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Lactantius ed. by the Spanish scholar Miguel Tomás Taxaquet (d. 1578), Bishop of Lerida. Mark on title. In
italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 17770. BT 1746. Voet (Plantin Press) 1502.
Adams L-30.
902
[Plantin Press] - LIPSIUS, Justus -
Epistolarum centuriae duae: quarum prior innouata, altera
noua. Leiden, Plantin Press (F. Raphelengius), 1590, 4to, cont. overl. vellum (stain on front
cover), flat spine, 2 parts : [8]-164, [12]-111-[1] pp. (paper age-toned). Good copy.
€ 300/400
Important, partly orig., ed. of Lipsius' correspondence. Pt. 1 is a revised version of the 1586 ed., Pt. 2 in
1st
ed.
Woodcut mark on title and part title. Libr. stamp. Mod. bookpl.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 19318. B.B. III:933-
935 L-225. Typogr. Batava 3164. Adams L-816. Not in Bibl. Lips. Brux., BL London, BN Paris.
903
[Plantin Press] - LUCILIUS satiricus -
Satyrarum quae supersunt reliquiae [ed. Franciscus
Dousa]. Leiden, Plantin Press (F. Raphelengius), 1597, 4to, old goldtooled calf over boards (sl.
rubbed), gilt ruled border on covers, richly gilt spine, gilt sides, polished red edges, marbled
endpapers, silk marker, [24]-139-[1] pp. (cut somewhat short occ. shaving headline, paper age-
toned). Good copy.
€ 200/240
Editio princeps
of the Roman satirist Lucilius, ed. by a son of Janus Dousa. Woodcut mark on title. Old
armorial bookpl. Jacobus Annibal Claret Delatourrette, 1719.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 19735. Typogr. Batava
3427. Adams L-1642. STCDutch (BL London) 126.
~ Masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance ~
904
POLYBIUS -
De primo bello Punico Leonardo Aretino interprete libri tres. Leonardi Aretini de
temporibus suis liber unus. Plutarchi parallella Guarino Veronensi paraphraste opusculum
aureum. Paris, J. Badius & J. Petit, 1512, folio, mod. blindruled calf, spine on 5 raised bands
(lower joints splitting), xl ff. (burning hole in lower margin of f. xxiiii, minor spotting). Good,
wide-margined copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 700/900
Orig. work by Leonardo Bruni, also called Aretino (1370-1444), secretary to 4 popes and chancellor of the
Republic of Florence. He based his work on Polybius and other sources. It also contains Bruni's "De
temporibus suis", a history of Italy in the period 1378-1440; followed by Guarino's trsl. of "Parallela
minora" by
Plutarchus
. Beautiful illustrated work of the
Italian Renaissance
:
77 decorated woodcut initials
of diff. sizes. Large mark of Jean Petit on title. Ms notes in margins.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 83496/7. Moreau
II:435. Renouard (Badius) III:192. Renouard (Impr.) 196. Adams P-1804.
905
[Postincunable - Paris/Lyon] - HIERONYMUS (Ps) -
In vitas patrum sanctorum egyptiorum
etiam eorum qui in Scithia Thebaida atque Mesopotamia morati sunt. Paris, Lyon, (N. Wolff for)
Jacques I Hughetan, 28 April 1502, 4to, mod. overl. pigskin, flat spine, [4]-ccxiii ff. (paper age-
toned, some marg. soiling, a few stains).Very good
rubricated copy
.
€ 650/850
Rare ed. of Jerome's "Lives of the Desert Fathers", esp. those in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Large woodcut
mark on title. Gothic type in 2 cols. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Paragraph initials rubricated with
penwork extending into the margin.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 73844. SvGültlingen (Wolff) 5 = Baudrier XI:273.
Moreau I:81 nr. 85. Adams J-144. STCFrench (BL London) 240.
906
[Postincunable - Tübingen] - HUTTEN, Ulrich von -
In laudem reverendissimi Alberthi [!]
Archepiscopi Moguntini (…) panegyricus. Tübingen, Th. Anshelm, February 1515, 4to,
disbound, [30] ff. (cut short occ. shaving printed marginalia).
€ 300/500
1st and only separate ed.
of a long Latin poem on Archbishop Albrecht, who entered his residence Mainz on
8 November 1514. It was commissioned from Hutten (1488-1523) by Eitelwolfs von Stein, to whom it is
dedicated of course. Woodcut arms of the Archbishop on title. Old ownership entry and ms. note on title.
Ref.
VD-16 H-6357. Benzing (Hutten) 47. Köhler (Flugschriften) 1711. Adams H-1236. Not in BL London, BN
Paris.
907
QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius -
Oratoriaru(m) institutionu(m) libri .XII. accuratissime
repositi. Paris, Cl. Chevallon, (February) 1527, [22]-260 ff. [bound with]
IDEM
- XIX.
Declamationes argutissimae, dilige(n)ter recognitae. Ibidem, (Febr.) 1527, 110-[2] ff., 8vo, mod.
half cloth, gilt titled flat spine (paper age-toned, some marg. dampstaining). Good copy.
€ 250/300
Early ed. of Quintilian's major works. Woodcut mark on titles. Old name on 1st title crossed out.
Ref.
1.
Pettegree FB 84102. Moreau III:1315. Adams Q-26. STCFrench (BL London) 370;
2.
Pettegree 84103.
Moreau III:1314. Adams Q-26. STCFrench 369.