[Curious]. Opsopäus, Johannes. Sibylliakoi Chresmoi hoc est Sibyllina Oracula il…

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[Curious]. Opsopäus, Johannes. Sibylliakoi Chresmoi hoc est Sibyllina Oracula illustrata. Paris, Abel l'Angelier, 1607. In 8° (187 x 122 mm); 3 parts in 1 volume; [16], 524, 71 [but 73], [3]; [2], 7-144; [2], VII-XXIIII, 114, [6] pages. Pictorial frontispiece copper-engraved by C. de Mallery, 12 illustrations depicting the Sibyls copper-engraved in the text, letterpress mark to title pages of the three parts (lightly browned, small halo to lower corner.) Coeval vellum binding with nailing. Edition corresponding to the 1599 first edition of this unusual work.Caillet 8135: "Ce recueil contient tous les fameux livres sibyllins, les oracles magiques de Zoroastre etc. et le traité d'oneirocritie d'Astrampsychus condensé par Scaliger ... Belles planches dans le texte."

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[Curious]. Opsopäus, Johannes. Sibylliakoi Chresmoi hoc est

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[VOGEL (Jean-Philippe-Nerius-Marie)]. Collection des Pierres Antiques dont la Châsse des Ss. Trois Rois Mages est enrichie dans l'Eglise Métropolitaine à Cologne ; gravées après leurs empreintes, avec un discours historique analogue par J.P.N.M.V. Bonn, impr. électorale de la Cour, 1781. In-4 paperback, publisher's dominoté paper cover. Only edition printed in Bonn. Description of the Metropolitan Church of the Archdiocese of Cologne, built in the 13th century to house the relics of the Magi. The shrine of the Magi (Dreikönigenschrein), made by Nicolas de Verdun around 1184, is the oldest reliquary in the Christian West. The illustration of this collection includes a title-frontispiece designed and engraved on copper by Charles Dupuis (1752-1807) and 12 beautiful engraved plates by the same artist, including 4 double folded plates. The author was the elector of the bishopric of Cologne. Copy in its red dominoté paper cover as issued (some minor wear). Curious and rare. Some brown spots.

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MONET (Philibert). Schorus digestus, hoc est, Delectus latinitatis, designatus rudiore exemplo, posteà edendus tanto cultior, & auctior. Lyon, Antoine Phillehotte, 1619. Fort in-12, limp vellum, title in ink on spine, traces of laces (contemporary binding). First edition. A good copy. Small stains on boards.

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J. DÜRR (1600-1663), Portrait of Petrus Werdermann, 1661, Copper engraving Johann Dürr (around 1600 Augsburg - 1663 Weimar): Portrait of Petrus Werdermann, Elector of Saxony, 1661, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: Lower right signed in the printing plate: "Johann Dürr sculpebat.". Inscribed in the printing plate: "PETRUS WERDERMANN, in Niderfehra, Ticheila, Grebern, Gessen ac Baselitz, Haereditarius, Serenissimi et Poten=/tissimi Domini ELECTORIS SAXONIAE Consilia=/rius, ac Redituum Provincialium, eorumqve'/Rationum Supremus Praefectus. Purissimo infra posito,/anagrammate: / Petrus Werdermanus: anagr. Prudens verum servat / Vir pecharus ades ?ummis in rebu agendis./Mens callet Linguas: Mundi pars maxima nota est:/Nobile cor in honore cluens scit vivere CHRISTO. Re vives! Vir Principes es, esqve DEO, fide , amore. Fama perennis erit mirae et Virtutis, et Artis. Hoc debiti honoiris et devotae gratitudinis monimentum, Maecenati suo perpertim colendo,/erigebat Lipsiae M. Johannes Frenkel./Anno 1661". Lower middle dated: "1661". Date: 1661 Description: The portrait shows Petrus Werderman, the counsellor of the Elector of Saxony Johann Georg II. The engraving impresses with the sober portrait in three-quarter view of the sitter, whose dignity in the portrait itself is only emphasised by the holding of a medal with the left hand. This contrasts with the very exuberant decorative frame with its precisely engraved figurative elements and pictorial depictions. Keywords: 17th century, Baroque, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 32,0 cm x 23,7 cm (12,6 x 9,3 in), Plate: 29,8 cm x 22,2 cm (11,7 x 8,7 in), Depiction: 29,5 cm x 21,7 cm (11,6 x 8,5 in) Condition: Good condition. Very nice print quality.

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ARISTOTELES - ALCIONIO, Peter. Habes hoc in codice lector Aristotelis libros De generatione & interitu duos: Meteóron, hoc est sublimium quatuor: De mundo ... Quae Omnia Petrus Alcyonius de greco in latinum a se conversa nuc primum ex impressione repraesentanda curavit. Venetiis, Bernardinus Vitales, 1521 Folio. 310 x 214 mm. Hard vellum binding, modern guard sheets. Papers 164 unnumbered including three blank sheets. Colophon to paper H4r. Roman typeface. Oval stamp of former possessor on recto of paper A1 and N1. Possession note on A2 paper. Minimal repairs to lower margin of first paper. Small woodworm holes not affecting text. Nice specimen with wide margins. Original edition of Pietro Alcionio's translation. The humanist P. Alcionio, 1487-1527, after studying Greek in Venice under Marco Musuro da Candia, worked as a proofreader for the publisher and printer Aldo Manuzio. In 1521 he published this Latin translation of Aristotle's various texts, dedicating the work to Leo X. In addition to "De generatione et corruptione," the volume includes the works "Meteorologica," "De mundo," and "Parva naturalia." De mundo is a work of uncertain attribution. Folio. 310x214mm. Stiff vellum, modern endpapers. 164 Unnumbered 164 leaves, including the three blank leaves. Colophon on leaf H4r. Roman type. Oval stamp of ancient owner on the recto of the A1 leaf and N1 leaf. Handwritten note on leaf A2. Minimal repairs to the lower margin of the first leaf. Small woodworm holes that do not affect the text. A fine copy with wide margins. First edition of the translation by Pietro Alcionio. The humanist P. Alcionio, 1487-1527, after studying Greek in Venice under the guidance of Marco Musuro da Candia, worked as a proofreader with the publisher and typographer Aldo Manuzio. In 1521 he published this Latin translation of the various texts of Aristotle, dedicating the work to Leo X. In addition to 'De generatione et corruptione,' the volume includes the works "Meteorologica," "De mundo" and "Parva naturalia." De mundo is a work of uncertain attribution.

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