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Prize binding from Gouda; with two impressive battle scenes by Romeyn de Hooghe View picture(s) 1 AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS. Rerum gestarum qui de XXXI supersunt, libri XVIII. Ope mss. codicum emendati ab Frederico Lindenbrogio & Henrico Hadrianoque Valesiis cum eorundem integris observationibus & annotationibus, item excerpta vetera de gestis Constantini & regum Italiae. Omnia nunc recognita ab Jacobo Gronovio, qui suas quoque notas passim inseruit & necessariis ad Ammiani illustrationem antiquis nummis ac figuris exornari curavit. Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1693. 4to. Contemporary vellum, ribbed decorated and gilt spine with title lettered in ink, sides with central gilt-stamped coat-of-arms of Gouda, surrounded by a thorn branch (Spoelder, p. 568: 'Gouda 2'), and double gilt filets along edges, red speckled edges. Full-page engraved allegorical frontispiece with Minerva sitting on a pedestal on with title in letterpress, printed title with engraved vignette, full-page engraved portrait of Gronovius by A. v. Zylvelt, 2 dated (1692) folding engraved battle scenes signed by Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. 232 x 355mm), folding engraved plate (468  x 328mm) of the famous Ramses obelisk erected in Rome, showing the hieroglyphs on all of its four sides, 6 full-page numbered engraved plates with Roman coins, 8 full-page engraved plates with Roman emperors on coins (space for title left blank), one half-page engraved illustration of Lacus Ascanius, and one engraved headpiece in text, woodcut end piece and initials. (68, incl. frontispiece), 724, (20) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Greek & Latin  History  Numismatics  Rome  Romeyn de Hooghe  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the first complete Dutch translation of Caesar's military commentaries View picture(s) 2 CAESAR, Gaius Julius. Aantekeningen der Gallische, burgerlyke, Alexandrynsche, Africaansche, en Hispanische oorlogen. Uyt het Latyn verduitscht door Abraham Bogaert. Amsterdam, Nic. ten Hoorn, 1709. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary blindstamped vellum. With large engraved allegorical vignette on 2 titles, 4 folding engraved views of army camps and of the cities of Alesia and Alexandria, and illustrations of sieges and walls of fortifications, etc. on 8 full-page engraved plates, incl. one plate with a portrait of Pompey, and another plate showing the wild elks of Gallia. (16), 341, (26, 3 blank); (4), 381, (30, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: History  Militaria  Politics  Rome  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A who is who in the history of Rome View picture(s) 3 GLANDORP, Johannes. Onomasticon historiae Romanae. Quo veluti per satyram de familiis & reliquis illustrib. Personis Rom. Qua simul a bonis auctoribus, simul aliis id genus priscis monumentis celebrantur, collecta expositio est : Ad historiam Rom. Dextre & integre cognoscendam apprime cum utile tum necessarium. Addita praecipuarum familiarum stammata eodem auctore: Adhaec cognominium & agnominum index accuratus: auctorum item, quorum testimoniis auctor usus est, catalogus. Editiones post auctoris mortem adornata occasionem & rationem, quaque eam in rem collata opera sit, docet Reineri Reineccii praefatio. Frankfurt, Andrea Wecheli heredes, Claudius Marnius, Joannus Aubrius, 1589. Folio. Nineteenth century half red buckram with gilt calf title-label on spine. Some woodcut initials and ornamental borders. 260 leaves (preceded by an extra bound leaf with later ms. notes). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Italy  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In a magnificentl contemporary Paris armorial binding: the first study on the jurisdiction of Roman Pontifices View picture(s) 4 GUTHERIUS, Jacobus. De veteri iure Pontifico urbis Romae libri quatuor. Ad amplissimum virum Anthonium Seguerium ... Paris, Nicolaus Buon, 1612. 4to. Contemporary full gilt tooled calf with quartered and crowned coat-of arms (unidentified) with three arrow heads in the first and a Greek cross in the third compartment, with helmet gear with a mermaid on top, alternate diagonal rows of rampant lions & arrow heads in a lozenge-shaped pattern of dotted lines, surrounded  by a double floral borders and fillets, flat spine similarly decorated, gilt binding edges, g.e., rests of ties. Title printed in red and black with beautifully engraved printer's vignette, ca. 75 small engravings of Romas coins and seals (50 x 50 mm) and  3 greater ones in the text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and inititials. (16), 480, (20) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Classical Antiquity  Law  Religion  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A very nice set of 12 of Lipsius's most important works on Ancient Roman history, together with his 'Mirror of Princes' and his letters, all published during his lifetime by Joan. Moretus View picture(s) 5 LIPSIUS, Justus. Collection of 12 important works uniformly bound in contemporary blind tooled pigskin, in 3 vols. Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana, Joannes Moretus, 1596-1605. 3 vols. Large 4to. Original blind tooled pigskin over bevelled wooden boards (bound shortly after 1605), with three different rolls around a central panel with decorative roll, divided by triple lines: (1) roll with 4 scenes from the life of Christ with the captions 'Satisfa', 'Hic est', 'Ecce ag(nus Dei)', and 'Iustifi'; (2): roll with 4 portraits of Paul, David, and Christ with 4 captions: 'Apparuit benignit(as)', 'Ecce agnu(s) Dei qui to(llit)' (=Gospel acc. to John, I:29); 'Data est mihi omn(is)' (=Gospel acc. to Matth. I:18, and 'De fructu ventrist(uo)' (=Psalm 131:11); (3) roll with 4 different small portraits in roundels with coats-of-arms; the original brass clasps on leather thongs and catches, ribbed spines, two of them with two slips of yellow paper with the titles of Lipsius's works written in a neat Humanistic hand. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Antiques  Classical Antiquity  History  Philosophy  Plantin  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The rare first Livius translation into Dutch printed in the Northern Netherlands View picture(s) 6 LIVIUS, Titus. De Roomsche historie oft gesten, door den alder welsprekensten ende vernaemsten histori-schrijver Titum Livium beschreven. Waer uut niet alleen alle wereltlijcke staten tot vromicheyt ende ridderlijcke manlijcke feyten beweecht ende ghedronghen, maer oock alle ander staten tot grooter recreatien ende gheneuchten des herten ghetrocken sullen worden. Leiden, Jan Paedts Jacobszoon & Jan Bouwenszoon, 1585. 4 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary full paneled calf over thick beveled wooden boards blind tooled with two decorated rolls, the outer one with the portraits of four reformers (Johann Friedrich, Philippus Melanchton, ....land?, and Luther), and the highly interesting inner one with three burlesque portraits within floral motives, dated 1571! ribbed spine and leather ties fastened to brass clasps. Large printer's device showing David and Goliath in an oval with the caption 'Hy heeft gewelt gedaen doer zynen arm ende de hoveerdige in haers herten gedachten verstroit' within richly decorated architectural border, repeated on the three part-titles, woodcut initials. (12) 301 ff.; Collation: *-2*6, A-3C6, 3D8-1 (last blank lacking). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Latin  Leyden  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early travel guide View picture(s) 7 MALO, Charles. Rome.  Les capitales de l' Europe. Promenades pittoresques. Paris, Marcilly fils the elder, Imprimerie de A. Firmin Didot, (1829). 12mo. Contemporary grey boards, frontcover  embossed and with title printed in black. Handcoloured engraved view on the Capitool at Rome. 36 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Guide Books  Italy  Rome  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Third Dutch edition with 100 plates of statues in Rome, enlarged with extensive explanatory text View picture(s) 8 PERRIER, François. Kunstkabinet, besluitende hondert der allerberoemste antique stantbeelden staende binnen Rome. Op eene uitvoerige wyze, naer de origineele afgeteekend, denende tot een vervolgh op de Beschryving van het oude en nieuwe Rome van den heer François Desseine, en, om hunne uitmuntentheit, in het koper gebraght door de twee Cornelissen van Daelen. Een werk zeer nuttigh voor alle beeldhouwers, schilders, graveerders en teekenaers. Hier by komt eene uitvoerige Beschryving van yder stantbeeld, aentoonende de plaetsen alwaer de zelve vertoond werden, de naemen der werkmeesters en de historie der zelve, Alles uit de oudheit der Schryvers opgedolven. The Hague, Bernardus van der Cloese, 1737. Large folio. Contemporary vellum, spine ribbed and blind-stamped with title in ink, with double fillet blind-stamped filets on sides,  inner panel with corner pieces and large blind-stamped ornament in centre, gilt edges. With large engraved printer's device on title, title printed in red and black, richly engraved allegorical title heading the print-series, and 100 full-page plates of Roman classical statues, engraved by Cornelis van Dalen, both the Elder and the Younger, after designs by François Perrier. (2), 54, (2) pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Classical Antiquity  Modelbooks  Rome  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Ancient Roman life and customs View picture(s) 9 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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Presentation copy by the author: the highest representative of the Roman Catholic Church in the protestant Dutch Republic View picture(s) 10 ROVENIUS, Philippus. Reipublicae Christianae libri duo, tractantes de variis hominum statibus, gradibus, officiis, & functionibus in ecclesia Christi, & quae in singuils (sic) amplectenda, quae fugienda sint. ... Accessit ejusdem auctoris tractatus de missionibus instituendis. Antwerp, Arnold à Brakel, 1668 (=1648). 4to. Contemporary full parchment, spine lettered in ink. Title printed in red and black, with French title. (48), 587, 62 (=52) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Church History  Mission  Religion  Rome  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) 11 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) 12 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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Rare edition of 100 plates of the statues present in Rome with a portrait and dedication to Christian Eberhard, Fürst of Ostfriesland View picture(s) 13 SCHENCK, Petrus (& François PERRIER). Signorum et statuarum symbola perreriana; eleganti coelo denuo exsculpta, & novo nitore edita à Petro Schenck. Amsterdam, Petrus Schenck, 1702. Folio. Contemporary vellum with double gilt fillets along the edges, gilt corner pieces, gilt centre piece in inner panel, spine divided in nine compartments by double gilt fillets. With a full-page portrait (273 x 175 mm) of the dedicatee Christian Eberhard, Fürst of Ostfriesland, full-page engraved dedication by Petrus Schenck, 98 full-page and 2 double-page engraved plates by Schenck after the plates by C. van Dalen Sr. and Jr., 23 of which in reverse. 6 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Art  Friesland  Print Series  Rome  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Convolute of two very rare series of engraved views on Rome and other European cities View picture(s) 14 SCHENK, Pieter. Roma aeterna, sive ipsius aedificiorum Romanorum, integrorium  collapsorumque, conspectus duplex. (Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, ca. 1705). Oblong 4to (bookblock measuring 194 x 255 mm.). Contemporary half calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, with red morocco title label lettered in gold, sprinkled edges. With engraved title, and 100 full-page views of the city of Rome, with  2-line text in Latin and Dutch underneath, engraved on the plate, all plates signed Pet: Schenck. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Amsterdam  Cartography  House of Orange  Illustrated Books  Italy  Netherlands  Prints  Rome  The Hague  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Aldine edition of Statius View picture(s) 15 STATIUS, Publus Papinius. Sylvarum libri quinque. Thebaidos libri duodecim. Achilleidos duo. [Together with:] (Marcus MUSURUS), Orthographia et flexus Dictionum Graearum omnium apud Statium cum accentib(us) et generib(us) ex variis utriusque linguae autorib(us). Venice, Aldus Manutius, November 1502 (the Achilleidos libri duo: in Augus 2 parts in 1 volume. Old vellum with red morocco title label on spine, lettered in gold: 'Statii et Pontani opera Aldus 1502. 1503' (The Pontano apparently later taken out of the binding and replaced  by blank leaves), blue painted edges. With Aldus' printer's device at the end of the Orthographia; printed in italics; some Greek words. 40, 256 ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Aldus Manutius  Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  Poetry  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Roman emperors portrayed by the King of the Architects View picture(s) 16 SWEERTIUS, Franciscus. XII Caesarum Romanorum Imagines. E numismatibus expressae, et historica narratione illustrata. Antwerpen, Ioannus Baptista Vrintius, 1603. Sm.4to. 18th century calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red title-label. With title within richly engraved ornamental borders, with a small circular illustration of Romulus and Remus with the she-woolf above, and a bust with lauer-wreath below, and 12 full-page engraved plates with small oval portraits of  the Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to Domitian within large square ornaments, richly engraved with numerous figures, animals, grotesque scenery etc. against a hatched background, by Hans Vredeman de Vries. 29, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Architecture  Classical Antiquity  Ornaments  Portraits  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The roads of the Roman Empire and a late antique 'Michelin guide' of Rome View picture(s) 17 [ANTONINUS PIUS], Vibius SEQUESTER, Publius VICTOR & DIONYSIUS Periegetes. Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti. Vibius Sequester de fluminum , & aliarum rerum nominibus in ordinem elementorum digestis. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbis Prisciano interprete. Lyon, Nathias (sic; = Mathias) Bonhomme for the Heirs Simon Vincentius, (between 1535 and 1548). Sm. 8vo. Nineteenth-century vellum, ribbed and gilt spine with brown title label lettered in gold, marbled endpapers Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials, woodcut device (Vera Icon) on last leaf. 206, (1), (1 blank) pp. (collation: A-N8) Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Cartography  Classical Antiquity  Rome  Topography  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of nepotism in Rome View picture(s) 18 [LETI, Gregorio]. Il nipotismo di Roma, o vero relatione delle raggione che muovono i Pontefici, all' aggrandimento de' nipoti. Del bene, e male che hanno portato alla Chiesa doppo Sisto IV. sino al presente. Delle difficoltà che incontrano i ministri de' prencipi nel trattare con loro, & insieme  col rimedio opportuno per liberarsi da tali difficoltà. E della causa perche le famiglie de' Pontefici non sono durate lungo tempo in grandezza. (Amsterdam, Daniel Elsevier), 1667. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine in compartments, gilt-lined with gilt stamped ornaments. (24), 208; 248, (24) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Catholicism  Church History  History  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare work on inscriptions in Roman cathedral, bound by Albertus Magnus for the library of Paulus van Uchelen View picture(s) 19 [MARGARINI, Cornelio]. Inscriptiones antiquae basilicae S. Pauli ad viam Ostiensem. Rome, Franciscus Moneta, 1654. Folio. Seventeenth-century strong ivory vellum, bound by Albert Magnus for the Dutch collector Paulus van Uchelen, sides with double gilt fillet borders, inner borders with the gilt crowns in the four corners, spine gilt with seven raised bands and seven lozenge-shaped ornaments, red sprinkled edges. Engraved coat of arms of Pope Innocent X, the dedicatee, on title, many small woodcut figures in text, engraved illustration of Carolus Magnus or Charles the Fifth. (4), LXIV, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  History  Ornaments  Religion  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare set of typographical specimens from the printing office of the Congregation de propaganda fide View picture(s) 20 [TYPOGRAPHY]. Collection of 12 exotic alphabets. Rome, Vatican, Congregation de Propaganda Fide, (ca. 1636-40). Oblong 8vo (110x170mm). Contemporary plain vellum. All pages within double woodcut border lines. 12 lvs. (Collation: A-C4). Full description >> Related Subjects: Printing, Hebrew  Rome  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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