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~ Coats-of-arms of the knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece ~
1187 [Golden Fleece - heraldry]
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MAURICE, Jean Baptiste
- Le blason des armoiries de tous les
chevaliers de l’Ordre de la Toison d’Or depuis la premiere institution iusques à present (…). The
Hague, Brussels, J. Rammazeyn, J.B. Maurice, Fr. Foppens, 1667, folio, cont. marbl. calf (rubbed),
gilt spine (head def., front joint starting to split), sp. edges, [32]-494-[9-1 bl.] pp. Fine copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 600/800
Impressive heraldic history of the Order of the Golden Fleece. A Brussels reissue of the 1665
Rammazeyn ed. - there is also an Antwerp reissue for L. de Potter.
Engr.
ills:
splendid engr. front.
by
R. Collin
after E. Quellinus, full-page heraldic pl. + 467 coats-of-arms in text. Libr. stamp on
verso of title.
Ref.
STCN (2). Opac KBR (3). Goldsmith (BL) M-720. Brunet III, 1543. Not in STCV.
1188 [Greek literature - Geneva imprint]
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LYCOPHRON CHALCIDENSIS
- Alexandra, cum
eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis commentariis, ex fide manuscripti emendatioribus factis. Adiuncta est
interpretatio versuum Latin, ad verbum, per Gulielmum Canterum. [Geneva], P. Estienne, 1601,
4to, 18th-c. mottled calf (sl. rubbed), gilt double ruled border on covers, richly gilt spine on 5 raised
bands (front joint starting to split), gilt sides, red edges, gilt inside dentelles, marbl. endpapers,
green silk marker, [16]-211-[1]-59-[1] pp. (a few minor imperfections). Very good copy.
€ 450/700
“One of the best early editions of this long and proverbially obscure Greek poem” (Schreiber),
a long monologue of Cassandra with prophecies of the Fall of Troy. Woodcut mark on title. Old
ownership entry on title. Libr. bookpl.
Ref.
Renouard 196:10. Schreiber 272. Hoffmann III:65.
1189 [Halle - Mons imprint]
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LIPSIUS, Justus
- Histoire de Nostre Dame de Hale, par Juste-Lise
[!] (...). Traduite du Latin & augmentée de plusieurs merveilles, venuës en lumiere depuis la mort
de l’autheur. Mons, E. de la Roche, 1697, 8vo, mod. half morocco, gilt spine on 4 raised bands,
marbl. endpapers, cloth marker, [8]-137-[7] pp. (cut short occ. shaving headlines, paper age-toned,
dampstaining in last ff.). Good copy.
€ 250/350
1196
1187