Fol. Mit Holzschn.-Titelvignette u. einigen Holzschn.-Vignetten u. -Initialen im Text. 8 Bll., 994 Sp., 15 Bll., Flex. Pgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden, goldgepr. Deckelbordüren u. Mittelstücken, Rückenverg., handschriftl. Rückentitel u. dreiseitigem Rotschnitt. Seltener Thomas-Kommentar des spanischen Dominikaners Domingo Banez (1528-1604). - Mit 15 Jahren begann er bereits sein Philosophiestudium in der Universität von Salamanca. 1546 konvertierte er in das Dominikaner Kloster St. Stephan und versah ab 1551 das Lehramt Philosophie und Theologie. Am 3. Mai 1547 wurde er Hochschullehrer. In den Jahren 1561 bis 1566 war Banez beschäftigt als Professor am Dominikanerkolleg in Avila. Unter anderem war er dort auch der Beichtvater der hl. Theresia und begleitete sie als geistlicher Berater bis zu ihrem Tod im Jahr 1582. Von 1567 bis 1573 war er Professor an der Universität Alcala, dann Regens und einem Professorenamt am Ordenskolleg St. Gregor in Valladolid und ab 1577 bis zu seinem Ruhestand an der Universität Salamanca. Bekannt durch seine Gnadenlehre, welche der Lehre von Luis de Molina entgegentrat, war Banez einer der führenden Theologen der thomistischen Neuscholastik des 16. Jahrhunderts. Seine Ansichten waren Hauptstreitpunkte zwischen Thomismus und Molinismus (Wikipedia). - Der schöne Einband etw. berieben, bestoßen u. fleckig. Vorderdeckel m. Nummernschild. Schließbänder fehlen. Vorderer Innendeckelbezug etw. gelöst u. eingerissen. Titel gestempelt u. mit altem Besitzvermerk. Etw. gebräunt u. fleckig. - EDIT16, CNCE 4102 nicht bei Adams (nur spätere Ausgaben) u. im … [Click Below for Full Description]

Artist: Bry de Theodor Dietrich ( - 1598 ) Frankfurt aM; issued in: Frankfurt on Main; date: ca 1599. - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 28 x 17,5; - description : Representation of natives of America and the Spanish discoverer. From book 8, Americae achter Theil, in welchem Erstlich beschrieben wirt das M?chtige und Goldtreiche K?nigreich Guiana.; - vita of the artist: Theodorus de Bry (1528-1598) Frankfurt a.M. Around 1570, Theodorus de Bry, a Protestant, fled religious persecution south to Strasbourg, along the west bank of the Rhine. In 1577, he moved to Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands or Southern Netherlands and Low Countries of that time (16th Century), where he further developed and used his skills as a copper engraver. Between 1585 and 1588 he lived in London, where he met the geographer Richard Hakluyt and began to collect stories and illustrations of various European explorations, most notably from Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.Depiction of Spanish atrocities in the New World, as recounted by Bartolome de las Casas in Narratio Regionum indicarum per Hispanos Quosdam devastatarum verissima.In 1588, Theodorus and his family moved permanently to Frankfurt-am-Main, where he became citizen and began to plan his first publications. The most famous one is known as Les Grands Voyages, i.e., The Great Travels, or The Discovery of America. He also published the largely identical India Orientalis-series, as well as many other illustrated works on a wide range of subjects. His bo … [Click Below for Full Description]

Artist: Bry de Theodor Dietrich (-1598) Frankfurt aM; issued in: Frankfurt on Main; date: ca 1590 1528 - - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; condition: Perfect condition; size (in cm): 26 x 18; description: Virginia natives of Virginia, USA, sitting at the fire. ; From the 1st book, part 1 , american histrory, of Th. de Bry- vita of the artist: De Bry,Theodorus (1528-1598) Frankfurt a.M. Around 1570, Theodorus de Bry, a Protestant, fled religious persecution south to Strasbourg, along the west bank of the Rhine. In 1577, he moved to Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands or Southern Netherlands and Low Countries of that time (16th Century), where he further developed and used his skills as a copper engraver. Between 1585 and 1588 he lived in London, where he met the geographer Richard Hakluyt and began to collect stories and illustrations of various European explorations, most notably from Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.Depiction of Spanish atrocities in the New World, as recounted by Bartolome de las Casas in Narratio Regionum indicarum per Hispanos Quosdam devastatarum verissima.In 1588, Theodorus and his family moved permanently to Frankfurt-am-Main, where he became citizen and began to plan his first publications. The most famous one is known as Les Grands Voyages, i.e., The Great Travels, or The Discovery of America. He also published the largely identical India Orientalis-series, as well as many other illustrated works on a wide range of subjects. His books were published in Latin, and were also translated into German, … [Click Below for Full Description]

Artist: Bry de Theodor Dietrich ( - 1598) Frankfurt aM; date: ca 1620. - technic: Copper print; - colorit: original colored; - condition: Lower left corner replaced; - size (in cm): 28 x 19; - description: Map shows the world and the portraits of Willhelm Shouten and Magellan - vita of the artist: Theodorus de Bry (1528-1598) Frankfurt a.M. Around 1570, Theodorus de Bry, a Protestant, fled religious persecution south to Strasbourg, along the west bank of the Rhine. In 1577, he moved to Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands or Southern Netherlands and Low Countries of that time (16th Century), where he further developed and used his skills as a copper engraver. Between 1585 and 1588 he lived in London, where he met the geographer Richard Hakluyt and began to collect stories and illustrations of various European explorations, most notably from Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.Depiction of Spanish atrocities in the New World, as recounted by Bartolome de las Casas in Narratio Regionum indicarum per Hispanos Quosdam devastatarum verissima.In 1588, Theodorus and his family moved permanently to Frankfurt-am-Main, where he became citizen and began to plan his first publications. The most famous one is known as Les Grands Voyages, i.e., The Great Travels, or The Discovery of America. He also published the largely identical India Orientalis-series, as well as many other illustrated works on a wide range of subjects. His books were published in Latin, and were also translated into German, English and French to reach a wider reading public.

original altkolorierte Kupferstich-Karte von Abraham Ortelius (1528 - 1598) von ca. 1570 - Blatt-Format: ca. 53,5 x 44,5 cm - Plattenmasse: ca. 51 x 34 cm- etwas gebräunt, sonst gut erhalten. original old handcolored copper engraved map from ca. 1570 by Abraham Ortelius - some browning, otherwise in good condition. Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie! This is an original! - No reprint! - No copy!

Tanagli. 4to; contemporary vellum; (8), 104 pp. Title-page printed in red and black. With an engraved illustration depicting the eye and 10 woodcut diagrams in the text. A very good copy.VERY RARE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of one of the first scientific treatises on ophthalmology. As a physician Ruschi describes the structure and the functions of the human eye. As a physicist, he investigates the sight, dealing with issues related to optics, such as reflection and refraction. The work is divided into four books: De visus organo, De tunicis oculorum, De humoribus oculorum, De oculis partibus externi, and De oculi dignitate palaestra. Ruschi shows a deep knowledge of the topic, seems critical towards Aristotle and frequently cites the Arab authors, Kepler's work and other important treatises on optics of his time. Ruschi, the scion of a noble and wealthy family from Pisa, taught from 1528 to his death anatomy and philosophy at the University of Pisa. He was a friend and correspondent of Galileo, who praised him as a scientist.Wellcome, 5651; Krivatsy, 10064; Streiff Collection, p. 61; De Renzi, IV, p. 123..

Artist: Bry de Theodor Dietrich ( - 1598 ) Frankfurt aM; issued in: Frankfurt on Main; date: ca 1594, 1528. - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 30 x 20; - description : Titlepage from Theodor de Bry, travel to Amercia VI; - vita of the artist: Theodorus de Bry (1528-1598) Frankfurt a.M. Around 1570, Theodorus de Bry, a Protestant, fled religious persecution south to Strasbourg, along the west bank of the Rhine. In 1577, he moved to Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands or Southern Netherlands and Low Countries of that time (16th Century), where he further developed and used his skills as a copper engraver. Between 1585 and 1588 he lived in London, where he met the geographer Richard Hakluyt and began to collect stories and illustrations of various European explorations, most notably from Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.Depiction of Spanish atrocities in the New World, as recounted by Bartolome de las Casas in Narratio Regionum indicarum per Hispanos Quosdam devastatarum verissima.In 1588, Theodorus and his family moved permanently to Frankfurt-am-Main, where he became citizen and began to plan his first publications. The most famous one is known as Les Grands Voyages, i.e., The Great Travels, or The Discovery of America. He also published the largely identical India Orientalis-series, as well as many other illustrated works on a wide range of subjects. His books were published in Latin, and were also translated into German, English and French to reach a wider reading public.

Artist: Bry de Theodor Dietrich ( - 1598) Frankfurt aM; issued in: Frankfurt on Main; date: ca 1595 1528 - - technic: Copper print; - colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 26 x 19,5; - description: Representation of the native Americans and their way of life.; -vita of the artist: Bry De,Theodorus (1528-1598) Frankfurt a.M. Around 1570, Theodorus de Bry, a Protestant, fled religious persecution south to Strasbourg, along the west bank of the Rhine. In 1577, he moved to Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands or Southern Netherlands and Low Countries of that time (16th Century), where he further developed and used his skills as a copper engraver. Between 1585 and 1588 he lived in London, where he met the geographer Richard Hakluyt and began to collect stories and illustrations of various European explorations, most notably from Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.Depiction of Spanish atrocities in the New World, as recounted by Bartolome de las Casas in Narratio Regionum indicarum per Hispanos Quosdam devastatarum verissima.In 1588, Theodorus and his family moved permanently to Frankfurt-am-Main, where he became citizen and began to plan his first publications. The most famous one is known as Les Grands Voyages, i.e., The Great Travels, or The Discovery of America. He also published the largely identical India Orientalis-series, as well as many other illustrated works on a wide range of subjects. His books were published in Latin, and were also translated into German, English and French to reach a wider reading public.

Artist: Bry de Theodor Dietrich ( - 1598) Frankfurt aM; issued in: Frankfurt on Main; date: ca 1594. - technic: Copper print; - colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 30 x 20; - description: Titlepage from Theodor de Bry, travel to Amercia VI - vita of the artist: Theodorus de Bry (1528-1598) Frankfurt a.M. Around 1570, Theodorus de Bry, a Protestant, fled religious persecution south to Strasbourg, along the west bank of the Rhine. In 1577, he moved to Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands or Southern Netherlands and Low Countries of that time (16th Century), where he further developed and used his skills as a copper engraver. Between 1585 and 1588 he lived in London, where he met the geographer Richard Hakluyt and began to collect stories and illustrations of various European explorations, most notably from Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.Depiction of Spanish atrocities in the New World, as recounted by Bartolome de las Casas in Narratio Regionum indicarum per Hispanos Quosdam devastatarum verissima.In 1588, Theodorus and his family moved permanently to Frankfurt-am-Main, where he became citizen and began to plan his first publications. The most famous one is known as Les Grands Voyages, i.e., The Great Travels, or The Discovery of America. He also published the largely identical India Orientalis-series, as well as many other illustrated works on a wide range of subjects. His books were published in Latin, and were also translated into German, English and French to reach a wider reading public.

Jan van Doesborch, Strasbourg, 1528. 4to, ff. 153 (of 164) (lacks *1, A2-3, B1-3, F and TT4). Gothic letter, more than 100 charming and clearly-impressed 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3 page woodcut illustrations, elaborate 8-line white-on-black woodcut initials, a few contemporary pencil drawings, copying motifs from the illustrations. 11 leaves reinforced at margin, marginal tear to first few leaves affecting last line on three, a few ink spots, marginal finger-soiling to a few leaves, light age yellowing throughout, a few leaves dusty. A good copy in 18th C half-calf with comb-patterned marbled paper boards, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif, red morocco lettering-piece. 19th C armorial bookplate of the Earl of Macclesfield on front pastedown, Shirburn Castle blind stamp to first two leaves. Early English language edition of this copiously illustrated quintessential book of fables, first printed in Gouda in 1480. Composed in Northern Italy in the late 14th C, the text is a collection of 123 illustrated fables divided into seven themes. Beginning with celestial bodies: Of Saturn and the clowde; the Evyn sterre; hevyn and erthe, it moves on the elements: ayre and the wynde; the se bankys and the see, gemstones and metals: Golde and Sylver; the precyows Topazyon, plants: the Mandrake and the defyios woman; the hyghe Cedre tre, aqueous creatures: the Dolphyn and the Ele; a fysshe or beaste callyd Sturgyon, birds: the owle that wolde hatte had lordeshippe ovyr all byrdes; the Solytari Pellican, and animals: the Tyrant Gryfon; the steere which was a good Cooke. In common with Aeso … [Click Below for Full Description]

Andree Boucard impressus, impensis Joannis Petit et Boucard,, Paris (Parrhisiensi). Paris (Parrhisiensi), Andree Boucard impressus, impensis Joannis Petit et Boucard, 1528, 15. Juni, Quart. Titelblatt mit Druckersignet in Rot-Schwarz-Druck, (3), 580, (14) gezählte Blätter. Repräsentativer, tadellos erhaltener, prächtiger zeitgenössischer Holzdeckelband mit Schweinslederüberzug in ornamentaler und figürlicher Blindprägung, mit zwei (eine fehlende) Schließen und Eisenkanten, auf drei Doppelbünden geheftet. VULGATA-Ausgabe als sehr schöne POSTINKUNABEL in phantastischem zeitgenössischen Einband! Phantastischer früher Pariser Druck des Codex Iustinianus durchgehend in Rot-Schwarz-Druck mit zahlreichen schönen Holzschnitt-Initialen. Prächtiger ganzseitiger Holzschnitt vor der ersten Seite, darstellend den Kaiser im Kreise der Churfürsten,rechts die drei geistlichen, links die vier weltlichen Churfürsten. Vorwort: Johannes Thierry, Dezember 1527. Tituli Codicis Letzte Seite: Codex legalis Justiniani imperatoris serenissimi in Parrhisiensi academia rursus vigili diligentia Andree Boucard impressus: et collatis quamplurimis exemplaribus tam manu scriptis: quam diversis in locis impressis a plusculis erratis redemptus: Novissime etiamadauctus concordantius iuris canonici: necnon dictis practicabilibus secundum Theoricam Jacobi Butrigarii: per F. Joannem Thierry Lingonensem iurium Professorem immeritum: impensis honesti viri Joannis Petit ipsiusque Boucard bibliopolarum iuratorum in dicta academia/ optatum accepit finem ad XV. kalendas Junias. Anno salutis M.CCCCC.XXVIII. UNBEKANNTE, … [Click Below for Full Description]

1528. Krivatsy 12627; VD17 23:295006H; cf. Thorndike VI, pp. 215-216. 17th-century edition of a so called "book of secrets", compiled by de Swiss physician Johannes Jacob Wecker (1528-1586). The book opens with a dedicatory letter, followed by an extensive list of authors. The main work is, as the title suggests, divided into 17 "books", each devoted more or less to a different subject. Books of secrets were very popular among common people in the 16th and 17th century, however, this one by Wecker is said to have been owned by most of the professional physicians as well. The work is not simply a pharmacopoeia, though it does include many medical recipes for specific ailments, for example to cure tooth-ache, coughing and bruises. It also includes more practical, everyday "secrets", on how to prevent trees from breaking or how to get rid of aphids on the wall, and cosmetic recipes. These recipes are complemented by more occult passages, on how to light a candle underwater or how to change the white in children's eyes to black.

Folio (295 x 200mm.) ff. [4], 24., title within a strap work border, marginal diagrams, modern calf-backed paper boards    Paris: Simon de Colines., 

Niccolò Zoppino, 1528. In 8° (151 x 102 mm), pp. 87, [1]. Segn.: A-L8. Frontespizio Inciso con il titolo in cornice, fiancheggiata da Cicerone e Catilina e scena di battaglia al margine inferiore, marca tipografica al verso dell'ultima carta (S. Nicola in trono che accoglie il cesto delle offerte porte da una donna inginocchiata). Legatura coeva pergamena scamosciata, dorso pergamena liscia. Tracce di due bindelle, titolo sul taglio inferiore. Affascinanti postille di mano coeva in italiano. Edizione a cura di Lodovico Petroni. Cfr. Brunet, I, 398.

Venice 1528 - Woodcut, uncolored as published. In very good to excellent condition.

Opera Gilberti Deuiliers, impensis Symonis Vincent, In urbe Lugdunensi, 1528. [21], CCCCCCXXV c., 4°(21 cm), mezza pelle di metà Ottocento con punte, dorso a quattro nervi e titoli oro. Esemplare medio refilato (senza mai perdita di testo se non di minimissima parte dei titoli a poche pagine), alcune righe a poche pagine cancellate a china d'epoca, qualche rara annotazione, qualche limitata gora ad alcune pagine, fascettina di rinforzo non recente a due pagine lato legatura che non lede il testo, angolino (restaurato e integrato) mancante ad una pagina interna con minima mancanza di testo. Mancano le ultime due carte numerate (CCCCCCXXVI e CCCCCCXXVII) e una ultima pagina non numerata (molto probabilmente bianca). VOLUME INTERAMENTE IMPRESSO IN ROSSO E NERO. Frontespizio con titoli entro cornice con le figure dei padri della chiesa. Ad altra pagine dell'indice grande xilografia con dottori in legge, vescovi e cardinali. Alle pp. CCCCLXXXIII verso e CCCCLXXXIIII due figure xilografiche (a due colori) con gli alberi della disciplina. Bella edizione piuttosto rara.

Simon Silvius ( Du Bois ), 1528. [10], 31, [5] leaves ; in - folio; full leather binding with gold ornaments and raised bands on the spine. First, very rare, edition of the only book by Emperor Claudius' famed physician, Scribonius. It contains the first reference to the Hippocratic Oath and mentions many remedies used for the most various sanitary purposes by members of the imperial family. Very interesting are the three different recipes for toothpaste (vinegar, honey, radish and salt are used, but also fine grains of glass) and the extensive use of opium in a wide range of drugs, from eyesalve to nasal polyps treatments (a section about opium poisoning is also present). Another prominent ingredient found in many medicaments is wine, and particularly the famed "Falernum" variety. Other curious insights at the Roman - era medicine show a rigorous scientific approach, with some occasional concessions to popular beliefs and to magical and fantastical remedies (like the purificatory rite of drinking one's own blood). Very broad in scope, it covers many diseases and a lot of tested cures, making it one of the most important medicine treatise of his era, along with Celsus' De re medicina and the 'Hippocratic collection'. "Scribonius was the first to describe accurately the preparation of true opium, and the first to reccomend electrotherapy (as provided by live torpedo - fish) for headaches and other nervous afflictions. He was also the earliest known author to mention the Hippocratic oath" (Norman) Norman 429, Adams C - 1243, DSB GM 1984.1, Garrison - Morton 1785 Bound with Fe … [Click Below for Full Description]

Giovanni Antonio et fratelli da Sabbio, 1528. In-16° (149x100mm), 24 carte, legatura moderna in p. pergamena. Titolo entro bella cornice xilografica archiettonica figurata; marca tipografica al forntespizio, ripetuta in fine, con un delfino nuotante nel mare sotto un cielo trapunto di stelle; testo in carattere corsivo. Esemplare leggermente rifilato in testa; alcune bruniture lievi. In buono stato. Seconda e assai rara edizione della Cecaria, l'opera più conosciuta dell'umanista abruzzese, dopo la prima del 1526 impressa dagli stessi editori. L'edizione del 1525 dell'opera si è infatti rivelata insistente, ancorché citata dal Gamba, dal Brunet e del Salvioli; nessuna copia con tale data figura in biblioteche italiane e straniere né è mai stata commercializzata, né è registrata dal da Sander o dal Allacci o dai recenti Annali dei Nicolini di L. Carpané, in "Il mestiere de le stamperie de i libri", a cura di E.Sandal. EDIT16 CNCE 39873. SBN / ICCU censisce 5 copie, di cui una mutila.

Venedig, Bernardino Vitali, Juni, 1528. 15 unn. Bll. (ohne das letzte w. Bl.). Mit einigen Holzschnittinitialen, dabei eine Pelikan-Initiale. Hübscher roter Lederband des 19. Jhs. mit goldgepr. Deckeltitel und -bordüre. Kl.-4to. Seltene erste Ausgabe des umfangreichsten italienischen Traktats zur Farbenlehre aus dem 16. Jh. Das in 13 Kapitel abgeteilte Werk führt 115 verschiedene Farbennamen auf. "Questo raro e singolare opusculo indica sul suo principio Toggetto con cui tu scritto, ed e forse l'opera più erudita che abbiasi, presa sotto l'aspetto seguente" (Cicognara). Cicognara beschreibt eine 14 Blatt umfassende Ausgabe ohne Ort und Drucker; vermutlich handelte es sich um ein unvollständiges Exemplar der vorliegenden Ausgabe, denn die Schrift über die Farben endet mit Blatt 13, es folgen zwei Blätter mit Gedichten. - Telesio (1482-1533) stammte aus Cosenza in Kalabrien; er unterrichtete seit 1521 in Rom. Vor dem "Sacco di Roma" konnte er nach Venedig fliehen, wo er den Lehrstuhl für Latein am Consiglio dei Dieci bekam. Damals entstand seine Schrift über die Farben - der älteste gedruckte Traktat dieser Art überhaupt, der im 16. Jh. in vielen Nachdrucken erschien. Goethe zitiert den gesamten Text in seiner Farbenlehre auf Lateinisch (Weimarana IV. Abt. S. 174-193) nach einer Basler Ausgabe von 1545, die er aus der Weimarer Bibliothek entlieh; dies ist das längste Zitat überhaupt in irgendeinem Werk Goethes. In seinem Kommentar schreibt Goethe: "Als uns in der Epoche der erneuten Wissenschaften vorstehendes kleines Buch freundlich begegnete, war es uns eine angenehme Ersch … [Click Below for Full Description]

Vinegia, per Nicolo ditto Zoppino, 1528. Das gestochene Titelblatt von alter Hand ausgebessert. Die Blätter 73 bis 80 fehlen. Eine grosse Initiale, 11 Textholzschnitte, eine Holzschnitt-Druckermarke im Colophon. Kanten leicht berieben, Papier teils leicht fingerfleckig. Leider nicht vollständig. Blätter 1-72 und 81 bis 83 von 83 Blatt Italienisch 300g 11 x 16 cm, späterer Halbledereinband

371 S., 19 Bll. - Angebunden: Florus, L(ucius): Gestorum Romanorum Libri quatuor, à mendis accuratissime recogniti. In Eundem Annotationes Iohannis Camertis, quibus Commentarij vice in universam historiae Romanae sylvam, uti commode licebit. Cum Indice. Straßburg, Hervagen, 1528. 151 num. Bll. Blindgeprägter Schweinslederband d. Zt. mit zwei Schließbeschlägen (die Schließbänder fehlen). I.: Von Justinus bearbeitete und gekürzte Fassung der Universalgeschichte des Pompeius Trogus. Das Werk des römischen Historikers ist nicht an der römischen Reichsgeschichte, sondern an der Geschichte der Makedonenherrschaft orientiert. Daran angefügt ist eine (wohl auch v. Justinus bearbeitete) Kurzfassung eines Werkes von Aurelius Victor, Sextus, De Vita... Eine Biographiesammlung von Augustus bis Theodosius. - II: Florus, L. (oder P. A.) war römischer Historiker des zweiten Jahrhunderts nach Christus. Das vorliegende Werk ist wesentlich seltener als seine "Epitome bellorum omnium..." Von den Bibliographen wird der "rhetorisch, geschliffene und effektvolle Stil" gelobt. - Einband etwas angestaubt und leicht fleckig. Vorsätze erneuert. Innen etwas gebräunt, gering fleckig und mit wenigen Notizen von alter Hand. Auf dem Titel mehrere Notizen und Ausstreichungen.

- Krivatsy 12627. 17th century edition of a so called "book of secrets", compiled by de Swiss physician Johannes Jacob Wecker (1528-1586). After the introduction a list of authors is given whose works Wecker used. Among the authors are many esteemed Arab authors, including Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Mesue (Masawaih al-Mardini), Rhasis (Razi), and Serapion the younger. Also mentioned are Valerius Cordus, Dioscorides, Fuchs, Galen, Hippocrates (Boqrat) and many more. After each secret is told from which source it derives."Publication of the literature of secrets, medicinal and otherwise, received a great impulse from the appearance in 1555 or 1557 of the Secrets of Alessio of Piedmont." (Thorndike), which went through 56 editions in different languages in the 16th century only. Wecker, who translated Piedmont's Secrets into German and Latin, possibly got inspired to make a book of secrets himself. Books of secrets were very popular among common people (i.e. non-professionals) in the 16th and 17th century. This one by Wecker however, is said to be owned by most of the professional physicians as well. The work is not simply a pharmacopoeia, though it does include many medical recipes for specific ailments, for example to cure tooth-ache, coughing and bruises. It also includes more practical, everyday "secrets", on how to prevent trees from breaking or how to get rid of lice on the wall, and cosmetic recipes, for hair dye or "water that makes the face looks young", or gets rid of pimples. These recipes are complemented by more occult passages, on how to light a candle underwater or ho … [Click Below for Full Description]

1528. Adams T-548; Houzeau-Lancaster 846; USTC 152561; DSB XIII, pp. 319-320. First bilingual edition of the oldest treatise on spherical geometry, providing the first edition of the original Greek and the first Latin edition to be translated directly from the Greek. It was composed by the Greek mathematician and astronomer Theodosius, perhaps around the year 100 BC, and edited by Jean Péna (1528?-1558?), mathematician at the Collège Royale. The Greek text and very extensive notes, also in Greek, occupy the first half of the book, while the Latin translation of both text and notes (and repeating the woodcut diagrams) occupies the second half. The first two Latin editions (Venice 1518 and Vienna 1529) were translated from Arabic translations of the Greek, so the present book was a watershed in the development of Greek scholarship. Since spherical geometry was essential to the development of astronomy, it also set the stage for the Renaissance revolution set in motion by Copernicus, Gallileo and others. On top of that it was a monument to the golden age of French typography. With the owner’s inscription of the magistrate and engineer Thomas de Scorbiac (1614-1690). In very good condition. Although binding shows some surface damage, cracks in the hinges and restorations, it remains structurally sound. In very good condition. Although binding shows some surface damage, cracks in the hinges and restorations, it remains structurally sound. [Attributes: First Edition]

Krivatsy 12627. 17th century edition of a so called "book of secrets", compiled by de Swiss physician Johannes Jacob Wecker (1528-1586). After the introduction a list of authors is given whose works Wecker used. Among the authors are many esteemed Arab authors, including Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Mesue (Masawaih al-Mardini), Rhasis (Razi), and Serapion the younger. Also mentioned are Valerius Cordus, Dioscorides, Fuchs, Galen, Hippocrates (Boqrat) and many more. After each secret is told from which source it derives."Publication of the literature of secrets, medicinal and otherwise, received a great impulse from the appearance in 1555 or 1557 of the Secrets of Alessio of Piedmont..." (Thorndike), which went through 56 editions in different languages in the 16th century only. Wecker, who translated Piedmont's Secrets into German and Latin, possibly got inspired to make a book of secrets himself. Books of secrets were very popular among common people (i.e. non-professionals) in the 16th and 17th century. This one by Wecker however, is said to be owned by most of the professional physicians as well. The work is not simply a pharmacopoeia, though it does include many medical recipes for specific ailments, for example to cure tooth-ache, coughing and bruises. It also includes more practical, everyday "secrets", on how to prevent trees from breaking or how to get rid of lice on the wall, and cosmetic recipes, for hair dye or "water that makes the face looks young", or gets rid of pimples. These recipes are complemented by more occult passages, on how to light a candle underwater or ho … [Click Below for Full Description]

Krivatsy 12627. 17th century edition of a so called "book of secrets", compiled by de Swiss physician Johannes Jacob Wecker (1528-1586). After the introduction a list of authors is given whose works Wecker used. Among the authors are many esteemed Arab authors, including Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Mesue (Masawaih al-Mardini), Rhasis (Razi), and Serapion the younger. Also mentioned are Valerius Cordus, Dioscorides, Fuchs, Galen, Hippocrates (Boqrat) and many more. After each secret is told from which source it derives."Publication of the literature of secrets, medicinal and otherwise, received a great impulse from the appearance in 1555 or 1557 of the Secrets of Alessio of Piedmont..." (Thorndike), which went through 56 editions in different languages in the 16th century only. Wecker, who translated Piedmont's Secrets into German and Latin, possibly got inspired to make a book of secrets himself. Books of secrets were very popular among common people (i.e. non-professionals) in the 16th and 17th century. This one by Wecker however, is said to be owned by most of the professional physicians as well. The work is not simply a pharmacopoeia, though it does include many medical recipes for specific ailments, for example to cure tooth-ache, coughing and bruises. It also includes more practical, everyday "secrets", on how to prevent trees from breaking or how to get rid of lice on the wall, and cosmetic recipes, for hair dye or "water that makes the face looks young", or gets rid of pimples. These recipes are complemented by more occult passages, on how to light a candle underwater or ho … [Click Below for Full Description]

New edition Gilbert De Villier & Simon Vincent Lugduni [Lugdunum] (Lyon) 1528 In-4 (15x21,5cm) Fo.CVII. (6fn.c.) ; Fo.LVIII. (2f.n.c.) ; Fo.LIX (3f.n.c.) relié

well-margined copies in a very well preserved contemporary calf binding, inner and outer frame of blind-stamped roulettesSimon de Colines's introduction of his fine italic in 1528 marks the beginning of the golden age of French printing. These are his first editions of these poets. On this binding the rolls nearer the spine are somewhat flattened, but those near the foredge are beautifully sharp, and can be identified as Gid 124, Cherubin roll CHf3, from a Lyonnese workshop. Gid's reference example is a book of the same year

[Augsburg, Philipp Ulhart, 1528]. - Nachdruck der im gleichen Jahr bei Froschauer in Zürich erschienenen Ausgabe des Berner Reformationsediktes. - Innendeckel m. mont. Katalogausschnitt. Etw. gebräunt sowie stock- bzw. tintenfleckig. - VD16, B 1883; BM STC, German Books S. 79; Schottenloher, Ulhart 176a; Barth 23020; Haller III, 323. ge Gewicht in Gramm: 500

[Augsburg, Philipp Ulhart, 1528]. 4°. 6 Bll., Mod. HPgmt. Nachdruck der im gleichen Jahr bei Froschauer in Zürich erschienenen Ausgabe des Berner Reformationsediktes. - Innendeckel m. mont. Katalogausschnitt. Etw. gebräunt sowie stock- bzw. tintenfleckig. - VD16, B 1883; BM STC, German Books S. 79; Schottenloher, Ulhart 176a; Barth 23020; Haller III, 323. Versand D: 12,00 EUR Gemayn Reformation: und verbesserung der bißhergebrachten verwendten Gotsdiensten, un[d] Ceremonien, Bern, Berne, Schweiz, Helvetica, Reformationsedikt

Greece: Venice Nicolò Zappino 1528. Wood engraved map of RHodes from the "Isolario" of Benedetto Bordone; set in a page of text with text to verso. Modern hand colour. Good impression . Benedetto Bordone (1460-1531) was a manuscript editor, miniaturist and cartographer, he was born in Padua, who worked and died in Venice. His most famous work is the "Isolario" or "Libro De Benedetto Bordone, Nel Qual Si Ragiona De Tutte L'Isole Del Mondo", in which he describes all the islands of the known world with their folklore, myths, cultures, climates, situations, and history. Printed in Venice in 1528 it is the first sixteenth century 'island book' not devoted entirely to the Mediterranean. The maps are plainly engraved with relatively little detail, but constitute, in many instances, the earliest separate depictions of the chosen region. The maps are set in pages of text and there were some 111 contained in the text. As one of the first cartographic publications to move away from the conventional production of Ptolemaic Geographia with some "modern" maps Bordone's is a fascinating and important work. It would be reprinted in 1534 &1547 Originally intended as a guide for sailors, Bordone's "Isolario "describes the important islands and ports throughout the Mediterranean and in other parts of the world, also touching on their culture and history. Some of the illustrations are among the earliest printed maps of the regions depicted. The book also includes new discoveries, such as the connection between North and South America. Bordone was given permission by the Senate in 1 … [Click Below for Full Description]

1528. Xilografia, datata e monogrammata in tavola in basso a sinistra. Da un soggetto di Leonardo. Ottima prova, impressa su carta vergata coeva con filigrana "scudo con mezzaluna", rifilata alla linea marginale, leggere tracce di inchiostro antico, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione. Le notizie su Guido Ruggieri o Ruggeri sono piuttosto confuse. Di lui si sa che è attivo a Fontainebleau tra il 1525 ed il 1531 alle dipendenze di Francesco Primaticcio. Il problema nasce con la confusione tra i vari artisti che lavoravano nel castello in quel periodo e con la traduzione a stampa delle opere del Primaticcio e Rosso Fiorentino. La Biasini, nel saggio Le incisioni del Maestro FG italiano, collega Guido Ruggeri al monogramma FG che invece altri attribuiscono a Girolamo Fagiuoli o al francese Francois Gentil. Il Malvasia lo descrive come allievo sia come pittore che come orafo ed incisore di Francesco Francia. Bartsch ne descrive una stampa a bulino dal Primaticcio (B. vol. 15, pag. 415, 1); Nagler contribuisce solo alla confusione accorpando la descrizione ad altri artisti operanti a Fontainebleau incluso Giorgio Ghisi, mentre il Passavant non la descrive tra le opere di traduzione da Leonardo da Vinci. Altro aspetto misterioso dell’opera è il mezzo usato per la traduzione del soggetto, che solitamente avveniva tramite l’uso del bulino. Rarissima opera del Ruggieri, sconosciuta ai repertori.

, . . Letter in Spanish by Maria of Austria, also called Maria of Spain (1528-1603), daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, Empress as the wife of the Emperor Maximilian II and at the date of the present letter mother of the Emperor Rudolf II. It is addressed to the Italian Duke of Parma, Ottavio Farnese (1521-1586), responding to the news he had sent from Marquis Pier Francesco Malaspina (ca. 1540?-1624) in Piacenza, who had married into the Farnese family in 1564. Farnese had passed on Malaspina's letter about his ill health. Maria was relieved that Malaspina was at least able to write. He apparently made a full recovery, for he was to live another 43 years. The Duke's wife was Maria's illegitimate half-sister Margaret of Austria (1522-1586), and the present letter opens with the warm salutation, "Ilh[ustre] Duque n[uest]ro charo y amado amygo" and is signed "Maria", and below to the right of the seal signed, "Herz[og] de Marnelo"[?].The letter was folded for delivery, with the address on the outside. It also has 3 later horizontal folds. With a light stain running into the address, but not the main text, and with some wear and tear to the seal, otherwise in very good condition, and mostly untrimmed. A letter from Maria of Austria to the Duke of Parma, with the Imperial seal, showing the close personal relations between them and their mutual relative the Marquis Malaspina.

Letter in Spanish by Maria of Austria, also called Maria of Spain (1528-1603), daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, Empress as the wife of the Emperor Maximilian II and at the date of the present letter mother of the Emperor Rudolf II. It is addressed to the Italian Duke of Parma, Ottavio Farnese (1521-1586), responding to the news he had sent from Marquis Pier Francesco Malaspina (ca. 1540?-1624) in Piacenza, who had married into the Farnese family in 1564. Farnese had passed on Malaspina's letter about his ill health. Maria was relieved that Malaspina was at least able to write. He apparently made a full recovery, for he was to live another 43 years. The Duke's wife was Maria's illegitimate half-sister Margaret of Austria (1522-1586), and the present letter opens with the warm salutation, "Ilh[ustre] Duque n[uest]ro charo y amado amygo" and is signed "Maria", and below to the right of the seal signed, "Herz[og] de Marnelo"[?].The letter was folded for delivery, with the address on the outside. It also has 3 later horizontal folds. With a light stain running into the address, but not the main text, and with some wear and tear to the seal, otherwise in very good condition, and mostly untrimmed. A letter from Maria of Austria to the Duke of Parma, with the Imperial seal, showing the close personal relations between them and their mutual relative the Marquis Malaspina.