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compartments with fleur-de-lys, a.e.g., [16]-697-[55] pp. (somewhat short, paper age-toned,
some unobtrusive dampstaining, old repair in f. Q8). Good copy.
€ 400/500
Earliest publ. work of the Dutch humanist scholar J.I. Pontanus (1571-1639), who later became
historiographer of the King of Denmark. It also represents the earliest published work of the famed J. van
Meurs (1579-1639), who was only 17 years of age when he wrote these annotations. Textually, this is the 1st
printing of Macrobius' "De differentiis et societatibus Graeci Latinique verbi". It also is the 1st Pontanus ed.
of the "Opera", and of the Meursius Notae. Woodcut mark on title. In italics. Old ownership entry on title
(partly crossed out).
Ref.
Pettegree NB 20070. Typogr. Batava 3285. Adams M-57. STCDutch (BL London)
127.
897
[Plantin Press] - Biblia Polyglotta.
Vol. I (Pentateuch). Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, [1573], folio,
old leather (rubbed and sl. worn, corners bumped, part of front flyleaf torn off), gilt spine on 6
raised bands, [106 (of 108)]-742 pp. (lacking general title and final text f.; 1st ff. dampstained at
bottom). In all a good copy, s.w.a.f.
Cfr. ill.
€ 250/400
Initial vol. of Plantin's magnificent and monumental masterpiece, the famous Polyglot Bible. It contains the
Pentateuch and the very important and long preliminaries. Full-page allegory of "Pietas regia" present.
Printed in 2 cols, with additional versions at the bottom.
Ref.
Voet (Plantin Press) 644 (I). BT 436.
Darlow/Moule 1422.
898
[Plantin Press] - CAESAR, Caius Julius -
Commentarii de Bello Gallico et Civili (…).
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1585, 16mo, old calf (rubbed, joints splitting, head and tail def.), [48]-
530-[78] pp. (edges stained, dampstain in 1st ff.). Good copy.
€ 200/300
Rare pocket Caesar, probably ed. by the younger Raphelengius. Title within elaborate woodcut border,
woodcut mark on title,
5 woodcuts
in text. As always without the 2 woodcut maps on loose sheets (present in
the Cambridge copy only). In italics. Ownership entries on front flyleaf and verso of title. Armorial bookpl.
Edmund Walker.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 6307. BT 5349. Voet (Plantin Press) 857. Adams C-71.
899
[Plantin Press] - CICERO, Marcus Tullius -
Epistolae ad T. Pomponium Atticum. Ex fide
vetustissimorum codicum emendatae, studio & opera Simeonis Bosii Praetoris Lemovicensis.
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1582, [8]-486-[2] pp. [bound with]
BOSIUS, Simeon
- Animaduersiones
(…). Antwerp (= Leiden), Chr. Plantin, 1585, [8]-208 pp. [and with]
LIPSIUS, Justus
-
Epistolica institutio, excerpta e dictantis eius ore, anno M.D.LXXXVII. mense Iunio. Adiunctum
est Demetrij Phalerei eiusdem argumenti scriptum. Leiden, Plantin Press (Fr. Raphelengius),
1591, 44 pp., 3 works in 1 vol., 8vo, cont. limp overl. vellum (sl. loosening), flat spine (paper
age-toned, occ. minor spotting or soiling, pp. 380-381 stained). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 500/700
1-2.
Very rare Plantin ed. of Cicero's Letters to Atticus by the French humanist lawyer in Limoges S. Bosius
(1536-1581). The text is repr. from the 1580 Limoges ed. The commentary by Bosius announced on the
titlepage was only published separately in 1585 (copies with Leiden and Antwerp address). Woodcut mark on
titles. In italics. Old name on 1st title.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 8200 & 10381. Index Aur. 139.642. BT 5427. Typ.
Bat. 1673. Voet 955 & 742B. Adams C-1995 (text ed. only). Not in Sorgeloos.
3. Rare 1st ed.
, publ. from
student's notes taken in Lipsius' course. Last part
in Greek
with facing Latin translation. Mark on title.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 19331. Typ. Bat. 3168. B.B. III:987 L-330. Adams L-792. Bibl. Lips. Brux. 232. Hoffmann II:7.
900
[Plantin Press] - GARIBAY Y ZAMALLOA, Estéban de -
Compendio historial de las
chronicas y universal historia de todos los Reynos d'España, donde se escriven las vidas de los
Reyes de Castilla, y Leon (...). Antwerp, [J. Withagen & Th. Lindanus for] Chr. Plantin, 1571,
folio, old sheep (loosening, rubbed, top of spine def., some quires loose), [1] f., pp. 561-1530 (=
1526), [8] ff. (lacking Errata f. at end; cut short, title stained and with a sm. hole in blank top
margin, fore-edge margin of title underlaid, part of 1st index f. torn off with loss of text). In all a
good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
Vol. 2 only (of 4) of a major Chronicle of the Spanish Kings by the historian Garibay y Zamalloa (1525-
1593), "obra estimada, comparable a las crónicas de Ambrosio de Morales y Florián de Ocamp" (Palau).
Plantin had the voluminous work printed by Antwerp colleagues and sent to Spain. Large woodcut on title
with arms of Castille.
Ref.
Palau 100101. Peeters-Fontainas 499. Pettegree NB 12893 = IB 9424. Voet,
Plantin Press 1238 (I.2). BT 1235. Adams G-244.
901
[Plantin Press] - LACTANTIUS -
Divinarum institutionum libri VII. [and other works].
Venantij (…) Fortunati (…) carmen de Pascha. Incerti auctoris carmen de passione [ed. Michael
Thomasius]. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1570, 8vo, cont. limp vellum (sl. loosening), flat spine (head
and tail bands def.), a.e.g., new endpapers, [16]-560-[88] pp. (paper age-toned and spotted, some
stains). Good copy.
€ 240/280