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Éditions du XVI

225 – (Philologie) -

CALEPINO, Ambrogio. - Dictionarium, quarto & postremo ex

R. Stephani latinae linguae thesauro auctum.

[Geneva], oliva Rob. Stephani, 1553 (excudebat Robertus Stephanus in sua officina,

anno 1554. Cal. Jan.).

2 parts in 1 vol. in-f° : 340, 308 lvs (lvs slightly yellowed or browned, foxing, mainly in the margins, stains,

marginal dampstains, 7 lvs of "N" misnumbered).

Contemporary binding : pigskin on wooden boards, beveled blind stamped boards with fillets, fleurons, roll-

stamps (ornemental, portraits of the four Evangelists and the Christ), upper board with the name of Calepinus

and the date 1558, blind decorated ribbed spine, clasps (rubbed, wormholes, small stains, scratches on lower

board, edges and corners dulled, handwritten notes on upper pastedown).

Est.

500/ 600 €

Bilingual dictionary (Latin-Greek) with definitions in Latin of which the princeps (Reggio,

1502) originally was drawn up by Calepino (1435-1511) in one single language (Latin).

Often reprinted during the 16

Century (18 editions between 1542 and 1592 by Aldi alone)

and gradually extended with equivalents in other languages culminating in the Basel edition

of 1590 with no less than 11 languages (Polish, Hungarian, English, etc.). Text printed on

2 columns with a large device of Robert Estienne (olive tree) on the title-page and large

dotted initials.

# Renouard, Estienne, 84/85 n° 11; # Adams C-209; # Biogr. univ. VI-392; # not in Machiels,

Soltész, Matagne, VD 16, USTC.

▲ Provenance : ex-dono from Conradus Rischius, "suo fideli amico", to Gregorius Eckhl or

Eckl (with purchasing price); ex-dono from Gregorius Erkhl to Joannes Schlamming.

¶ Dictionnaire dont l'originale parut en 1502 en latin mais dont les versions connurent jusqu'à 11 langues.

Pleine peau de truie estampée à froid (ff. lég. jaunis ou brunis, rouss., surtout marg., rel. frottée).

226 – (Politique) -

LIPSIUS, Justus. - Politicorum sive Civilis doctrinae libri

sex [...]. Additae notae auctiores, tum & De una religione liber. Omnia postremò

auctor recensuit.

Antverpiae, ex officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Joannem Moretum, 1596.

3 parts in 1 vol. in-8° : [24]-283-[5], [8]-1/79, 81/134-[1] pp. (copy very slightly yellowed, very fresh condition).

Century binding : vellum with visible sewing and flaps, flat spine, gauffered edges, ties (partly rubbed, one

tie partly lacking, labels stuck on the spine, flyleaves renewed, handwritten quote from Aristotle's Politics on

upper pastedown).

Est.

350/ 450 €

First Belgian edition

of this treatise advising the rulers how to govern, especially

principalities, consisting in quotes from Greek, Latin, pagan and christian authors

connected together with Lipsius' text. He was severely attacked, among others by

the Dutch philosopher and theologian Dirck Coornhert (1522-1590), for telling that a

government should only recognise one religion and punish dissent by fire and sword. Work

first published in 1589 and very often reprinted.

# BB III-1044/1045 (L 437); # BT 1952; # USTC 406998; # not in Adams, Machiels, Soltész.

▲ Provenance : Johann Leonhard Fleiner (1556-1624), Esslingen am Neckar (handwritten

mention dated Tübingen 1598).

¶ Première édition belge de cet ouvrage sur l'art de régner et la monarchie. Plein vélin du 17

227 – (Religion) -

Sanctus CYPRIANUS. - 2 incunabula printed in Deventer, one

UNIQUE.

In-4° agenda (marginal dampstains, stains, rare perforations, some lvs somehow browned with foxing).

century binding : bradel marbled paper, flat spine (worn and rubbed, rest of a label on the upper joint and

board, edges and corners strongly dulled, ex-libris teared off the pastedown).

Est.

800/ 1.000 €

(1). Duo opuscula, quoru[m] alteru[m] ad Donatum inscribitur. Alteru[m] quod idola dii no[n]

sunt. Lege hec et letaberis. S.l.n.d. [6] lvs. Only copy known, printed according to GW and

Campbell in Deventer in 1500 by Richard Pafraet. Those two bibliographies only list this

edition without giving any collation but GW specifies it is "Nicht nachweisbar" and Campbell

that a copy was sold in 1852 in Brussels. As the title tells, it is a reunion of two works : "Ad

Donatum", about the decay of Cyprianus' time and his conversion, and "Quod idola dii non

sunt", on the paganism but it is not sure Cyprianus really wrote it. Text decorated with ink

initals (2 in red), the one on title-page containing a printed portrait of a saint or Church Fater.

# GW II-231 (not numbered, classified under n° 7878, a works edition); # Campbell 519; #

GW online Sp.231.a; # not in Stillwell, Goff, Hain, Polain, Adams, Soltész, Machiels, USTC.

(2). (Sermones. Impressum Daventrie [Deventer], per me Richardum Pafraet, 1500).

[39] lvs (last blank lf. lacking, numerous marginalia). Sermons on the Nativity, Passion,

resurrection, Holy spirit, etc. Text decorated with contemporary or latter printed initials

pasted on, the last with printed scene. # Campbell 521; # BMC IX-61; # not in GW, Polain,

Hain, Goff, USTC.

The two works, both apparently printed by Pafraet, are in Gothic types but the height of

the second is bigger. Richard Pafraet (c. 1455-1512), moved from Cologne to Deventer

in the years 1476-1477 and became the city's first printer. He had two presses in the city,

one active from 1477 till 1485, the second from 1488 until 1511. He published ancient

authors, religious, history and didactical works. Cyprianus was the bishop of Carthage in

the 3rd century and was considered the pre-eminent Latin writer of Western Christianity

until Jerome and Augustine.

▲ Provenance : Passionists of Kortrijk (stamp).

¶ Réunion de 2 très rares incunables de Cyprien, évêque de Carthage. Bradel plein papier marbré du

s. (mouill. marg., rel. usée).

228 – (Religion) -

[GRUYTRODE, Jabocus de]. - Lavacrum conscientie ex

verissimis sanctor[um] patru[m] scriptis fideliter co[m]pilatum.

(Impressum Colonie, in edibus quonda[m] Henrici Que[n]tell, 1506).

Large in-12° : [1]-lvii-[1]-[1 bl.] lvs (copy slightly browned, dampstains, hole due to burning in lf. ii and another

small in lf. vii).

century binding : half marbled calf, paper boards, flat spine (dampstain on the upper pastedown and flyleaf,

the lower ones browned).

Est.

900/ 1.200 €

Very rare post-incunabulum

of this moral work for priesthood under the form of stories

and precepts by de Gruytrode (+ 1472), Cartusian prior in Liège, showing the vacuity of the

life's pleasures outside the monastic one.

# VD 16 J 106; # USTC 670732 (different title and address but same collation); # not in

Adams, Machiels, Soltész, STC French.

▲ Provenance : Jacques Rijs, from the Hermits of Saint Augustine, former name of the

order of Saint Augustine (handwritten mention from 1600).

¶ Post-incunable de cet ouvrage moral par le prieur chartreux de Liège, de Gruytrode. Demi-veau du

s. (ex. lég. bruni, mouill.).