324 / 416
324
(remargined upper margin), title, border with coat-of-arms of the 17 Provinces with in the centre
verse of Sallust, allegorical border of arts & sciences with in the middle a verse of Virgil, and
77 pl.
(of 78: lacking cityplan of Saint-Omer) of
maps, city plans & views
of Flanders (Louvain, Antwerp,
Lier, Malines, Ghent, Bruges, Tournai...), the Netherlands (Roermond, Zutphen, Arnhem, Gelder,
Leeuwarden, Franecker, Schoonhoven, Middelburg...), Northern France (Lille, Douai, Artois,
Arras, Cambray), Luxemburg and Aachen.
Ref.
Guicc. Illustr. 6, pp. 40-43 (variant 2).
1113 [Plantin Press]
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FLAMINIUS, M. Antonius
- De rebus divinis carmina ad Margaritam Henrici
Gallorum regis sororem [and: In librum Psalmorum brevis explanatio ad Alexandrum Farnesium
Cardinalem]. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1558, 16mo, cont. gilt calf (worn), spine rebacked with vellum
(split), gilt gauffered edges, fore-edge titled, 2 parts, 365-[3], [24] ff. (due to an error of the original
binder quire “A” of “Explanatio” was replaced by a 2nd copy of quire “a” of “Carmina”; paper age-
toned, some dampstaining). Good copy.
€ 600/800
Extr. rare and very early Plantin imprint, with his first printer’s marks (woodcut). It consists of an
extensive commentary on Psalms and of a collection of religious poems by the Italian poet M.A.
Flaminio (1498-1550). Old ownership entries.
Ref.
Voet 1176 & 1177. B.T. 1151 & 1152. Pettegree
NB 12283-84. Adams B-1439 & F-581. Bibles Paris 3349. Not in Sorgeloos.
1114 [Plantin Press]
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GARENTIUS, Joannes
- Mortuos vivorum precibus adiuvari, ex Sanctis
Patribus, assertio. Antwerp, [Chr. Plantin for] A. Tielens, 1565, 16mo, mod. boards, 301-[19] pp.
(some minor staining). Very good copy.
€ 800/1200
Extr. rare copy of the issue by A. Tielens of a book on the use of praying for the dead by the Brabant
theologian Garetius (1499-1571). It was
printed by Plantin
, and published under his own name.
From archival evidence it appeared that Tielens took half of the edition and published it with his
own imprint. There is
no copy of this imprint in Belgian libraries
. Woodcut ornament on title.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 12885. Cp. Voet (Plantin Press) 1237 = B.T. 1232 (Plantin issue only!). Not in BT,
BnF, Adams, STC Dutch (BL).
1115 [Plantin Press]
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GARETIUS, Joannes, O.S.A.
- Libri III. de cultu imaginum, ad Carolum
Caluum. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1565, 16mo, mod. boards, 208 pp. (some minor staining). Good
copy.
€ 400/600
Rare Plantin ed. of a medieval text on religious images and statues. Woodcut mark on title. On
title
presentation inscription from Jacobus Pamelius
“Archid. et electi Episcopi Audomar.”.
Ownership entry of the Bruges Jesuits and “M. B.”.
Ref.
BT 6097. Voet (Plantin Press) 1473.
Pettegree NB 17114. Adams J-314. Sorgeloos 272. Not in STC Dutch (BL).
Joined
:
Ausonius
- Opera [ed. Theodorus Pulmannus]. Ibid., 1568 (col.: November 1567), 16mo,
disbound, [16]-359-[65] pp. (lacking pp. 265-286, lower half of pp. 127-128 and 131-132 gone;
upper half of pp. 129-130 pasted together; staining in bottom corner).
Ref.
BT 203. Voet 608 (A).
Pettegree NB 2906. Sorgeloos 118. (2 vol.)
1116 [Plantin Press]
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JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS
- De orando Deum lib. II [Graece]. Antwerp,
Chr. Plantin, 1579, 8vo, disbound, 29-[3] pp. (incl. final blank; dampstained, wormtracks with loss
of some letters).
€ 180/220
Extr. rare Greek Plantin ed. of a smaller treatise by J. Chrysostomus. Woodcut mark on title. But for
the title
entirely printed in Greek
.
Ref.
Voet 1470. B.T. 6068. Pettegree NB 16945. STC Dutch (BL)
108. Not in Adams, BnF, Sorgeloos.
1117 [Plantin Press]
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LIPSIUS, Justus
- De constantia libri duo, qui alloquium praecipue continent
in publicis malis [3rd rev. ed.]. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1586, [16]-158-[18] pp. [bound after]
DUARENUS, Franciscus
- De sacris Ecclesiae ministeriis ac beneficiis libri VIII (...). Item pro
libertate Ecclesiae Gallicae adversus Romanam aulam Defensio Parisiensis curiae Ludouico XI.
Gallorum Regi quondam oblate [rev. ed.]. Paris, J. de Marnef & Wid. G. Cavellat, 1585, 12-180 ff.