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One of the few editions of Philes's poems (ca. 1300) describing all kinds of animals View picture(s) 61 PHILES, Manuel (Manuel PHILE). De animalium proprietate, ex prima editione Arsenii et libro Oxoniensi restitutus a Joannes Cornelio Pauw, cum ejusdem animadversionibus et versione Latina Gregorii Bersemanni. Accedunt ex eodem libro Oxoniensi non pauca hactenus inedita. Utrecht, Petrus Muntendam for Willem Stouw, 1730. 4to. Later mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with light brown morocco label, lettered in gold, sprinkled edges. Title printed in red and black, some nice head and tail pieces. (16), 347, (5) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Poetry  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With medieval manuscript fragments of Schutken's bible translation in Dutch View picture(s) 62 PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius. Accius Plautus ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum opera Dionys. Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus: ab eodemque commentariis explicatus. Nunc denuo plurimis, quae in praecedentibus editionibus irrepserant, mendis, repurgatus: multisque in locis in gratiam antiquariorum illustratus. Additit quoque sunt duo Indices copiosissimi: Prior, verborum, locutionum & sententiarum: Posterior, eorum quae commentariis D. Lambini continentur. [Geneva], heirs E. Vignon, 1595. 4to. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine reinforced with strips of manuscript leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut head- and tailpieces, embellished initials. (8), 920, (52) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Bibles  Classical Antiquity  Latin  Literature  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Roman comedies View picture(s) 63 PLAUTUS. Comediae viginti. Leyden, Ex off. Plantiniana, Franciscus I Raphelengius. 1593. 16mo. Old calf, spine with 3 raised bands. (2), 719, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Literature  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Classic comedies in a rare Amersfoort prize-binding View picture(s) 64 PLAUTUS. Comoediae. Acc. Commentarius Ex Variorum Notis & Observationibus, Quarum plurimae nunc primum eduntur. Ex recensione Ioh. Fred. Gronovius. Leyden, Ex. off. Hackiana, 1664. Sm.8vo. 18th century half calf, spine gilt with red title-label, with gilt coat of arms of Amersfoort in centre on both sides, red painted edges. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, signed P. Phil. (16), 1154, (52) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Classical Antiquity  Prize Binding  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early Antwerp edition of Pliny's letters in an interesting blind tooled pigskin binding View picture(s) 65 PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, Caius. Epistolarum libri X. ad exemplar manuscriptum Rodol. Agricolae diligentiss. recogniti. Panegyricus Traiano Caesari dictus. Et is ad vetustissimum exemplar emendatus. De viris illustribus rei militaris & administrandae reipub.Acesserunt argumento non admodum abhorrentia. Suetonii Tranquilli liber de claris grammaticis & rhetoribus. Item. Julii Obsequentis, Prodigiorum liber. Latina interpretatio dictionum ac sententiarum Graecarum, quibus Plinius utitur. Indices duo ... Antwerp, Antonius Dumaeus, 1542. 8vo. Extraordinary well preserved contemporary blind tooled pigskin binding; rolls with square and oval portraits and panels with passion scenes and saints on both covers; floral motives are stamped in the central spaces of the covers and in the four compartments of the spine; in the middle of the front cover, between two paragraph signs, the initials 'E' and 'K' are stamped and decorated with black ink. Some woodcut initials. 3 fly-leaves, 494, (40) pp. and 3 fly-leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  History  Literature  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The only complete copy of this issue of the Dutch translation of Plinius View picture(s) 66 PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius. Des wijdt-vermaerden natuurkondigers vijf boecken. Handelende van de natuere, I. Van de menschen. II. Van de viervoetige en kruypende dieren. III. Van de vogelen. IV. Van de kleyne beestjes of ongedierten. V. Van de visschen, oesters, kreeften, &c. Hier zijn by-gevoeght de schriften van verscheyden andere oude autheuren, de natuur der dieren aengaende. En nu in desen laetsten druck wel het vierde part vermeerdert, uyt verscheyden nieuwe schrijvers en eygen ondervindinge: en met veel kopere platen verçiert. Amsterdam, Gillis Valckenier, 1662. 8vo. Contemporary vellum with author, place and date written in ink on spine. With charming engraved frontispiece with Adam and Eve in paradise with the engraved text "C. Plinius S. Van de Menschen, Beesten, Vogelen en Visschen" in a cartouche, and 53 half-page engraved plates in the text. 568, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Dutch  Natural History  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early Flemish panel binding signed by Anthoine de Gavere View picture(s) 67 PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius. Epistolarum libri X.- Panegyricus Traiano principi dictus.- De viris illustribus in re militari, & in administranda Rep.- Item SUETONII TRANQUILLI De claris grammaticis & rhetoribus.- JULII OBSEQUENTIS Prodigiorum liber. Indices duo, quorum altero nomina referuntur eorum, ad quos Plinius scribit: altero quicquid memoratu dignum toto opere continetur. Latina interpretatio dictionum & sententiarum Graecarum, quibus Plinius utitur. Basel, per Andream Cratandrum, 1526, March. 8vo. Contemporary blindstamped calf, spine ribbed, each side with two different blindstamped rectangular panels with birds and animals in floral decoration, one signed by Anthoine de Gavere, gilt and gauffered edges. Woodcut printer's device on verso of the last blank and fine decorated woodcut initials in text. (24), 551, (41) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Bindings  Classical Antiquity  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most influential Dutch translation of the 'lives' of Plutarch View picture(s) 68 PLUTARCH. T'Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen, tegen elck anderen vergeleken door Plutarchus van Chaeronea. Wt de Griecsche sprake overgeset door M. Iaques Amyot. Mitsgaders het leven van Hannibal, Scipio den Africaen, uyt het Latyn verfranscht by Carolus Clusius. Voorder het leven van Epaminondas, Philippus van Macedonien, Dionysius den ouden, Augustus Caesar, Plutarchus ende Seneca: ende noch het leven vande negen treffelijcke krijgs-oversten, beschreven door Aemilius Probus. Met een cort begrijp op elcx leven: leeringen op de kant, chronijck ende leer-registers: alles versamelt ende uytgegeven by S.G.S. Tesamen van nieus tot gemeen nut verduyscht, door A.V.Z.V.N.. ende ten deele by eenen anderen beminder. Delft, Adriaen Gerritsen van Beyeren & Felix van Sambrix, 1644. Folio. Contemporary calf with large gilt centre-piece on both sides, spine in compartments, with gilt red morocco label. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, dated 1644 with Romulus and Theseus - the subjects of the first two 'lives' presented as a pair - holding a cloth with the engraved title and an oval portrait of Plutarch at the top. Printer's device on the title with the motto 'Durate'. (6), 548, (4) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Biography  Classical Antiquity  History  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Greeks and Romans compared View picture(s) 69 PLUTARCH. Tleven ende vrome daden vande doorluchtige Grieksche ende Romeynsche mannen, met haar figuren. Ende nu int corte begrepen, ende in Latijn gestelt, door Darius Tibertus. Hier by is gevoecht tleven vande excellente Veltheeren, door Aemilius Probus beschreven, ende van andere mannen, die in de naestvolgende sijde gestelt  zijn: met sommige nieuwe vergelijkingen, die nu eerst in tlicht zijn wtgecomen. In onse Neerduytsche sprake overgeset, door M. Everart. Hier is bygevoecht de tafel van de treffelickste ende voornaemste saken, in dit boeck begrepen. Leyden, Jan Claesz. van Dorp, 1601. Sm. 8vo. 19th century boards, with orange title-label on spine. With medaillon portrait of Plutarchus on title, and  56 woodcut medaillon portraits in text. (16), 834, (13, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Classical Antiquity  Dutch  Greek & Latin  History  Literature  Numismatics  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most influential Latin edition printed outside Italy View picture(s) 70 PLUTARCH. Vitae Plutarchi Cheronei post Pyladen Brixianum longe diligentius repositae: cum moiore verioreque indice: necnon cum Aemilii Probi vitis. Paris, Jodocus (Josse) Badius Ascensius & Joannes Parvus (Jean Petit), 1514, November 13, preface dated 1 December 1514. Folio. 16th-century blind-stamped half pigskin over the original wooden boards, with two clasps, spine in compartments with title written in ink: 'Plutarchus 35', title also in 16th-century hand on the wood of the front board. Title in splendid Renaissance woodcut border, with coat of arms left blank in the lower borderpiece (Renouard, Encadrement no. 1); in the middle the printer's device of Jodocus Badius Ascensus with the heading 'prelum Ascensianum' printed in red (Renouard, marque 3, ill. vol. 1, p. 43), lettering of the title, as well as certain elements in the border printed in red. Many beautiful woodcut initials in the text. (22), 393, (1 blank) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated Spanish book on the Sybils prophesying the coming of Christ View picture(s) 71 PORRENO, Balthasar. Oraculos de las doce Sibilas. Profetisas. de Christo nostro Senor entre los gentiles. Por el licenciado Balthasar Porreno natural de la Ciudad de Cuenca cura de las villas de Sacadon y Corcoles. Cuenca, Domingo de la Iglesia, with the type of P. de Torres, 1621. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum, rests of ties. Engraved title-page in architectural setting with two antique columns at either side and a coat of arms at the top, 12 full-page woodcuts of the 12 sybils in medallions with inscription and with 4 lines of poetry printed in italic underneath, all text pages printed within double printed lines. (7), 72 leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Mythology  Poetry  Portraits  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Work on the constitution of Athens by the famous Humanist Guillaume Postel View picture(s) 72 POSTEL, Guillaume. De magistratibus Atheniensium liber, Gulielmo Poyeto totius Galliae Cancellario dicatus, ad intelligendam non solum Graecorum, sed & Romanorum politiam, ac omnem veterum historiam, lectu utilissimus. Basel, Joannes Oporinus, 1543. 8vo. Contemporary limp vellum; spine lettered in ink. Some nice woodcut initials. 151, (17) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Greece  History  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Pocket edition of Postel's most succesful work View picture(s) 73 POSTEL, Guillaume. De republica, seu magistratibus Atheniensium liber. Ex. museo Joan Balesdens. Leyden, ex. off. Joannis Maire, 1635. 24mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, with title in ink in ms. on spine. Title printed in red & black with printer's device, full-page engraved portrait of Postel as a geographer in text. 232, (6) pp. (= A8 (= incl. engr. portrait)- O8, P7). Full description >> Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  Philology  Politics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An entertaining and adventurous way of teaching all aspects of life in Classical Antiquity View picture(s) 74 RAMSAY, [Andrew Michael de]. De Gevallen van Cyrus. Nevens eene Redevoeringe over de Verdichtzelkunde. In 't Nederduitsch vertaelt. 's-Grav., Robertus Viejou, 1728. 2 parts in 1 vol. Contemp. vellum. With engraved vignette by D. Coster on 2 titles, titles  printed in red and black, 2 engraved frontispieces by C. Duflos, and 8 fine engraved mythological or grotesque engraved headpieces. (6), 272; 154 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Classical Antiquity  Dutch  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Literature  Scotland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Ancient Roman life and customs View picture(s) 75 ROSINUS, Johannes. Antiquitatum romanarum corpus absolutissimum, cum notis Thomae Dempsteri. Cui acc. P. Manutii Liber II. De Legibus, et De Senatu, Cum A. Schotti electis, I. De Priscis Rom. Gentib. ac Familiis, II. De Tribubus Rom. XXXV. Rusticis atque Urbanis, III. De Ludis Festisque Rom. ex Kalendario vetere. Editio Postrema, ab innumerablilibus erroribus repurgata. Utrecht, Guil. vande Water, 1701. 4to. Contemporary vellum, spine gilt-lined with small rosettes in the compartments, with gilt double fillet borders and inner panel on sides with gilt flowered ornaments at the four inner-corners and gilt coat-of-arms of Rotterdam in centre on both sides, g. With richly engraved frontispiece, folding engraved plan of ancient Rome, illustrations after ancient coins and medals on 5 engraved plates and 2 folding engraved plates showing Romans fighting, a funeral, and a banquet by P. Philippe. (16), 956, (30) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  History  Prize Binding  Rome  Rotterdam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of a rare description of Rome and its antique monuments View picture(s) 76 RYCQUIUS, Justus (Josse de RYCKE). De Capitolio Romano commentarius. In quo, illustria eius olim aedificia, sacra, & profana: deorum, dearumque nomina: arcus item triumphales, columnae, statuae, Tropaea, colossi, caeteraque ornamenta adcuratè describuntur; & plura alia antiquitatis monimenta (sic) proferuntur, emendantur, explicantur. Ghent, Cornelius Marius (Cornelius van der Meeren), 1617. 4to. Contemporary vellum, sides with gilt border along the edges and gilt centre and corner pieces, spine lettered in ink. With engraved allegorical printer's device in roundel in an ornamental frame, with the inscription "Tantum mea nomina crescunt"; 2 half-page engraved plates, one of which representing the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus, one full-page woodcut of a plan of a temple by Palladio and numerous woodcuts of coins in the text. (16), 179, (12) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Classical Antiquity  Numismatics  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Plantin pocket edition of the works of Sallust with a Leiden imprint View picture(s) 77 SALLUSTIUS Crispus, Gaius. Opera, quae extant, una cum fragmentis. Leiden, Ex officina Plantiniana, Franciscus Raphelengius I, 1591. 32mo. Contemporary green morocco with two gilt decorative borders along the edges of both sides, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, gilt edges. Woodcut printer's device on title. 302 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  History  Plantin  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Greek poetry translated from a manuscript found in St. Petersburg View picture(s) 78 SAPPHO. La Faoniade. Inni ed odi di saffo tradotti dal testo Greco in metro Italiano da S.I.P.A. Crisopoli, Caratteri Bodoniani, 1792. 16mo. Contemporary red morocco; gilt fillets and cornerpieces on both sides; spine gilt in compartments and lettered in gold; marbled endpapers; inner dentelles; g.e. XV, 100 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bodoni  Classical Antiquity  Italy  Poetry  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Romans and Greeks as lessons for the present View picture(s) 79 SCHOOCK, Martinus. Respublicae achaeorum et Veientium juxta sua fata in usum praesentis seculi deliniatae. Utrecht, Gilbert Zyl, 1664. 24mo. Contemporary vellum over boards, spine lettered in ink. Engraved allegorical title. (16), 224 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Groningen  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare complete copy of Glazemaker's translation of Seneca's Moral works View picture(s) 80 SENECA, Lucius Annaeus (& Jan Hendrik GLAZEMAKER). De zedige werken van L. Annaus Seneka...Door J.H. Glazemaker uit het Latijn in de Nederlantsche taal vertaalt. Amsterdam, Tymon Houthaak for Gerrit van Goedesberg & Alex. Jansz. for Johannes Dalé (3rd part, 1671), 1657-71. 4 parts in 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. Woodcut printer's devices or fleurons on titles, woodcut endpieces and initials. Vol. I: (16), 536; 308 pp. Vol. II: (8), 712 pp. Vol. III: (12), 372 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Amsterdam  Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  Literature  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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