Null APULÉE. Metamorphoseos, sive lusus Asini libri XI (...). Venice, Aldus, May…

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APULÉE. Metamorphoseos, sive lusus Asini libri XI (...). Venice, Aldus, May 1521. In-8, 264 ff. misfigured 266, later vellum, broad cold decoration on boards, ribbed spine. Renouard, Alde, 1, p. 158. First Aldine edition of Apuleius' works, text in Latin and Greek. Marginal annotations. Stains and brown spots. Stain on second board, two corners restored. Missing 28 leaves in fine (Alcinus, 27 ff.; 1 f. for the mark).

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APULÉE. Metamorphoseos, sive lusus Asini libri XI (...). Venice, Aldus, May 1521. In-8, 264 ff. misfigured 266, later vellum, broad cold decoration on boards, ribbed spine. Renouard, Alde, 1, p. 158. First Aldine edition of Apuleius' works, text in Latin and Greek. Marginal annotations. Stains and brown spots. Stain on second board, two corners restored. Missing 28 leaves in fine (Alcinus, 27 ff.; 1 f. for the mark).

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KIRCHER (Athanasius): Athanasii Kircheri fuldensis Buchonii E soc. Iesu Prodromus coptus sive ægyptiacus. Rome, Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, 1636. One volume. 16 by 24 cm. 340 pages. Contemporary full vellum with the arms of Cardinal Lorenzo Magalotti (Fasced Or and Sable on a chief Gules charged with the motto "LIBERTAS" in letters Or.), with double framing and spandrels, ornate spine. Small nibble at bottom of upper board (minor defect), missing laces. Two small traces of light marginal dampening. Very rare foxing. Several leaves browned. Otherwise a very fine copy, in a well-preserved quality binding. First edition of this work on the Coptic language by the German Jesuit Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-1680), with a vignette on the title page bearing the coat of arms of Cardinal Barberini (Bishop of Ferrara), to whom the book is dedicated. KIRCHER was a physicist, mathematician, orientalist, cabalist and philologist. The book is the first published grammar of the Coptic language. It is to Kircher, Champollion would say, that "learned Europe owes in some way the knowledge of the Coptic language." The volume includes numerous passages printed in Coptic, Hebrew, Syriac and Chinese characters. It is illustrated with woodcut figures in the text. Cardinal Lorenzo Magalotti, whose coat of arms adorns the binding, was related to Pope Urban VIII, maffeo Barberini, as his brother Carlo Barberini had married Lorenzo's very devout sister, Costanza. Magalotti was therefore a member of the Barberini family, to whom the book is dedicated. The word LIBERTAS on the chief is very rare in ecclesiastical heraldry, as mottoes are usually placed lower down, on a scroll and below the coat of arms. This exception stems from the Magalotti family's participation in Florence's resistance against Pope Gregory XI, in 1535-1536. As a result of this involvement, the Magalotti coat of arms was enriched with the motto LIBERTAS, which this glorious past later protected, despite what it says about their opposition to the papacy. The blazon on the binding is thus linked to KIRCHER's patron family, the Barberini... Thanks to scholar P. S. for his help with this heraldic research.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Reunion of 2 works by the famous Swiss physician Tissot: 1. TISSOT (Samuel-Auguste-André-David): Avis au peuple sur sa santé. Sixth original edition, enlarged by the author. Lausanne, Franç. Grasset & Comp. 1775. 2 vols. 9.5 by 16 cm. XXXII-350; (4)-379-(5) pages. Contemporary full speckled basane, spines with 5 ornate nerves, red title-pieces. Corners slightly dulled, otherwise very good condition. The original edition dates from 1761. M. Dupont, Dict. historique des médecins, p. 550; Garrison and Morton, A medical bibliography no. 1597 (1761 ed.). Tissot, from Geneva, studied medicine in Montpellier, before moving to Lausanne, where he became a famous physician, and then to Pavia. In his work, "he recommends aeration of the home, sober eating, moderate heating and physical exercise". (M. Dupont). 2. TISSOT (Simon-André): De la santé des gens de lettres. Lausanne, Franç. Grasset & Comp. and Lyon, Benoît Duplain, 1768. One volume. 10 by 16.5 cm. XV-(1)-246 pages. Contemporary full basane, 5-rib ornate spine. Bookplate of Justin GODART, Lyonnais. First edition of the 1st French translation authorized by the author. RERO Collective Cat. 2274101. "Special issue of the original Lausanne edition of 1768 with a title page mentioning, in addition to François Grasset's name, the name of the Lyon bookseller Benoît Duplain." A physician famous, among other things, for his treatises on the evils of masturbation, he also wrote popular medical books, with a view to developing preventive medicine.

Alcionio Pietro - "Petri Alcyonii Medices Legatus, Sive De Libri Duo: Accessere Jo. Pierius Valerianus, Et Cornelius Tollius De Infelicitate Litteratorum", Leipzig, 1707, 593 pages plus index, pages slightly browned, rear cover warped, very good condition, signs of age.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista - 1720 - 1778, Italian engraver, archaeologist, architect and architectural theorist: 3 volumes bound together in one book, Rome 1761-1764; red leather binding with gold-stamped spine title, floral ornamentation and a ligated and crowned monogram on the cover, gold-colored edges and marbled endpapers; contains: "Lapides Capitolini Sive Fasti Consulares Triumphalesque Romanorum Ab Urbe Condita Usque Ad Tiberium Caesarem", Rome 1762; dirt title with a pastedown ex libris by Sir Walter Rawlinson (1784-1805); title page, engraved dedication and plate "Lapides Capitolini" cut out / remaining pages including 4 small etchings by Piranesi completely preserved; attached: "Del Castello Dell'Acqua Giulia", Rome 1761; title page and plates II, IV, VIII, IX and XVII/XVIII cut out / remaining pages including 4 small etchings and 13 full-page etchings completely preserved; attached: "Delle Antichita Di Cora", Rome 1764; title page, plate II and plates IV (resp. "IIII") to VI cut out / remaining pages including 6 (partly full-page) etchings, an etching folded in four (plate I, with a hole in the center), as well as 2 double-page etchings (plates VIII and X; the latter enclosed loose) completely preserved; Pages minimally stained in each case; partially light-stained or foxed; occasional pages somewhat creased or with pressure marks; partially reinforced or backed; binding scuffed, rubbed and bumped (otherwise very nice condition); overall size approx. 53.5 x 43cm

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