[Aelian] Aelianus, Claudius: (Le Fèvre, Tanneguy, ed.:) Varia Historia. Salmurii [Saumur]: Apud Ioannem Le’Nerium, 1668. 16mo., pp. [viii] 341 [iii] 99, 200-428 (text continuous). Text in facing pages of Greek and Latin. Just a little spotting. Contemporary vellum boards, spine lettered in ink, long sides overlapping, spine a little darkened and scuffed in one place. Booklabel of M. Borluut to upper pastedown, purchase note dated 1862 and ownership inscription of Prudentia van Duyse (1858) to f.f.e.p. Edited by the French scholar Tanaquil Faber, or Tanneguy Le Fèvre (1615-1672), based on the second Scheffer edition of 1662 (a poor choice, as it apparently had ‘more errors and imperfections than in any edition of Aelian whatever’ - c.f. Dibdin). Dibdin (4th edn.) I 230. Schweiger I 3. Ref: 27777show full image..
Aimoinus Monachus [Aimoin, of Fleury]: Historiae Francorum Lib. V. Ex Veterib. exemplaribus multo emendatiores. Cum indice copiosissimo, qui etiam locorum communium ac epitomes vicem supplet. Parisiis [Paris]: apud Andream Wechelum 1567. 8vo., pp. [viii]. 795. [xxxv]. Lacking final blank. Upper margin trimmed closely, just touching running title on one or two leaves. Some light browning and a few spots, some pencil underlining, small marginal waterstain to a few leaves of index. 18th-cent. marbled calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt decoration and title, gilt sides, edges and endpapers marbled, slight rubbing to corners and joints. Ownership inscription of Abraham Girard dated 1663 to title. The chief work of Aimoin (c.960-c.1010), a French chronicler and monk in the monastery of Fleury. The book covers history up until the 12th century, with Aimoin’s contribution ending in the time of Clovis II (died c.657) and remainder completed by other hands. Adams A 398. Ref: 22606
Aphthonius: (Cattaneo, Giovanni Maria & Rodolphus Agricola, trans.:) Progymnasmata. [...] Novissima editio, superioribus emendatior, & concinnior. Amsterodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirum. 1645. 12mo., pp. [ii] 400 [xii] + additional engraved title (the top margin trimmed just to image border, probably removing an inscription). A faint intermittent dampmark to outer margin. Contemporary vellum boards, title inked to spine, lightly soiled, binding slightly strained. A reimpression of the first Elzevir edition of the rhetorical textbook of the sophist Aphthonius (1642), translated into Latin by Agricola and Cattaneo; the engraved title retains the earlier date. Willems 1018. Ref: 29960
Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea: [Greek letter] Metaphrasis tou psalteros, dia stichon heroikon. [Latin] Apolinarij interpretatio Psalmorum, versibus heroicis. Londini [London]: Excudebat Georgius Bishop 1590. 8vo., pp. 202 [vi]. Text in Greek, title with woodcut border. Small hole to title (from overenthusiastic embossment) affecting two characters. A light and intermittent marginal stain, a tiny marginal wormhole to a few leaves. Contemporary English blind-ruled sheep, no pastedowns (revealing printed binder’s waste), rebacked preserving original spine, the old leather a bit chipped at joints, a few repairs to worn spots and small holes. Bookplate of the North Library (of Shirburn Castle) to inside of upper board, embossment of the Earls of Macclesfield to title and first two leaves, small old paper shelfmark labels to spine. The first English edition of this paraphrase of the Psalms by Apollinaris (d. 390), Bishop of Laodicea, reproducing the 1552 Paris editio princeps by Turnebus (which was also reprinted there in 1580). This copy is from the library of the Earls of Macclesfield, with their embossment and armorial shelfmark bookplate. STC 2352. ESTC S122222. Ref: 23585show full image..
[Appian] Appianus, of Alexandria: [Roman History.] De bellis Syriacis liber. De bellis Parthicis liber. De bellis Mithridaticis liber. De bellis civilibus libri v. De bellis Gallicis liber, seu potius epitome [etc.] Basileae [Basel]: Per Hier. Frobenium. 1554. Folio, pp. [xvi] 506 [xlvi]. A touch of marginal worming in gatherings G-I (mostly reinforced), light toning and occasional small stains, larger dampmark to last few gatherings of index. Modern olive calf antique, spine in six compartments with raised bands, new endpapers. The first edition of Sigismund Gelen’s translation of substantial portions of Appian’s ‘Roman History’, which was divided into books as the title indicates; it was printed in the year of Gelen’s death and the two books ‘de bellis Hispanicis’ and ‘de bellis Illyricis’ are in the earlier translations by Curio and Candido, respectively. Although the Greek text of Appian’s work had been printed for the first time in 1551 by Charles Estienne, there was still substantial demand for a Latin version, and while Candido had enjoyed access to a better manuscript than was available to later editors so his version remained important, the free attitute towards translation in the early Renaissance left room for more faithful later renderings like this one. Adams A1347. Ref: 31905
Aristaenetus; Behotte, Adrien: Epistolae Graecae. Cum Latina interpretatione & notis. Altera editio emendatior & auctior. [Bound with:] Apophoretorum libri tres. Parisiis: Apud Marcum Orry; Lutetiae [Paris]: Ex officina Typographica Cl. Morelli, 1594 [i.e.1600]; 1602. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo., pp. [xvi] 282 [ii]; 192 [xvi]. First work with facing pages of Greek and Latin. Light browning, some spotting, ink shelfmark to first title, stamped shelfmark to upper pastedown, ink notes to pastedowns and title verso. Contemporary vellum boards, long sides overlapping, rebacked with plain vellum, hinges neatly relined but a little tight, the boards a bit soiled, f.f.e.p. removed. The works of the Greek epistolographer Aristaenetus (fl. 5th/6th cent. AD), comprising two books of love stories in letter form. The Encyclopedia Britannica (11th edn.) reports that ‘the stories are feeble and insipid, and full of strange and improbable incidents’. This is the second Orry edition, following the first and a reprint in 1595 and 1596 (a third appeared in 1610); although the title page seems to give a date of 1594 (MVIC), Adams clarifies that it should be 1600. The second work is the scholarly debut of the French Catholic Adrien Behotte (1578-1638), archdeacon of the cathedral at Rouen, dedicated to Jacques-Auguste de Thou and comprising three books of notes on ancient authors. Adams A1695. Ref: 26330
[Aristotle.] Riccoboni, Antonio: Poetica Antonii Riccoboni I.C. humanitatis in Patavino gymnasio explicatoris, Poeticam Aristotelis per paraphrasim explicans, & nonnullas Ludovici Castelvetrii captiones refellens. Vicetiae [Vicenza], apud Perinum Bibliopolam, & Georgium Grecum Socios 1585. First edition. 4to., pp. [viii] 171 [vii]. With final blank. Title-page with woodcut vignette of St. Justina (cf. CNCE). Woodcut initials, one woodcut head-piece. Title-page slightly dusty, first few leaves worn at the bottom outer corner with some paper-loss (affecting the blank only), somelight spotting, bound in modern quarter-calf and marbled boards. Contemporary or early inscription on title-page (illegible). Contemporary or early MS shelfmark in top left-hand corner. A guide to Aristotle’s ‘Poetics’ and ‘Ars Comica’, part of the important oeuvre of the literary scholar Antonio Riccoboni (1541-1599) who made the ‘Poetics’ into “a practical manual for poets and playwrights” (Sandys II 134). One of only 28 publications from the partnership of Perino and Giorgio Greco in Vicenza, which was active in the 1580s. CNCE 47597. Not in Adams. Ref: 21341show full image..
Arnold, Christoph: Lingua Latinae Ornatus. [...] Editio altera correctior, cum indice. Norimbergae [Nuremberg]: Typis ac Sumptibus Michaelis Endteri. 1663. 12mo., pp. [xxiv] 390 [i.e. 396], [xxxiv], 59. Substantial worming to blank area of half-title, mostly gone by title (two or three characters lost) and reduced to just one spot by third leaf with none afterwards, one small repair to margin of first text leaf (touching a couple of characters) and corner of pp. 15-16 torn away affecting one or two words, a touch of dustsoiling elsewhere. Contemporary vellum boards, soiled and marked, no f.f.e.p., hinges a bit strained. Later ink notes to half-title and upper pastedown. The popular handbook for teaching Latin written by the poet and scholar Christoph Arnold (1627-1685), first published in 1657. VD17 23:282750S. Ref: 29955
Bacon, Francis: Scripta in Natuali et Universali Philosophia. [bound with:] Historia Naturalis & Experimentalis de Ventis &c. Amsterodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium; Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Franciscum Hackiu 1653; 1648. 12mo., pp. [xii] 495, [xvi] 232 [xvi] + 1 folding chart. Title pages engraved. Some light browning and foxing. Contemporary vellum boards, long sides overlapping, spine lettered in ink, upper board soiled, spine darkened, r.f.e.p. torn. Bookplate of A.C.S. van Heel to initial blank. The first of the volumes in what would become an edition of Francis Bacon’s works, printed by the Elzevirs, bound with another volume from the inspiration for that edition. The first work is a collection of previously unpublished papers and fragments of Bacon’s work, edited by Isaac Gruter. After this start, seven years passed before the Elzevirs printed more Bacon, beginning in 1660 to reprint the 1648 Hackius editions of the rest of his works. Bound in here is one of those Hackius volumes, containing papers on natural history and experiements. This copy belonged to the Dutch professor of optics Abraham van Heel. Willems 1157; 1277 (note). Ref: 27787
Baerle, Caspar van: Poematum editio nova. Priore castigatior et altera parte auctior. Lugdu. Batavorum [Leiden], ex officina Elzeviriana 1631. First edition thus (see below). 24mo., pp. [xvi] 511 [i]. Engraved frontispiece. Some browning, bound in contemporary vellum boards, overlapping long sides; binding slightly skewed, loosening from text block at upper hinge. Printed for the first time here (pp. 164-169) is a poem celebrating the Dutch capture from the Portuguese, in 1630, of the city of Olinda in Pernambuco, Brazil. Van Baerle (1584-1648), sometime professor in Amsterdam, later published an illustrated history of the Dutch in Brazil. Willems 344. Ref: 22815show full image..
