MANUTIUS, Aldus, the Younger (1547-1597). Vita di Cosimo De' Medici, Primo Gran …

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MANUTIUS, Aldus, the Younger (1547-1597). Vita di Cosimo De' Medici, Primo Gran Duca di Toscana. Bologna: Manutius, 1586. Work dedicated to the exploits of Cosimo De' Medici (1519-1574) last Duke of Florence and first Grand Duke of Tuscany. 4to, (280 x 200 mm). Title-page within an engraved allegorical border, engraved headpieces and initials (censorship marks on title page, some spotting). Contemporary half vellum binding (quires loose, some wear). (1)

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MANUTIUS, Aldus, the Younger (1547-1597). Vita di Cosimo De' Medici, Primo Gran Duca di Toscana. Bologna: Manutius, 1586. Work dedicated to the exploits of Cosimo De' Medici (1519-1574) last Duke of Florence and first Grand Duke of Tuscany. 4to, (280 x 200 mm). Title-page within an engraved allegorical border, engraved headpieces and initials (censorship marks on title page, some spotting). Contemporary half vellum binding (quires loose, some wear). (1)

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BOEZIO, Severino. Della consolazione della filosofia translated by Benedetto Varchi. Florence, Lorenzo Torrentino, 1551. 4to; 205x140 mm; Parchment binding. Intaglio frontispiece representing an architectural frame with the Medici coat of arms at the top, title in the center and foreshortening of Florence at the bottom, above the typographical note. Pp. 177, [3]. Ornate capilettera. A few handwritten margin notes. Some blooming to title page and at end. Fine copy. Rare first edition of this philosophical treatise by Boethius with vernacular translation by author and publisher Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565), who dedicated the work to Cosimo de Medici. Boethius (475/477-524/526) was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric and an outstanding Greek scholar. When he was involved in a conspiracy and imprisoned in Pavia, he turned to Greek philosophers. The Consolation was written in the period before his brutal execution. It is a dialogue in alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his "nurse" Philosophy. Her teachings on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and lead him to enlightenment. The Consolation was extremely popular throughout medieval Europe, and its ideas influenced the thinking of Chaucer and Dante. The work is a prosimeter with Boethius speaking in the first person in prose and philosophy responding in verse. In his "History of Western Philosophy," Bertrand Russell writes of Boethius: "During the previous two centuries and the next ten, I can think of no European man of culture so free from superstition and fanaticism." 4to; 205x140mm; vellum binding. Engraved title page with architectural frame with the Medici coat of arms at the top, title in the center and view of Florence at the bottom. Pp. 177, [3]. Some handwritten notes on the margins. Some foxing on the title page and at the end. Good specimen. Rare first edition of this philosophical treatise by Boethius with the vernacular translation by the author and publisher Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565), who dedicated the work to Cosimo de Medici. Boethius (475/477-524/526) was a prominent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric and an outstanding Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, he turned to the Greek philosophers. The Consolation was written in the period preceding his brutal execution. It is a dialogue in prose and alternating verses between the sick prisoner and his "nurse" Philosophy. His teachings on the nature of luck and happiness, good and evil, destiny and free will, restore his health and lead him to enlightenment. The Consolation was extremely popular throughout medieval Europe and its ideas influenced the thinking of Chaucer and Dante. The work is a prosimetrum with Boethius speaking in the first person in prose and philosophy responding in verse. In his History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell writes of Boethius: "During the two centuries before his time and the ten centuries after it, I cannot think of any European man of learning so free from superstition and fanaticism. Nor are his merits merely negative; his survey is lofty, disinterested, and sublime. He would have been remarkable in any age; in the age in which he lived, he is utterly amazing."

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

CICERONE, Marcus Tullius - MANUZIO, Paolo. Ciceronis De Oratore libri 3. Venetiis, [Paolo Manuzio], 1559. 8vo; 150x95 mm. Full vellum binding. Manuscript title to spine. Typographic mark on title page. cc. 240 [i.e. 248]. Good copy. Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), Aldo's youngest son, was a highly influential publisher and one of the most important humanists of the late Italian Renaissance. This is the second volume of three, published separately, of the Opera Rhetorica, edited by Paulus Manutius with the text based on the 1546 edition and corrected by Manuzio himself.Cicero was a Roman statesman, jurist and scholar, The greatest orator of the late Republic. This volume is a remarkable collection of his works on rhetoric, in which he presents the canons of this complex discipline, its history and teaches how to use it. 8vo; 150x95 mm. Full vellum binding. Handwritten title on spine, Printer's device on titlepage. L. 240 [i.e. 248]. Good copy. Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), the youngest son of Aldo, was a very influential publisher and one of the most important humanists of the late Italian Renaissance. This is the second volume of three, published separately, of the Opera Rhetorica, edited by Paulus Manutius with the text based on the 1546 edition and corrected by Manuzio himself.Cicero was a Roman statesman, jurist and scholar, the greatest orator of the late Republic. This volume is a remarkable collection of his works on rhetoric, in which he presents the canons of this complex discipline, its history and teaches how to use it.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

CICERON, Marcus Tullius - MANUZIO, Aldo. Locutioni dell'epistole di Cicerone scielte da Aldo Mannucci. Venice, [Aldo Manuzio il Giovane], 1582 8vo; 160x100 mm. Rustic binding. Manuscript title to spine. Pp. [48], 367, [65]. Frontispiece in xylographic frame; xylographic friezes with putti and gorgons; xylographic figured initials, italic typeface. On paper a2 dedication by Aldo Manuzio, dated August 1, 1575, to Claudio Pozzo. Good copy. Rare edition. Refined dictionary of style with expressions, formulas and idioms taken from Cicero's letters. Important work by the young Aldo Manuzio, 1547-1597, publisher, printer and scholar, son of Paolo and grandson of the more famous Aldo Manuzio the Elder. These 'Locutioni' chosen by the young and extremely erudite Aldo Manuzio, are offered in Italian and Latin: they will prove, as the subtitle indicates, "most useful for composing in the one and the other Language." They also contain full-bodied Indexes, in Italian and Latin, to find the locutions contained in the book. Russo: "... the volume on the Locutioni of Cicero's epistles ... in which the treatments that M., following in his father's wake, had devoted for years to the Ciceronian epistolary (a similar volume starting with the works of Terence would appear in 1585) converged and was reused in a manualistic key." Renouard notes that in this work the young Aldo adopts the new signature 'Aldo Mannucci" to suggest a kinship between his family and that of the noble Mannucci family of Florence.Renouard p. 231, n. 6. Emilio Russo, D.B.I., Vol. 69, 2007. 8vo; 160x100 mm. Sewing binding. Handwritten title on the spine. Pp. [48], 367, [65]. Title page in woodcut frame; woodcut ornaments with cherubs and gorgons; illustrated woodcut initials, italic type. A2 leaf dedication by Aldo Manuzio, dated August 1, 1575, to Claudio Pozzo. Good specimen. Rare edition. Refined style dictionary with expressions, formulas and idioms taken from Cicero's letters. Important work by the young Aldus Manutius, 1547-1597, publisher, printer and scholar, son of Paolo and nephew of the more famous Aldus Manutius the Elder. These 'Locutions', chosen by the young and extremely erudite Aldo Manuzio, are proposed in Italian and Latin: they will be, as the subtitle indicates, "very useful for composing in both languages." They also contain substantial indices, in Italian and Latin, to find the phrases contained in the book. Russo: "... the volume on the Locutions of the Epistles of Cicero ... in which the care that M., following in his father's footsteps, had devoted for years to the Ciceronian epistolary converged and was reused in a manualistic key (a similar volume starting from the works of Terence would have appeared in 1585)." Renouard notes that in this work the young Aldo adopts the new signature 'Aldo Mannucci" to suggest a kinship between his family and that of the noble Mannuccis of Florence.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

CARDANO, Girolamo. Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis De propria vita liber. Amstelædami, apud Joannem Rauesteinium, 1654 12mo; 130x75 mm. Full leather binding with gilt title to spine with 3 nerves. Spotted cuts. Pp. [72], 288. Xyl. frieze on title page. Initials and friezes xyl. Good copy. Rare second edition. This is the definitive redaction of the autobiography of the famous and influential Milanese humanist and natural philosopher. It was published by the great French bibliographer Gabriel Naudé and dedicated by him to Élie Diodati. Heirs of Hippocrates: "This rare first edition of Cardano's autobiography was edited by Gabriel Naudé who also prepared an extensive introduction containing a great deal of bibliographical information. It is considered by some to be one of the greatest human documents of all times and is most certainly a pioneering work in clinical psychology." Compiled in the last years of his life, between 1575 and 1576, it represents the terminal point of a multitude of autobiographical writings, which had begun with his own horoscope printed in the astrological collection of 1543. It is precisely from this original character of the horoscope that the text's incredible profusion of detail originates. The physician-astrologer in compiling a client's horoscope had to take into account not only the celestial configuration at the time of his birth, but also his standard of living, his daily habits, the diseases he had and even his diet. In his own horoscope, that is, that of the person he knew best, Cardano did not behave differently. In this authentic spiritual testament he speaks frankly about his illegitimate birth, his sex life, his inner doubts, his mistakes, his religious convictions, the death of his son by decapitation after a uxoricide, his possessions, the supernatural world, and the concept of happiness. Brown Burr: "The Book of his Life. was as much reprobated as the Confessions of Rousseau, as much read and as much imitated. It stands in the pages of seventeenth and eighteenth century learning, mentioned by such men as Huet, Burton, Sir Thomas Browne, as among the great intellectual influences of their lives. Cardan is among the first manifestations of what we term the scientific spirit; he is in the forefront of that new order which was to change the face of the universe. "Cushing C76; Wellcome II, p. 300 (1654 ed.); Heirs of Hippocrates No. 251. See Anna Robeson Brown Burr, The Autobiography: A Critical and Comparative Study, 1909. 12mo; 130x75 mm. Full calf binding with gilt title on spine with 3 nervs. Spotted edges. Pp. [72], 288. Woodcut vignette on titlepage. Woodcut initial letters and ornaments. Good specimen. Rare second edition. This is the definitive version of the autobiography of the famous and influential Milanese humanist and natural philosopher. It was published by the great French bibliographer Gabriel Naudé and dedicated by him to Élie Diodati. Heirs of Hippocrates: "This rare first edition of Cardano's autobiography was edited by Gabriel Naudé who also prepared an extensive introduction containing a great deal of bibliographical information. It is considered by some to be one of the greatest human documents of all times and is most certainly a pioneering work in clinical psychology." Drafted in the last years of his life between 1575 and 1576, it represents the terminal point of a multitude of autobiographical writings, which had begun with his own horoscope printed in the astrological collection of 1543. It is precisely from this original character of horoscope that the text's incredible profusion of details originates. The physician-astrologer in compiling a client's horoscope had to take into account not only the celestial configuration at the time of his birth, but also his standard of living, his daily habits, the illnesses he had, and even his diet. In writing his own horoscope, that is, that of the person he knew best, Cardano did not behave any differe. In this authentic spiritual testament he speaks frankly about his illegitimate birth, his sexual life, his internal doubts, his mistakes, his religious beliefs, the death of his son by decapitation after a murder, his possessions, the supernatural world, of the concept of happiness. Brown Burr: "The Book of his Life. was as much reprobated as the Confessions of Rousseau, as much read and as much imitated. It stands in the pages of seventeenth and eighteenth century learning, mentioned by such men as Huet, Burton, Sir Thomas Browne, as among the great intellectual influences of their lives. Cardan is among the first manifestations of what we term the scientific spirit; he is in the forefront of that new order which was to change the face of the universe."

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