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The decrees of 4 October 1540, issued by Charles V, together with the decrees issued by Mary of Hungary on 14 February 1549 in manuscript View picture(s) 241 [CHARLES V, Emperor]. Les ordonnances, statutes, & Edictz, que Lempereur Charles cinquies. de ce nom, toujours Auguste, a faict publier en la ville de Bruxelles, en la presence de sa tres haulte Maieste, & de la tres excellente Reyne, Gouvernante & Regente du pays bas, & et en la presence des Seigneurs de Lordre & du Toyson dor, avec le Chancelier, Presidentz, & Gouverneurs du Conseil de sa M. & les Seigneurs des finances, & aussy generalement les Etatz de tous ses pays bas. Le .iiii. iour Doctobre. Lan .M.D.&.xl. Antwerp, (Jacob van Liesvelt) for Marc Martin (Marck Martens), at Brussels, (1540). 4to. Modern half vellum, boards covered with a leaf from an incunable (Bible edition, annotated by a.o. Nicolaus de Lyra), red painted edges. With elaborate large woodcut with coat-of-arms with the two-headed eagle held yup by two angels on the title, historiated and large ornamental woodcut intitials. (10) lvs. Collation: A-B4, C2. 30-31 lines. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Law  Low Countries  Post Incunabula  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The best edition of the most influential, so-called 'Louvain Index' of forbidden books View picture(s) 242 [CHARLES V, Emperor]. Lordonnance & edict de lempereur Charles le Quint, renouvelle au mois davril M. CCCCC. cincquante, pour lextirpation des sectes et erreurs pullulez contre nostre saincte foy catholicque, et les constitutions et ordonnances de notstre mere saincte eglise. Avec le Cathalogue des livres reprouvvez & prohibez. Et aussi des bons livres qui se deburont lire et enseigner aux ieusnes escoliers. Par ladvis de luniversite de Louvain. Louvain, Servatius Sassenius, 1550. 2 parts bound together. 4to. Modern half vellum, boards covered with a leaf from an incunable edition. With the imperial coat-of-arms with the double eagle on the titles. (10), (12) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Forbidden Books  Louvain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The decrees of 7 October 1531, issued by Charles V View picture(s) 243 [CHARLES V, Emperor]. Ordonnances, Les, edictz: statuz, commandements. Aussi deffences, et inhibitions, publiez par tous les pays d' par de ca de Lempereur. Le.xv: iour de Novembre Lan de grace. M.v.C.xxxj. Gendt, Pierre Cesar (Pieter de Keysere), 1531. 4to. Modern half vellum, boards covered with a leaf from an incunable (Bible edition annotated by a.o. Nicolaus de Lyra); red painted edges. Title within elaborately ornamented and historiated woodcut border with the printer's initials ('P.C.') on a shield helt by two angels; large historiated initial (8 lines) and large printer's device at the end, showing a printing press with the name of the printer on the pres ('Petrum casareum') and underneath ('Petrus Caesar. Gandavus') and his initials at the bottom. (10) leaves (Collation: A-B4, C2); 35 ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Habsburg  Law  Low Countries  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Stop the Reformation! View picture(s) 244 [CHARLES V, Emperor]. Ordonnantie ende Edict des Keysers Kaerle die V. vernieuwt inde Keyserlijcke stadt van Augspurgh, inde maent van September, des Jaers M.CCCCC.L. Om textirperen die secten, ende om te conserveren onse oude oprechte gheloeve, ende Kerstelijcke religie. Louvain, Servaes Sassenus, (1550). 4to. Without wrappers. With woodcut coat-of-arms of Emperor Charles V, together with his motto 'Plus oultre' on title. (24) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Low Countries  Politics  Reformation  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the first Dutch dictionary View picture(s) 245 [DICTIONARY - DUTCH - LATIN - FRENCH]. Thesaurus Theutonicae Linguae. Schat der  Neder-duytscher Spraken. Inhoudende niet alleen de Nederduytsche woorden, maer oock verscheyden redenen ende manieren van spreken, vertaelt ende overgeset int Fransois ende Latijn. Thresor du langage Bas-alman, dict vulgairement Flameng, traduict en François & en Latin. Antwerp, Ex off. Christ. Plantini, 1573. 4to. 19th century half calf, spine ribbed and gilt, marbled edges. With woodcut printer's device on title and large woodcut variant device on last blank. (568) pp., including last blank. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dictionaries  Dutch  Education  Plantin  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Italian translation of "la Semaine" by the prince of French poets, Du Bartas View picture(s) 246 [DU BARTAS, Guillaume de Salluste]. La divina settimana: tradotta di rima Francese in verso sciolto Italiano. Tours, Giametto Metaieri (Jamet Mettayer), 1592. 12mo. Contemporary limp vellum; rests of ties. Title printed in floral border; some nice woodcut initials and head-pieces. Text printed in italic. (6), 152 leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  France  Literature  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Pamphlet demanding farmers to move to safer territories View picture(s) 247 [DUDLEY, Robert, Earl of Leicester]. Placcaet op het afdoen van sauvegarden, ende op het vertreck vanden woonderen ten platten lande, onder den vyandt gheseten, ghedaen ende ghearresteert by zyne Excellentie den vijfden Julij. 1586. Utrecht, widow Coenraet Henricx, 1586. Small 4to. Without binding. Woodcut vignettes on title-page, one woodcut initial. (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Militaria  Pamphlets  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the Union of Utrecht View picture(s) 248 [DUTCH REPUBLIC]. Verhandelinghe vande Unie, eewich verbont ende eendracht. Tusschen die landen, provincien, steden end leden van dien hier nae benoempt, binnen die stadt Utrecht ghesloten, ende ghepubliceert vanden stadt huyse den 29. januarij, anno MDLXXIX [1579]. Utrecht, widow of Coenraet Henricsz, (not before 1584). 4to. 19th-century marbled boards with gilt tile on spine, 19th-century blue wrappers preserved. Woodcut coat of arms on title, woodcut initial. (24) pp. [Collation A-C4]. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Pamphlets  Politics  Utrecht  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Satirical work on inebriety and other 'sins' View picture(s) 249 [EOBANUS HESSUS, Helius]. De generibus ebriosorum, et ebrietate vitanda, iocus quodlibeti Erphurdien. lepidissimus. Cui accessere de ebriorum affectionibus & moribus problemata. Item de meretricum in suos amatores, & concubinarum in sacerdotes fide: quodlibeti Heydelbergensis, quaestiones salibus & facetijs plenae, tum quam pulcherrimis optimorum scriptorum flosculis refertae: novis quibusdam rhytmorum carminumque additionibus festivissimis, laxandi animi, iocique suscitandi causa, nuper illustratae. (Frankfurt, ca. 1530). 4to. Modern wrappers. Fine woodcut on title showing drunken animals around a table with an eight-line Latin poem underneath. (32 of 56) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Popular Books  Satire  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Affirming the rights of Emperor Charles V on the Duchy of Gelre and the County of Zutphen View picture(s) 250 [GELDERLAND]. Het bescheet vanden Keyser Kaerle de vijfde van desen name, uitgegheven inden rycxdach van Reynsborch Int iaer ons heeren M.D. ende XLI. vanden goeden rechte dat hij heeft tot ten hertochdom van Geldre ende Graefschap van Zutphen, Ende oock de wederlegghinghe, ende wederbescheet van heer Willem hertoch van Cleve te Franckfoort ghedaen Int iaer ons heeren M.D. XXXIX overgeset uiten latijn in duytsche. Antwerp, Marten Vermeere, (1541). 4to. 19th century half calf. Woodcut coat-of-arms of Charles V on title. (64) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Germany  History  Law  Low Countries  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first extensive collection of proclamations by the Spanish-Habsburg government concerning Flanders View picture(s) 251 [HABSBURG - FLANDERS]. Ordonnancien, Statuten, Edicten ende Placcaten, ghepubliceert in de landen van herwaerts-over van weghen der keyserlicker en conijnglicker Majesteyten, ende haerlieder zeer edele voorsaeten. Ghent, Jan van den Steene (colophon: typis Henrick van den Keere), 1559. Folio. 17th-century blind stamped vellum, spine ribbed in compartments with title lettered in ink. Title with woodcut printer's device in elaborately decorated woodcut border containing coats of arms of Ghent (2), King Philip II of Spain, and (?), woodcut head- and end-pieces, woodcut initials. (4), 801, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Belgicana  Economy  Law  Nobility  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Dutch edition of the in the Middle-Ages very popular "Lives of the Fathers" View picture(s) 252 [HIERONYMUS, Sophronius Eusebius]. Vitaspatrum ende is ghenoemt dat vader boeck Inhoudende die Historien ende legenden der heiligher vaderen die haer leven in strenger penetencie overghebracht hebben Ende met veel schone exempelen Ende miraculen Dat welc is seer oerbaerlic ghelesen voer alle kersten menschen gheestelic ende waerlic Overgeset in gueder verstandelreduytscher sprake ende is anderwerf gecorrigeert. Leyden, Jan Seversoen, 1511, 8 January. Sm. folio. Modern blindstamped calf in antique style. With large woodcut title-initial (the full height of the seven-line title), above an almost full-page woodcut of a pilgrim being regaled in the garden: three figures, two of them labelled 'lacteur' and 'entendement' and sitting at a table, within 3-side borders of 6 parts; large 7-line woodcut first initial. Final leaf with small woodcut printer's device (incorporating the coat-of-arms of the city of Leyden), underneath the colophon on recto and a full-page woodcut on verso: the large figures of a noble-man (again labelled 'lacteur') and a hermit (labelled 'entendement') standing at either side of an open door with caption 'c'est le cloitre de souvenance', behind which the attributes of a hermit's life are depicted. (4), CXXVI (= 132) lvs. (LII-LVII present twice). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dutch  Popular Books  Religion  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Four collections of statutes from Jan van Hout's Raadhuispers at Leiden, printed in civilité View picture(s) 253 [HOUT, Jan VAN]. Nieuwe keuren tot vordernisse van de getimmerten ende tbouwen van huyzen binnen dezer stadt Leyden. Ten bevele van die vande Gerechte der voorschreven stede. Leiden, gedruct opt raedhuys aldaer (= Jan van Hout), 1586. 4to. Eighteenth-century vellum over boards. Title within woodcut ornamental border, woodcut initials, large woodcut coat of arms of Leyden on recto of last leaf. (12) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Leyden  Pamphlets  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early Dutch numismatic work View picture(s) 254 [HOUWELINGHEN, Erasmus van]. Penninck-boeck, inhoudende alle figuren van silvere ende goude penningen, gheslaeghen byde graeven van Hollandt, van Dierick de 7e van dien naem tot Philippus van Bourgondien toe: met het leven in't cort vande selve graeven. Leyden, Fr. van Ravelenghien, 1597. 4to. Brown levant morocco with gilt-decorated ornament in centre of both sides, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (RIVIERE). Printer's device on title, 20 full-page engraved plates, 13 with 82 silver coins, and 7 with 35 golden coins. (48) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Numismatics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Collection of interesting Jesuit letters from Brazil, India, China and Japan (1549-1557) View picture(s) 255 [JESUITS - BRAZIL - INDIA]. Diversi avisi particolari dall'Indie di Portogallo ricevuti, dall' anno 1551. sino al 1558 dalli reverendi padri della compagnia di Giesu. Dove s'intende delli paesi, delle genti, & costumi loro, & la grande conversione di molti populi, che hanno ricevuto il lume della sante fede, & religione Christiana. Tradotti novamente dalla lingua Spagnola nella Italiana. Venice, Michele Tramezzino, (1565). 8vo. Contemporary vellum, remnants of ties. Woodcut printer's device of a 'Sibylla' on title, and finely decorated woodcut initials in text. (8), 286 (= 294), (2, blanks) lvs. (Collation: *8, A-Z, AA-OO8). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Asia [Far East]  India  Japan  Jesuits  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very early and unique reports on the Jesuit missions in India, south-east Asia, China and Japan View picture(s) 256 [JESUITS - INDIA - CHINA - JAPAN]. Nuovi avisi dell' Indie di Portogallo, ricevuti dalli reverendi padri della compagnia di Giesu, tradotti dalla lingua Spagnuola nell' Italiana. Venice, Michele Tramezzino, 1559. 8vo. Nineteenth-century light brown polished calf, gilt double fillets along the edges of both sides with four corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label lettered in gold, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Woodcut printer's device of a 'Sibylla' on title, woodcut initials. (4), 59 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Asia [Far East]  China  India  Japan  Jesuits  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of a very important collection of early Jesuit letters from Japan, India, the Moluccas and Brazil View picture(s) 257 [JESUITS - JAPAN - BRAZIL]. Epistolae Iapanicae, de multorum gentilium in variis insulis ad Christi fidem per Societatis nominis Iesu theologos conversione. In quibus etiam mores, leges, locorumque situs, luculenter descibuntur. Louvain, Rutger Velpius, sub castro Angelico. 1569. 2 vols. in one. 8vo. Contemp. calf, ribbed spine in 5 compartments, both sides ruled in blind with gilt centre piece and four ornaments in the corners. Printer's device on second title and the last lvs of both vols.; first title in typographical border; interesting woodcut initials. (60), 263 (1); 310, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  India  Japan  Jesuits  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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1592-issue of the first edition of the annual reports over the years 1589-1590 of the Jesuit missions in Japan and China View picture(s) 258 [JESUITS - JAPAN - CHINA]. Lettere del Giapone et della Cina de gl'anni M.D.LXXXIX. & M.D.XC. Scritte al R. P. Generale della Compagnia di Giesu. Milan, Pacifico Pontio, 1592. 8vo. Later vellum. With woodcut 'IHS' vignette on the title-page, several woodcut initials. 114 (= 214) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  China  Japan  Jesuits  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Jesuit letters from Japan View picture(s) 259 [JESUITS - JAPAN]. Cartas que los Padres y Hermanos de la Compañia de Jesus, que andan en los Reynos de Japon, escrvieron a los dela misma Compania, desde el año de mil y quinientos y quarta y nueve, hasta el de mil y quinientos y setenta y uno. En las quales se da noticia de las varias costumbres y idolatrias de aquella gentilidad: y se cuenta el principio y successo y bondad de los Christianos de aquellas partes. Alcala, Juan Iñiguez de Lequerica, 1575. 4to with quires of 8 lvs. Contemporary limp vellum with rest of ties, title label pasted on spine. Woodcut of the Crucifixion on verso of the colophon (first unnumbered lv. at the end), charming woodcut initials and woodcut characters of the Japanese alphabet in text. (10), 315, (5) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Cartography  Japan  Mission  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The last words of William of Orange, translated from the English View picture(s) 260 [JOHNSTON, James]. Lof-Verkondigende Verhandeling Over de laatste Bede van Willem den Eersten, Prins van Orange, Grondlegger van Neerlands Vryheid. By zyne schielyke en geweldige dood op den 10. Juli des jaars 1584. aldus uitgesprooken: Heere! Ontfermt U over het volk. Geschreve door een Engelsch Edelman, en uit die Taale, na den tweeden Druck, overgezet, en met Aantekeningen opgehelderd. 's-Grav., H. Scheurleer, 1734. 8vo. Boards. With engraved frontispiece, showing the shooting of William the First at Delft, by A. van der Laan. (32), 168 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  House of Orange  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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