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1047 [Brabant]
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Instructie gemaeckt byden Staeten van Brabant, achtervolgende der welcker men
tellen sal allen de heerden van allen schouwen
, ovens, asten, fournaise, met den ploegen binnen
den voirs. lande van Brabant bevonden (...) blijckende byder Acten daer af zijnde. Antwerp, J.
Mollijns, (1553), 4to, disbound, [6] lvs. Good copy.
€ 250/400
Extr. rare and interesting pamphlet:
1st ed.
of an instruction by the States of Brabant, regulating
the counting of all fireplaces, furnaces and forges, and the collection of taxes to be paid for each
of them. Expressly included are all furnaces of tradesmen, like gold- and silversmiths, all sorts
of bakeries etc. In the cities one generally had to pay 20 and in the country 15 “stuvers” per
fireplace. When a chimney was concealed, a fine of 3 “Carolusgulden” was to be paid. Religious
praying orders were exempted. On verso of the last leaf the names are given of the Superintendants,
responsible for carrying out the instruction in the 4 main cities of Brabant: Louvain, Brussels,
Antwerp and ‘s Hertogenbosch.
Ref.
B.T. 2399. Pettegree NB 5652. Not in Knuttel, NUC.
1048 CAESAR, Caius Julius
- Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii. De bello Gallico libri VIII. De
bello Ciuili Pompeiano libri III. De bello Alexandrino liber I. De bello Africo liber I. De bello
Hispaniensi liber I. (...) Eutropii Epitome belli Gallici (...) [ed. Giovanni Giocondo]. Paris,
Vascosan, 1543, folio, 19th-c. richly goldtooled and blindstamped havanna morocco by
Landi
(sl.
rubbed), spine on 5 raised bands, gilt sides, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, [12]-128-[20] ff. (blank upper
margin of title cut off and underlaid, sm. hole in title, minor marg. dampstaining). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 600/800
Beautiful 1st Vascosan ed., based on the Aldine 1513 ed. With woodcuts:
map of Gaul
(printed
from 2 blocks),
5 ills
(bridge over the Rhine and 4 city views),
map of Spain
. Very large decorative
initials, incl. 8 from Oronce Finé’s Protomathesis (1532). Mod. bookpl. René Giard.
Ref.
Mortimer
124. Index Aur. 128.717. Adams C-35. STCFrench (BL) Suppl. 19.
1049 CALVIN, Jean
- Opuscula. De animae immortalitate. ContraAnabaptistas, Libertinos, &Franciscum
quendam. De vitandis superstitionibus. Co(n)tra Pseudonicodemos & Consilia Phil. Melanchthonis,
Martini Buceri, Petri Martyris, & eiusdem Caluini etiam Conclusio & duae Epistolae. [Geneva],
N. Barbier & Th. Courteau, 1563, 8vo, 18th-c. calf (rubbed), gilt spine on 5 raised bands (head
and tail def., front joint splitting), red polished edges, marbl. endpapers, [16]-115-[13]-489-[37]
pp. (cut sl. short, corners dampstained, some worming in blank margins, tear in ee3). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 800/1000
Very rare 2nd ed. (1st 1552) of a collection of “smaller” works by Calvin, edited by Nicolas Des
Gallars, including treatises on the immortality of the soul, and against superstition, Anabaptists,
“Libertini”, Melanchthon, Bucer etc. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
Peter/Gilmont (Bibl. Calvin)
63/17. GLN-652. Ind. Aurel. 130.045. Adams C-378. Erichson 26.
1050 [Catholicism]
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GRENIER, Nicolas
- Le bouclier de la foy, en forme de dialogue, extraict de
la Saincte escripture, & des sainctz Peres & plus ancie(n)s docteurs de l’eglise (…). Paris, (M.
Fezandat for J. André &) V. Gaulterot, 1548, 8vo, mod. calf (rubbed), [16]-249 (=247)-[1] pp. (marg.
dampstained, edges somewhat frayed, occ. spotting or soiling). Copy ruled in red.
€ 180/250
2nd recorded copy
(?) of this rare defense of the “old Faith” by N. Grenier (1505-1570), canon
of St. Victor in Paris. Written in the form of a dialogue between “Le bien allant” and “Le mal
allant”. Title within elaborate woodcut border. Woodcut mark of André at the end. Woodcut ill. on
ê4r. Old names on title and at end i.a. “Franciscus Caussin”.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 23583 = Renouard
(Imprimeurs) I:195 (1: BnF). Not in Adams, STC French (BL).