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1057 DIONYSIUS CARTHUSIANUS
- Adunatio materiarum sparsim contentarum in douersis locis
Epistola(rum) Sa(n)cti Pauli Apostoli. Venice, V. Ruffinelli, 1540 (col.: February 1541), 16mo,
mod. half vellum (sl. loosening), flat spine, 115 (= 125) - [2] ff. (2 of 3 final blanks preserved; some
ff. age-toned, minor soiling). Good copy.
€ 300/400
Ext. rare Italian ed. of a commentary on Paul’s Epistles by the Limburg Carthusian Dionysius van
Rijkel (1402-1471). It was quite popular in Venice, as testified by at least 6 printings in the period
1526-1556. Woodcut mark on title. Old ownership entries on title.
Ref.
Edit16 16761. Not in Adams,
BL, BnF.
1058 [Don Carlos]
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CANDIDUS, Horatius
- In obitu Caroli Austriae Hispaniarum principis (...)
epicedia. [Naples, G. de Boy], 1561, 8vo, old marbl. wr., [8] ff. (paper age-toned, bottom inner
margin dampstained). Good copy.
€ 250/350
Extr. rare Latin funeral verse by Orazio Candido of Lodi on the death of Don Carlos (1545-1568),
eldest son and heir-apparent of Philip II of Spain. The long poem is compl. in itself (ending on a
blank page), but other copies have 2 more ff. with a similar poem on Elisabeth of Valois (1545-
1568), who was originally betrothed to Don Carlos, but got unexpectedly married to Philip II as
his 3rd wife. She became the mother of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633). The poem is
dedicated to Cardinal Joannes Paulus (Gianpaolo Della Chiesa, 1521-1575). Woodcut Spanish
royal arms on title. In italics.
Ref.
Edit16 8879 (only 4 copies in Italy). Manzi (Napoli) 20. Not in
Adams, BL, BnF etc.
1059 [Dutch Revolt - Bruges]
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Wreede Turcksche, wonderlijcke verhalinghe van dit leste verraet,
voorghenomen tegen Ducks Dangin
[pen correction: Dangiu] onsen gheduchtighen Heere/ ende
teghen den Eedelen Prince van Orangien/ gheschiet binnen Brugghe desen vierentwintichsten dach
van Julij. Anno 1582. (…). Oock ware tijdinghe van de sterckte van ons Legher/ ende de hulpe die
tot onser assistentie compt. Leiden [= Amsterdam], J. Moyt [= C. Claesz], 1582, 4to, disbound,
loose in wr., [4] ff. (sl. soiled). Good copy.
€ 200/300
Very rare account of the assaults attempted in Bruges on Francis Duke of Anjou and William
of Orange. Woodcut arms of Anjou on title. Printed in gothic and roman type. Mod. Bookpl.
Ref.
TB 5656. Pettegree NB 31730. Knuttel 600. Not in Cabrio, Opac KBR.
1060 [Dutch Revolt]
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Requeste presentee a son Alteze & Messeigneurs du Conseil d’Estat
par les habitans des païs Bas, Protestans
vouloir viure selon la Reformation de l’Euangile,
le xxij
e
iour de Iuin. 1578. Plus une deuxieme requeste (…). [Low Countries, s.n.], 1578, 4to,
mod. boards (loosening), [2]-20-[2] pp. (sm. burning hole in blank inner margin of 1st ff.). Good
copy.
€ 100/250
Manifesto for religious tolerance in the Low Countries. This ed. apparently without the “Deuxieme
requeste” announced on the t.-p.
Ref.
BT 4149. Pettegree FB 42641 = NB 22329. Knuttel 365. Not
in TB.
Joined
:
Sendtbrieuen by de Ridderschappe/ Edelen/ ende Steden van Hollandt
/ representerende
den Staten vanden seluen Lande (…) aenden Burghermeesteren (…) der Stede van Amsterdam (…).
Delft, [A. Hendricksz], 1577, 4to, mod. boards, [4 (of 6)] ff. (lacking B1-2). Good copy. Woodcut
mark on title. Title within ornamental border. In gothic type.
Ref.
TB 5738. Pettegree NB 15057.
Knuttel 277. (2 pcs)
1061 [Dutch Revolt]
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WILLIAMOFORANGE
- La iustification du Prince d’Oranges, contre les faulx
blasmes, que ses Calumniateurs taschent à luy imposer à tort (…). Imprimé au moys d’Apuril. Anno
1568. [Wesel, A. Van Hasselt], 1568, 8vo, 18th-c. gilt calf, covers with gilt ornamental border, richly
gilt spine on 5 rasied bands, gilt sides, marbl. endpapers, silk marker, [8]-136 pp. (minor soiling or
spotting). Nice copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 300/500
Original French text of the ‘Verantwoordinge’. “It sought systematically to undermine the
accusations raised against Orange by the summons Alva had issued against him. Its main point was