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Liber de figuris, & vitiis orationis. His alia quaedam adijiu[n]tur. Vaeneun t apud eundem.[Paris?, Pierre Gromors?, 1529]. 8vo. With a woodcut title frame, the upper block is an illustration of the Last Supper. Modern vellum.

STERCK VAN RINGELBERG, Joachim. · 1500

€5,750.00 ($6,337.55 | £4,797.03 | ¥1,012,024)

[8] ll.Extremely rare rhetorical and grammatical treatise by the Antwerp humanist Joachim Sterck van Ringelberg (or Joachimus Fortius Ringelbergius, 1500-1536). Ringelberg was a native of Antwerp and an associate of Erasmus. He, studied, and later taught, at the Collegium Tril...

Opera. Nunc primum in lucem edita. quorum cataalogum proxima facies enumerabit.Utrecht, Herman van Borculo, 1541. 8vo. With Borculo's woodcut device on the title page and full-page woodcut device with the motto “Felici genio vivax liber arte per orbem,/Chalcographa missus, non minus volat.” on the verso of the last leaf. 18th-century limp vellum.

SECUNDUS, Janus. · 1511

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

[328] pp.First edition of the collected works of Janus Secundus (or Jan Everaerts, 1511-1536), the most celebrated Neo-Latin poet of the Netherlands, author of the world famous Basia (Kisses). Apart from some scattered occasional poems (see: Dekker, Janus Secundus), nothing of...

Ecclesia ad confirmandam fidem catholicorum dogmatum, & stabiliendos animos adversus falsae doctrinae ventos, nimium extremis hisce periculosis temporibus ... Antwerp, Joannes Grapheus (colophon:) for Joannes Steelsius, 1536. 8vo (15.3 x 8.5 cm). With a full page woodcut illustration incorporating Steelsius' device at the end, and with 1 woodcut decorated initial. Modern printer's waste paper binding.

CROCUS, Cornelius. · 1500

€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)

[55] ll.Rare first edition of Cornelius Crocus’ (ca. 1500-1550) major apologetic work Ecclesia, on the authority of the Catholic Church, an impassioned response to the winds of false doctrine that swept through the Low Countries in the turbulent 1530s. The book is prefaced by ...

Arnobii aphri, vetusti pariter ac laudatissimi scriptoris in omneis palmos co[m]mentarii, iuxta pij atq[ue] eruditi. Including: ERASMUS, Desiderius. Commentarius in psalmum, quare fremuerunt gentes.Cologne, Eucharius Cervicornus, 1522. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an elaborate woodcut frame on the title page, and 2 smaller woodcut frames on the first pages of the texts, and 5 woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary blind-tooled calf with armorial panel-stamps. Sewn on 4 supports, with corresponding raised bands on the spine, with remnants of 4 pairs of green closing ties, re-backed.

ARNOBIUS and Desiderius ERASMUS (editor). · 1522

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

[166], [36] ll.Second edition, printed in the same year as the first, of Erasmus’ version of the Commentaries on the psalms attributed to Arnobius the Younger, a Christian priest active in 5th-century Gaul. Arnobius interprets the psalms allegorically, relating their content t...

Anterotica sive De amoris generibus.(Colophon: Treviso, Gerardus de Lisa, 13 Oct. 1492). 4to. Modern blind-tooled burgundy morocco,housed in a burgundy cloth slipcase.

CAVRETTO, Pietro. · 1427

€8,500.00 ($9,368.55 | £7,091.26 | ¥1,496,036)

[VI], XCVII ll.First edition of Anterotica, sive de Amoris Generibus, in which the priest and Humanist Pietro Cavretto (Petrus Haedus, 1427-1504) addresses his nephew, a student at Padua University, with warnings about the dangers and delights of love. Unusually candid for a R...

In evangelium Lucae paraphrasis Erasmi Roterodami nunc primum & nata & aedita.Basel, Johann Froben, September 1523. Small 8vo (10.7 x 15.2 cm). With 2 small woodcut illustrations incorporating Froben’s device on the title page and the verso of the final leaf, a woodcut headpiece above the dedication, and two woodcut decorated initials. Modern blind-tooled marbled calf.

ERASMUS, Desiderius · 2017

€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)

[275] ll.First edition of Erasmus’ Paraphrase on the gospel of Luke. Unlike his paraphrases on the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John, each dedicated to rulers of France or the Holy Roman Empire, this work was addressed to King Henry VIII of England. The lengthy dedicatory pre...

In hoc libello haec in sunt ... Intelligentiae spiritalis formulae: Instructionum libri duo ... epistola paraenetica, ad Valerianum suum ...(Colophon:) Paris, Claude Chevallon, [ca. 1523]. 8vo. With Cevallon’s woodcut device on the verso of the final leaf, the title is printed in red and black, and 10 woodcut decorated initials. Modern half vellum and beige paper sides, blue sprinkled head- and fore-edge, manuscript author and title on the spine in brown ink.

EUCHERIUS; Desiderius ERASMUS; Basil of CAESAREA; Petrus GERARDUS (editor). · 1520

€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)

[6], CVII, [1] ll.Collection of patristic writings, many of which appear here in print for the first time. The book opens with the spiritual writings of Eucherius (ca. 380-ca. 449 CE), Archbishop of Lyon, including his Intelligentiae spiritalis formulae and two instructional t...

Opus argutum ac pium, de spiritu sancto ad amphilochium.Paris, Chréstien Wechel and Jean Roigny, 1532. Small 8vo (9.5 x 14.9 cm). With Wechel’s woodcut printer’s device on the title page and the verso of the otherwise blank last leaf, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Modern limp overlapping vellum.

CAESAREA, Basil of (SAINT BASIL, attributed) and Desiderius ERASMUS (translator). · 1532

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

124, [3 blank],[1] pp.Very rare, second edition of Erasmus’ translation of a theological treatise attributed to Basil of Caesarea (330-379 CE).It was published shortly after the first edition, published in May of the same year by Froben and Episcopius in Basel (May 1532). The ...

Paraphrases in epistolas Pauli apostoli ad Rhomanos, Corinthios & Galatas, quae co[m]mentarii vice esse possunt.Basel, Hieronymus Froben, January 1520. Small 8vo (10.1 x 15.3 cm). With 5 woodcut frames (on the title page, and at the start of each text (Corinthians in two parts)), 10 woodcut decorated initials, 3 woodcut ornaments, and a small woodcut illustration incorporating Froben’s device above the colophon on the last page. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, sewn on three supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine, author and title lettered on a separated paper label at the head of the spine, and with remnants of four pairs of red closing ties.

ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1517

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

465 [= 495], [1] pp.First edition of Erasmus’ collected Paraphrases on the Pauline Epistles, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and Galatians. Each paraphrase had appeared separately between 1517 and 1519, and this collected edition, printed at Basel, presented them together...

De veritate corporis & sanguinis d[ominici in Eucharistia, cum refutatione diversaru[m] circa hoc haereseon, opus pium iuxta ac doctum ...Cologne, [Jaspar von Gennep] Peter Quentel, August 1535. With (bound before ad 1):VIGILIUS. Opera ...Including: CASSANDER, Georg. Commentarius de duabus in Christo naturis ...Cologne, Arnold Birckman, 1555. 2 works in 1 volume, ad 1 in 2 parts. 8vo. With an elaborate woodcut border on the title page of ad 1, several decorated woodcut initials, and a Quentel’s woodcut printer’s device at the end. Limp overlapping vellum with ties.

ALGERUS and Desiderius ERASMUS (editor). · 1530

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

255 pp.; [16], 143, [1 blank]; 52 ll.A rare and significant edition of De veritate corporis et sanguinis Domini by Alger of Liège (Algerus, ca. 1060-ca. 1131), Benedictine monk of Cluny and one of the most influential medieval theologians on the Eucharist. This major treatise,...

Sileni Alcibiadis. Cum scholiis in calce libri adiectis. (Colophon:) Cologne, Servas Kruffter, May 1520. 4to. With an elaborate woodcut border on the title page, and a decorated woodcut initial. 19th-century marbled boards.

ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1515

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

[18] ll.Rare, early edition of an influential work by Desiderius Erasmus, which is a call for reform of the Catholic Church. It uses the Ancient Greek figure Alcibiades (ca. 450-404 BC) and the mythical characters known as the Sileni as an allegory for looking beyond appearanc...

Recriminatio ... adversus furiosissimum Sycophantam Edoardum Leum Anglum, qui ausus est primus Erasmum candidissimum luto aspergere. Epigramma extemporale sed felicissimu[m], Hermanni Buschii, in eundem Leum. [Basel], (colophon:) Andreas Cratander, June 1520. 4to. With an elaborate woodcut title border, a decorated woodcut initial, and a woodcut printer's device on the final page. Modern quarter vellum in older style.

GERTOPHIUS, Johannes and Hermann von dem BUSCHE. · 1468

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

25, [3] pp.First and only edition of a work defending Erasmus against the accusations of Edward Lee, Archbishop of York. Lee had repeatedly complained about Erasmus's translation of the New Testament, criticising not only his knowledge of the Greek language, but also accusing ...

Ursach, warumb Erasmus vo[n] Roterodam, in einer schrifft an den Bepstlichen Legaten und Cardinal Compeium, bedenckt, das es nicht gut sein sol das Rö. Key. Maiestat, die Lutherische, und andere lere mit dem schwerdt dempffe &c. In Sibenzehen Artickel gestellet.[Strasbourg or Nuremberg, Georg Ulricher or Wolfgang Heußler, 1531 or 1546]. 4to. Modern blind-tooled, mottled calf, with a double fillet border on both boards.

[ERASMUS, Desiderius]. · 1474

€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)

[3], [1 blank] ll.Rare German edition of a letter Erasmus sent to the papal legate Lorenzo Campeggi (1474-1539) on August 18, 1530. In this letter, Erasmus expresses his fear that the Holy Roman Emperor would declare war to the Protestant German princes, and explains in 17 art...

Ex Plutarcho versa per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum. Recognita per eundem, ex collatio[n]e Graecoru[m] voluminu[m] ut seque[n]s ha bet pagella ...Basel, Johann Froben, (colophon:) September 1520. 4to. With the title set within an elaborate woodcut frame, a smaller woodcut frame on the verso of the title page and the first page of the first text. Further with 9 woodcut decorated initials, woodcut headpieces, and a small woodcut illustration incorporating Froben’s device on the last page. Modern gold-tooled half calf.

PLUTARCH and Desiderius ERASMUS (translator and editor). · 1520

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

167, [1] pp.This finely printed 1520 Basel edition presents a collection of Erasmus’ earliest translations from the works of the Greek moral philosopher Plutarch. The volume presents eight of Plutarch's shorter treatises, addressing themes such as friendship, health, and the n...

Divi Hieronymi epistolaeres ab Erasmo Roterodamo recognitae, cuius & argumentis & scholiis oppidoque elegantibus sunt illustratae.[Cologne, Johann Gymnic, 1518]. 4to. With the title set with in a frame built up from 4 (or possibly 6) woodcut illustrations including printer's initials and the date 1518, and 10 woodcut decorated initials. Modern faux-leather-patterned paper with a grey paper label on the spine with the author’s name lettered in silver (“Erasmus v. Rotterdam”).

HIERONYMUS, Eusebius Sophronius (SAINT JEROME) and Desiderius ERASMUS (editor).

€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)

[48] ll.Selection of three letters by the Church Father Jerome of Stridon (Saint Jerome, ca. 342/47-420 CE), edited and annotated by Erasmus. Erasmus felt a profound connection to Jerome. He saw in the ancient Church Father not only a kindred spirit but also a mirror for his o...

Erasmus von Rotherodam ein fürst aller gelerten zu unseren zyte[n], schreibt im buch gena[nn]t Encomion morias, vom predigen der ba[e]ttel münch. Ein jeden ich hie früntlich bit, Das er mich la[e]ss und lach nit. Der. VI. bundtsgnosz.[Basel, Pamphilus Gengenbach, 1521]. 4to. With 1 large woodcut portrait of Erasmus on the title page, 2 decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut tailpiece below the end of the text. Modern marbled calf.

[EBERLIN VON GÜNZBURG, Johann]. · 1470

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

[5] [1 blank] ll.First edition of the sixth pamphlet in the Reformation series Die Bundesgenossen (The Confederates) written by Johnn Eberlin von Günzburg (1470-1533). It was printed in Basel by Pamphilus Gengenbach (1480-1524), a printer, writer, and publisher who played a pi...

Eximii doctoris Hieronymi Stridonensis vita, ex ipsius potissimum literis contexta. Basel, (Colophon) Johann Froben, May 1519. 4to. With a woodcut decorated frame on the title page and on page 3, a small woodcut illustration incorporating Froben’s device on the verso of the last leaf, and with 1 woodcut decorated initial. Modern beige paper boards.

ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1516

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

70, [2] pp.Second edition of Erasmus’ Vita (The life of the excellent doctor Jerome of Stridon), this work introduced the monumental edition of Saint Jerome’s Opera omnia. It was Erasmus’ attempt to present Jerome as a relevant historical and intellectual figure, instead of hi...

Nomenclator, omnium rerum propria nomina, variis linguis explicata indicans. Multo quàm antea emendatior ac locupletior ... Tertia editio. Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1583. 8vo. With Plantin's woodcut device on the title page. 18th-century marbled calf, sewn on five supports with corresponding raised bands on the gold-tooled spine, with a separate red calf label lettered in gold, red edges.

JUNIUS, Hadrianus. · 1511

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

[8], 432, [70], [2 blank] pp.Third Plantin edition of Nomenclator, the highly influential dictionary by the Dutch physician and humanist Hadrianus Junius (1511-1575). The present work is a line-for-line reprint of the corrected and expanded second edition of 1577. The work was...

De gli occulti miracoli, & uarii ammaestramenti delle cose della natura, con probabili ragioni, et artificiosa congiettura confermati.Venice, Lodovico degli Avanzi, 1563. 8vo. With a woodcut device on the title page, and some woodcut initials. Near-contemporary limp vellum.

LEMNIUS, Levinus. · 1505

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[15], [1 blank], 156 ll.Second Italian edition of the celebrated work by the Dutch physician Levinus Lemnius (1505-1568). First published in 1559 under the title Occulta naturae miracula, the work occupies an intriguing position between Renaissance natural philosophy, medicine...

Batavia, sive de antiquo veroque eius insulae quam Rhenus in Hollandia facit situ, descriptione & laudibus; adversus Gerardum Noviomagum, libri duo ... Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1586. 8vo (16.6 x 10.7 cm). With a woodcut device on the title page and woodcut initials throughout. Limp vellum, sewn on three supports laced through the joints (top one broken), with a green morocco label lettered "Batavia Ant. 1686" in gold on the spine.

AURELIUS, Cornelius Gerardi. · 1460

€700.00 ($771.53 | £583.99 | ¥123,203)

[16], 135, [1 blank] pp.The Antwerp issue of the first edition of this work on the origin of the Netherlands by the early Humanist and historian Cornelius Gerardi Aurelius (ca. 1460-1531), teacher and friend of Erasmus in Gouda and best known for his Divisiekroniek (1517). The...