841
[Antwerp imprint] - CLICHTOVEUS, Jodocus -
De doctrina moriendi opusculu(m),
necessaria ad bene morie(n)dum preparame(n)ta declara(n)s (…). Accessere orationes aliquot D.
Dionysii (…) necessariae. Antwerp, (J. Grapheus for) J. Steelsius, 1535, 16mo, old vellum
(stained, head and tail def.), [176] ff. (title soiled, edges of last f. frayed). Good copy.
€ 600/800
Early ed. (1st Paris 1520) of a treatise on the art of dying by J. Clichtoveus (Nieuwpoort 1472 - Chartres
1543), dedicated to Johann Count Henneberg. Woodcut diagram on B4r.
Annotated throughout
in a cont.
hand in (now faint) red ink. Monastic ownership entry on title.
Ref.
Bibl. Belg. I:605 C-431.
Nijhoff/Kronenberg 586. Pettegree NB 8495. Index Aur. 141.771. BCNI 1366. Not in Adams, Anet, BN Paris,
Opac KBR.
842
[Antwerp imprint] - Dits die excellente Cronike van Vlaendere(n) beghinnende van
Liederick Buc den eersten Forestier (...) tot (...) Keyser Karolo
[and] Vanden alder
victorieusten ende onverwinlijcsten Prinche Karolus, Keyser van Roomen (...). Antwerp, W.
Vorsterman, 11 July 1531, folio, later gilt half sheep (rubbed and sl. loosening), marbled paper
on covers, gilt spine on 4 raised bands with red leather title label (front joint splitting at top, head
def.), 2 parts : [3]-ccc, lix (= 61)-[5] ff. (lacking +1-2, 5, half of a1, b6, bottom corner of r6;
missing text supplied in 18th-c. handwriting; occ. soiled and stained, marg. tears and tear f°
cxxxi clumsily rep. with tape, large woodcut mark at end cut out and mounted). In all a good
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 800/1200
Only ed.
of the renowned medieval history of Flanders from the mythical beginnings up to the Burgundian
period; the latter part probably written by the Bruges poet Anthonis de Roovere.
Woodcut ills
: large portrait
of Charles V on part-title,
195 old hand-coloured ills in text
, incl. the double-page view of the "Siege of
Vienna". Gothic type in 2 cols of 50 ll. Mod. bookpl. Pierre-Ignace Ringuier, Albert Croquez-Ringuier.
Ref.
Nijhoff/Kronenberg 659. Bibl. Belg. I:998-1004 C-318. Adams F-585. Funck 293.
843
[Antwerp imprint] - ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS -
Sententiarum de summo bono lib. III. ad
veterum codicum fidem iam primum accurate restituti per Hubertiu(s) Scutteputatum canonicum
Reg. in Bethleem prope Lovanium. Antwerp, J. Bellerus, 1566, 12mo, cont. sheep (sl. rubbed,
corners bumped), gilt orn. spine on 4 raised bands (sm. def. at tail), [12]-189-[15] ff. Good copy.
€ 250/350
Later ed. of this religious work by the Archbishop of Sevilla (c. 560-636). Woodcut printer's mark on title.
Stamp E. Gelin.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 16279. BT 1579. BCNI 3014. Not in Adams, Bn-Opale plus.
We join
:
Carranza, Bartholomeus
- Summa omnium conciliorum, a Sancto Petro usque ad Pium quartum
Pontificem, omnibus sacrae scripturae studiosis utilissima. Antwerp, Wid. & heirs of J. Steelsius, 1564, 8vo
(wormtrack in upper margins of 1st quires affecting some letters), cont. half vellum, boards (sl. soiled). -
[
Nebrija, Elio Antonio de
] - [Dictionarium latino-hispanicum (...)]. Antwerp, J. Steelsius, 1545, 4to
(dampstains, upper part of title and right part of last leaf lacking), cont. (?) mottled calf, gilt ruled spine
(def.). (3 vol.)
844
[Antwerp imprint] - JUVENALIS, Decimus Junius -
Satyrae decem et sex. Annotatiunculis in
marginibus breuis commentarij vice adiectis, elucidatae. Antwerp, G. Coppens van Diest for J.
Gymnicus, 1552, 8vo, mod. boards, [60] ff. (cut bit short, paper age-toned, stain in top margin).
Good copy.
€ 220/280
Very rare Antwerp school ed. of Juvenal, with short explanatory notes. In italics.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 17451.
BT 6112. VdBranden (Gymnicus) 13. Not in Adams, BL London.
845
[Antwerp imprint] - LIVIUS, Titus -
Roemsche historie oft Gesten/ (...) waer wt niet alleene
alle weereltlike staten tot vromicheyt en(de) ridderlike manlike feyte(n) beweget en(de)
gedronge(n)/ maer oock alle andere staten tot grooter recreatien en(de) ghenuechten des herte(n)
ghetrocken sullen worden/ nu eerstmael in onser Nederlantscher spraken ghedruckt. Antwerp, (J.
Graphaeus for J. Gymnicus), August 1541, folio, cont. blindstamped calf over wood (sl. rubbed,
joints skilfully repaired and rebacked, clasps and catches gone), [14]-ccccclxvij ff. (margins
somewhat soiled, occ. staining and thumbing, hole in title with loss of a letter, tear in blank
bottom title border). Good copy.
€ 500/700
The 1st Dutch Livy, a monument of Dutch vernacular Renaissance printing. Title within border of 4 large
woodcuts,
over 300 large illustrations in text
(some repeats). Very large Roman and grotesque initials. Some
tailpcs with the device of the Cologne printer Eucharius Cervicornus. Gothic type.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 19427.
BT 1958. Vanden Branden (Gymnicus) 7. Geerebaert CXV.1. STCDutch (BL London) 123. Not in Adams, BN
Paris.