318 / 416
318
Joannes Bellerus’ very rare 3rd rev. ed. (1st 1544, 2nd 1555) of a treatise on the legal aspects of
guardianship by the Bruges lawyer Damhouder (1507-1581). The present ed. is the only one to
contain the additional texts
in praise of Bruges
.
Woodcut ills
: large arms of Cardinal Granvelle
(on verso of title),
folding map of Bruges
, a reduced version of the one by Marcus Geeraerts and
10 full-page pl.
Printed in 2 cols. Front cover with initials “N T” and an ornament (compasses?).
Crowned collector’s stamp on title. A few old reader’s marks.
Ref.
B.B. II:10-11 D-22. B.T. 803.
Pettegree NB 9332. Dekkers 2. STCDutch (BL) 59.
1091 [Law]
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BARTOLO DE SAXOFERRATO
- Commentaria in primam (- secundam) Digesti veteris
parte(m) doctiss. viri D. Petri Pauli Parisii Cardinalis (...) non paucis additionibus. Lyon, [D. de
Harsy], 1550, folio, cont. blindst. pigskin (rubbed and soiled), spine on 5 raised bands, 226, 169-[1]
ff. (some soiling, occ. unobtrusive minor worming). Very good copy.
€ 250/400
Rare Lyon ed. of the important commentary on the Digesta by the Italian law professor Bartolus
de Saxoferrato (1313-1357). Woodcut mark on titles. Printed in 2 cols in larger type, with marg.
glosses in smaller type. Old armorial bookpl. Jeremias Nicolaus Landgraff.
Ref.
SvGültlingen
(Harsy) 145-146. Ind. Aurel. 114.096-097. Pettegree FB 56319 & 56323. Not in Adams, BnF, BL.
1092 [Low Countries - history]
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HEUTERUS, Pontus
- Rerum Belgicarum libri quindecim, quibus
describuntur pace belloque gesta a principibusAustriacis in Belgio (...). Antwerp, Ex officina M. Nutii,
1598, sm. 4to, cont. overl. vellum, flat spine, [22-2 bl.]-751-[24] pp. Very good copy.
€ 200/300
1st and only separate ed.
of this important history of Burgundy and esp. of the Low Countries
until 1565, published as a continuation of Heuterus’ “Rerum Belgicarum” (Antwerp 1583), which
covers the period until c. 1480. As a canon in Gorinchem, Pontus De Heuter was captured by the
“Geuzen” in 1572 but could escape martyrdom and flee to the Southern Netherlands. After having
been a canon at Deventer from 1585 till 1591, he moved to St. Truiden, where he died in 1602. With
13 folding printed genealogical tables.
Ref.
B.T. 1447. Pettegree NB 14821. Adams H-523. STC
(Dutch) p. 94. Machiels H 193.
1093 [Mathematics - accounting]
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Opera nuoua, che insegna a tener conto de libro
: secondo il
consueto de tutti i luoghi de Italia: cosi alli mercanti, come alli artesani. Venice, G.A. Nicolini da
Sabio, December 1536, 8vo, mod. wr., [15 (of 16)] ff. (title lacking; cut short, some dampstaining,
marginal staining and worming in blank inner margin of last ff., blank fore-edge margin of last f.
repaired). Acceptable copy, s.w.a.f.
€ 250/350
Extr. rare (2nd recorded copy?)
early Italian accounting manual
. In italics. Old name on last p.
deleted.
Ref.
Edit16 76653 (1: Fermo). Cp. Riccardi I:217 & V:114 (other eds). Cp. Hoock/Jeannin
(Ars mercatoria) 25.1-3 (other eds). Not in Adams, BnF, Goldsmiths, STCItalian (BL).
1094 [Mathematics - Louvain university]
-
BEAUSARDUS, Petrus
- Arithmeticae praxis, ad quam
veterum permulta exempla revocata explicantur & illustrantur. Louvain, B. Gravius, 1573, 8vo,
old mottled calf (rubbed, sl. loosening at front), covers with gilt ruled border, gilt spine on 3 raised
bands, [16]-119-[1] ff. (paper age-toned, minor dampstaining, sm. wormtrack in blank bottom inner
margin of 1st ff., ff. 16-18 soiled). Good copy.
€ 1400/1600
Extr. rare only ed.
of a mathematical textbook for Louvain students, compiled by P. Beausardus
(1535-1577), town physician of Middelburg, and, from 1569, “professor regius” of mathematics at
Louvain University. At the end of the prelims Latin verses by i.a. Cornelius Valerius. Woodcut mark
on title and at the end. On verso of title full-page woodcut arms of the dedicatee, Duke of Medina
Celi. A number of sm. woodcut diagrams. Numerous calculations. In italics. A few old ms. notes
(cropped) and underlinings.
Ref.
BT 7858 (1: Liège). Pettegree NB 3303. Not in Adams, Bierens de
Haan, BnF, STC Dutch (BL).