fi [Bookseller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV]
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SOFOCLE.
Tragaediae septem cum commentariis.
Venezia, Aldo Manuzio, 1502. "In-8°; 196 cc; legatura dei primi del '700 in tutta pergamena con tassello in marocchino al dorso. Note inerenti l'edizione ai risguardi anteriori. Nota di possesso alla prima carta. Forellino di tarlo alla parte bassa delle ultime otto carte anticamente restaurato con copertura di pochissime lettere." Prima edizione importante e rara. Contiene sette tragedie: Aiace, Elettra, Edipo re, Antigone, Edipo a Colono, Trachiniae, Filottete. Edizione filologicamente ottima e ben stampata con il quarto corsivo greco fuso dal Griffo su disegno dello stesso Aldo. Questo Sofocle è il primo libro stampato da Aldo in greco in piccolo formato. Renouard p. 34. Ahmanson-Murphy n° 48. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum]
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HERODOTUS.
Herodoti libri novem quibus Musarum indita sunt nomina.
Venice; In domo Aldi, 1502. EDITIO PRINCEPS. Ff [cxv]. AA[Alpha]AA - PP[Rho]RR8, SS[Sigma]SS4 . Greek letter, Aldus' anchor and dolphin device on t-p and on verso of last, capital spaces with guide letters at beginning of each book, very occasional contemporary marginal notes and underlinings, early ms. pagination. T-p dusty at outer corners, tiny wormhole affecting just a few letters on verso, old paper repair to lower blank portion, occasional very minor marginal waterstain to a few leaves. A very good, clean copy with excellent margins in vellum over boards c.1600. The superb Editio Princeps of the works of Herodotus, 'The Father of History,' published and edited by Aldus Manutius, on the basis of numerous manuscripts as he stresses in his dedication to Giovanni Calfurnio da Brescia, and one of his finest and most important productions. The work recounts the history of the great Persian invasion of Greece between 490 and 479BC but two thirds of it is devoted to the earlier history of the two protagonists, touching on many of the adjacent countries as well, and describing them and their people in considerable detail, Everything about this edition was attended to with the greatest care, from the typography and layout to the superior quality of the paper and impression, and the editing of the manuscript sources. Aldus valued Herodotus not only for his 'sweet, candid and flowing language', but also for the merit of his contributions to the study of the past and foreign cultures. He defends the study of Herodotus and sets the stage for his popularity in the 16th C. We do not know when and how the Histories were first written down,; very likely they arose out of recitations or readings that Herodotus gave over a number of years both in other Greek cities and in Athens at the height of its Imperial power. The works of Herodotus created an intellectual field that we still call by the name Herodotus gave his own investigations; historie or history. The magnitude of Herodotus; achievement as the first historian is hard to appreciate, however, precisely because the genre he invented became so important to our own thinking about the world, it is difficult to imagine it not existing. His history constructs a huge roadmap of the known human world, past and present, in which everything is linked through story to everything else. He weaves a dense web of casual connections, created in a large part by personal reciprocities, than span generations and cultures. 'Herodotus is the earliest historian; his predecessors were by contrast chroniclers. He was the first to collect his materials systematically, to test their accuracy as far as he could, and to arrange his story so as to appeal to, as well as to inform, his readers…certainly for the Persian war his authority forms the basis of all modern histories; and, more than that, it is the stuff of legends. Herodotus is far more than a valuable source: always readable, his work has been quoted and translated ever since' (PMM). A very good copy of a particularly beautiful and important work. "In the opinion of Wesseling this is a very faithful and accurate edition, compiled with great care, and executed with considerable typographical elegance. Bergler, in Act. Erudit. An. 1716 p.378, ranks it with the very best productions of the Aldine press; and in point of fidelity it is greatly preferable to the Medicean MS so loudly boasted of by Gronovius. … M. Renouard … abandons the idea which he had first entertained, of there being copies of this work on large or thick paper. He conceives, and perhaps with justice, that the paper, which is of very beautiful quality, is of a uniform size; and that the size of the paper depends on the care of the binder." Dibdin II p.19. BM STC It. P.326. Adams H394. Brunet III 122 'cette première édition d'herodote est l'une des meilleues qu'Alde ait publiées d'aucun grec; l'impression et le papier en sont de toute beauté.' Renouard p.35, 8. Printing and the Mind of Man 41. Sandys, Hist. of Classical scholarship II p.98, 104. L825 [Bookseller: Sokol Books Ltd.]
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From the monastery of the Fratres Minores at Fritzlar QUATTUOR NOVISSIMA cum multis exemplis pulcherrimis & de terroribus mortis cum eterne beatitudis gloria.
Deventer, Jac. de Breda, 1502, 5 Nov. 4to. 19th century calf. Full-page woodcut on title with the symbols of the four evangelists. (47, 1 blank) lvs. Rare Deventer post-incunable of a devotional book on the four extremes, quattuor novissima, which are: death, the last judgment, hell, andheaven. The work played a crucial role in te Dutch Modern Devotion and was ascribed to Gerardus de Vliederhoven, and to Dionysius Carthusianus, but also, unfounded, to Geert Groote. Good copy, with ms. notes, dated 1598-1600, and 17th or 18th-century ownership's entry on the title: "Conventus Frideslariensis Fratrum minorum S. Francisci in conventualium (= monastery of the fratres minores at Fritzlar); underneath the woodcut the names of the evangelists are repeated. On verso of the title, a late sixteenth-century ownership's entry: "Johannes Teuffel tem ist tas buch. (and the Latin form:) Johannes Diabolus.". Several margins and the last fly-leaf contain annotations in the same hand, dated 1598-1600, recording purchases (of a table f.e.) and sales, and on Johannes Ludovicus owing him several amounts of money.- (Tear in title; sl. stained). Nijhoff-Kronenberg 1605; Adams C 2620; Van Huisstede & Brandhorst 1380; not in STC Dutch. [Bookseller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV]
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STATIUS PUBLIUS PAPINIUS
SYLVARUM LIBRI QUINQUE. THEBAIDOS LIBRI DUODECIM. ACHILLEIDOS DUO. VENETIIS, IN AEDIBUS ALDI, 1502.
In-16 p., (mm. 155x98), p. pergam. antica, tit. impresso su tassello al dorso, cc.nn. 256 (la c. "i 8" e' bianca); con dedica di Aldo a Giovanni Pontano; al recto dell'ultima c.: colophon con indicato "mense augusto 1502"; al fine della "Tebaide" (c. G4) registro di tutto il vol. con altro colophon: "Venetiis, in Academia Aldi Ro. Mense Novembri MDII (e tale doppia data ha fatto pensare a due edizioni fatte nello stesso anno).Le "Sylvae", fresche liriche d'occasione, sono 32 componimenti in vario metro indirizzate ad amici del poeta - La "Tebaide" tratta il conflitto fra i due fratelli Eteocle e Polinice per il possesso di Tebe; e' questo il maggiore poema di Stazio e a cui dovette la sua fama nell'antichita' e nel Medioevo - L'"Achilleide" che doveva trattare la materia mitica concernente l'eroe, resto' interrotto per la morte dell'A.Prima edizione aldina di queste opere del poeta latino (Napoli ca. 45-96 d.C.), uno dei principali poeti epici dell'eta' imperiale. Al ns. esempl. mancano le 40 cc.nn. relative all'"Orthographia" di Statius, anche se talvolta si trovano in vol. a se' stante, come precisa l'Adams,II, p. 230 (n. 1670 per un esempl. come il ns. e n. 1683 per la sola "Orthographia" di Aldo, 1502).Cfr. anche Renouard, p. 35.7 - Brunet,V,512: "Edition dont ont trouve difficilement des exemplaires bie conserves".Con lievi fiorit. o lievi aloni margin.; antiche postille a penna, ma certam. un buon esemplare. [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria MALAVASI - Milano - ]
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DE NIGRIS, GIOVANNI ANTONIO
Commentarii in Capitula Regni Neapolitani. Hac Postrema Editione a...
De Nigris, Giovanni Antonio, [1502-1570]. Commentarii in Capitula Regni Neapolitani. Hac Postrema Editione a Multis Erroribus Repurgati. Sebastiani ac Nicolai de Neapoli, Bartholomaei de Capua, & Lucae de Penna Additamenta Quaedam ad Eadem Capitula Exarata, Eiusdem Auctoris Cura & Diligentia suo Cuique Loco Inserta, cum Indice Rerum Memorabilium Locupletissimo. Venice: Apud Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1594. 245 [i.e. 255] fols. Main text in parallel columns. [And] Index Rerum Memorabilium Quae in His Commentariis ad Capitula Regni Praestantissimorum Iurisconsultorum, Ioannis Arcamoni, Neapodani, Debastiani de Neapoli, Batholomaei de Capua, Nicolai de Neapoli, Lucae de Penna, ac Ioannis de Nigris Campani, Continentur. Venice: Apud Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1594. [34] fols. Text in parallel columns. [Bound with] [Clement VII, Pope (1378-1394)]. Clementis Papae Septimi, Extravagans Contitutio Contra Clericos non Incidentes in Habitu, Et Tonsura: Una cum Mirifico Apparatu, Et Novissimis ac Utilissimis Additionibus. Tam in Clementina. Quam in Materia Spoliorum, & Renuntiatione Beneficiorum, & Aliis, Ut in Opera Apparet. Ac cum Repertororio, & Indici Apte Situato per Magnificum Dominum Aloysium Tronulum Eiusdem Civitatis Campaniae Iuris Utriusque Professorem Peritissimum. Novissime per Magnificum Berlengerium Bernaliam Eiusdem Civitatis V. I. Interpretem, Cum Magis Uberrimo, & Foecundissimo Indici Reformato Noviter in Lucem Edita. Venice: Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1596. 80 pp. Text of Pope Clement VII surrounded by commentary in parallel columns. [And] Repertorium Mirifici Apparatus Excellenontra Domini Ioannis Antonii de Nigros. Contra Clericos non Incidentes in Habitu, Et Tonsura, Cum Multis Novis Additionibus, & cum Materia de Spoliis, & Renuntiatione Beneficiorum. Noviter in Lucem Edita cum Novo Foecundissimo Indice Magnifici Berlingerii Bernalia Utriusq; Iuris Interpretis Dictae Civitatis Campaniae Accurate Excuso. Venice: Apud Haeredes Iohannes Varisci, 1596. [20] pp. Text in parallel columns. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary limp vellum, early hand-lettered title to spine. Light soiling and a few small stains, some wear to fore-edges and spine, front pastedown lacking. Woodcut title-page devices, head-pieces, tail-pieces and decora [Bookseller: Lawbook Exchange]
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ROJAS, Fernando de
La Celestina (Edición facsímil, Sevilla, 1502).
Valencia, La Fonte que Mana y Corre, Talleres de Tipografía Moderna, 1958. 26x18 cm. Sin paginar (272 p). Rústica, intonso. Ejemplar número 115/260. Excelente papel. (Ref. N. 305). [Bookseller: Libros El Trovador]
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LOMBARDUS (Petrus).
Textus Sententiarum cum conclusionibus magistri Henrici Gorichem.
Basle, Nicolas Kessler, 1502. In-folio de 163 ff. Colophon et marque du libraire au f. O,8 v°. Lettrines rehaussées au XIXème. Papier fragile et cassant présentant quelques renforts et des amorces de déchirure, notamment au titre. Ex-libris d'Alfred Braithwaite et ex-dono manuscrit de l'Evêque d'Agde à l'oratoire de cette ville. Plein chagrin rouge du XIXe, double filet doré et motifs en écoinçon sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné, dentelle intérieure et papier dominoté en garde, tranches dorées (reliure anglaise). Pierre Lombard, plus connu sous le nom du Maître des sentences, est né à la fin du XIe siècle près de Novarre, en Lombardie (d'où son nom). L'Abbé de Cluny le fit admettre à l'école de Reims, puis il se rendit à Paris où il fut, croit-on, le premier docteur nommé par l'Université de Paris. Son livre des Sentences est une somme de théologie qui a servi de modèle à St Thomas d'Aquin. * [Bookseller: Librairie Bertran]
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GEREMIA PIETRO -
Sermones in adventum domini. Sermones de peccato. Sermones de fide. Sermones de penitentia. Sermones de oratione. Sermones dominicales per totum annum. Sermones de sanctis.
Brescia, diligenti cura Jacobi Britannici calcographati (e di Hieronymus de Bargnano, al colophon) 1502, 8° (cm. 16,5 x 12,5) legatura antica in mezza pelle (un po' lisa ai margini del dorso) pp. con numerazione al recto : XLIIII-LXII-LXVIII-XXXVII-L-XVIII-CXL, ciascun "Sermones" inizia con un proprio frontespizio. Con num. capolettera xilografici. Pietro Geremia (1385 ca - 1452) [Bookseller: Libreria Naturalistica snc]
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La Tour Bertrand, De
Sermones Epistolares Bertrandi De Sanctis
Impressi Argentine), 1502. Good 190x135 mm, pagg. cc. (8) + CCXXIII, p. perg. con titolo manoscritto sul dorso, Tagli spruzzati. Lievi abrasioni e piccole sbucciature alla copertina, antica indicazione di appartenenza e antico timbro (sbiadito) al frontespizio, sporadici percorsi di tarlo (più pronunciati solo in una ventina di carte), ma sempre marginali e senza fastidi allo specchio di stampa, qualche lieve alone, Semplici, ma eleganti iniziali miniate in rosso (Religione_Mistica_Teologia_/_Religion_Mystics_Theology) [Bookseller: Alibris]
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MELA, Pomponius.
Very rare important early sixteenth-century edition of the earliest Roman geographer Pomponius Mela cosmographus De situ orbis Hermolai Barbari fideliter emendatus.
(Venice), Albertino da Vercelli (Albertino de Lisona Vercellensis), 1502, 14 May. 4to. 19th century red half morocco, spine and corners gilt, marbled endpapers. Unrubricated; 38 lines to a page. 24 lvs. Collation: a-f4. Very rare important early sixteenth-century edition of Pomponius Mela's De Situ Orbis [A Description of the World], also known as De Chorographia (Concerning Chorography), the first extant geographical work in Latin and the only Roman treatise of the classical period devoted exclusively to that subject. Pomponius assumed a spherical earth that lay in the middle of the world and was divided into two hemispheres and five climatic zones. Three continents - Europe, Africa, and Asia - made up the habitable world, which was completely surrounded by a great ocean. Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest Roman geographer. His little work (De situ orbis libri III) is a compendium, occupying less than one hundred pages of ordinary print, rather dry in style and deficient in method, but of pure Latinity, and occasionally relieved by pleasing word-pictures. Excepting the geographical parts of Pliny's Historia naturalis (where Mela is cited as an important authority) the De situ orbis is the only formal treatise on the subject in classical Latin. Nothing is known of the author except his name and birthplace - the small town of Tingentera or Cingentera in southern Spain. The general views of the De situ orbis mainly agree with those current among Greek writers from Eratosthenes to Strabo ; the latter was probably unknown to Mela. But Pomponius is unique among ancient geographers in that, after dividing the earth into five zones, of which two only were habitable, he asserts the existence of antichthones, inhabiting the southern temperate zone inaccessible to the folk of the northern temperate regions from the unbearable heat of the intervening torrid belt.The editio princeps of Pomponius Mela was published in Milan in 1471. That text, however was corrupt and full of errors. The first edition of Mela's text which was corrected and edited by the Italian poet and scholar Ermolao Barbaro (Hermolaus Barbarus) was printed in Venice by Christoph de Pensis (da Mandello) in ca. 1494-98. Another edition was published in 1498 in Salamanca before the text was published for the second time in Venice by Giovanni Battista Sessa in October 1501, a few months before our edition left the press. The present edition is therefore the third (or fourth?) edition of Barbaro's text of Mela.Ermolao Barbaro was born in Venice in 1453 or 54. At an early age he was sent to Rome, where he studied under Pomponius Laetus. He completed his education at the University of Padua, where he was appointed professor of philosophy in 1477. He was sent on various missions to persons of high rank, amongst them Pope Innocent VIII, by whom he was nominated to the important office of patriarch of Aquileia (1491). The Venetian senate, however, refused to ratify the appointment, which, contrary to the law, he had accepted without first obtaining its sanction. He was banished and forced to resign the patriarchate. Barbarus remained at Rome, in receipt of a small pension from the pontifical government, until his death (probably from the plague) in 1493. He edited and translated a number of classical works, of which the most important were: Castigationes Plinianae (1492), in which he boasted of having made 5000 corrections in the text and the Castigationes in Pomponium Melam (1493, in the year Columbus returned from the New World!), in which Barbaro makes more than 300 corrections and emendations. On these Castigationes all the Mela-editions after 1493 are based, providing the best text until the Vadianus edition (Basel 1522).On the verso of the title is the dedicatory letter of Barbaro to Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia, 1431-1503; pope: 1492-1503). The three books of Mela's text follow: Book 1: the division of the world in four parts, description of Europe, Africa, Asia and Arabia (ff. ii r-ix r); book 2: Description of Asia, Italy, Fr [Bookseller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV]
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SPAGNOLI (Mantuanus) Battista.
DE CALAMITATIBUS TEMPORU[M] seu co[n]tra peccatoru[m] monstra Aureaum... Poema familiariter ac succincte declaratum.
S.l.n.d. [Paris, Jean Petit Johann de Koblenz, 1502] in-4 antico, ccnn 4, cc CLII, bella leg. ottocentesca m. pelle con tit. oro al d. con nervi, piatti in cartone dec. Risguardi in carta dec. Tagli spruzzati. Marca tipogr. in legno al front. Belliss. ediz. commentata da Josse Bade. Opera dell’illustre poeta neolatino di origine mantovana, paragonato a Virgilio per la delicata vena poetica. Manca a Bmc. Adams M-396. Al dorso è riportata la data 1499 dedotta dalla dedicatoria ma l’ediz. è del 1502 come si evince a c. vv7. Ex libris. Alcune chiose manoscritte a margine. Freschiss. esempl. [269] [Bookseller: Scriptorium Studio Bibliografico di Dott]
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JOSEPHUS, Flavius.
De antiquitatibus ac de bello Judaico.
Venice, excusit formis Bernardinus Vercellensis, sumptibus Andreae Asulani, 1502, XII Kal. Novemb. Folio. Contemporary blindtooled half vellum over wooden boards, remnants of two brass clasps. Some initials left blank, but mostly provided in woodcuts. (14), CCLX (=261), (1) lvs. Fine Venetian edition of Flavius Josephus's famous works on the ancient Jewish history in twenty books and on the Jewish wars in seven books, mostly published together. The present Latin translation, first printed at Augsburg by Johann Schüssler in 1470, has long been attributed to Rufinus, but was more probably made by Cassiodorus. In the first work, the classical Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (ca. 37-100) treats the ancient history of the Jews, since the creation of the world to the revolt of Judea against the Romans. This work is of great importance, not only for the study of ancient Jewish history but also for the archeology of the canon books and the apocrypha. He wrote it for a Roman public, explaining Jewish traditions to outsiders and supplying a wealth of information on Jewish customs and habits. The second work, on the Jewish war against the Romans and the destruction of Jerusalem was originally written in Hebrew, but translated by the author himself into Greek to offer it to Vespasianus. Josephus had also taken part in this war and his work is very complete and full of details on this subject. His works were highly valued, especially in the sixteenth century. Fine copy in contemporary binding, with contemp. ms. rubrication and marginal notes in red on title and in text up till leaf XVI. Contemporary ms. notes in margins and on verso last leaf, partly affected by the frayed margin: "cronologia filiorum venerandi Bartolomei sirtich (?)" dated from 1533 to 1540.- (Outer margins of title frayed and of last two lvs. dam., not affecting the text). Graesse III, p. 481; this ed. not in STC Italian, Adams, Brunet; NUC lists 1 copy. [Bookseller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV]
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Bastardellus: registro notarile di prevalente interesse laziale]. Manoscritto cartaceo; cart. sec. XV (redatto fra il 1483 ed il 1502)
Mm. 295 x 110; cc. 92. Chiara grafia quattrocentesca prevalentemente in latino con passi intercalati in lingua volgare. Bella ed affascinante leg. del tempo in piena perg. molle con lacci in pelle intrecciati al dorso. Trascurabile alone alla parte bassa della seconda parte del volume, peraltro ottimamente conservato. Registro che raccoglie numerosissime memorie notarili relative a transazioni, acquisti, cessioni, debiti e crediti, compravendite d'interesse laziale (prevalentemente Rieti) e campano. Il nome della famiglia Gioioso compare ms. al dorso del volume e si trova ripetuto numerose volte nel testo. Questo "bastardellus" rappresenta uno straordinario exemplum di gestione giuridico-patrimoniale nell'Italia centro-meridionale tardo quattrocentesca. Acquisti di beni mobili, transazioni di fondi rustici e beni immobili, successioni ereditarie sono elencate e disciplinate anno per anno ed esposte in dettaglio dal notaro. Manoscritto di grande interesse anche nell'ottica degli studi di storia locale ed in eccellente stato di conservazione, sia per quanto concerne la freschezza della carta che per quanto riguarda la legatura, integra ed assolutamente coeva. (1-S97) [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico Apuleio]
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(GIUSTINIANI LORENZO, SAN).
Institutiones vitae monastice mortalibus universis ad bene beateque vivendum anhelantibus quam utilissime.
Brescia, Iacopo Britannico, 1502. In 8° (135x95); carte 4 non num., 144 num., carattere romano su 28 linee; legatura coeva in tutta pelle, tracce di legacci. Interessante postincunabolo in prima edizione volgare, originariamente stampato in latino nel 1494. Riporta anche una parte relativa al diavolo e tentazioni diaboliche (cap. XI, XII, XIII). L'autore, nato da nobile famiglia veneziana a Venezia nel 1381 fu patriarca di Venezia; morì nel 1456 e proclamato santo nel 1690; celebre è un suo ritratto eseguito dal Bellini, utilizzato per la silografia inserita nella prima edizione del 1494. Giacomo Britannico pubblicò un centinaio di edizioni fino al 1506, anno della sua morte; l'attività fu proseguita dal fratello Angelo, già associato a lui, fino al 1509 anno della sconfitta veneziana ad Agnadello e conquista di Brescia da parte dei francesi. Buon esemplare con traccia di alone. Solo 6 esemplari censiti nelle biblioteche italiane da ICCU. Non in Adams, né Brunet, né Graesse. Sandal 195; BMC, pag. 372. Nova, "Stampatori, librai ed editori bresciani in Italia nel Cinquecento", pag. 20. vita monastica, diavolo [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Perini s.a.s. di Per]
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Birgitta.
Revelationes:] Das puch der himlisch