RARE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS & DOCUMENTS

Lot 1 - POMPONIUS MELA. De situ orbis. Venice, Franz Renner de Hailbrun, 1478 4to. Modern full vellum binding. Papers 48 unnumbered, with 26 lines. Marks: a-f8. Title at paper a1r "Pomponij Melle cosmographi de situ orbis liber primus ..."; Colophon at paper f8v "Impressum est hoc opusculum Venetijs per Franciscum renner de Hailbrun, 1478". Roman typeface, Woodcut initials, titles and subtitles printed in red and black. Cancelled stamp of the Royal Bavarian Library, Munich. Fine copy. Rare Venetian edition. Printed work in round letters, adorned with four titles and subtitles in red and four large initials impressed in woodcut. Mela's Cosmographia, in three books, is the earliest surviving Latin work on geography and the only treatise devoted exclusively to that subject in classical Latin: it gives the most complete picture of the state of geography in the first century A.D. and describes the entire known world at the time. . This work exerted considerable influence on later authors, in part through extensive citations in Pliny's Historia naturalis where Mela is cited as an important authority. The publications of Mela and Claudius Ptolemy were incentives for further exploration, and in particular Mela's descriptions of Africa were used by Portuguese navigators venturing into the Atlantic for the first time. DSB: "Despite his general inferiority as a geographer, Pomponius knew more than Strabo about the positions of Britain, Ireland, and the coasts of Gaul and north Germany; he was also the first to mention the Orkney Islands." Provenance: Royal Bavarian Library, Munich, cancelled stamp; Collection Quatremère (1859, no. 2136).ISTC im00450000; BMC V:195; JCB (3)I:9; Hain 11017; Goff M450; HC 11017*; Klebs 675.4; Pell Ms 7814 (7755); CIBN M-282; Neveu 424. In 4to. Modern vellum. 48 leaves, 26 lines. Collation: A-F8. Gothic type, printed marginalia. Headings printed in red. 5- and 4-line white-on-black woodcut initial. Leaf A1r, title "Pomponij Melle Cosmogrami de situ orbis Liber primus..."; Colophon on leaf F8v: "Impressum est hoc opusculum Venetijs for Franciscum Renner de Hailbrun, 1478". Italic type, woodcut initials, title and undertitles printed in red and black. Canceled stamp of the Bavarian Royal Library, Munich. Fine copy. Rare Venetian edition. Work printed in round letters, adorned with four titles and undertitles in red and four large woodcut initials. The Mela's Cosmography, in three books, is the first Latin work that survived the geography and the only treatise devoted exclusively to that topic in classical Latin: it offers the most complete summary of the state of geography in the first century after Christ and describes the whole world known at the time. This work exercised a considerable influence on subsequent authors, in part through the large quotes in the Historia Naturalis of Pliny where Mela is cited as an important authority. The publications of Mela and Ptolemy were incentives for further explorations, and in particular the descriptions of Africa were used by the Portuguese navigators who ventured for the first time into the Atlantic. DSB: "Despite his general inferiority as a geographer, Pomponius knew more than Strabo about the positions of Britain, Ireland, and the coasts of Gaul and north Germany; he was also the first to mention the Orkney Islands. "Provenance: Bavaria Royal Library, Munich, (canceled stamp); Collection Quatremère (1859, no. 2136).

Estim. 10 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 2 - Officium Virginis Mariae secundum usum romane ecclesie. Membranous manuscript, Brescia, c. 1480. 16mo. 106 x 80 mm. French twentieth-century "Jansenist" binding in dark red morocco signed "Alix" in the front counterplate, ribbed spine with gilt title "Livre d'Heures," double gilt fillet hinging, counterplates covered in marbled paper squared with gilt fillet, marbled flyleaves, gilt edges. Sheets: 1 white, 101, 102 white. Numbering in pencil by back hand, writing mirror ca. 65 x 50 mm, 14 lines per page in Gothic lettering in black and red ink.Work consists of: 1 sheet white; Calendar, sheets 1-14; sheets 15-16 white; Virgin's Officio, sheets 17-78: Penitential Psalms and Litany, sheets 79-96; Orations, sheets 97-101, sheet 102 white. Nine full-page miniatures, numerous filigreed Initials of the height of two lines, in gold or blue, accompanied by decorations extending into the margin in light gray or red ink, respectively; many smaller filigreed Initials in gold, of the height of one line, and in blue with thin decorations in red ink.The full-page miniatures are:The Incipit Sheet, Virgin and Child within floral frame with four figures at the corners, the polychrome flowers surrounded by geometric decorations on a white ground;Incipit of the Psalms, with a kneeling king offering a golden crown;Seven Large Initials in gold and polychrome miniature, five rows high, within large frame with polychrome flowers and phytomorphic motifs, on a filigreed ground studded with gold bisants. Splendid Officiolo Miniato with very elegant filigree decoration. Overall, all the ornamentation in the volume is very fine. In the large miniature of the Incipit Officium Verginis Marie the Virgin and Child is in the center of the page framed by gold frame; the wide margins of the folio are finely decorated and lumed with gold. In the corners are four portraits on a gold background: a young man at upper left, appearing to be St. John the Baptist; at upper right, an unidentified saint, depicted as a Bishop of the Catholic Church; below right, St. Paul with canonical attributes, book and sword; below left, St. Peter with the Keys to Heaven. In the gold roundel in the lower center is the Monogram of Christ IHS. Concerning School attribution and dating, we get the information from the Catalogue of the Exhibition "Miniated Treasures ... of Bergamo and Brescia": at card 63 is presented a Missal of the Biblioteca Civica Queriniana ms. C II 3 whose ornamentation and illustration, believed to be of the Lombard School, is very close to the present codex: this Missal was made for the Cathedral of Brescia. Comparing the illuminations in the Missal reproduced in the Catalogue with the illuminations in our Codex, a remarkable similarity of style emerges: manner of working the initials in white lead; filigree friezes with large flowers and leaf viluppi and a kind of large ochre pistil; parts of the frieze on gold foils; the frames, (which in our codex are partly cut out). Drawing and colors. The figures St. Saturninus, Annunciation and Psalmist in the water also appear to be consonant with the Madonna and Child, the saints in the frame and the Psalmist. The miniaturist's name does not appear, but it is a workshop active in the city at that time. In the file, written by Marubbi, two Breviaries similar to the Missal are named-one Franciscan (Sotheby's London 1989 sale, lot. 53) and one Dominican (Christies 1990, lot. 21).Cf. Illuminated Treasures. Codices and incunabula from the ancient fonds of Bergamo and Brescia, exhibition catalog, edited by M.L. Gatti Perer, M. Marubbi, (Bergamo, Brescia 1995) Cinisello Balsamo Silvana Editoriale 1995, pp. 174-175. The lot is sold with valid export permit. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Brescia ca. 1480. In- 16mo. 106 x 80mm. Twentieth-century French "Jansenist" binding in dark red morocco signed "Alix" on the front pastedown, spine with raised bands with gilt title "Livre d'Heures," squares with double gilt border, marbled paper-covered pastedowns framed by gilt border, flying endpapers marbled, gilt edges. Sheets: Leaf 1 blank, 101 leaves, leaf 102 blank. Later hand pencil numbering, area of text approx. 65 x 50 mm, 14 lines per page in gothic letter in black and red ink.Work composed as follows: 1 blank sheet; Calendar, sheets 1-14; sheets 15-16 white; Office of the Virgin, sheets 17-78: Penitential Psalms and Litanies, sheets 79-96; Prayers, sheets 97-101, sheet 102 blank. Nine full-page illuminations, numerous watermarked Initials two lines high, in gold or blue, accompanied by decorations extending along the margin in light gray or red ink, respectively, many smaller gold Watermarked Initials, height a line, and in blue with subtle decorations in red ink.The full page illuminations are:The i

Estim. 20 000 - 30 000 EUR

Lot 3 - CANONICUS, Johannes. Quaestiones super Physica Aristotelis. Venice, Octavianus Scotus, 1481 Folio. 298x205 mm. Hard vellum binding, modern guard sheets. Papers 107 unnumbered. Marks: a10 b-l8 m6 n8 o4. Missing blank c. a1. Title on paper a2 "Ioannis Canonici doctoris clarissimi ordi. minorum super octo libros physicorum questiones incipiunt". Colophon on c. n8 "... finem imposuit Octauianus Scotus de Modoetia, 1481." In the Colophon "... cura ... Francisci de benzonibus ... in conuentu Uenetiarum." Text in two columns. 59 lines and running titles, Gothic typeface. Marginalia of coeval hand. Skillful restoration on upper corner of first two papers, two small woodworm holes at beginning, a few faint traces of use, nice copy. Very rare Venetian edition, edited by Francesco Benzoni. Very important work: the commentary of Canonicus on Aristotle's Physics was a highly regarded text on natural philosophy. This fact is confirmed by the presence in this copy of timely marginal notes by a coeval hand, certainly by an erudite scholar of the subject. Little is known about the biography of John Canon, an English Franciscan who studied at Oxford and Paris, where he lectured in 1329. He was a direct pupil of Duns Scotus. The present edition was edited by Crema monk Francesco Benzoni, whose commentary on Aristotle's logic by Paul Venetian, published in 1477, we also know. Hain 4345; B.M.C., V, p. 276; Klebs 553.2; Pellechet 3207; I.G.I. 2412; Proctor 4569; Goff, J-263 (4 copies in U.S.A.). Folio. 298x205mm. Stiff vellum, modern endpapers. Unnumbered 107 leaves. Collation: a10 b-l8 m6 n8 o4. Missing the blank leaf a1. Title on leaf a2 "Ioannis Canonici doctoris clarissimi ordi. minorum super octo libros physicorum interrogations incipiunt". Colophon on leaf n8 "... finem imposuit Octauianus Scotus de Modoetia, 1481". In the Colophon "... cura ... Francisci de benzonibus ... in conuentu Uenetiarum." Gothic type, 59 lines and headline, double columns. Marginalia by contemporary hand. Skillful restoration on the upper corner of the first two leaves, small worm holes at the beginning, some slight signs of wear, good copy. Very rare Venetian edition, edited by Francesco Benzoni. Very important work: Canonicus' commentary on Aristotle's physics was a widespread text on Natural Philosophy. This datum is confirmed by the presence, in this copy, of punctual marginal notes by a contemporary hand, certainly by an erudite scholar of the subject. Little is known of the biography of John Canon, an English Franciscan who studied at Oxford and Paris, where he lectured in 1329. He was a direct pupil of Duns Scotus. This edition was edited by the monk of Crema Francesco Benzoni, of whom we also know the care of the commentary by Paolo Veneto on Aristotle's logic, published in 1477.

Estim. 6 000 - 7 000 EUR

Lot 4 - EUSEBIUS CESARIENSIS. Chronicon. Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 1483 4to. 218 x 158mm. 16th-century full vellum binding, later guard sheets. Papers 182 unnumbered. Incipit at paper a2r. Papers [1], [13] and [182] blank. Mark: [pi]12 a-v8 x10. Initial papers [2-11] contain "Tabula operis huius ... "Colophon on verso of paper 181 "Erhardus Ratdolt Augustensis ... non paruo studio impensisque emendatissime impressit Uenetijs ... 1483. Idibus Septembris" [13. IX]. Printed in red and black, Woodcut initials, Gothic and Roman typeface. Early hand marginalia. Unreadable inscription on upper margin of a2r paper with date "(15)27 die 23 Iulii". Skillful restoration to binding and blank papers a1 and x10, and paper 08. A few slight flaws, good copy. Second edition, the first to include the continuation to 1481 by the humanist Matteo Palmieri. Gutenberg and the invention of printing is mentioned (v3 verso): "Quantum litterarum studiosi Germanis debeant nullo satis dicendi genere posset. Namque a loanne Gutenberg Zuningen equiti Maguntie rheni solerti ingenio librorum Imprimendorum ratio 1440 inuenta: hoc tempore in omnes fere orbis partes propagatur: qua omnis antiquitas paruo ere comparata: posterioribus infinitis voluminibus legitur." This is the third quotation given, following the 1474 quotation in Riccobaldo da Ferrara's "Chronica" and the 1483 quotation in Jacopo Filippo Foresti's Supplementum chronicarum.Eusebius' Chronicles, in two books, were composed in the early fourth century: the original Greek text was lost along with the first book. The second book, in tabular form, contains the history of the world from Abraham to the vicennalia of Constantine I in 325 AD. St. Jerome, who translated it into Latin, continued the chronology, which was then continued by Tyrus Prosperus until 455. In this edition the chronological work is completed up to the end of 1481. IGI 3753; HC 6717; Ageno 26; GW 9433; BMC V 287; Goff; E-117; Hain-Copinger; 6717*; Pellechet 4634; ISTC ie00117000; Thacher; 287. Redgrave, Ratdolt 36. 4to, 218 x 158 mm. Full vellum binding of 16th century, later endpapers. 182 not numbered leaves. Incipit on leaf a2r. The first leaves containing: Tabula operis huius ... "Colophon on verso of leaf 181 "Erhardus Ratdolt Augustensis ... non paruo studio impensisque emendatissime impressit Uenetijs ... 1483. Idibus Septembris" [13. IX]. Woodcut initials, printed in red and black, numerous contemporary marginal annotations, Illegible ownership inscription to title-page dated July 23, 1527. Skillful restorations on binding and on blank leaves a1, x10 and 08. Some slight defects, good copy. Second edition, the first including the continuation up to 1481 by the humanist Matteo Palmieri. Gutenberg and the invention of printing are mentioned (v3 verso): "Quantum litterarum scholars Germanis debeant nullo satis dicendi genere posset. Namque a loanne Gutenberg Zuningen equiti Maguntie rheni solerti ingenio librorum Imprimendorum ratio 1440 inuenta: hoc tempore in omnes fere orbis partes propagatur: qua omnis antiquitas paruo ere comparata: posterioribus infinitis voluminibus legitur." This is the third citation reported, after that of 1474 in the "Chronica" by Riccobaldo from Ferrara and that of 1483 in the Supplementum chronicarum by Jacopo Filippo Foresti.The Chronicles of Eusebius, in two books, were composed at the beginning of the fourth century: the original Greek text was lost together with the first book. The second book, in tabular form, contains the history of the world from Abraham to the vicennalia of Constantine I in AD 325. St. Jerome, who translated it into Latin, continued the chronology which was then continued by Tiro Prospero up to 455. In this edition the chronological work is completed up to the end of 1481.

Estim. 6 000 - 7 000 EUR

Lot 5 - PEROTTO, Nicholas. Cornucopiae linguae Latinae. Venice, Baptista de Tortis, October 19, 1490. Folio. 315x214 mm. Eighteenth-century binding in half-bock with gold title within cartouche on spine. Papers [16], 291. Markings: A-B8 a-z8 &8 [cum]8 [rum]8 A-O5. Typographic mark to paper N6v. Explicit on c. N6r: "Nicolai peroti pontificis Sypontini eruditissimi uiri Cornucopiae seu Commentariorum linguae latinae. Venetiis, per Baptistam de Tortis, 1490 die xix. octobri." On cc. O1-6: "In ... proemium Plynii commentariolus ... Ad Antonius Moretus." Roman and Greek characters. Spaces reserved for initials, some with guide letters. Ex libris "A. Damevino" pasted to spine and counterplate. On lower margin of page 1 ancient handwritten possession note "Est sancti Bartholomaei Astensis". Last blank paper O6 is missing. Specimen with wide margins. Rare and important third absolute edition and first with commentary on Pliny's Natural History. The Cornucopiae is the most important work of the celebrated humanist from Sassoferrato: begun as a commentary on Martial, it turned into a vast philological repertory of the Latin language on which Perotto worked for the rest of his life. It is a summa of humanistic knowledge, a source for the lexicons of Ambrogio Calepio and Robert Estienne, full of linguistic and erudite discussions, as well as thousands of quotations from ancient authors, some of them not handed down elsewhere. In the proem, his nephew Pyrrhus recounts that his uncle had composed the work for his own use: he allegedly copied it secretly, adding commentary on Martial's most obscene verses and accompanying it with summaries of epigrams, as well as rubrics and indexes. BMC: "The Commentariolus in Plinium is here for the first time appended to it." Folio. 315x214mm. Quarter calf binding from the 18th century, gilt title within a cartouche on the spine. Leaves [16], 291. Collation: A-B8 a-z8 &8 [cum]8 [rum]8 A-O5. The last blank leaf O6 is missing. Printer's device on leaf N6v. Explicit to leaf N6r: "Nicolai peroti pontificis Sypontini eruditissimi uiri Cornucopiae seu Commentariorum linguae latinae. Venetiis, per Baptistam de Tortis, 1490 die xix. octobri". At leaf O1-6: "In ... proemium Plynii commentariolus ... Ad Antonius Moretus." Roman and Greek type. Spaces for Initials, some with guide letters. Bookplate "A. Damevino" glued to the spine and inside cover. On the lower margin of page 1 an ancient handwritten note of ownership "Est sancti Bartholomaei Astensis". Copy with wide margins. Rare and important third absolute edition and first with the commentary on Plinius' Natural History. The Cornucopiae is the most important work of the famous humanist of Sassoferrato: begun as a commentary on Martial, it turned into a vast philological repertoire of the Latin language on which Perotto worked for the rest of his life. It is a summa of humanistic knowledge, source of the lexicons of Ambrogio Calepio and Robert Estienne, rich in linguistic and erudite discussions, as well as thousands of quotations from ancient authors, in part not handed down elsewhere. In the proem, his nephew Pirro recounts that his uncle had composed the work for personal use: he allegedly copied it secretly, adding the commentary to the more obscene verses of Martial and providing it with summaries of the epigrams, as well as rubrics and indexes. BMC: "The Commentariolus in Plinium is here for the first time appended to it."

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 6 - MACROBIUS, Ambrosius Theodosius. Somnium Scipionis ex Ciceronis libro De Republica excerptum ... Conuiuiorum primi diei Saturnaliorum liber primus. Venice, Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, June 28, 1492. Two parts in one volume in-folio, 280x198 mm. Binding in Renaissance style, full brown leather with embossing on wooden boards, recent guard sheets, splash cuts. Papers [1], LXXXIX (i.e. 90). One extra paper (chi1) off numbering after c. XXXXIII. Marks: a8 b-f6 g6 (g6+chi1) h-o6 p4. The a1 card and the verso of the p4 blank. Commentary on the Somnium concludes on the recto of paper XXVII. Colophon on recto of paper p4 "Macrobii ... libri impressi Venetiis Anno domini (1492), die. xxviiii.Iunii." Round and Greek typeface. Illustrations and diagrams of cosmographic character impressed in woodcut in the text. Marginalia of old hand. Skillful restoration on last paper with loss of some letters, moisture halo at top, traces of use. Rare figured edition, featuring the famous non-Tolemaic planisphere. Combined are Macrobius' two masterpieces of Neoplatonism: the Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis and the seven books of Saturnalia, a philosophical banquet. Using excerpts from the Somnium Scipionis Macrobius illustrates the Neo-Platonic philosophy of souls, astronomy, with references to the rotation of the planets Mars and Venus around the sun (indicated by Stillwell), and the theory of music. The Saturnalia, is a scholarly dialogue that takes place over three days, on the occasion of festivals in honor of the god Saturn. The work has an encyclopedic character and is centered primarily on the figure of Virgil, although its contents range from religion to literature and history to the natural sciences. This edition is particularly important for the circular planisphere imprinted on folio XXIIr. Shirley: "His neoplatonic commentary includes ... a geographic concept which is different from that of Ptolemy. The inhabited world north id the Equator is balanced fby a southern continent and divided from it by water." The northern half of the world map shows Europe, Asia and India, with a truncated shape of Africa, the Red Sea flowing into an equatorial ocean separating the northern continent from a large southern continent bearing the inscription 'Perusta tenperata, antipodum nobis incognita, frigida.' The map appears in four printed editions, beginning in 1483; this is the third.Shirley Mapping the World 13, Stillwell 74; HC *10429; GW M19707; IGI 5927; BMC V 417; Bod-inc M-004; BSB-Ink M-4; IGI 5927; ISTC im00012000; Goff M-12. Two parts in one folio volume, 280x198 mm. Renaissance-style binding, full brown leather with embossing on wooden boards, recent endpapers, sprayed edges. Leaves [1], LXXXIX (i.e. 90). An extra leaf (chi1) off-number after c. XXXXIII. Collation: a8 b-f6 g6 (g6+chi1) h-o6 p4. The a1 leafr and the verso of p4 are blanck. The commentary on the Somnium concludes on the recto of leaf XXVII. Colophon recto p4 "Macrobii ... libri imprinted Venetiis Anno domini (1492), die. xxviiii.Iunii." Round and Greek type. Illustrations and diagrams of a cosmographic nature printed in woodcut in the text. Marginalia by ancient hand. Skilful restoration on the last leaf with loss of some letters, humidity halo on the upper part, sign of use. Rare illustrated edition, with the famous non-Ptolemaic planisphere. The two masterpieces of the Neoplatonist Macrobius are united: the Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis and the seven books of the Saturnalia, a philosophical banquet. Using excerpts from the Somnium Scipionis Macrobius illustrates the Neoplatonic philosophy of souls, astronomy, with references to the rotation of the planets Mars and Venus around the sun (indicated by Stillwell), and the theory of music. The Saturnalia are an erudite dialogue that takes place over three days, on the occasion of the festivals in honor of the god Saturn. The work has an encyclopedic character and is mainly centered on the figure of Virgil, even if its contents range from religion to literature and history to the natural sciences.This edition is particularly important for the circular planisphere imprinted on folio XXIIr. Shirley: "His neoplatonic commentary includes ... a geographic concept which is different from that of Ptolemy. The inhabited world north id the Equator is balanced fby a southern continent and divided from it by water." The northern half of the world map shows Europe, Asia and India, with a truncated shape of Africa, the Red Sea flowing into an equatorial ocean separating the northern continent from a large southern continent bearing the inscription 'Perusta tenperata, antipodum nobis incognita, frigida.' The map is present in four printed editions, starting from 1483; this is the third.

Estim. 9 000 - 10 000 EUR

Lot 7 - FRANCISCUS DE MAYRONIS. Sermones de laudibus sanctorum et dominicales... Venice, Pelegrinus de Pasqualibus Bononiensis, February 11, 1493 In 4to, 220x150 mm. Late binding on lath, in half leather with 4 nerves, brass closing clasp. Papers (10), 241 [i.e. 248], numbering errors: Missing blank paper at end. On verso of last sheet beautiful typographical enterprise on black ground with printer's initials and Colophon "Impressum Venetijs : per Pelegrinum de Pasqualibus Bononiensem, 1493. die vero. xj. Februarij." Gothic and Roman characters, text in two columns. In text opening, after indexes, title in red font. Coeval ownership notes to title page and first guard sheet. Very good specimen except for slight slabbing at lower part of title page. Rare Venetian Incunabulum. Sharply imprinted edition by the Bolognese Pellegrino De Pasquali, including in addition to the "Sermones de Sanctis" other treatises. The first 10 numbered sheets contain, in addition to the above-mentioned caveat, the table of topics, and the text begins on f. 1. The author's name, Franciscus de Mayronis, appears in the incipit of the Tabula at paper π2. B.M.C. V/392; Hain, 10531; Proctor, 4863; Goff M93. 4to, 220x150 mm. Quarter leather binding on wooden axis. Leaves (10), 241 [i.e. 248], numbering errors: without the final blank. On the back of the last sheet beautiful printer's mark on a black background with Colophon "Impressum Venetijs: per Pelegrinum de Pasqualibus Bononiensem, 1493. die vero. xj. Februarij ". Gothic and Roman Type, text on two columns. At the beginning of the text, after the indexes, title in red type. Contemporary notes of belonging to the title page and to the front end paper. Good copy, except for a slight flaking in the lower part of the title page. Rare Venetian Incunabulum. Edition very well printed by the Bolognese Pellegrino De Pasquali, which includes other treatises in addition to the "Sermones de Sanctis." The first 10 numbered sheets contain, in addition to the aforementioned warning, the table of topics and the text begins at f. 1. The author's name, Franciscus de Mayronis, appears in the incipit of the Tabula on leaf π2.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 8 - SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab initio mu(n)di. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastien Kammermaister, July 12, 1493 In-folio. 425x280 mm. Parchment binding on wooden boards, title block on smooth spine, renewed guards. Papers 325: [20, Title and Tabula], 300 numbered I-CCXCIX - [1], [5 'De Sarmacia Regione']. There are two Colophons, on paper 266r (June 4, 1493) and on paper 300v ("Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit," July 12, 1493). Papers CCLIX-CCLXI, with current numbering and title, are blank having been reserved for reader's annotations and additions, as evidenced by paper CCLVIII v. Over 1800 figures of different sizes imprinted in woodcut in the text. One large map of Europe on two unfolded pages (299v-300r). In recto of first unnumbered paper, title impressed in woodcut. Last blank map is missing. Slight brown staining on world map, trace of gora on central part of map of Europe. Paper 74, small hole on Pavia print; 75, small lack upper right corner; 169, reinforcement with braga on inner margin; 175, small hole in text; 184, cut. Small restoration on lower margin of paper 206. Reinforcement in some early papers and last five sheets, with traces of moisture. Overall good copy. First Latin edition. Very rare beautifully figured incunabulum. A masterpiece in the history of printing, the work contains more than 1,800 superb woodcut-engraved illustrations by Michael Wolgemut et Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. In addition to occupying a key place in the history of book illustration, the Nuremberg Chronicle offers a wonderful insight into Renaissance knowledge and humanistic understanding of the world in the 15th century. The "Nuremberg Chronicle" is a year-by-year account of important events in world history from creation to the year of publication, including references to contemporary events such as the invention of printing in Mainz, the exploration of Africa, and a possible trip in 1483 to America mentioned on folio 290v. van Egmond: "As a product of humanism, the Liber chronicarum is a synthesis of religion, empiricism and classical antiquity. It is no wonder that of all people Schedel published the famous chronicle of world history. After all, he lived right in the center of humanism: Nuremburg. Schedel grew up in the transitional period from the handwritten to the printed book and became an ardent book collector. ... The Nuremburg humanism was characterized by research into scientific, astronomical and astrological issues. ... In the Liber chronicarum Schedel attempts to join together the Biblical and profane history, with lots of emphasis on the descriptions of cities and countries. For instance, in the various eras in world history he has the founding of cities run parallel with Biblical history; that is why the descriptions and pictures of cities are spread throughout the entire book. "The Nuremberg chronicle is celebrated for its beautiful and numerous woodcut illustrations: it contains numerous representations of cities, 29 on double pages, a large table with coats of arms and blazons (CLXXXIII-CLXXXIIII), a world map (XIII) and a double-page map of Europe at the end. It also includes two important double-page maps: a beautiful world map based on Mela's Cosmographia of 1482 (see Shirley 19) and a map of northern and central Europe by Hieronymus Münzer (1437-1508) from Nicolas Khyrpffs. The world map is one of only three 15th-century maps showing Portuguese knowledge of the Gulf of Guinea from about 1470. It is therefore believed to be the first modern map of this region to appear printed (see Campbell, The Earliest Printed Maps, 1472-1500, 1987).As was often the case with books of this period, some woodcuts appear in the text more than once, with only the captions being changed: the 1809 illustrations are imprinted from 645 woodcuts, with numerous biblical scenes and portraits of saints, emperors, kings and princes: this copy includes on paper 169v the famous portrait of "Pope Joan" ("Joannes Septimus"), which has been removed or defaced in many copies. The printer, Anton Koberger used nineteen existing woodcuts from the Postillae (1481), while the other woodcuts came from the workshop of artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. The young A. Durer, who was Wolgemut's pupil from 1486 to 1489. The author's name appears on paper CCLXVIr: "collectum breui tempore auxilio doctoris hartmanni Schedel." Brunet 1, 1860; HC *14508; BMC II, 437; BSB-Ink. S-195; Bod-Inc. S-108; Goff S-307; ISTC is00307000; Olschki, 1954, no.557.See Adrian Wilson, The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1976); S.C. Cockerell's count, Som

Estim. 60 000 - 80 000 EUR

Lot 9 - GRATIANUS. Decretum. Venetiis, per Baptistam de Tortiis, XXX martii, 1496 [Venice, Baptista de Tortis, Mar 30, 1496]. Large folio. 428x287 mm. Magnificent coeval brown leather binding on wooden boards, original metal clasps still preserved and working. Papers 333 (of 335), [3]. Marking: a⁸+² b-z⁸ &⁸ [cum]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-Q⁸. Latin text in two columns, surrounded by commentary of 82 lines, Gothic and Roman typeface. Title and letterpress mark on paper 336 printed in red, text entirely printed in red and black. Papers 188-189 are missing. Slight traces of moisture on side and top margins, nice copy on strong crisp paper. Rare Venetian incunabulum. Valuable and significant edition from the Venetian workshop of Baptista de Tortis, one of the most famous Italian printers of the late 15th century, renowned for the rigorous correctness and formal beauty of his editions. Confirming the authority of the printer, the title in red in the buttonhole is "Decretum de tortis." The Decretum is the cornerstone of medieval canon law: a collection of sources of canon law compiled - and periodically updated - by Gratian and composed of multiple treatises with which the author resolved the antinomies that had emerged in the more than one thousand years of history of legal norms in Christendom (including conciliar decrees), between procedural, tributary, civil, administrative/ordinal, penal, penitential and sacramental subjects, which had become conflicting over time. Goff G-388; H 7915* = 7904 (?); BMC V, 329; BSB-Ink G-283; GW 11383; Voull(B) 3950; IBP 2466; Borm 1179; Sack(Freiburg) 1600; Pad-Ink 286. Large folio. 428x287 mm. Magnificent contemporary brown calf binding on wooden boards, original metal clasps still preserved and working. Leaves 333 (of 335), [3]. Collation: a⁸ + ² b - z⁸ & ⁸ [cum] ⁸ [rum] ⁸ A-Q⁸. Latin text on two columns, surrounded by 82-line commentary, Gothic and Roman type. Title and Printer's device on leaf 336 printed in red, text entirely printed in red and black. Leaves 188-189 are missing. Slight traces of humidity on the side and top margins, beautiful copy on crisp and thick paper. Rare Venetian incunabulum. Precious and meaningful edition from the Venetian workshop of Baptista de Tortis, one of the most famous Italian printer of the late fifteenth century, renowned for the rigorous correctness and the formal beautiness of his editions. In confirmation of the printer's authority, the title in red in the first leaf is "Decretum de tortis." The Decretum is the milestone of medieval canon law: a collection of sources of canon law drawn up - and periodically updated - by Gratian and composed of several treatises with which the author resolved the antinomies that emerged in the over a thousand years of history of the juridical norms of Christianity (including conciliar decrees), between procedural, tax, civil, administrative / ordinal, criminal, penitential and sacramental matters, which over time had become conflicting with each other.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 10 - PAULUS DE MIDDELBURG. Paulina de recta Paschae celebratione. Fossombrone, Ottaviano Petrucci, 1513[Colophon:] Impressum Forosempronii per spectabilem virum Octauianum petrutium ... anno Domini 1513 die octaua Iulii. Folio, mm. 320x205. Rigid vellum binding, renewed guard sheets. Papers 396 unnumbered. Register: Marks: a8 b6 c-s8 t10 ; A-O8 W6 P-2F8 2G6. Calendar text printed in red and black, numerous wood-engraved capilettera on black ground, round typeface. On verso of frontispiece silograph depicting a shield in the arms of Pope Leo X surmounted by the tiara and keys of St. Peter and supported by two angels, coat of arms of the Pope on c. a2r and on paper A1r coat of arms of the dedicatee of the second part, Emperor Maximilian. Four woodcut frames composed of four woods and one full-page woodcut. At the end of the volume large typographic mark. Restoration to inner margin of first papers, sporadic traces of use, good copy with wide margins. Very rare first edition. First book printed in Fossombrone. Astronomical and astrological work by one of Copernicus' teachers, who remembers him as his mentor at the end of the Preface to De Revolutionibus: "Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur, quibus et hi nostri labores, si me non fallit opinio, videbuntur etiam reipublicae ecclesiasticae conducere aliquid, cuius principatum tua Sanctitas nunc tenet. Nam non ita multo ante sub Leone X cum in Concilio Lateranensi vertebatur quaestio de emendando kalendario ecclesiastico, quae tum indecisa hanc solummodo ob causam mansit, quod annorum et mensium magnitudines, atque Solis et Lunae motus nondum satis dimensi haberentur. Ex quo equidem tempore, his accuratius observandis, animum intendi, admonitus a praeclarissimo viro Domino Paulo episcopo Semproniensi, qui tum isti negotio praeerat. Quid autem praestiterim ea in re, tuae Sanctitatis praecipue, atque omnium aliorum doctorum mathematicorum iudicio relinquo, et ne plura de utilitate operis promittere tuae Sanctitati videar, quam praestare possim, nunc ad institutum transeo." [Mathematical calculations and questions are written by and for mathematicians, by whom these works of ours - if I am not mistaken - are also deemed useful for the Republic of the Church, whose leadership is held by Your Holiness. Not long ago, the issue of calendar reform was considered under the reign of Leo X in the Lateran Council. Yet no decision was made because there was no sufficiently precise measurement of the length of the years and months and the motions of the sun and moon. From those days on, I exercised my wits on more precise observations, admonished by the most celebrated man, Dominus Paulus, bishop of Fossombrone, then head of the commission. What I have achieved in this matter I leave to the judgment of Your Holiness above all, and all other doctors in mathematics. And not to promise too much, I will now turn to the contents of the book]Copernicus had come into contact with mathematicians, astronomers and astrologers During his stay in Bologna beginning in 1497, Copernicus had come into contact with mathematicians, astronomers, and astrologers, a scientific environment in which Paulus de Middelburg was highly regarded. The relationship between Copernicus and Paulus de Middelburg is documented very precisely in the study by R. S. Westman, devoted to Copernicus and Astrology. The two scholars also entertained an interesting correspondence in later years. Welker finds textual evidence of Bishop's role and importance in the scientific discussions of the time in Gassendi's commentary on a letter from Bishop to Copernicus: "His role and importance in the fervent scientific discussions of his time becomes tangible in Pierre Gassendi's commentary on a letter from Paul to Copernicus." Paulus de Middelburg, c. 1455-1534, physician, mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, became bishop of Fossombrone in 1494. He wrote important works on calendar reform and this is considered his major work. He presented this book to the Fifth Lateran Council (1512-17) for consideration of calendar reform. He was against returning the equinox to March 21 and opposed the idea of abandoning the lunar cycle or placing Easter on a fixed Sunday of the year. He did, however, propose a change in the cycle by reducing the seven embolic months to five.A typographical masterpiece, this figurative work, divided into two parts, deals with calendar reform.The illustrations are probably by Francesco Griffo, the famous inventor of Manuzio's Italic typeface, who was collaborating with the Fossombrone printer in those years. The valuable full-page woodcut consists of three conjoined parts: the first depicts the Virgin in glory with child in a hemicycle of popes, the second and third depict Christ on the cross silhouetted against scenes from the

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 11 - EUCLID. Contenta. Euclidis Megarensis Geometricorum elementorum libri XV. Paris, Henri Estienne, 1516. Folio. 300 x 204 mm. Binding in half sow leather with embossing on front plate. Papers 261, 1 blank. Large Initials on black criblé ground, numerous figures and diagrams in the text, placed in the wide margins. Errata on verso of paper 261. Date appears in dedicatory letter from Iacobus Faber on verso of paper 2. Restored binding, fragile plates and traces of use. Sporadic flourishing and browning. First Edition of Euclid's Elements printed in France, the first printed outside Italy. Schreiber: "typographical masterpiece." DSB: "[It is a work] 'which has exercised an influence upon the human mind greater than that of any other work except the Bible.'" The present edition is also the first to bring together the medieval version of Campanus with the Renaissance version of Zamberti, based on a Greek original by Theon of Alexandria; it also contains a Euclidean text of Ipsicles. Grässe VII, p. 287; Adams E982; Riccardi, P. Bib. Euclidea 15164; BM STC French, 1470-1600 p. 157; BN v. 48, column 685 (no. 33); Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne p. 18 (no. 8); Thomas-Stanford, C. Early editions of Euclid's Elements 6; Peter Schreiber, Euklid. Folio. 300 x 204 mm. Quarter pigskin binding with blind tooling on front cover. 261 leaves, 1 blank. Large initials on a black criblé background, numerous woodcut text diagrams, positioned in the wide margins. Errata on the verso of leaf 261. The date appears in the dedicatory letter of Iacobus Faber on the verso of leaf 2. Restored binding, fragile covers, traces of wear. Sporadic foxing and brownings. First edition of Euclid's Elements printed in France, the first printed outside Italy. Schreiber: "typographical masterpiece." DSB: "[It is a work] 'which has exercised an influence upon the human mind greater than that of any other work except the Bible.'" The present edition is also the first to reunite the medieval version of Campanus with the Renaissance one by Zamberti, based on a Greek original by Theon of Alexandria; also contains a Euclidean text by Hypsicles.

Estim. 12 000 - 15 000 EUR

Lot 12 - 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.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 13 - FINÉ, Oronce. De Mundi sphaera, sive Cosmographia, primave Astronomiae parte, Lib V. Paris, Simon de Colines, 1542 Folio. 310x215 mm. Coeval calf binding, gilt fillets on plates, gilt cuts on three sides and 8 brass tacks. Renewed guards. 1 blank, 6 unnumbered sheets, including Frontispiece and a full-page engraving, 122, 2 blank. 92 engravings and vignettes in text. Defects to binding, lightly browned internally, sporadic blooming, old hand marginalia, some pages with pen strokes in white margin. Rare separate first edition of Oronce Finé's Cosmographia. This is an expanded and modified version of the third part of the Protomatesis, published in 1532. This work consists of two parts, the first devoted to cosmography and the second to trigonometry. In this treatise the mathematician, astronomer and cartographer Oronce Finé gives instructions for making maps using the south of France as an example and describes in detail three methods for projecting a map of the world onto a plane surface. DSB notes about the first part: " the description of the fixed celestial sphere used for reference, essential ideas concerning the astronomy of the 'primim mobile' (right and oblique ascensions and the duration of diurnal arcs) " The rich illustration consists of a superb title page decorated with a large frame depicting the liberal arts, a large full-page table depicting Urania and the author, and 92 demonstrative figures, 25 of which appear here for the first time. Mortimer: " Of the eighty-nine woodcuts, sixty-four are the original blocks designed by Finé for the 'Cosmographia' section of the 'Protomathesis'. Sixteen of the 'Protomathesis' blocks were dropped or replaced. "Mortimer, French, 226; Brun, p. 189; Renouard, Colines, pp. 358-359. Folio. 310x215 mm. Contemporary calf binding, gilt rules on covers, gilt edges on three sides and 8 small brass nails. Renewed endpapers. 1 blank sheet, 6 unnumbered sheets, including the title page and a full-page engraving, 122, 2 blanks. 92 engravings and vignettes in the text. Binding defects, internally some browning and minor foxing, marginalia by old hand, some pages with pen strokes to white margin. Rare first separate edition of Oronce Fine's Cosmographia. It is an expanded and modified version of the third part of the Protomatesis, published in 1532. This work is composed of two parts, the first dedicated to cosmography and the second to trigonometry. In this treatise, the mathematician, astronomer and cartographer Oronce Finé gives instructions for drawing maps using the south of France as an example and describes in detail three methods for projecting a map of the world onto a flat surface. DSB notes regarding the first part: " the description of the fixed celestial sphere used for reference, essential ideas concerning the astronomy of the 'primim mobile' (right and oblique ascensions and the duration of diurnal arcs) " The rich illustration is composed of a superb title in frontispiece decorated with a large frame in which the liberal arts are depicted, a large full-page plate depicting Urania and the author and 92 demonstrative figures, of which 25 appear here for the first time. Mortimer: "Of the eighty-nine woodcuts, sixty-four are the original blocks designed by Finé for the 'Cosmographia' section of the 'Protomathesis'. Sixteen of the 'Protomathesis' blocks were dropped or replaced."

Estim. 6 000 - 7 000 EUR

Lot 14 - SCHÖNER, Johann. De iudiciis nativitatum libri tres. Nürnberg, J. vom Berg & U. Neuber, 1545 Folio, 300x205 mm. Coeval full leather binding with embossing to plates, title label to spine, gilt to plate renewed. 8 unnumbered papers, including title page, 152 papers, letterpress mark on verso of last paper. Figured initials and several woodcuts in text. Some minor defects, small tear at c. 48, but nice copy. First edition of his major astronomical and astrological work. Schöner, a printer, astronomer and instrument maker from Nuremberg, was an early supporter of Copernicus. Thorndike: "Schöner had been one of those who encouraged Copernicus to publish his magnum opus. Now in the present work, although preferring the method of Ptolemy in astrological judgments to those of subsequent astronomers, Schöner maintained that the Copernican system was not unfavorable to astrology." To Schöner Rheticus had addressed his famous "Narratio Prima" in 1540, published as an open letter. Rosenthal: "[i]t may well have been Schöner who suggested to Rheticus that he should learn the new astronomy, directly from Copernicus." De iudiciis contains a preface by Philipp Melanchton; the three-part work is specifically about astrological "genitures." Thorndike: "He illustrated the method of finding the ascendant at birth by arguing back from the subsequent accidents befalling the person in question by his own geniture, thereby giving some autobiographical information... When fifty-eight on New Year's Day (presumably in 1535) he had a bad fall from a height, of which 'the cause was Saturn retrograde in Leo in the tenth house of my geniture.' In another passage he stated that the presence of three other planets with Mercury in the aerial triplicitas produces preeminent genius and sublimity of science." Dorbon notes that this work is particularly notable for its many figured Initials with heads of characters and with small ironic scenes.Adams S 681; Zinner 1884; Houzeau-L. 14195; Zinner 2901; Roller-G. I, 410; Dorbon 4436; Caillet 9997; Rosenthal 3532; Thorndike V, 367; Gingerich, The Eye of Heaven, p. 176; Danielson, "Achilles Gasser and the Birth of Copernicanism," Journal of the History of Astronomy v. 35.4 (2004), pp. 457-474.Provenance: Title with note of ownership by Johann Merz ("Mertz") von der Vils (from 1646 owner of a mill in Schmidmühlen and later elevated to nobility). Ownership note on son's guard sheet: "Inter suos habet me Paulus Philippus Merz de Vils".For provenance: Josef Popp, Der Hammer zu Schmidmühlen und seine Herren, 2005. Folio, 300x205 mm. contemporary blind tooled leather binding, label with title on the back, gilt on the covers renewed. 8 not numbered leaves, including title page, 152 leaves, printer's device on last leaf. Illustrated initials and woodcuts within text. Slight defects, slight tear on leaf 48, good copy. First edition of his main astronomical and astrological work. Schöner, a printer, astronomer and instrument maker from Nuremberg, was an early supporter of Copernicus.Thorndike: "Schöner had been one of those who encouraged Copernicus to publish his magnum opus. Now in the present work, although preferring the method of Ptolemy in astrological judgments to those of subsequent astronomers, Schöner maintained that the Copernican system was not unfavorable to astrology." To Schöner Rheticus he had addressed his famous "Narratio Prima" in 1540, published as an open letter.Rosenthal: "[i]t may well have been Schöner who suggested to Rheticus that he should learn the new astronomy, directly from Copernicus." De iudiciis contains a preface by Philipp Melanchton; the three-part work is specifically about astrological "genitures." Thorndike: "He illustrated the method of finding the ascendant at birth by arguing back from the subsequent accidents befalling the person in question by his own geniture, thereby giving some autobiographical information. . . . When fifty-eight on New Year's Day (presumably in 1535) he had a bad fall from a height, of which 'the cause was Saturn retrograde in Leo in the tenth house of my geniture.' In another passage he stated that the presence of three other planets with Mercury in the aerial triplicitas produces preeminent genius and sublimity of science." Dorbon notes that this work is particularly notable for the very many initials figured with characters' texts and with small ironic scenes.Provenance: Title with ownership annotation of Johann Merz ("Mertz") von der Vils (from 1646 owner of a mill in Schmidmühlen and later elevated to nobility). Ownership note on endpaper by the son: "Inter suos habet me Paulus Philippus Merz de Vils".

Estim. 30 000 - 40 000 EUR

Lot 15 - EUCLIDE. Elementorum geometricorum libri XV. Basel, J Herwagen, 1546 Folio. 325x220 mm. Coeval pigskin binding richly embossed on wooden boards (signed I.S., dated 1541). Pages [8], 587, 1 unnumbered with letterpress mark. Marks: †⁴a-2z⁶2A-2C⁶. Brand name on Title Page and at end, Figured woodcut initials. Italic, Tondo and Greek typeface. On Title Page, name of former possessor, marginalia. Defects to binding, fragile plates; internally occasional browning and slight foxing, traces of use, overall good copy. Rare and important edition, edited by Philipp Melanchton, with Euclid's diagrams inserted into the text. This edition contains the entire Euclidean corpus, including the pamphlet De levi & ponderoso, a fragment of Euclid that was discovered just as the first edition of the present work was about to be printed in 1537. In addition to the Elements, whose text, in the Latin version by Bartholomaeus Zambertus, is embellished with commentaries by Theon of Alexandria and Campanus, it also contains the Phaenomena, Catoptrica and Data. The copy is complete with Melanchthon's six-page dedication to the "studiosis adolescentibus," which is often mutilated or missing. Stanford: "I now come to the Basle editions, an important series, all folios printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to inset Euclid s diagrams in text. Earlier printers, and some later, placed them in the fore margin." [I come now to the Basel editions, an important series, all in folio, printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to include Euclid's diagrams in the text. Earlier printers, and some later ones, placed them in the front margin]. Euclid's minor works, Phaenomena Data, Specularia and Perspectiva, are placed in the last 100 pages. At the end of the volume, from page 585, is the "De Levi & Ponderoso Fragmentum." Adams E975; Hoffmann II, 42; Thomas-Stanford 11; Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Bindings 866 ("1546-69"). Folio. 325x220 mm. Contemporary pigskin binding richly embossed on wooden boards (signed I.S., dated 1541). Pages [8], 587, 1 unnumbered with printers' device. Sign: † ⁴a-2z⁶2A-2C⁶. Printer's mark on the Titlepage and at the end, Woodcut Initials and diagrams. Italic, Roman and Greek type. Previous owner's name on titlepage, old marginalia. Defects on the binding, fragile covers; occasional browning and slight foxing, traces of wear, overall a good copy. Rare and important edition, edited by Philipp Melanchton, with Euclid's diagrams inserted in the text. This edition contains the entire Euclidean corpus, including the booklet De levi & ponderoso, a fragment of which was discovered just as the present work's first edition was about to be printed in 1537. In addition to the Elements, the text of which, in the Latin version of Bartholomaeus Zambertus, is embellished with the comments of Theon of Alexandria and Campanus, it also contains the Phaenomena, Catoptrica and Data. This copy is complete with the six-page dedication by Melanchthon to the 'studiosis adolescentibus' which is often mutilated or missing. Stanford: "I now come to the Basle editions, an important series, all folios printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to inset Euclid s diagrams in text. Earlier printers, and some later, placed them in the fore margin. " Euclid's minor works, such as I Phaenomena Data, Specularia and Perspectiva, are placed in the last 100 pages. At the end of the volume, from page 585, the "De Levi & Ponderoso Fragmentum.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 16 - CARDANO, Jerome. De subtilitate libri XXI. Paris, Jacques Du Puys, 1551 8vo small, 168 x 102 mm. Binding in full brown splash leather, title on gilt gusset and friezes to spine, splash cuts. Papers [24], 312. Marks: Aa-Cc⁸ a-z⁸ A-Q⁸. Blank c. Cc8. Typographic mark to title page, Ornate initials, some on black criblé ground, numerous woodcut figures in text. Old possessor's signature to paper 312 recto. Slight traces of use to binding, good condition. Rare edition published a year after the 1550 princeps. The work, philosophical and scientific in nature, was very successful. Cardano describes and illustrates a great number of physical experiments and inventions, as well as curiosities and wonders. In the opening of Book 18 he mentions the prodigies of a Spanish magician: among his magics appears, among others, the magic book capable of showing, when properly leafed through, ever-changing figures. Schuh: "Essentially an encyclopedia, in De Subtilitate one can find some article on almost every subject, including substantial sections on technology, medicine, chemistry, mathematics, various branches of the occult, mineralogy, gemology, hydrodynamics, geology, electricity, etc., and descriptions of numerous experiments and apparatus, including the pumps and the screw of Archimedes and a system of Braille writing for the blind. It is thought by some to be based on the manuscript notes of Leonardo Da Vinci; however, it is more probably the sole work of Cardano's penetrating but erratic genius. The text also incorporates many woodcut illustrations which add considerably to the descriptions. "https://www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/150841Curtis P. Schuh, Mineralogy and Crystallography: An Annotated Biobibliography, no. 1047, with typographical designation "Mathurinum Dupuys"; Adams, Cambridge Books, 1967: C-669; Schütze, Naturphilosophie, 2000. Cf. Galland, Cryptography, 34; Wheeler Gift 37. Small 8vo, 168 x 102 mm. Full brown leather binding, title on the label and gilt decorations on the spine, spleckled edges. Leaves [24], 312. Sign: Aa-Cc⁸ a-z⁸ A-Q⁸. Leaf Nc8 is blank. Printer's device on the title page, decorated initials, some on a black criblé ground, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Signature of a previous possessor on leaf 312 recto. Slight traces of use on the binding, in good condition. Rare edition published one year after the princeps of 1550. The work, of a philosophical and scientific nature, was very successful. Cardano describes and illustrates a large number of physical experiments and inventions, but also curiosities and wonders. At the beginning of book 18 he mentions the prodigies of a Spanish conjurer: among the latter's magic appears, among other things, the magic book capable of showing, if leafed through appropriately, always different figures. Schuh: "Essentially an encyclopedia, in De Subtilitate one can find some article on almost every subject, including substantial sections on technology, medicine, chemistry, mathematics, various branches of the occult, mineralogy, gemology, hydrodynamics, geology, electricity, etc., and descriptions of numerous experiments and apparatus, including the pumps and the screw of Archimedes and a system of Braille writing for the blind. It is thought by some to be based on the manuscript notes of Leonardo Da Vinci; however, it is more probably the sole work of Cardano's penetrating but erratic genius. The text also incorporates many woodcut illustrations which add considerably to the descriptions. "This edition is particularly rare: in the bibliographies consulted, an edition appears with the same collation but with the typographical indication "Mathurinum Dupuys."

Estim. 1 500 - 1 600 EUR

Lot 17 - CARDANO, Jerome. De methodo medendi, sectiones quatuor. Parisiis: in aedibus Rouillij [i.e. Philippe Gaultier], via Iacobaea, sub signo Concordiae, 1565 8vo; 160x105 mm. full vellum binding. Pp. [16], 393, [15].. First frontispiece within xylographic frame. Second and fourth sections begin with own title page. Typographic marks on title pages. Xyl initials and friezes. Manuscript note of ownership on title page. Moisture stains in central and then lower part of volume. Interesting medical-scientific volume of which the second part is especially noteworthy, where the medicinal effects of certain herbs are treated: rhubarb, chamomile, wormwood, etc. Hirsh, I, p. 829. Durling, 843; Wellcome 1279; Adams C661. 8vo; 160x105 mm. full vellum binding. Pp. [16], 393, [15]. First title page within frame. Second and fourth sections starts with their own title page. Printer's devices on title pages. Woodcuts initials and ornaments. Manuscript note on title page. Sign of humidity in the center and lower part of the volume. Interesting medical-scientific volume of which the second part is particularly highlighted, where the medicinal effects of certain herbs are treated: rhubarb, chamomile, wormwood, etc.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 18 - MACROBIUS, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius. Macrobii Ambrosii... in Somnium Scipionis. Books II. Lugduni, apud Seb. Griphyum, 1542 8vo; 160x100 mm. Coeval binding in full vellum. Pages 567, [73]. Typographic mark on title page. Woodcut initials; Roman, Italic and Greek typeface. Illustrations and diagrams of cosmographic character impressed in woodcut in the text. Marginalia of old hand. Woodworm holes in margin of first few papers; on several papers repaired woodworm holes. Good copy. Rare figured edition, featuring the famous non-Tolemaic planisphere. Combined are Macrobius' two masterpieces of the Neo-Platonic: the Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis and the seven books of the Saturnalia, a philosophical banquet. Using excerpts from the Somnium Scipionis Macrobius illustrates the Neo-Platonic philosophy of souls, astronomy, with references to the rotation of the planets Mars and Venus around the sun (indicated by Stillwell), and the theory of music. The Saturnalia, is a scholarly dialogue that takes place over three days, on the occasion of festivals in honor of the god Saturn. The work has an encyclopedic character and is centered mainly on the figure of Virgil, although its contents range from religion to literature and history to the natural sciences; there are numerous quotations of passages from Greek and Latin authors, the index to which is given at the end. The circular planisphere imprinted on half a page appears in this edition, on p. 144. Shirley: "His neoplatonic commentary includes ... a geographic concept which is different from that of Ptolemy. The inhabited world north id the Equator is balanced fby a southern continent and divided from it by water." The northern half of the world map shows Europe, Asia and India, with a truncated shape of Africa, the Red Sea flowing into an equatorial ocean separating the northern continent from a large southern continent bearing the inscription 'Perusta tenperata, antipodum nobis incognita, frigida." The map appears, with several variants, in several editions of Macrobius, beginning in 1483. Graesse IV, 330; Adams M-68; Olschki, Choix, for other ediz. Shirley Mapping the World 13; Stillwell 74. 8vo; 160x100 mm. Contemporary full vellum binding. Pages 567, [73]. Printer's mark on title page. Woodcut initials; Roman, Italic and Greek types. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams of cosmographic nature in the text. Marginalia in an ancient hand. Wormholes in the margin of the first leaves; on several leaves woodworm holes repaired; overall good specimen. Rare illustrated edition, with the famous non-Ptolemaic planisphere. The two masterpieces of the Neoplatonist Macrobius are united: the Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis and the seven books of the Saturnalia, a philosophical banquet. Using excerpts from the Somnium Scipionis Macrobius illustrates the Neoplatonic philosophy of souls, astronomy, with references to the rotation of the planets Mars and Venus around the sun (indicated by Stillwell), and the theory of music. The Saturnalia are an erudite dialogue that takes place over three days, on the occasion of the festivals in honor of the god Saturn. The work has an encyclopedic character and is mainly centered on the figure of Virgil, even if its contents range from religion to literature and history to the natural sciences; numerous quotations from passages by Greek and Latin authors, the index of which is reported at the end. In this edition the circular planisphere appears printed half way down the page, on p. 144. Shirley: "His neoplatonic commentary includes ... a geographic concept which is different from that of Ptolemy. The inhabited world north id the Equator is balanced fby a southern continent and divided from it by water." The northern half of the world map shows Europe, Asia and India, with a truncated shape of Africa, the Red Sea flowing into an equatorial ocean separating the northern continent from a large southern continent bearing the inscription 'Perusta tenperata, antipodum nobis incognita, frigida." The map is present, with different variations, in some editions of Macrobius, starting from 1483. Graesse IV, 330. Adams M-68. Olschki, Choix, for other editions. Shirley Mapping the World 13; Stillwell 74.

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 19 - EUCLID. La perspectiva, y especularia de Euclides Traduzidas en volgar Castellano por Pedro Ambrosio Onderiz. Madrid, A Gomez, 1584-1585 In 4to. 200x150 mm. Coeval binding in floppy vellum. Renewed endpapers. Housed in recent half-leather slipcase with gold title on spine gusset. Endpapers [6], 60. Frontispiece with large woodcut coat of arms of King Philip II of Spain, 4 woodcut chapter initials, 1 historiated, woodcut geometric patterns throughout, Especularia with separate title dated 1584, but pagination continues with first part. Defects to binding, internally some browning and foxing, old ms. annotations in places, restoration of a small loss in title corner. Joined with: DE CESPEDES, Andres. Libro des instrumentos nuevos de geometria muy necessarios para medir distancias, y alturas.Madrid, J de la Cuesta, 1606 Papers (4), 68. Marks: ¶4, A-R4. Lavishly illustrated with woodcuts partly full-page. Damp stain to last few papers, small hole to sheet 5, restoration of a hole in the margin of the last paper. Old ownership note to verso of front guard sheet and annotation to recto, outer margins with old inscription. Two rare works in one volume. I: First Spanish edition of Euclid's Optica and Catoptrica. With large heraldic woodcut of King Philip II at title, 4 xylographic initials and xylographic geometric diagrams throughout. 'Especularia' with separate title dated 1584. Pedro Ambrosio Onderiz was appointed by King Philip II to the chair of the newly formed Academia de Matemáticas and was expressly charged with the translation of scientific works into Spanish.Palau 84722; Perez Pastor 219.II: First and only edition of this important work on mathematical instruments for purposes such as hydraulics, ballistics, and other geometrical problems. Includes a description of the geometrical instruments (a kind of quadrant and Jacob's staff) that make it possible to measure, for example, the height of a tower and the distance across a plain. This is followed by Cespedes's explanation of how the city of Burgos was supposed to channel water from one place to another: city officials ignored his advice, spent a considerable sum on a failed project, and then had no money to redo the project according to Céspedes's The Advice. Finally there is an essay on the best range for artillery, written at the request of an artillery lieutenant general in Lisbon to settle a dispute between him and some colleagues. Garcia de Cespedes (died 1611), an astronomer and mathematician, was royal cosmographer. The page following the title lists eleven works he wrote.Palau 98620; Picatoste y Rodriguez 313; Ensayo de bibliografia marítima española 1240. Simón Díaz VIII-3846. Frank Streeter 220. Goldsmith, Short Title Catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese Books 1601-1700 in the Library of the British Museum G61. Perez Pastor 935. In 4to. 200x15o mm. Contemporary binding in limp vellum. Renewed endpapers. Stored in a recent half-leather slipcase with gold title on the spine. Leaves [6], 60. Titlepage with large woodcut coat of arms of King Philip II of Spain, 4 woodcut chapter initials, 1 historiated, diagrams throughout. 'Especularia' with separate title dated 1584 by continuous pagination. Binding defects, internally some browning and foxing, old ms. annotations in places, replaced small loss of corner to title. Bound with: DE CESPEDES, Andres. Libro des instrumentos nuevos de geometria muy necessarios para medir distancias, y alturas Madrid, J de la Cuesta, 1606 Leaves (4), 68. Collation: ¶4, A-R4. Richly illustrated by partly full-page woodcuts. Damp staining to last leaves, small hole to l. 5, replaced marginal loss to last leaf. Old owner's entry to front fly leaf verso and annotation recto, outer edges with old branded lettering. Two rare works in 1 volume.I: First Spanish edition of Euclid's Optics and Catoptrica. With large heraldic woodcut of King Philip II to the title, 4 woodcut initials and woodcut geometric diagrams throughout. 'Especularia' with separate title dated 1584. Pedro Ambrosio Onderiz was appointed by King Philip II to the chair of the newly formed Academia de Matemáticas and was expressly charged with the translation of scientific works into Spanish.Palau 84722; Perez Pastor 219. II: First and only edition of this important work on mathematical instruments for purposes such as hydraulics, ballistics, and other geometrical problems. It includes a description of geometrical instruments (a type of quadrant and Jacob's staff) that allow one to measure, for example, the height of a tower and the distance across a plain. It is followed by Cespedes' explanation of how the town of Burgos should have channeled water from one place to another: the city officials ignored his advice, spent considerable money on a project that failed, and then had no money to redo the project according to Cespe

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Lot 20 - SENECA, Lucius Annaeus. Senece omnia opera. Impressum Venetiis: per Bartholomeum de Zanis de Portesio, 1503. die. vii. Nouembris. Folio, 305x215 mm. Parchment binding over hardback, with leather inlays, nails. 211 papers. Colophon on verso of last card "Impressum Venetiis per Bartholomeum de Zanis de Portesio, 1503. die. vii. Nouembris." Title on buttonhole, on verso table cool contents of work, xylographic capilettera, spaces with guide lettering, Roman typeface. Woodworm hole on first 9 folios affecting a few letters. Good specimen with wide margins. Very rare post-incunabulum printed in Venice. The volume, imprinted in the magnificent Roman typefaces coined by the Brescian printer Bartolomeo Zani, opens with the apocryphal correspondence of Seneca and St. Paul, fourteen letters written by an anonymous fourth-century forger, six of which he attributed to the apostle Paul and eight to the Roman philosopher and scholar. It then contains all of Seneca's most important philosophical works, including: Letters to Lucilius; The Remedies of Fortune; On Wrath; Clemency; The Benefices; The Shortness of Life; Natural Matters.Edit16 CNCE 47790; BMC Ital. Books S. 621. edition unknown to Moss, Dibdin, Adams. Folio, 305x215 mm. Vellum binding on hardback, with leather inlays, wide squares. Leaves 211. Colophon on the verso of the last leaf "Impressum Venetiis per Bartholomeum de Zanis de Portesio, 1503. die. vii. Nouembris." Title on half-title, plate of contents of the work on the verso, woodcut Initials, spaces with guide letter, Roman type. Small wormhole on the first 9 sheets affecting some letters. Good copy with wide margins. Very rare Venetian post-incunabulum. The volume, imprinted in the magnificent Roman types coined by the Brescian printer Bartolomeo Zani, opens with the apocryphal correspondence of Seneca and St. Paul, fourteen letters written by an anonymous forger in the fourth century, six of which he attributed to the apostle Paul and eight to the Roman philosopher and man of letters. It then contains all of Seneca's most important philosophical works, including: Letters to Lucilius; The Remedies of Fortune; On Anger; On Clemency; On Benefits; On the Shortness of Life; Natural Questions.Edit16 CNCE 47790¸ BMC Ital. Books S. 621.Edition unknown to Moss, Dibdin, Adams.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 21 - SCOPPA, Lucius John. Lucii Ioannis Scoppae Parthenopei Grammatices istitutiones et in calce Epitome cum Metrorum Arte pro Pueris... S.l., s.t. [Venice, Paganino de Paganini, 1508]. In 8vo piccolo. 155x95 mm. Full vellum binding. Pp. (32), 541, [i.e. 543]. Pgs. 175-176 repeated in numbering. Paganini's Italic typeface, in two different bodies. Some ornate and historiated initials on criblé ground. Good copy. Very rare Editio Princeps. Important grammar of the Latin language by the Neapolitan Latinist Luigi Giovanni Scoppa, very famous for his encyclopedic erudition. In Naples he opened a veritable "school of grammar," for which the attached Epitome "ad usum puerorum," which was perhaps also sold separately, was perhaps also published here, including the art of metrics, which is interesting because the Latin phraseology is mostly accompanied by its interlinear counterpart in the vernacular. Typographically, this work should be ascribed to Paganino de Paganini, the progenitor of the famous family of printers of Brescian origin, best known for his edition of Luca Pacioli's text. Paganini's characteristic "odd cursive," a middle way between Roman characters and a less slanted cursive, appears in his printed works. In this work it is even present in three different bodies: one for the index placed at the opening, another for most of the text, and a third finally for the last part of the Epitome, beginning on p. 527. Preface by Archbishop Giovanni Battista Petrucci with c. a2v. dated "Neapoli quarto nonas Iunias.1508 "Brunet, V-235: "Fort rare"; S.T.C., Italian Books, p. 618. Small 8vo, mm. 155x95. Full vellum binding. Pp. 32, 541, [i.e. 543] (pages 175 and 176 are repeated in the numbering). Paganini's Italic type. Some initial historiated on criblé background. Good copy. Very rare Editio Princeps. Important grammar of the Latin language of the Neapolitan Latinist Luigi Giovanni Scoppa, very famous for his encyclopedic erudition. In Naples he opened a real "grammar school," for which the attached Epitome "ad usum puerorum" was also published, which perhaps was also sold separately, which includes metric art, interesting because the Latin phraseology is mostly accompanied by the interlinear consideration in the vernacular. Typographically, this work is ascribed to Paganino de Paganini, the progenitor of the famous family of printers of Brescia origin, known above all for the edition of the text by Luca Pacioli. In his works printed by Paganini, the characteristic "bizarre cursive" appears, a cross between Roman types and less inclined cursive. In this work even present in three different sizes: one for the index placed at the beginning, another for most of the text and a third finally for the last part of the Epitome, starting from p. 527. Preface by Archbishop Giovanni Battista Petrucci to leaf a2v. dated 'Neapoli quarto nonas Iunias. 1508".

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 22 - Collection of four very rare works from the 1500s, all in Original edition. 4to picc.; 200x155 mm; 18th c. bind. p. stiff vellum, tit. mss. on spine; in order: 1. MATURANZIO, Francesco. De Componendis carminibus opusculum [continued:] Nicolai Perotti Sypontini de generibus metrorum; Eiusdem de Horatii Flacci ac Severini Boetii metris; Omni boni Vicentini de Arte metrica libellus; Servii Mauri honorati Grammatici Centimetrum.Venezia, Gulielmus de Fontaneto Montisferati 1512 cc. 40 nn.; Iniz. ornate on black ground, car. round; marginalia by contemporary hand. Woodworm holes on A1 paper with loss of text, some moisture glazing and traces of use. On versification. F. Maturanzio (1443-1518) Perugian humanist, in 1471 undertook a journey to Greece whence he returned carrying many codices. He succeeded his master L. Ognibene in Vicenza, present here with his third work on metrics. British Lib. Cat. 215-290. 2. SULPIZIO, John. Scansiones Sulpitii. Venice, Gulielmus de Fontaneto Montisferati 1511 cc. 32 nn. ult. b.; Iniz. ornate on black ground, car. round; marginalia by contemporary hand. 3. SCAURI, Terentius. Terentij Scauri gramatici nobiliss. orthographia... Pesaro, Hier. Soncino 1511cc. 40 nn.; car. round; marginalia of coeval hand.Collection of miscellaneous works on language.Manzoni, Annali Soncino, 66. This is Var. B present in SBN: cf. Manzoni, cit., p. 294-295. Mark: a-g⁴ A-C⁴. 4. PALAEPHATI. Palaephati fragmenta a hyeronimo Soncino nuc primu pisauri publica luce condonati.At c. 13 v.: Pesaro, Hier. Soncino 1511 cc. 16.; in the first c. the heading is in Gothic car., followed in c. 2 by the title:Fragmenta Palaephati De historiis incredibilibus ex graeco in latinum traslata. First Latin edition of fragments on Palaephati's fantastic stories, an important work in which the pupil of Aristophanes proposes a rational interpretation of myths.Manzoni, Annali Soncino, 65; Fumagalli 299.; Graesse, V, 103; No Adams. Four works of considerable rarity, particularly the last two printed by Soncino in Pesaro: of these the fragments of Palefato are of special importance since this is the first edition in Latin. 4 rare works of the 16th century. Small 4to, 200x155 mm; 18th century in full stiff vellum binding, title written on the spine. 1. MATURANZIO, Francesco. De Componendis carminibus opusculum [follow:] Nicolai Perotti Sypontini de generibus metrorum; Eiusdem de Horatii Flacci ac Severini Boetii metris; Omni boni Vicentini de Arte metrica libellus; Servii Mauri honorati Grammatici CentimetrumVenezia, Gulielmus de Fontaneto Montisferati 1512 Leaves 40 nn.; illustrated initials, Round type; manuscript notes. On versification. F. Maturanzio (1443-1518) humanist from Perugia, in 1471 undertook a trip to Greece from which he returned carrying many codices. It succeeded in Vicenza to his master L. Ognibene, present here with the third work on metrics. Woodworm holes on the A1 paper of the first work with loss of text, some humidity veils and traces of use.British Lib. Cat. 215-290. Bound with: 2. SULPIZIO, Giovanni. Scansiones Sulpitii.Venice, Gulielmus de Fontaneto Montisferati 1511. Leaves 32 nn. last blank; illustrated initials, Round type; manuscripts notes. Bound with:3. SCAURI, Terentius. Terentij Scauri gramatici nobiliss. orthographia...Pesaro, Hier. Soncino 1511Leaves 40 nn.; Round type; Manuscripts notes. Collection of different works on the language.Manzoni, Annali Soncino, 66. Var. B SBN: cf. Manzoni, cit., p. 294-295. Mark: a-g⁴ A-C⁴. Bound with:4. PALAEPHATI. Palaephati fragmenta a hyeronimo Soncino nuc primu pisauri publica luce condonatiOn leaf 13 verso: Pesaro, Hier. Soncino 1511 Leaves 16;first leaf with heading, leaf 2 bears title:Fragmenta Palaephati De historiis incredibilibus ex graeco in latinum traslata. First edition in Latin of the fragments on the fantastic stories of Palephati, an important work in which the pupil of Aristophanes proposes a rational interpretation of the myths.Manzoni, Annali Soncino, 65; Fumagalli 299; Graesse, V, 103; No Adams. Four works of notable rarity, particularly the last two printed by Soncino in Pesaro: of these the Palefato fragments are of special importance since it is the first edition in Latin.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 23 - PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius. Prima pars Plyniani Indicis editi per Joanne Camertem minoritarum.Naturalis Historie Libri XXXVII e castigationibus Hermolai Barbari. Venetiis, Melchiorem Sessa, 1525 2 parts in one folio volume in 305x222 mm. Half vellum binding with corners. Manuscript upper and lower cuts. 72 nn.; cc. [14], CCXIX. Frontispieces printed in red and black within handsome woodcut borders with scenes from Roman history and portraits of ancient philosophers and men of letters in frames. Typographic mark to title pages and last paper. 37 graceful illustrations in text and numerous ornate xyl-engraved initials. Handwritten notes in margins of some papers. Handwritten note to first leaf. Some woodworm holes in the margins of some papers. Fine copy. Beautiful 16th-century copy of this vast work written by Pliny the Elder in 37 books and later published posthumously by his grandson Pliny the Younger. It deals with mineralogy, geography, astronomy, anthropology, zoology, botany, plant and animal medicine. It is a true encyclopedia, which the younger Pliny called a "most extensive and erudite work, and as varied as nature." Of particular importance for the history of ancient art are books XXXIII to XXXVII focusing on mineralogy and the working of metals and stones. Adams, P/1559; Essling, I, pp. 31-36; Sander, 5764. 2 parts in one folio volume. 305x222 mm. Half vellum binding with corners. Upper and lower handwritten edges. Leaves 72 not numbered; Leaves [14], CCXIX. Title pages printed in red and black within beautiful woodcut frames with scenes from Roman history and framed portraits of ancient philosophers and person of letters. Printer's mark on the title pages and on the last page. 37 beautiful illustrations in the text and numerous woodcut initials. Handwritten notes on the margins of some leaves. Handwritten note on the first leaf. Some worm holes in the margin of some leaves. Good specimen. Beautiful 16th century specimen of this vast work written by Plinius the Elder in 37 books and then published posthumously by his nephew Plinius the Younger. It deals with mineralogy, geography, astronomy, anthropology, zoology, botany, plant and animal medicine. It is a true encyclopedia that the Younger Plinius defined as a "very extensive and erudite work, and as varied as nature." Of particular importance for the history of ancient art are books XXXIII to XXXVII which focus on mineralogy and the working of metals and stones.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 24 - BOCCACCIO, John. Ameto. Venice, Gregorio de Gregori, 1526 In 8vo. 150x100 mm. Binding in brown Morocco decorated in blind and gold. Concentric gold frames, the outer one with scroll decoration, the inner one with fillet decoration and fleuron at corners. In center of plates "Fortune" riding a dolphin and the motto VIRBIAM SERVO. 95 cards, 1 blank. Frontispiece enclosed within xylographic frame with phytomorphic elements and birds. Colophon at paper 95. Early hand annotation to first paper. On third paper coeval possession note by G. Giacomo Bosso. Defects to binding, internally slight traces use, some spotting, genuine specimen. Joined with: BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Fiammetta Amorosa ... Nouamente ricorretta. Venice, Bindoni and Pasini, 1527. Papers 88 unnumbered. Marks: A-L8. Colophon to paper L8 recto. Frontispiece within woodcut frame with columns, putti and other decorations. Woodcut capilettera on criblé background. Cut to B4 paper. Good conservation. Magnificent Venetian binding of the second half of the 16th century, executed in Venice, of the "aldino" genre. The ornamental layout is reminiscent of bindings executed in Venice by bookbinder Andrea di Lorenzo, active between c. 1520 and 1550. Hobson: "The aspect of Fortuna that Italian bookbinders like to bring out is fleetingness, so they put her on the back of a dolphin, a symbol of speed." Of it, numerous versions are known in male and female variants. In Italy, Fortuna is mainly found on brown or reddish, but also white, morocco bindings from the first half of the 16th century, executed in Venice, Padua and Bologna. "Sander 1058. See Exhibition of Manuscripts, Documents and Editions, Certaldo, 1975, v. 2, no. 72.For the binding: A. Hobson, Humanists and bookbinders: the origins and diffusion of the Humanistic bookbinding 1459-1559 ..., 1989, pp. 163-164. In 8vo. 150x100mm. Brown morocco binding gilt and blind tooled. Concentric gilt frames, the outer one with volute decoration, the inner one with fillet with fleuron at the corners. At the center of the covers, "Fortuna" rides a dolphin and the motto VIRBIAM SERVO. 95 leaves, 1 blank. Title page enclosed within a woodcut frame with plant elements and birds. Colophon on leaf 95. Ancient handwritten note on first leaf. On the third leaf contemporary note of possession of G. Giacomo Bosso. Defects on the binding, internally slight traces of wear, some stains, unsophisticated copy. Bound with: Fiammetta Amorosa ... Nouamente ricorretta Venice, Bindoni and Pasini, 1527 88 unnumbered leaves. Collation: A-L8. Colophon on leaf L8 recto. Title page within a woodcut frame with columns, cherubs and other decorations. Woodcut Initials a criblé background. Cut to leaf B4. Good conservation Magnificent Venetian binding from the second half of the 16th century, made in Venice, of the "Aldine" type. The ornamental layout recalls the bindings made in Venice by the binder Andrea di Lorenzo, active between about 1520 and 1550. Hobson: The aspect of Fortune that Italian binders wished to emphasize was fleetingness. They did this by placing her on the back of a dolphin. [...] Fortune standing on a dolphin back was a reminder to the reader that opportunity passes in a flash." Numerous versions of it are known in male and female variants. In Italy the Fortuna is found mainly on bindings in brown or reddish morocco, but also white, from the first half of the 16th century, made in Venice, Padua and Bologna.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 25 - BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. La Fiammetta. Florence, Filippo Giunti, 1594 8vo small; 148x95 mm. Red morocco binding with double linear frame to plates. Title in gold on spine. Typographic mark to title page. Pp. [8], 240 [i.e. 236], [12]. Skip in the numbering of pages 189 to 194. Xyl initials and friezes. Handwritten notes to the counterplate and guard sheet. Colophon on c. Q3v. Small lack to binding. Fine copy. Rare and valuable red morocco edition of the Boccaccio novel set in Naples that tells the tragic love story of Fiammetta with the Florentine merchant Panfilo. This rare edition is also cited by the Accademia della Crusca.Gamba: "After the Decameron, it is Fiammetta that work by Boccaccio whose prints have been most frequently replicated. "Gamba, 196. Small 8vo; 148x95 mm. Red Morocco binding with double linear frame on covers. Gilt title on spine. Printer's device on titlepage. Pp. [8], 240 [i.e. 236], [12]. Jump in the numbering from page 189 to page 194. Woodcut initial letters and ornaments. Handwritten notes on inside-covers and endpapers. Colophon on l. Q3v. Little loss on binding. Nice specimen. Rare and valuable red morocco edition of the Boccaccio novel set in Naples, which tells the tragic love story of Fiammetta with the Florentine merchant Panfilo. This rare edition is also cited by the Accademia della Crusca.Gamba: "After the Decameron, it is Fiammetta that work by Boccaccio whose prints have been most frequently replicated. "Gamba, 196.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 26 - OROSIO, Paul. Translated from Latin into the vernacular. [Toscolano Maderno], Alessandro Paganino, between 1527 and 1533. 12mo. 138x85 mm. Full leather binding, gold title on gilt gusset and friezes on spine, Papers 172 unnumbered; Markings: a-x⁸ y⁴. Italic and Roman typeface. First ornate criblé-ground capitals, spaces for capitals with guide lettering. Colophon within full-page double fillet on verso of last paper "P. Alex Pag. Benacenses. F. Bena. V.V.," undated. Defects and minor faults to binding. Some papers slightly trimmed at upper margin. Good copy. Rare first edition in Italian. This is a translation of the work Historiarum adversus paganos libri septem ("Seven books of histories against the pagans") that was to serve as a complement to St. Augustine's City of God, of which the Portuguese historian and apologist had been a disciple and collaborator. The translator to whom Paganino commissioned the work, which met with considerable success, is difficult to identify. On the date there is no agreement among scholars: A. Nuovo believes the book was printed between 1527 and 1533. Adams O 311; Bm.Stc. 478.[f82]; Palau V 377; Eduard Toda 3628; Dura 11663, Haym 26-7; Baroncelli 53; Lechi 106; Ebert 15257; Capponi 277; Choix 16131; Argelati IV 117; Paitoni III 42; Manzoni 2546.See: Angela Nuovo, Alessandro Paganino (1509-1538), p. 189. 12mo. 138x85 mm. Full calf binding; gilt title on label and gilt ornaments on spine, 172 unnumbered leaves; Collation: a-x⁸ y⁴. Italic and Roman type. First Initial decorated with criblé background, spaces for Initials with guide letters. Colophon within double fillet full page on the verso of the last leaf "P. Alex Pag. Benacenses. F. Bena. V.V.," undated. Some leaves slightly trimmed on the top margin. Defects and little loss on binding. Some leaves slightly trimmed on the top margin. Good copy. Rare first edition in Italian. This is the translation of the work Historiarum adversus pagas libri septem ("Seven books of stories against the pagans") which was to serve as a completion to the City of God by Saint Augustine, of which the Portuguese historian and apologist had been a disciple and collaborator. The translator to whom Paganino commissioned the work which achieved considerable success is difficult to identify. There is no agreement among scholars on the date: A. Nuovo believes that the book was printed between 1527 and 1533.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 27 - PETRARCA, Francesco. Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello. Venetia, Gabriel Gioli De Ferrarii, 1544 [Colophon: dated 1543]. 8vo, 205x145 mm; full vellum binding. Light blue spuzzo cuts. cc. (8), 197, (7). Pictorial frontispiece within architectural frame. Large typographic mark at end. Portraits of Laura and Petrarch, panel with view of Valchiusa, 6 vignettes, numerous historiated initials, all in woodcut. Text surrounded by commentary, printed in smaller type. First edition printed by Giolito with such a typographical feature (edition with colophon dated 1543, as in our copy).One of Petrarch's most interesting 16th-century figurative works, this book was the subject of censorship in cc. 136-147 (7 cc.) where Petrarch speaks ill of perfidious Babylon. The text was reintegrated at the time with that of the later edition of 1547, also by Joachim, which differs from this one in font. "This is the first printing made in the own workshop of Gabriele de Petrarch annotated by Vellutello..." Bongi, I, 80, A. Marsand, Biblioteca Petrarchesca, p. 51. "Italic typeface in the text, round in the annotations..." Olschki, Cat. L. Livres à figures... no. 797: "Belle édit. Imprimée per Trino di Monferrà... Belles figs., init., etc., en excellentes epreuves." British Library, p. 504. 8vo, 205x145 mm; Full vellum binding. Light blue sprayed edges. leaves (8), 197, (7). Illustrated title page within architectural frame. Large printer's device at the end. Portraits of Laura and Petrarch, plate with a view of Valchiusa, 6 vignettes, numerous historiated initials, all in woodcut. Text surrounded by comment, printed in smaller type. First edition printed by Giolito with this typographical feature (edition with colophon dated 1543, as in our copy).One of Petrarch's most interesting works of the 16th century, this book was censored in cc. 136-147 (7 cc.) where Petrarch speaks ill of perfidious Babylon. The text was reintegrated at the time with that of the later 1547 edition, also by Joachim, which differs from this one for the type. "This is the first printing made in the own workshop of Gabriele de Petrarch annotated by Vellutello..." Bongi, I, 80, A. Marsand, Petrarch Library, p. 51. "italic character in the text, round in the annotations..." Olschki, Cat. L. Livres à figures... no. 797: "Belle édit. Printed for Trino di Monferrà... Belles figs., init., etc., en excellentes epreuves." British Library, p. 504.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 28 - BEMBO, Pietro. Della Historia Vinitiana di Messer Pietro Bembo cardinale, volgarmente scritta. Book XII. Venice, Gualtiero Scotto, 1552. In 4to; 200x153 mm; Marbled vellum binding with red morocco tassel to spine. Cc 14 n. num; 179 cc. num; 1 cc. n. num; large typographic marks to title page and colophon: Mercury embracing Minerva with feathered helmet and shield holding two darts. Good copy. First rare Italian edition of the history of Venice in 12 books by Pietro Bembo, important Venetian cardinal and humanist. The printer dedicates this edition to Isabella Quirina with a letter from which we learn that Bembo himself vulgarized this history of his on the advice of the woman, with whom the author was bound by great friendship.Gamba, 130; Adams, I, p. 110; The British Library, p. 80. 4to; 200x153 mm; Marbled vellum binding, red morocco label on spine. Leaves 14 not numbered; 179 leaves numbered; 1 leaf not numbered; large printer's devices on the title page and colophon: Mercury embraces Minerva with a plumed helmet and shield, holding two darts. Good specimen. First rare Italian edition of the history of Venice in 12 books by Pietro Bembo, an important Venetian cardinal and humanist. The printer dedicated this edition to Isabella Quirina with a letter from which we learn that Bembo himself popularized this story of his on the advice of the woman with whom the author had a great friendship.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 29 - 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. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 30 - BOEZIO, Anicius Manlius Severinus. Dialectica. Venice, Gryphius, 1553. In folio; 295x200 mm; Full vellum binding; [8], 278, [6] p.; Typographic markings on title page and end; Engravings and xylographed capilettera; Fine specimen Very rare edition of this philosophical work by Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (Rome ca. 476 - Pavia 525) philosopher whose works greatly influenced the philosophy of the Middle Ages. Boethius studied at the school in Athens directed by the scholastic Isidore, where Aristotle and Plato were taught primarily along with the four sciences fundamental to the understanding of Platonic philosophy: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. It was perhaps here that he met Simplicius, the young and future great commentator on Aristotle. Boethius, debated in orthodoxy or venerated as a martyr, "last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics" (Grabmann), "véritable introducteur d'Aristote en Occident" (Mandonnet), here deals with Logic and method, syllogisms, predicates, concepts, truth, contradiction, prediction, etc. From the 12th century onward, Boethius' "Dialectic" was copied more and more infrequently. Its rediscovery in the 16th century increased the essay's printings, especially, from 1543 to 1585. Folio; 295x200mm; Full vellum binding; Pp. [8], 278, [6] ; Printer's device on the title page and at the end; Woodcut engravings and initials, good specimen. Very rare edition of this philosophical work by Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (Rome ca 476-Pavia 525), philosopher whose works enormously influenced the philosophy of the Middle Ages. Boethius studied at the school of Athens directed by the scholar Isidore, where Aristotle and Plato were taught above all, together with the four fundamental sciences for understanding Platonic philosophy: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. It was perhaps here that he met Simplicio, the young and future great commentator of Aristotle. Boethius, discussed in orthodoxy or venerated as a martyr, " last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics " (Grabmann), "véritable introducteur d'Aristote en Occident" (Mandonnet), here deals with Logic and method, syllogisms, predicables, concepts, truth, contradiction, prediction etc. Starting from the 12th century, Boethius's "dialectics" were copied more and more rarely. His rediscovery in the 16th century increased the printing of the essay, especially from 1543 to 1585.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 31 - 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

Lot 32 - 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. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 33 - CICERONIS, M. T. Rhetoricorum ad Herennium libri quatuor. M. T. Ciceronis De inventione libri duo. Lugduni, Apud Antonium Gryphium, 1585. 2 parts in one volume in 8vo. 122x74 mm. Coeval binding to arms in red calfskin on cardboard, plates with double fillet border enclosing elaborate design of curved fillets and ornaments, roundels, crescents, stars, eagles, four-compartment spine with raised bands, geometric motifs of floral friezes and foliage, faceted cuts with colored floral motifs on gilt ground. At center of front plate the coat of arms surrounded by the owner's name "IO. BAP CRESCEN"; on the back plate another coat of arms surrounded by the name of another owner "TORQUAT CUPIUS." On the counterplate signature of former owner "Cte Alphonse de La Guère." Pages 340, [12], SIGN: a-y⁸. Blank last 3; 631, including Frontispiece, 1 blank, [40], 2 blank. Branding on title pages, Ornate initials, Silographic friezes. Fine copy. Beautiful edition edited by Paolo Manuzio. Work in magnificent coeval binding to the Arms. This important treatise, the oldest surviving book on rhetoric, was formerly attributed to Cicero, then to Quintus Cornificius, but both attributions are now considered spurious and authorship remains unknown. Nevertheless, it is a fundamental reference text on the structure and uses of rhetoric. The second part begins with its own Frontispiece "Rhetoricorum Posterior." Prestigious specimen of prestigious provenance, belonging to: Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, 1577-1635, painter and architect of the early Baroque period; Torquatus De Cupis, or de Cuppis, 1577-1637, Roman nobleman and Jesuit who taught at the Roman College;Count Alphonse Pantin De La Guère, 1846-1899, archaeologist.Other bindings are recorded with both de Cupis's and Crescenzi's coat of arms.Baudrier VIII, 395. Two parts in a volume in 8vo. 122x74 mm. Contemporary red calf binding with coat of arms, covers with double rules frame that englobe an elaborate drawing of curved rules and ornaments, rounds, crescents, stars, eagles, back with four sections with embossed bands, geometric motifs of floral ornaments and foliage, edges with colored floral motifs on a gilt background. On the anterior cover the coat of arms surrounded by the name of the owner "IO. BAP CRESCEN"; on the posterior cover another coat of arms surrounded by the name of another owner: "TORQUAT CUPIUS." On the inside cover, the signature of the former owner "Cte Alphonse de La Guère." Pages 340, [12, Blank last 3 pages]; 631, including Titlepage, 1 blank, [40], 2 blank. Printer's device on titlepages, woodcut adorned initials and ornaments. Good copy. Beautiful edition edited by Paolo Manuzio. Work in magnificent contemporary armorial binding. This important treatise, the oldest surviving book of rhetoric, was formerly attributed to Cicero, then to Quintus Cornificius, but both attributions are now considered spurious and authorship remains unknown. However, it is a fundamental reference text on the structure and uses of rhetoric. The second part begins with its own title page "Rhetoricorum Posterior".Copy of prestigious provenance, which belonged to: Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, 1577-1635, painter and architect of the early Baroque period; Torquatus De Cupis, or de Cuppis, 1577-1637, Roman nobleman and Jesuit who taught at the Roman College. Count Alphonse Pantin De La Guère, 1846-1899, archaeologist.There are other bindings both with the de Cupis coat of arms and with that of Crescenzi.Baudrier VIII, 395.

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 34 - COLUMELLA, VARRO, CATO, AND PALLADIUS. Scriptores rei rusticae. Opera Agricolationum. Bologna, Benedetto Faelli di Ettore, 1504 (Colophon: "Impressa Bonon. MD IIII cal, Septemb.). Folio, mm. 310x220. Antique bind. in m. leather, titles and fillets in gold on spine. Cards 302 i.e 303 num, Roman characters, on last card letterpress mark on black ground. A few traces of use but nice specimen with wide margins. Coll: a-z⁶ &⁶ [con]⁶ [rum]⁶ A-B⁶ C⁴ D-M⁶ N⁶ (N6+χ1)O⁶ P⁸ Q-Z⁶ ET⁸.Well complete specimen with the paper between the N and O notebooks, often missing in many copies. Fine Bolognese impression after that of 1494 by Faelli himself, of this well-known collection of Latin writers on agricultural subjects, in the review provided by the Bolognese humanist Filippo Beroaldo. The "Libri de re rustica" or here "Opera agricolationum" is a collection of prose texts on agriculture and peasant life, left by the four great ancient agronomists, Cato the Elder, Varro, Columella and Palladius. It describes the cultivation of fields and gardens, beekeeping, fishing, and the rural economy. We find cooking and medicinal recipes and the work of sowing along the seasons. These texts are traditionally printed in collective editions and adopt a scientific and didactic tone. Until the mid-sixteenth century these texts were published regularly and collectively under the control of major European printers, first in Italy, the cradle of humanism, then in France and Germany. Later editions testify not only to a renewed interest in agrarian matters but primarily and essentially to a rediscovery of ancient texts through printing; their dissemination was one of the cornerstones of the Renaissance, a vast revisiting of the ancient world. S.T.C. , p. 192; Sorbelli, p. 23 fig.2, p. 192; Missing B.IN.G., Paleari-Henssler, Brunet, Graesse. Folio, mm. 310x220 mm. Ancient quarter leather binding, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine. Leaves 302, i.e. 303, roman type, on last leaf printer's device. Slight sign of wear, good copy with wide margins. Collation: a-z⁶ &⁶ [con]⁶ [rum]⁶ A-B⁶ C⁴ D-M⁶ N⁶ (N6+χ1)O⁶ P⁸ Q-Z⁶ ET⁸.Complete copy also with leaf between N and O quires, usually missing. A nice Bolognese impression after that of 1494 by Faelli himself, of this well-known collection of Latin writers on agrarian topics, in the review provided by the Bolognese humanist Filippo Beroaldo.The "Libri de re rustica" or here "Opera agricolationum" are a collection of didactic texts in prose on agriculture and peasant life, left by the four great ancient agronomists, Cato the Elder, Varro, Columella and Palladio. It describes the cultivation of fields and vegetable gardens, the breeding of bees, fishing, the rural economy (we find cooking recipes and medicines) and the work of sowing along the seasons. These texts are traditionally printed in collective editions and adopt a scientific and didactic tone. Until the mid-sixteenth century these texts were published regularly and collectively under the control of the major European printers, first in Italy, the cradle of humanism, then in France and Germany. Subsequent editions testify not only to a renewed interest in agrarian questions but above all and essentially a rediscovery of ancient texts through the press; their diffusion was one of the cornerstones of the Renaissance, a vast reinterpretation of the ancient world.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 35 - CRESCENZI, Peter, de. De agricoltura vulgare. Venice, September 6, 1511 4to; 210x150 mm; Binding in half vellum and hardback, red morocco gusset with title and gold friezes on spine. Cc 235 [i.e. 234], 6 unnumbered. Marking: a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-D⁸. Omitted in numbering is paper 201. Colophon on paper D2v "Impressum Venetiis, die sexto mensis Septembris, 1511." Text on two columns in Roman typeface. Large woodcut on verso of Frontispiece, 36 silographic vignettes in text. Good condition. Very rare figured edition, complete. Post-incunabulum in the vernacular, printed in Venice by Albertino da Lessona & Fratelli. The work is illustrated with 36 vignettes depicting scenes of agriculture and cultivation: sowing, plowing, tree pruning, grape harvest, animals being raised in the villa, shepherds, dovecotes. The work also covers beekeeping, fishing, and gastronomy. The twelfth book, with which the work closes, is devoted entirely to the twelve months of the year, and the different jobs to be done around the house are given, with much detail on gastronomy and culinary. The author's name, Pietro de' Crescenzi, precedes the title. Pietro de' Crescenzi, also known as Pier Crescenzio, Bologna, 1233 - 1320, a scholar of philosophy, medicine, natural sciences, and jurisprudence, is considered the greatest agronomist of the Western Middle Ages. In Ruralium Commodorum libri XII, here translated into Italian, he theorized agronomic and garden cultivation techniques, the application of which would determine characteristic elements of the modern agricultural landscape in Italy.Essling 844; Mortimer Italian 141; Sander 2237; Simon, Bibliotheca Bacchica 161. 4to; 210x150mm; Quarter vellum and boards binding, red morocco label, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine. Leaves 235 [i.e.234], 6 unnumbered leaves. Signature: a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-D⁸. Leaf 201 is omitted in the numbering. Colophon on paper D2v "Impressum Venetiis, die sexto mensis Septembris, 1511." Text on two columns in Roman type. Large woodcut on the verso of title page, 36 woodcut vignettes in the text. Some pages soiled, overall good copy. Very rare illustrated edition, complete. Post-incunabulum in vernacular, printed in Venice by Albertino da Lessona & Brothers. The work is illustrated with 36 vignettes depicting scenes of agriculture and cultivation: sowing, ploughing, tree pruning, harvesting, animals raised in villas, shepherds, dovecotes. The work also concerns beekeeping, fishing and gastronomy. The twelfth book, which concludes the work, is entirely dedicated to the twelve months of the year and indicates the different jobs to do at home, with lots of details on gastronomy and cuisine. The author's name, Pietro de' Crescenzi, precedes the title. Pietro de' Crescenzi, also known as Pier Crescenzio, Bologna, 1233 - 1320, scholar of philosophy, medicine, natural sciences and jurisprudence, is considered the greatest agronomist of the Western Middle Ages. In Ruralium Commodorum libri XII, translated here into Italian, he theorizes agronomic and garden cultivation techniques, the application of which will determine characteristic elements of the modern agricultural landscape in Italy.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 36 - Libri De Re rustica M. Catonis lib.1. M. Terentij Varronis lib. 3. L. Iunij Moderati Columellae lib.12. Eiusdem de arboribus liber separatus ab alijs. Palladij lib.14. De duobus dierum generibus, simulque de umbris, & horis, quae apud Palladium. Index omnium ferè rerum, quae in his libris scitu dignae leguntur. Index Graecarum dictionum. Enarrationes priscarum uocum per ordinem literarum digestae. Basel, Ex Officina Iohann. Heruag., 1535 In 4to; 205x145 mm. Binding in full stiff vellum. Gold title on spine tassel. Red cuts.52 unnumbered papers, pages 24, endpapers 13-295, [1]. Typographic mark to title page and verso of last paper. Woodcut initials. Small woodworm to rear plate of binding, internally a few pages browned, otherwise nice marginal copy. Beautiful and rare edition printed in Basel. Collected are the famous texts concerning agriculture by the "Scriptores rei rusticae," or the four great ancient agronomists, Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Terentius Varro, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella and Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius. All aspects of agronomy are examined and exposed: the cultivation of fields, vegetables, legumes, grains, and the management and administration of farms. Of particular note are: the work of Columella, which constitutes the most important treatise on agronomy in the whole of antiquity, where not only agriculture but more generally the agricultural sciences are discussed; The work of Palladius, the last exponent of classical Romanism. Ceresoli: "In many passages of the works of these authors, hunting and breeding of birds, wild quadrupeds and fish are dealt with. "BB II, 600; BG 317; Adams 5813; Ceresoli 477. 4to; 205x145 mm. Stiff full vellum binding. Gilt title on label at the spine. Red edges. Unnumbered 52 leaves, pages 24, leaves 13-295, [1]. Printer's mark on the title page and on the verso of the last page. Woodcut initials. Small woodworm on the back cover of the binding, some browned pages internally, otherwise a nice, wide margined copy. Beautiful and rare edition printed in Basel. The famous texts concerning agriculture of the "Scriptores rei rusticae," i.e. the four great ancient agronomists, Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Terentius Varro, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella and Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, are collected. All aspects of agronomy are examined and exposed: the cultivation of fields, vegetables, legumes, cereals, the management and administration of farms. Of particular importance: the work of Columella, which constitutes the most important treatise on agronomy of the entire antiquity, where it is told not only about agriculture but more generally about agricultural sciences; The work of Palladio, the last exponent of classical Romanism. Ceresoli: "In many passages of the works of these authors, hunting and breeding of birds, wild quadrupeds and fish are dealt with."

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 37 - VOLTOLINA, Joseph Milius. De hortorum cultura libri III. Brescia, Sabbio and Marchetti, 1574. In 8vo; 168 x 116 mm; Binding in silent hardback. Pp. [16], 68. Typographic mark of Francesco and Pietro Maria Marchetti on title page. Woodcut initials. Woodworm holes to first 3 papers, some repaired, title page lined. Binding with minor faults due to woodworm holes and use. First edition. This poem written by Voltolina and dedicated to Gioacchino Scaino, another Salodian poet like himself, is a didactic yet poetic manual on horticulture, in a style similar to Virgil's Georgics. Of particular beauty are the verses devoted to the cultivation and care of flowers. In 8vo; 168 x 116 mm; cardboard binding. Pp. [16], 68. Printer's mark on titlepage. Woodcut initials. Wormholes in the first 3 leaves, some restored, titlepage reinforced. Binding with slight losses due to wormholes and wear. First edition. This poem written by Voltolina and dedicated to Gioacchino Scaino, another poet from Salò like him, is an educational and at the same time poetic manual on horticulture, with a style similar to that of Virgil's Georgics. Of particular beauty are the verses dedicated to the cultivation and care of flowers.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 38 - MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea. Dei discorsi ... nelli sei libri di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo della Materia Medicinale. Venetia, appresso Felice Valgrisio, 1585. 2 parts in one volume in-folio, 370 x 255 mm. Binding to the arms in coeval flint vellum, cold-stamped fillet frame on the plates, in the center coat of arms of the Strozzi Family with the initials AS, smooth spine with gold friezes, gold lettering on the boards. Pages [160], 672, [4, with Frontispiece of Part Two], 673-1527, [12]. Letterpress embossing to the 3 Frontispieces, ornate capilettera; portrait of the author within oval with splendid border formed of allegorical figures and fruit; over 1000 large 3/4-page woodcuts. Restoration to binding, internally a few pages browned, traces of use and foxing. Rare Italian edition with the complete set of large-format figures. The fine silographs are masterfully engraved by Wolfang Meyerpeck on original drawings by Giorgio Liberale. Mattioli, intending to comment on Dioscorides' work on materia medica, wrote a book that was a huge success throughout Europe and was then reprinted for more than two centuries, becoming a must-have reference for apothecaries, pharmacists, botanists and physicians. More than 1,000 large woodcuts are engraved in this splendid edition, depicting mainly plants, flowers and fruits, but also animals, particularly birds and fish; each illustration is accompanied by a precise description and indications of the corresponding medical and dietary virtues. Two-part edition with continuous register and pagination. This is the second edition in Italian with large figures; the Author's Portrait, appearing for the first time in this edition, is on paper k8v. of part 1. Arber: "with large and very beautiful figures. "At the end the work is accompanied, with its own Frontispiece, by the treatise De Ratione distillandi, also punctually illustrated with 6 apparatus for distilling liquids.Edit 16, CNCE 46810; Adams D 679; BM STC, Italian Books S. 218; Nissen, BBI1304. See Agnes Robertson, Arber, Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670, Cambridge, University press, 1912, p. 82. 2 parts in one volume in-folio, 370 x 255 mm. Contemporary limp vellum gilt with the Strozzi arms on covers with the initials AS, flat spine gilt, gilt edges. Pages [160], 672, [4, with Titlepage of Part two], 673-1527, [12]. Woodcut printer's device on all three title-pages, woodcut initials, full-page woodcut portrait of Mattioli within oval with splendid border formed of allegorical figures; over 1000 large 3/4-page woodcuts. Binding repaired at edges with new spine lining, gilt edges a little rubbed, title-page foxed, occasional staining or foxing through much of the volume, a few leaves browned. Rare Italian edition with the complete set of large-format woodcut illustrations. The fine woodcuts are masterfully engraved by Wolfang Meyerpeck on the original drawings by Giorgio Liberale. Mattioli, intending to comment on Dioscorides' work on materia medica, wrote a book that was a huge success throughout Europe and was then reprinted for more than two centuries, becoming a must-have reference for apothecaries, pharmacists, botanists and physicians. More than 1,000 large woodcuts are engraved in this splendid edition, depicting mainly plants, flowers and fruits, but also animals, particularly birds and fish; each illustration is accompanied by a precise description and indications of the corresponding medical and dietary virtues. Two-part edition with continuous register and pagination. This is the second edition in Italian with large woodcuts; the Portrait of the Author, appearing for the first time in this edition, is at leaf k8v. of the first part. Arber: "with large and very beautiful figures".At the end the work is accompanied, with its own Titlepage, by the treatise De Ratione distillandi, also punctually illustrated with 6 woodcuts depictind distillation procedures.

Estim. 10 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 39 - KETHAM, Johannes de. Fasciculus medicine. Venice, Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1513 Folio. 308x220 mm. Floppy vellum binding, reuse of period manuscript folio. Papers 32 unnumbered Markings: a-d6, e-f4. Date in Colophon at end: "Impressum Venetiis : per Gregorium de Gregorijs, die X februarij 1513." text in two columns, bastard Gothic typeface, Figured and historiated initials on black and white background. 10 full-page woodcut-imprinted illustrations, including depiction of the four temperaments at paper 'a2 recto', where title appears at top. Marginalia by coeval hand. A few small woodworm holes in margins, trace of gora in margins starting at paper 'b5', genuine specimen with good margins. Rare expanded edition. Very important medical treatise, the first with realistic figures, especially anatomical illustrations. Specimen with interesting antique marginalia commenting the text. Choulant-Frank: "Johannes de Ketham" has been identified as the 15th-century Viennese physician and professor of medicine Johann von Kircheim, who probably compiled and edited the texts for his lectures. The 1491 first edition contained the earliest anatomical illustrations. "All the different editions of this work are of great importance because of the woodcuts they contain. The latter are in the peculiar manner of upper Italy, and especially that of Mantegna, but are of different values and are not the same in the various editions "Last edition printed by Gregorius de Gregoriis, who published the Fasciculus seven times from the Princeps edition of 1491 to this one. It is similar to earlier editions, with woodcuts copied from the original 1491 edition and especially from the 1493 edition, with the addition of four new plates. The woodcuts were attributed to an artist of the school of Gentile Bellini, sometimes to the illustrator of the Dream of Polyphilus, sometimes to Mantegna or Gentile Bellini himself. The Fasciculus is a collection of treatises circulated since the 13th century and enriched by Mondino's Anatomy, first published in Pavia in 1478. It also contains: Consilium pro peste evitanda by Pietro da Tossignano, and: De egritudinibus puerorum et earum cura qui appellatur practica puerorum by Abu Bakr Razi.The large plates illustrate: a1r a lecturer; a1v a uroscopist; a3v a bloodletting mannequin; a6v a zodiacal mannequin; b1r a seated woman partially dissected; b5r a figure of a man noting all diseases; c2r a figure showing blood circulation; c4v figure of man in bed infected with plague assisted by nurses and doctors; d2v a lecture with dissection.Essling 591; Sander 3751; Wellcome I, 3545; Choulant-Frank, 115-122; Sander, 3751; Waller, 5175; Wellcome, 3545. Cf. Garrison-Morton, 363; Sander 3754. Folio. 308x220 mm. Limp vellum, reuse of contemporary manuscript sheet. 32 unnumbered leaves. Collation: a-d6, e-f4. Date in the Colophon at the end: "Impressum Venetiis : per Gregorium de Gregorijs, die X februarij 1513." Text in two columns, bastard gothic type, illustrated and historiated Initials on a black and white background. 10 full-page illustrations printed in woodcut, including the representation of the four temperaments on leaf 'a2 recto', where the title appears at the top. Marginalia by a contemporary hand. Some small woodworm holes on margins, traces of waterstain in the margins starting from leaf 'b5', unsophisticated copy with good margins. Rare expanded edition. Very important medical treatise, the first with realistic figures, in particular anatomical illustrations. Copy with interesting ancient marginalia commenting on the text. Choulant-Frank: "Johannes de Ketham" has been identified as the 15th-century Viennese physician and professor of medicine Johann von Kircheim, who probably compiled and edited the texts for his lectures. The 1491 first edition contained the earliest anatomical illustrations. "All the different editions of this work are of great importance because of the woodcuts they contain. The latter are in the peculiar manner of upper Italy, and especially that of Mantegna, but are of different values and are not the same in the various editions "Last edition printed by Gregorius de Gregoriis, who published the Fasciculus seven times from the princeps edition in 1491 to this one. It is similar to the previous editions, featuring woodcuts copied from the original edition (1491) and especially from the 1493 edition, with the addition of four new plates. The woodcuts were attributed to an artist of the Gentile Bellini School, sometimes to the illustrator of The Dream of Poliphilo, sometimes to Mantegna or to Gentile Bellini himself. The Fasciculus is a collection of treatises circulating since the 13th century and augmented by Mondino's Anathomia, first published in Pavia in 1478.It also contains: Consilium pro peste Evitanda by Pietro da Tossignano, and: De egr

Estim. 25 000 - 30 000 EUR

Lot 40 - FALLOPPIO, Gabriel. Tractatus De Compositione Medicamentorum dilucidissimus; Nunc Primum Ad Candidatorum Medicinae Vtilitatem Summa Opera, Ac Cura Castigatus, Et In Lucem Editus. Venice, apud Paolum and Antonium Meietos Fratres, Ex Officina Gratiosi Perchacini, 1570 In-4to, coeval hardback binding, mm. 206x146; 4, 67, but 72, 12 ff. Typogr. insignia on title page and at end. Very good copy in its officinal binding. Rare first edition. Gabriele Falloppio was one of the greatest anatomists of the sixteenth century, a pupil of Vesalius. He taught at the University of Padua from 1551. He was the author of admirable anatomical discoveries, with fundamental contributions in osteology, myology, and splanchnology. In his numerous anatomical studies he described the exact structure of the uterine tubes, also called fallopian tubes, the oculomotor muscles, the chorda tympani, the bony cochlea, and the aqueduct of the vestibule. Besides being one of the most important scientists in the history of anatomy, he also made important contributions in comparative anatomy, botany, physiology, and pharmacology. A sought-after physician, he had an extensive clientele who called on him for consultation from all parts of Italy: in this regard he is also remembered for having treated and cured Paolo Manuzio. Falloppio's pharmacological merits have recently been brought to light by A. Benedicenti in his work Malati, medici e farmacisti, which lists him as one of the most distinguished pharmacologists of the 16th century.Hirsch, II, p. 475. Durling, 1453. Wellcome, I, 2159. Mieli, Italian Scientists, II, p. I, p. 57 (n.11). 4to, Contemporary cadboard binding, mm. 206x146; 4, 67, i.e. 72, 12 leaves. Printer's device on title page and at the end. Very good and fresh copy. Rare first edition. Gabriele Falloppio was one of the greatest anatomists of the sixteenth century, a pupil of Vesalius. He taught at the University of Padua from 1551. He was the author of admirable anatomical discoveries, with fundamental contributions in osteology, myology, splanchnology. In his numerous anatomical studies he described the exact structure of the uterine tubes, also called the fallopian tubes, of the oculomotor muscles, of the chorda tympani, of the bony snail and of the aqueduct of the vestibule. In addition to being one of the most important scientists in the history of anatomy, he also made important contributions in comparative anatomy, botany, physiology and pharmacology. A sought-after doctor, he had an extensive clientele who called him to consult from all over Italy: in this sense he is also remembered for having treated and healed Paolo Manuzio.The pharmacological merits of the fallopian were recently highlighted by A. Benedicenti in the work Malati, Medici and Pharmacists, who indicates it as one of the most illustrious pharmacologists of the 16th century.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 41 - MERCURIAL, Jerome. De Morbis puerorum. Venetiis, Paulum Meietum, 1588. 4to; 238x180 mm. Full vellum binding. cc. [16], 107, [1]. Typographic mark on title page. Xylogr initials and friezes; Greek characters. Moisture mark on several papers. Good copy. Rare edition of one of the first books entirely devoted to pediatrics and diseases of the child. The work is full of precise and acute observations, including the distinction between measles and smallpox, the study of congenital syphilis, the description of the child's nutritional disorders, the recognition, in accordance with the opinion of Rhazes (ar-Razi), that hydrocephalus is sometimes caused by an intraventricular accumulation of fluid, thus overcoming the old classification that regarded caput succedaneum as external hydrocephalus. His observations on stuttering are also interesting. In addition, he argued for the contagiousness of whooping cough and recommended the complete surgical removal of the ranula in order to prevent its recurrence.The dedication indicates that the book is based on the lecture notes of one of Mercurial's students, Jan Hieronim Chrosciejowski (active between 1583-1612), a Pole from Poznań, also known as Johannes Groscesius, who had obtained his doctorate in arts and medicine in 1582. The work is divided into three parts: children's diseases, children's fevers, and intestinal worms. Although the book is full of references to Arabic, Greek, and Roman authors, Mercurial used his own judgment in interpreting their observations instead of slavishly adhering to their opinions as was common with many 15th- and 16th-century writers. 4to; 238x180 mm. Full vellum binding. Leaves [16], 107, [1]. Printer's device on the title page. Woodcut Initials and ornaments. Greek type. Dampstains on several leaves, overall good specimen. Rare edition of one of the first books entirely devoted to pediatrics and children's illnesses. The work is full of precise and acute observations, including the distinction between measles and smallpox, the study of congenital syphilis, the description of nutritional disorders in children, the recognition, in agreement with the opinion of Rhazes (ar-Razi), that hydrocephalus is sometimes caused by an intraventricular accumulation of fluid, thus overcoming the old classification which considered caput succedaneum as external hydrocephalus. His observations on stuttering are also interesting. Furthermore, he supported the contagiousness of whooping cough and recommended the complete surgical removal of the ranula, in order to avoid its reappearance.The dedication indicates that the book is based on the lecture notes of one of Mercuriale's students, Jan Hieronim Chrosciejowski (active between 1583-1612), a Pole from Poznań, also known as Johannes Groscesius, who obtained his doctorate in arts and medicine in 1582. The work is divided into three parts: diseases of children, fevers of children and intestinal worms. Although the book is full of references to Arab, Greek, and Roman authors, Mercurial used his own judgment in interpreting their observations rather than slavishly adhering to their opinions as was common with many 15th and 16th century writers.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 42 - VALERIUS MAXIMUS. Noviter recognitus cum cometario historico. Venetiis, Gulielmum de Fontaneto Montisferrati, 1523 Folio, 295x210 mm. Full vellum binding; gold title on spine gusset. Cc. [12], CCLXIV. Frontispiece in frame, printed in red and black. Hundreds of historiated or ornate initials on black ground of various sizes. Text on two columns in Gothic type with text framed by commentary in center of two columns. 9 xyl. engravings in text. Manuscript possession note to title page. Tear at c. CCXIX with minimal text interest. Diffuse veiling of moisture. Valuable edition of the Latin historian's work with text framed by commentary by Bade Josse (1462-1535), Chalcondylas Theophilus (15th-16th cent.) and Oliviero d'Arzignano (15th cent.), editors of the work whose names appear in the colophon. It is a collection of anecdotes of a moralising character in nine books. A scholarly work of a popular character, it collected facts and anecdotes taken from diverse sources including Cicero, Livy, Varro and, among the Greeks, Herodotus and Xenophon.Sander 7458; Essling 217; BM STC 708. Missing from Adams and Dibdin. Folio, 295x210 mm. Full vellum binding; Gilt title on spine. Leaves [12], CCLXIV. Framed title page, printed in red and black. Hundreds of historiated or decorated initials on a black background of various sizes. Text on two columns in Gothic type with text framed by the comment in the center of the two columns. 9 woodcuts within text. Handwritten ownership note on title page. Tear on leaf CCXIX with minimal text interest. Spread stain of humidity. Valuable edition of the work of the Latin historian with text framed by the commentary of Bade Josse (1462-1535), Chalcondylas Theophilus (15th-16th century) and Oliviero d'Arzignano (15th century), editors of the work whose names appear in the colophon. It is a collection of moralizing anecdotes in nine books. An erudite work of a popular nature, it collected facts and anecdotes taken from different sources including Cicero, Livy, Varro and, among the Greeks, Herodotus and Xenophon.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 43 - HERODOTUS. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Patris musae. [Paris], Ioanne Paruo & Iodocus Badius, 1528 Folio, 330x210 mm. Full vellum binding. Frontispiece within elegant woodcut frame with architectural motif in four compartments with human figures, fantastic animals, putti, panoplies, etc. Brand name of Jean Petit on title page. Cc. [12], CXIIII. Ornate initials in xyl. Names of editors Jacques Toussain and Konrad Heresbach on c. ê6v. Defects and faults to spine of binding. Restored woodworm holes to margin of several endpapers. Moisture gore on some endpapers. Last paper counterfonded. Valuable and rare edition of the Histories of Herodotus compiled by Jacques Toussain and Konrad Heresbach. At the end of the ninth and last book devoted to Calliope, goddess of the poets and the battle between Greece and the usurper Mardonius, there is a small section devoted to the life of Homer.Herodotus, considered by Cicero to be the father of history, in this work of his tries to identify the causes that led to the war between the united poleis of Greece and the Persian Empire, placing himself in a historical perspective, using inquiry and distrusting the uncertain accounts of his predecessors. Folio, 330x210 mm. Full vellum binding. Title page within an elegant woodcut frame with an architectural motif with four compartments with human figures, fantastic animals, putti, panoplies, etc. Device of Jean Petit on the title page. Leaves [12], CXIII. Woodcut initials. Names of the editors Jacques Toussain and Konrad Heresbach on leaf ê6v. Defects and lackings on the spine of the binding. Wormholes restored in the margin of several final leaves. Sign of dampstain on some leaves. Last leaf reinforced. Valuable and rare edition of Herodotus' Histories written by Jacques Toussain and Konrad Heresbach. At the end of the ninth and last book dedicated to Calliope, goddess of poets and the battle between Greece and the usurper Mardonius, there is a small section devoted to the life of Homer.Herodotus, considered the father of history by Cicero, in this work tries to identify the causes that led to the war between the united poleis of Greece and the Persian Empire, placing himself in a historical perspective, using investigation and distrusting the uncertain accounts of his predecessors.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 44 - GUAZZO, Marco. Historie di tutte le cose degne di memoria quai del anno MDXXIII sino a' questo presente anno sono occorse nella Italia... Morea, Turkey, Persia, India, & other places, so by land as by sea... Venice, per Niccolò detto il Zoppino, April 8, 1540 4to; 210x150 mm. Coeval binding in flinty vellum; Papers [8], 215, [1]. Marking: +⁸ A-2D⁸. Typographic mark on Frontispiece and in recto of endpaper. Date in the Colophon at the end. Author's name, Marco Guazzo, at paper +2v and A1r; Portrait at paper +8v, Ornate initials. Some traces of use, good copy. Rare First Edition. One of the earliest mentions of the El Dorado. In this work much space is devoted to the Turks and their exploits in the Mediterranean: news about Turkish armies, conflicts with Venice and sieges in Greece. On papers 103 verso and 104 recto, in the chapter 'Isla de Oro' news is given of Pizarro's exploits in Peru, with details of the capture of Emperor Atahualpa, here called Atabalico, and the slaughter of the Incas by Spanish soldiers: "... in that place was found what is so much of gold & silver abounding, that to enrich all the way sufficient would be..." Work of particular interest for news regarding military, political and civil events that took place since 1524, including: Sacking of Gorgo S. Donnino for the Imperials; Sacking of Barletta; Coming of the Marquis of Saluzzo of France to Italy; Death of Cesare Fieramosca; Siege of Pavia for the King of Franza; Death of the Sig. Marquis of Saluzzo under Carmagnola; Surrender of Cherasco to the Marquis of Vasto, etc. Adams G 1452; Alden 540/14; Harrisse Additions 124; Harvard/Mortimer- Italian 227; STC 319. 4to; 210x150 mm. Contemporary vellum binding; Leaves [8], 215, [1]. Signature: +⁸ A-2D⁸. Printer's mark on the title page and on the front of the final page. Date in the Colophon at the end. Author's name, Marco Guazzo, on leaf +2v and A1r; Portrait on paper +8v, ornate initials. Some sign of wear, good specimen. Rare first edition. One of the first mention of legendary El Dorado. In this work a lot of space is devoted to the Turks and their exploits in the Mediterranean: news on the Turkish armies, on the conflicts with Venice and the sieges in Greece. On the verso of leaf 103 and recto of leaf 104, in the chapter "Isola de Oro" there are news of Pizarro's exploits in Peru, with details on the capture of the Emperor Atahualpa, here called Atabalico, the massacre of the Incas in 1533 by the Spanish soldiers: "... in that place was found which is so much of gold & silver abounding, that to enrich all the way sufficient would be... "Of particular interest for the news present regarding military, political and civil events that occurred starting from 1524, including: Sacco di Gorgo S. Donnino for the Imperials; Sacco di Barletta; Coming of the Marquis of Saluzzo of France to Italy; Death of Cesare Fieramosca; Siege of Pavia for the King of France; Death of the Marquis of Saluzzo under Carmagnola; Surrender of Cherasco to the Marquis of Vasto etc.Adams G 1452; Alden 540/14; Harrisse Additions 124; Harvard/Mortimer- Italian 227; STC 319.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 45 - ALBERTI, Leandro. Descrittione di tutta Italia... in quale si contiene il sito di essa, l'origine, Et le Signorie delle Città, & delle Castella, co i nomi Antichi, & Moderni, i Costumi de Popoli, le conditioni de Paesi... Venezia, Pietro de i Nicolini da Sabbio, 1551 4to picc.; 205x145 mm; 18th c. bind. in full perg., gilt tit. on spine guss., red splash cuts; cc. 4 nn. (incl. Frontispiece), 424, 34 nn. (Table); Typogr. mark to Frontispiece, Portrait to p. p. (verso of c. 4 nn.); Iniz. fig. and xyl friezes. Some light spotting scattered, good copy. Rare Venetian edition of this monumental work on the geography and history of Italy, which also discusses the "famous men who have illustrated her, the Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Fountains, Baths, Mines, with all the marvelous works in her by Nature produced." Also notable as a source of art: "It contains in the traditional manner lists of the most conspicuous artists and works of art in each city, with more than one valuable piece of information..." (Schlosser p. 221). Adams A-472. Small 4to; 205x145 mm; 18th century full vellum binding; gilt title on label on back; red sprayed edges; 4 unnumbered leaves (including titlepag), 424, 34 unnumbered pages (Table). Printer's device on titlepage, portrait on full page. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Some slight spots, good specimen. Rare Venetian edition of this monumental work on geography and history of Italy that also illustrates "huomini famosi che l'hanno illustrata, i Monti, i Laghi, i Fiumi, le Fontane, i Bagni, le Minere, con tutte l'opre meravigliose in lei dalla Natura prodotte." It is an important work also like source for art: "Contains in the traditional way lists of the most conspicuous artists and works of art in each city, with more than one valuable piece of information..."

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 46 - POLYBIUM. Polybius the Greek historian translated for M. Lodovico Domenichi. Vinegia, Giolito De Ferrari, 1545 8vo; 152x95 mm. Binding in full stiff vellum. Gold title on gusset to spine. Blue cuts. Typographic mark to title page and last page. Pp. [12], 322, [2]. Xyl initials. Fine copy. First Italian edition of the Renaissance vulgarization of Polybius done by Lodovico Domenichi (1514-1564) famous polygraph of Piacenza origin to whom we owe many other translations of classics, dedicated to Gerolamo Pallavicino marquis of Corte Maggiore. Of the Polybian work, perhaps the pinnacle of the historiography of antiquity for rigor in sifting sources and for reconstructive vigor, only the first 5 books have come down to us, as well as Byzantine excerpts from Books 1-16 and 18. The work narrates events from 220, the beginning of the Second Punic War, to 146 B.C., the year of the fall of Corinth and Carthage. 8vo; 152x95 mm. Full stiff vellum binding. Gilt title on spine. Blue edges. Printer's mark on the title page and last page. Pp. [12], 322, [2]. Woodcut initials. Nice specimen. First Italian edition of the Renaissance vulgarization of Polybius carried out by Lodovico Domenichi (1514-1564), a famous polygrapher of Piacenza origin who was responsible for numerous other translations of classics, dedicated to Gerolamo Pallavicino, marquis of Corte Maggiore. Polybian's work, perhaps the pinnacle of ancient historiography for rigor in the scrutiny of sources and reconstructive vigor, only the first 5 books have survived, as well as Byzantine extracts from books 1-16 and 18. The work already narrates events from 220, the beginning of the Second Punic War, to 146 BC, the year of the fall of Corinth and Carthage.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 47 - THUCIDES. The eight books of Thucydides. Venice, Vaugris, 1545 8vo; 142x100 mm; Full vellum binding with embossing to plates; cc. [12], 440; Engraved editorial mark to title page and colophon, woodcut initials. Fine copy. Very rare edition from the same year as the first vernacular translation of the books of Thucydides. The work is divided into several parts: an introductory book, a section on the Ten Years' War (focusing on the conflict between Athens and Corinth), the peace that followed this war (the Peace of Nicias), the Sicilian War, the Plague that struck Athens, and the last book (Book 8) focuses in part on the Decelian War. Thucydides intended to describe events that directly followed those recorded by Herodotus. He began writing the books soon after the Peloponnesian War began and recorded many of the events immediately after they happened. Joseph Moss, 700; The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 1134:1516-1521; Adams T-684. 8vo; 142x100mm; Full vellum binding with blind tooled covers; Leaves. [12], 440; Printer's device on the title page and colophon, woodcut initials. Nice specimen. Very rare edition from the same year as the first vernacular translation of Thucydides' books. The work is divided into several parts: an introductory book, a section on the Ten Years' War (focused on the conflict between Athens and Corinth), the peace that followed this war (the Peace of Nicias), the Sicilian War, the Plague which struck Athens and the last book (Book 8) is partly focused on the Decelean War. Thucydides intended to describe events that directly followed those recorded by Herodotus. He began writing the books soon after the Peloponnesian War began and recorded many of the events soon after they happened.Joseph Moss, 700; The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 1134:1516-1521; Adams T-684.

Estim. 800 - 900 EUR

Lot 48 - JOSEPH, Flavius. Joppa il quale, con memorabil esempio della diuina giustitia, contiene l'assedio, et ultima destruttione di Gierusalem & tutto 'l regno de gli Hebrei, sotto Vespasiano, e Tito... Venice, Bonello, 1552 8vo; 153x105 mm.; Parchment binding with manuscript title on spine and endpapers. 328 cc. Typographic mark with spider in center of cloth; Woodcut initials. Fine copy. Rare sixteenth-century edition of Josephus Flavius' The Jewish War, translated from the Greek into the vernacular. The seven-book work by the Hebrew historiographer Flavius Josephus, published between 75 and 79 CE in Hellenistic Greek, recounts the history of Israel from the conquest of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (164 BCE) to the end of the First Jewish War. 8vo; 153x105 mm.; Vellum binding with handwritten title on spine and ribs. L. 328. Printer's device with spider at the center of the spiderweb; woodcut initial letters. Nice specimen. Rare 16th-century edition of Josephus Flavius' Jewish War, translated from Greek into the vernacular. The work in seven books by the Jewish historiographer Josephus, published between 75 and 79 AD in Hellenistic Greek, tells the story of Israel from the conquest of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (164 BC) to the end of the First Jewish War.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 49 - CHARLES IX, King of France. Extrait des Registres du Conseil privé du Roy. "Entre Antoine Arnaud ... Et M. Jehan de Pierrefite ... Trésorier de France en la Généralité d'Auvergne" "Charles ar la Grace de Dieu Roy de France ..." Paris August 31, 1569 Manuscript on parchment. Two sheets joined together, 300x580 mm and 150x55 mm respectively. Bound by a cord with a brown wax seal. Beautiful Gothic bastard script. The date appears at the end of both texts. Traces of use. Grant to Jehan de Pierrefitte, 'Trésorier de France en la Généralité d'Auvergne,' to reside in the Palace of Riom: "pour en jouir et y demeurer en bon père de famille." This former palace of the Dukes of Auvergne returned to the Crown in 1527 and was made available to the various royal jurisdictions in 1542, at the time of the creation of the Generality of Auvergne. Antoine-Arnaud de Pardaillan, 'Seigneur de Gondrin, Marquis d'Antin & de Montespan, Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, Conseiller au Conseil Privé,' belonged to the noble Arnaud family, originally from Alvergnia: a branch of the family had settled in Riom.The 'Conseil privè du Roy,' established by regulation in 1557, acted as a supreme court, pronouncing judgments on the various sovereign courts of the realm (including the parliament and the Grand Conseil), and gave final judgments of revision and interpretation of the law, adjudicating disputes of royal offices, church benefits, and problems between Catholics and Protestants. The 'Conseil privé,' therefore, was the predecessor of today's Conseil d'État.For Antoine-Arnaud, see De la Chenaye - Desbois, Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogie ..., Paris 1776, Tome XI, p. 182. Parchement manuscript. Two sheets bound togheter, measures 300x580 mm and 150x55 mm. Bound by a cord with a brown sealing wax. Nice bastard gothic writing. The date bears at the end of both textes. Traces of wear. Grant to Jehan de Pierrefitte, 'Trésorier de France en la Généralité d'Auvergne', to reside in the Palace of Riom: "pour en jouir et y demeurer en bon père de famille". This ancient palace of the Dukes of Auvergne returned to the Crown in 1527 and was made available to the various royal jurisdictions in 1542, at the time of the creation of the Generality of Auvergne.Antoine-Arnaud de Pardaillan, 'Seigneur de Gondrin, Marquis d'Antin & de Montespan, Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, Conseiller au Conseil Privé', belonged to the noble Arnaud family, originally from Auvergne: a branch of the family had settled in Riom.The 'Conseil privè du Roy', established by regulation in 1557, acted as a supreme court, pronouncing judgments on the various sovereign courts of the kingdom (including parliament and the Grand Conseil), and gave final judgments on the revision and interpretation of the law, judging the disputes of royal offices, the benefits of the church and the problems between Catholics and Protestants. The 'Conseil privé,' therefore, was the predecessor of the current Conseil d'État.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 50 - BALLINO, Giulio. De' disegni delle più illustri città, & fortezze del mondo parte 1. In Vinegia, appresso Bolognino Zaltieri, 1569 In 4to oblong, mm. 215x265; Coeval vellum binding; cc. 2 nn. [Front. engraved with sonnets on verso, Dedication with map on verso], 102, with 51 topographical maps, some with descriptive text on verso. Some shorter maps. Some restoration. Good copy. Very rare original edition. This is the first atlas with city plans produced in Italy and collects perspective views from Venice to Constantinople, Naples to Mexico City, called Timistitano. The quality of the engravings, many signed by Domenico Zenoi, is remarkable, and most of the maps are accompanied by a caption attesting to their credibility, stating that the plans are made from life and accurately document what can actually be seen. Rome is depicted in four different ways, the ancient city, the modern city, Castel Sant'Angelo, and a bird's eye view of the Borgo; other cities appear as battlefields, with buildings of relevant strategic interest indicated in the legend. The work is also very important for the history of fortifications. Hale: "the first topographical work aimed at an audience primarily interested in war. " Although it says 'Part I" on the title, a second part was never published. Adams B138; Cremonini, 4. 4to oblong, mm. 215x265; Contemporary vellum binidng; leaves 2 nn. [Engraved Title page with sonets on verso, Dedication with map on verso], 102, with 51 maps, some with description on the verso. Shorter leaves. Some restorations. Good copy. Very rare first edition. This is the first atlas with city maps produced in Italy and collects perspective views from Venice to Constantinople, from Naples to Mexico City, called Timistitano. The quality of the engravings, many signed by Domenico Zenoi, is remarkable and most maps are accompanied by a caption that attests the credibility, stating that plants are made from real documenting precisely what actually you can see.Rome is depicted in four different ways, the ancient city, the modern, Castel Sant'Angelo and a view of the Borgo from above; other cities look like battlefields, with significant strategic interest buildings shown in the legend. The work is also very important for the history of the fortifications.

Estim. 25 000 - 28 000 EUR

Lot 51 - LION VI - PIGAFETTA, Philip. Trattato brieve dello schierare. In Venetia, Francesco De Franceschi, 1586 4to; 215x150 mm. Full parchment binding with nails. Manuscript title to spine. Manuscript lower cut. Pp. [40], 344 [i.e. 346], [2]. Letterpress mark to title page. Greek and Roman typeface; repeated in numbering p. 319-320; ornate xylographic initials and friezes. Slight moisture stain to upper margin of some papers. Good marginal copy. First Italian edition. The work is a military treatise written by or for the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise (in power from 895 to 908) and later edited by his son, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Drawing on the contents of earlier authors such as Elianus Tacticus, Onasander, and Emperor Maurice's Strategikon (6th century), the work is one of the major works relating Byzantine military tactics. The work covers the formation, deployment and training of infantry and cavalry, battle deployment and logistics, siege techniques and analysis of naval warfare.The work is enriched by the important notes of Filippo Pigafetta, a traveler, military man, man of letters and citizen of the Venetian Republic, brother of the Antonio who was Magellan's traveling companion and famous narrator of his travels. D'Alaya, p. 36; Olschki, Choix, VII, 10282; Graesse IV, 163; Sticca, p. 125; Cockle 537. 4to; 215x150 mm. Full vellum binding with squares. Handwritten title on the spine. Manuscript lower edges. Pp. [40], 344 [i.e. 346], [2]. Printer's device on the title page. Greek and Roman types; repeated in the numbering on p. 319-320; ornate woodcut initials and ornaments. Light damp stain on the upper margin of some leaves. Good copy, margins. First Italian edition. The work is a military treatise written by or for the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise (in power from 895 to 908) and subsequently edited by his son, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Drawing on the contents of previous authors such as Aelian Tacticus, Onasander and the Strategikon of Emperor Maurice (6th century), the work is one of the major works on Byzantine military tactics.The work concerns the formation, deployment and training of infantry and cavalry, battle deployment and logistics, siege techniques and analysis of naval warfare.The work is enriched by the important notes of Filippo Pigafetta, traveller, soldier, man of letters and citizen of the Republic of Venice, brother of Antonio who was Magellan's traveling companion and famous narrator of his travels.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 52 - FONTANA, Domenico. Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano. Rome, Domenico Basa, 1590 Folio, mm. 410x268. Binding 'pastiche' half-leather and marbled hardback, title and friezes in gold on spine, marbled cuts. 1 unnumbered paper with Frontispiece, 1 Table with Portrait, papers 2-108, [4]. Frontispiece, portrait of author in elaborate architectural frame dated 1589 in lower margin, 38 plates depicting different stages of transportation, all etched in etching. The plates are within the numbering of the cards: three plates are added to the numbering and are inscribed: 66 second, 75 second, and 76 first. Two are double-page spreads, 65 and 97-98; plate 75 second is folded. Initials of previous owner on title page "D. C." Total Frontispiece, portrait and 38 plates, 2 of which are double-page and one folded, all etched. Good condition. Rare first edition beautifully illustrated. Of extraordinary freshness are Natale Bonifacio's splendid plates illustrating one of the most ingenious engineering achievements of our Baroque period. More than 900 people were employed for the imposing and spectacular undertaking: over 40 cranes were built to mobilize the obelisk that still stands today in St. Peter's Square. La Trasportazione is the most famous witness to the long and remarkable work of Fontana, who was the first to design on a hitherto unheard-of scale and to solve engineering problems that were a precursor to the major construction undertakings of eighteenth-century Europe. 12 spectacular engravings recount the entire event in all its technicalities. The first plate shows the various competing proposals for the project, including the lever structure designed by Camillo Agrippa: Fontana's winning one is supported by cherubs.Another 26 engravings depict other projects by the architect: the Villa Montalto (the pope's residence on the Quirinal Hill), the chapel of Santa Maria Maggiore, the erection in the axis of this chapel of the Esquiline obelisk, various doors designed for Sixtus V's urbanization and security program in Rome, etc.Brunet II, 1329; Cicognara 3736; Mortimer, Harvard Italian, 193; Fowler 124: "The plates are an important example in the development of architectural drawing." Folio, mm. 410x268. Quarter calf "pastiche" binding, gilt title and ornaments on back, marbled edges. One leaf not numbered with titlepage, 1 plate with portrait, leaves 2-108, [4]. Titlepage, author's portrait in architectonic frame dated 1589 on lower margin, 38 plates depicting several moments of the transportation. Two plates on double page; one folding plate. Initial of previous owner on titlepage: "D. C." A total of 38 etching plates (2 on double page and one folded), titlepage and portrait. Good specimen. Beautifully illustrated rare first edition. The splendid Natale Bonifacio plates illustrating one of the most ingenious engineering achievements of our Baroque are extraordinarily fresh. Over 900 people were employed for the impressive and spectacular undertaking: over 40 cranes were built to mobilize the obelisk that still stands today in St. Peter's Square, in Rome. The Transport is the most famous testimony of Fontana's long and very remarkable activity, who was the first to know how to design on a hitherto unusual scale and to solve engineering problems that preceded the major construction enterprises of the European eighteenth century.12 spectacular engravings tell the entire event in all its technicalities. The first plate shows the various proposals in competition for the project, including the structure of levers designed by Camillo Agrippa: the winning one by Fontana is supported by cherubs.Another 26 engravings depict other projects by the architect: the villa Montalto (Pope's residence on the Quirinale), the chapel of Santa Maria Maggiore, the erection in the axis of this chapel of the Esquiline obelisk, various doors designed for the program of urbanization and security of Sixtus V in Rome, etc.

Estim. 8 000 - 10 000 EUR

Lot 53 - VILLANI, Giovanni. Croniche ... in quale si tratta dell'origine di Firenze, & di tutti e fatti & guerre state fatte da Fiorentini nella Italia ... Vinetia, Bartolomeo Zanetti, 1537 In folio; 290x200 mm; Binding in half leather and hardback with title on spine in gold on red morocco tassel and gold cuts; cc. [10], 219, [1]. Colophon on verso of dear 219: "In Vinetia, per Bartholomeo Zanetti Casterzagense, 1537 del mese d'Agosto." Large editorial mark depicting a putto holding an olive branch leaning against a trunk on the title page, repeated on the verso of the last paper, blank, historiated capilettera; Roman and Italic typeface. Numerous handwritten annotations in the margins of many pages, correcting the Italian text, and adding information. Moisture halo on a few papers, restored woodworm holes in upper margin of some papers, restoration in lower margin of some papers. First and very rare original edition. The most important of the ancient histories concerning Florence and Tuscany. The edition, edited by Giacomo Fascolo whose name appears on the verso of the Frontispiece, contains books I-X, and begins with the history of the tower of Babel, up to 1333. The first six books are based on legendary tales, re-proposed according to an interpretation very close to that of the Divine Comedy: the remaining ones, from 1265 to 1333, give an accurate picture of the political and economic conditions of two-thirds-century Florence. The "Chronicles" present not only thematic but also expressive links with the Commedia, such as to lead one to suppose a relationship of dependence between the two works. Under the year 1321, the earliest Dantesque biography is inserted into the Cronica: chapter CXXXV of Book IX, at paper 146, is a portrait of Dante Alighieri's personality and work and initiates the recovery of the great poet, who died in exile, by Florentine culture: it bears the title "Del poeta Dante & come morì" (Of the poet Dante & how he died) and concludes with an articulate but severe judgment regarding Dante's human qualities, described as "somewhat presumptuous and disgusting and unworthy."Giovanni Villani (1280-1348) is the leading Florentine chronicler of the fourteenth century.Gamba 1027; Lozzi 1957: "Rarissimo". Folio; 290x200mm; Quarter leather and cardboard binding with gilt title on the spine on a red morocco label, gilt edges; Leaves [10], 219, [1]. Colophon on verso of leaf 219: "In Vinetia, per Bartholomeo Zanetti Casterzagense, 1537 del mese d'Agosto." Large Printer's device depicting a putto holding an olive branch leaning against a trunk on titlepage and repetead on full page on recto of the last blank leaf; Historiated initial letters, roman and italic types. Numerous handwritten notes in the margins of all pages, which correct the Italian text adding informations. Sign of humidity on some leaves, worm holes restored on the upper margin of some pages, restorations on the lower margin of some leaves, overall good specimen. First and very rare first edition. The most important of the ancient histories concerning Florence and Tuscany. The edition, edited by Giacomo Fascolo whose name appears on the verso of the title page, contains books I-X, and begins with the story of the Tower of Babel, up to 1333. The first six books are based on legendary tales, re-proposed according to an interpretation very close to that of the Divine Comedy: the remaining ones, from 1265 to 1333, give a precise picture of the political and economic conditions in Florence in the 13th and 14th centuries. The 'Croniche' present not only thematic but also expressive links with the Commedia, such as to lead one to suppose a relationship of dependence between the two works. Chapter CXXXV of Book IX, on leaf 146, is a portrait of Dante Alighieri's personality and work, and initiates the recovery of the great poet, who died in exile, by Florentine culture. It bears the title "Del poeta Dante & come morì" (Of the poet Dante & how he died) and concludes with an articulate but severe judgement on Dante's human qualities, defined as ""somewhat presumptuous and disgusting and unworthy" ("somewhat presumptuous and disgusting and unworthy"). Giovanni Villani (1280-1348) is the greatest Florentine chronicler of the fourteenth century.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 54 - BIONDO, Michelangelo. De ventis et navigatione, libellus. Venice, Comin da Trino, 1546 4to small. 192 x 137 mm. Ivory vellum binding of modern reuse. Papers 18. SIGN: A-D⁴ E². Typographical notes to Colophon at end: "Venetiis, Apud Cominum de / Tridino Montisferrati. / 1546" . Italic and Roman characters. Typographic mark to Frontispiece with motto 'Experientia auctoris exploratio et argumentum'. Figured initials and four large woodcut-stamped illustrations in the text. Good copy. Very rare first edition. Very important treatise on navigation, one of the rarest dealing with America. Chapters on: danger of winds, cardinal winds, names of winds, storms, influence of celestial bodies, size of Earth. Chapter 23 presents a new compass, shown in the illustration on paper 15. Wheeler: "Very rare ... The writer gives on fol. 14 ch. xxiii a careful description of the compass including theory and rules for use. The compass is called on fol. 15 pixis or buxulos, cf. the French boussole." Chapter 25, "De navigatione oceani ad novum orbem," is devoted to America. Books: "One of the rarest books concerning America. "BM/STC Italy p.105; Harrisse 274; Libri 341; Sabin 5518; Wheeler Gift 24. Small 4to. 192 x 137 mm. Modern reuse ivory parchment binding. Leaves 18. Collation: A-D⁴ E². Typographical notes at the Colophon at the end: 'Venetiis, Apud Cominum de / Tridino Montisferrati. / 1546' Italic and Roman Type. Printer's device on the title page with motto 'Experientia auctoris exploratio et argumentum'. Illustrated Initials and four large woodcut illustrations in the text. Good specimen. Very rare first edition. Very important treatise on navigation, one of the rarest that talks about America. Chapters on: danger of winds, cardinal winds, the names of winds, storms, the influence of celestial bodies, the size of the Earth. Chapter 23 features a new compass, depicted in the illustration on leaf 15. Wheeler: "Very rare ... The writer gives on fol. 14 ch. xxiii a careful description of the compass including theory and rules for use. The compass is called on fol. 15 pixis or buxulos, cf. the French bossole." Chapter 25, "De navigatione oceani ad novum orbem," is dedicated to America. Books, "One of the rarest books about America."

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 55 - BETUSSI, Joseph. Ragionamento di... Sopra il Cathaio; luogo dello Ill. S. Pio Enea Obizzi. In Padua, Per Lorenzo Pasquati, 1573. In 4to; 225x165 mm; Antique binding in full vellum, leather tass. with gold tit. on spine; cc. 4 nn. (incl. Frontispiece), 184 (i.e. 182) with Roman numer., 2 nn. [numer. error: c. 161- numer. CLXIII]; vign. xyl. to Frontispiece, Iniz. ornate and xyl. friezes, Italic and round typeface. First endpapers unglued. Nice marginal copy. Original Edition. Catajo Castle located on the road between Padua and Ferrara was built between 1570 and 1573 to the design of architect Andrea della Valle at the behest of the condottiero Pio Enea Obizzi. Schlosser-Magnino: "Of special interest, all the more so since the celebrated antique collections of the house Obizzi are now in the imperial collections in Vienna, is the description of the villa of this family, Catajo (near Padua) and its paintings by Zelotti and others, made by a fecund scholar." Cicognara 3957: "The edition is beautiful in large cursive type."; Lozzi 1150: "Book full of curious news which describes one of the most singular places in Italy."; Schlosser-Magnino p. 379. In 4to; 225x165 mm.; ancient full vellum binding, gilt title on calf label on back; unnumbered leaves 4 (including titlepage), 184 (but 182) with Roman numbering, 2 unnumbered leaves; woodcut vignette on titlepage; woodcut initials and ornaments, round and italic type. Unglued first leaves. Nice specimen with wide margins. First edition. The Catajo castle located on the road between Padua and Ferrara was built between 1570 and 1573 on a project by the architect Andrea della Valle for the will of the warlord Pio Enea Obizzi.Schlosser-Magnino: "Of special interest, all the more so since the celebrated ancient collections of the Obizzi house are now in the imperial collections of Vienna, is the description of the villa of this family, Catajo (near Padua) and its paintings by Zelotti and others, made by a fecund scholar." Cicognara 3957: "The edition is beautiful in large cursive type"; Lozzi 1150: "Book full of curious news which describes one of the most singular places in Italy."

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 56 - PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Geografia cioè descrittione universale della terra partita in two volumes. Venice, appresso Gio. Battista & Giorgio Calignani Fratelli 1598-1597. 2 vols. in one folio tome, mm. 295x200. Parchment binding, manuscript title on spine. Papers [2], 62, 21, 1 blank, [14]; 212, including Frontispiece, [30]. Frontispieces with engraved vignette, round and italic typeface, Woodcut Headpieces, Endpapers and Initials, numerous woodcuts in the text. Total of 2 Frontispieces with vignette and 64 copper-engraved maps by Girolamo Porro, including world map on p.p. outside text. Beautiful specimen with wide margins. Beautifully illustrated first edition in Italian. The Geography, edited by Giovanni Antonio Magini, was translated by Leonardo Cernoti from the earlier Latin version. The work is very important, since it documents the most significant geographical discoveries of the late 16th century, accompanied by an accurate commentary by Magini: moreover, to the traditional twenty-seven maps with which Ptolemy's work had been illustrated until then, thirty-seven more were added, finely engraved in copper by Gerolamo Porro on the model of those of Giacomo Gastaldi. Haym: "These are the best editions of Ptolemy, the plates of which are diligently engraved by Girolamo Porro." The first volume, in eight books, contains general principles of geography, rules for the construction of maps as well as a catalog of regions and places. The second opens with the twenty-seven plates of the ancient world taken from those engraved by Girolamo Ruscelli, the different regions of the known world are then carefully described and illustrated with thirty-seven maps; these include the world map for the use of mariners and the famous ""Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio," taken from Mercator's map in two hemispheres and described by Shirley as "an exceptionally fine engraving in its own right." Alden 598/83; Sabin 66506; Phillips, Atlases, 405; Adams M-118; Shirley 193-96 and p. XXIX. 2 volumes bound as one, mm. 295x200. Vellum binding, title written on the spine. Leaves [2], 62, 21, 1 blank, [14]; 212, including Title-page, [30]. Title pages with engraved vignette, Italic and Roman type, woodcut Initials, Head and Tail-pieces, many woodcut illustrations in the text. In total 2 Title pages with vignettes and 64 geographical maps engraved in copper by Girolamo Porro, including the full-page world map outside the text. Good copy with wide margins. First edition in Italian, beautifully illustrated. Geography, edited by Giovanni Antonio Magini, was translated by Leonardo Cernoti from the previous Latin version. The work is very important, since it documents the most significant geographical discoveries of the end of the 16th century, accompanied by an accurate commentary by Magini: furthermore, to the traditional twenty-seven maps with which Ptolemy's work had been illustrated until then, some were added another thirty-seven finely engraved in copper by Gerolamo Porro on the model of those by Giacomo Gastaldi.The first volume, in eight books, contains the general principles of geography, the rules for the construction of geographical maps as well as a catalog of regions and places. The second opens with the twenty-seven plates of the ancient world obtained from those engraved by Girolamo Ruscelli, the different regions of the known world are then carefully described and illustrated with thirty-seven geographical maps; among these the world map for use by navigators and the famous ""Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio," taken from Mercator's map in two hemispheres and described by Shirley as "an exceptionally fine engraving in its own right."

Estim. 7 000 - 8 000 EUR

Lot 57 - SCARDEONE, Bernardino. Historiae de urbis patauii antiquitate, et claris civibus patauinis libri tres. Basel, Nicolaum Episcopium iuniorem,1560 In-folio, 325x215 mm; binding in half vellum and hardback with corners. Pp. 16, 437, 22, last blank, editorial mark on title page and in end stork grasping a stone placed on a crosier supported by a hand emerging from a cloud, Xylograph of the city of Padua on verso of title page. Some browning and spotting, slight gore to upper edge. Fine copy. A work on local and municipal history, De antiquitate has the structure of a biographical dictionary of illustrious Paduans, from the Roman age to 1559, to which are prefixed a number of books dealing with the ancient history and geography of the territory, distinguished epigraphic monuments (some of them collected by Scardeone), and the religious organization of the urban space (parishes, monasteries and convents, hospitals, pious places). The book contains a considerable amount of information on figures contemporary with the author, or slightly preceding him, making it a still valid tool. Scardeone, at the height of his ecclesiastical career, obtained the privilege to print the work from Venice on September 6, 1557, but continued to file the manuscript until at least September 1559. Bandini, 1991-1992, p. 298. Folio, 325x215 mm; quarter vellum binding with corner. Pp. 16, 437, 22, last leaf blank. Woodcut printer's device on titlepage. Woodcut with view of the city on titlepage verso. Some browning and small spots, slight stain of humidity on top. Nice copy. A work of local and municipal history, the De antiquitate has the structure of a biographical dictionary of illustrious Paduans, from the Roman age to 1559, which includes some books dealing with ancient history and the geography of the territory, with outstanding epigraphic monuments (some of which collected by Scardeone), of the religious organization of the urban space (parishes, monasteries and convents, hospitals, pious places). The book contains a considerable amount of information on characters contemporary to the author, or slightly older than him, which makes it a valid tool today. Lo Scardeone, at the height of his ecclesiastical career, obtained the privilege of printing the work from Venice on September 6, 1557, but continued to file the manuscript at least until September 1559.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 58 - VECELLIO, Caesar. De gli habiti antichi, et moderni di diverse Parti del Mondo. Venice, Damiano Zenato, 1590 8vo large, 165x112 mm; 19th-century English glazed tawny calf binding, gilt fillets. cc. [24], 499. Frontispiece within large architectural frame and 420 wood-engraved costumes in beautiful frames. At c. 432 with own frontispiece: De gli habiti, costumi, et vsanze dell'Asia, et dell'Africa ... Book two. Five full-page woodcut views of Venice, numerous woodcut ornamental headpieces and endpapers, decorative initials of various sizes and small typographic ornaments. Ex-Libris of Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé, French banker and aristocrat, great collector of furniture, works of art, valuable paintings and books, silverware, porcelain, glass, and heirlooms.Joints restored. Tear at c. 95 marginally affecting next board. Slight moisture halo to upper margin. First edition of this costume book, enriched by a series of over 400 woodcut illustrations of clothes and garments from various parts of the world, with a rich supplementary explanatory text. Cesare Vecellio, cousin of the famous Venetian painter Titian and a member of his prestigious atelier, was active in the Veneto as a painter for most of his life. In his later years he devoted himself to the publication of this history of costume with encyclopedic ambitions, both geographically and chronologically, embracing the whole then known world and broadening his gaze from the Old Testament and the classical world to the Renaissance. The treatise is divided into two books, one devoted to Venice, Rome, Italy and Europe, the other focusing on Asia and Africa.Colas 2976 ("très rare"); Lipperheide Aa33; Hiler p. 873; Adams 314; Benezit, XIV, p. 82. Large 8vo. 165x112 mm. English glazed calf binding of 19th century, gilt rules. Cc. [24], 499. Titlepage within large architectonic frame and 420 woodcut costumes in wonderful frames. On leaf 432 starts with own titlepage: De gli habiti, costumi, et vsanze dell'Asia, et dell'Africa ... Book 2. Five woodcut views of Venice on full page, several woodcut headpieces and endpieces, woodcut initial letter of various sizes and little typographic ornaments. Ex-Libris of Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé, French banker and aristocrat, great collector of furniture, works of art, paintings and fine books, silverware, porcelain, glass and memorabilia. Restored joints. Little tear on l. 95 that involved marginally the following plate. Slight damp stain on top margin. First edition of this book of clothes, enriched by a series of over 400 woodcut illustrations of dresses and clothes from various parts of the world, with a rich complementary explanatory text.Cesare Vecellio, cousin of the famous Venetian painter Titian and member of his prestigious atelier, was active in Veneto as a painter for most of his life. In recent years he dedicated himself to the publication of this history of customs with encyclopedic ambitions, both in geographical and chronological terms, embracing the entire world known at the time and broadening his gaze from the Old Testament and the classical world to the Renaissance. The treatise is divided into two books, one dedicated to Venice, Rome, Italy and Europe, the other which focuses on Asia and Africa.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 59 - CIOTTI, John Baptist. First Part of Flowers, and Designs of Various Sorts of Modern Embroidery. Venice, Francesco di Franceschi, 1591 8vo oblong; bind. in cart.; cc. 20 as follows: cc. 2 nn. incl. Frontis. with typogr. mark, 17 cards of wood-engraved plates numbered III-XV, i.e. XVIIII, errata numer. after plate XVI, 1 c. nn.; large typogr. mark and Colophon on recto: "Appresso Nicolo Moretti, Ad instantia di Francesco di Franceschi." Fine copy. Very rare first edition of this work known only in two copies, of which only the first part was published. Important book of models and designs of embroidery, with the most diverse motifs, a precious testimony to a tradition born precisely in Italy in the early sixteenth century; these models were the iconography of reference not only in the area of Venice, where the art of lace-making was historic, but throughout Italy. The practical use that was made of these books, which were often dismembered and whose patterns were pierced to transport the design onto the fabric, makes it particularly rare and valuable to find them in a complete and well-preserved state. Lotz no. 121. Berlin Kat. 1642, describes a specimen with only 15 plates. Oblong 8vo; Binding in boards; leaves 20: 2 not numbered leaves including Titlepage with Printer's device, 17 plates engraved on wood numbered III-XV, i.e. XVIIII, error numbering after plate XVI, 1 not numbered leaf; wide printer's device and Colophon on the recto: "Appresso Nicolo Moretti, Ad instantia di Francesco di Franceschi." Nice specimen. Very rare first edition known in only two specimens of this work published only this first part. Important book of models and designs of embroidery, from different reasons, precious testimony of a tradition actually born in Italy in the early sixteenth century; these models have been the reference iconography not only in the Venice area, where was the historic art of lacemaking, but throughout Italy. The practical use that was made of these books, which often were dismembered and whose models were perforated to carry the design on the fabric, makes it particularly rare and precious the fact to find them in a state of completeness and of good conservation.

Estim. 6 000 - 7 000 EUR

Lot 60 - BERTELLI, Peter. Diversarum nationum habitus centum et quattuor iconibus in aere incis diligenter expressi item ordines duo processionum vnus. Padua, Alciato Alciati & Pietro Bertelli, 1594 4to, 160x120 mm. Full vellum binding. Beautiful collection of 104 plates of customs of different peoples. One beautiful long plate, folded, representing the procession of the Pope. A few minor flaws; good copy. Rare and fascinating work featuring clothes, costumes, masks and festivals. Most plates depict a single person or small groups of people in typical local costume, with explanatory captions.Lot is sold as a collection of plates and is not subject to return. 4to, 160x120 mm. Full vellum binding. Beautiful collection of 104 plates of costumes of various countries. A beautiful folded plate showing the Pope's procession. Some small defects, a good specimen. Rare and fascinating work with dresses, costumes, masks and parties. Most of the plates depict a single person or small groups of people in typical local costume, with explanatory captions.The lot is sold as a collection of plates and is not subject to return.

Estim. 1 600 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 61 - VIGERIO, Mark. Decachordum Christianum Iulio. II. Pont. Max. dicatum. In urbe Fani, Hieronymus Soncinus his caracteribus impressit, die. x. Augusti. 1507[Fano, Girolamo Soncino, August 10, 1507] Folio. 304x204 mm. Seventeenth-century binding in full brown leather, title and author in gold on spine red splash cuts. Endpapers [8, last blank], CCXLVI, [16]. Marking: 2a⁸ a¹⁰ b-z⁸ &⁸ A¹⁰ B-E⁸ F¹⁰ 2A-2B⁸. White aa8 paper. Frontispiece ornately framed with grotesques on black ground, author's episcopal coat of arms in center, 10 large full-page illustrations framed by ornamental borders on black ground, 33 vignettes in text, almost all on criblé ground. Roman typeface. Trace of moisture to Frontispiece and on some pages, handsome copy with wide margins. First edition, beautifully figured. Mortimer: "Soncino's press was the first at Fano, and this is his finest book." Splendid iconographic apparatus consisting of an impressive series of woodcuts depicting the life of Christ, magnificent book considered among the most fascinating of the Renaissance. Marcus Vigerus was a professor of theology and bishop, spending his last ten years editing numerous theological works, the most important of which is undoubtedly the Decachordum Christianum.Essling I p. 145; Adams V746; Mortimer no. 537; Sander 7589. Folio. 304x204 mm. Late 17th-century brown full-calf binding, gilt-author and title printed on the spine, sprinkled red edges. [8, last blank], CCXLVI, [16] leaves. Collation: 2a⁸ a¹⁰ b-z⁸ &⁸ A¹⁰ B-E⁸ F¹⁰ 2A-2B⁸. Leaf aa8 blank. Title page, framed by a broad grotesque on a black background, similar to the borders of the illustrations, is adorned in the center with the wood-engraved author's coat of arms, 10 large full-page illustrations framed by ornamental borders on a black background and 33 elegant vignettes throughout the text, mostly in criblé style (six are repeated). Roman type. Signs of humidity on the title page and on some pages, a beautiful copy with wide margins. First edition, beautifully illustrated. Mortimer: "Soncino's press was the first at Fano, and this is his finest book by him." Wonderful iconographical apparatus comprising an impressive series of woodcuts describing the life of Christ, magnificent book considered among the most beautiful of those released by the Soncino printing presses and one of the most charming illustrated books of the Italian Renaissance. Marco Vigerio was a professor of theology and bishop, spent his last ten drafting a number of theological works, the most important of which is undoubtedly the Decachordum Christianum. Essling I p. 145; Adams V746; Mortimer no. 537; Sander 7589.

Estim. 8 000 - 10 000 EUR

Lot 62 - RUSCELLI, Jerome. Le imprese illustri con espositioni, et discorsi. Venice, Francesco Rampazetto, 1566. 3 parts in one volume in 4to. 264x 195 mm. Binding in full brown leather, gold title on compartmented spine with gold friezes. Pages [20], columns 1-8, pages 9-136, columns 137-144, pages 145-344, columns 345-352, pages [4], 353-398, [18], 401-566, [1 with Editorial mark], 1 blank. Large figured capilettera engraved in woodcut, Editorial Branding to Frontispieces and at end. Three architectural Frontispieces, many illustrations with emblems in the text of different sizes, many half-page, 15 p.p. plates, 5 double-page plates, including 3 in-text and 2 out-of-text, including battle by Aeneas Vico, all copper-engraved. Total of 135 engravings. Ex Libris "Petri Cardinalis Ciriaci" pasted to the counterplate. Traces of use to binding, internally sporadic blooming and damp glazing, reinforcements to inner margins of some pages, overall good copy. First edition, beautifully illustrated. Important book of Emblems, fundamental to the research and study of heraldry. Hundreds of copper-engraved coats of arms of various sizes, including double-page spreads, with emblems of kings, queens and emperors depicting, within rich frames, a wide variety of subjects: animals, birds, plants, sun , stars, etc. Some branches are signed Nelli, Zenoi and Padovano and the remainder attributed to both Giacomo Franco and Girolamo Porro. Mortimer 449: "Ruscelli's Imprese is useful not only for the devices themselves but for the coat of arms included in the elaborate borders on most of the devices and for miscellaneous informations about the owners. "The illustrations are exceptional in their quality. The central double page, depicting the Battle of Mühlberg, is the work of Domenico Zenoni, then one of the most active engravers in Venice, particularly known for his depiction of contemporary events, from Enea Vico.Through the exploits of the princes, most of whom were still alive at the time of the work's composition, Ruscelli's book draws a true political map of mid-sixteenth-century Europe.There are the two most powerful royal families of the time, the Habsburgs and the Valois, and the company of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Ruscelli, the first author to emphasize this connection, gives an important place to women's exploits, revealing the influence that prominent women, such as Catherine de' Medici, acquired in the second half of the sixteenth century.In the dedication to King Philip II of Spain, the Author explains his intention to 'consecrate' the important lives of the princes he was about to publish here. Two different indexes follow. Among others, the Author depicts the coats of arms of Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, Bertoldo Farnese, Archduke of Austria Charles II, Cardinal Charles Borromeo, Emperor Charles V, King Charles IX of France, Catherine de' Medici, Pope Clement VII, Duke Cosimo de' Medici, Hercules II, Duke of Ferrara, Emperor Ferdinand I, King Philip II of Spain, Francesco Gonzaga, Isabella Gonzaga, Sforza Pallavicino, Sultan Suleiman and Guido Bentivoglio.Prestigious specimen of prestigious provenance, belonged to Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci, 1885 - 1966. A cardinal since 1953, he was appointed prefect of the Congregation of the Council in 1954. He actively participated in the work of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. He participated in the 1958 conclave that elected John XXIII and the 1963 conclave that elected Paul VI.Mortimer 449, pp. 620-622. 3 parts in one volume in 4to. 264x195mm. Full brown leather binding, gilt title on the spine with gilt decorations. Pages [20], columns 1-8, pages 9-136, columns 137-144, pages 145-344, columns 345-352, pages [4], 353-398, [18], 401-566, [1 with Printer's Device], 1 blank. Large illustrated woodcut Initials, Printer's device on the title pages and at the end. Three architectural title pages, many illustrations with emblems in the text of different sizes, many on half-page, 15 plates on full page, 5 double-page plates, of which 3 in the text and 2 out the text, including the battle by Enea Vico, all engraved in copper. Total of 135 engravings. Ex Libris "Petri Cardinalis Ciriaci" glued to the inside cover. Traces of wear on the binding, internally sporadic foxing and signs of humidity, reinforcements on the inner margins of some pages, overall a good copy. First edition, beautifully illustrated. Important book of Emblems, fundamental for the research and study of heraldry. Hundreds of coats of arms engraved in copper of various sizes, even double-page, with emblems of kings, queens and emperors which depict, within rich frames, the most varied subjects: animals, birds, plants, sun, stars, etc. Some engravings are signed by Nelli, Zenoi and Padovano and the rest are attributed to both Giacomo Franco and Girolamo Porro. Mortimer 449: "Ruscelli's Imprese is useful not only for the

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 63 - ACADEMY OF THE OCCULT. Rime de gli Academici Occulti con le loro imprese et discorsi. In Brescia, 1568 (Colophon: In Brescia, appresso Vincenzo di Sabbio, 1568). 4to, 235x170 mm. Binding in full stiff vellum. Papers 6, 126 i.e. 128, 8, numbering errors. Frontispiece and 15 full-page intaglio illustrations by Bartolomeo da Brescia. Some moisture marks but overall good copy with wide margins. Rare first edition of one of the most famous Italian emblem books. Landwehr: "The first contribution to emblematics by a literary society." Founded in Brescia around 1563, the Accademia degli Occulti became the intellectual and poetic center of literary life in the Lombard city in the second half of the century. Its members adopted Silenus as their Enterprise: it appears at the center of the fanciful Frontispiece, with the motto "Intus Non Extra," whose elitist meaning is illustrated by Bartolomeo Arnigio, in the 'Discourse around Silenus' that opens the volume. The emblems, made by members of the Academy, are followed by an explanatory discourse by Bartholomew Arnigio. Among them is Il Desioso, the painter Francesco Ricchini, a follower of Bonvicino, known as il Moretto. His feat is framed by an elaborate composition of nymphs and cherubs holding drawing and painting instruments. The accompanying speech extols the painter and discusses the relationship between poetry and painting. Fleming: "Each of the 'hidden academics' (members of a private learned society) is represented by a gnomic engraving, a Latin motto, a vernacular gloss, various verses, and an esoteric sobriquet; they are The Abstruse, Adumbrated, Arcane, Closed, Desious, Incognito, Nocturne, Nubiloso, Obfuscato, Oscuro, and Sepolto. Their interests range from rhetoric to metaphysics to agriculture, but in every case, their goal is to understand 'all the worthiest matters that are allowed to the weak light of our Intellects,' via communion with 'superior and intellectual essences.' Ultimately -- as the lover becomes like the beloved, and the moon like the sun -- the occult academics hope to transform themselves into 'the nature of God. ' Obviously, this is a highly Neoplatonic program. "Landwehr, Romanic emblem books, 1976, 10; Praz, II, pp. 3-4; Vaganay 1568, 4, James Gougal Fleming, "The Art del campo" in The Invention of Discovery 1500-1700, Surrey, 2011.See Françoise Lavocat, La syrinx au bûcher. Pan et les satyres à la Renaissance et à l'âge baroque, Droz, 2005, p. 23. 4to, 235x170 mm. Full stiff vellum binding. Leaves 6, 126 i.e. 128, 8, numbering errors. Title page and 15 etching illustrations on full page by Bartolomeo from Brescia. Some sign of humidity but overall a good copy with wide margins. First rare edition of one of the most famous Italian emblem books. Landwehr: "The first contribution to emblematics by a literary society." Founded in Brescia around 1563, the Accademia degli Occulti became the intellectual and poetic center of the literary life of the Lombard city in the second half of the century. Its members adopted Silenus as their mark: it appears at the center of the imaginative title page, with the motto "Intus Non Extra," whose elitist meaning is illustrated by Bartolomeo Arnigio, in the "Discorso attorno al sileno" which opens the volume. The emblems, commissioned by members of the Academy, are followed by an explanatory speech by Bartolomeo Arnigio. Among these is Il Desioso, the painter Francesco Ricchini, follower of Bonvicino, known as Moretto. His coat of arms is framed by an elaborate composition of nymphs and putti holding drawing and painting tools. The accompanying speech exalts the painter and discusses the relationship between poetry and painting. Fleming: "Each of the 'hidden academics' (members of a private learned society) is represented by a gnomic engraving, a Latin motto, a vernacular gloss, various verses, and an esoteric sobriquet; they are The Abstruse, Adombrato, Arcane, Closed, Desioso, Incognito, Notturno, Nubiloso, Offuscato, Oscuro, and Sepolto. Their interests range from rhetoric to metaphysics to agriculture, but in every case, their goal is to understand 'all the worthiest matters that are allowed to the weak light of our Intellects,' via communion with 'superior and intellectual essences.' Ultimately -- as the lover becomes like the beloved, and the moon like the sun -- the occult academics hope to transform themselves into 'the nature of God. Obviously, this is a highly Neoplatonic program."

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 64 - LOPEZ DE SEGURA, Ruy. Il giuoco de gli scacchi. Venice, Cornelio Arrivabene, 1584 In 4to. 208x146 mm. Ivory vellum binding, smooth spine with calligraphed title, gold cuts. Pages [8], 214, [2]. Typographic mark on title page, figures in text. Heraldic ex libris pasted to the counterplate "John de Zulueta." Slight traces of moisture and use, a few pages with homogeneous yellowing, restoration in inner corner of last pages. First Italian edition. Fundamental treatise on chess by Spanish monk Ruy Lopez de Segura, a great chess player and advisor to Philip II, who in this manual provides, among other things, for the first time a complete picture of the openings then known. Lopez gave his name to one of the best-known chess openings. After Daminao's little treatise published in 1512, there had been no publication on the subject. There is a history of the game, the openings, and a stern critique of Daminao's proposals, with the correct movements of the pieces. Olschki: " C'est la seule édition italienne de ce livre extrêmement rare " In 4to. 208x146mm. In 4to. 208x146mm. Ivory vellum, smooth spine with calligraphed title, gilt edges. Pages [8], 214, [2]. Printer's mark on the title page, illustrations in the text. Heraldic ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown "John de Zulueta." Slight signs of humidity and wear, some pages with homogeneous yellowing, restoration in the inner corner of the last pages. First Italian edition. Fundamental treatise on chess by the Spanish monk Ruy Lopez de Segura, great chess player and adviser to Philip II, who in this manual provides, among other things, for the first time a complete picture of the openings then known. Lopez gave his name to one of the best known chess openings. Since the small treatise of Daminao published in 1512, there had been no publication on the subject. There is the history of the game, of the openings and the severe criticism of Daminao's proposals, with the correct movements of the pieces. Olschki: " C'est la seule édition italienne de ce livre extremely rare "Palau, VII 14199. Le Lionnais, Dictionnaire des échecs, p. 229. Olschki, II, 2602.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 65 - TUCCARO, Archangel. Trois dialogues de l'exercice de sauter, et voltiger en l'air. Paris, chez Claude de Monstr'oeil, 1599 4to, 225X170 mm; Binding full stiff vellum, title mss. on spine; cc. [5, including the Frontispiece], 197, i.e. 199, repeated numbering to papers 59-60, several pagination errors; Figured headpieces and Initials, 87 figures in the text of various sizes, one large fold-out table outside the text, all embossed in woodcut. Old owner's stamp to title page. Some restoration to title page. Some browning, complete specimen with fold-out table outside text often missing. Very rare original edition. The oldest treatise on acrobatics and one of the finest French figured books of the 16th century. The 87 full- and half-page figures depict gymnastic exercises and spectacular circus performances. The large fold-out woodcut, after paper 142, shows an acrobat jumping, with a three-stage vault, through ten hoops held by ten men. Toole Statt; "An early technical work on aerobatics, with accompanying wood engravings. Of this work Pierre Bost writes: Ces trois dialogues sont accompagnés d' images très précises, comme géométriques..." Brunet: "Ouvrage assez rare." The treatise, written with talent and lyricism, consists of three dialogues: the first examines the exercises that were practiced in antiquity, the art of jumping and the importance of dance; the second describes acrobatic movements in depth and is accompanied by a large number of woodcuts showing trained acrobats performing jumps, somersaults, handstands, vaults, and illustrating take-off and landing techniques; the third teaches how to use the exercises to keep the body agile, vigorous and healthy. The book is very rare: 6 copies are surveyed by OCLC in the US: Harvard, Getty, New York Public, Syracuse, Newberry Library, Illinois State University. Digital copy available in Gallica: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k87031900#Questa copy contains the paper added in very few copies with the King's Privilege, placed before the A4 file. Adams T-1017; Lipperheide 3037; Brun p. 306; Rahir 663; Toole Statt, Circus and alliend arts, II, 1693. See Jean Balsamo, L'amorevolezza verso le cose Italiche : le livre italien à Paris au XVIe siècle, Genève, Droz, 2015 (Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 86), no. 72; Alessandro Arcangeli, Renaissance Dance and Writing. 4to, 225X170 mm; full vellum binding, title on label on the spine; Leaves. [5], 197, i.e. 199, 1 blank, Repeated in the numbering pp. 59-60, errors in the page numbering; Woodcut initails and head pieces, 87 ilustrations in various dimensions, one large folded plate. Ancient owner's stamp to the titlepage. Some restoration on title page and last leaf reinforced. Some brownings, complete specimen. Very rare first edition. The oldest treatise on acrobatics and one of the most beautiful French illustrated books of the 16th century. The 87 full- and half-page figures depict gymnastic exercises and spectacular circus performances. The large plate, after page 142, shows an acrobat jumping, with a vault in three phases, through ten hoops held by ten men. Toole Statt; "An early technical work on aerobatics, with accompanying wood engravings. Of this work Pierre Bost writes: Ces trois dialogues sont accompagnés d' images très précises, comme géométriques..." Brunet: "Ouvrage assez rare. "The treatise, written with talent and lyricism, is made up of three dialogues: the first examines the exercises practiced in ancient times, the art of jumping and the importance of dance; the second describes the acrobatic movements in depth and is accompanied by a large number of woodcuts showing trained acrobats performing jumps, somersaults, handstands, vaults, and illustrating take-off and landing techniques; the third teaches how to use exercises to keep the body agile, vigorous and healthy.The book is very rare: 6 copies are listed by OCLC in the United States: Harvard, Getty, New York Public, Syracuse, Newberry Library, Illinois State University. Digital copy available in Gallica: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k87031900#This copy contains the leaf added in very few copies with the King's Privilege, placed before the A4 quire.

Estim. 8 000 - 9 000 EUR

Lot 66 - MICALORI, James. Della Sfera Mondiale Libri Quattro. Urbino, Mazzantini, 1626. In-4to, mm. 250x155; Coeval rustic-style hardback binding; Is. [8], 139,[5]. Frontispiece in red and black with woodcut of armillary sphere, numerous astronomical figures xyl. in text. Two coeval hand signatures to title page. Some slight traces of use, copy in good condition. Very rare edition. The work, opposed to judicial astrology, aims to summarize the then most popular notions of astronomy, cosmography, and astronomical geography, with mention of the telescope and zodiac; interesting astronomical figures adorning the text. Cinti devotes a lengthy note to this book. Riccardi knows of only this one edition, but reports two earlier ones cited by Urbino biographers; however, no editions earlier than this one appear in the Opac census, nor do they appear in Word-Cat and the repertories consulted. Riccardi II 155; Sotheran Primo Supplemento no. 2526; Vinciana no. 1583; * Michel-Michel V 172; Parenti "Prime Edizioni" 347; Cinti, no. 78. 4to, mm. 250x155; Contemporary sewing binding; [8], 139,[5]. Titlepage in red and black with he woodcut of the armillary sphere, many illustrations within the text. Signature on the Titlepage. Slight sign of humidity in the last part. Sign of wear, good specimen. Very rare edition. The work intends to synthesize the notions of astronomy, cosmography, astronomy and geography, with hints of the telescope and the zodiac; interesting astronomical figures that adorn the text. Cinti devotes a long note in this book. Riccardi knows only this edition, but he reports two previous ones cited by the biographers of Urbino; however, in the Opac census no editions prior to this appear, nor do they appear in Word-Cat and in the repertoires consulted.Riccardi II 155; Sotheran Primo Supplemento No. 2526; Vinciana No. 1583; * Michel-Michel V 172; Parenti "Prime Edizioni" 347; Cinti, No. 78.

Estim. 1 600 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 67 - GALGEMAIR, Georg. Organon Logikon Kurtzer Grundlicher Warhaffter Gebesserter Und Verme Unterricht Zuberaitung Und Gebrauch, Dess Circkels Schregmess Und Lineal In Wahrer Proportion. Frankfurt, Johann Weh, 1654 In 4to; mm.190x160; Coeval vellum binding; Pages 8, 128 and 4 fold-out plates outside text ,1 printed numerical table on page 14 in the text and numerous xyl. engraved figures in the text; gora throughout volume. Sophisticated specimen. Rare edition by German physicist and anatomist Johann Remmelin. The work describes the construction and use of three different instruments, a proportional compass and two types of geometrical or military compasses. The first part is devoted to the construction and use of the reduction compass in plane and solid geometry, the second and third parts deal with the proportion compass, with a detailed description of Benjamin Bramer's rule of proportions. The book also contains a section on measurement and examines different methods for determining the volume of barrels.Originally published only 4 years after Galileo's "Compasses" (1606), the work partially reformulates Galileo's text but also contains the first illustrated description of a large German proportional compass with 9 lines, some invented by Galgemair himself: lineae fundamentalis, linea recta, linea circularis, geometrical line, stereometric line, astronomical line and a special line for 'reductio planorum, corporum'.It was Clavius who published the first and brief description of a proportional compass in 1604. In 1606, in " Le operazioni del compasso geometrico et militare," Galileo described a proportional compass of his own invention, now known as Galileo's proportional compass. Galgemair's work presents the first illustrated description of the first German proportional compass. Interestingly, the folded table depicting the two sides of Galgemair's section is life-size: the compass measures 28 cm.Editions printed in Augsburg: Johann Klocker, 1633 ("anjetzo aber zum drittenmal auffgelegt und Gedruckt") and Augsburg: Johann Wehe, 1655 ("anjetzo aber Zum virttenmal auffgelegt und Gedruckt") are recorded by VD17 (VD17 12:155110K; VD17 23:323920V, see lot 195), but not the present edition, printed by Wehe with Frankfurt am Main address, and similarly "ansetzo aber zum vierdten mal auffgelegt." Here the title is in letterpress and inserted in a woodcut compartment; Wehe's 1655 edition has a fully engraved title.Tomash & Williams R72; not in VD17. 4to, 190x160 mm. Contemporary vellum binding. Pages 8, 128 and 4 folded plates outside the text, 1 numerical plate printed on page 14 in the text, and numerous woodcut figures in the text. Dampstain throughout the volume. Unsophisticated copy. Rare edition by the German physicist and anatomist Johann Remmelin. The work describes the construction and use of three different instruments, a proportional compass and two types of sector.The first part is devoted to the construction and use of proportional dividers in plane and solid geometry, the second and third parts deal with the sector, and include a detailed description of Benjamin Bramer's instrument. The book also contains a section on gauging. Originally published only four years after Galileo's Compasso (1606), the work partially paraphrases Galileo's text but also contains the first illustrated description of a large German sector with 9 lines, some of which were invented by Galgemair: linae fundamentalis, linea rectae, linea circularis, linea geometrica, linea stereometrica, linea astronomica and a special line for reductio planorum, corporum. Clavius was the first to publish a - brief - description of a sector in 1604. In 1606, in Le operazioni del compasso geometrico et militare, Galileo described a sector of his own invention, now known as Galileo's sector. Galgemair's work is the first illustrated description of the first German sector. It is noteworthy that the folding plate representing the two sides of Galgemair's sector is in real size : the sector measures 28 cm folded.Editions printed at Augsburg: Johann Klocker, 1633 ("anjetzo aber zum drittenmal auffgelegt und Gedruckt") and Augsburg: Johann Wehe, 1655 ("anjetzo aber Zum virttenmal auffgelegt und Gedruckt") are recorded by VD17 (VD17 12:155110K; VD17 23:323920V, see lot 195), but not the present edition, which was printed by Wehe with a Frankfurt am Main address, and likewise "ansetzo aber zum vierdten mal auffgelegt." Here, the title is in letterpress and set within a woodcut compartment; Wehe's 1655 edition features a fully engraved title.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 68 - 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."

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 69 - CARDANO, Jerome. Metoposcopia libris tredecim. Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1658 In-folio. 330 x 220 mm. Coeval bindings in bazzana, triple gold thread frame on the plates, double threading on the hinge, gilt friezes and title on the spine, gold cuts, marbled guard sheets. Pages [8], VIII, 225, [2], 1 blank. Typographic mark to title page, Ornate initials, Woodcut headpieces and friezes, about 800 woodcut figures in the text including three full-page ones. Roman and Greek typeface. Slight traces of use to binding, sporadic light foxing, nice copy. First posthumous, richly figured edition, edited by Claude-Martin de Laurendiere. Garrison-Morton: "Cardan, the most celebrated physician of Europe in his time, and professor of medicine at Padua clained to be able to draw horoscopes from the appearance of the face." Metoposcopy is the art of divination through the study of the forehead. The lines present in a given area are thus in correspondence with the characteristics of each planet, as defined by astrology.The treatise then offers a gallery of faces on which different combinations of lines have been drawn with their interpretations, so as to offer a wide range of case histories to support empirical observation. Included as an appendix in this edition is the treatise on moles and birthmarks of the skin attributed to Melampus, a third-century B.C. author, translated by the editor, with the original Greek text. In-folio. 330x220mm. Contemporary roan binding, gilt triple fillet frame on the covers, double fillet on the squares, ornaments and gilt title on the spines, gold edges, marbled endpapers. Pages [8], VIII, 225, [2], 1 blank. Printer's device on the title page, decorated Initials, woodcut headpieces and friezes, around 800 woodcut illustrations in the text, three of which full-page. Roman and Greek type. Slight traces of use on the binding, sporadic light foxing, a fine copy. First posthumous edition, richly illustrated, edited by Claude-Martin de Laurendiere. Garrison-Morton: "Cardan, the most celebrated physician of Europe in his time, and professor of medicine at Padua clained to be able to draw horoscopes from the appearance of the face." Metoposcopy is the art of divination through the study of the forehead. The lines present in a given area therefore correspond to the characteristics of each planet, as defined by astrology: the treatise then proposes a gallery of faces on which various combinations of lines have been drawn with the relative interpretations, so as to offer a wide range of cases in support of the empirical observation. This edition includes in the appendix the treatise on skin moles and birthmarks attributed to Melampus, author of the 3rd century BC, translated by the editor, with the original Greek text.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 70 - BARATTIERI, Gio. Battista. Architettura d'Acque divided into Eight Books. Piacenza, Gio. Bazachi, 1656 Bound with: Architettura d'Acque in which is contained: Misura, Divisione, e Livellatione dell'Acque correnti, con molte Scritture di vari casi. Piacenza, Gio. Bazachi, 16632 parts in one vol. In-folio picc., mm. 290x200; coeval bind. m. leather and marbled cart., spine with gilt titles and friezes, corners, red boards; pp. (20), 277, (3), 40 xylogr. figs. n.t., including 2 on double p. both depicting the course of the Po from the Lambro to the Adda on pp. 234-35 and 240-41, 1 xylogr. f.t. double p. table (table no. IX); pp. (8), 296, numerous xyl. figs. n.t. and a fold-out f.t. table between pp. 258 and 259, depicting leveling instruments. Restoration to spine. Some slight yellowing and some pages with woodworm holes and loss of text. Unsophisticated specimen.Very rare figured first edition. Complete work of the two parts issued in different years. Monumental work on hydraulics, particularly concerning rivers, of which the author treats all aspects, from the source to the speed of the current, from the transformation of the bed to floods, from corrosion to techniques for the construction of embankments. Riccardi: "This work of Barattieri's is one of the most esteemed in practical hydraulics...the two united parts of this edition are difficult to find." G.B. Barattieri, a valiant engineer from Lodi, used in the present work, in addition to his long experience in hydraulic engineering in Lombardy and Veneto, the writings of B. Castelli, large excerpts of which are reproduced in Part II. Singer: "The best exemple in our period of a practical scientific work on the problems of river regulation." BARATTIERI, Gio. Battista. Architettura d'Acque divided into Eight Books. Piacenza, Gio. Bazachi, 1656Bound with: Architettura d'Acque in which is contained: Misura, Divisione, e Livellatione dell'Acque correnti, con molte Scritture di vari casi. Piacenza, Gio. Bazachi, 1663 2 parts in a volume. In small folio, mm. 290x200; contemporary quarter calf binding, gilt title and ornaments on spine, corners, red edges; pp. (20), 277, (3), 40 woodcut illustrations, which 2 of them on double page depicting both the Po river to the Lambro at the Adda river on pages 234-35 and 240-41, a woodcut plate on double page out text (plate no. IX); pp. (8), 296, a lot of woodcut illustrations in the text and a folded plate out text on the pages 258 and 259 depicting leveling tools. Restored back on binding. Some slight yellowing and some pages with wormholes and loss of text. Unsophisticated copy in wide margins. Very rare first illustrated edition. Complete work of the two parts released in different years. Monumental work of hydraulics, particularly concerning rivers, of which the author deals with all aspects, from the source to the speed of the current, from the transformation of the bed to the floods, from corrosion to the techniques for the construction of the embankments. Riccardi: "This work of Barattieri's is one of the most esteemed in practical hydraulics...the two parts brought together in this edition are difficult to find." G.B. Barattieri, a skilful Lodiian engineer, in the present work he used, as well as his long experience in hydraulic engineering in Lombardy and in the Veneto region, the writings of B. Castelli, of which ample pieces are reproduced in the second part. Singer: "The best exemple in our period of a practical scientific work on the problems of river regulation." Riccardi I, 73; Zeitlinger, 3d Supplement, no. 3789; Singer III, 315; Vinciana, no. 1631, the second edition.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 71 - GALILEI, Galileo. Treatise on the sphere... In Rome, for Nicolò Angelo Tinassi, at the expense of Domenico Grialdi libraro, 1656 In-12mo. 134x70 mm. Coeval full vellum binding, manuscript title on spine. Pages [16], 296, [4]. Marks. : A⁸ A-M¹² N⁴ χ². Last blank c. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, 2 copper-engraved plates, 2 fold-out printed tables. Unreadable ink lettering to the counterplate and Antiport. Good state of preservation. Rare Editio Princeps. Work issued posthumously edited by Urbano d'Aviso who signs his name with the pseudonym Buonardo Savi. Work divided into two parts: the first part is a printing of the manuscript of Galileo's Treatise, owned by Bonaventura Cavalieri; the second part contains a series of astronomical problems based on the Treatise that were devised for his students by Bonaventura Cavalieri, who had studied with Galileo in Padua and who, throughout his life, always considered himself Galileo's disciple. The volume concludes with a series of directions on how to map the heavens. Galileo composed this treatise at the end of the 16th century and used it as part of his teaching: it is a short and elementary geocentric astronomical treatise whose content and structure generally follow Johannes de Sacrobosco's medieval Tractatus de sphæra and is probably inspired by Piccolomini's Sphere of the World. Riccardi, col. 519; Cinti 133. See Roberto de Andrade Martins et Walmir Thomazi Cardoso, Galileo's Trattato della sfera ovvero cosmografia and Its Sources, 2017; Matteo Valleriani, La natura pratica del Trattato della Sfera di Galileo Galilei, Berlin, De Gruyter, c. 2014. 12mo, 134x70 mm., contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title on spine. Pp. [16], 296, [4]. Last sheet blank . Engraved allegorical frontispiece, two engraved plates, two folded tables. Written not readable in ink on the inside cover and on the Frontispiece. Good copy. Rare Editio Princeps. Posthumously released work by Urbano d'Aviso who signed with the pseudonym Buonardo Savi. Work divided into two parts: the first part is the print of the manuscript of the Treaty of Galileo, owned by Bonaventura Cavalieri; the second part contains a series of astronomical problems based on the Treatise which were conceived for his students by Bonaventura Cavalieri who had studied with Galileo in Padua and who, throughout his life, always considered himself a disciple of Galileo. The volume concludes with a series of indications on how to map the skies. Galileo composed this treatise at the end of the 16th century and used it as part of his didactic activity: it is a short and elementary geocentric astronomical treatise whose content and structure generally follow Johannes de Sacrobosco's medieval Tractatus de sphæra and is probably inspired by Piccolomini's Sphere of the World.Riccardi, col. 519; Cinti 133. See Roberto de Andrade Martins et Walmir Thomazi Cardoso, Galileo's Trattato della sfera ovvero cosmografia and Its Sources, 2017; Matteo Valleriani, La natura pratica del Trattato della Sfera di Galileo Galilei, Berlin, De Gruyter, c 2014.

Estim. 10 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 72 - CAPRIGLIA, Joseph. Misura del tempo cioè trattato di Horologij da Ruota di tre ordini. Padua, Andrea Gattella, 1665 4to, mm. 202x152; coeval stiff vellum binding with titles stamped in black ink within gusset at spine, splash cuts; pp. 8 nn., including Antip., 72; many illustrations of clocks and mechanisms n.t., 20 full-page. Some traces of moisture and use some pages browned.Very rare original illustrated edition, first treatise on mechanical horology. Three types of "wheel" clocks are examined and described in detail: rustic belfry, clean chamber, chest luster. The numerous illustrations are accompanied by timely legends with the Italian nomenclature of the different components. This is the first, very important treatise on clocks worldwide, a milestone for the history of horology. Parenti, First Italian ediz., 124; Riccardi I, 237-238; Robertson 60. Joined with: MARTINELLI, Domenico. Horologi elementari. Venice, Bortolo Tramontino, 1669. Pp. 155, 5 nn.; 16 full-page copper-engraved plates numbered I-XVI. Good state of preservation. Rare figured first edition. Together with Capriglia's, this is the most important work on clocks published in Italy in the 17th century. Martinelli collects all the knowledge of time on clocks, divided into four parts: the first part deals with those operated with water, the second with earth, the third with air, and the fourth with fire. Of considerable interest is the treatment of the latest mechanical devices that preceded Galileo's and Huygens' studies of the pendulum. The work is also noteworthy for its beautiful illustrations. Vinciana 1668; Tardy 171; Baillie, pp. 76-79: "A horological classic"; Riccardi II, 124; Bibl. générale de la mesure du temps, 171-172; Honeyman 2164; Piantanida 1668; Riccardi I, 123-124. 4to, mm. 202x152; stiff vellum binding with titles impressed in black ink within the label on the spine, sprayed edges; pp. 8 not numbered, including Frontespiece, 72; many illustrations of clocks and gears within the text, 20 at full page. Some signs of humidity and some browning pages. Good specimen. Very rare first illustrated edition, the first treatise of mechanical watchmaking. Are examined and described in detail three types of watches "by wheel": rustic bell tower, clean chamber, luster from his chest. The numerous illustrations are accompanied by precise legends with the Italian nomenclature of the various components. This is the first important treatise on watches worldwide, a milestone in the history of watchmaking. Parenti, Prime ed. Italian, 124; Riccardi I, 237-238; Robertson 60. Bound with: MARTINELLI, Domenico. Horologi elementari. Venice, Bortolo Tramontino, 1669. Pp. 155, 5 not numbered.; 16 plates within the text engr. in copper at full page numbered I-XVI. Rare first illustrated edition. This is, together with that of Capriglia, the most important work on watches published in Italy in the seventeenth century. Martinelli collects all the knowledge of the time on the clocks, divided into four parts: the first part will deal with those driven by the water, in the second with the earth, with the air in the third, the fourth with fire. Of particular interest is the discussion of the latest mechanical devices that preceded the studies of Galileo and Huiygens on the pendulum. The work is also notable for the beautiful illustrations. Vinciana 1668; Tardy 171; Baillie, pp. 76-79: "A horological classic."

Estim. 6 000 - 7 000 EUR

Lot 73 - MONTANARI, Geminiano. Speculazioni Fisiche... sopra gli effetti di quei vetri temperrati. Bologna, Manolessi, 1671 4to, mm. 183x130. Hardback binding. Pp. 12, 76, 1 folded table card. Frontispiece trimmed and reinforced at inner margin, moisture stains at end of volume. First and only rare edition on glass. The book is written in the form of two epistles addressed to the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinand II and to the Venetian patrician Girolamo Savorgnano in which the various glass processes in the workshops of Murano and other European factories are illustrated. The fold-out table illustrates 10 figures. Geminiano Montanari (1633 - 1687), an Italian astronomer and mathematician, wrote this work because of a dispute with Donato Rossetti, a follower of Galilei, who had published a paper on the same subject a short time earlier.Gamba 2017: "These are two letters, one directed to Grand Duke Ferdinando II, the other to co. Girolamo Savorgnano del Monte, a nobleman from Veneto. "Riccardi I/2, 171-172: "Rare" and Piantanida (1588): "Rare pamphlet." 4to, mm. 183x130. Cardboard binding. pp. 12, 76, 1 engraved folded plate. Titlepage trimmed and reinforced at inner margin, dampstains at end of volume. First and only rare edition on glass. The book is written in the form of two epistles addressed to the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinand II and to the Venetian patrician Girolamo Savorgnano in which the various glass processes in the Murano workshops and other European factories are illustrated. The folded plate illustrates 10 figures. Geminiano Montanari (1633 - 1687), an Italian astronomer and mathematician, wrote this work due to a dispute with Donato Rossetti, a follower of Galilei, who had published a paper on the same subject shortly before.Gamba 2017: "These are two letters, one directed to the Grand Duke Ferdinand II, the other to the co. Girolamo Savorgnano del Monte, a Venetian nobleman. "Riccardi I/2, 171-172: "Rare" and Piantanida (1588): "Rare pamphlet."

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 74 - MONTANARI, Geminiano. Pensieri fisico - matematici. Bologna, Manolessi, 1667 Bound with: MONTANARI, Geminiano. Lettera del dottor Geminiano Montanari...all'ill.mo e rev.mo sig. Abbate Carlo Antonio Sampieri in risposta ad alcune obiezioni intorno ai suoi pensieri Fisico-matematici. Bologna, Manolessi, 1667 Two parts in 1 volume in 4to; mm. 183x130. Hardback binding. 88 pp. Vignette on title page. Marks: A-L4. Blank c. G4. 1 c. of table. Shorter pages at lower margin of second work. Overall good copy. Rare work in epistolary form by Montanari, holder of the chair of mathematics at Bologna, divided into two parts that takes up the theories of Galileo and Torricelli. Studies suggest a similarity between the rise of water in capillary tubes and that of sap in plant stems. Zeitlinger: "This classic work contains investigations on capilliarity to which very little was added up to the end of the 18th century." MONTANARI, Geminiano. Pensieri fisico - matematici.Bologna, Manolessi, 1667 Bound with: MONTANARI, Geminiano. Lettera del dottor Geminiano Montanari...all'ill.mo e rev.mo sig. Abbate Carlo Antonio Sampieri in risposta ad alcune obiezioni intorno ai suoi pensieri Fisico-matematici.Bologna, Manolessi, 1667 Two parts in 1 volume in 4to; mm. 183x130. Cardboard binding. 88 pp. Coll: A-L4. Blank c. G4. 1 plate. Shorter pages on the lower margin of the second work. Overall good copy. A rare work in epistolary form by Montanari, holder of the chair of mathematics at Bologna, divided into two parts that takes up the theories of Galileo and Torricelli. Studies suggest a similarity between the rise of water in capillary tubes and the rise of sap in plant stems. 'This classic work contains investigations on capilliarity to which very little was added up to the end of the 18th century.' Zeitlinger.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 75 - LANA TERZI, Francis. Prodromo overo saggio di alcune inventioni nuove premesso all' arte maestra. Brescia, Rizzardi, 1670 Folio. 310x230 mm. Coeval binding in rustic hardback. Pages (8), 252. 20 full-page copper-engraved plates at end. Large woodcut capilettera and endpapers. On title page oval ex libris in black ink with initials "C B". Spots and traces of use to binding, internally sporadic light foxing and some traces of use, good copy with wide margins. Rare first edition of this pioneering work in aviation history. Lana provides an extensive description of inventions and technological innovations. Among others we find: microscopes, hygrometers, clocks, water pumps, a new type of thermometer, a method of cipher writing, a system for teaching the blind to write, and a method of producing colors. The most significant is that relating to the construction of a ''ship, which chimneys sustained above the air.'' All its construction details are described and it is illustrated by the famous table. An analysis of it appeared, in 1679, in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and G.W. Leibniz described it in detail in Hypothesis physica nova (Mainz 1671) and then discussed it in his correspondence with Lana Terzi. Dibner: "the earliest concept of flight based on aerostatic principles." Norman: "While Lana apparently originated the method of reducing air density in a vessel by heating it, the implications of this phenomenon in relation to flight were not fully understood until the advent of the Montgolfier brothers a century later" Riccardi: "Rare and valuable work." Folio.310x230. Contemporary sewing binding. Pages (8), 252. 20 full-page copperplate plates at the end. Large woodcut Initials and tail-pieces. On the title page, an oval ex-libris in black ink with the initials "C B". Stains and tears to the binding, internally occasional slight foxing and some signs of wear, good copy with wide margins. Rare first edition of this pioneering work in the history of aeronautics. Lana provides an extensive description of inventions and technological innovations. Among others we find: microscopes, hygrometers, clocks, water pumps, a new type of thermometer, a method of cipher writing, a system for teaching the blind to write, a method for producing colors. The most significant is that relating to the construction of a ''ship, which chimneys are supported above the air.'' All the construction details are described and it is illustrated by the famous plate. An analysis of it appeared, in 1679, in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and G.W. Leibniz described it in detail in the Hypothesis physica nova (Mainz 1671) and then dealt with it in his correspondence with Lana Terzi. Dibner: "the earliest concept of flight based on aerostatic principles." Norman: "While Lana apparently originated the method of reducing air density in a vessel by heating it, the implications of this phenomenon in relation to flight were not fully understood until the advent of the Montgolfier brothers a century later" Riccardi: "Rare and valuable work."

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 76 - CHÉRUBIN d'ORLÉANS, Pierre. La Dioptrique oculaire, ou La théorique, la positive, et la méchanique, de l'oculaire dioptrique en toutes ses espèces. Paris, Thomas Jolly, Simon Benard, 1671 In-folio. Coeval full tawny calf binding, sinewy spine with gold friezes (part of the spine missing).Engraved allegorical frontispiece with figures and instruments. Pages [48], 419, [31], 2 engravings in text on pages 1 unnumbered [Headpiece with coat of arms] and 16. 57 plates, including one fold-out and 5 on double page. Spine restored. Signature erased on title page, some tears and small defects. First edition of this early and extensive work on optics and optical instruments. This work is an excellent summary of seventeenth-century optical instruments and their construction, and includes several devices, such as the binocular microscope and telescope, invented by Cherubin.Chérubin d'Orléans was the inventor of theater binoculars and, in this practical work on optics, he systematically describes lens grinding, telescope manufacture, and illustrates every aspect of a lens maker's workshop in detailed engraved plates. According to Albermt, La dioptrique oculaire is "the most comprehensive treatise on lens manufacture in the seventeenth century." Chérubin d'Orléans includes detailed accounts of the effects different lenses have on the eye and observations of the stars and moon made through telescopes of his own invention. The Antiporta is engraved Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707) on the drawing by Jean le Pautre (1618-1682). The two double-page full moon images feature cherubs (perhaps a visual pun on the author's name) at the corners wielding a variety of optical instruments, including a binocular telescope invented by Cherubin. The plates were drawn by Cherubin and engraved by L. Cossinus. Other plates depict lathes for grinding lenses and other devices, microscopes and telescopes. One plate depicts the movement of sunspots on two solar disks. D.M. Albert et al., Source Book of Ophthalmology (1995), 412; Duncan 2360; Krivatsy-NLM, 2427; Poggendorff I, 430; Wellcome II, 335. Folio, contemporary full leather binding, gilt ornaments on the spine (partly missing). Pictorial Frontispiece. Pp. 48, 419, 31, 57 plates. Restored spines. Signature deleted on title page, occasional tears and defects. First edition of this first and vast work on optics and optical instruments. This work is an excellent summary of seventeenth-century optical instruments and their construction, and includes several devices, such as the binocular microscope and telescope, invented by Cherubin. Chérubin d'Orléans was also the inventor of opera glasses, and in this practical work on optics, he systematically describes the grinding of lenses and illustrates every aspect of a lens maker's workshop in detailed engraved plates. According to Albert, La dioptrique oculaire is 'the most exhaustive treatise on lens making in the seventeenth century. ' Chérubin d'Orléans includes detailed accounts of the effects that different lenses have on the eye and observations of the stars and the moon made through the telescopes of his own invention. The frontispiece was designed by Jean le Pautre (1618-1682) and engraved by Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707). The two double-page full-moon images feature cherubim (perhaps a visual pun on the author's name) at the corners wielding a variety of optical instruments, including a binocular telescope that Cherubin invented. The plates were designed by Cherubin and engraved by L. Cossinus. Other plates depict lens-grinding lathes and other apparatus, and microscopes and telescopes. One plate depicts the movement of sunspots on two solar discs.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 77 - CROLL, Oswald. Basilica Chymica, Pluribus Selectis et Secretissimis propria manuali experientia approbatis descriptionibus, & usu remediorum Spagyricorum aucta a Johan. Hartmanno.[In fine:] Venice, Combi, 1643 3 parts in one volume in 16mo. 155x95 mm. Binding in full stiff vellum, manuscript title on spine, renewed guard sheets. Pages 469, (11); 204, (2), last blank paper missing; 104, (48). Colophon with printing date at end of parts 1 and 2. 48-page final index. 2 illustrations of amulets on pages 357 and 362 and numerous alchemical symbols. Slight traces of use and some spotting, good copy. Rare edition edited by Johann Hartmann, who adds his annotations. The book is divided into three parts: the "Basilica Chymica" i.e. the 'Royal Chemistry,' in which Croll illustrates the use of chemical remedies for the treatment of diseases; the "Praefatio admonitoria" a long dissertation in which Paracelsus' doctrines are expounded; and the "Tractatus de Signaturis, 'Treatise of Signatures,' where the relations of plants to the different parts of the human body are given. At the end of the third part are alchemical symbols and characters representing chemical and mineral substances. Stillman: "Oswald Crollius... was another influential advocate of Paracelsus, and a contributor to the chemical remedies. His Basilica Chymica... was his most popular work. It contained an exposition of the teachings of Paracelsus, a treatise on materia medica in which he emphasizes the chemical medicines, and a treatise on the doctrine of Signatures, a subject also treated in the Paracelsian literature, and which assumes that medicinal plants or other sources of medicine bear some symbol or sign of their value for medicine in their color, shape or other visible sign, by which God intends that their shall become known to those expert and wise in the interpretation of these signs." DSB: "The Basilica chymica became the standard scientific work of iatrochemistry. "Cf. Caillet, 2702. Ferguson I, 187; DSB 3, 471; Magica Casanatense 335. Dorbon, 945 for other editions. Stillman, Early Chemistry, pp. 354-55. Bibliotheca Hermetica, p. 80. 3 parts in one volume in 16mo. 155x95mm. Full vellum binding, handwritten title on the spine, new endpapers. Pages 469, (11); 204, (2), the last blank leaf is missing; 104, (48). Colophon with printing date at the end of parts 1 and 2. Final index of 48 pages. 2 illustrations of amulets on pages 357 and 362 and numerous alchemical symbols. Slight traces of use and some stains, good copy. Rare edition edited by Johann Hartmann, who adds his annotations. The book is divided into three parts: the "Basilica Chymica" that is the 'Real Chemistry', in which Croll illustrates the use of chemical remedies for the treatment of diseases; the "Praefatio admonitoria" a long dissertation in which the doctrines of Paracelsus are exposed; the "Tractatus de Signaturis, 'Treatise of signatures', where the relationships of plants with the different parts of the human body are indicated. At the end of the third part, the alchemical symbols representing the chemical and mineral substances are shown.Stillman: "Oswald Crollius... was another influential advocate of Paracelsus, and a contributor to the chemical remedies. His Basilica Chymica... was his most popular work. It contained an exposition of the teachings of Paracelsus, a treatise on materia medica in which he emphasizes the chemical medicines, and a treatise on the doctrine of Signatures, a subject also treated in the Paracelsian literature, and which assumes that medicinal plants or other sources of medicine bear some symbol or sign of their value for medicine in their color, shape or other visible sign, by which God intends that their shall become known to those expert and wise in the interpretation of these signs." DSB: "The Basilica chymica became the standard scientific work of iatrochemistry."

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 78 - PASCAL, Blaise. Les Provinciales ou les lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte, à un Provincial de ses amis, & aux RR. PP. Jésuites: sur le Sujet de la Morale, & de la Politique de ces Pères. Cologne, de la Vallée [Elzevier], 1657 In-12mo, 132x74 mm. Coeval binding in stiff parchment with nails, manuscript title on spine. Pages [24], 398, 2 blank, 111. Frieze to Frontispiece, Ornate initials, Roman and Italic typeface. Old possessor's handwritten note on the guard sheet before the Frontispiece. Good condition. First edition of the Elzevier, with continuous numbering, in first run. Issued the same year as the first complete 4to edition published Paris. The first printing run is indicated by the title, with "lettres escrites" and by the Advertissement mentioning only XVII letter. The letter a à P. Annat is placed here between the 17th and 18th letters. It follows, with different numbering, "Advis de Messieurs les curez de Paris" by A. and P. Nicole. This by Elzevier is the definitive version of Pascal's text. It was the first edition to collect the eighteen letters within a continuous layout and became the standard text for all subsequent editions. It also contains, as an appendix at the end and paginated separately the 'Advis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris'. The Lettres Provinciales, as they are called, are the earliest example of French prose as we know it today, perfectly finished in form, varied in style, and on a subject of universal importance. Pascal's weapon was irony, and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of manner. PMM 140: "The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best. "Tchemerzine IX-70; Willems 1218. In-12mo, 132x74 mm. Contemporary stiff vellum binding with squares, handwritten title on back. Pp. [24], 398, 2 blank, 111. Vignette on titlepage, adorned initials, Latin and italic types. Handwritten note of previous owner on endpaper before titlepage. Good condition. First edition of the Elzevier, with continuous numbering, in the first issue. Published the same year as the first complete edition in 4to published in Paris. The first issue is indicated by the title, with "lettres escrites" and by the Advertissement which mentions only the seventeenth letter. The letter to P. Annat is placed here between the seventeenth and eighteenth letters. There follows, with different numbers, "Advis de Messieurs curez de Paris" by A. and P. Nicole. This by Elzevier is Pascal's version of the definitive text. It was the first edition to collect the eighteen letters within a continuous layout and became the standard text for all subsequent editions. It also contains, attached at the end and paginated separately, the 'Advis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris'. The Lettres Provinciales, as they are called, are the earliest example of French prose as we know it today, perfectly finished in form, varied in style, and on a subject of universal importance. Pascal's weapon was irony, and freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the ways.PMM 140: "The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best" Tchemerzine IX-70; Willems 1218.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 79 - ALBERTUS MAGNUS. De secretis mulierum. Amsterdam, apud Henricum et Theod. Boom, 1669 8vo, 130x75 mm. Parchment binding. Pp. 329, 6 of index. Engraved frontispiece with lack in margin, binding with traces of use, overall good copy. Fine edition of "De secretis mulierum," a work that was very successful and published several times over the centuries. The Secrets deals with human reproduction, from embryo generation to sperm generation, with a curious chapter on 'monsters in nature,' and was written to instruct celibate medieval monks on the facts of life and some of the ways of the universe. However, the book had a much wider influence. Lemay shows how its message that women were wicked and lascivious creatures was based on the misogyny of the work's Aristotelian sources and laid the groundwork for severe persecution of women. This edition includes within the text "De mirabilibus mundi" as well as Michael Scotus' "De secretis naturae".Cf. Women's Secrets: A Translation of Pseudo-Albertus Magnus' De Secretis Mulierum with Commentaries, by Helen Rodnite Lemay, SUNY Press, 1992. 8vo, 130x75 mm. Vellum binding. Pp. 329, 6 of Index. Engraved title page with marginal loss, binding with sign of wear, overall good specimen. Good edition of the "De secretis mulierum," a work that was very successful and which was published several times over the centuries. The Secrets deals with human reproduction, from the generation of the Embryo to the generation of Sperm, with a curious chapter on 'Monsters in Nature,' and was written to instruct celibate medieval monks in the facts of life and some of the ways of the universe . However, the book had a much wider influence. Lemay shows how its message that women were evil, lascivious creatures built on the misogyny of the work's Aristotelian sources and laid the groundwork for serious persecution of women. In this edition are present within text the "De mirabilibus mundi" as well as the "De secretis naturae" by Michael Scotus.See, Women's Secrets: A Translation of Pseudo-Albertus Magnus' De Secretis Mulierum with Commentaries, by Helen Rodnite Lemay, SUNY Press, 1992.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 80 - DÜRER, Albrecht. Della simmetria de i corpi humani, libri quattro. Venice, Domenico Nicolini, 1591 Folio. 330 x 225 mm. Antique vellum binding with manuscript title on spine. Papers [6], 143 [but 141], [1]. Numbering errors, papers 74 and 101 skipped from numbering. Typographical mark to title page and endpapers, volume fully illustrated with almost always full-page figures. Papers M4, Q4 and Q5 are duplicate papers added to the fascicles: paper Q4 printed on recto and verso; papers M4 and Q5 printed on recto only. Some blooming and slight traces of use, small lack on the fold of two folded plates. Some restoration, nice specimen with wide margins. First complete Italian edition of the first book devoted to the proportions of the human body. Figurative book with many illustrations of the human figure. Durer sets out to show that the proportions and harmony of the human body depend on precise geometric rules, and are therefore reproducible through drawing. He thus comes to theorize beauty itself as related to mathematical proportions. Dürer, at the conclusion of numerous studies carried out on different types of individuals, accompanied his work with many illustrations of the human figure, the same ones, moreover, also given in this first Italian edition. Garrison-Morton: "Written, designed, and illustrated by Dürer, this work is notable for its extraordinary series of anthropometrical woodcuts. The first two books deal with the proper proportions of the human form ; the third changes the proportions according to mathematical rules, giving examples of extremely fat and thin figures, while the last book depicts the human figure in motion and treats of foreshortenings. Dürer's work is the first attempt to apply anthropometry to aesthetics. The woodcuts represent the first attempt to employ cross-hatching to depict shades and shadows in wood engraving." The Italian translation from the Latin version is by G.P. Gallucci, who adds a fifth book "in which it is treated in what ways can painters and scoltori show the diversity of the nature of men and women [...]." Cicognara, 321; Brunet II, 914; Choix 38, 4491, 8638; Riccardi I, 659; Choulant, 146; Wellcome II, 1920; Durling, 1299; Bird, 760. See Garrison-Morton, 149; Schlosser-Magnino p. 286 & 294; J. Meder, Durer-Katalog, New York 1971, p. 289. Folio. 330x225mm. Ancient vellum binding with handwritten title on the spine. [6], 143 [but 141], [1] leaves. Numbering errors, leaves 74 and 101 skipped from numbering. Printer's device on the title page and at the end, a fully illustrated volume with almost always full-page illustrations. Leaves M4, Q4 and Q5 are double leaves added to the quires: leaf Q4 printed on the recto and verso; leaves M4 and Q5 printed on the recto only. Some foxing and slight signs of wear, small lack on the fold of two folded leaves. A good copy with wide margins. First complete Italian edition of the first book dedicated to the proportions of the human body. Illustrated book with many illustrations of the human figure. Durer intends to demonstrate that the proportions and harmony of the human body depend on precise geometric rules, and are therefore reproducible through drawing. He then comes to theorize beauty itself as linked to mathematical proportions. Dürer, at the conclusion of numerous studies carried out on different types of individuals, accompanied his work with many illustrations of the human figure, the same, moreover, also reported in this first Italian edition. Garrison-Morton: "Written, designed, and illustrated by Dürer, this work is notable for its extraordinary series of anthropometrical woodcuts. The first two books deal with the proper proportions of the human form ; the third changes the proportions according to mathematical rules, giving examples of extremely fat and thin figures, while the last book depicts the human figure in motion and treats of foreshortenings. Dürer's work is the first attempt to apply anthropometry to aesthetics. The woodcuts represent the first attempt to employ cross-hatching to depict shades and shadows in wood engraving." The Italian translation from the Latin version is by G.P. Gallucci, who adds a fifth book "which deals with which ways painters and sculptors can show the diversity of the nature of men and women [...]."

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Lot 81 - REDI, Francis. Experiences concerning various natural things, and particularly those, which are brought to us from the Indies ... written in a letter to the Most Reverend Father Athanasius Chircher. Florence, All'Insegna della Nave, 1671 4to, 255x160 mm, Half vellum and hardback binding; pp. 6, 152. 6 engraved plates, (types of rocks, black pepper, fennel from China, vanilla seeds and leaves, and some other natural specimens from the West and East Indies). Title in red and black, with engraved vignette with the Medici coat of arms, Inscription of contemporary ownership of Giovanni Nicola Barsanti, from Lucca, author of some small literary works in 1670-80.Large specimen with full margins, untrimmed. A little browning here and there due to paper quality (heavier on 2 sheets), slight bump on edge of first few papers, with a few very small tears, but an authentic, unsophisticated copy. First edition of this work by the Italian naturalist and poet Francesco Redi, lying in the Museum's book field, or cabinet of canonical curiosities, containing his "investigations of various botanical and zoological specimens, among which were some brought from India; among them were Chinese star anise, cobra and iguana "stones," vanilla pods, and a leaf of chinchona. The treatise is in the form of a letter to Athanasius Kircher"(Norman catal., no. 1815). 4to, 255x160 mm, quarter vellum, pp. 6, 152. 6 engraved plates, Title in red and black with engraved vignette with Medici's coat of arms. Inscription of contemporary ownership of Giovanni Nicola Barsanti from Lucca, author of little literature works. Specimen with wide margins, not trimmed. Browning due to the quality of paper, a slight bump on the edge of the first leaves, with little tears; a fresh copy. First edition of this work by the Italian naturalist and poet Francesco Redi, lying in the field of the Museum's books, or cabinet of canonical curiosities, containing his "investigations on various botanical and zoological specimens, including some brought from India; among these there were Chinese star anise, "stones" of cobras and iguanas, vanilla pods and a leaf of chinchona. The treatise is in the form of a letter to Athanasius Kircher "

Estim. 1 400 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 82 - ZANONI, Giacomo. Istoria botanica. Bologna, Giuseppe Longhi, 1675. In folio, mm. 310x205. Full vellum binding, mss. titles on spine. Pp. [12] unnumbered, 211, [1]. Antiporta and 80 engraved plates depicting exotic plants, mostly from the Malabar region of India. A few repaired tears, small lack at the white margin of the figure 7 plate paper not affecting the engraving, overall good wide-margin copy with the engravings well stamped. First edition. Important work by Zanoni, a famous 17th-century Bolognese botanist, in which he depicts many exotic plants according also to their medicinal properties. Cristofolini - Managlia: "His principal work is the "Istoria Botanica" (1675), where are described and illustrated in very fine engravings 111 species critical or new to science, both native to Italy and exotic, the latter especially originating in Malabar." Zanoni was able to collect and catalog the seeds through exchanges with missionaries and travelers, particularly from India. The plants were later cultivated in the botanical garden of the University of Bologna. Zanoni's importance in the history of botany is witnessed by Linnaeus himself, who paid tribute to him by naming "Zanonia" a genus of the Cucurbitaceae family. Nissen BBI 2193, Pritzel 10458; Giovanni Cristofolini, Annalisa Managlia, Giacomo Zanoni and botany in Bologna in the 17th century, in: Notiziario della Società Botanica Italiana 2021, 5 (2), pp. 295-303. Folio, 310x205 mm. Full vellum binding, title written on the spine. Pp. 12 not numbered, 211, 1. Frontispiece and 80 copper plates depicting exotic plants, mostly from the Indian region of Malabar. Some repaired tears, slight loss on the white margin on the leaf of plate no. 7, not affecting the engraving, overall good copy with well impressed illustrations. First edition. Important work by Zanoni, famous botanist from Bologna of the 17th century, in which he depicts many exotic plants also based on their medicinal properties. Cristofolini - Managlia: "His main work is the "Istoria Botanica" (1675), where are described and illustrated in very fine engravings 111 species critical or new to science, both native to Italy and exotic, the latter especially originating in Malabar." [His main work is the "Istoria Botanica" (1675), where 111 species critical or new to science, both native to Italy and exotic, are described and illustrated in very valuable engravings, the latter especially originating from Malabar] Zanoni managed to collect and catalog the seeds through exchanges with missionaries and travelers, particularly from India. The plants were subsequently grown in the botanical garden of the University of Bologna. The importance of Zanoni in the history of botany is testified by Linnaeus himself, who paid homage to him by naming "Zanonia" a genus of the Cucurbitaceae family.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 83 - MORETTI, Giuseppe - CHIOLINI, Carlo. Theoretical-practical instruction in the art of pleasure gardens. Milan, Widow of A. F. Stella and Giacomo son, 1840 2 volumes in 8vo; 180x110 mm. Binding in half leather and marbled paperback. Original editorial paperbacks also present. Pp. 372, 4 endpapers, 3 of which are folded; pp. 523. Good copy in beards. Fine edition on the care of landscapes, gardens, parks, orchards and vegetable gardens compiled by the director of the Agricultural Library and professor of Botany at the University of Pavia Giuseppe Moretti and Carlo Chiolini, dean of the medical-surgical-pharmaceutical faculty at the same university. 2 volumes in 8vo, 180x110 mm. Quarter calf and marbled cardboard. The original publisher's binding is included. Pp. 372, 4 plates of which of 3 are folded; pp. 523. Good uncut specimen. Beautiful edition on the care of landscapes, gardens, parks, orchards and vegetable gardens written by the director of the Agricultural Library and professor of Botany at the University of Pavia Giuseppe Moretti and Carlo Chiolini, dean of the medical, surgical-pharmaceutical faculty at the same university.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 84 - BUONANNI, Philip. Ricreatione dell'occhio e della mente nell'osservation' delle chiocciole. Rome, Varese and Cesaretti, 1681. In 4to, 235 x 176 mm; coeval vellum binding with traces of a title within cartouche, red-sprayed cuts. Pages [16], 384, [16]. 3 allegorical frontispieces, 113 engraved plates and 2 two intaglio vignettes on pages 301 and 326. Total of 116 copperplates engraved outside text. Nice fresh copy with numerous annotations in brown ink to the side of the plates. Rare superbly illustrated first edition. The first book to deal exclusively with crustaceans. Includes 3 allegorical frontispieces, 4 plates in parts 1 and 3, and 109 plates depicting shells that make up part 4, including intermediate titles of each of the three series. Altogether more than 400 figures. The rich illustration was drawn and engraved by the author, except for the frontispieces in the manner of Arcimboldo, the work of Francesco Venturino. Divided into four parts, three of which are text and one of plates, this treatise on concology lists and studies a large number of species that the author had collected during his sojourn on the shores of the Adriatic and by visiting the main cabinets and museums of his time. This specimen contains a large number of handwritten annotations in the margins of the figures: many of these notes correct errors in composition by indicating the exact number of the description in the text. Dance Shell collecting p. 43; Cobres 418.5; Nissen ZBI 753. In 4to, 235 x 176 mm; Contemporary parchment binding with traces of a title within a cartouche, red speckled edges. Pages [16], 384, [16]. 3 allegorical Titlepages, 113 engraved plates and 2 two intaglio vignettes on pages 301 and 326. In total 116 copper engraved plates outside the text. Nice fresh copy with numerous annotations in brown ink alongside the plates. Rare, superbly illustrated first edition. The first book that deals exclusively with shellfish. The title translates as "for the delight of the eyes and the mind in observing snails." It includes 3 allegorical titlepages, 4 plates in the first and third parts and 109 plates depicting shells that make up the fourth part, including the intermediate titles of each of the three series. Overall more than 400 illustrations. The rich illustration was drawn and engraved by the author, with the exception of the frontispieces in the manner of Arcimboldo, the work of Francesco Venturino. Divided into four parts, three of which are text and one of plates, this treatise on conchology lists and studies a large number of species that the author had collected during his stay on the shores of the Adriatic and visiting the main cabinets and museums of the time of him. This copy contains a large number of handwritten annotations in the margins of the illustrations: many of these notes correct compositional errors by indicating the exact number of the description in the text.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 85 - MERCURIALE, Jerome. De arte gymnastica libri sex, in quibus exercitationum omnium Vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultatesm & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur. Venetiis, apud Iuntas, 1601 4to; 230x160 mm; Binding in full stiff vellum, title mss. on spine; blue boards. Pp. 16 nn. (incl. Front.), 308, 28 nn.; Typographical mark to Front., resumed larger at ult. Page. Ornate and historiated initials, xyl friezes. 25 xyl. plates at p.p. nn. Greek characters. Scattered moisture stains. Good copy. Beautiful and rare Venetian figured edition of the first book entirely devoted to gymnastics. The splendid plates, taken from drawings by Pirro Ligorio, depict boxing, ball games, fights, dexterity exercises with ropes and poles, lifting weights, etc. De arte gymnastica is the best-known and most original work by Mercuriale, a professor of medicine in Bologna and Pisa and the greatest scholar of this subject in his time, the result of nearly seven years of study and research in the museums and libraries of Rome. The work is the first comprehensive treatise on medical gymnastics, in which the gymnastics of the ancients is linked with modern gymnastics, of which Mercuriale is the true precursor. Gymnastics is examined from the point of view of both history, medicine proper, and more generally hygiene. Exercises of agility, strength, and dexterity in use among the ancient Greeks and Romans are recalled; the various gymnastic exercises and the manner of performing them are presented, so that they may succeed in usefulness to health; the effects they produce, both on the healthy and the sick individual, are discussed. Mercurial corroborates gymnastics as a therapeutic means; also discusses balneotherapy and medical hydrology.Garrison-Morton 1986.1; Brunet III 1646; Heirs of Hippocrates 223; Adams M1320; Wellcome I 4224; Graesse IV 495. 4to; 230x160 mm; Full stiff vellum binding, handwritten title on spine; blue edges. 16 unnumbered pages (including title page), 308, 28 unnumbered pages. Printer's device on title page, repeated larger on the last page. Woodcut adorned initials and ornaments. 25 woodcut illustrations on full page in the text. Greek type. Spread dampstains. Good copy. Beautiful and rare Venetian illustrated edition of the first book entirely devoted to gymnastics. The beautiful plates, taken from Pirro Ligorio's drawings, depict boxing, ball games, fights, dexterity exercises with ropes and poles, lifting weights, etc.The De arte gymnastica is the best known and most original work by Mercuriale, a professor of medicine in Bologna and Pisa and the greatest scholar of this subject in his time, the result of almost seven years of study and research in the museums and libraries of Rome. The work is the first complete treatise on medical gymnastics, in which the gymnastics of the ancients is connected with the modern one, of which the Mercurial is the true precursor. Gymnastics is examined from both a historical, medical and more generally hygienic point of view. The agility, strength and dexterity exercises used by the ancient Greeks and Romans are recalled; the various gymnastic exercises and the way to perform them are presented, so that they can be useful for health; the effects they produce are discussed, both on the healthy individual and on the sick one. Mercuriale supports gymnastics as a therapeutic means; he also deals with balneotherapy and medical hydrology.Garrison-Morton 1986.1; Brunet III 1646; Heirs of Hippocrates 223; Adams M1320; Wellcome I 4224; Graesse IV 495.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 86 - MERCURIALE, Jerome. D. Hieronymi Mercurialis Foroliviensis... in secundum lib. Epid. Hipp... Forolivii, Cimattios, 1626 Folio, 315x215 mm. Full vellum binding. Manuscript title and author on spine. On frontispiece woodcut with allegory of Forli: a woman with helmet and cuirass holds a cornucopia in her left hand and a standard in her right all surmounted by the motto "ferox feraxq. Livia." Pp. [4], 314, [12]. Ornate xyl. initials and friezes. Handwritten note to the guard leaf. Fine copy. Rare first edition of this rare work by the great physician and philosopher Jerome Mercurial famous for having first theorized the importance of gymnastics on a medical basis. He was one of the greatest devotees of the doctrine of Hippocrates, which he analyzed in various studies. The work presented here was first printed in 1626, 20 years after its author's death, through the interest of his son Maximilian Mercuriale. The volume collects several unpublished writings by the distinguished physician devoted to various medical topics from dermatology to the analysis of different types of fevers, from dentistry and tooth abscesses to gastroenterology. The work also collects numerous pharmaceutical preparations. G. Cerasola and B. Garavini, The bibliography of the printed works of Girolamo Mercuriale, p. 111. Folio, 315x215 mm. Full vellum binding. Title handwritten on the spine. On the title page woodcut with an allegory of Forli: a woman with helmet and armor holds a cornucopia in her left hand and a banner in her right, all surmounted by the motto "ferox feraxq. Livia." Pp. [4], 314, [12]. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Handwritten note on the endpapers. Good specimen. Rare first edition of this rare work by the great doctor and philosopher Girolamo Mercuriale famous for having first theorized the importance of gymnastics on a medical basis. He was one of the greatest scholars of the doctrine of Hippocrates which he analyzed in various studies. The work presented here was printed for the first time in 1626, twenty years after the death of its author, thanks to the interest of his son Maximilian Mercuriale. The volume collects several unpublished writings by the illustrious doctor dedicated to various medical topics from dermatology to the analysis of different types of fevers, from dentistry and tooth abscesses to gastroenterology. The work also includes numerous pharmaceutical preparations.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 87 - HAMUSCO DE VALVERDE, Juan. Anotomia del corpo humano ...co' Discorsi del medesimo, nouamente ristampata e con l'aggiunta d'alcune tauole ampliata. Venice, Lucantonio Giunti, 1606. Folio. 320x215 mm. Coeval binding in flinty vellum, manuscript title to spine. Papers 18 unnumbered, including Frontispiece, 154. The date 1606 appears in the Colophon on the verso of the last paper, in the Frontispiece the date is 1608. Intaglio frontispiece in figured architectural frame, portrait of author at paper a2v, 42 full-page plates in text, 4 plates out of text between papers 82 and 83. Total of 46 full-page copper-engraved anatomical plates. Handwritten inscriptions on lower margin and verso of Frontispiece, partially obliterated. Traces of use to binding with slight lack to rear corner vellum, reddening and traces of gora, small hole to Tabula I not affecting image, negligible restoration to upper margin of paper Z. Rare and celebrated figured edition with engravings by Nicolas Beatrizet. This is the second Italian edition, but the first to contain the four plates relating to muscles added between papers 82-83. The architectural frontispiece is very striking, with the title supported by two skeletons and three vignettes with anatomical dissections at the base. Valverde, who was one of the greatest anatomists of the 16th century, who popularized the anatomy of Galen and Vesalius. Nicolas Beatrizet's evocative engravings, based on Gaspar Becera's drawing, of Vesalian taste became the standard for anatomical works for more than a century. Some plates bear the initials NB. Hamusco, ca 1525-ca 1588, was a pupil of Realdo Colombo in Padua. Although he has often been accused of plagiarizing Vesalius, Hamusco's work instead differs significantly in text and illustrations; he includes for the first time Columbus's account of the pulmonary circulation, and 15 new illustrations not derived from Vesalius are included in the book, where, moreover, Vesalian plates are also retouched. Morton: "The first great original medical book in Spanish and the most original of the "pagliarisms" from Vesalius.... The plates were engraved by Nicolas Beatrizet probably after Gaspar Becerra, a pupil of Michelangelo. The book contains numerous revisions to Vesalius and other discoveries by Valverde. "Brunet V, 1068; Choulant-Frank pp. 207-208; Hirsch I, 129; Krivatsy 12144; Wellcome I:6480 (Giunta Press 1607); Garrison & Morton 378.02 (1st ed.). Folio. 320x215 mm. Contemporary binding in limp vellum, handwritten title on the spine. 18 unnumbered leaves, including Title Page, 154. The date 1606 appears in the Colophon on the verso of the last leaf, in the Title Page the date is 1608. Engraved titlepage within an illustrated architectural frame, portrait of the author on a2v paper, 42 full-page plates in the text, 4 plates out of text between pages 82 and 83. In total 46 full-page anatomical plates engraved on copper. Handwritten inscriptions on the lower margin and on the verso of the title page, partially erased. Traces of wear on the binding with slight damage to the parchment of the rear corner, brownings and traces of dampstain, small hole on Tabula I which does not affect the image, negligible restoration on the upper margin of leaf Z. Rare and famous illustrated edition with engravings by Nicolas Beatrizet. This is the second Italian edition, but the first to contain the four plates relating to the muscles added between pages 82-83. The architectural titlepage is very striking, with the title supported by two skeletons and three vignettes with anatomical dissections at the base. Valverde, who was one of the greatest anatomists of the 16th century, who popularized the anatomy of Galen and Vesalius. The evocative engravings by Nicolas Beatrizet based on a design by Gaspar Becera, in Vesalian style, became the standard for anatomical works for over a century. Some plates bear the initials NB. Hamusco, ca 1525-ca 1588, was a pupil of Realdo Colombo in Padua. Although he has often been accused of having plagiarized Vesalius, Hamusco's work differs significantly from him in the text and illustrations; he included Columbus's account of pulmonary circulation for the first time and 15 new illustrations not deriving from Vesalius were inserted into the book, where, moreover, the Vesalian plates were also retouched. Morton: "The first great original medical book in Spanish and the most original of the "pagliarisms" from Vesalius.... The plates were engraved by Nicolas Beatrizet probably after Gaspar Becerra, a pupil of Michelangelo. The book contains numerous revisions to Vesalius and other discoveries by Valverde."

Estim. 4 000 - 4 500 EUR

Lot 88 - VESLING, Johann. Syntagma anatomicum. Padua, Paolo Frambotto, 1651 4to, 275x210 mm. Hardback binding. Pp. [16], 274, [10]. Color frontispiece representing the anatomical theater of Padua. Lacking notebook X and pp. 233-234. 24 copper-engraved plates and 1 copper-engraved color portrait of the author on p. page. Moisture stain to first 2 papers and upper margin of last few. Tear on p. 96. Spots and strong marginal woodworm stains. Binding with defects and lacks on spine. Exemplar in beard. The Syntagma anatomicum, first published in 1641 then enriched with anatomical plates produced under Vesling's own supervision in 1647, was the most accurate and widely used anatomy text in the second half of the 17th century. It is distinguished by the accuracy of its plates. Vesling, a restorer at the Botanical Garden of Padua, was professor of anatomy at the College of Medicine in Venice, and received the chair of anatomy and surgery in Padua in 1632.His lectures, illustrated with plates he produced himself, are collected here.In the Syntagma anatomicum there is the first description of the human lymphatic system and Willis's polygon (vascular system of the brain, discovered by the English physician Willis, a contemporary of Vesling).DSB XIV, 12. A. Porzionato et al, The Anatomical School of Padua. The Anatomical Record, Vol. 295, no. 6, 2012, p. 908. LM/Krivatsy 12328; Waller 9931; Osler 4166; Choulant-Frank p. 243; Roberts & Tomlinson, p. 236-239. 4to, 275x210 mm. Cardboard binding. Pp. [16], 274, [10]. Colored engraved titlepage depicting anatomical theater at Padua. Square X and pp. 233-234 missing, 24 engraved plates and a colored portrait of the author on full page. Stain of humidity in the first two leaves and in the top margin of the last. Tear on p. 96. Stains and marginal wormholes. Binding with defects and loss on the spine. Uncut specimen. The Syntagma anatomicum, published for the first time in 1641 and then enriched with anatomical plates produced under the supervision of Vesling himself in 1647, was the most precise and most used anatomy text in the second half of the 17th century. It stands out for the precision of its plates.Vesling, restorer of the Botanical Garden of Padua, was professor of anatomy at the College of Medicine of Venice, and received the chair of anatomy and surgery in Padua in 1632.His lessons, illustrated with plates he himself made, are collected here.In the Syntagma anatomicum there is the first description of the human lymphatic system and the Willis polygon (vascular system of the brain, discovered by the English physician Willis, a contemporary of Vesling).

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 89 - ROSTINI, Pietro - ROSTINI, Ludovico. Compendium of the whole of Cirugia. In Venetia, Gio. Battista Brigna, 1677 8vo, 155x100 mm. Rustic-style binding. Manuscript title to spine. Pp. 48 (including illustr.), 368.Preliminary pages contain the printer's dedication to Domenico Marchetti, "reader of medicine in the Study of Padua," a eulogy of Bologna, Fioravanti's letters to various medical colleagues, the "table of chapters," and 8 page-long hylographic figures of surgical instruments, with detailed explanation on verso of sheet. Worm holes and marginal moisture glazing. Seventeenth-century edition of this celebrated sixteenth-century compendium, a work collecting writings on surgery by various contemporary and earlier authors. Contained from p. 271 to end of vol. is the "Discorso dell'eccellente dottore, et cavaliero M. Leonardo Fioravanti bolognese sopra la cirugia, con la dichiaratione di molte cose necessarie da sapere, non più scritte in modo tale." Krivatsy 9970. Wellcome, I, no. 5578 ff. Michel VII, p. 58. Missing from Osler. 8vo, 155x100 mm. Sewing binding. Handwritten title on spine. Pp. 48 (including illustrations), 368. First pages contains the dedication of the printer to Domenico Marchetti, a praise on Bologna, letters by Fioravanti to his medical colleagues, the "tavola de' capitoli" and 8 woodcut plates on full page with medical instruments with technical explanation on the verso of the sheet. Wormholes and sign of humidity. Seventeenth-century edition of this famous sixteenth-century compendium, a work that collects writings on surgery by various contemporary and antecedent authors. From p. 271 at the end of vol. it contains the "Discorso dell'eccellente dottore, et cavaliero M. Leonardo Fioravanti bolognese sopra la cirugia, con la dichiaratione di molte cose necessarie da sapere, non più scritte in modo tale."

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 90 - BENZI, Hugh. Expositio Ugonis Senensis super libros Tegni Galeni. Venice, Eredi di Ottaviano Scoto, 1518 Folio; 310x220 mm. Modern binding in full vellum. 93 cc. Colophon on paper 93v: "Venetijs, impensa heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis; ac sociorum, 19 Ianuarij 1518" .Under typographic mark with initials O.S.M. Text in two columns, Gothic typeface. Numerous woodcut initials, many on criblé ground. Some marginalia in old hand. Fine copy. Bound with: BENZI, Hugh. Expositio Vgonis Senensis super Aforismos Hippocratis: & super commentum Galeni eius interpretis. Venice, Eredi di Ottaviano Scoto, 1517 Papers 159, 1 blank. Colophon on paper 159v: "Venetijs: sumptibus heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis ac sociorum, 18 Iulij 1517." Typographic mark with initials O.S.M. in the recto of the last blank paper. Text in two columns, Gothic font. Numerous woodcut initials, many on criblé background. Some marginalia in old hand. Fine copy. Very rare edition. Collected in one volume are Benzi's two fundamental commentaries on the texts of Hippocrates and Galen. The commentary on the first work refers to Galen's "De Arte Medica," known as Tegni (a deformation of the Greek word τέχνη, "art"). During the Middle Ages, in fact, the Greek τέχνη ἰατρική was used to refer to Galen's Ars medica; the second work contains commentaries on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. These commentaries on Hippocrates and Galen were born, according to the customs of the time, for the teaching in universities of classical texts: the doubts, problems, and discussions that arose from the teachers' explanations and the disciples' questions formed the basis of the quaestiones, through which the study of the ancient masters was attempted, and which were an integral part of the commentaries. Ugo Benzi, c. 1360 - 1439, born in Siena, initially studied at the Sienese Studio, then taught in Siena, Parma, Bologna, Pavia, Perugia and possibly at the Sorbonne; he was physician to the king of France, who called him to Paris. In 1437 he took part in the Council of Ferrara, at the call of Nicolò III d'Este, who had been cured of a serious skin disease by Benzi. First work: Durling; p. 221 n. 1845. Index Aureliensis, III, 116976. Second work: Wellcome, no. 3350. Cf. Dean Putnam Lockwood, Ugo Benzi, medieval philosopher and physician, 1376-1439, University of Chicago Press, 1951. Folio; 310x220 mm. Later full vellum binding. Leaves 93. Colophon on l. 93v: "Venetijs, impensa heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis; ac sociorum, 19 Ianuarij 1518" and printer's device with the initials O.S.M. Text on two columns, gothic type. Several woodcut initials letters, a lot on criblè background. Some ancient handwritten marginalia. Nice copy. Bound with: BENZI, Hugh. Expositio Vgonis Senensis super Aforismos Hippocratis: & super commentum Galeni eius interpretis. Venice, Eredi di Ottaviano Scoto, 1517 Leaves 159, 1 blank. Colophon on l. 159v: Papers 159, 1 blank. Colophon on paper 159v: "Venetijs: sumptibus heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis ac sociorum, 18 Iulij 1517" and printer's device with the initials O.S.M. Text on two columns, gothic type. Several woodcut initials letters, a lot on criblè background. Some ancient handwritten marginalia. Nice copy. Very rare editions. In one volume are bound two fundamental Benzi's comments on the Hippocrates and Galenus' texts. The commentary on the first work refers to Galen's "De Arte Medica," known by the name of Tegni (deformation of the Greek word τέχνη, "art"). During the Middle Ages, in fact, the Ars medica of Galen was indicated by the Greek term τέχνη ἰατρική; the second work contains the commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. These comments on Hippocrates and Galen were born, according to the customs of the time, for the teaching of classical texts in universities: the doubts, problems, discussions from the explanations of the masters and the questions of the disciples constituted the basis of the quaestiones, through which attempts were made to deepen the study of the ancient masters, and which were an integral part of the commentaries. Ugo Benzi, ca 1360 - 1439, born in Siena, initially studied at the Studio Senese, then taught in Siena, Parma, Bologna, Pavia, Perugia and perhaps also at the Sorbonne, was doctor to the King of France who called him to Paris. In 1437 he took part in the Council of Ferrara, at the request of Nicolò III d'Este, who had been cured of a serious skin disease by Benzi.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 91 - VAN DIEMERBROECK, Isbrand. Anatome corporis humani. Lugduni, Joan. Antonij Huguetan, 1679 4to, 240x180 mm.; Full leather binding with back to which the original spine is applied. Pp. [16], 606, [6]. Antiporta signed M. Ogier depicting Vesalius and Spigelius on pedestals placed at the entrance to an anatomical theater. Intaglio typographic mark to title page printed in red and black. Woodcut initials and friezes. 13 folded plates engraved in copperplate. Many handwritten annotations accompanying the text. Moisture stains to first few papers, woodworm holes in margins of some pages. First Lyon edition of this complete illustrated study of anatomy containing much original information. The 10 sections treat the lower torso, thorax, head, limbs, muscles, membranes and fibers, arteries, veins, nerves, bones, cartilage and ligaments. The work includes interesting observations on picacism, which is an eating disorder characterized by the continued ingestion over time of non-nutritive substances such as soil, charcoal, and stones; on the reasons why eunuchs and castrated animals become fat; and on accounts of the survival of babies supposedly born after only five months of gestation. 4to, 240x180 mm.; Full leather binding with spine to which the original spine is applied. pp. [16], 606, [6]. Frontispiece signed M. Ogier which depicts Vesalius and Spigelius on pedestals placed at the entrance to an anatomical theater. Typographic device on the title page printed in red and black. Woodcut initials and ornaments. 13 folded plates engraved in copper. Many handwritten annotations accompanying the text. Humidity sign on the first pages, woodworm holes in the margins of some pages. First Lyon edition of this illustrated complete study of anatomy containing much original information. The 10 sections cover the lower torso, chest, head, limbs, muscles, membranes and fibers, arteries, veins, nerves, bones, cartilage and ligaments.The work includes interesting observations on pica, which is an eating disorder characterized by the continued ingestion of non-nutritive substances such as earth, coal and stones, on the reasons why eunuchs and castrated animals become fat and on reports on survival of children presumably born after only five months of gestation. The plates show a variety of dissections taken from drawings by Ruysch, de Graaf, Paulli and Willis.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 92 - PARÉ, Ambroise. Les oeuvres d'Ambroise Pare, conseiller et premier chirurgien du roy. Lyon, Pierre Valfray, 1685 Folio, 345x220 mm. Period full leather binding; titles and friezes in gold on 6-nerved spine. Pp. [12], 808 [60]. Intaglio vignette by M. Ogier on title page printed in red and black. Many woodcuts in the text. Ex libris manuscript de la Charité de Roman. Small faults at foot and cap of binding, slight scattered browning, small marginal tears on 3 papers (c. 491, 629 and 661). Uncommon French edition of the complete works of Ambroise Paré, illustrated with a copper-engraved vignette on the title and many woodcuts in the text depicting skeletons, body parts and organs, animals, monsters and freaks of nature, wounds of war, surgical instruments, etc.The Lyon editions were unique in offering a compact text, encompassing the doctor's entire oeuvre in just over 800 pages. Ambroise Paré (1510 - 1590) was a French physician and surgeon, regarded as the father of modern surgery. He was the court surgeon to French King Henry II, Queen Catherine de' Medici and their four children Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is credited with introducing ligation of vessels following amputations. His great merit, in the last years of his life, was that he put in writing most of his surgical experiences, accompanied by the most important events of his life. His writings thus represent an extraordinary legacy both for surgeons, who used his techniques for the following three hundred years, and for historiographers, who were able to use his books as sources for drafts of his biographies.Cf. Ariane Bayle - Michel Jourde, Jacques Pierre Pointe au chevet des Œuvres d'Ambroise Paré, Par Interfaces/Fonds Anciens Bu Lyon, Publié 10 Janvier 2020, Folio, 345x220 mm. Contemporary leather binding; git titles and ornaments on the spine. Pp. [12], 808 [60]. Vignette by M. Ogier on title page, printed in red and black. Many woodcuts within text. Hand written ex libris de la Charité de Roman. Slight loss at the foot and head of the binding, slight spread brownings, marginal tears on 3 leaves (l. 491, 629 and 661). Rare and uncommon French edition of the complete works of Paré (ca. 1509-1590). The Lyon editions had the particularity of offering a compact text, fitting the entire work of the surgeon into just over 800 pages. This edition is illustrated with an engr. vignette on title, by M. Ogier, and numerous woodcuts in-text, figuring skeletons, body parts and organs, animals, monsters and freaks of nature, war injuries, instruments, etc. Ref. BnF.The Lyon editions were unique in offering a compact text, which contained the doctor's entire work in just over 800 pages.Ambroise Paré (1510 - 1590) was a French doctor and surgeon, considered the father of modern surgery. He was the court surgeon of the French King Henry II, Queen Catherine de' Medici and their four sons Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. The credit goes to him for introducing vessel ligation following amputations. His great merit, in the last years of his life, was that of having written down most of his surgical experiences, accompanied by the most important events of his life. His writings therefore represent an extraordinary legacy both for surgeons, who used his techniques for the following three hundred years, and for historiographers, who were able to use his books as sources for writing his biographies.

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 93 - PALMERIO, Antonio. Hippocratis Aphorismi poeticis salibus aspersi. Authore. Antonio Palmerio Soc. Jesu. Naples, Felice Mosca, 1699 8vo piccolo; 140x80 mm. Coeval binding in full stiff vellum, manuscript title to spine. Pages [12, including Antiporta and Frontispiece], 156. Antiporta engraved by Fabiano Miotte. Woodcut intials, headpieces and endpapers. Traces of use, sporadic foxing and some spotting, genuine specimen. Rare first edition. Collected here in eight books are the famous aphorisms of Hippocrates, a handbook of the symptoms and courses of diseases then classified. Each aphorism is followed by a poetic commentary. The beautiful antiporta engraved by F. Miotte depicts Hippocrates, Galen, Mesue, Avicenna and the 'Poet' himself with a lute.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 94 - BOTERO, John. Le relationi universali. Venice, Alessandro Vecchi, 1612. 4to, mm. 200x145. Full vellum binding, title on morocco gusset at spine. 6 parts in 1 volume. I: 32, 240, 80, 4 folded endpapers outside text. II: 20, 152. III: 183, 9. IV: 16, 79, 1b. V: 8, 70, 2b. VI: 8, 95, 1b. Old possessor's signature on title page "Candido Petrolo." Moisture stains to first few papers, end page with reinforcement and small woodworm hole, defects. Beautiful edition with maps of the four continents engraved by Giuseppe Rosaccio. Of particular interest is the map of America derived from Giovanni Lorenzo d'Anania's 1582 map of the Americas and further based on Ortelius' geography. Notable is the characteristic bulge of the west coast of South America and the huge southern continent that connects to New Guinea. Anian and Quivira appear on the west coast of North America. John Botero (1544 - 1617) was considered for more than a century the best existing geographer. Borba de Moraes I, 114: "For more than a century considered the best geographer in existence." Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 13. The work is an extensive collection of historical, geographical and political news of all parts of the known world, including religious aspects.P. D. Burden, The Mapping of North America, 149. 4to, mm. 200x145. Full vellum binding, title on morocco label at the spine.6 parts in 1 volume. I: 32, 240, 80, 4 folded maps o.t. II: 20, 152. III: 183, 9. IV: 16, 79, 1b. V: 8, 70, 2b. VI: 8, 95, 1b. Signature of previous owner on titlepage "Candido Petrolo." Dampstains on the first pages, final page with reinforcement and small worm hole, defects. Beautiful edition with maps of the four continents engraved by Giuseppe Rosaccio. Beautiful edition with maps of the four continents engraved by Giuseppe Rosaccio. Of particular interest is the map of America which is derived from Giovanni Lorenzo d'Anania's 1582 map of the Americas and further based on the geography of Ortelius. Most notable is the characteristic bulge to the west coast of South America and the huge Southern Continent that attaches to Nova Guinea. Anian and Quivira appear on North America's bulbous western coast. The map of Africa extends to show the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Brazil. Giovanni Botero (1544 - 1617) was considered the best existing geographer for more than a century. Borba de Moraes I, 114: "For more than a century considered the best geographer in existence." Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 13. The work is a large collection of historical, geographical and political information from all parts of the known world, including religious aspects.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 95 - DESCARTES, Rene. Les passions de l'âme. Amsterdam, Elzevier, 1650 12mo. 130x75 mm. Contemporary stiff parchment binding with nails, manuscript title on spine. Pages. [xlviii], 272, [14, index]. Typographic mark to Frontispiece, ornate enterprise with initials E I D at end. Slight traces of use and some spotting, genuine specimen. First duodecimo edition, published the year after the first edition, and in the same year as the author's death. This is the last work written by Descartes, resulting from the correspondence the philosopher had with the Princess of Bohemia Elizabeth. The Passions of the Soul is not a treatise on ethics, but is mainly devoted to the mutual influence that exists between the soul and the body, and it is in dealing with the psycho-physiological mechanisms involved in the mind-body relationship that Descartes also expounds his theory on the pineal gland, that is, the place where the two substances meet. The work had great influence on several thinkers, such as Robert Hooke, Giovanni Borelli, Jan Swammerdam and Thomas Willis. Rahir 1116; Willems 1 104. Heirs of Hippocrates 291. 12mo. 130x75mm. Contemporary stiff vellum binding, yapp edges, handwritten title on the spine. Pages. [xlviii], 272, [14, index]. Printer's device on title page, device adorned with initials E I D at the end. Slight traces of use and some stains, unsophisticated copy. First duodecimo edition, published the year after the first edition, and in the same year as the author's death. It is the last work written by Descartes, born from the correspondence that the philosopher had with the Princess of Bohemia Elizabeth. The passions of the soul is not a treatise on ethics, but is mainly dedicated to the mutual influence that exists between the soul and the body, and it is precisely by dealing with the psycho-physiological mechanisms that concern the mind-body relationship that Descartes also exhibits his theory on the pineal gland or the place where the two substances meet. The work had great influence on several thinkers, such as Robert Hooke, Giovanni Borelli, Jan Swammerdam and Thomas Willis.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 96 - DESCARTES, René. L'Homme et la formation du foetus, Avec des remarques de Louis de La Forge. A quoy l'on ajouté le Monde ou Traité de la Lumière du mesme Autheur. Paris, Charles Angot, 1677 4to. 245x180 mm. Coeval binding in full marbled brown leather, sinew spine with gilt title and friezes, splash cuts. Pages (64), 511, (9). Frieze to Frontispiece, Ornate and figured Headpieces and Initials. 52 woodcut engraved figures in the Homme, 32 in the Traité de la Lumière. Coeval hand annotations and corrections in the text of the 'Foetus', in black ink. Slight diffuse foxing and sporadic spotting, genuine specimen. Second edition in French, revised and corrected. L'Homme accompanied by remarkable iconographic apparatus, is devoted to the brain and the organ of sight and marks a significant advance in the study of physiology. For Descartes, the rules governing physiology are the same as those governing mathematics. The work, published posthumously, is introduced by a lengthy preface by editor Claude Clerselier, a faithful friend of Descartes. The work concludes with an insightful commentary on "l'Homme" and the figures that illustrate it, by Louys de La Forge, a physician and disciple of Descartes. For a long time it was considered the first comprehensive treatise on human physiology. To give an appendix to his "Discourse on Method," René Descartes (1596-1650) wrote it directly in French. In this edition, the Traité de l'homme is followed, from page 405, by the Traité de la lumière, which had appeared separately in 1664, in which Descartes expounds his physical theory of the universe.Tchemerzine, II-799; Guibert, p. 205. 4to. 245x180mm. Contemporary full marbled brown leather binding, gilt title and ornaments on the spine with raised bands with gilt title and friezes, sprayed edges. Pages (64), 511, (9). Woodcut vignette on the Titlepage, ornate and illustrated headpieces and Initials. 52 woodcut illustrations in the Homme, 32 in the Traité de la Lumière. Annotations and corrections by a contemporary hand in the text of the 'Foetus', in black ink. Slight diffuse foxing and sporadic speckles, unsophisticated copy. Second edition in French, revised and corrected. L'Homme, accompanied by a remarkable iconographic apparatus, is dedicated to the brain and to the organ of sight and marks a significant progress in the study of physiology. For Descartes, the rules that govern physiology are the same as those that govern mathematics. The work, published posthumously, is introduced by a long preface by the editor Claude Clerselier, a faithful friend of Descartes. The work concludes with an in-depth commentary on "l'Homme" and on the figures who illustrate it, by Louys de La Forge, physician and disciple of Descartes. For a long time it was considered the first comprehensive treatise on human physiology. As an appendix to his "Discourse on Method," René Descartes (1596-1650) wrote it directly in French.In this edition, the Traité de l'homme is followed, from page 405, by the Traité de la lumière, which had appeared separately in 1664, in which Descartes sets out his physical theory of the universe.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 400 EUR

Lot 97 - SPINOZA, Baruch, de. La clef du santuaire. Leiden, P. Warnaer, 1678 3 parts in one volume in-8vo small. 145x85 mm. Coeval full leather binding, title and friezes in gold on spine. Housed in recent morocco slipcase. Pages [34], 531, [31], 30. 3 frontispieces. Heraldic bookplate exlibris to the counterplate. Fine copy. Very rare French first edition of 'Tractatus theologico-politicus', second printing run with the printing error 'preeace'. First edition of the 'Reflexions curieuses'. Spinoza's thought became known in Europe mainly through this translation. spinozaweb.org: "After many deliberations the States of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland suppressed Spinoza's posthumous works in an official placard on June 25, 1678." The publication of Tractatus theologico-politicus, 1670, caused considerable scandal in ecclesiastical circles, both Catholic and Protestant, and from them spread the bad reputation of an ungodly and blasphemous Spinoza. The Catholic Church listed his works among the forbidden books in March 1679 and confirmed the condemnation in 1690. The volume contains, with separate frontispieces the works: Reflexions curieuses d'un Esprit des-Interressé sur les matieres les plus importantes au salut, tant public que particulier, which bears the typographical indication "A Cologne [i.e. Amsterdam], chez Claude Emanuel, 1678"; Traitté des Ceremonies Superstitieuses des Juifs tant Anciens que Modernes, A Amsterdam, chez Jacob Smith, 1678. Very important are the 'Reflexions curieuses,' which contain Spinoza's annotations on the Treatise, written a few months before his death in 1677. BMC, vol 23, p. 1180 (651); Kingma and Offenberg, 1977, pp. 17-18, no. 13. 3 parts in a small 8vo volume. 145x85 mm. Contemporary full leather binding, gilt title and ornaments on the spine. Recent morocco box. Pages [34], 531, [31], 30. 3 title pages. Armorial bookplate to insidecover. A fine copy. Very rare first French edition of the 'Tractatus theologico-politicus', second issue with the misprint 'preeace'. First edition of the 'Reflexions curieuses'. Spinoza's thought was known in Europe above all thanks to this translation. spinozaweb.org: "After many deliberations the States of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland suppressed Spinoza's posthumous works in an official placard on June 25, 1678." The publication of the Tractatus theologico-politicus, 1670, caused considerable scandal in ecclesiastical circles, both Catholic and Protestant, and from them spread the bad reputation of an impious and blasphemous Spinoza. The Catholic Church included his works among the forbidden books in March 1679 and confirmed the sentence in 1690.The volume contains, with separate title pages, the works: Reflexions curieuses d'un Esprit des-Interressé sur les matieres les plus importantes au salut, tant public que particulier, which bears the typographical indication "A Cologne [i.e. Amsterdam], chez Claude Emanuel, 1678 "; Traitté des Ceremonies Superstitieuses des Juifs tant Anciens que Modernes, In Amsterdam, chez Jacob Smith, 1678. The 'Reflexions curieuses' are very important, containing Spinoza's notes on the treatise, written a few months before his death in 1677, and published here for the first time.BMC, vol 23, p. 1180 (651); Kingma and Offenberg, 1977, pp. 17-18, no. 13.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 98 - GRAZIANI, Antonio Maria. Histoire de la guerre de Chypre. Paris, André Pralard, 1685. In 4to. 270x200 mm. Coeval binding in 'granité' calf, title and friezes in gold on 5-nerved spine, marbled cuts. Pages [16, including first carte blanche, Antiporta and Frontispiece], 414, [2, with Privilege and Errata]. Antiporta engraved by Charles Simonneau, with a map of the island, Frontispiece with large engraved vignette, five large engraved figured headpieces. Ex libris by Canon Astre of Carcassone and ancient heraldic Ex-libris pasted on verso of Frontispiece. Skilful restoration to the binding, insignificant woodworm mark on the margin of some pages, slight moisture veiling at the top of the last few pages, good copy. Rare first French edition. Illustrated work with a map of Cyprus in the allegorical frontispiece and episodes from the war between Venice and Turkey illustrated in the fine headpieces. Atabey: "One of the basic sources for the Turkish conquest of Cyprus in 1572." The history of Cyprus from Venetian rule and the Turkish conquest in 1571 is traced; translation from Latin by Louis-Antoine Le Peletier. Cyprus remained under Ottoman rule until 1878, when it was ceded to Britain as a protectorate.Atabey 523, Blackmer 726 (Latin edition). 4to. 270x200 mm. Contemporary binding in 'granité' calfskin, gilt title and ornaments on the spine with 5 nervs, marbled edges. Pages [16, including first blank paper, frontispiece and titlepage], 414, [2, with Privilege and Errata]. Frontispiece engraved by Charles Simonneau, with a map of the island, titlepage with large engraved vignette, five large engraved headpieces. Ex libris by Canon Astre from Carcassone and ancient heraldic Ex-libris pasted on the verso of the titlepage. Skilful restoration to the binding, insignificant woodworm sign on the margin of some pages, slight dampstaining to the top of the last few pages, good copy. Rare first French edition. Illustrated work with a map of Cyprus in the allegorical frontispiece and episodes from the war between Venice and Turkey illustrated in the fine headpieces. Atabey: 'One of the basic sources for the Turkish conquest of Cyprus in 1572'. The history of Cyprus is traced from Venetian rule to the Turkish conquest in 1571; translation from Latin by Louis-Antoine Le Peletier. Cyprus remained under Ottoman rule until 1878, when it was ceded to Britain as a protectorate.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 99 - CAPOBIANCO, Alexander. Corona e Palma Militare di Artiglieria, Nella si parla dell'Invenzione di essa, e dell'operare nelle fattioni di Terra, e Mare, fuochi artificiati da Giuoco, e Guerra; & d'un Nuovo Instrumento per misurare distanze... Venice, Francesco Bariletti, 1602 Folio; 330x225 mm; coeval binding in full brown leather, gilt tit. and friezes on spine gussets; cc. 4 nn. (incl. Frontispiece), 58; numer. errors; large xyl. vign. to Frontispiece, many xyls n.t. of various sizes; nice typ. mark at end with globe. Damage to caps; some moisture glazing to last few papers and a few bunita pages. Overall good copy. Rare Edition of this important work on artillery, richly figured. Many different ordnance and fire devices are illustrated; from c. 47 v. treatise on the instrument for measuring distances, the operation of which and the method of making it are explained.Riccardi I, 232; British, I, p. 182. Folio; 330x225 mm; contemporary full calf binding, gilt title on label and ornaments on back; 4 unnumbered leaves (incl. titlepage), 58, numbering errors; large woodcut vignette on titlepage; many woodcuts in the text of various sizes; nice printer's device in the end with the globe. Damage on spine-ends; some traces of humidity and some browning pages. Good specimen. Rare Edition of this important work on artillery, richly illustrated. Many different bombs and firearms are illustrated; from verso of leaf 47 the treatise on the instrument for measuring distances, which explains how it works and how to make it.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 100 - L'Office de la Semaine Sainte, en latin et en françois... dédié à la Reine, pour l'usage de sa Maison. In Paris, chez J.-B. Garnier, 1752 In-8vo. 200x130 mm. Binding at Arms in red morocco, coat of arms of Marie Leszczynska in center of plates, framed by gold fillet with fleurons at corners, five-nerved spine with title, friezes and fleurons in compartments, roulette on edges of plates, all in gold, gilt edges. In the volume, 2 plates engraved out of text, one by Rubens. Exemplar in magnificent binding in the Arms of Marie Leszczynska, 1703-1768, dedicatee of the work, Queen of France by marriage to Louis XV. In-8vo. 200x130 mm. Red morocco binding, Marie Leszczynska's coat of arms in the center of the covers, framed by gilt rules with fleurons at the corners, five-ribbs spine with title, gilt ornaments and lily flowers in the sections, gilt roulette on the edges of the covers, gilt edges. In the volume, 2 plates engraved o.t., one by Rubens. Copy in magnificent binding to the Arms of Marie Leszczynska, 1703-1768, dedicatee of the work, queen of France by marriage to Louis XV.

Estim. 1 400 - 1 600 EUR

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