1060
PUGET de LA SERRE, Jean -
Le breviere des courtisans, enrichy d'un grand nombre de
figures. Bruxelles, François Vivien, 1630, sm. 8vo, 19th c. green morocco, gilt rules on covers,
gilt orn. flat spine, a.e.g., [24]-304 pp. Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1500
Brussels ed. (Paris ed. the same year) of a beautiful ill. book by Puget de La Serre (1600-1665), prolific
author and official historian of France.
Engr. ills
, most
heightened with gold
:
frontisp
. by P. De Jode, vign.
on title,
portrait
of Prince Charles Eusebe, dedicatee of the book,
portrait
of the author &
7 full-page pl.
by
P. De Jode, Corn. Galle, Ph. de Mallery and E. Van Schoor after
Nicolaas Van der Horst
, most incl. in
collation. The finely engr. ills intend to picture the sufferings of Christ opposed to the enjoyments of
courtiers. Armorial bookplate Ô Sullivan.
Ref.
Funck p. 348. Arbour 14088. Opac KBR. STCV (= BM STC
French 1601-1700, P 1581, 2 incomplete copies). COPAC. Not in Bn-Opale plus.
1061
[Remonstrants] - [GREVINCHOVEN, Nicolaas] -
Der Remonstranten kerck-gangh: dat is,
Verscheydene redenen / waerom de Remonstrans-ghesinde hare afghesonderde vergaderingen
niet en behooren na te laten (...). [S.l.], "Ghedruckt in 't Jaer ons Heeren 1619", 4to, mod. boards,
gilt leather title piece on spine, 134-[2] pp. Nice, well-preserved copy.
€ 100/150
Pamphlet on Remonstrant church services by the preacher Grevinchoven (d. 1632), written in the heat of the
discussions generated by the Synod of Dordrecht. Woodcut on t.-p.
Ref.
Knuttel 2972. Tiele 1671. Simoni
(BL London) G-154. NUC (2).
1062
[Rostock imprint] - STURTZ, Christoph -
Orationes aliquot virtutis ac prudentiae civiles
exempla proponentes. Expositis vita et rebus gestis quorundam ducum megapolitanorum.
Rostock, S. Myliander (= S. Möllemann) at the expense of L. Albrecht (Lübeck), 1601, 4to, sewn
(without wr.), [46] ff. (browned).
€ 120/150
Only ed.
of this collection of 5 political speeches by Sturtz (1557-1602), German lawyer, historian and prof.
at Rostock. Title within woodcut border. Large mark at end.
Ref.
VD-17 23:248690A. Bn-Opale plus.
1063
SCALIGER, Josephus Justus -
Epistolae omnes quae reperiri potuerunt, nunc primum
collectae ac editae (...) & sub finem Danielies Heinsii de morte eius altera. Frankfurt, at the
expense of Aubry & Schleich, 1628, 2 vol., 8vo, mod. green cloth, flat spines (titles removed),
[20]-416, pp. 417/810 (paper age-toned, title browned). Interleaved working copy.
€ 80/100
Frankfurt ed. of the correspondence of Scaliger. Some 20th-c. ms. notes. Ownership entry on title. Old libr.
tickets.
Ref.
VD-17 3:007892E. ABES.
1064
[Splendid ceremonies - Antwerp] - GEVARTIUS, Caspar -
Pompa introitus honori
serenissimi principis Ferdinandi Austriaci hispaniarum infantis (...). Antwerp, Th. van Thulden
(J. Meursius), (1641), plano, 55,4 x 39,5 cm, leather (very damaged), spine lacking, [14]-189-
[13] pp. (lower corner of t.-p., portrait and dedication leaf torn off without loss of text, browned,
heavy damp and mouldy stains, tears clumsily rep., some pls trimmed with some loss, some pp.
loosening). Copy s.w.a.f.
€ 550/750
1st ed.
of this monumental publication recording the Entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand (1609-1641)
into Antwerp in 1635.
P.P. Rubens
was commissioned to provide decorations for the entry. With extensive
explanations and splendid etchings showing the arches of triumph decorating the streets of Antwerp.
Engr.
ills
: title, portrait,
47 text ills
depicting Roman coins and
37 (of 43) plates
, a number of them double-page
and/or folding by Th. van Thulden after P.P. Rubens. They are accompanied by Latin texts of the Antwerp
town humanist Gevartius (1593-1666). Ms. dedication on 1st endpaper.
Ref.
B.B. III 193-196 G-37.
Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 99. Judson/Van de Velde 81. Berlin Kat. 2947. Funck, p. 317-318.
1065
TASSO, Torquato -
De adellikke huisvader (...) met de verklaringen van den gelaurierden Poët
Iohan Rist. Vol aardige vertellingen, en nutte leeringen [trsl. from the German Jan Zoet].
Amsterdam, (C. de Bruin for) P. van den Berge, 1658, 12mo, cont. vellum (soiled), flat spine,
[8]-288-[16] pp. Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
Very rare Dutch trsl. by Jan Zoet (1615-1674) of " Il padre di famiglia" (1st: Venice 1583) of Torquato
Tasso (1544-1595), after the German version (Lüneburg 1650) of Johann Rist (1607-1667).
Engr. front.
depicting a family scene and portrait of Tasso and
8 nice full-page engr.
Woodcut ill. on title.
Ref.
STCN (5,
i.a. BL London). Clements (Italiaanse boeken in het Nederlands) 257. Not in BN Paris.
1066
[Theatre] - DE BIE, Cornelis -
Treur-spel van het bitter lyden Christi oft Goddelyck ransoen
der sielen salicheyt. [Antwerp, s.n. for] Lier, C. de Bie, 1687, [32]-229 (= 245]-[3] pp. [bound
with]
IDEM
- Cluchte vande bedroge gierigheyt in Judas en de bedwonge vrintschap in Pilatus.
Antwerp, J. Mesens, 1694, 44 pp., 2 works in 1 vol., cont. calf (worn), spine on 4 raised bands
(some soiling and thumbing). Good copy.
€ 200/300