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1131 [Spain - ships]
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GUEVARA, Antonio de, O.F.M.
- Les epistres dorees, et discours salutaires (...)
traduictes d’Espaignol en François par le Seigneur de Guterey (...). Ensemble la reuolte, que les
Espaignolz firent contre leur ieune Prince, l’An M.D.XX. et l’yssue d’icelle. Auec un traicté des
trauaux & priuileges des galeres. Antwerp, M. Nutius, 1591, 8vo, old gilt sheep (rubbed), gilt flat
spine (head and tail def.) with red label, blue sp. edges, marbl. endpapers, 299-[1]-256-215-[1] pp.
(cut short occ., 2 or 3 sl. shaving marginalia, paper age-toned, some ff. spotted). Good compl. copy.
€ 400/600
Rare Antwerp ed. of the French trsl. by the French physician Jean de Guterry (d. 1581) of a
major work of the Spanish chronicler A. de Guevara (1481-1545). Pt. 2 deals with the Revolt of
the Comuneros (1520) against Charles V, pt. 3 the “Arte del marear y de los inventores de ella”
(1539) about life on ships (e.g. one of the earliest accounts of seasickness). Title within border of
type ornaments. Printed in 2 cols. Old bookpl. François Grognard.
Ref.
BT 1345. Palau 110261.
Pettegree FB 24155 = NB 13973. Not in Adams.
1132 [Spain]
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VASAEUS, Joannes
- Rerum Hispaniae memorabilium annales (...). Quibus accessit
succincta rerum a Philippo Secu(n)do Catholicae rege gestarum descriptio, omniumque regum
Hispaniae genealogia, recens ex Italico translata. Cologne, L. Alectoris & Heirs of J. Soter, 1577,
8vo, cont. limp vellum (loosening at front), flat spine, remains of ties, sp. edges, [16]-781-[75] pp.
(paper age-toned). Very good copy.
€ 500/700
Rare ed. of various texts on the history of Spain, compiled and collected by the Bruges humanist
Joannes Vasaeus (1511-1561), a pupil of N. Clenardus. His own history of ancient and medieval Spain
1st appeared Salamanca 1552. In the present ed. was added “De origine... Hispaniae” of Fr. Tarafa
(1st: Antwerp 1553). Woodcut mark on title. Some ff. with cont. marginal ms. notes. Old ownership
entry of the Antwerp Jesuits. Armorial bookpl. of the Bruges collector Albert Visart de Bocarmé.
Ref.
VD-16 V-425. B.B. V:437-438 V-320. Palau 327553 (Tarafa) & 352991 (Vasaeus). Adams V-297.
1133 SUREAU, Hugues
- Deux dialogues du sacrement de la Cene. Contenans la refutation de la
Transsubstantiation, & du sacrifice de la Messe. Orléans, E. Gibier, 1565, 8vo, mod. boards, 135-
[1] pp. (some spots on outer margins and edges, ms. foliation).
€ 200/300
Rare edition
of this theological work by the French Reformed priest Sureau (c. 1510-1575). In the
preface the author explains his intentions: “i’ay premierement declaré en quelques exhortations
la vraye ordonnance, pratique, usage & fruict de ce Sacrement, pour
instruire
le peuple en la
pure doctrine (...) en seco(n)d lieu, d’autant que la parole de Dieu n’est pas donnee seulement
pour enseigner, mais aussi pour
conveincre les contredisans
, i’ay refuté brievement l’erreur de la
Transsubstantiation & le sacrifice de la Messe”. Some woodcut initials. Handwritten table on last
p.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 48644. Desgraves, Gibier 2:14. COPAC. ABES. Not in Adams, Machiels, BL,
Bn-Opale plus, NUC.
1134 [Vives]
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AUGUSTINUS
- De civitate Dei [ed. Joannes Ludovicus Vives]. Basel, J. Froben,
September 1522 (col. “M.D.XII.”), folio, cont. blindst. half pigskin over wood (clasps and 1 catch
gone), spine on 5 raised bands (sm. def. at edges and tail), [22]-787-[1] pp. (a few sm. stains).
Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1800/2000
1st ed. of Vives’ masterpiece
, a fundamental humanist commentary on Augustine’s magnum opus.
Erasmus enthrusted the young Vives with this formidable task, in order to add it to his own edition
of Augustine’s collected works. The edition was based on manuscripts found in Bruges and Cologne,
and dedicated to Henry VIII of England.
Elaborate woodcut borders by Hans Holbein
on aa1r
(Froben’s preface), aa2r (Vives’ dedication), a1r (beginning of text), Tt8v (surrounding printer’s
mark). Occ. cont. Latin marginal ms. notes and reader’s marks. Ecclesiastic ownership entries.
Ref.
VD-16 A-4181. Adams A-2194. STC German (BL) 53.