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1135 [Aalst - Ghent imprint]
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Costvmen vande twee steden ende lande van Aelst
. Bÿ huerlieder
duerluchtichste hoocheden. Ghedecreteert den xy.en maÿ XVI.c achtiene. Ghent, J. vanden Steene,
1625, 8vo, cont. vellum (worn, loosening), [1 bl.]-[1]-178 [=184]-[16]-[1 bl.] pp. (some spotting
and browning).
€ 250/350
Local legislation of Aalst. With ownership entry on title “Sum Leonard Jenin pharma... Alosti”. The
same name also on the bottom of the title together with a later ownership entry. Jenin also known
as Janin or Jan Nicolaes, was a pharmacist in Aalst during the 18th c., his son Leonardus was an
alderman
(http://kringgeschiedenis.kava.be/SCANS/2003-104.pdf).
Ref.
Bibl. gant. 669.
1136 [Antiquity - footwear]
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BALDUINUS, Benedictus
- De calceo antiquo (...) [and]
NIGRONIUS,
Julius
- De caliga veterum. Accesserunt ex Q.Sept.Fl. Tertulliani, Cl. Salmasii, & Alb. Rubenii
scriptis plurima ejusdem argumenti. Amsterdam, A. Frisius, 1667, 12mo, cont. mottled calf (sl.
rubed, corners sl. bumped), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (upper joint splitting), marbl. edges,
endpaper loose, [12]-345-[31]-213-[15] pp. (minor dampstains on 1st lvs, 1 single stain). Nice
copy.
€ 250/400
1st ed. (repr. 1711) of some studies of ancient footwear (shoes and boots). In Pt. II, pp. 171-213
the treatise by
Rubens’ son Albert
.
Engr. ills
: front. by H. Bary, vignette on title and part title and
28 full-page pl.
(incl. 7 folding). Old name on t.-p.
Ref.
Lipperheide 154. Cicognara 1567. STCN.
1137 [Antiquity - Ghent imprint]
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RYCQUIUS, Justus
- De Capitolio Romano commentarius. Ghent,
C. Marius, 1617, 4to, cont. overl. vellum (sl. soiled), flat spine, gilt border, center and corner pcs on
covers, [16]-179-[12] pp. (margins of the 1st lvs somewhat soiled, tear in 4th f.). Good copy.
Cfr.
ill.
€ 450/600
Very rare 1st edition
of this description of Rome by the Belgian poet J. Rycquius (1587-1627)
describing Rome’s antique buildings, incl. a plan of a classical temple drawn by Palladio (p. 156).
Ryckius, settled in Louvain after travelling in Italy, he became for a short time (c. 1614) Canon of
the Cathedral at Ghent and went back to Italy where he was professor “eloquentiae” at Bologna.
Illustrations
: 2 half-page engr. plates, 1 of which representing the she-wolf with Romulus and
Remus, 1 full-page woodcut of a plan of a temple by Palladio and numerous small woodcuts of
coins in the text. Apparently the book was issued in 3 states: one with dedication to Cardinal Scipio
Cobellutius; one (this copy) with dedic. to J. de Bette (Lord of Lede) & one without dedic. Mark on
title. Ownership entry on t.-p.
Ref.
Bibl. gant. 734. STCV (5). Simoni (BL) R-127. NUC.
1138 [Antwerp imprint]
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THOMAS A KEMPIS
- Opera omnia ad autographa eiusdam denuo
emendata. Opera ac studio R.P. Henrici Somalii S.J. Editio secunda. Antwerp, Martinus Nutius,
1607, 4to, cont. overl. vellum, flat spine, blue edges, 879-[1] pp. (some spotting & dampstaining).
Good copy.
€ 100/200
2nd ed. (1st 1601) of the collected works of Thomas a Kempis, corrected and enlarged by the Jesuit
scholar H. Sommalius (1534 - 1619). Engr. front. Woodcut printer’s mark on title and 3 part-titles.
Ref.
DBS VII 1379 n. 2. BCNI 5204. STCV (1: Operum).
1139 [Antwerp]
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[CHRISTYN, Johannes Baptista]
- Nobilitas sive septem tribus patriciae
Antverpiensis [2nd enl. corr. ed.]. Leiden, P. Heghius, 1672, 8vo, mod half vellum, front.-[8]-55 pp.
Very good copy.
€ 100/120
Fine edition of this genealogical treatise by J.-B. Christyn (1622-1690) on 7 patrician
Antwerp
families: Volcart, Wilmaers, Hoboken, Bode, Aleyn, Spapen, Impegem. Engr. front. and
7 engr.
coats-of-arms
.
Ref.
Ghellinck-Vaernewyck, 1012 (1671 ed.?).