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Opera multo quam antea castigatiora, praeterea et Aelij Antonij Nebrissensis commentarijs haud poenitendis illustrata, quibus insuper adglutinata sunt scholia Joannis Sichardi, quae omnia nunc primum in philomusorum gratiam excusa sunt ...Antwerp, Merten de Keyser, 1536 (preface dated march 1537). 8vo (14.9 x 9.5 cm). With some woodcut decorated initials throughout. Later overlapping vellum.
PRUDENTIUS CLEMENS, Aurelius; Johannes SICHARD and Elio Antonio de NEBRIJA (editors). · 1536
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
[16], 563 [=576] pp.First Antwerp edition of the collected works of Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348-405), one of the most significant early Christian poets of the Western tradition. Known for bridging classical Roman literary techniques with Christian themes, Prudentius’ poet...
Institutionum juris civilis libri quatuor ... è Graeco in Latinum per D. Iac. Curtium Brugensem Iurisconsultum conversi, ac iterum excusi.Antwerp, (colophon: Joannes Grapheus for) Joannes Steelsius, 1539. 8vo (15.4 x 10.4 cm). With a large woodcut folding table at the end, a woodcut device of Steelsius on the recto of the otherwise blank last leaf, and some woodcut decorated initials throughout. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin.
THEOPHILUS ANTECESSOR and Jacobus CURTIUS (translator). · 1536
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[8], 221, [3] ll.Rare complete second Latin edition (the first appeared with the same publisher in 1536) of the Greek paraphrase of Justinian’s Institutiones composed by the Constantinopolitan jurist Theophilus (fl. 6th century). His paraphrase was intended to diffuse the newl...
De sacramento eucharistiae. Et audienda missa. [Zwolle, Simon Corver, ca. 1521].With:(2) IDEM. Epistola adversus M. Engelbertum Leydensem ... et aliae epistolae. [Zwolle, S. Corver, between 30 July and the start of September 1522].(3) IDEM. Tractatus ... De oratione & modo orandi cum luculentissima Dominicae orationis explanatione. [Zwolle, S. Corver, ca. 1521].(4) IDEM. Farrago ... olim uulgo dicti, rarae & reconditae doctrinae, notulae aliquot & propositiones ... [Zwolle, S. Corver, beginning of 1522].(5) GOCHIUS, Pupper. In divine gratie et christianae fidei, commendationem, contra falsam & Pharisaicam multorum de iustifiis & meritis operum doctrinam & gloriationem, fragmenta aliquot ... nunquam excusa. [Zwolle, S. Corver, ca. 1521].(6) GANSFORT, Wessel. De autoritate officio et potestate pastorum ecclesiasticorum. [Zwolle, S. Corver, ca. 1522]. 6 works in 1 volume. 4to. Ads 1-3 and 6 with a woodcut title frame on each of the title pages and several large woodcut decorated initials. Ads 4-5 with several large woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, sewn on 2 supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine. Further with brass catch- and anchor plates and one clasp, and a paper label at the head of the spine, lettered in ink referring that this is a collection of Wessel Gansfort’s works, dated 1520.
GANSFORT, Wessel. · 1519
€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)
[3536]; [32]; [4], “CX” [= XC]; [4], XCVIII; “46” [= 44 (of 46)]; [16]; [24] (belonging to ad 2) ll.A rare early 16th-century convolute from the press of Simon Corver, the pioneering Lutheran printer of Zwolle. Corver, a former monk exiled from Amsterdam for his Lutheran sympa...
Die Historie diemen heet ecclesiastica ... (&c.). nu ... ouerghesedt in onser duytscher spraken. Antwerp, Govert van der Haghen, May 1534. Small folio. With the title printed in red and black, set within an elaborate woodcut title border, 12 decorated woodcut initials, and 2 woodcut tailpieces. 17th-century vellum.
EUSEBIUS PAMPHILUS. · 1474
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
[6], CLIII, [1 blank] ll.Very rare first Dutch translation of the famous history of the church by the great historian Eusebius (270-338), from the Arenberg collection. The Historia ecclesiastica is the earliest history of the Christian church. Divided in ten books, it gives a ...
Elucidatio in omnes psalmos juxta veritatem vulgatae & ecclesiae usitatae aeditionis Latinae ... Antwerp, Merten de Keyser, June 1531. With:(2) TITELMANS, Frans. Annotationes ex Hebraeo atque Chaldaeo in omnes psalmos … Antwerpen, Simon Cock, 1531. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio (27.6 x 22.2 cm). Ad 1 with a woodcut decorated title frame, a full-page woodcut of the kneeling Charles V at the end, and several woodcut decorated initials throughout. Ad 2 with the same full-page woodcut of Charles V at the end, and 1 woodcut decorated initial. 18th-century overlapping vellum.
TITELMANS, Frans. · 1502
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[18], 393, [1]; XLIII, [1] ll.Two first editions of works by the Franciscan scholar Frans Titelmans (1502-1537), one of the most famous theologians produced by the University of Louvain in the early 16th-century. Born in Hasselt and educated under distinguished masters in Gree...
De ratione disputandi, praesertim in re theologica ...[Augsburg], (colophon:) Sigmund Grimm & Marcus Wirsung, 1519. 4to. With title, printed in red and black, set within an elaborately decorated woodcut frame, and 3 large and 4 smaller woodcut decorated initials. Modern, gold-tooled half calf.
MOSELLANUS, Petrus. · 1493
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
[27], [1 blank] ll.Early edition of the Latin oration delivered by Petrus Mosellanus (or Peter Schade, 1493-1524) at the opening of the Leipzig Disputation, 27 June 1519, commissioned by George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539). This work offers a contemporary witness to one of the ...
Plutarchi Chaerone[n]s opuscula quaeda[m] Des. Erasmo Roterodamo, Stephano Nigro, Angelo Barbato, Bilibaldo Pirckheymero, & Philippo Melanchthone Brettano, interpretibus. (Colophon) Basel, Johann Froben, September 1518. 4to. With a woodcut decorated frame on the title page, the first page of the dedication, the first page of the text (A3r), and the first page of the text by Stephanus Niger (H2r), 18 woodcut decorated initials, and a small woodcut illustration incorporating Froben’s device. 19th-century richly gold-tooled quarter red morocco.
ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1497
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
194, [2] pp.An early edition of selected opuscula, short philosophical and moral treatises, by the Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea (ca. 46-120 CE), best known for his Moralia and Parallel lives. The present work brings together Latin translations by multiple Renaissance sch...
De evangelicae veritatis ex Graecorum atque gentium philosophia cognitione, sive de Graecarum affectionum curatione, libri duodecim Zenobio Acciaolo interprete ...Antwerp, (colophon: Joannes Grapheus for) Joannes Steelsius, 1540. 8vo. With some woodcut decorated initials throughout, and Steelsius's woodut device at the end. 18th-century red morocco.
THEODORET of CYRRHUS, and Zenobio ACCIAIUOLI (translator). · 1519
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
8, 158, [6] ll.Second edition of the first Latin translation (1519) of Graecarum affectionum curatio, Theodoret’s (393-457) celebrated apologetic work composed against the last defenders of Hellenism. Intended as a vigorous piece of Christian propaganda, the treatise seeks to ...
In magnum illum laudatae felicisque memoriae Erasmum Roterodamum, nuper vita functum monodia. eiusdem vita ex Beati Rhenani epistola ad archiepiscopum coloniensem. Paris, Chrestien Wechel, 1536. Small 8vo (9.7 x 16.4 cm). With Wechel's woodcut device on the title page and 3 woodcut decorated initials. Modern, marbled paper boards.
NAUSEA, Friedrich, and Beatus RHENANUS. · 1496
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
[23], [2 blank] ll.Published in the year of Erasmus’ death, this Paris edition contains a fine and heartfelt obituary written by his friend and admirer Friedrich Nausea (1496-1552), Bishop of Vienna. Nausea was a leading figure in the irenic movement at the imperial court, see...
Europae descriptio lucidissima D. Caroli V Romanorum Imperatori dedicata. Prognosticon Antonii Torquati ... ab anno M.CCCC.LXXX usque ad annum M.D. XXXVIII Matthiae Ungariae regi dicatum. De fide et moribus Aethiopum, libellus Christianis lectu planè dignus.Antwerp, (Colophon: Joannes Grapheus) for Joannes Steelsius, Aug. 1535. Small 8vo (ca. 9.1 x 14.1 cm). With 3 woodcut decorated initials, and Steelsius’ printer's device on the verso of the last flyleaf. Modern gold-tooled vellum, sewn on three supports laced through the joints, with a single fillet border on both boards.
ZELL, Anselm and Christoph ZELL. · 1535
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[24] ll.First edition of a fascinating composite volume bringing together three works on geography, astrology, and ethnography. The first and principal part, Europae descriptio lucidissima, offers a vivid description of Europe, dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Th...
Flandricarum rerum tomi X ... Cum Hymno de sanctissimo nomine Iesu. Chronica Flandriae.Antwerp, Willem Vorsterman, 1531. 8vo. With several woodcut decorated initials, and a woodcut illustration incorporating Vorsterman's device at the end. 17th-century mottled calf, with a gold-tooled spine, and the title lettered in gold, sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine.
MEYERE, Jacobus de. · 1491
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
67, [5] ll.Second edition of the Flandricarum rerum tomi X, first printed the same year by the Bruges printer Hubert de Croock. It is the first original work of the historian, poet, and humanist Jacob de Meyere (Vleteren 1491/92-1552). Within months, the Antwerp printer Willem...
Meditationes in septem psalmos poenitentiae. (Colophon:) Louvain, Henricus Baers, 1530. 8vo (13.2 x 9.4 cm). With a woodcut frame on the title page, a full-page woodcut device at the end partially coloured green, some woodcut decorated initials throughout, and the manuscript section rubricated in red. Modern vellum, red edges.
LAPIDANUS, Guilielmus. · 1506
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
[56], [4] ll.Rare first and only edition of the meditations of the Belgian Benedictine Guilhelmus Lapidanus (or Willem Vander Steen, ca. 1506-after 1540) on the seven penitential psalms. The present work was printed by Henricus Baers (or Barsius, also known as Vekenstyl), a Lo...
Des. Eras Roterodami viri incomparabilis vita, & epitaphia quaedam.Antwerp, Willem Vorsterman, 1536. Small 8vo (9.8 x 15.6 cm). With woodcut medallion portrait of Erasmus on the verso of the title page, and 4 woodcut decorated initials. Modern vellum.
RHENANUS, Beatus. · 1536
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
[24] ll.First and only edition of this commemorative work, published shortly after Erasmus’ death in 1536, brings together a series of biographical and poetic tributes by some of his closest associates. The volume opens with the Vita Erasmi by Beatus Rhenanus (1485-1547), a hu...
Hyperaspistes diatribae adversus Servum Arbitrium Martini Lutheri ... ab autore recognitus.Basel, Johann Froben, July 1526. Small 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and final leaf, and 2 decorated woodcut initials. Modern calf.
ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1520
€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)
[120] ll.First revised edition of Erasmus' response to Martin Luther, which is part of their famous theological debate that took place in the 1520s. Erasmus received Luther's work in February 1526. The Hyperaspistes is his first reply to it, which he composed within a few days...
Sileni Alcibiadis ... Cum Scholijs Ioannis Frobenij, pro graecarum uocum & quorundam locorum apertiori intelligentia ad calcem adiectis. (Colophon:) Basel, Johann Froben, April 1517. Including: ERASMUS, Desiderius. Scarabeus. Cum shcoliis[!], in quibus Graeca potissimum, quae passim inserta sunt, exponuntur. (Colophon:) Basel, Johann Froben, May 1517. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 4 decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut printer's device at the end of each part. Late 19th-century or early 20th-century boards, red edges.
ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1515
€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)
42 ll.First separate 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 appearan...
Salubria de tuenda valitudine praecepta. Guilielmo Copo Basileiensi interprete ...Including: ERASMUS, Desiderius. Encomium artis medicae. Nuremberg, (colophon:) Johann Petrejus, February 1525. Small 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, and 2 decorated woodcut initials. Later vellum with a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold.
AEGINETA, Paulus. · 1518
€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)
[80] ll.First Nuremberg edition of Erasmus' declaration in praise of medicine. His essay, which was first published in 1518, is a comprehensive summary of his beliefs about the medical profession, and one of his most articulate expressions of his views of the art of medicine. ...
Enchiridion militis Christiani, saluberrimis praeceptis refertum ... Including: ERASMUS, Desiderius. Paraclesis, id est, adhortatio ad sanctissimum, ac saluberrimum Christianae philosophiae studium ...[Paris], Gilles de Gourmont, [after 1518 (and before 1522?)]. 8vo (10.3x16.2). With both titles set within an identical woodcut architectural frame and several woodcut decorated initials. Modern half vellum.
ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1501
€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)
[106], [10] ll.Very rare Paris edition of Erasmus’ Enchiridion militis Christiani, including a short text urging readers to study Christian philosophy. Before Erasmus became a household name for his satire The Praise of Folly, or for his Latin translation of the New Testament,...
Ecclesiaastae [!] sive de ratione concionandi libri quatuor, opus recens, denuo ab autore recognitum, sed cum indice accuratiore quam antehac & copiosiore.Antwerp, sub intersignio Rubri Castri (= Guilielmus Montanus), 1539. Small 8vo. With an architectural woodcut border on the title page, 7 decorated metalcut initials, 5 woodcut headpieces, 7 woodcut tailpieces, and a woodcut printer's device at the end of the work. 18th-century half vellum.
ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1682
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
549 [=544], [31], [1 blank] pp.Scarce early edition of an influential manual on preaching. It was one of the last major works which Erasmus produced and is considered one of his most significant treatises on theology. The work was incredibly popular in his own time, as Erasmus...
De seditionibus libri sex, rationibus et exemplis ex omni doctrinarum et authorum genere locupletati... Ioannis Cochlaei de seditionibus Appendix triplex, contra quosdam rebelles huius temporis. Mainz, Franz Behem, 1550. Folio (ca. 30.8 x 20 cm). With Behem’s large woodcut device on the final leaf, made by Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, as indicated by his “HS” monogram, and with decorated woodcut initials throughout. Late 17th- or early 18th-century gold-tooled calf.
BRAUN, Konrad, and Johannes COCHLAEUS (editor). · 1491
€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)
[20], 355, [1] pp.First edition of a significant work on rebellion and political order by the German jurist Konrad Braun (1491-1563). This substantial treatise examines the phenomenon of sedition and revolt in 6 books, addressing their nature, causes, consequences, remedies, p...
Actiones et monimenta martyrum, eorum qui a Wicleffo et Husso ad nostram hanc aetatem ... veritatem evangelicam sanguine suo constanter obsignaverunt.Genève, Jean Crespin, 1560.With: (2) [PIBRAC, Guy du Faur, seigneur de]. De rebus Gallicis, ad Stanislaum Elvidium, epistola. Et ad hanc de iisdem rebus Gallicis responsio.[Paris, Fédérique Morel], 1573.(3) [A. Q. F]. Memoriae Casparis Coligni Chastilonaei com. ductoris classis Gallicae ... una cum aliis ex nobilitate Gallica insidiose interfecti D. XXIIII. M. Vil. ann. Christi M. D. LXXII.1572. 3 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of ad 1, several decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary richly blind-tooled panelled pigskin, with the arms of the Holy Roman Empire in the central panel on the front, and the arms of August of Saxony on the back, surrounded by two figurative and one ornamental border, the initials G.F.N. and the date 1573 on the front, signed by bookbinder S. Rab(e).
CRESPIN, Jean. · 1554
€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)
[18], 321, [1] ll.; 102, [2 blank]; [1], [1 blank], 5, [1 blank] pp.Extended Latin edition of a celebrated Protestant martyrology, in a beautiful contemporary blind-stamped pigskin binding, which has been signed by the binder. The work comprises descriptions of the lives and w...