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POSTEL, Guillaume.- De magistratibus atheniensium liber [...],
ad intelligendam non solum graecorum, sed romanorum politiam, ac omnem
veterum historiam, lectu utilissimus.
Basileae, (ex officina Joannis Oporini, 1543. Mense martio).
In-8° : 151-[16] pp. (marginal dampstains and one large at the end, foxing, some underlinings and marginalia).
Contemporary binding : limp vellum, flat spine with ink title (wormholes).
Est.
:
500/ 600 €
Second edition (1
st
ed. : Paris, Vascosan, 1541) of this work on Athenian institutions with
some comparaisons to the Roman, French, Turkish, etc. The French diplomat, astronomer
and linguist Postel (1510-1581), due to his knowledge of Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew,
Syriac an other Semitic languages, came to the attention of the French crown. He was
sent by Francis I as the interpreter of the embassy of Jean de La Forest to Suleiman
the Magnificent in Constantinople. During that travel, he gathered Eastern manuscripts for
the French Royal Library. Postel was then named professor of mathematics and oriental
language at the Collège de France. He also defended the unification of all Christian
churches. With 2 initials (1 historiated and 1 ornemental).
# Machiels P-1160; # Soltész P-838; # USTC 630423; # VD 16 P 4478; # not in Adams
(other ed.).
▲ Provenance : ex dono from Hieronymus Hyrusius to Martin Brem, 1560 (handwritten
mention); Pierre Gauthier, December 1877 (id.).
¶
Seconde édition de cet ouvr. sur les institutions athéniennes comparées parfois aux romaines,
françaises, etc. Plein vélin de l'ép. (mouill. marg., plus grande à la fin).
452 – (Auteur de l'antiquité & Alde) -
APULEIUS, Lucius.- Metamorphoseos, sive
Lusus Asini libri XI. Floridorum III. De Deo Socratis I. De Philosophia I. Asclepius
Trisgemisti Dialogus [...] de Dogmatis Platonicis [...] De Mundo [...]. Alcinous,
Isagogicus liber Platonicae philosophiae, Graece impressus [...].
(Venetiis, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, mense maio 1521).
2 parts in 1 vol. in-8° : 266 [i.e. 264], [28] lvs (title-page repaired, dampstains, wormholes, some in the text
or repaired, ms.
p
rovenance crossed off on the verso of title-page and last lf., small foxing, rare stains, rare
marginalia).
19
th
century binding : calf fully blind stamped, 17
th
cent. boards decorated with fillets and 3 different roll-
stamps, flat spine decorated "à la grotesque", sprinkled edges (spine renewed, small repairs, ties lacking, one
wormhole and small wears, flyleaves renewed, stamp with unidentified coat of arms on the upper pastedown).
Est.
:
1.400/ 1.700 €
Unique Aldine edition
of the works of Apuleius (125-180 ?), Latin-language prose writer
from Madaurus in Algeria. Edited by Francesco Torresano, it includes the translation of
"Asclepius", dialogue between the god of medicine and Hermes Trismegistus to whom the
work is attributed. Followed, as indicated on title-page, with the epitome of Middle Platonism
intended as a manual for teachers by Alcinous, 2
d
century AD philosopher. Aldine's anchor
on the title-page and on the back of last leaf.
# Renouard p. 91; # Adams A-1362; # Dibdin I-284; # USTC 810106; # EDIT16 2231; #
STC Italy 35; # not in Soltész, nor in Machiels.
¶
Unique édition aldine des oeuvres d'Apulée. Suivie du manuel entièrement en grec sur le moyen-
platonisme par Alcinoos. Plein veau entièrement estampé à froid de l'ép. (dos refait, réparations à l'int.
et à la rel., trous et galeries de vers, qqs-uns dans le texte ou restaurés, mouill.).