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The Southern Netherlands reconquered View picture(s) 101 (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) 102 (SANSOVINO, F.). 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  Gardens  Herbals  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Better than all preceding editions View picture(s) 103 (TROGUS 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, gilt and decorated spine with title lettered in gold on red morocco title label, red edges. Woodcut Aldine printer's device on title and verso of last blank. (4), 5-204 ff. (Collation a-z8, A-B8, C4). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Aldus Manutius  Latin  Literature  Venice  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) 104 (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) 105 (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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Important pamphlet issued by William the Silent in the first years of the Eighty Year's War (still on behalf of the King of Spain!) View picture(s) 106 (WILLIAM OF ORANGE-NASSAU (WILLIAM THE SILENT)). Placaet, onses heeren des coninckx, by den welcken, allen cooplieden toeghelaten wordt, op Hollandt ende Zeelandt te trafickeeren ende hanteren, met verbot dat niemant van Oosten ofte van Westen comende met schip nochte goeden sal moghen arriveren ofte synen coers nemen op Vlaenderen, Brabandt, Vrieslant ende andere provincien, hen vyandtlicken teghens den landen van Hollandt ende Zeelandt thoonende, etc. Dordrecht, (Jan Canin I), 1574. Small 4to. Unbound. Woodcut printer's device of Jan Canin I, showing a lion holding a book surrounded by the words "Siet de leeuw uut den geslachte iuda de wortel davids heeft overwonnen apos" on title-page, 1 woodcut initial. (4) leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  House of Orange  Militaria  Pamphlets  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Splendid ceremonies on the conferring of the Golden Fleece View picture(s) 107 (ZEHENDTNER VOM ZEHENDTGRÜB, PAUL). Ordentliche Beschreibung mit was stattlichen Ceremonien und Zierlichheiten, die Röm. Kay, May, unser aller gnedigster Herr, samt etlich andern Erzherzogen, Fürsten und Herrn, den Orden dess Guldin Flüss, in disem 85. Jahr zu Prag und Landshüt, empfangen und angenommen. Neben vorgehender Summarischer aufführung und erinnerung, was von disem Orden, auch dessen ursprung und bedeutung fürnemlich zuwissen. Dabey dann auch ettliche zü diser Beschreibung dienstliche feine Figuren zusehen. Mit Röm. Kay. & Auch F. Dt. Erzherzog Ferdinanden zü Ostenreich, Gnad und Freyheit. Dillingen, Joannes Mayer, 1587. Small 4to. Contemporary gilt calf, spine ribbed, traces of ties. With title printed in red and black, 7 full-page engraved illustrations of the chain, robe and coat-of-arms of members of the Golden Fleece, and 13 large folding engraved plates of the splendid ceremonies held at Prague and Landshut, incl. a festive dinner, in honour of the conferring of the Golden Fleece to the Emperor Rudolph II at Prague and Landshut, by Anthony Boys. (2), 155, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Austria  Splendid Ceremonies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Venice school edition View picture(s) 108 AESOP. Fabellae Graece et Latine, Cum aliis opusculis, quorum index proxima refertur pagella. Venice, Ioannis Färreus, 1542. Small 4to. Contemporary limp vellum. Woodcut printer's device on title and on verso of last leaf. 221, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Fable Books  Greek & Latin  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Gospel Harmony, concentrated on the Passion of Christ, illustrated by Urs Graf View picture(s) 109 AGRICOLA, Daniel (Daniel MEYER). Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum seriem quattorum evangelistarum: per fratrem Danielem Agricolam ordinis minorum de observantia: accuratissima opera devotissimaque expositione illustrata: magnorumque virorum sententijs compte adornata. Basel, Adam Petri de Langendorff, 31 July 1514. 4to. Modern light-brown gilt-marbled calf, spine ribbed, with 2 black title-labels. With almost full-page woodcut(121 x 93 mm) on title, showing Mary with the Child, Christ preaching in the midst of three saints and a procession with a town on the background; the scene is framed by the emblematic representation of the four evangelists, each holding an open book, and four biblical figures each holding an horn-book with their name: Daniel vir desideriorum, Petrus princeps apostolorum, Jacob frater Donini, and Paulus doctor gentium, signed by Urs Graf with his monogram and dated 1514; the text is illustrated with 20 small woodcuts in text (ca. 45 x 35 mm), illustrating Christ's Passion, also by Urs Graf. 40 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Post Incunabula  Religion  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A controversial scholar criticizes science View picture(s) 110 AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius. De incertitude & vanitate scientiarum declamatio invectiva, denuo ab autore recognita & marginalibus annotationibus aucta. Capita tractandorum totius operis, sequens indicabit pagella. (Cologne), 1537. Small 8vo. Later half calf, gilt and decorated spine with tiltle lettered in gold and former pasted shelf number, blue speckled edges. Woodcut portrait of the author on title, the date 'MXXXVII' printed underneath, with an added D in manuscript between the M and first X. (4, 188) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Alchemy  Arithmetics  Art  Economy  Geometry  Medicine  Occult  Occult Sciences  Optics  Perspective  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare and one of the most complete Latin editions of the famous Emblemata View picture(s) 111 ALCIATI, Andrea. Emblemata D.A. Alciati, denuo ab ipso autore recognita, ac, quae desiderabantur, imaginibus locupletata. Accesserunt nova aliquot ab autore emblemata suis quoque eiconibus insignita. Lyon, Mathias Bonhomme (Colophon: Lyon, excudebat Mathias Bonhomme), 1551. 8vo. Contemporary full calf over wooden boards with gilt title 'Emblemata Alciati' on front cover, gilt borders and blind stamped panel on both sides, remains of clasps. Title printed in cartouche of richly decorated woodcut architectural border with grotesques, containing Bonhomme's Perseus device (Baudrier, nr. 7, by Georges Reverdy) inserted in a medallion frame below the title, 197 woodcut emblems (ca. 60 x 65 mm) and 14 woodcuts of trees (ca. 66 x 42 mm; pp. 213-26), all assigned to Pierre Eskrich, pp. 3-226 in richly decorated woodcut Renaissance borders (ca. 155 x 100 mm) of varying design of which many have the monogram 'P. V' (= P. Vase, = Pierre Eskrich), some woodcut initials and endpieces. 226, (5, 1 blank) pp. [Collation: A-O8, P4]. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Emblem  Emblem Books  Latin  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The emblem of emblem books View picture(s) 112 ALCIATI, Andrea. Emblematum libellus. Paris, Ex off. Christ. Wechel, 1535. 12mo. Old marbled calf, spine gilt, with orange title-label, red and blue mottled edges. Large woodcut printer's device on title, variant woodcut device on verso of last leaf, and 112 woodcut illustrations to the emblems, of various sizes, from about half-page to full-page by Jean Jollat. 119, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Art General  Emblem Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated by Bernard Salomon View picture(s) 113 ALCIATI, Andrea. Emblematum libri duo. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, Guillaume Gazeau, 1547. 16mo. Full-grained orange morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt armorial supralibros of the Prince d'Essling in centre on both sides, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (LORTIC). Woodcut printer's device on title, variant woodcut printer's device on verso last leaf, and 113 almost half-page woodcut emblems by Bernard Salomon. 143, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Emblem Books  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On weights and measures View picture(s) 114 ALCIATI, Andrea. Libellus de ponderibus et mensuris. Item Budaei quedam de eadem re, adhuc non visa. Item Philippi Melanchthonis, de iisdem, ad Germanorum usum, sententia. Alciati quoque & Philippi Melanchthonis, in laudem Iuris Civilis, orationes duae elegantissimae. Hagenau, Iohannes Secerius, 1530, March. Small 8vo. 18th century half calf. Three fine historiated woodcut initials. (50) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Education  Greek & Latin  Humanism  Law  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A collection of humorous and witty sayings from the 16th century View picture(s) 115 ALFONSUS rex Aragonum. - SIGISMUNDUS & FRIDERICUS III. - KEISERSBERG, Joannes. - FICINI, Marsilio. - BARBARUS, Hermolaus. - MULINGUS (MUELICH), Johann Adolph (?). Margarita facetiarum.- Alphonsi Aragonum regis Vafredicta.- Proverbia Sigismundi & Friderici tertii Ro. Imperatorum.- Scomata Joannis Keisersberg concionatoris Argentinensis.- Marsili Ficini Florentini de sole opusculum.- Hermolai Barbari Orationes.- Facetiae Adelphinae. Strasbourg, Johannes Grüninger, 1508. 8vo. 19th century half calf over marbled boards; gilt spine; marbled edges. A number of very interesting decorated woodcut initials. 108 leaves; 2 fly-leaves at the beginning and end.- Colophon: A8, B4, C-D6, E-G8, H-K6, L8, M6, N-O8, P-Q6 (108 leaves). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Erotica  Literature  Neo-Latin  Proverbs  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A shining example for all French Protestants View picture(s) 116 AMIRAULT, M. La Vie de François, Seigneur de la Nouë, dit Bras-de-Fer. Ou sont continës quantité de choses memorables, qui  servent à l'éclaircissement de celles qui se sont passées en France & au Pays-Bas, depuis le commencement des  troubles survenus our la religion, jusques à l'an 1591. Leyden, Jean Elsevier, 1661. 4to. 19th century half vellum. With 2 folding genealogical tables. (8), 368 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Biography  Elzevier  France  History  Protestantism  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the famous cinquecento Italian writing-books View picture(s) 117 AMPHIAREO DA FERRARA, Vespasiano. Opera, nella quale si insegna a scrivere varie sorti di lettere, et massime una lettera bastarda da lui novamente con sua industria ritrovata, laqual serve al cancellaresco et mercantesco. Poi insegna a far l'inchiostro negrissimo con tanta facilita, che ciascuno per semplice che sia, lo sapra far da se. Anchora a macinar l'oro & scrivere con esso come si fara con l'inchiostro, parimente a scrivere con l'azurro, & col cinaprio, opera utilissima e molto necessaria all'uso humano. Venice, (Geronimo Scotto?), 1555. Oblong 4to. 18th century vellum, spine ribbed and gilt. With woodcut of a hand holding a compass and a pen, 6 charming woodcut initials in text and 85 engraved models of calligraphic text and initials, all set within black-lined borders. (48) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Calligraphy  Italy  Modelbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare copy of the only edition of a pamphlet by the first evangelical bishop in Germany: 'the second Luther' View picture(s) 118 AMSDORFF, Niclas von. Offentliche Bekentnis der reinen Lehre des Evangelii, und Confutatio der jtzigen Schwermer. Item ein Register Illyrici, etlicher bittern unwarheiten Menii und anderer. Jena, Thomas Rewart, 1558. 4to. Modern boards. Two woodcut initials. (28) leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Church History  Germany  Luther  Pamphlets  Protestantism  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A French classic on perspective, here in its first edition View picture(s) 119 ANDROUET DU CERVEAU, Jacques. Leçons de perspective positive. Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1576. Folio. Contemporary limp vellum. With illustrations on perspective on 60 full-page etched plates, one for each lesson, ornamental woodcut head-pieces and initials. 11, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Architecture  Drawing & Painting  Perspective  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Aldine edition of Apuleius' works, including a text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus View picture(s) 120 APULEIUS, Lucius & ALCINOUS and others, & ALCINOUS. Metamorphoseos, sive lusus Asini libri XI. Floridorum IIII. De Deo Socratis I. De Philosophia I. Asclepius Trismegisti Dialogus eodem Apuleio interprete. Eiusdem Apuleij liber de Dogmatis Platonicis. Eiusdem liber de Mundo, quem magna ex parte ex lib. Aristotelis eiusdem argumenti in latinum traduxit. ... Apologiae II. ALCINOUS, Isagogicus liber Platonicae philosophiae, Graece impressus. Nam commodius visi sumus facere, si hunc librum graecum imprimeremus, quam latinum, cum inepta tralatione cuiusdam Episcopi Ttropiensis (sic) barbarus esset. (Colophon: Venice, heirs of Aldus the Elder (Andrea Asulani & sons), May 1521). 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary richly blind ruled full calf with three blind tooled decorated rolls, red speckled edges. Woodcut printer's device on title and verso of last leaf. 266 (i.e. 264), (28) ff. [Collation: a-z8, A-K8 (Rom.), (1-3)8, (4)4 (Arab.)]. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Aldus Manutius  Bindings  Greek & Latin  Greek Printing  Philosophy  Venice  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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