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Amadis in folio View picture(s) 61 SECOND LIVRE, LE-, de Amadis de Gaule, traduict nouvellement d'Espaignol en François par le Seigneur des Essars, Nicolas de Herberay. Paris, Pasquier le Tellier, for Iean Longis 1550. Folio. 18th century marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt. With woodcut device of Jean Longis on title, numerous large white woodcut initials, mostly the "lettres fleuries" by Geofroy Tory, 4 large woodcuts within 4-part ornamental and grotesque borders, and 8 woodcuts within 2- or 4-part woodcut borders in text. (4), 136 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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Rare first issue of the first edition View picture(s) 62 SENTENTIE VANDEN KEYSER, DIE-, roerende tstapelrecht der stede van Dordrecht, met die verclaringhe daer op ghevolcht. Delft, Cornelis Henricxz. Lettersnijder, also for Claes Janssoon in The Hague, 1541. 4to. Early twentieth-century half calf, gilt spine with red title-label, lettered in gold, marbled boards and endpapers. Woodcut coat-of-arms of emperor Charles V on title. (24) pp. (Collation: [A]-C4). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dordrecht  Low Countries  Pamphlets  Politics  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first octavo-editions of Book 6 and Book 7 of Amadis de Gaule View picture(s) 63 SIXIESME - SEPTIESME LIVRE, LE-, d'Amadis de Gaule, mis en Francoys par le Seigneur des Essars Nicolas de Herberay. Paris, Estienne Groulleau for Vincent Sertenas, 1548. 2 parts in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. 18th century calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with red title-label, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With large woodcut device of Sertenas on 2 titles, and Book 6 with woodcut frontispiece, verso blank, 2 large woodcuts and 13 woodcuts in text, and Book 7 with 4 large woodcuts and 17 woodcuts in text. (8), 152; (4), 150 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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The earliest printed account known of a 'Rederijkers' festival View picture(s) 64 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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The only complete copy and unrecorded variant of NK 3890: the first printed 'Lantjuweel' View picture(s) 65 SPELEN van sinne by den .xix. gheconfirmeerden Cameren van Rhetorijcken Binnen der Stede van Ghendt comparerende, verthoont, Volghende den Octroye vander K. Maiesteyt, Grave van Vlaendren, Onsen gheduchten Heere, Schepenen der selverstede, ende Camere van Rhetorijcke vander heylige Drievuldicheyt, gheseyt de Fonteynisten, verleent, Ende der Charte wtghesonden op de questie, Welck den mensche stervende, meesten troost is: Die selve spelen beghinnende by ordre, so hier na volcht, den .xii. Junij, int jaer M.CCCCC.xxxix. Ende werden volspeelt ende gheeyndt, den .xxiii. vanden Jare ende Maent voorsz. Antwerpen, (Matthias Crom) 'men vintse te coope binnen de Cammerpoort brugghe int huys van Delft', 25 Oct. 1539. 8vo. 19th-century three-quarter vellum, title written on spine, boards covered with marbled paper. (220) lvs. ((a)8, b-z8, A-D8, E4). 28-29 lines. Got. type. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dutch  Literary History  Low Countries  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare edition of a Dutch adaptation of Eyke von Repgow's Sachsenspiegel View picture(s) 66 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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Very rare original edition of the statutes of Forcalquier in southern France View picture(s) 67 STATUTA PROVINCIAE Forcalqueriique comitatum. Cum commentariis L. Massae I.C.... Accesserunt F. Fortii, I.C. Andini, in illa curia advocati, notae ad marginem. Cum indice. On à ajousté un livret, de la genealogie des Comtes de Provence, tiré du livre en Latin de feu Maitre F. de Clappiers, sieur de Vauvenargues, conseiller du Roy, en la Cour des Aydes, & Chambre des Comptes en Provence. Aix-en-Provence, Nicolas Pillehotte & Jean Tholosan, 1598. 2 parts in 1 vol. Large 8vo. Later vellum with printed title on spine. Title printed in red & black with woodcut fleur de lis (coat-of-arms of the Départ. Alpes-de Haute-Provence), woodcut coat of arms of Forcalquier and initials in text; the second part with woodcut coat-of-arms of Henri IV on seperate title and woodcut initials. (15, 1 blank), 216; (24) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Economy  France  Genealogy & Heraldry  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Only known copy of the Silvius edition in Civilité type of the apocryphal Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs View picture(s) 68 TESTAMENTEN, De, der XII. Patriarchen Jacobs kinderen, hoe een yeghelyck voor zyn eynde syn kinderen gheleert ende totter vreesen godts, ende godtzaligen leven vermaent heeft, seer troostelyck, ende tot een goet leven gansch dienstelyck. Hier is by gheset het Testament van Jacob haerlieder vader. Antwerp, Willem Silvius, 1569. Small 8vo. Blind-tooled vellum (ca. 1700) with a large central stamp in the centre of each board, framed by two sets of double fillets; with corner pieces and the title in ink on the spine With Silvius's woodcut angel-with-sythe device on the title-page, 1 line of the title mostly woodcut, interlaced initial letters printed from cast type, 2 sizes of civilité type by Robert Granjon, and some headings in 2 sizes of italic. 82 lvs. Collation: A-I8, K10. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Bibles  Judaica  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Second folio edition of Book 3 View picture(s) 69 TIERS LIVRE, LE-, de Amadis de Gaule, contenant les guerres & discordz qui survindrent en la grand' Bretaigne, & es environs, à l'occasion du mauvais conseil que receut le Roy Lisuart de Gandadel & Brocadan, contre Amadis & les siens, dont depuys maintz bons Chevaliers d'une part & d'autre, finirent cruellement leurs iours. Paris, for Ian Longis, 1547. Folio. 18th century marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt. With woodcut illustration with woodcut border on 2 sides on title, several woodcut initials of various sizes, 2 large woodcuts within 4-part borders, and 15 woodcuts within 4-part ornamental and grotesque borders in text. (8), 94 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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Rare pamphlet against Taurinus' Weeg-schael and in praise of the House of Orange View picture(s) 70 TRIOMFE VAN DE DOORLUCHTIGE PR. VAN ORANGIEN, ende het gheheele huys van Nassau, so wel overleden als teghenwoordigh. Met bewijs van de schandelicke daden ende schriften, in wat balans ofte weeghschael de lasteraers, dese doorluchtige pr. met der e.m.h. Staten bontgenoten omspringen. Voorts het afscheyden (van de teghenspreeckers) der ghereformeerde, of Princen Geusen. N.pl., 'by C. Ar. G.', 1618. 4to. Modern marbled wrappers. Large woodcut title-illustration depicting a chopped-off orange-tree sprouting a new branch supporting the coat of arms of the House of Orange and topped by a large crown. With letterpress mottoes 'Hone Soit qui mali pense' and 'Concordia res parvae crescunt' at the left and right side of the woodcut and with 1-line explanatory verse below: 'Een goet Orangien afgehouwen boom, wast weder wel aen den Nassauwen stroom.' 24 (= 32) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  17th Century  House of Orange  Pamphlets  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the Union of Utrecht View picture(s) 71 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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Rare second edition of the official Statutes and laws of the Dutch province of Zeeland, issued 1495 by Philips the Handsome View picture(s) 72 ZEELANDT, Dit is die Kuere vanden Lande van -. 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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First edition, complete with the often lacking index View picture(s) 73 (AURELIUS, C.). Die cronycke van Hollandt Zeelandt ende Vrieslant beghinnende van Adams tiden tot die geboerte ons heren Jhesu, Voertgaende tot den iare M.CCCCC. Ende Xvij. Met den rechten oerspronc hoe Hollandt eerst begrepen ende bewoent is gheweest van de Troyanen. Ende is inhoudende van die hertogen van Beyeren Henegouwen ende Bourgongen, Die tijt dat si ant graefschap geweest hebben. Met die cronike der biscoppen van Wtrecht seer suverlic geextendeert int lange verhaelt. Colophon: Leyden, Jan Seversz., 1517, 18. August. Folio. 18th century marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt. With title printed in red and black, half-page woodcut on title with woodcut borders on 2 sides, and 244 woodcuts of various size in text, one over half-page at the beginning of the text, one of the crucifixion full-page, showing medieval cities, knights, chatelaines, scenes of battle, tournaments, religious scenes, portraits of the counts of Holland, etc. mostly by Lucas van Leyden and Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen. (2), 436, (4) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dutch  History  Post Incunabula  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Third edition of the famous 'Divisiekroniek', the Dutch national chronicle with its continuations, complete with the map of Holland in first state View picture(s) 74 (AURELIUS, Cornelius & Ellert de VEER). Die cronycke van Hollant, Zeelant ende Vrieslant. Beghinnende van Adams tijden tot die gheboorte ons Heeren Jesum, voortgaende tot den jare M.CCCCC ende XVII. Met den rechten oorspronck hoe Hollandt eerst begrepen ende bewoont is gheweest vanden Troyanen. Ende is inhoudende van die hertogen van Beyeren, Henegouwen ende Bourgondyen, de tijt dat sy aent graefschap gheweest hebben. Met de cronijcke der bisschoppen van Wtrecht, seer suyverlick gheextendeert ende int langhe verhaelt. Hier us by ghevoecht het tweede deel, oft vervolch, vande Hollandtsche cronijcke, mitsgaders de gheschiedenissen van dandere Nederlanden ende der selver omliggende provincien: hoe ende wanneer die veranderinghe inde religie toeghecomen is, met d'oorloghen daer wt ontstanden. Vanden jare 1516. totten jare 91. Dordrecht, Peeter Verhaghen, 1590-91. 3 parts in 1 vol. Folio. 17th-century blind stamped vellum, ribbed spine with title written in ink. Titles of the three parts with with woodcut full-length portraits of resp. the first count of Holland Dirck I, Charles V and Philip II, double-page engraved map in first state in part 2, and 36 woodcut portraits in text (35 in the first and one in the second part; three of which are repeated on the three titles), woodcut headpieces and initials. (6), 264; (6), 162; (1), 1-110, 110-30, (6) ff. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Dutch  History  Maps  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With a fire-spitting dragon View picture(s) 75 (BOUCHET, Jean). Les Annalles dacquitaine faictz et gestes en sommaire des Roys de france et Dangleterre, et des pays de Naples et de Milan. Nouvellement corrigees avec aucunes additions de la duche de Bourgonge et comte de flandres. Poitiers, Jacques Bouchet pour Enguilbert de Marnef (Paris), 1525. Small folio. Contemporary calf, spine in compartments with gilt ornaments, sides with blind stamped triple fillet borders and inner panels, with gilt stamped ornaments at the corners and gilt central ornament. Large historiated woodcut initial and woodcut coat-of-arms of François I on title, title printed in red and black, and full-page allegorical woodcut in the preliminaries. (12), LXXXI lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  French  History  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Auction catalogue of the library of Brunet, the author of the famous 'Manuel' View picture(s) 76 (BRUNET, Jacques-Charles). Catalogue des livres rares et précieux composant la bibliothèque de feu M. Jacques-Charles Brunet. Paris & London, L. Potier & A. Labitte and Th. and W. Boone, 1868. 2 vols. in one Large 8vo. Original black buckram, the original wrappers are bound in. Vol. 1: XLVI, 143; vol. 2: XIII, 232, 16 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Emblem Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Costumes from all over the world View picture(s) 77 (BRUYN, Abraham de). Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae gentium habitus. Habits de diverses nations de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique. Trachtenbuch: Der furnembsten Nationen und Volcker Kleidungen beijde Manns und Weijbs personen in Europa Asia Africa und America. Joos de Bosscher Excudit.- (IDEM). Exhibemus hoc libello Romani  Pontificis, Episcoporum, Monachorum, aliorumque sacerdotum, quorum aliquid scire potuimus, imagines. Antwerpiae, 3 Augusti 1581. Joos de Bosscher excudebat. (Antwerp, ca. 1600). Two parts in one volume. Oblong large folio. Later half red morocco. Richly engraved allegorical title with the emblematic figures of the four continents at the four corners; fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with the emblematic figures of Temperantia, Superbia and Magnanimitas at the top; two engraved portraits, of Esther and Isabelle, printed on one leaf, hundreds of costumes of lay people of the world, both men and women and often accompanied by children, on 61 full-page engraved leaves in the first part; engraved title in Latin, French and Dutch, and numerous  costumes of high clergy and religious orders on 18 full-page engraved  plates in the second part. 83 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Cartography  Costumes  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First separate edition together with the Latin translation of the famous collection of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic poems: the Sibylline oracles View picture(s) 78 (CASTELLIO(N), Sebastianus). [Greek text] Sibyllinorum oraculorum libri VIII. Addita Sebastiani Castalionis interpretatione Latina, quae Graeco erigionè respondeat. Cum annotationibus Xysti Betuleij in Graeca Sibyllina oracula, & Sebastiani Castalionis in translationem suam: quae annotationes numeris marginalibus signantur. Quae praeterea huic editioni ultra priorem accesserint, diligens lector ex praefationibus & collatione facilè deprehendet. Basel, Joannes Oporinis, August 1555. 8vo. Early eighteenth-century three-quarter vellum with later title label. With woodcut initials. 333, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Greek & Latin  Hebraica  Judaica  Literary History, Classics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Pamphlet demanding farmers to move to safer territories View picture(s) 79 (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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Satirical work on inebriety and other 'sins' View picture(s) 80 (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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