298 / 416
298
1037 [Antwerp imprint]
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VEREPAEUS, Simon
- Precationum piarum enchiridion. Ex sanctorum
Patrum, et illustrium tum veterum, tum recentiorum auctorum scriptis, & precationum libellis,
concinnatum [rev. ed.]. Antwerp, J. Bellerus, 1586, 16mo, later vellum, flat spine, gauffered edges,
[48]-471-[9] pp. (some minor staining). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 500/700
Very rare ed. of a popular collection of Latin prayers by the Brabant priest and teacher S. Verepaeus
(1522-1598). Woodcut ill. on title. Some
98 woodcuts in text, many old coloured
. Title and calendar
in red & black. Printed within ruled border.
Ref.
BT 9292. Pettegree NB 30547. BCNI 3917.
Nauwelaerts (Verepaeus) IV.9. Not in Adams, Anet, BnF, BL.
1038 [Antwerp imprint]
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VERGILIUS MARO, Publius
- Les oeuvres de P. Virgile Maro (...),
traduites de Latin en François, Les Bucoliques & Georgiques par C. Marot & R. le Blanc, Les
douze livres de l’Eneide par Loys des Masures (...). Ensemble les Epigrammes (...) par P.D.
Mouchault [rev. ed.]. Antwerp, G. Humbe(r), 1581, 16mo, cont. calf (worn, spine and lower cover
almost gone), spine on 3 raised bands, [4]-507 ff. (cut short, some staining or marg. worming, title
loosening). Acceptable copy.
€ 300/400
Extr. rare ed. (2nd recorded copy?) of a complete French verse trsl. of Virgil’s works.
Marot’s
name erased
on title. Probably a protestant (fake?) Antwerp imprint. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
BT 7066 = Pettegree FB 50648 & NB 30434 (same single MPM copy). Not in Kallendorf
(Vergil), Adams, BL, BnF.
1039 ARISTOTELES
- Aristote, du Monde. Philon, du Monde. Songe de Scipion [trsl. from the Greek].
Lyon, P. de Tours, 1542, 8vo, old quarter vellum, marbled paper on sides, spine with gilt label,
red marbled edges, 95-[1] pp. (some dampstaining, single wormholes throughout esp. in blank
margins). Good copy.
€ 300/400
Very rare French trsl. by
Pierre Saliat
(fl. 1540-1560), the 1st French translator of Herodotus, of 3
short texts on cosmology by Aristotle, Philo Judaeus and Cicero. Old ownership entry on title. Libr.
stamp.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 1772. Schmitt/Kranz (Aristotle) 108.043. SvGültlingen (De Tours) 3 =
Baudrier Suppl. I:122, 7. Not in Adams, BnF, BL.
1040 [Astronomy]
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MANILIUS, Marcus
- Astronomicon ad Caesarem Augustum [ed. Antoine Du
Moulin]. Lyon, J. de Tournes & G. Gazeau, 1551, 16mo, old mottled calf (joints starting to split),
gilt spine, red edges, marbled endpapers, 165-[11] pp. (incl. final blank; cut a bit short). Good ruled
copy.
€ 250/350
Rare pocket ed. of Manilius’ poem on astronomy. The ed. was dedicated by A. Du Moulin to the
Pleïade poet
Pontus de Tyard
. Woodcut mark on title. Old bookseller’s ticket “Colas, Libraire,
Place de Sorbonne”.
Ref.
SvGültlingen (De Tournes) 206 = Cartier 200. Pettegree FB 78869.
Adams M-360.
1041 [Augsburg imprint]
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JUSTINUS Historicus
- Des hochberümptesten Geschicht schreybers
Justini/ war-hafftige Hystorien/ die er ausz Trogo Pompeio gezoge(n)/ vn(d) im Vierzig vier Bücher
aufgeteylt/ (...), [trsl. from the Latin Hieronymus Boner]. Augsburg, H. Steiner, 1532, folio, mod.
vellum over wood with orig. blindst. pigskin front cover expertly pasted on (soiled and rubbed),
edges partly bevelled, spine on 4 raised bands, orig. metal catches (clasps gone), fore-edge titled,
[4]-cxix-[1] ff. (dampstain in bottom half of last ff., final blank strengthened at top and bottom).
Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1200/1800
Rare 2nd ed. (1st 1531) of the 1st German trsl. of the Roman historian Justinus by H. Boner (1490-
1556). Large woodcut on title (Ninus and Alexander the Great in armour) by
Jörg Breu
after
Burgkmair.
73 woodcuts
in text (i.a. 13 full-page and 36 half-page), 18 of which by
Hans Weiditz
.
In gothic type. Old ownership entry on title “Nunc ex libris Albini C.R.V.”. Old emblematic bookpl.
with initials A.J.K.J.C.R.V.
Ref.
VD-16 T-2070. Cp. STC German (BL) 871 (1531 ed.). Not in Adams.