A Rare Books Miscellany, June 2021

A Rare Books Miscellany, June 2021

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Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello...

Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio.

Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588.

Price: $18,000.00

A fine, tall copy in contemporary blind-ruled vellum, edges of the text block sprinkled red and blue. The text is in very nice condition, lightly toned, with minor blemishes (A FEW small ink stains, sm. burn hole in margin of one leaf, ss2 small rust spot, g3-5 v. light dampstain...

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Eight Books of the Peloponnesian Warre. Written by Thvcydides the sonne of Olorvs. Interpreted...

Eight Books of the Peloponnesian Warre. Written by Thvcydides the sonne of Olorvs. Interpreted with Faith and Diligence Immediately out of the Greeke By Thomas Hobbes. Secretary to the late Earle of Deuonshire.

London: Charles Harper, 1676.

Price: $9,500.00

Illustrated with the famous engraved title page showing Archidamos, Perikles and the author with vignette views of Sparta, Athens and a small map of Greece; and five engraved maps and views by Thomas Cecill entitled: "The Mappe of Ancient Greece", "Plataea", "Sphoicteria", "Antient Sicele According to the Description of Philip...

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In lavdem matrimonii oratio, habita in sponsalibvs Mariae potentissimi regis Angliae Henrici...

In lavdem matrimonii oratio, habita in sponsalibvs Mariae potentissimi regis Angliae Henrici Octavo filiae, et Francisci christianissimi Francorvm regis primogeniti.

Basel: Johann Froben, February, 1519.

Price: $4,900.00

Bound in 20th c. blue morocco by Rolando Gozzi of Modena, gilt arabesque at the center of the boards. Contents a little browned, discreet restoration, not affecting the border, to top blank margin of title. Woodcut title border to first leaf by Hans Holbein the younger (see foot of this...

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Relatione della felice morte di cinque religiosi della Compagnia di Giesu, et di alcuni altri...

Relatione della felice morte di cinque religiosi della Compagnia di Giesu, et di alcuni altri secolari ammazzati da Gentili per la fede nell'India Orientale l'anno 1583. Cavata da una del P. Allesandro Valignano Provinciale dell'india per il P. Generale della compagna di Giesu data in Goa alli 28 Dicembre dell'istesso anno.

Rome: appresso Francesco Zanetti, 1584.

Price: $4,800.00

Later “carta rustica” boards with spine in early vellum. The text begins on A2. Complete.The extremely rare first Italian edition of this report from India. Streit lists a Latin edition at Goa in 1584 (Streit IV, 1024) but this appears to have been published only in later collections (the 'Littera...

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Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti di Giorgio Vasari, pittore &...

Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti di Giorgio Vasari, pittore & architetto aretino; parte prima e seconda [-terza] ; in questa nuoua edizione diligentemente riviste, ricorrette, accresciute d'alcuni ritratti, & arricchite di postille nel margine.

Bologna: Presso gli heredi di Euangelista Dozza, 1648, 1663.

Price: $12,000.00

A nice set with good margins, bound in three uniform bindings of 18th century tanned sheepskin, the spines gold-ruled in compartments and with black and citron lettering pieces. Aside from the usual rubbing and some small faults to the joints, the bindings are very nicely preserved. Edges stained red. Internally...

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Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti di Giorgio Vasari, pittore &...

Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti di Giorgio Vasari, pittore & architetto aretino; parte prima e seconda [-terza] ; in questa nuoua edizione diligentemente riviste, ricorrette, accresciute d'alcuni ritratti, & arricchite di postille nel margine.

Bologna: Presso gli heredi di Euangelista Dozza, 1647.

Price: $18,000.00

Bound in three uniform bindings of contemporary stiff vellum, somewhat soiled. The text is in overall fine condition, with some light browning, occasional foxing, and a few marginal damp-stains. The three volumes are illustrated throughout with the well-known woodcut portraits of the artists set within ornate frames. For this edition the...

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Indicazione Antiquaria del Pontificio Museo Pio-Clementino in Vaticano, stesa da Pasquale Mass...

Indicazione Antiquaria del Pontificio Museo Pio-Clementino in Vaticano, stesa da Pasquale Mass Cesenate Custode del Museo Stesso/ Catalogue Indicatif des Antiquitès Composant Le Musèe Pie-Clèmentin au Vatican par Paschal Massi de Cesèns Garde du dit Musèe.

Rome: Presso Lazzarini, 1792.

Price: $8,400.00

Printed on blue paper. In contemporary mottled calf, the spine and boards tooled in gold. A very fine copy of the very rare first catalogue of the Museo Pio-Clementino - founded by Pope Clement XIV in 1771 and greatly expanded his successor by Pius VI-, written for the use of...

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Ling-t’ai I-hsiang t’u or Hsin-chih I-hsiang t’u [trans.: A Newly Made Collection of...

Ling-t’ai I-hsiang t’u or Hsin-chih I-hsiang t’u [trans.: A Newly Made Collection of Astronomical Instruments]

[Beijing: presented to the Emperor 6 March, 1674.

Price: $750,000.00

Bound in two volumes in original golden-yellow silk over paper wrappers (spines perished & with a little fraying) with woodcut Chinese title labels on the upper covers as issued. 106 double-page woodcuts (the first opening is the Chinese Preface, the remaining 105 openings are woodcut illustrations of astronomical instruments and...

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The most excelent worckes of chirurgery, made and set forth by maister Iohn Vigon, head...

The most excelent worckes of chirurgery, made and set forth by maister Iohn Vigon, head chirurgien of oure tyme in Italy, traunslated into Englishe. Wherunto is added an exposition of straunge termes and vnknowen symples, belongynge vnto the arte.

London: Imprynted by Edwarde Whytchurch, wyth the Kynges moste graciouse priuelege for seuen yeres. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, 1550.

Price: $28,000.00

A fine copy bound in contemporary English calf, rebacked and re-sewn, with leather straps (and possibly the clasps) renewed. The boards are paneled in blind and patterned with decorative roll stamps. Historiated woodcut title border, numerous and varied attractive woodcut initials throughout. The text itself in fine, crisp condition with...

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Opera Vergiliana docte & familiariter exposita: docte guide[m] Bucollica & Georgica a Servio,...

Opera Vergiliana docte & familiariter exposita: docte guide[m] Bucollica & Georgica a Servio, Donato, Mancinello & Probo nuper addito, cum adnotationib[us] Beroaldinis, Aeneis vero ab ijde[m] pr[a]eter Mancinellum & Probu[m] & ab Augustino Datho in ejus principio, Opusculoru[m] pr[a]eterea q[uae]da[m] ab Domitio Calderino. familiariter vero o[mn]ia ta[m] opera q[uam] opuscula ab Jodoco Badio Ascencio

Lyon: Jacobus Saçon for Ciriacus Hochperg, 1517.

Price: $26,400.00

A fine, complete copy, bound in 18th century calfskin. There are discreet repairs to the fore-edge and foot of the title, affecting two letters on the verso. Leaf CC1 has a tear in the gutter without loss. VERY RARE. This is the first complete copy that I have handled in...

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Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia: CVM VERIS IN BVCOLICA, GEORGICA, & Aeneida Commentarijs...

Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia: CVM VERIS IN BVCOLICA, GEORGICA, & Aeneida Commentarijs Tib.Donati & Seruij Honorati, summa cura ac fide à Georgio Fabricio Chemnicense emendatis: Adiecto etiam ab || eodem Rerum & uerborum locuplete in ijsdem memorabilium Indice. Quibus accesserunt etiam Probi Grammatici, Pomponij Sabini, Phil. Beroaldi, Ioan. Hartungi, Iod. Vvillichij, Georg. Fabricij, Bonfinis & aliorum Annotationes.

Basel: Per Henricum Petri, 1561.

Price: $8,500.00

Bound in an excellent binding, beautifully preserved, of original pigskin over beveled wooden boards, ornately tooled in blind, with the original brass clasps intact. The text is in excellent condition aside from some minor staining and dustiness to the title page. Otherwise, very fresh. PROVENANCE: Contemporary ownership inscription (Joan. a Salice)...

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P. Virgilii Maronis Opera interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolus Ruaeus Soc. Iesu… ad...

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolus Ruaeus Soc. Iesu… ad usum Serenissimi Delphini. Editio Secunda

Paris: Apud Simonem Benard, Ex Typographia Dionysii Thierry, 1682.

Price: $2,900.00

A very fine copy, bound in contemporary mottled calfskin, the spine elaborately and richly tooled in gold. The spine is separated into compartments by raised sewing supports. The second compartment bears a large red morocco label beautifully tooled in Roman capitals: “RUAEI VIRGILIUS”. The boards are framed by two decorative...

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THE WORKS OF VIRGIL: Containing His PASTORALS , GEORGICS, AND ÆNEIS. Translated into English...

THE WORKS OF VIRGIL: Containing His PASTORALS , GEORGICS, AND ÆNEIS. Translated into English Verse; By Mr. Dryden. Adorn’d with a Hundred Sculptures.

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1697.

Price: $20,000.00

An exceptional, and exceptionally large, “large paper” copy. This copy is complete with the engraved frontispiece, the extra plate depicting Vergil reading the Aeneid to Augustus, and all 101 of the magnificent engraved plates by W. Hollar called for in this edition: ten in the Bucolics, twenty in the Georgics...

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The Thirteene Bookes of Aeneidos. The first twelve beeing the worke of the diuine poet, Virgil...

The Thirteene Bookes of Aeneidos. The first twelve beeing the worke of the diuine poet, Virgil Maro, and the thirteenth, the supplement of Maphæus Vegius. Translated into English verse, to the first third part of the tenth booke, by Thomas Phaer Esquier: and the residue finished, and now newly set forth for the delight of such as are studious in poetrie: By Thomas Twyne, Doctor in Physicke.

London: Printed by Thomas Creede, 1607.

Price: $18,000.00

Bound in an exquisite binding of eighteenth-century mottled calf, highly polished and beautifully tooled in gold along the edges of the boards. The spine is separated into six compartments by the raised sewing supports, each of which, aside from that bearing the citron morocco label, is decorated with attractive floral...

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The Defense of the Aunsvvere to the Admonition, against the Replie of T.C. By Iohn VVhitgift...

The Defense of the Aunsvvere to the Admonition, against the Replie of T.C. By Iohn VVhitgift Doctor of Diuinitie. In the beginning are added these. 4. tables. 1 Of dangerous doctrines in the replie. 2 Of falsifications and vntruthes. 3 Of matters handled at large. 4 A table generall.

London: Henry Binneman, for Humfrey Toye, 1574.

Price: $4,500.00

Bound in near-contemporary English calf with expert restorations to the hinges and extremities. Internally, this copy is in excellent condition, with only a few minor faults. The title page is finger-soiled and bears the early ownership inscription of Will. Waterson. There is a light dampstain to lower part of the...

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Poems, (&c.) on Several Occasions: with Valentinian: a Tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable...

Poems, (&c.) on Several Occasions: with Valentinian: a Tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester.

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge’s Head, in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-Street, 1691.

Price: $7,500.00

A truly fine copy in its original speckled calf binding, corners bumped, hinges starting. The text is crisp and in fine shape aside from a tear to the upper margin of the title affecting the printed rule and the top edge of the word “Poems.” With the preliminary advertisement leaf...

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Artickel, so herr Vlrich Zwinly auff Dornstag vor Liechtmeß Anno. M.D.XXiij. offentlich...

Artickel, so herr Vlrich Zwinly auff Dornstag vor Liechtmeß Anno. M.D.XXiij. offentlich disputiert, vnd mit der Euangelischen warheit behalten hatt. Furschrifft eines ersamen Raths der Stat Zürich, an alle Pfarherr, Leutpriester, Seelsorger vnd Predicanten jrer herrschafft, newlich außgangen.

Erfurt(?): Michel Buchfürer, 1523.

Price: $18,000.00

Modern wrappers. A fine copy, leaves very lightly toned. Large woodcut arms on title page.The very rare (fourth?) printing of Zwingli’s Sixty-seven Articles, printed in the year of the Zurich disputation and the first Zurich edition. “The Sixty-seven Articles are the first public statement of the Reformed faith. They resemble the...

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