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The important Plantin/Pighius edition of the famous 'Nine Books' of Valerius Maximus View picture(s) 201 VALERIUS MAXIMUS. Dictorum factorumque memorabilium libri IX. Infinitis mendis ex veterum exemplarium fide repurgati, atque in meliorem ordinem restituti per Stephanum Pighium Campensem. Accedunt in fine eiusdem annotationes in loca plusquam DCCC. Item hac altera recognitione fragmentum de praenominibus antiquum incerti auctoris, quod decimi libri locum in multis exemplaribus occupat. Antwerp, Christoph Plantin, 12 June 1574. Modern marbled boards. With woodcut printer's device (nr. 20) on title. 392, 99, (13-, last blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Literature  Rhetorics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Italian juridical manual on (the law of) inheritance and making testaments View picture(s) 202 VALLE, Rolandus a. Tractatus de inventarii confectione. Nunc primum in Germania quam emendatissimè editus, & ad commodiorem lectoris usum, characterum diversitate distinctus. Accedunt summaria & index locupletissimus. Cologne, Ant. Hierat, 1599. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, red sprinkled edges. With woodcut printer's device on title, and woodcut initials in text. (48; last 5 blank), 304 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Italy  Treatises  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Medieval war machinery, with 97 woodcuts View picture(s) 203 VALTURIUS, Robertius. De re militari libris XII multò emaculatius, ac picturis, quae plurimae in eo sunt, elegantioribus expressum, quàm cum Veronae inter initia artis chalcographicae anno Mcccclxxxiii invulgaretur. Paris, Chr. Wechel, 1532, Folio. Contemporary limp overlapping vellum, spine with four ropes and manuscript title, folded vellum manuscript leaf with text and glosses used as endpapers. With woodcut printer's device on title and verso last blank, 97 woodcuts of military engines and constructions, many full-page, and numerous woodcut ornamental initials throughout the text. [12], 383, [1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Engineering  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two classical schoolbooks by the celebrated Dutch humanist scholar Aesge Popma View picture(s) 204 VARRO, Marcus Terentius. Fragmenta Satyrarum Menippearum. Logistoricorum. Periploi philosophiae, Lib. II. Promethei, Lib. II. De Philosophia, Lib. I Edente & recensente Ausonio Popma Frisio. Eiusdem Ausoni in eadem Coniectanea. Franeker, Aegidius Radaeus, 1591. Sm.4to. Old half calf. With woodcut vignette on title. (4), 241, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Franeker  Greek & Latin  Humanism  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The first European to enter Mekka and Medina View picture(s) 205 VARTHEMA, Ludvico di. De uytnemende en seer vvonderlijcke zee-en-landt-reyse van de heer Ludovvyck di Barthema, van Bononien, Ridder &c. Gedaen inde Morgenlanden, Syrien, vrughtbaer en woest Arabien, Perssen, Indien, Egypten, Ethiopien en andere. Utrecht, Gerard Nieuwenhuysen & Willem Snellaert, 1654. 4to. Old vellum. With engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved plates. [8], 56, 56 [= 60], 24, [2, 2 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  17th Century  East Indies  Islamitica  Middle East  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Cultivation of fruit-trees and viniculture on 15th- and 16th-century Sicily View picture(s) 206 VENUTI, Antonio. De agricultura opusculum. (Colophon: Venice, Merchio Sessa, 1536). 8vo. Later limp vellum with title written in ink on spine. With a large woodcut printer's device on title depicting a cat catching a mouse within floral borders with the inscription "Dissimilius infida societas" and woodcut initials. [40] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Gastronomy  Italy  Oenology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautiful first edition of this rare and interesting juridical work on children's privileges and immunities View picture(s) 207 VERTRANIUS MAURUS, Marcus. De Iure liberorum liber singularis. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, G. Gazeau, 1558. 4to. Contemp. limp vellum. With woodcut printer's device within large woodcut ornamented borders on title, woodcut head and tail-pieces, and large woodcut initials in text. (16), 181, (15) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Law  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The travel adventures of Albrecht Dürer View picture(s) 208 VETH, Jan & Samuel MULLER. Albrecht Dürers Niederländische Reise. Vol 1: Die Urkunden über die Reise. Vol. 2: Geschichte der Reise. Berlin & Utrecht, G. Grote'sche & A. Oosthoek, printed by Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem, 1918. 2 vols. Folio. Original richly decorated red cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt monogram of Albrecht Dürer on front cover. Vol 1: Frontispiece portrait of Allbrecht Dürer, 92 illustrations on 75 plates, 8 illustrations in text, red printed initial. Vol 2: Frontispiece illustration, 1 full-page illustration and 105 illustrations pasted in the text. (14), 93, (5); (8), 309, (3 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  20th Century  Art  Dürer  Dutch  History  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Printed in the Alsace for Koberger in Nuremberg with 10 magnificent woodcuts View picture(s) 209 VIGERIUS, Marcus. Decachordum Christianum Julio II. Pont. Max. dicatum. Controversia de excellentia instrumentorum Dominicae passionis, per eundem Dn. Marcum Vigerium discussa. [Hagenau, printed by Th. Anselm & Joh. Albertus for Joh. Koberger, Nuremberg, 1517]. Folio. Contemporary full calf over wooden boards, both sides tooled in blind: chequered pattern with floral stamps, one in the form of an onion (6.5 x 4.5 cm) and smaller triangular stamps with a dragon, a small rectangular stamp with leaves and a round one with trefoil; two brass clasps, title written on fore-edge. Leaves from a fourteenth-century liturgical manuscript pasted on the inner sides of the boards. From the 'Koberger Werkstatt'. With title in woodcut border of 4 pieces by Urs Graf and 10 beautiful full-page woodcuts (ca. 13.9-14.4 x 9.7-10.2 cm) in a border of 4 woodblocks measuring together ca. 18.8-19.1x13.9-14.4 cm. by the painter and woodcutter the 'Master I S with the shovel', a pupil of Hans Schäufelein: apart from the first, all the woodcuts are signed with the monogram 'I S' on the blade of a shovel. [6], 204, [14] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Catholicism  Germany  Liturgy  Theology  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The historiographer of Philip II on the Siege of Malta - with a rare woodcut map of Malta View picture(s) 210 VIPERANO, Giovanni Antonio. De Bello Melitensi Historia. Perusiae (=Perugia), Andrea Brixiani, 1567. 4to. Modern half vellum. With woodcut printer's device on title, and large folding woodcut map of Malta. [4, 1 blank], 38 ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Cartography  History  Malta  Ottoman Empire  Turkey  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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16th century designs for tombs and funeral monuments View picture(s) 211 VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Johannes (Hans). Pictores, statuarii, architecti, latomi, et quicunque principum magnificorumque virorum memoriae aeternae inservitis, adeste: et hunc libellum varias Coenotaphiorum, tumulorum, et mortuorum formas typis elegantissimis in aere exaratus comprehendentem inspicite, emite, utimini: et ingeniose manui Ioannis Vredemanni, qui has excogitavit, bene favete, e valete. (Antwerp, Philipp Galle, 1563). 4to oblong. 19th century pigskin, gilt fillet along the edges, title on spine, lettered in gold, g.e. With engraved title with border decorated with trophies of death, on a hatched background, with four lines of Latin poetry (different from the Cock edition): "Effigies, tumulos, monumenta et symbola cernes, etc.", and 22 (out of 26) engraved plates (ca. 170x215 mm) of tombs and funeral monuments. Two plates from other series added. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Architecture  Ornaments  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch history till 1560 in rhyme View picture(s) 212 WACHTENDORP, Caspar. De oude Hollandsche geschiedenissen ofte Korte Hollandsche rym-Kronyck, verdeylt in 14. poëtische boecken, beginnende van de sunt-vloet, ende eyndigende met d'beginselen vanden tegenwoordigen oorlogh inde Nederlanden, ontrent 't jaer 1560. En werden nevens d'Hollandtsche historien oock daer in kortelijck verhandelt de eerste outheden van de naest om leggende landen, als niet alleen van Zeelandt en Vrieslant, die meest altijdt een Heer gehadt hebben met d',Hollanders, maer oock de beginselen van Uttrecht, Gelderlant, en Vlaenderen. Amsterdam, Gillis Joosten for Johannes Pauli, 1645 Contemporary overlapping vellum, spine with title written in ink. Engraved title, vignette on printed title, 13 half-page engraved plates and 31 portraits of the Counts of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland, beginning with Dirk I till Philips II, all bit the last after the drawings by W. Thibaut, with coat-of-arms and within a laurel wreath (the portrait of Philips II: in oval with Latin legend and 6-line Latin poem underneathafter Car. Veenhuysen by Chr. van de Passe: from the De Passe series Viva et vera delineatio quatuor potentissimorem totius Europae monarcharum ...), woodcut initials and tail-pieces. Collation A-Z4, A-D, Ee-Nn4, A-F4, G2. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Low Countries  Middle Ages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most extensive history of the Petition offered to Margaret of Parma (the 'Smeekschrift') by the nobility of the Low Countries in 1566 n the Union of nobility View picture(s) 213 WATER, Jona Willem te. Historie van het verbond en de smeekschriften der Nederlandsche edelen, ter verkrijginge van vrijheid in den godsdienst en burgerstaat in de jaaren 1565-1567. Uit vele oorspronglijke gedenkstukken saamgesteld. Middelburg, Pieter Gillissen, 1776-96. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold on red morocco label and volume number on black morocco label, red speckled edges. Engraved illustration showing both sides of a medallion repeated on each title, some genealogical tables in text. (10), XVIII, 446; VIII, 504; (8), 558, XVI, 488 (pp. 337-8 folding) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  18th Century  Dutch  History  Low Countries  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The 'Welser-Chronik': the most important early history of Augsburg View picture(s) 214 WELSER, Marcus & Achilles Pirmin GASSER. Chronica der weitberuempten keyserlichen, freyen und deß h. Reichs Statt Augspurg in Schwaben, von derselben altem Ursprung, schöne gelegene, zierlichen Gebäwen unnd namhafften gedenkwürdigen Geschichten (...) in unser teutschen Spraach in Truck verfertigt, durch Engelbertum Werlichium, der Historien Liebhabern. Frankfurt am Main, Heirs of Chr. Egenolff, 1595. 3 parts in one volume. Folio. Eighteenth century full calf, ribbed spine gilt in compartments with light-brown morocco title label lettered in gold. Title-page printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, numerous small woodcut portraits after the engravings by Alexander Mayr. (8), 110; 282; 141 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Germany  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Passion of Christ exquisitely executed by one of the most famous Flamish engravers View picture(s) 215 WIERIX, Hieronymus (or Wierx). Passio Domini Nostru Iesu Christi. (No place), Hieronymus Wierx invenit, incidit, excudit. Cum gratia et privilegio Buschere, (ca. 1575). 12mo. 19th century olive green morocco, spine ribbed and gilt with gilt title, single fillet border on sides, inner dentelles with double gilt fillet border, g.e. Engraved title, series of 16 engraved plates depicting the Passion of Christ and one added engraved plate depicting Christ bearing his cross under a large press. Size of all 18 plates is ca. 85x53 mm. All plates are executed and signed by Wierix. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Art General  Print Series  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With 7 engravings not quoted by Hollstein View picture(s) 216 WORTHINGTON ANGLUS, Thomas. Rosarium sive psalterium beatae virginis Mariae à T.W.A. editum. Antwerp, J. Keerbergen, 1600. 12mo. Nineteenth century brown morocco, spine ribbed and gilt; gilt central ornament on sides, inner filet border with small gilt ornaments at the corners and outer filet border (F. BEDFORD), g.e.; in marbled slipcase. Engraved title; 31 full-page and 5 half-page engravings in the text by Joan. Collaert after M. de Vos; text printed in red and black, within fillet borders. (20), 233 (=243), (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Devotion  Engravings  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First French translation of a classic work on the discovery and conquest of Peru View picture(s) 217 ZARATE, Augustin de. Histoire de la decouverte et de la conquete du Perou. Amsterdam, J. Louis de Lorme, 1700. 2 vols. 12vo. Nineteenth century red morocco, spine gilt, triple gilt fillets on sides with small floral ornaments in the corners, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (DEROME). With engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of Peru, and 12 engraved plates, two folding. (36), 307, (1 blank); (6), 408 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  America [South]  Cartography  Colonial History  History  Peru  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Amadis first translated into German View picture(s) 218 [AMADIS DE GAULE]. Das sechtzehende Buch der Historien vom Amadis aus Franckreich. Tractierend von der Ehrlichen keuschen Lieb, hohen Ritterlichen, unnd Mannhafften thaten, der Durchleuchtigsten, Tugentreichen Printzen, Spheramondis, und Amadis vom Gestirn, auch anderer darinn benanter tapfferer Fürsten, unnd unverzagten berümbten Rittern, selbiger Zeit. Allen Ehrliebenden vom Adel, züchtigen frawen und Jungfrawen, zu Ehrn, und nutzlicher Kurzweiliger zeitvertreibung. Auss Frantzösischer in die Teutsche sprach vertiert, Durch J.R.V.S. Franckfort, Sigmund Feyrabend, 1591. Sm.8vo. Contemp. vellum. With title printed in red and black. (12, 4 blank), 1521, (3 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Children's Books  German  Literature  Popular Books  Romances of Chivalry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Books 5 and 6 of the octavo edition View picture(s) 219 [AMADIS DE GAULE]. Le cinquiesme - sixiesme livre d'Amadis de Gaule, mis en Francoys par le seigneur des Essars Nicolas de Herberay. Paris, Estienne Groulleau, 1560. 2 parts in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. Contemp. overlapping vellum, spine with 6 split bands, with small gilt ornaments in the compartments and gilt central ornament on both sides, g.e. With woodcut printer's device on 2 titles, 17 woodcuts in Book 5, and full-page woodcut frontispiece, verso blank, 3 large woodcuts, and 11 woodcuts in Book 6. (6), 194; (8), 208 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  French  Literature  Popular Books  Romances of Chivalry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First octavo edition of Book 10 View picture(s) 220 [AMADIS DE GAULE]. Le dixiesme livre d'Amadis de Gaule, auquel (contenant les haultz faitz d'armes & prouësses admirables de dom Florisel de Niquée, & des invincibles Anaxartes & la pucelle Alastraxerée sa soeur) est traité de la furieuse guerre qui fut entre les Princes Gaulois & Grecz pour le recouvrement de la belle Helene d'Apolonie. Et des aventures estranges qui survindrent durant ce temps. Traduit nouvellement d'Hespagnol en Françoys. Paris, Estienne Groulleau, for Vincent Sertenas, 1557. Sm.8vo. Modern vellum. With woodcut device of Vincent Sertenas on title, and 40 woodcuts in text. (16), 223 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  French  Literature  Popular Books  Romances of Chivalry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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