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‎DIOGENES LAERTIUS‎

‎Diogenis Laertii De vitis dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus clarorum philosophorum libri decem graece et latine.‎

‎Leipzig Lipsiae Impensis Ioannis Pauli Krausii Bibliop. Viennens. 1759. Colophon at the end: 'Lipsiae Ex officina I.G.I. Breitkopfii' 8vo. XIV756 recte 73694 index p. Contemporary calf. 19.5 cm The greatest known source of information about the philosophers of antiquity Ref: VD18 10213392-008; Hoffmann 1566; Dibdin 1504; Moss 1400/01; Brunet 2720; Graesse 2396; Ebert 6177 Details: Printed in 2 colums Greek text with facing Latin translation Condition: Binding scuffed & chafed especially at the extremes. Back & boards rubbed. Paper foxing yellowing and occasionally browning. Right upper corner of the last 80 p. is slightly waterstained. Some small and old ink annotations and underlinings Note: The 'Lives and Doctrines of the Philosophers' of the Greek author Diogenes Laertius who lived probably in the first half of the third century A.D. is still 'our best indirect source of knowledge for classical philosophy'. The 'Lives' comprises both a biographical and a doxographical account basically focused on Greek thinkers from the 6th to the 3rd century B.C. from Thales to Epicurus although references to schools and individuals extend to at least the 2nd century A.D.' The Classical Tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 271 Diogenes Laertius drew his material from earlier compilations and his doxographic account offers long excerpts from primary texts not transmitted elsewhere for example Epicurus' 'Principal Doctrines'. Diogenes' reliability and value differ from passage to passage. Some give invaluable information other passages offer mere caricature. His approach is not a 'systematic analysis but rather a eulogistic narrative of the course of ancient philosophy and of the four main classical schools the Academy Peripatetics Stoics and Epicureans. Anecdotal and perhaps largely apocryphal in nature still it gave to Renaissance humanists like Leonardo Bruni Machiavelli Erasmus et alii some conception of ancient philosophy especially of Platonic and Epicurean thought.' Ch.L. Stinger 'Humanism and the Church Fathers: Ambrogio Traversari 1386-1439 and Christian antiquity in the Italian Renaissance' Albany 1977 p. 71 § The 'editio princeps' was published in Basel in 1533. The Latin translation was published much earlier in Rome in 1472. This translation was later revised several times and appears also in this book. It was made by the Italian Hellenist Ambrogio Traversari also known as Ambrosius Traversari 1386-1439. Our 1759 edition is a reissue of the edition of 1731 of Longolius which in turn was a revision of the 1692 edition which was produced by the Danish philologist Marcus Meibom or Marcus Meibomius. The edition of 1731 was produced by the German philologist and historian Paulus Daniel Longolius 1704-1779 from 1735 till his death Rector of the Gymnasium in Hof. He wrote on local history and was an editor of Zedler's Universallexikon. He also published three texts of classical authors: 'Plinii epistolae' Amsterdam 1734 this Diogenes edition Curiae i.e. Hof Saale 1739 and a Gellius edition Curiae 1741. ADB 19 156/57 The 1731 edition contained besides the Greek text and Latin translation a preface commentaries and engraved portraits. Because this edition was out of print and there was much demand for it the publisher Paulus Krausius decided to produce this Leipsic edition of 1759 which is in fact a reissue of the 1731 edition of Longolius omitting however the portraits the preface and the commentaries and offering the Greek text the Latin translation and 94 pages of indexes. Praefatio leaf 5 verso and 6 recto Provenance: on the front flyleaf in pencil 'RtK' this is Rijkel ten Kate 1918-2008. He taught classics at the Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium in Groningen. In 1955 he wrote his dissertation: ’Quomodo heroes in Statii Thebaide describantur quaeritur’ on the Thebaid of the Roman poet Statius Collation: 8 minus blank leaf 8 A-3F8 minus blank leaf 3F8; the pagination jumps between the gatherings 2Y and 2Z from 721 to 741 the catchword on leaf 2Y4 verso is correct Photographs on request hardcover‎

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‎HEINSIUS,D‎

‎Danielis Heinsii De contemptu mortis libri IV. Ad nobilissimum amplissisimumque virum Ianum Rutgersium.‎

‎Leiden Lugduni Batavorum Ex Officina Elzeviriana 1621. 4to. VIII19624 index p. 19th century hardback. 18.5 cm § One of the finest didactic poems of its time. Ref: STCN ppn 833009389; Willems 186; Berghman 861; Rahir 157; Brunet 383: 'la meilleure production poétique de l'auteur'; Ebert 9379; Graesse 3232 Details: Dull binding. Title in red & black. Elsevier's printer's mark on the title depicting an old man standing in the shade of a vine-entwined elmtree symbolising the symbiotic relationship between scholar and publisher. The motto: 'Non solus' probably indicates the interdependency of publisher and scholar. On the verso of the last leaf of the second volume: 'Lugduni Batavorum 'Typis Isaaci Elzevirii Iurati Academiae Typographi 1621'. Edges dyed red Condition: Binding slightly worn. 2 old brownish paper labels on the back. 1 library stamp and 1 small withdrawal 'Doublette' stamp on the title. Paper yellowing Note: The Dutch classical scholar of Flemish origin Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655 who enjoyed international fame as an editor of classical texts theorist of literary criticism historian and neolatin poet was professor of Poetics at the University of Leiden since 1603 and 'extraordinarius' Greek since 1605. After the death of J.J. Scaliger to whose inner circle he belonged he held the chair of Greek from 1609 till 1647. He is best known for his edition of Aristotle's treatise on poetry 1611 which he studied in connexion with the 'Ars Poetica' of Horace. This edition is 'the only considerable contribution to the criticism and elucidation of the work that was ever produced in the Netherlands. . In his pamphlet 'De tragoediae Constitutione' published in the same year 1611 he deals with all the essential points in Aristotle's treatise giving proof that he has thoroughly imbibed the author's spirit. . It was through this work that he became a centre of Aristotelian influence in Holland.' J.E. Sandys 'A history of classical scholarship N.Y. 1964 vol. 2 p. 314 Heinsius was an important representative of the great age of Neo-Latin in the Low Countries. The outline of 'De contemptu mortis' a didactic poem in 4 books is simple: we should not be afraid of death for two reasons the soul is immortal and life on earth is full of misery. Platonic Neoplatonic Stoic and Christian arguments are set forth which explain why man should not fear death. The form of 'De contemptu' is that of Vergil's Georgica 4 books of ca. 600 verses. Heinsius confesses his debt to Vergil in the opening lines of his poem which form a variation of the first verses of the Georgica. The structure of the poem its style and language are also Vergilian including the similes. A lucretian element is Heinsius' objective to free humanity like Lucretius did from fear of death but the tenor of the poem is however antilucretian. Heinsius states that the soul doesnot desintegrate after death but that it continues its existence. Heinsius warns explicitly against epicurism which is he thinks an easy but misleading philosophy. In book 2 Heinsius answers Lucretius with his own epic catalogue of inspiring famous men. For Lucretius Epicurus was the culmination point for Heinsius it is the French genius Josephus Justus Scaliger his much admired master. An important source of inspiration for Heinsius was also the didactic poem 'De animorum immortalitate' of the Italian Aonio Paleario published in 1535 which is also antilucretian. Source for 'De contemptu': 'Daniel Heinsius De verachting van de dood De contemptu mortis' Vertaling door J. Bloemendaal en W. Steenbeek Amst. Bert Bakker 2005 p. 18/23 In the same year 1621 Elsevier published this didactic poem as part of Heinsius' 'Poematum editio nova' but this time in a smaller octavo format. He sold the octavo edition also separately Provenance: Round armorial stamp of 'Biblioth. Publ. Reg. Stuttgart'. Small faint oval stamp on the front pastedown: 'Gerschel's Antiquariat Stuttgart'. The Kingdom of Württemberg existed in Germany from 1805 to 1918. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg which existed from 1495 to 1805. Its capital was Stuttgart Collation: 4 A-2D4 2E2 Photographs on request hardcover‎

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‎HANNOT,S & D VAN HOOGSTRAATEN‎

‎Nieuw woordboek der Nederlantsche en Latynsche tale. Waar in de woorden en spreekwyzen der eerste tale naar hunne verscheide beteekenissen en kracht door de laatste naeukeurig verklaart en opgeheldert worden. Alles getrokken uit het gebruik en de beste schryveren door S. Hannot. Vervolgens overzien van veele misstellingen en andere vlekken gezuivert ook met veele woorden en spreekwyzen merkelyk vermeerdert en verrykt door D. van Hoogstraten. De derde druk.‎

‎Dordrecht Joannes van Braam Utrecht Jakob van Poolsum Amsterdam Adriaan Wor en d'erve G. onder de Linden 1736. 4to. XVI1016 p. Half vellum. 27 cm Ref: STCN ppn 186876386 Details: Margins uncut. Title page in red and black. Engraved printer's mark on the title depicting a scholar in the shadow of a tree the motto reads 'Tiliae sub tegmine tutus' i.e. 'Save under the Lime-tree'. Tilia means in Dutch linde lime tree. The name of one of the publishers is 'Onder de Linden' meaning 'Under the Lime-trees'. Printed in 3 columns Condition: Binding shabby. Vellum on the back soiled wrinkled & deformed. The black cloth on the boards seems a 19th century restoration. Front hinge cracking but still strong. Bookplate on the verso of the front flyleaf. Small oval stamp on the title. Small ballpoint shelf number on the title. Tip of the right lower corner of the title page gone. Paper of the lower corner of the first gathering mottled; some of those lower corners are repaired some of them are partly gone Note: The Dutch schoolmaster David van Hoogstraten was conrector of the 'Schola Latina' at Amsterdam from 1694 till 1722. He wrote Dutch and neolatin poetry and published editions and translations of Nepos Terentius and Phaedrus. NNBW 831-833 Van Hoogstraten was influential in the field of Dutch language studies in the 18th century with his work: 'Aenmerkingen over de geslachten der zelfstandige naemwoorden' 1700. It was his opinion that the Dutch language equalled the Greek and even surpassed the Latin language having no articles. G. Rutten 'De Archimedische punten van de taalbeschouwing. David van Hoogstraten 1658-1724 en de vroegmoderne taalcultuur' Amsterdam 2006 p. 41 § In the 'praefatio' to the first edition of this dictionary 1704 repeated in this 3rd edition of 1736 Van Hoogstraten declares that his friend the jurist mr. Samuel Hannot had laboured 6 years to compile this dictionary. Van Hoogstraten finished the job well knowing the words of the famous classical scholar J.J. Scaliger that the compiling of dictionaries should be the punishment for criminals. Edition 1736 leaf 2 verso Because the dictionary was a huge success Van Hoogstraten produced a 2nd complete revised edition in 1719. It was reissued in 1729. For the 3rd edition the publishers used the notes they found after Van Hoogstraten's death in the margins of his working copy. This 3rd edition was reissued in 1756. The last revision the 4th edition dates from 1771 and was produced by Jan Hendrik Verheijk who was Rector of the 'Schola Latina' of Amsterdam Provenance: Bookplate: 'Carmel Bibliotheek Waspik' a convent of the Roman Catholic religious Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel or Carmelites Ordo Fratrum Beatissimae Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo. Small oval stamp on the title: 'Ad Bibliothecam Conv. Carm. Disc. Waspik'. On the verso of the front flyleaf in ink 'Ex libris J. Smulders' below which in pencil 'L. van Heeswijk Buscoducensis 1901' Collation: -24 A-6M4 Photographs on request Heavy book may require extra shipping costs hardcover‎

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‎EURIPIDES‎

‎Euripides poeta Tragicorum princeps in Latinum sermonem conversus adiecto e regione textu Graeco: cum annotationibus et praefationibus in omnes eius Tragoedias autore Gasparo Stiblino. Accesserunt Iacobi Micylli De Euripidis vita ex diversis autoribus collecta; item De Tragoedia & eius partibus 'prolegomena' quaedam. Item Ioannis Brodaei Turonensis Annotationes doctiss. nunquam antea in lucem editae. Ad haec rerum & verborum toto opere praecipue memorabilium copiosus index. Cum Caes. Maiest. & Christianiss. Gallorum Regis gratia ac privilegio ad decennium.‎

‎Basel Basileae Per Ioannem Oporinum 1562 Colophon at the end: 'Basileae Ex officina Ioannis Oporini Anno salutis humanae 1562 mense Martio' Folio. p. 1-667; col. 668-679 1 p. col. 680-845; 23 index p. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. 34 cm. <Interesting signed binding. This Euripides edition is the first to offer a Greek text accompanied by a complete translation into Latin. Autograph dedication by the editor Stiblinus on the title>. Ref: VD16 E 4217; Griechischer Geist aus Basler Pressen no. 200; Hoffmann 269; Schweiger 1115; Dibdin 1528; Moss 1416; Brunet 21096; Ebert 7077; Graesse 2519; USTC no. 654877 Details: Signed binding produced between 1562 and 1570 by Hans Rietzsch and probably commissioned by Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Friedrich von Wirsberg or his chancellor Balthasar ab Hellu. See below for the binder and his client Back with 4 raised bands. Boards decorated with 3 rows of blind-stamped rolls the first one with floral motives the second and third comprising portraits of apostles and other biblical figures and floral motives; the portraits are accompanied by short texts which are reasonably legible e.g. King David playing his harp he has the text: 'De fructu ventris tui'; this refers to Psalm 13111 where God promises David: 'iuravit Dominus David veritatem et non frustrabit eum de fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem suam'. Left and right of David's head the initials H and R. Another blind-stamped portrait depicts the apostle Paul whose text is: 'Apparuit beningitas' sic! a quote from a letter of Paul to Titus. Ep. Pauli ad Titum 34 The initials H.R. stand for 'Hans Rietzsch' a Würzburg bookbinder of whom the University library of Würzburg holds a great number of bindings which can be dated between 1555 and 1570. Rietzsch often used on 'his' boards rolls depicting King David John the Baptist the apostle Paul. H. Endres 'Die Zwickauer Buchbinder Hans Rietzsch und Gregor Schenck und ihre Beziehungen zu Würzburg' Archiv für Buchbinderei 26 1926 p. 13-16. Woodcut printer's mark on the title of Oporinus depicting Arion who stands on the dolphin that saved him he plays the violin. Woodcut initials. One woodcut text illustration. Text printed in 2 columns Greek text with parallel Latin translation. Each play is concluded with a short 'praefatio' by Stiblinus who added also short notes. The last 185 columns contain the commentary of Johannes Brodaeus Condition: Vellum age-toned spotted scratched and worn at the extremes. Small piece gone at head of the spine. Leather of the lower corner of the backcover loosening and damaged. The lower clasp has been preserved the upper one is partly gone. Small bookplate on the front pastedown. Ownership entry in ink on the same pastedown. Inscription on the blank lower margin of the title. The right edge of the title slightly thumbed. Paper sometimes yellowing Note: Euripides was one of the three great writers of tragedy in ancient Greece. This Euripides edition of 1562 is the first to offer a Greek text accompanied by a complete translation into Latin. Earlier editions of Euripides had only the bare Greek text. It furthermore is the first Euripides edition to have textual notes. The editor the German humanist Gasparus Stiblinus or Gaspar Stiblin Caspar Stiblin Kaspar Stiblin Kaspar Stüblin who was born in 1526 in the German village Amtzell addressed his 'Dedicatio' to the emperor Ferdinand I 1503-1564 who had supported his career. Stiblinus calls Euripides the best of the tragedians and argues that his tragedies are an emperor worthy. He stresses that Euripides is excellent reading especially for those in power and the wealthy for the vicissitudes of fortune about which the tragedian writes learn the rich and powerful to prepare for misfortune and to lead a virtuous life. The world of power and the republic of letters of the 16th century is a men's world so Stiblinus draws the attention of the emperor to the uncertain and often cruel fate of Polynices Eteocles Theseus Hercules Menelaus Agamemnon and Odysseus. After the dedication follows a preface ad lectorem dated 1558 in which Stiblinus tells the reader that the Basel publisher Oporinus urged him to produce for his press a new translation for a envisaged Euripides edition. Stiblinus honestly admits that he made some use of the Latin translation of Dorotheus Camillus which had been published in 1555 in Basel by the same Oporinus. We may assume that Oporinus was not satisfied with the translation of Camillus and asked Stiblinus to do a better job for the translator boasts in the preface that his translation is more august more reliable and in smoother and more correct Latin p. a4 verso Stiblinus goes on to tell that while preparing the edition the translation which is more or less iambic and the annotations he was able to consult books from the library of the famous classical scholar Beatus Rhenanus 1485-1547. Stiblinus furthermore divided he writes each play into 5 acts to make the reading easier. He added also at the beginning of each play and of every act a short 'argumentum' a kind of plot-summary and notes. He continues with the acknowledgment of his debt to Johannes Hartung his teacher in Freiburg who introduced him to Euripides. He thanks him for lending him his vast collection of notes on Euripides' tragedies and references to other authors. On page 630 at the beginning of the last play the Electra Stiblinus has added a second 'praefatio' now dated Freiburg I.Br. 1560 in which he tells the reader that he inserted into his commentary on the Electra many notes of Johannes Hartung which he dictated to his students. Stiblinus' Latin translation of the Electra is the first to appear. This 1562 edition contains furthermore 2 short texts of Jacobus Micyllus Molsheym of Heidelberg who died 1558 a biography of Euripides and a treatise on tragedy. Added is also a commentary to 11 plays produced by the French scholar Johannes Brodaeus Brodeau of Tours of which the title states that it was never published before. It was however published previously in Paris in 1545. As a scholar and translator of Euripides however Stiblinus met the ill fate of an Euripidean character. In the same year 1562 Holzmann published in Frankfurt a translation in prose of Euripides by the famous German humanist Philipp Melanchthon a translation which was better. And the Dutch scholar Willem Canter 1545-1572 published in 1571 a Greek text that made all earlier editions obsolete. Stiblinus' edition and translation were soon forgotten. § Until 1963 little was known about Stiblinus. In 1559 Stiblinus was called by the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Friedrich von Wirsberg 1507-1573 to teach Greek at a newly founded 'Paedagogium Illustre'. The bishop who wanted to revive Greek and Latin studies in his town did so on the advice of his chancellor Balthasar ab Hellu. After some delay Stiblinus finally got his chair in Würzburg in spring 1561. His inaugural lecture read before the bishop and other dignitaries was on the Holy Spirit. Stiblinus died shortly after his appointment probably in 1562 in Würzburg about 36 years old. source Firpo 1963 see below § Stiblinus who was of humble origin matriculated at the University of Freiburg i.Br. on January 19th 1548. He became 'magister artium' and was immediately appointed professor of Latin in 1551 at a modest salary of 15 florins a year. In 1553 he fled from the Plague and went to Schlettstatt in the Alsace where he was the next 6 years in charge of the famous humanist school where he taught Latin and had also time to browse and study in the library of Beatus Rhenanus. There he wrote in the summer of 1553 free from dull lecturing his 'De Eudaemonensium Republica Commentariolus' the description of a Happy City called Eudaemonia 'Happinesham' in German 'Seligland' the capital of the utopian island Macaria situated somewhere in the Indian Ocean. It was published by Oporinus in Basle in 1555. This treatise makes Stiblinus the first German Utopist and the first to create a fictional island society after Thomas More's who published his Utopia in 1516. If Stiblinus knew More's Utopia is not sure. Interest in this forgotten 'Utopia' of Stiblinus was revived some 50 years ago by Luigi Firpo who blew the dust from it in an article in 'Les Utopies à la Renaissance Colloque International avril 1961'. Bruxelles Paris 1963 p. 117-134 His article placed Stiblinus in the current and ongoing Utopia discussion and paved the way for the admittance of the humanist Stiblin in the cultural and literary history of Germany. J.J. Berns in 'Literatur und Kultur im deutschen Südwesten zwischen Renaissance und Aufklärung' Amsterdam 1995 p. 153/154. See also: ‘Killy Literaturlexikon’ Berlin/Boston 2011 Vol. 11 p. 259/61 § The interest in Stiblinus as a classical scholar was revitalized by the American Euripides expert Donald Mastronarde in 2009 when he launched a blog 'Stiblinus’ Prefaces and Arguments on Euripides 1562'. In it he argues that this 'rare edition is of considerable interest for the early scholarly reception of Euripides because it includes short prefaces and plot-summaries Latin argumenta for each play in addition to the Greek epitomes and prefatory material transmitted in the medieval manuscripts. In contrast most other early printed editions of tragedy simply repeat the scholarly and pedagogical annotations from the manuscripts if they do not simply confine themselves to the text of the plays themselves'. On this website Mastronarde offers Stiblinus’ prefaces and argumenta accompanied by an English translation 'so that they can be studied in connection with the reception of Euripides and tragedy in the 16th century'. ucbclassics.dreamhosters.com/djm/stiblinus/stiblinusMain.html Provenance: 1. Autograph inscription of Gasparus Stiblinus on the title: 'Egregio et summae spei juveni D. Balthasari ab Hellu B.A.H. amico suo chariss.imo Gasparus Stiblinus D. D'. From this inscription we learn that Stiblinus donated this book to his good friend Balthasar ab Hellu. We assume that Stiblinus gave him the book to thank him for his chair in Würzburg. The name 'Ab Hellu' or in Dutch 'Van Hellu' is found in the Dutch province of Gelderland where Hellu was a centuries old Seigniory. Balthasar ab Hellu was a descendant of empoverished Dutch nobility. His father emigrated to the Elzas where he found refuge in Hagenau. Balthasar was born there in 1518. He studied law in Freiburg i.Br. where he matriculated as 'Balthasarius de Heller ex Haganoia" and in 1555 he participated as 'Syndikus und Stadtschreiber' of the city of Colmar in the important 'Reichstag' of Augsburg of 1555. A year later he was appointed Chancellor of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg. As Chancellor which meant also Prime Minister and diplomat he travelled a lot to promote the interest of the 'Landsberger Bund' a kind of defense organisation of several states in the South of Germany. His salary was 300 florins. Archiv des Historische Vereins Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg Würzburg 1840 p. 55 'Ab 1570 musste er allerdings mehrfach Termine absagen wegen Erkrankungen so im Oktober 1573 wegen Rückenschmerzen. Wahrscheinlich begann er aber bereits da an einem Geschwür zu leiden denn im Oktober 1574 bezeichnete das Domkapitel den noch nicht 60jährigen bereits als 'unvermüglich und alt' und beriet über seine Ablösung'. K. Karrer 'Johannes Posthius 1537-1597: Verzeichnis der Briefe und Werke' Wiesbaden 1993 p. 153/154. Ab Hellu had an operation in 1575 but remained at his post till the day he died January 9 1577. On the internet we found the following scattered data concerning Balthasar ab Hellu especially in volume V of the correspondence of Petrus Canisius. 'Beati Petri Canisii Societatis Iesu Epistolae et acta' Volume V Freiburg.Br. 1910 edited by O. Braunsberger This volume contains Canisius' correspondence between 1565 and 1567. Canisius does not mention Balthasar by name he refers to him in a few letters letter 1259 1290 & 1309 as the 'Cancellarius' or 'Cancellarius Herbipolensis' = Würzburg of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Friedrich von Wirsberg. From the letters and the commentary of Braunsberger we collected the following: Balthasar was a jurist and a strong defender of the Catholic church against the protestants. In a letter of 15 november 1565 Canisius complains that the funding of the new Collegium of the Jesuits in Würzburg did not make any progress because the bishop was too parcimoneous parcus si non tenax. This was said to him by the 'Cancellarius' who asked him to convince his bishop to pump money into the project. Letter 1259. In november 1566 we see Canisius during one of his visits to Würzburg cooperate with the 'Chancellor' in establishing the Collegium and finding money for it. Letter 1290 In February 1566 Canisius writes in a letter that the Chancellor opposed the plans of the bishop to mobilize troops for a war against the Turcs. This story does not end well as we saw. We found the following epitaph for 'Balthasar de Hellu' among the occasional poetry of Johannes Posthius: 'Epitaphium D. BALTHASARIS AB HELLU Cancellarii Wirzeburgici" / Balthasar hoc requiem ducit post fata sepulcro/ Qui genus a claris nobile duxit avis./ Eloquio praestans et rebus natus agendis/ Non sine laude suo praefuit officio./ Novit id Herbipolis novit Germania tota/Huius et est magni Caesaris aula memor./ Haud senio fractus rodente sed ulcere partem/Vesicae lenta morte miser periit./ Nunc gravibus curis omnique dolore solutus/Spiritus astrigeri vivit in arce poli'. Posthius Johannes: 'Parergorum poeticorum pars altera' Heidelberg 1595 p. 201 From this epitaph we learn that Balthasar was considered to be of noble birth known in Würzburg yes even through the whole of 'Germania'; that he spoke well and performed his tasks to the satisfaction of his bishop and the emperor and that he died a most horrible death probably caused by prostate or bladder cancer. Now his soul lives on peacefully in the starry sky. No mention is made in the poem of wife or children. This poem is based on first hand knowledge for Posthius was not only a poet but also a medicin. He was the personal physician of the Prince-Bishop. In a letter of March 1575 letter 45 Posthius tells his addressee Johannes Crato the personal physician of the emperor who had been treating 'Von Hellu' that his Crato's patient will pay with wine next autumn. K. Karrer 'Johannes Posthius 1537-1597: Verzeichnis der Briefe und Werke' Wiesbaden 1993 p. 153 In December the next year letter 74 Posthius writes the classical scholar Joachim Camerarius that Von Hellu is incurably ill. Posthius is looking for a physician who can operate him for the Chancellor suffers from 'urina purulenta'. Three weeks after this letter the poor man died. That Baltasar ab Hellu was a nobleman and that he never forgot that his roots lay in the Netherlands is furthermore confirmed by the Dutch bibliographer Van der Aa. He records that one 'Balthasar van Hellu' Chancellor of Würzburg tried several times to gain possession of the above mentioned Seigniory of Hellu in the 18th century must be 16th century on the ground that he had old family rights to that land. A.J. Van der Aa 'Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden' volume V Gorichem 1844 p. 395 We found indeed in the digital archive of the 'Hof van Gelre en Zutphen' a file 0124/2281 dated 1570 concerning the Chancellor's request to buy the seigniory of Hellu. This village which lies west of Zaltbommel was for centuries the family property of 'Van Hellu's'. It’s nowadays called Hellouw. A specimen of the Chancellor's handwriting can be admired in a letter of 1565 held in the Royal Archive in The Hague. The letter is addressed to Prince William of Orange and in it he asks the Prince to recommend him to the Stadholder of Gelderland because he wants to renew the ancestral ties of friendship of his father Adriaan van Hellu. resources.huygens.knaw.nl/wvo/brief/4256 § Bookplate of the German classical scholar Otto Jahn 1813-1869 cut by Ludwig Richter pasted on the front pastedown. Jahn had published in 1852 a biographic sketch of this successful artist. Mittheilungen über Ludwig Richter To thank him Richter cut for Jahn a bookplate. See O.Jahn 'Biographische Aufsätze' Leipzig 1866 p. 221-287 § Name written on the front pastedown: 'Cary W. Bok April 1928' an American magazine man 1904-1970 who unsuccessfully tried to run the Curtis Publishing Company Lady's Home Journal etc. Collation: a-z6 A-Z6. Aa-Ss6 Tt8 leaf Tt8 blank hardcover‎

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‎Tenenbaum, Shea; (Joshua Tenenbaum) (Shiye Tenenboym)‎

‎Ana Frank : Du Wos Host Get Runken Fun Got's Hant : Un Andere Eseien Dertzeilungen Miniaturn; Anna Frank: Which Hast Drunk At the Hand of the Lord and Other Essays Stories Minatures‎

‎1958. Hardcover. G. Signed/inscribed by the author on the title page. 190 pages. Illustrated. Shiyr Tenenboym Shea Tenenbaum April 14 1910-November 24 1989 Born in Poland worked in Belgium and moved to America where he wrote in many forms in Yiddish newspapers journals and books; Author . Signed by Author . hardcover‎

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‎Barron, Neil‎

‎What Fantastic Fiction Do I Read Next A Reader's Guide to Fantasy Horror and Science Fiction‎

‎Gale Group. Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0787618667 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Some cover wear. ; 1679 pages . Gale Group hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 820071 ISBN : 0787618667 9780787618667

‎(Charles DICKENS)‎

‎PHOTOGRAPHIE Portrait photographique de Charles Dickens • Photographic portrait of Charles Dickens‎

‎Londres London: John & Charles Watkins 1860. Fine. John & Charles Watkins Londres London s. d. circa 1860 6.40 x 9.60 cm une photographie Photographic portrait of Charles Dickens John & Charles Watkins Londres n.d. circa 1860 6.4 x 9.6 cm photograph Original photograph on albumin paper in a visiting-card format laid down on card. Manuscript annotations to verso most notably “Romi”. Robert Miquel journalist and French “chronicler of the unusual” kept a shop at 15 rue de Seine immortalized by Robert Doisneau in his series La Vitrine de Romi. We have found only one other copy of this photograph at the Museum of London. John & Charles Watkins unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 71191

‎Evans, Charles‎

‎American Bibliography. a Chronological Dictionary of all the Books Pamphlets and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America from the Genesis of Printing in 1639 Down to and Including the Year 1820. Volume 11 1796-1797‎

‎Privately Printed for the Author. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Cover wear and stains. Signed by the author copy 169. Volume 11 only. ; 399 pages . Privately Printed for the Author hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 820046

‎Gephart, Romald M‎

‎Revolutionary America 1763-1789: a Bibliography‎

‎Library of Congress. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0844403598 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. 2 volume set; 1671 pages . Library of Congress hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 295006 ISBN : 0844403598 9780844403595

‎L P Berthrong ; A F Dinsmore ; Wm Bauman, Jr‎

‎State Of Colorado Large Folding Map Mounted On Linen‎

‎Washington: General Land Office 1910. First Edition Thus . No Binding. Near Fine. 1 Map : Color ; 71 X 85 Cm. Scale Ca. 1:760320. 1 In. = 12 Mi. At Head Of Title: Department Of The Interior General Land Office Fred Dennett Commissioner . Compiled From The Official Records Of The General Land Office And Other Sources Under The Direction Of L.P. Berthrong Chief Of Drafting G.L.O. At Lower Left Margin: Compiled By A.F. Dinsmore. Traced And Lettered By Wm. Bauman Jr.Map Shows U.S. Surveyor's And U.S. Land Offices Indian And Military Reservations National Forests National Parks National Monuments County And Land District Boundaries. Includes Insets And Legend At Head Of Map.Insets: Leadville Denver Cripple Creek. Relief Shown By Shading. Mounted On Linen. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Three Institutional Holdings Of This 1910 Issue. <br/> <br/> General Land Office unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 033860

‎Astrophotography: Original Astronomical Double Photograph Of Messier 57 Planetary Nebula M57 The Ring Nebula In Lyra Gravitational Lensing From Carnegie Institution Mt. Wilson Observatory‎

‎Pasadena Circa 1920 / 1927: Carnegie Institution Mt Wilson 1925. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Black and White Photographs. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 10" X 5 7/8" Showing Double Image Due To Gravitational Lensing. See "The New Heavens" George Ellery Hale 1922 P. 32. Mounted On Circa 1920'S Album Card Stock. Note- Gray/White Cloudiness In Part Of Photograph Is Due To Unavoidable Reflectivity Of This Quite "Live" Original Photograph An Artifact Of My Photography Not In The Original Photograph. <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 037357

‎Fox, The Right Honorable Charles James‎

‎A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter; By the Right Hon. Charles James Fox; To Which is Added an Appendix‎

‎London: William Miller. 1808. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. William Miller hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 16318

‎Quatremere De Quincy, Antoine Chrysostome‎

‎Istoria della vita e delle opere di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino . voltata in Italiano corretta illustrata ed ampliata per cura di Francesco Longhena‎

‎Milano: Francesco Sonzogno 1829. First edition of Francesco Longhena's Italian translation of Quatremère de Quincy's Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de Raphaël first published in Paris in 1824; 8vo pp. 18 xii 847 1; engraved title and 22 engraved plates several folding plus a folding facsimile letter; as perfect a copy as one could find in original blue printed paper-covered boards green silk bookmark. The illustrations in this edition are all new and reproduce paintings in a dozen named Italian collections including scenes from Raphaël's life and his portrait. A stunning artifact. Francesco Sonzogno unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 26842

‎Simms, Rupert‎

‎Bibliotheca Staffordiensis‎

‎A. C. Lomax. Good with no dust jacket. 1894. Hardcover. 1345941099 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Some cover wear. Repaired hinges. Limited 143/200. Original 1894 edition.; 546 pages . A. C. Lomax hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 801465 ISBN : 1345941099 9781345941098

‎Clark, Thomas D‎

‎Travels In The New South: A Bibliography Volume One 1 The Postwar South 1865-1900: An Era Of Reconstruction And Readjustment Volume Two The Twentieth-century South 1900-1955‎

‎Univ. Oklahoma. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. 0806105240 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Two volume set: 267 301 pages. . Univ. Oklahoma hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44260 ISBN : 0806105240 9780806105246

‎Otto Degener‎

‎Flora Hawaiiensis or The New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands Books 1 - 4 Bound Together‎

‎1946. Usual library marks. Unpaginated. Line drawings. . SECOND EDITION. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 025254

‎Derek Roberts‎

‎Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks‎

‎Atglen PA U.S.A.: Schiffer Publishing 1993. Jacket has light general wear plus a small tear. Minor ding to bottom corner of boards. 368pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Heavy book 2.6kg. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Schiffer Publishing Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 025762 ISBN : 0887404545 9780887404542

‎EHF Swain E H F‎

‎The Timbers and Forest Products of Queensland‎

‎Brisbane QLD Australia: Government Printer 1928. Covers have general wear plus tape to spine and corners. Front cover has 3cm tear at top plus small previous owner stamp. Rear cover and following three pages have a 1cm tear to leading edge. Title page has previous owners name to top and small book store stamp to bottom. 500 pages. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Government Printer Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 025875

‎The Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd‎

‎Views of the Official Opening of The Newcastle Steel Works By His Excellency the Governor-General 2nd June 1915‎

‎Boards have wear and marks plus small area of water damage to rear. 8 pages of a reprint from the Newcastle Morning Herald followed by 18 pages which mostly contain an original photograph pasted to boards. Pages with photographs are warped. Two sets of pages have been water damaged and stuck together then pulled apart leaving loss to the pages. . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 026070

‎Ken Arnold‎

‎A Century of Farmyard Relics in Australia 1840 - 1940 Volume 5 : The Machinery Manufacturers and Machinery Agents‎

‎Bendigo VIC Australia: Crown Castleton Publishers 2011. Illustrated laminated boards with some fading to spine and wear to corners. Usual library marks. 690 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Crown Castleton Publishers Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 023665 ISBN : 1875342850 9781875342853

‎Martin, Ned‎

‎Bridles of the Americas: Vol. 1: Indian Silver‎

‎No Place: Hawk Hill Place No Date ISBN 978-0-9659947-6-7 Octavo 12.25 in. by 13.75 in.; shrinkwrap; fine hardcover; fine dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright. No Place: Hawk Hill Place, No Date hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 19289 ISBN : 0965994767 9780965994767

‎Vuillier, Gaston‎

‎La Danse History of Dance‎

‎Paris France: Hachette 1898. First French Edition . Full Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Heavy 4to. This is an ex-library copy with stamps and accession number on the title page and page I. No card pocket. Original front cover title and design salvaged and placed atop new leather case with original decorative endpapers. All edges gilt. All text in French language. 390 pgs.19 full page gravures with tissue guards including frontis. Multiple b/w smaller illustrations throughout the text.A heavy volume over 3.2kg that will require additional shipping charges to all destinations outside of Canada. <br/> <br/> Hachette hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 142

‎Capt E Vredenburg‎

‎West and East with the E.F.C. Expeditionary Force Canteens‎

‎London United Kingdom: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1919. Small mark from a sticker to front board. Usual library marks Australian War Memorial Library. Top of title page has hand written note 'with Sir Alexander Prince's compliments' Controller Expeditionary Force Canteens - War Office. 96 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 024181

‎MM Lesueur and Petit‎

‎Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands : An Historical Record - Atlas‎

‎Adelaide SA Australia: Friends of the State Library of South Australia Incorporated. 2008. Minor marks to boards. Small previous owners impressed stamp to bottom corner of front free endpaper and title page. Colour and b/w illustrations. Facsimile reprint of the second edition published in 1824. Translations from the French by Peter Hambly with introduction by Sarah Thomas. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 223. . FACSIMILE EDITION. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Incorporated. Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 024481 ISBN : 1876154527 9781876154523

‎The Coachbuilder Book of Designs Second Edition : Comprising Engravings of Popular Australasian Vehicles with Tables of Measurements‎

‎Sydney Australia: The Dene Bindery 1979. 260 pages with b/w illustrations line drawings and trade advertisments. First published in 1909 using designs from the trade journal "Australasian coachbuilder and saddler". . Facsimile Reprint of 1909 Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Dene Bindery Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 024759 ISBN : 0959675426 9780959675429