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Éditions du XVI
e
s.
¶ Rare édition des commentaires de Giovanni Giocondo sur les oeuvres de Jules César et des notes
d'Henricus Glareanus sur la Guerre des Gaules et la Guerre civile. Illustré de 5 pleines pages dont la
première représentation du pont sur le Rhin et de 2 cartes sur doubles pages. Plein vélin de l'ép. (mouill.,
taches sur la rel.).
308 – (Auteur de l'Antiquité) -
PLUTARCHUS.-
Παραλληλα εν βιοισ ελλη νοντε
και ροµαιον
. Plutarchi quae vocantur parallela : hoc est, vitae illustrium virorum
graeci nominis ac latinis [...].
Basileae, ([in Greek] Andreas Cratander et Johann Bebel), 1533.
In-f° : [4]-369-[1] ff. (very few spotting, larger but light spots on some lvs, some lvs +/- browned, marginal
restaurated tear, one tear with small loss of text in lf. 118, rare contemporary handwritten notes in Greek).
Modern binding : vellum, ribbed spine, brown sprinkled edges (flyleaves renewed).
Est.
:
500/ 600 €
Most famous work of Plutarch (46-125) presenting biographies of Greek and Romans
arranged by pairs edited by Simon Grynaeus (1493-1541), German scholar and theologian
of the Protestant reformation. Text entirely in Greek (except the dedication) decorated with
ornemental initials; marks of Cratander on the title-page and on the back of last leaf. The
first edition of Plutarch's work by Grynaeus was published in 1531.
# Adams P-1611; # Machiels P-1025; # Soltész P-702; # USTC 684248; # VD 16 P-3756;
# not in USTC nor in Dibdin.
¶ Vies parallèles éditées par le théologien Grynaeus. Texte en grec (sauf la dédicace). Pleine toile beige
moderne (qqs taches, qqs pp. +/- brunies, déch. dans le texte au f. 118).
309 –
BAÏF, Lazare de.- Annotationes in L[egem] II. De Captivis, & postliminio
reversis : in quibus tractatur de re navali. Eiusdem annotationes in tractatum De
auro & argento leg. quibus vestimentorum & vasculorum genera explicantur [...].
Antonii Thylesii De coloribus libellus, à coloribus vestium non alienus.
Lutetiae, ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1549 (Prid. Id. Septemb.).
4 parts in 1 vol. in-4° (3 with continued pagination) : 152, [8]-
176-[11] pp. (copy slightly browned, small marginal wormholes,
repaired on title-page and p. 1, small tears repaired on the title-
page, rare marginal stains or small foxing, fresh condition).
Bound by H. Wood : red morocco, boards encirceld with three gilt
fillets, gilt decorated ribbed spine, gilt double fillets on the edges,
gilt fillets and roll-stamps on the turn ins, gilt edges (upper joint
partly and very slightly split, lower edges and corners slightly
dulled, flyleaves renewed).
Est.
:
1.500/ 1.800 €
Reprint of the edition of 1536 also printed by
Robert Estienne of this posthumous anthology
of the main works of the French diplomat de Baïf
(1496-1547). The 1
st
part (De re navali) includes his
monograph on naval architecture and is illustrated
with 21 woodcuts throughout the text (2 repeated),
the 2nd one (De re vestiaria) comprises his treatise
on ancient attire and contains 3 large woodcuts,
the 3rd part (De vasculis) with 7 woodcuts
comprehends his work on ancient vases. The last
essay, not illustrated, is
the first work
on colour
and is attributed to the philosopher Antonio Telesio
(1482-1534). Five of the woodcuts are signed with
the Lorraine cross which is the cypher of Geoffroy