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Very rare edition of a Dutch adaptation of Eyke von Repgow's Sachsenspiegel View picture(s) 281 [REPGOW, Eyke von]. Spieghel van Sassen. Dat welcke tracterende en inhoudende is alle keyserlike rechten deymen daghelicx meest ghebrukende is. Leyden, Jan Seversen, 1512. 4to. 19th century half calf. Woodcut on title showing the emperor on his high chair surrounded by 11 figures, of which four stand at a table, in front of the emperor, with what looks like some astronomical instruments. According to Nijhoff-Kronenberg this woodcut is supposedly by Lucas van Leyden. Full-page woodcut on verso last leaf of an elephant which is carrying a building with 3 towers on his back. Out of the towers a flag is hanging; one with a coat-of-arms, the other with the symbol of the city of Leyden: 2 crossed keys. 48 leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Law  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A very important source for its early history of Zeeland View picture(s) 282 [REYGERSBERCH, Jan Janse]. Dye Cronijcke van Zeelandt. Antwerp, Weduwe van H. Peetersen, 1551. 4to. 17th century marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, richly gilt cover-edges, red mottled edges. Fine allegorical woodcut title with the coat of arms of the province of Zeeland, Charles V and Maximilian at the top, folding woodcut map of Zeeland, small woodcut portrait of Charles V., full-page woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on verso of last leaf, and  6 mostly full-page woodcut coats of arms, of Maximilian, the  province of Zeeland, and of the cities Middelburg, Veere, Zierikzee and Cortgene in text, numerous fine woodcut initials. (194) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Low Countries  Netherlands  Zeeland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The earliest printed account known of a 'Rederijkers' festival View picture(s) 283 [RHETORICS - REDERIJKERS - ROTTERDAM]. Spelen van sinne vol schoone allegatien, loflijcke leeringhen ende schriftuerlijcke onderwijsinghen. Op de vraghe: wie den meesten troost oyt quam te baten, die schenen te sijn van Godt verlaten. Ghespeelt ende verthoont met octroy der Conincklijcker Ma. binnen  die stede van Rotterdam bijde neghen Cameren van Rhetorijcken die hem daer ghepresenteert hebben den  XX. dach in Julio Anno 1561. Antwerp, Willem Silvius, 1564. Sm.8vo. 19th century half red morocco with gilt title on spine. With small woodcut vignette on title and 10 full-page woodcut emblematic blasons of the competing chambers of rhetoricians. 159, (1 blank) ff. [Collation: A-V8]. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Festival Books  Low Countries  Splendid Ceremonies  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Coins for the Feast of Fools: dedication copy by the author to the Ministre de l'instruction publique of France View picture(s) 284 [RIGOLLOT, Marcel Jérôme & Jean Michel Constant LEBER]. Monnaies inconnues des évêques des innocens, des fous, et de quelques autres associations singulières du même temps, receuillies et décrites par M. M.J. R., d'Amiens; avec des notes et une introduction sur les espèces de plomb, le personnage du fou, et les rébus dans le Moyes Age, par M. C.L.. par C. L. Paris, Mme Huzard for Merlin, libraire, 1837. 8vo. Contemporary half brown morocco, gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers. With 46 numbered full-page plates, lithographed by Delaporte, Amiens, including the frontispiece (1) drawn by Dulhois, of which 2-5, 8-34, 36-41 with depictions of coins; nr. 35 is the 'ancien bailliage d'Amiens, and 42-46 depict coat-of-arms with fools. (4), CLVI, 218, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Catholicism  Cultural History  Emblem  Numismatics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A rare romance of chivalry from the Spanish Golden Age, translated into Italian View picture(s) 285 [ROMANCE OF CHIVALRY]. Historia del nobile, et valoroso Cavalier Felice Magno, figliuolo del Re Falangrè della gran Brettagna, & della Reina Clarinta, nella quale si raccontano i suoi grandi, & maravigliosi fatti tradotta con somma diligenza di Spagnuolo in lingua Italiana. Verona, Sebastiano dalle Donne ad instanza di (for) Francesco de Franceschi Senese, 1587 (Colophon: 1586). 8vo. Contemporary limp vellum with title in ink and pasted library label on spine, remnants of ties. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpiece and initials. (12), 298 lvs. (the last 2 lvs.: colophon (verso blank) and last blank leaf missing). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Italy  Romances of Chivalry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Southern Netherlands reconquered View picture(s) 286 [SALAZAR, Diego de]. Tratado, de re militari, hecho a manera de dialogo, que passo entre los illustrissimos señores Don Gonçalo  Fernandez de Cordova llamado Gran Capitan, duque de  Sessa, &c. y Don Pedro Manrrique de Lara, duque de  Najara: en el qual se contienen muchos exemplos de  grandes principes, y señores: y excellentes avisos, y  figuras de guerra muy provechoso para cavalleros, capitanes, y soldados. Brussels, Roger Velpius, 1590. 4to. Contemporary vellum, spine with gilt acorn ornaments, decorative gilt borders on sides, with gilt acorns at  the four corners, and gilt central coat of arms with a lighthouse and the legend "In concussa manet" in centre on front cover; gilt arabesque central ornament on back cover, g.e. Title surrounded by decorative woodcut border, woodcut printer's device on the title; large woodcut printer's device on verso of the last  blank; vignette with the title, dated 1590, on verso of leaf A4;  4 folding woodcut diagrams of army positions, including 2 with  illustrations; 3 full-page woodcuts of army positions and a plan of an army camp and 6 small woodcut illustrations in the text;  several woodcut initials. (3), 125 (=118), (2 blank) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Arms & Armour  Militaria  Spain  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautifully illustrated work on gardening View picture(s) 287 [SANSOVINO, Francesco]. Della Agricultura di Giovanni Tatti, Libri Cinque. Ne quali si contengono tutte le cose appartenenti al bisogno della villa, tratte da gli antichi & da moderni scrittori. Venetia, F. Sansovino, 1560. 4to. 19th century half vellum. With woodcut printer's device on title, large variant of the printer's crescent moon device on last blank, and  hundreds of woodcuts in text, of herbs and plants, and incl. some serpents, mice and insects. (4), 187, (1) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Botany [Herbals]  Gardens  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun View picture(s) 288 [SERCY, Charles DE]. Mémoire historique, concernant la negociation de la paix traite'e a Vervins l'an 1598. Paris, Charles de Sercy, 1667. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf with gilt spine. Engraved frontispiece to volume I. (34), 487 (1 blank); (24), 595 (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  France  Habsburg  Militaria  Religion  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare early post-incunable collection of sunday sermons from the press of the Regular Canons in Den Hem (Schoonhoven) View picture(s) 289 [SERMONS]. [VORAGINE, Jacob de]. Sermonen op die ewangelien mitten text vanden sonnendagen des ghehelen iaers ende vanden groten hoechtiden. Den Hem, Monastery of the Regular canons, 1501, 20 March. Small folio (ca. 20 x 26 cm). Modern vellum over boards. With woodcut initial of 5 lines, one of 11 lines. 41 lines to a page, printed in 2 columns. 166 [of 168] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Catholicism  Liturgy  Post Incunabula  Prayer Books  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An unrecorded 17th-century Middelburg reprint of a proclamation on salt of 1588 View picture(s) 290 [STATES GENERAL]. Placcaet vande Generale Staten der Vereenichde Nederlanden, beroerende den impost van veerthien guldens op elck hondert, wit gherafineert ende van buyten inneghebrocht zouts, midtsgaders neghen guldens van t'cleyn zout. Wtgegeven den twintighsten dach van April, XVc. achtentachtig. Middelburg, the widow and heirs of Symon Moulert, n.d. (1637?). Small 4to. Loose as issued (two loose double-leaves). Large woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on title-page, woodcut initial. (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Gastronomy  Middelburg  Pamphlets  Zeeland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fine facsimile of the first Dutch edition View picture(s) 291 [TILL OWLGLASS]. Van Ulenspieghels leven, Ende schimpelijcke wercken, ende wonderlijcke avontueren die hi hadde want hi en liet hem ghern boeverie verducten. Gheprint Thantwerpen by Michiel van Hoochstraten, (c. 1512). Facsimile-edition. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1898. 4to. Half cloth with gilt title-label on spine. With large woodcut on title, title printed in red and black, and 27 woodcuts in text. (40) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  19th Century  Chapbooks  Facsimiles  Popular Books  Till Owlglass  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Better than all preceding editions View picture(s) 292 [TROGUS, Gnaeus Pompeius & Aemilius PROBUS (=Cornelius NEPOS)], ed. by Marcus Junianus JUSTINUS. Trogi Pompei Externae historiae in compendium ab Iustino redactae. Externorum imperatorum vitae Aemylio Probo. Venice, Aldus Manutius & Andrea Asulani, January 1522. 8vo. 18th-century mottled calf, gold-tooled spine. With woodcut Aldine printer's device on title and verso of last leaf. 204 ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Aldus Manutius  Latin  Literature  Venice  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting for the legal history of Utrecht View picture(s) 293 [UTRECHT - LAW]. Costumen, usantien, Policijen ende stijl van procederen der Stadt Jurisdictie ende vryheyt van Utrecht gheapprobeert ende ghedecreteert by de K. M. als erf-Heere der Stadt Steden ende Landen van Utrecht. Antwerpen, Willem Silvius for Job Mateeussen, Utrecht, 1564. Sm. 4to. 18th-century vellum. Title-page in red and black with coat-of-arms of the city of Utrecht, within wood-ornamented borders, woodcut initials in text. 39, (7) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Law  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare agreement on the freedom of religion in Utrecht in 1579 View picture(s) 294 [UTRECHT]. Accord, ende overcompste ghemaect byden vijf ecclesien, magistraet, burgerhopluyden, bevelhebberen, ende die vande Ghereformeerde religie, binnen der stadt Utrecht, om rust, vrede ende eendracht te houden onder de ghemeente der selver stadt, soo wel van deen als dander religie zynde, gepubliceert den vijfthienden Junii, anno M.D.LXXIX. Utrecht, Coenraet Henricxsz, 1579. 4to. Modern half vellum, with red morocco title label. With woodcut coat-of-arms of the city of Utrecht on title, and woodcut initial in text. (6) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Pamphlets  Reformation  Religion  Utrecht  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare mystic work beautifully illustrated by Pieter van der Borcht View picture(s) 295 [VERVOORT, Frans]. Dat vyants net booser wercken raet, visioenen, ende met alder sijnder verholender stricken, leerende hoe wi die werelt, den vyant, ende ons selven sullen sterven, kennen, ende overwinnen. Nu seer loflijck wederom vermeerdert ende verbetert, ende elcke materie bisonder verclaert op tsine vanden auctoer des boecx. Ende gevisiteert van eerweerdige doctoren in der Godheyt tot Loven, door den eerweerdige meester Jan Verbrugghen int licht gebrocht. Antwerp, Jan van Ghelen, 1561. Small 8vo. Modern half vellum. Richly designed woordcut borders on title by Pieter van den Borcht; full-page woodcut printer's device on verso of the last leaf; full-page armorial view, dated 1552, on recto of the last leaf, and 20 almost full-page woodcut illustrations by Pieter van der Borcht in the text. (88) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Art  Catholicism  Dutch  Mystics  Religion  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Terms issued and confirmed by oath by the emperor Charles V View picture(s) 296 [VIVIEN, Joris]. Laetus introitus. Die blyde incomst den Herochdomme van Brabant, in voirtyden by hueren landsheeren verleent, ende van Keyser Carolo den V. geconfirmeert, ende by Philips sijnen sone, den II. Coninck van Spaengnien &c. solemnelijcken ghesworen. Anno M.D.XLIX. Eensamentlijc die twee additien daer to dienende, die welcke nu correcter ghestelt ende gedistingeert zijn, dan zy inden eersten druck waren, gecollationeert tegen een copije autentijcke. Met summarien, corte commentarien, indice ende tafle. Cologne, Gottfried Hirtshorn (Hertshorn, Godefridus Cervicornius Jun.), 1577. 4to. 18th-century blue wrappers with vellum label on spine lettered in ink. Title printed in red and black. 152 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Low Countries  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Impressive woodcut copybook by writing master Hans Rogel (1532-1592) View picture(s) 297 [WRITING BOOK]. ROGEL, Hans. Capital und Versal Buech, allerhanndt grosser und kleiner Alphabeth, zue den Hauptschriften und Büechern, dessgleichen in Canntzleyen unnd gemein, zuegebrauchen ganntz zierlich geordiniert. Augsburg, Johann Jacob Schönig, [1568]. Oblong folio. Modern vellum in slipcase. With richly calligraphic woodcut title, printed in white against black with the publisher's address in letter-press at the bottom, and 9 full-page woodcut calligraphic models, all beautifully printed in white against a pitchblack background. With part of a manuscript vellum bifolium (11.5 x 27.5 cm) probably from a late 16th-century manuscript copy-book, with 7 examples of gothic cursive, italic and other hands. [10] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Calligraphy  German  Modelbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare second edition of the official Statutes and laws of the Dutch province of Zeeland, issued 1495 by Philips the Handsome View picture(s) 298 [ZEELAND]. Dit is die Kuere vanden Lande van Zeelandt. Antwerp, Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten, (ca. 1520). 4to. Nicely bound in nineteenth-century dark green morocco, blind ruling and blind-stamped centre-pieces on sides, spine ribbed and gilt. With large woodcut initial ('P', 10 ll.) at the beginning of the text. (39) lvs. (Collation: A-I4, K4-1 (the last blank lacking). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Law  Zeeland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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