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cont. limp vellum (fore-edge of front cover dam.), [16]-89-[7], [14]-18-33/64-[8] pp. (clear stain
in quires A-B). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 300/400
Very rare curious French trsl. of this biography of Caesar by the Italian author Simeoni (1509-1575), famous
for his "Imprese". Pt. I is dedicated to the Dauphin de France, Pt. II to François de Haudelot, Sr. de Passy,
Lieutenant-général en Lyonais & Beaujolais. Large woodcut mark on titles. Long French ownership entry on
1st fly-leaf.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 8108-9. SvGültlingen (Saugrain) 220 = Baudrier IV:344. Dekesel S-161. Not
in Adams.
862
CROTUS RUBEANUS -
Oratio hec est funebris. In laudem Ioannis Cerdonis, Qua(m)
nominauimus Vademecum, Quia cum emeris tunc portas tecum, Cum duabus epistolis clarorum
virorum, Quas nequaq(uam) dices imperitorum. [Germany ?, s.n., 1528], 8vo, mod. blindruled
calf "à l'antique", covers with rectangular central decoration with gilt outer corner pcs, spine on 3
raised bands, [8] ff. (cut short). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1400
Unrecorded (?) ed. of one of the texts in the satirical compilation "Epistolae obscurorum virorum". The
present ed. is not identical with those described by VD-16 (O-852: Mainz, Schöffer, 1518, and ZV 11994:
Leipzig, Stöckel, 1518). Crotus Rubeanus (1480-after 1537) was a humanist and a Reformer, who later
returned to the Old Church. Luther then called him "des Cardinals zu Mentz Tellerlecker, Dotter Kroete
genant". "Die Oratio funebris ist wie die Epistolae obscurorum virorum eine mimetische Satire (…) in
bewährter Dunkelmänner-Polemik gegen das humanistische Stilideal (…). Der Nachruf auf Johannes Cerdo
erweist ihn ebenmals als Vir obscurus wie die Qualität der auf ihm zurückgeführten Quaestiones (…)"
(Deutsche Lit. des Mittelalters. Verfasserlexikon, I:507-508).
Half-page woodcut ill.
(German Emperor) on
title.
Ref.
BN Paris (1). Not in USTC, Adams, BL London, VD-16.
863
DEMOSTHENES -
De Rhodiorum libertate oratio. Paris, A. Wechel, 1557, 4to, mod. wr., 12
pp. (paper age-toned at edges). Very good copy.
€ 250/300
Extr. rare (2nd recorded copy?) ed. of the Greek text of Demosthenes' political speech "On the liberty of the
Rhodians".
Printed in Greek
(but for the title). Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
Index Aur. 151.315 (1 =
STCFrench, BL London, 131). Not in Adams, BN Paris, Hoffmann, Pettegree FB.
864
[Devotion] - PONCET, Maurice, O.S.B. -
Instruction pour aimer Dieu extraicte de la Saincte
Escriture, & specialement des Cantiques de Salomon, & de la doctrine des autheurs sacrez &
prophanes. Au roy tres-chrestien Henry III. Paris, G. Julian, 1584, 8vo, mod. vellum (clumsy
provisional binding), [8]-88 ff. (incl. blank â8; paper age-toned). Good copy.
€ 150/180
Unrecorded (?) ed. of a devotional essay by the Benedictine theologian Poncet, a fervent opponent of Henri
III and his court.
Ref.
Not in USTC, Adams, STCFrench (BL London), BN Paris. Cp. Pettegree FB 44451:
ed. (or issue) by Sébastien Molin (2 copies only).
865
DIOGENES LAERTIUS -
[Greek] = De uitis, decretis, & responsis celebrium philosophorum
libri decem, nunc primum excusi. Basel, H. Froben & N. Episcopius, 1533, 4to, old sp. calf (head
and tail expertly repaired), richly gilt spine with red leather title label, gilt sides, sp. edges, [8]-
573-[3] pp. (lower part clearly dampstained, title with sm. hole in blank inner margin, stain in
middle of K2, P1-4). In all a very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1500/2000
Editio princeps
of the original Greek text of Diogenes Laertius (3rd c.?). It is an extensive collection of
biographies and quotations of Greek philosophers, preserving many texts and facts that would otherwise
have perished.
Entirely printed in a fine Greek type
(but for the title and the publishers' preface). Woodcut
mark on title and at the end. A few cont. ms. notes at the beginning and end of the text.
Ref.
VD-16 D-1836.
Adams D-481. Hoffmann II:72. STCGerman (BL London) 244.
866
[Dirk Martens imprint - Erasmus] - ANTHONISZ. VAN MIDDELBURG, J. -
Elegans
libellus ac nunc primum impressus de praecellentia potestatis imperatoriae (…). Antwerp, Dirk
Martens, 1 April 1502 (= 1503 n.st.), 4to, 19th-c. quarter vellum, gilt spine with red leather label,
[70] ff. (some ff. spotted, occ. marg. soiling). Very good wide-margined copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 2500/3500
Only ed.
of a treatise on the power of the Holy Roman Emperor, compiled by J. Anthonisz. van Middelburg
(d. 1510), doctor of canon law, vicar-general to Hendrik van Bergen (Bishop of Cambrai), and a friend of
Erasmus. It is written against the views of the Italian humanist L. Bruni (1370-1444), who claimed that a
king was superior to the Holy Roman Emperor.
Erasmus contributed a letter
(Allen 173)
and 2 Latin poems
(ASD I-7 nrs. 29 and 62). These are among his earliest published writings.
Large woodcut
on title (crowning
of the Emperor). Title in red. Capital spaces with guide-letters.
Ref.
Nijhoff/Kronenberg 120. Pettegree NB
1135. De Reuck 547. Heireman (1973) A153=M55. Not in Adams, BN Paris.