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1681ref. 43386Correriae, Per Laurentium Gilibert, typographum Juratum apud Gratianopolim, 1681. Petit in-8 de 339-(41) pp. 48 pp. (8)-91-(1) pp., index, errata (signatures: A-Aa dernier blanc, A-C a-f ), veau granité, dos orné à nerfs (reliure de l'époque).
1581ref. 117826venise perchacino 1581 in-8 In Venetia [Venise], appresso Gratioso Perchacino [Grazioso Percacino], 1581, 1 volume grand in-8 de 150x210 mm environ, [10] ff., 112 pages, [11] ff. (table), incomplet : il manque 2 feuillets à la table des noms propres et le dernier feuillet de la table finale. Reliure cartonnée d'attente muette, plats recouverts de papier marbré. Exemplaire en partie dérelié, bas de la page de titre découpé (sans atteinte au texte), une déchirure en marge de la page 22, des traces importantes de mouillures, des sauts-erreurs-décalage de pagination, état d'usage.
1582ref. 15603Paris, Imprimé Par Jean Le Blanc pour Julien Duval, 1582. Petit in-8 gothique de (108) ff. [aaaa8-oooo8]. 2 grand bois portent les initiales JLB (pour Julien Le Blanc) et 30 petites vignettes sur bois la plupart signées JLB. Imprimé en rouge et noir. Nombreuses initiales ornées. Les Quinze Effusions du tres precieux sang de nostre sauveur et redempteur Jésus-Christ. S.l.n.d. [Paris, Jean Leblanc, 1585]. Petit in-8 gothique de (8) ff. [A8]. 9 grands bois in texte portant les initiales JLB. Initiales ornées. La Vie de Madame Sainte Marguerite, vierge et martyre avec son oraison. Imprimé à Paris par Jean Leblanc, 1585. Petit in-8 gothique de (8) ff. [A8]. Vignette sur bois au titre. Les 3 pièces reliées en 1 vol. petit in-8 (11 x 7 cm), maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre en maroquin vert, dentelle dorée sur les tranches et filet doré sur les coupes, signet de soie bleue, tranches dorées (reliure du XVIIIe siècle).
4to. 165, (3) pp. With woodcut printer's device to title-page. Contemporary vellum. A very rare oriental grammar, unknown to Vater and Jülg: the first true grammar of Aramaic produced in France, expanded from Mercier's similarly titled "Tabulae in Chaldaeam grammaticen" published in 1550 (a slight work of a mere 18 leaves). The French oriental scholar Jean Mercier (ca. 1510-70) studied under François Vatable, whom he succeeded as professor of Hebrew at the Collège Royal. Created Lecteur du Roi in 1546, Mercier later was forced to flee to Venice because of his Protestant sympathies but returned to France and there died of the plague. "L'hébraïsant J. Mercier, auteur de la première grammaire araméenne parue en France, estime que la connaissance des langues maternelles des 'adversaires de la foi' permettra de les battre avec leurs propres armes sans leur laisser la moindre échappatoire" (S. Kessler-Mesguich, Hébraïsant-Chrétiens des XVIe et XVIIe siècles, p. 91). - Rare; USTC locates only 7 copies in libraries internationally, of which only one is in America (Houghton Library). - Lower corner of final leaf remargined; modern endpapers, using old paper. An attractive, tightly bound specimen. Adams M 1310. French Vernacular Books 79777. OCLC 457680439 (BnF copy). Not in Vater/Jülg.
1849ref. 43873(Lyon), Jacques-Nicolas Senocq, 1849. Placard autographié (560 x 440mm).
ref. 16006Ulm, Johann Zainer, sans date, [pas après 1478]. Petit in-folio gothique (20 x 29 cm) de (418) ff. à 40 lignes par page, sans foliotation, réclames ni signatures dont 2 feuillets blancs (1er et 371e), peau de truie sur ais de bois biseautés, dos à trois nerfs, décor géométrique estampé à froid dans un encadrement de médaillons, titre manuscrit en noir sur le dos, fermoirs, traces de cabochons (reliure de l'époque).
1504ref. 41988Lyon, Claude Davost, Étienne Gueynard, 1504. In-4 gothique à deux colonnes de (12)-217 ff. mal chiffré 215 (sign. aa bb a-z π-ƒ A9), index, veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure XVIIIe).
4to. [287] ff. (B-C6, D-E8, F28 [!], G8, H6, J8, K4, L-N8, O6, P-Q8, R6, S-V8, X6, Y-Z8, a8, b4, c7 [6+1: includes "c medium" between c2 and c3], d-e8, f6, g-h8, i4, k-l8, m6, n-p8; published thus without a gathering A, agreeing with ÖNB copy). With title woodcut, 8 pp. of musical notes, and numerous (32 large, 12 almost full-page, and hundreds of small) woodcuts in the text (wanting the woodcut map and the folding plate on musical theory). Contemp. wooden boards with blindstamped pigskin spine and one central brass clasp. The first encyclopedic work in modern European history. The first Strasbourg edition, a revision of the Freiburg first edition published the previous year. In the manner of a dialogue between teacher and student, the book discusses the sciences and liberal arts, including music (with notes), medicine, geometry, surveying, etc. Grüninger modified several woodcuts from the first edition and added others; he also incorporated a brief Hebrew grammar by Conrad Pellicanus, making this the first Strasbourg-printed book to include Hebrew type (cf. Schmidt). - Among the illustrations are a map of the world on f. c6r and many charming miniature woodcuts in the margins. Occasionally, details of the initials (F11r) and woodcuts (e.g., F18v, c2v [salamander], and c3v [dragon]) have been coloured in red. Several contemporary underlinings and marginalia, including a lengthy note on earthquakes that supplements the printed text by additional sources, such as the Arabian astronomer Abu Ma'shar: "Erdbebung bedeute straff Gottes. Naturliche Ursachen nemlich die Hitz und würckung etlicher Planeten, mit der Sonnen, als Martis, Iovis, Saturni, und sönderlich sagt Albumasar vom Saturno. Bedeuten stets künfftig Unglück, wie auch Plinius danen saget, das kein Erdbidem zu Rom geschehen sey one Bedeutung künfftiger ding [...]" (c5v). Some browning and fingerstaining; quires S and e misbound; several small edge defects (larger in d5, k6); paper defects to D4 and (almost touching text) d6. Some worming near beginning and end of volume, also concerning the binding; some damage to spine-ends. VD 16, R 1034. BM-STC 731. Proctor 9891. Schmidt (Grüninger) 66. Ritter 1984. Muller 24, 26. Smith, Rara, 82. Sabin 69123. Ferguson (Reisch) 201f. Alden/L. 504/2. Zinner 849. Eitner VIII, 183. Not in Adams.
1564Folio. (416) ff. Hebrew type, 4 cols. With woodcut printer's device on title page. 17th century calf with gilt spine and cover rules; gilt Jesuit device to cover. Edges tinted yellow. Rare second Venetian edition of the first Hebrew Bible concordance (first published by Bomberg in 1523), with a new Latin dedication to Maggio Parentini. Words are arranged etymologically by roots and stems; the order of the books follows that of the Vulgate. The Arles-born Rabbi Isaac Nathan ben Kalonimus (fl. 1400-48) compiled the work commonly referred to as "Meir Nativ" ("Light of the Way") between 1437 and 1447 with the twofold aim to facilitate the study of Biblical exegesis and to keep Jews who had converted to Christianity from misquoting the Bible in religious controversies (cf. Jewish Encyclopaedia). Nathan himself moved in Christian scholarly circles and participated in theological disputations with his Christian colleagues. Notably, he based his present concordance on a work compiled by the Franciscan Arlotto de Prato. Occasionally (as here) the book is falsely attributed to Isaac's nephew Mordechai Nathan. - Text ruled in red throughout; the edges' yellow paint has seeped into the margins in places. Title page somewhat brownstained; a few corner defects early on, otherwise very clean and largely unbrowned. Ms. ownership of the Jesuit college at Chambéry (Savoy), dated 1585, on title (and repeated on last leaf but one); old stamp and long bibliographical note in French (c. 1900). Binding somewhat rubbed; spine professionally repaired. No copy in U.S. libraries. Adams B 1953. BM-STC Italian 104. Steinschneider 5399.3. Fürst III, 22. OCLC 257608293. Not in Edit 16.
(8), 290, (2 [statt 30]) SS. Mit großer Holzschnittdruckermarke am letzten Bl. verso. Neurer brauner Pappband. 4to. In maßgefertigter Leinenkassette. Die zweite Ausgabe dieser berühmten Grammatik, erstmals 1542 erschienen. "Der Brief des Baillivius ist weggefallen. Ebenso ist das - nunmehr undatierte - Vorwort nicht mehr an diesen, sondern allgemein, wie üblich, an die Hebraicae Linguae Studiosi gerichtet. Gleichzeitig sind infolgedessen die persönlich gehaltenen Stellen am Anfang und Schluß in Wegfall gekommen. Jene sind ersetzt durch einen Hinweis auf des Verfassers Leistungen für das Studium der hebräischen und chaldäischen Sprache während eines Zeitraums von über 20 Jahren" (Prijs). "[E]nthält die Summe des grammatischen Wissens Münsters, die Summe einer 30jährigen Arbeit, die er mit diesem Werk zum Abschluß brachte. Aber das Werk enthält nicht nur das eigene Wissen Münsters, sondern berücksichtigt fast die gesamte Forschung seit Reuchlin, sowohl die christliche als auch die jüdische, die deutsche und die ausländische [...] Nach bewährtem Beispiel wurde wieder ein Übungstext angehängt, und zwar das apokryphe Buch Tobias [...] Münster sah diese Grammatik als endgültig an und arbeitete fortan keine neue mehr aus [...] Das Opus grammaticum consummatum erwies sich auch tatsächlich als eine perfektionierte Arbeit, die zahlreiche Auflagen erlebte" (Burmeister, Biogr. Gesamtbild, S. 69). "Als Hebraist nimmt [Münster] in Deutschland nach Reuchlin eine der ersten Stellen ein" (ADB XXIII, S. 30). - Etwas gebräunt und wasserrandig; die Seitenränder teils leicht unregelmäßig bzw. alt hinterlegt. Einige wenige Marginalien der Zeit zu Beginn. Am letzten Textblatt Lochstempelung der Philadelphia Divinity School. Ohne die letzten 14 Blätter Anhang. Sehr selten; zuletzt 1971 im Handel; über VD 16 nur drei Standortnachweise (Leipzig, Wien, Wolfenbüttel). VD 16, ZV 11220. Burmeister 12. Adams M 1937. Steinschneider 2015, 21. Prijs 68. Fürst II, 407. OCLC 48902972. Nicht im BM-STC.
8vo. (132) ff. With 2 different woodcut devices. - (Bound with) II: [Melekhet ha-dikduk]. Institutiones grammaticae in Hebraeam linguam [...]. (144) ff. With several musical notes and two woodcut devices. Modern vellum, in custom-made cloth case. I: Second edition of Münster's "Proverbs", previously published in 1520, together with his first own work ever, an introduction to Hebrew grammar. Numerous contemporary Hebrew and Latin marginalia. - II: Only edition of Münster's second publication, a foundation stone of modern Hebrew studies. Includes (fol. r1 ff.) the co-called Jonas polyglot in Hebrew, Chaldaic, Greek, and Latin, with other matter. Contemp. ownership obliterated from t. p.; lower corner defective (remargined professionally; losses supplied in pencil). Numerous contemp. marginalia, mostly in Latin. Both works are very rare; the former has not been seen at auctions since 1950. I: VD 16, B 3564. Burmeister 137. Hantzsch 234.2-4. Adams B 1536. Steinschneider (Bodl.) 11.51. Panzer VI, 244, 540. Vinograd Mem 1256. OCLC 71515193. Not in BM-STC. - II: VD 16, M 6685. Burmeister 2. Hantzsch 220.2. Adams M 1931. BM-STC German 633. Steinschneider (Hdb.) 1374. Panzer VI, 245, 541. Wolfheim I, 865. Graesse IV, 623. OCLC 22612604.
5 Bde. und Index in 2 Bdn. Mit 6 wdh. Druckermarken. Blindgepr. Schweinslederbände der Zeit. Reste von Schließen. Folio (265 x 375 mm). Schöner, sehr seltener Pariser Nachdruck der lateinischen Gesamtausgabe, die 1530 bei Froben in Basel erschien, erstmals von Philipp Montanus besorgt. - Mit 3 Blattweisern (ein vierter verloren). Einige Wurmgänge (auch im Text); durchgehend gleichmäßig schwach gebräunt. Die Schweinslederbände etwas berieben, hübsch blindgeprägt mit drei verschiedenen Rollenstempeln. Exemplar aus der Bibliothek der Ingolstädter Franziskaner mit deren hs. Besitzvermerk des frühen 18. Jhs. sowie Stempel an Titel und Vorsatz. Hoffmann II, 412. BM-STC French 244 (nur Bd. 1). Diese Ausgabe nicht bei Adams.
4to (142 x 196 mm). 119 ff. (of 122, without initial blank and two final blanks). 38 lines, single column, roman type. With 38 woodcut illustrations in the text showing constellations. Modern full calf with double blind rules to covers, spine on five raised bands with gilt title "Aratus". All edges red. First edition of Avienus's translation of this influential astronomical poem, rarely found complete, pre-dating the editio princeps of the Greek text by 11 years. Based on Eudoxus of Cnidus, Aratus's didactic poem about celestical phenomena (written soon after 276 BC, probably at the Macedonian court) enjoyed immense success and was frequently translated in Roman times - an interest occasioned by the increasing degree to which men viewed their fates tied to astrology and the stars. Avienus's 4th-century Latin text, informed by the Neoplatonic tradition, is expanded considerably from the original. The volume includes additional translations of Aratus by Cicero and by Germanicus Caesar, who offer earlier viewpoints. The latter version is accompanied by 38 zodiacal woodcuts, almost all of which were designed and executed for this volume and thus are present in brilliant early proofs. Four beautiful cuts in the Venetian manner are especially remarkable (cf. Essling, 431). - The "Ora maritima", on the other hand, is a short poetic account of early sea routes used by Greek and Carthaginian traders along the coasts of the Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black Seas. A few scholars have speculated that one of Avienus's sources for his work was the now-lost Massiliote Periplus, a conjectural sailing guide from the 6th century BC, although this idea is controversial. The final text in the volume constitutes the first dated edition of the most popular Roman medical work (by Serenus Samonicus), likewise couched as a didactic poem. The collective volume is thus of the greatest interest for the history of science. The editor, Vettore Pisani, was a pupil of Giorgio Valla. - Folio a4 remargined at foot and p6 (the final leaf present) repaired at head (both barely touching text). A few contemporary manicules. A very clean copy (entirely complete save for 3 blank leaves) of an edition usually encountered only in parts or even fragments, even in institutional collections. - Provenance: from the library of the surgeon, meteorologist, and antiquarian Charles Leeson Prince (1821-99) of Crowborough, Sussex, with his large bookplate (dated 1882) to front pastedown. Later in the collection of the meteorologist George James Symons (1838-1900); bequeathed to the Royal Meteorological Society with the Symons bequest bookplate (dated 1900) on lower pastedown. HC 2224* (= H 2223). Goff A-1432. GW 3131. Proctor 4593. Klebs 137.1. Sander 718. Essling 431. Pellechet 1673. Bod-inc A-639. Sheppard 3709-3711. BMC V 294. BSB-Ink A-969. Stillwell A 1277. ISTC ia01432000.
1634ref. 40475Leyde, Abraham et Bonaventure Elzevier, 1634. Petit in-12 (126 x 67 mm) de (20) pp. dont 1 titre-frontispice et 1 figure gravée, 786-(30) pp. (sig.*10 A-Z12 Aa-Ll12), maroquin bleu, dos lisse orné, roulette dorée d'encadrement sur les plats, frise intérieure dorée, gardes de tabis rose, tranches dorées (reliure du XVIIIe siècle).
1714ref. 44331S.l.n.d., , 1714-1734. Placard in-quarto sur soie (39 x 25 cm).
1772ref. 15319, , 1772-1777. 4 pièces en 2 volumes in-8, texte encadré, veau marbré, dos lisse orné à la grotesque, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin noir, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
196924x16cm. 42 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly water-stained. Ex-libris stamp on front whitepage. Else in good condition.
4to. (82) ff. (A-T4, V6). 29 lines, text partly surrounded by commentary. Later half vellum. Latin edition of this famous medical manual, arranged at Salerno in the 12th century and published in various incunabular editions. This instructional poem and the commentary that accompanies it, often attributed to the 13th-century Montpellier alchemist Arnoldus de Villanova (cf. E. Wickersheimer, in: Comptes rendus du XIIIe Congrès international d'histoire de la médecine, 1954, p. 226-234 [Aquilon 570]), preserved its exceptional influence in Western Europe well into the 19th century. - Quire Q misbound but complete; some browning and fingerstaining; margins show some wrinkling. Several old marginalia and underlinings; later ms. note to title page: "Arnoldinus in Scholam Salernitanam". Very rare; a single record in ABPC (Swann, 24 Jan. 1980, lot 1792). CR 5053. Goff R-77. GW M37397. BSB-Ink R-50. Klebs 830.12. Sander 6391. Pellechet 1289. BMC V, 598. Edit 16, CNCE 60481. Cf. Essling 609f.
ref. 13978262London: The Studio, 1926 in-4, pp.145-192 + xii pages d'annonces, illustrations dans le texte et 4 planches hors texte en couleurs. Broché, couv. défraichie, dos cassé, avec manques. Sommaire: HAMILTON: F. Gordon Crosby a draughtsman of cars. Jiro HARADA: Modern Japanese posters. Wilhelm LOTZ: German industry, training the designer. J.M. BOWLES: The Ovington campaign. Aspects of the selling art. The Royal Society of Arts exhibition. Horace TAYLOR: The Cloister Press, a bold venture. Gerald REITLINGER: Machine production, a warning and a panagyric. R. P. GOSSOP: Holiday posters.
1912ref. 012926Paris Les Soirées de Paris. Directeurs: Guillaume Apollinaire, André Billy, René Dalize, Charles Perrès, André Tudesq. 1912 In-8 Broché
1913ref. 012925Paris Les Soirées de Paris. Directeurs: André Billy. 1913 In-8 Broché
1913ref. 012924Paris Les Soirées de Paris. Directeurs: André Billy. 1913 In-8 Broché
1914ref. 011213Paris Les Soirées de Paris. Directeurs: Guiaume Apollinaire et jean Cerusse. Gérant Jean Mollet. [Imprimerie Union]. 1914 In-8 Agrafé
1914ref. 016280Paris Les Soirées de Paris. Directeurs: Guillaume Apollinaire et jean Cerusse. Gérant Jean Mollet. [Imprimerie Union]. 1914 In-8 Broché
1912ref. 012927Paris Les Soirées de Paris. Directeurs: Guillaume Apollinaire, André Billy, René Dalize, Charles Perrès, André Tudesq. 1912 In-8 Broché
