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Geslachtsboom en wapens van de familie Uyten-Limmi

1037 - Geslachtsboom en wapens van de familie Uyten-Limminghe en andere Leuvense geslachten. [17de-18de eeuw] Folio: 8 bifolia, papier, Nederlands, c. 80 gekleurde wapenschilden. Los in oude perkamenten band. Goede staat (stoffig, randen gerafeld, 1 stuk gedoubleerd). 3 delen: 4 bifolia "Boeck der Geslaghten" [= Leuvense patriciërs], inz. Uyten-Limminghe, Stevens en Nempe; 1 bifolium met stamboom van "Jean de Marselaer"; 3 bifolia met afstammelingen van Karel de Grote.

Estimation

250 - 300 €

"Histoire genealogique de la maison de Bette [- de

1038 - "Histoire genealogique de la maison de Bette [- de Lalaing,- de Vanden Heetvelde,- de Oijenbrughe"]. S.l. [c. 1650-1680] Folio: [165] ff., laid paper watermarked with an open hand within a crowned shield, sepia ink, French, watercoloured coats of arms, pencil ruling (some light foxing). Loose in blue-grey paper protective wrapper. Very good condition. Genealogical collection illustrated with numerous coats of arms in colour and including several genealogical tables. Each entry is introduced by a

Estimation

350 - 400 €

MIRAEUS, Aubertus "Stemmata principum Belgii. Ex d

1039 - MIRAEUS, Aubertus "Stemmata principum Belgii. Ex diplomatibus ac tabulis publicis potissimum concinnata [...]". [Bruges? c. 1626] 16mo: [1]-138-[22 bl.]-[1] ff. (min. light marg. foxing). Contemp. overlapping vellum, ink-titled spine, spr. red edges (min. soiling, remains of ties). Very legible contemporary copy of a work published in Brussels by J. van Meerbeeck in 1626. Prov. Ferdinand Anchemant "S. de Broodsende [Zonnebeek]" (d. 1675), who graduated in both civil and canon law in 1610, pensio

Estimation

300 - 450 €

"Livre contenant plusieurs armoiries de diverses p

1040 - "Livre contenant plusieurs armoiries de diverses provinces. Soleil qui se lève matin, enfant nourrÿ de vin et femme parlant latin, ont rarement bonne fin". [Pays-Bas méridionaux c. 1600] Pet. in-4°, 20 x 14,5 cm : [106] ff. + qqs bl., encre brune sur papier vergé filigrané, en français, qqs rares ratures (infimes piq. et min. trous avec brûlure sans perte passim). Basane fauve de l'ép. à grand rabat estampée à froid, décor de roul. d'encadrement et filets en croisillons sur les plat

Estimation

250 - 300 €

[SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de] Recueil extrait en tout ou

1041 - [SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de] Recueil extrait en tout ou partie du "Parfait mareschal". Heks [2e moitié du 18e s.] In-f° : 485-[59 bl.]-[12] pp., nombreux ff. laissés blancs, encre brune, qqs ratures et lég. biffures à la mine de plomb (2 ff. manquants = pp. 67-70, lég. migrations d'encre, mouill. claire marg.). Parchemin de l'ép., cordons de toile grise, tr. jaspées de rouge (souillé, deux cordons manquants). Volumineux recueil, composé par un maréchal-ferrant qui a écrit en fin de texte

Estimation

300 - 400 €

Codex decem scriptorum juris et facti antehac cora

1042 - Codex decem scriptorum juris et facti antehac coram arbitratoribus productorum pro parte Baronis de Rahier contra Joannem Philippum de Calwart. [Liège? 1691] Folio, c. 32,5 x 21 cm: [c. 275] ff. (incl. number of blanks), paper, Latin (minor soiling). Contemp. marbled wrappers (sl. loosening, spine gone). Good condition. Detailed file (by a lawyer?) of a lawsuit on the Fraipont (Ourthe) seigniory, since 1686 belonging to the Calwa(e)rt family and disputed by Baron de Rahier. This i.a. involved t

Estimation

120 - 150 €

FOLLIEN, Philippe 4 traités historiques sur la lég

1043 - FOLLIEN, Philippe 4 traités historiques sur la législation du Pays de Liège. Liége 18e s 4 vol. in-folio, c. 30 x 18,5 cm. Demi-veau, dos doré, gardes marbrées. Probablement de la main de Philippe-Pholien Henoul (1718-1779), depuis 1744 avocat de la "Cour spirituelle de Liége". 1. "Traité historique sur le tribunal des vingt-deux". 413 pp. - 2. "Traité historique sur les houilleries". 126 ff. - 3. "Traité historique sur la législation du Pays de Liége". 308-[2 bl., 46, 4 bl.] pp. - 4

Estimation

150 - 200 €

2 recueils manuscrits (avec en plus quelques docum

1044 - 2 recueils manuscrits (avec en plus quelques documents imprimés insérés) concernant la législation de Mons et du Hainaut. 1678-1786 Folio, c. 31,5 x19,5 cm. Reliures en parchemin. Bonne condition (quelques salissures). 1. C. [326] ff., papier, français, divers mains. Collection de documents manuscrits et imprimés concernant la législation de Mons, 1744-1786, probablement recuillie par un avocat ("Corniau [?]": nom sur garde). À noter: "Privileges de la ville d’Enghien" (ff. [178-186]);

Estimation

300 - 400 €

Double leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours, in Lat

1045 - Double leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours, in Latin. 15th c 17 x 24 cm, vellum, littera bastarda on 13 lines, initials in blue and red pen, heightened with gold. Under passe-partout and frame (studied outside frame). Fragment from the "Benedicte Dominum" or the "Canticle of the Three Young Men", taken from the Book of Daniel (Dan. 3:57-88; 56).

Estimation

150 - 200 €

GREGORY IX Decretales, Bk. V, with Glossa ordinari

1046 - GREGORY IX Decretales, Bk. V, with Glossa ordinaria of Bernardus Parmensis. [Italy c. 1400] Fine leaf from a large codex, c. 44,5 x 27,5 cm, central main text 25 x 16,5 cm, vellum, Latin, in 3 distinct hands, main text in larger script, 2 sets of "glossae" in black or brown ink). Decoration: 1 gilt four-line initial in red, blue and white; 5 three-line and 7 two-line initials in red and blue penwork.

Estimation

800 - 1 000 €

TOULOUSE, Jean de (workshop of) Leaf CIIII from th

1047 - TOULOUSE, Jean de (workshop of) Leaf CIIII from the Pontifical of Juan Guzman de Villacreces or the Colombina Pontifical. [Avignon 1390] 37 x 27,5 cm, parchment, Gothic hand, mainly in red pen on 2 columns of 24 lines, recto-verso. From the workshop of the famous miniaturist Jean de Toulouse, active in Avignon during the Schism of the Catholic Church (1378-1417). 1 leaf (2 pages) from the luxurious pontifical of Juan de Villacreces, bishop of Calahorra and La Calzada (1382-1394) and of Burgos (1

Estimation

4 000 - 5 000 €

Leaf from an early psalter, in Latin, with 2 large

1048 - Leaf from an early psalter, in Latin, with 2 large initials. France (Normandy or Loire) c. 1250-1275 25 x 17 cm, vellum, littera bastarda on 25 lines, initials in blue and red pen, heightened with burnished gold. Under passe-partout. Fine condition and very rare. Fragment from the "Benedicte Dominum" or the "Canticle of the three young men", taken from the Book of Daniel (Dan. 3:56-58).

Estimation

600 - 700 €

Large painted initial S with a man praying to St G

1049 - Large painted initial S with a man praying to St Gatian, from an important choirbook in Latin. [Central France c. 1480] 21,2 x 23,8 cm (visible), 15 x 15 cm (large central scene), vellum, painted, heigthened with burnished gold, large floral border. Under passe-partout and frame. Excellent condition. Spectacular and high-quality miniature depicting, in an architectural setting, a priest in a white robe on a prie-dieu covered with a blue cloth with the coat of arms of the House of Nevers (d'azur

Estimation

3 000 - 4 000 €

Miniature with the finding of the Holy Cross by St

1050 - Miniature with the finding of the Holy Cross by St Helena. France c. 1450 20 x 14 cm, vellum, painted, heightened with burnished gold (sl. rubbed). Under passe-partout. Arch-topped miniature (9 x 6 cm) depicting St Helena, mother of Roman emperor Constantine the Great, finding the True Cross during a pilgrimage in Jerusalem c. 326 AD. Part of the scene is a kneeling peasant with a scythe. On recto, "Domine labia mea aperies" (Psalm 70) introduced by an initial "D" on 3 lines, and a large floral

Estimation

1 500 - 1 800 €

MASTER OF RAPHAEL DE MERCATELLIS (follower of) Fra

1051 - MASTER OF RAPHAEL DE MERCATELLIS (follower of) Fragment of an historiated initial (O?) with Jesus calling Andrew and Peter by the Sea of Galilee to follow him and become "fishers of men". [Flanders (Ghent-Bruges) c. 1500] 11,5 x 8,0 cm, vellum, painted (cut into outline of initial). Mounted on red paper. Under passe-partout.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

MASTER OF RAPHAEL DE MERCATELLIS (follower of) Fra

1052 - MASTER OF RAPHAEL DE MERCATELLIS (follower of) Fragment of an historiated initial (O?) with Our Lady in the Sun above a landscape. [Flanders (Ghent-Bruges) c. 1500] 11,5 x 8,0 cm, vellum, painted (cut into outline of initial). Mounted on red paper. Under passe-partout.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

VRELANT, Willem (attributed to) Large miniature wi

1053 - VRELANT, Willem (attributed to) Large miniature with Christ before Pilate. Bruges c. 1450-1480 18 x 13 cm, vellum, painted, heightened with burnished gold (sl. cut at top, light stain at feet of Christ). Under passe-partout. Important arch-topped miniature (9 x 7 cm) with the dramatic Passion scene depicting Christ guided by guards before Pilate, Roman governor of Judea. Composition, style and colours if not by the hand of Willem Vrelant (d. 1481), then at least very close. On recto, "Deus in ad

Estimation

1 500 - 1 800 €

LOMBARDUS, Petrus Bifolio of the "Sententiae" with

1054 - LOMBARDUS, Petrus Bifolio of the "Sententiae" with a large historiated initial. England (probably Oxford or Cambridge) late 13th c In all 32,7 x 42,6 cm, being 4 pages, 32,7 x 21,3 cm, vellum, sm. regular Gothic bookhand on double column of 50 lines each, capitals in blue and red pen (few stains along central vow strengthened at bottom). Under passe-partout. Important leaf with an historiated initial of 9 lines, in full colour and burnished gold, showing the Annunciation in a style similar to th

Estimation

4 000 - 5 000 €

FOLIETO, Hugo de De claustro animae. [France? 14th

1055 - FOLIETO, Hugo de De claustro animae. [France? 14th c.] C. 22 x 33,5 cm: [2] bifolia (= 8 pp.), vellum, Latin, text in 2 cols of 26 ll. Good condition (at one time used as book covers, traces of glue). From a professionally written manuscript containing "De claustro animae", a treatise on monastic discipline of the soul by the 12th-c. French Augustinian canon Hugo de Fouilloy (d. 1172). Present: Lib. II, Cap. XX De rumore in claustro. Abusio nona, 13-56; Cap. XXI De lite in capitulo. Abusio decim

Estimation

200 - 300 €

2 Leuven University courses on geometry and astron

1056 - 2 Leuven University courses on geometry and astronomy. 1772 1. "Tractatus de geometria". C. 20,5 x 16 cm, [1]-24-[188, 1 bl.] pp., paper, Latin. Contemp. half vellum, marbled paper on covers, flat spine (sl. loosening, rubbed). With 13 folding pen drawings (4 loose) and 1 folding engraving by C.H. Becker (loose). Ref. Ex cathedra, Becker 1. - 2. "Elementa astronomiae & Tractatus de sphaera". 2 parts in 1 vol.: [I] [1 bl., 79] ff., [II] [64] ff. Illustrations: [I] a single pen drawing in text, 9

Estimation

200 - 250 €

Abrégé chronologique de l’histoire de Liége depuis

1057 - Abrégé chronologique de l’histoire de Liége depuis son origine jusqu’à l’an 1681. [Liège c. 1700] 4to, c. 19 x 14,5 cm: [2 bl., 220, 5 bl.] ff., papier, français, écriture professionnelle avec qqs corrections. Demi-veau brun, dos doré, gardes marbrées. Avec 4 documents officiels imprimés insérés, datés de 1603 à 1676.

Estimation

100 - 120 €

ANFOSSI, Pasquale (music); [GAMERRA, Giovanni de (

1058 - ANFOSSI, Pasquale (music); [GAMERRA, Giovanni de (libretto)] "Aria "L'Aura che và scherzando" [from "Lucio Silla"]". S.l. [c. 1774-1790] 9 parts, folio, 36 x 21,5 cm: [18] ff. in all, Indian ink, ruling in pencil (general title sl. dust-soiled, light ink bleed-through). Complete set of 9 instrumental parts (2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas and bass), the bass being included in the vocal part. Main aria from the opera (dramma per musica) "Lucio Silla", composed in 1774 in Venice by P. Anfos

Estimation

200 - 300 €

ANCHEMANT, Ferdinand "Traicté de la noblesse. Recu

1059 - ANCHEMANT, Ferdinand "Traicté de la noblesse. Recueilly de divers auctheurs par Ferdinand Anchemant de Broodsende". [Bruges ? c. 1630-1650] In-f° : [2]-153 ff. dont qqs-uns blancs, encre brune sur papier vergé au filigrane en forme de tête de bouffon, en français, qqs textes en latin (qqs mouill. en fond de cahiers, lég. salissures marg. au titre, insecte écrasé dans la marge au f. 97r, long correctif de la même main contrecollé au f. 43r). Parchemin de l'ép., titre ms. au dos (lég.

Estimation

400 - 600 €

Oorsprong en[de] historie van de heeren van Wassen

1060 - Oorsprong en[de] historie van de heeren van Wassenaer graven van Berg heeren van Polanen van den Leecke en[de] van Breda. [C. 1520] Folio: 1 drawing on paper, 13,8 x 20,4 cm, 8 gouaches on vellum, heightened with gold, 30,0 x 18,5 cm, 3 engravings, all mounted. 19th-c. red shagreen, boards framed with gilt and blind fillets and fleurons, gilt title on upper board, gilt-orn. flat spine, gilt fillets on turn-ins (sl. rubbed, few sm. black stains, 1 corner sl. broken). Splendid album containing a.o

Estimation

8 000 - 10 000 €

HOEK, Marinus Js. Beknopte Land-meet-Konst van Mat

1061 - HOEK, Marinus Js. Beknopte Land-meet-Konst van Matth. Van Nispen: geheel uytgewerkt, door mijn Marinus Js. Hoek [...]. Roosendaal 1769 Folio: [158] ff. Contemp. vellum over boards (light traces of use, sm. tear in vellum upper board). Profusely illustrated manuscript in two parts by Marinus Hoek, surveyor and schoolmaster at Roosendaal (North Brabant). First is the transcription of the treatise by Matteus van Nispen (c. 1628-1717), surveyor, editor, bookseller and professor in the art of surveyi

Estimation

4 000 - 5 000 €

[DURANTI, Guilielmus] Rationale divinoru[m] [offic

1062 - [DURANTI, Guilielmus] Rationale divinoru[m] [officiorum]. (Strasbourg [printer of the 1483 J. de Quedlinburg [G. Husner]] 1 September 1488) Folio: [3]-CCLX ff. (missing ff. VI, CXII-CXV and the final blank, lower outer corner of ff. CCLIX-CCLX restored with very little loss of text, marg. wormtrack in upper outer corner of ff. XIX-XXVI and in upper and lower inner corner from ff. CLV to the end, clear dampst. and light traces of mildew in lower inner gutter of the first 150 ff., sporadically in

Estimation

1 500 - 2 000 €

JACOBUS DE VORAGINE Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive

1063 - JACOBUS DE VORAGINE Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia: 3 leaves from different Augsburg editions. 4to, mounted by upper corners on support ff. with printed captions (one with marg. damp stain, another with one wormhole in text). F. 370 from the Latin ed. printed by Günther Zainer not after 1475, and ff. 195 and 532 from the German editions printed by Hans Bämler in 1480 and H. Schönsperger in 1499 (?; not in 1489 as erroneously mentioned in the caption of the support f.). All

Estimation

200 - 300 €

SCHEDEL, Harmann Leaf E1/145 from "Das Buch der Ch

1064 - SCHEDEL, Harmann Leaf E1/145 from "Das Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten". [Augsburg J. Schönsperger 1500] Sm. folio, 27,5 x 19 cm, coloured woodcut ill. Framed (visible from both sides; not studied outside frame). Fragment from the pirated edition of the German version of Schedel's famous "Liber Chronicarum" (1493), on a smaller format than the original Nuremberg edition, illustrated with 8 small woodcut portraits of emperors and popes, nicely coloured.

Estimation

80 - 100 €

MESCHINOT, Jean "Les lunettes des pri[n]ces avecqu

1065 - MESCHINOT, Jean "Les lunettes des pri[n]ces avecques aulcunes ballades et additions [...]. (Paris Mignart 1495)" Sm. 8vo: [247] pp. (title and last leaf replaced by an old ms. copy, sm. part of bl. marg. of leaf D8 missing touching text, sm. tears (partly restored) and hole in leaf Q3, some bl. lower edges restored). 18th-c. red sheep, gilt frames on boards, richly gilt flat spine (sl. rubbed). Very rare edition of the principal work of the Breton poet Meschinot (1420-1491) active at the court o

Estimation

800 - 1 000 €

LÉRY, Jean de Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terr

1066 - LÉRY, Jean de Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amérique. Contenant la navigation, & choses remarquables, veues sur mer par l'auteur [...]. La Rochelle for A. Chuppin 1578 8vo: [47-1 bl.]-424-[13] pp. (sm. holes in title, title underlaid, leaf H5 missing, clear dampst. in lower half throughout, sm. wormtrack in upper margin of second half, sometimes touching text). Contemp. paper, flat spine with ink title, blue edges (sl. soiled). Very rare first edition, with La

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

MAROT, Clément Les oeuvres de Clement Marot, de Ca

1067 - MAROT, Clément Les oeuvres de Clement Marot, de Cahors, vallet de chambre du Roy. Paris J. Ruelle 1557 16mo: 383-[1] ff. (clear damp st. on last 2 ff., sometimes cut a bit short at the side). 18th-c. sheep, double gilt frame with cornerpieces on boards, richly gilt spine with raised bands, red edges (tail missing, corners bumped). Rare Parisian edition of works by Marot. Ref. USTC. - Not in STC French, Adams, Cioranesco. Bound with, same author, place and printer: Les cinquante-deux pseaumes de

Estimation

250 - 300 €

NANNIUS, Petrus Summiktoon [Greek] siue Miscellane

1068 - NANNIUS, Petrus Summiktoon [Greek] siue Miscellaneorum decas una. Leuven S. Sassenus June 1548 8vo: [16]-324 [= 325]-[3] pp. (toned, occ. somewhat short). 18th-c. mottled leather, richly gilt flat spine, red edges (sm. hole in front joint, sm. stain on lower board). Good copy. First edition (repr. Lyon 1548) of a collection of philological essays on Latin authors by the Leuven Latin professor at the Collegium Trilingue P. Nannius (1500-1557). Woodcut mark at the end. Printed in italics. Ref. BT

Estimation

800 - 1 000 €

2 bindings with arms of de Thou (17th c.) and Duke

1069 - 2 bindings with arms of de Thou (17th c.) and Duke of Choiseul (17th c.). 1. Blond calf, 27 x 17 cm, gilt-ruled boards (rubbed, min. wormtrack on the border of the plate, some sm. marg. losses of leather restored, rebacked, endpapers renewed). - 2. Red morocco, 22,9 x 16,9 cm, richly gilt dentelle including fleurons with military motifs, spine with raised bands entitled "Etat militaire" (few sm. dark stains); old watermarked laid-paper leaves preserved inside both bindings. 1. Coat of arms of Ja

Estimation

350 - 500 €

RINGELBERGIUS, Joachimus Fortius Institutiones ast

1070 - RINGELBERGIUS, Joachimus Fortius Institutiones astronomicae ternis libris contentae [...]. (Venice printed by G.A. Nicolini da Sabbio for M. Sessa 1535) Sm. 8vo: 48-[7] ff. (some light foxing, occ. faint marks to margins). Modern vellum, gilt title to spine. First Italian edition (first Basel 1528) of a rare treatise by the Antwerp humanist Joachim Sterck (van) Ringelberg (c. 1499 - c. 1536). Woodcut ill.: device on title, full-page diagram, border enclosing text on f. 4r, historiated initials.

Estimation

1 000 - 1 500 €

PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro Della sfera del mondo [...

1071 - PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro Della sfera del mondo [...]. divisa in libri quattro [...]. Dele stelle fisse, libro uno con le sue figure, e con le sue tavole, dove con maravigliosa ageuolezza potra ciascheduno conoscere qualunque stella delle XLVIII imagini del cielo stellato, e le favole loro integramente [...]. Venice "Al segno del pozzo" (N. de Bascarini) 1552 Sm. 4to: 58-122-[4] ff. (washed, marg. tear without loss on f. 46, light water stains on a few lvs, occ. light browning or spotting, some fa

Estimation

1 000 - 1 500 €

Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata [...].

1072 - Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata [...]. Pentateuchus Moysi. Josue. Liber judicum. Ruth. Antwerp (A. Tavernier for) Widow [A. van Ertborn] & Heirs of Joannes Steelsius 1570 (col.: 1569) 18mo: [16 (of 18)]-319-[3 bl.] ff. (last preliminary f. replaced by a contemp. ms. copy, angular lack of paper without loss of text restored on the prelims, water stains and light browning throughout, red ms. note on the last f.). Contemp. calf, boards richly gilt-orn. "à la fanfare" including a sun, s

Estimation

200 - 250 €

DODOENS, Rembert Stirpium historiae pemptades sex.

1073 - DODOENS, Rembert Stirpium historiae pemptades sex. sive libri XXX. Antwerp Chr. Plantin 1583 Folio: [20]-860-[28] pp. (some normal age-toning, mostly marginal, occ. spotting). Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, spine with raised bands, later clasps and catches (lower clasp missing, head partly missing, corners bumped). First Latin edition of this monumental botanical study divided into 6 large sections by R. Dodoens (1517-1585). Ill. with c. 1300 woodcuts representing plants. Ref

Estimation

1 500 - 2 000 €

RINCVELT, de [Jardin d'armoiries] "Briefve descrip

1074 - RINCVELT, de [Jardin d'armoiries] "Briefve description du tresancien, noble et riche duché de Brabant [...]". [Leuven] J.B. Zangrius 1600 Engraving, 45,5 x 54,5 cm, laid paper sheet: 50 x 61,5 cm, signed "Excudebat Io. Baptista Zangrius" (sl. browning, some foxing, light folds, a few tears with min. loss of paper in the bl. margin at right). Spectacular "jardin d'armoiries" relating to the Duchy of Brabant, dated 1600 at the top of the plate and on the privilege signed at Leuven by I. de Bussch

Estimation

500 - 700 €

Decretales Gregorii IX. pont. max. suis commentari

1075 - Decretales Gregorii IX. pont. max. suis commentariis illustratae. Ab innumeris penè repurgatae [...]. Antwerp C. Plantin, Widow J. Steelsius [= A. van Ertborn], & Ph. Nutius 1573 Folio: [14] ff., 2136 col., [5]-18-[5] ff. (browning, title loosening with sm. tear at the gutter fold, marg. soiling in the lower corner of the first lvs, marg. dampstaining on a few lvs, occ. mod. red pencil underlining and/or annot.). Contemp. brown sheep, boards gilt-tooled with a roll border, corner-pieces and a l

Estimation

250 - 350 €

Historiae ecclesiasticae pars prima, qua continent

1076 - Historiae ecclesiasticae pars prima, qua continentur Eusebii [...] lib. 10. Eiusdem de vita Constantini magni lib. 4. Oratio Constantini [...] Oratio eiusdem Eusebii [...]. Leuven S. Sassenus II for the heirs of A. Brickmann 1569 8vo: [31-1 bl.]-361 [= 363]-1 bl. (occ. spotting). Contemp. overlapping vellum, ink-titled flat spine, blue edges (traces of paper label on spine, weak hinges, some sm. stains). 1st part (complete in itself) of the Latin translation by John Christopherson (d. 1558), con

Estimation

200 - 300 €

Lettere di principi, le quali ò si scrivono da pri

1077 - Lettere di principi, le quali ò si scrivono da principi, ò à principi, ò ragionan di principi [...]. In questa seconda edizione tutto riordinato, & migliorato [...]. Venice G. Ziletti [- by Fr. Ziletti] 1564-1581 3 vol., 4to: [8]-230, [6]-257-[1], [8]-284 ff. (foxing and soiling, marg. wormhole or track in vol. I-II, some quires +/- sl. browned - esp. in vol. II -, marg. dampstaining in vol. I and III, sl. dampstaining in vol. II, vol. II cut short shaving running titles, occ. ink stains). 1

Estimation

2 000 - 2 200 €

ERASMUS, Desiderius Apophthegmatum ex optimis utri

1078 - ERASMUS, Desiderius Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptoribus [...] libri octo. Lyon J. de Tournes & G. Gazeau 1558 Sm. 8vo: 672-[40] pp. (sm. marg. rust spot at the head of ff. Y3-4). Contemp. calf, boards blind-tooled with a double fillet border, gilt fleurons at the corners and a gilt acorn at centre, upper board gilt-lettered “A.B.G.D.” and dated “1563”, traces of ties, gilt-ruled spine with raised bands and black gilt-lettered label, gilt and gauffered edges with arab

Estimation

800 - 1 000 €

BODIN, Jean De la démonomanie des sorciers. De nou

1079 - BODIN, Jean De la démonomanie des sorciers. De nouveau reveu & corrigé oultre les précédentes impressions. Antwerp J. Keerbergen (col.: A. Conickx) 1593 8vo: 467-[1] pp. (sm. tear without loss in upper corner of leaf L1, some light toning). 18th-c. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (head and tail sl. damaged, joints rubbed, corners bumped). Rare Antwerp ed. of this epoch-making treatise on demonology and witchcraft by the French lawyer J. Bodin (1529-1596). Ref. Cou

Estimation

250 - 300 €

[SALENSON, Gérard van] Cronijcke van Vlaenderen in

1080 - [SALENSON, Gérard van] Cronijcke van Vlaenderen int corte, inhaudende veel gheloofweerdighe sake[n] mitsgarders van Brabant, Arthois, Henegauwe, Hollant, Zeelant, Vrieslant en[de] anderen omligghenden landen [...]. Ghent G. van Salenson 1563 4to: [132] ff. (leaves B2-3 & K2, K4 missing, some edges of first quire reinforced, some marg. scribbling in crayon). 19th-c. quarter sheep, marbled paper boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands. Second ed. (1st 1557) of this rare chronicle compiled by Ge

Estimation

150 - 200 €

POMPONIUS MELA De orbis situ libri III. & C. Julii

1081 - POMPONIUS MELA De orbis situ libri III. & C. Julii Solini, Polyhistor. Quorum ille descriptionem singularum orbis terreni partium atq[ue] regionum [...]. Basel S. Henricpetri (1595) 8vo: [32]-398-[2] pp.; 33 pl. on 32 ff. (some normal age-toning, sm. marg. wormtrack in bl. margin of some ff. in the last part). 18th-c. vellum, ink title on flat spine (hinges weakening). Geographical manual (1st 1471), with annotations by Johannes Oporinus (pp. 102-132). The second part contains the "Polyhistor" o

Estimation

1 000 - 1 500 €

FROISSART, Jean Histoire et chronique mémorable [.

1082 - FROISSART, Jean Histoire et chronique mémorable [...]. Reveu et corrigé sus [sic] divers exemplaires, et suivant les bons auteurs, par Denis Sauvage, de Fontenailles en Brie, historiographe du treschrestien roy Henry deuxiesme de ce nom. Paris J. Ruelle 1574 4 parts in 1 vol., folio: [16]-423-[29], [12]-288-[4], [8]-333-[3], [8]-324 pp. (clear dampst., mostly marginal, on some ff. in first and last parts (more extensive towards the end), margins of quire z in the 3rd part damaged). Contemp. ov

Estimation

300 - 400 €

CUREUS, Joachim Schlesische General Chronica, Dari

1083 - CUREUS, Joachim Schlesische General Chronica, Darinnen Warhaffte eigentliche und kurtze Beschreibung des Landes Ober und Nider Schlesien [...] Auch was sich mit den umbliegenden Lendern und Völckern [...]. (Leipzig Z. Bärwald for Wittenberg: H. Grosse 1585 3 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [8]-466 [=467]-[1 bl.], 195-[7]-[1 bl.], [103] pp.; 1 fold. table (some age-toning, few spots). Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, spine with raised bands, red edges, brass clasps and catches (sl. soil

Estimation

250 - 300 €

BOMHOUWER, Christian Indulgence printed on vellum.

1084 - BOMHOUWER, Christian Indulgence printed on vellum. Cologne s.n. 1509 C. 16,5 x 22,5 cm, vellum, Latin, with ms. additions (verso blank). Under passe-partout (sl. soiling). Extremely rare (unique?) indulgence for combating "heresies" in Livonia, issued 20 April 1509 in the name of Pope Julius II by the Estonian canonist Christian Bomhouver or Baumhauer (Reval 1468-1518 Dorpat). At the time Bomhouver was secretary for Livonia to Frederick of Saxony, who in the years 1498-1510 was "Hochmeister" of

Estimation

1 500 - 2 000 €

VICTORIUS, Petrus Variarum lectionum XIII. novi li

1085 - VICTORIUS, Petrus Variarum lectionum XIII. novi libri. Florence Heirs of Lorenzo Torrentino & Carlo Pettinari 1568 (col.: 1569) 4to: [24]-254-[21, 1 bl.] pp. (1st ff. soiled at top, some marginal dampstaining, sm. def. in 1st ff. repaired). Contemp. limp vellum (soiled). Good copy. First ed. of a 2nd collection of humanist philological essays and notes on Cicero, Horace, Virgil and other Latin authors by Pietro Vettori (1499-1585). A first volume was publ. in 1553. Dedicated to Ferdinando de’

Estimation

250 - 300 €

EYTZINGER, Michael De Leone Belgico, eiusq[ue] Top

1086 - EYTZINGER, Michael De Leone Belgico, eiusq[ue] Topographica atq[ue] historica descriptione liber quinque partibus gubernatoum Philippi Regis Hispaniarum ordine, distinctus [...]. Köln (G. von Kempen for Fr. Hogenberg 1583) Folio: [12]-24-24b/34b [=24]-35/522-[1] pp. (tear without loss in p. 7, corner of p. 199 torn without loss of text, some light, marg. dampst. throughout, stronger on pp. 21-24 and 119-126, 147-158, 163-178, 311-318, 371-374, sm. hole in running title of p. 91, some spotting).

Estimation

1 000 - 1 500 €

[FARNESE, Alessandro] 2 rare edicts by the command

1087 - [FARNESE, Alessandro] 2 rare edicts by the commander of the Spanish army in the Low Countries. 4to. Unbound. 1. Edicto, ordenanca y instruction del serenissimo ducque de Parma [...] sobre el Exerçiçio del officio del Prouoste general, y delos [!] de mas Prouostes, Capitanes de campaña, y baracheles del Exerçito. Brussels, R. Velpius, 1587. [6] ff. Blind printing below the Velpius mark. Ref. Peeters-Fontainas 916. - BT 3431. - 2. Edict, ordonnance et instruction du serenissime ducq de Parme [

Estimation

150 - 180 €

CUNERUS, Petrus De christiani principis officio [.

1088 - CUNERUS, Petrus De christiani principis officio [...]. Mons R. Velpius 1581 8vo: 135-[1] pp. Mod. gilt-orn. calf, boards with gilt ruled pattern, gilt spine with raised bands, a.e.g. In slipcase (rubbed). Very good copy. Second ed. (1st Cologne 1580) of a treatise on the duties of a Christian ruler by Cunerus Petri (1531-1580), second bishop of Leeuwarden (Frisia). Large woodcut mark at the end. Ref. BT 3974. Prov. Dequesne-Masquillier, Mons (bookpl.). - 2 similar bookpl. on slipcase.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

STIGEL, Johann Poematum [...] ex recensione Adami

1089 - STIGEL, Johann Poematum [...] ex recensione Adami Siberi. Jena D. Richtzenhan (1577) 2 vol., 8vo: [8]-278-[2 bl.], [1]-282/612 ff. (some marg. wormtracks, esp. in 2nd vol., occ. light marg. dampst.). Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin with sm. medallion portraits over wooden boards, spines with raised bands, red edges, brass clasps and catches (sl. soiled). Collected Latin poetry of the Wittenberg and Jena professor of rhetoric Johann Stigel (1515-1562). Woodcut on title. Woodcut marks at the end. I

Estimation

300 - 400 €

OVIDIUS NASO, Publius Le metamorfosi di Ovidio. Ri

1090 - OVIDIUS NASO, Publius Le metamorfosi di Ovidio. Ridotte da Gio Andrea Dell'Anguillara in ottava rima. Con le annotationi di M. Gioseppe Horologgi, & gli argomenti, & postille di M. Francesco Turchi. In questa nuova impressione di vaghe figure adornate. Venice B. Giunta 1584 4to: [16]-547-[1 bl.] pp., ruled in red (engr. title cut close to the frame and mounted on a leaf of laid paper, dampstains, occ. soiling, ink migration from engravings, tear without loss restored on f. X2, angular lack of pa

Estimation

750 - 900 €

DIVAEUS, Petrus De Galliae Belgicae antiquitatibus

1091 - DIVAEUS, Petrus De Galliae Belgicae antiquitatibus liber I. statum eius quem sub Romanorum imperio habuit, complectens. Accessit huic editioni, H. Nuenari de eadem Gallia Belgica Commentariolus. Antwerp Chr. Plantin 1584 8vo: 62-[8-2 bl.] pp.; 1 pl. (without the "commentariolus"; f. A3 missing, sm. tear in map, some toning and spotting). Old marbled paper, flat spine (spine damaged and loosening, some rubbing). Second ed. (1st 1566) of a sm. treatise on the history of the Gallic tribes in the Lo

Estimation

120 - 150 €

Missale romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti concilii T

1092 - Missale romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum. Pii V. pont. max. jussu editum. Antwerp C. Plantin 1574 Folio: [i-ii]-[2]-iii/xlii [i.e. xxxviii]-[18]-307-[1]-cxii-167-[1 bl.]-110-[2]-18 pp. (1st part: v-viii omitted from the pagination as recorded by Voet; missing: T4 = pp. 295-296, 2D3 = pp. liii-liv, i1 = pp. 129-130; last pp. [19-20 = approbatio] misplaced after the title; title reinforced, heavy dampstaining and sm. traces of mould at the beginning and end of the vol

Estimation

200 - 300 €

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico La description de tous les

1093 - GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico La description de tous les Païs-Bas. [Antwerp Chr. Plantijn 1582] Folio (n.c., engr. title and all maps and plans missing, spotting or light staining). 18th-c. marbled sheep, triple gilt frame on boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (head and tail damaged, joints rubbed, corners bumped). Text only of Plantin's French edition of a monument in the history of the Low Countries: the eloquent description of its 16th-c. towns by the Italian resident author Guicc

Estimation

200 - 300 €

HOUWAERT, Johan Baptist De vier wterste, van de do

1094 - HOUWAERT, Johan Baptist De vier wterste, van de doot, van het oordeel, van d'eevwich leven, van de pyne der hellen [...]. Antwerp Chr. Plantin 1583 4to: [20 incl. portrait and coat-of-arms]-335-[1] pp. (first quire and some other ff. loose, marg. wormtrack, some light dampst. and tearing). Contemp. vellum, flat spine (front hinge broken, soiled, corner missing). S.w.a.f. Rare first edition of the reflections written during his captivity by the Brussels patrician and poet J.B. Houwaert (1533-1599

Estimation

120 - 150 €

BEROALDO, Filippo Libellus quo Septem Sapientum se

1095 - BEROALDO, Filippo Libellus quo Septem Sapientum sententiae discutiuntur. [Bologna] (per Benedictum Hectoris Bibliopola[m] Bononiensem [i.e. Benedetto i Faelli] 1502. die. x. octobris) 4to: [24] ff. (some very light foxing, occ. sm. dampstains, contemp. pen annot. and underlinings). Mod. bradel half parchment, grey paper boards (scratch on spine). Fine large-paper copy of the second Bologna edition (1st, same publisher, 1498) of this early post-incunable schoolbook, also known as the "Heptalogos"

Estimation

500 - 600 €

THOMAS AQUINAS Prima secundae partis summae sacrae

1096 - THOMAS AQUINAS Prima secundae partis summae sacrae theologiae [...]. Lyon H. de La Porta 1558 Folio: [71-1 bl.]-388 pp. (occ. spotting or staining). Contemp. reused vellum, spine with raised bands (joints split, sl. soiled, corners missing). Very rare Lyon edition of Thomas Aquinas' (1225-1274) best-known work. Woodcut mark on title and woodcut initials throughout. Old annotations to the first few articles. Ref. WorldCat. - Not in Adams, Baudrier or Machiels. Prov. Old entries on title.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

[VERSTEGAN, Richard] Theatrum crudelitatum haereti

1097 - [VERSTEGAN, Richard] Theatrum crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. Antwerp A. Hubert 1592 4to: 95 pp. (occ. spotting, title sl. soiled with sm. restorations, clear dampst. in lower corner of quire G). 19th-c. quarter brown shagreen, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands (joints rubbed, corners bumped). 2nd ed. (1st 1587) of this famous work describing the horrifying tortures inflicted on Catholics by Calvinists in England under the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, by Huguenots

Estimation

150 - 200 €

CASAS, Bartolomé de las La découverte des Indes Oc

1098 - CASAS, Bartolomé de las La découverte des Indes Occidentales, par les Espagnols. Paris A. Pralard 1697 12mo (n.c., some spotting and dampst. in the first part). Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (joints almost completely split, corners sl. bumped). French translation by the abbot Morvan de Bellegarde of this important work by the Spanish Dominican friar B. de las Casas (1484-1566), the first European to defend natives against violence perpetrated by the Spani

Estimation

100 - 150 €

ZAPATA Y SANDOVAL, Juan De iustitia distributiva &

1099 - ZAPATA Y SANDOVAL, Juan De iustitia distributiva & acceptatione personarum ei opposita disceptatio, pro Noui Indiarum Orbis rerum moderatoribus, & regalibus consiliarijs, elaborata [...]. Valladolid C.L. Vaca 1609 4to: [32]-454 (= 464)-[35, 1 bl.] pp. (toned, outer bottom corner dampstained, worming in blank inner margin occasionally touching a few letters). Contemp. limp overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, vellum ties, red edges. Only edition of a plea in favour of Indigenous rights in Lat

Estimation

1 500 - 2 000 €

BRUNNER, Andreas Excubiae tutelares [...] [LX heor

1100 - BRUNNER, Andreas Excubiae tutelares [...] [LX heorum, qui ab anno Ch: DVIII, Theodonem in principatu Boiariae secuti cum elogis suis et rerum gestarum compendio [...]]. Munich C. Leysserius 1637 8vo: engr. title-613-[9-2 bl.] pp.; 60 pl. (sl. dampstaining, spotting, sm. marg. holes at the beginning, occ. staining and some ff. sl. browned, marg. tear repaired to p. 277). Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over bevelled edges, ink-titled spine with raised bands, blue edges, brass clasps & catches (rub

Estimation

400 - 500 €

Biblia Sacra. Dat is de geheele Heylighe Schriftur

1101 - Biblia Sacra. Dat is de geheele Heylighe Schrifture. Bedeylt in't Out en Nieu Testament. Oversien en verbetert na den lesten Roomschen text. Verciert met veele schoone figueren. [Amsterdam] P.J. Paets 1657 (NT: 1646) 2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8]-1265-[3 bl.]-468 [i.e. 442]-[6] pp. (pagination errors in NT: 109-110, 283-284, 329-330, and 423-442 omitted from the pagination; 331-334 misnumbered 333, 334, 331, 332; paper reinforcement on first lvs, marg. water stains passim, some marg. tears witho

Estimation

600 - 800 €

[MARTIN, David]. Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau T

1102 - [MARTIN, David]. Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, enrichie de plus de quatre cens figures en taille-douce, &c. [...]. Amsterdam P. Mortier 1700 2 vol. in-f° : [16 dont titre gravé]-282-[8] pp., 141 h.-t. et 2 cartes ; [24 dont titre gravé]-154-20 pp., 73 h.-t. et 3 cartes (pet. galerie de ver in fine du t. II, qqs pet. taches et brunissures marg., tache brune au centre de la p. 78 du t. I). Veau de l'ép., plats sertis de roul. dorées (grecque et chaînette), dos fleuronnés dorés

Estimation

600 - 800 €

VAN BEUGHEM, Cornelius Bibliographiae eruditorum c

1103 - VAN BEUGHEM, Cornelius Bibliographiae eruditorum critico-curiosae sive Apparatus ad historiam literariam novissimam conspectus secundus, id est Dispositio harmonica scriptorum operumque [...]. Amsterdam Janssonius-Van Waesberge 1694 12mo: [16]-467-[1 bl.] pp. Contemp. vellum-covered boards (spine dam., tear in lower cover). Good, partially uncut copy. Second instalment, complete in itself, of "Apparatus ad historiam literariam novissimam" (1689-1710), a 5-part bibliography of 17th-c. scientific

Estimation

120 - 150 €

Jewellery casket. [Low Countries] 1634 16,5 x 9,5

1104 - Jewellery casket. [Low Countries] 1634 16,5 x 9,5 x 10,5 cm, wood covered with black leather richly blind-tooled "à la grotesque" with repeated small tools and geometric compartments, the domed lid with a central rosette, brass fittings comprising a curved carrying handle, two hinges and two clasps, the underside similarly decorated and tooled with the date "1634", on four turned white feet, interior lined with red paper, the exposed edges of the main compartment painted red, with a purple velv

Estimation

400 - 600 €

Small jewellery casket. [Flanders late 16th - earl

1105 - Small jewellery casket. [Flanders late 16th - early 17th c.] 11,5 x 7,5 x 6,5 cm, wood covered with black leather, richly gilt-tooled with floral and foliate ornament, the hinged lid centred with a figurative scene within multiple ornamental borders, brass fittings comprising a curved carrying handle and two clasps, raised on four metallic ball feet, interior lined with crimson silk (leather somewhat rubbed and cracked, with some loss of gild, interior lining renewed, two ball feet detached but

Estimation

450 - 650 €

Canon missae cum praefationibus, et aliis nonnulli

1106 - Canon missae cum praefationibus, et aliis nonnullis [...] additae sunt praeparatio ad missam, & orationes [...] juxta correctionem novi missalis. Rome ex Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae 1640 Folio: 148 pp. (sm. marg. hole in the corner of the title-page, burn hole just grazing the lower border of the frame on f. A2, light soiling, foxing, some spotting and (water) stains passim, few lvs browned). Contemp. red morocco, boards richly decorated with a gilt-tooled "dentelle à l'éventail

Estimation

200 - 300 €

DUVAL, Nicolas Nouvelles heures gravées au burin d

1107 - DUVAL, Nicolas Nouvelles heures gravées au burin dediées au roy. Paris J. Mariette [1695] 16mo: [2]-212-|1] pp. 19th-c. blue morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt sides & inside dentelles, a.e.g (spine sl. faded). In cloth-covered box (some dampst.). Nice book of hours entirely engraved by the French writing master Duval (1635-1701?). Text in civilités, ruled, decorated with head- and tailpieces, initials, 1 full-page and with 6 part-titles. Quite scarce. Ref. Bonacini 561 ("chez N. Langlois

Estimation

150 - 200 €

PALLAVICINO, Sforza Istoria del Concilio di Trento

1108 - PALLAVICINO, Sforza Istoria del Concilio di Trento [...]. Nuovamente ritoccata dall'autore. Alla santita' di nostro Sig. Papa Alessandro VII. [...]. Rome B. Diversin and F. Cesaretti 1664 3 vol., 4to: [22-2 bl.]-862-[58], [12]-806-[76], [8]-885-[68] pp. (age-toned, some foxing and spotting, a few marg. sm. tears, some light marg. water stains in vol. 2). Contemp. polished red morocco, gilt triple fillet and coat of arms on boards, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands and repeated crowned cypher "B

Estimation

750 - 900 €

Een corte oeffeninghe, seer profijtelijck voor een

1109 - Een corte oeffeninghe, seer profijtelijck voor een yegelijck, om te comen op corten tijdt tot de volmaecktheydt der deughden met cleynen arbeydt, ende met ghenuchten. Antwerp A. de Ballo 1618 8vo; 21 pl. (text n.c., sl. age-toned). Contemp. vellum, flat spine, red edges (sl. soiled). Unrecorded (?) devotional publication describing the Stations of the Cross. Gothic type. Ill. with a woodcut vignette on title and 21 engr. on 20 ff. with Latin captions, likely from another devotional work. Ref. No

Estimation

150 - 200 €

El grande dictionario y thesoro de las tres lengua

1110 - El grande dictionario y thesoro de las tres lenguas Española, Francesa y Flamenca, con todos los nombres de los reynos, ciudades y lugares del mundo [...]. Le grand dictionaire et tresor [...]. Den grooten dictionaris en[de] schat [...]. Antwerp J. Trognesius 1639-1640 3 parts in 1 vol., 4to (some min. lacks restored on main title-front., tear rest. with min. loss on first text leaf, browning throughout, occ. spotting). Contemp. overlapping vellum, ink-titled spine (binding sl. loose, soiling,

Estimation

200 - 250 €

AMYRAUT, Moïse La vie de François, seigneur de la

1111 - AMYRAUT, Moïse La vie de François, seigneur de la Nouë, dit Bras-de-Fer. Ou sont contenuës quantité de choses memorables, qui servent à l'éclaircissement de celles qui se sont passées en France & au Pays-bas, depuis le commencement des troubles survenus pour la religion, jusques à l'an 1591. [...]. Leiden J. Elzevier 1661 4to: [8]-368 pp.; 2 tab. (very light soiling and some spotting on title). 18th-c. overlapping vellum, gilt coat of arms on boards, gilt-ruled spine (light soiling, som

Estimation

200 - 250 €

PHILOTHEUS [pseud. of CHARLES II, Elector Palatine

1112 - PHILOTHEUS [pseud. of CHARLES II, Elector Palatine] Symbola christiana quibus idea hominis christiani exprimitur. Frankfurt J.P. Zubrod 1677 4to: front.-[8]-204 pp. (sm. tears rest. without loss on front., lack of paper rest. shaving the right side of the title side tiny worm tracks and holes in margin at gutter of first lvs, light ink bleed-through from the engravings, occ. soiling and/or sm. stains). Contemp. lavallière morocco, boards with central coat of arms within rich gilt "à la fanfare

Estimation

500 - 600 €

DAVID, Jan Veridicus Christianus. Antwerp Plantin

1113 - DAVID, Jan Veridicus Christianus. Antwerp Plantin Press (J. Moretus) 1606 4to: [16]-374-[31] pp.; 101 pl. (tear in pl. 33 without loss restored on verso, brown st. on pl. 42, occ. spotting). Contemp. vellum, spine with raised bands (sl. warped, soiled, front joint split). 2nd ed. of the Latin translation (1st 1601) by the author (1564-1613), Jesuit theologian, and revised from the original in Dutch "Christelycken Waersegher" (1597), emblematic work teaching the truths of Catholic doctrine. Illus

Estimation

200 - 300 €

OVIDIUS NASO, Publius Metamorphosis oder Verwandel

1114 - OVIDIUS NASO, Publius Metamorphosis oder Verwandelungs Bücher, das ist Hundert u. Funfzig neue Kunstreiche Kupffer Bildunge, aus [...] Ovidii Fünfzehen Büchern von seltzamer verwandelung der gestalten, Allerhand der guten Künste Liebhabern, als Mahlern, Kupferstechern, Bildhauern, Stein: u. Formschneidern, Gold: u. Silberschmiden, Eisenschneidern u. Waxposierern [...] zum dienst u. nutzen erfunden, u. mit Teutschen reimen öffentlich herausgegeben [...]. Nuremberg P. Fürst [c. 1640] Obl. 8v

Estimation

200 - 300 €

POIRTERS, Adriaan Het masker vande wereldt afgetro

1115 - POIRTERS, Adriaan Het masker vande wereldt afgetrocken. Antwerp Wid. & Heirs of J. Cnobbaert [= Marie de Man & Jan Cnobbaert] [c. 1646] 4to (n.c., engr. title cut short at the top, occ. spotting or light toning). Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (rubbed). Rare first edition of the major Dutch religious emblem book of the Southern Netherlands, being a completely revised version of "Ydelheit des werelts" (1645) by the Jesuit poet Adriaan Poirters (1605-1674). Engr. ill.: title by

Estimation

150 - 200 €

TYPOETS, Jacques Symbola divina & humana pontificu

1116 - TYPOETS, Jacques Symbola divina & humana pontificum imperatorum regum; ex musaeo Octavi de Strada civis Romani. Arnhem J.Fr. Hagen 1666 12mo (n.c., engr. title missing, occ. spotting or staining). 19th-c. quarter mottled sheep, marbled paper boards, flat spine (spine sl. faded, some light rubbing, corners bumped). First 12mo ed. (1st 1603) of this emblem book by the Bruges-born Typoets (1540-1601). Ill. with numerous full-page plates each containing 2 emblems. Ref. Landwehr, LC, 799. - Praz 518.

Estimation

120 - 150 €

[COTOLENDI, Charles] Arliquiniana ou Les bons mots

1117 - [COTOLENDI, Charles] Arliquiniana ou Les bons mots, les histoires plaisantes & agréables. Recueillies des conversations d'Arlequin. Suivant la copie. Paris F. & P. Delaulne ; M. Brunet 1694 In-12 : front.-[56]-354-[12] pp. (min. manques de papier très marg. et sans atteinte à l'image ou au texte aux 1ers ff.). Demi-basane fauve de l'ép., dos à nerfs fileté doré, pièce de titre noire (plat sup. détaché, dos fendillé avec manque en tête, coins émoussés). Contrefaçon hollandaise, par

Estimation

200 - 300 €

DUFOUR, Sylvestre Traitez nouveaux & curieux du ca

1118 - DUFOUR, Sylvestre Traitez nouveaux & curieux du café, du thé et du chocolate [sic]. Ouvrage également nécessaire aux médecins, & à tous ceux qui aiment leur santé. Seconde édition. Lyon J.B. Deville 1688 In-12 : [20]-444-[10] pp.; 3 pl. (lég. bruni). Basane marbrée de l'ép., dos à nerfs, tr. marbrées (± frottée, mors ± fendus, coins émoussés). Savoureux traité (orig. : 1685) dont chaque partie est introduite par un frontispice (3 h.-t. et 1 pleine-page). Le frontispice génér

Estimation

400 - 500 €

DE BIE, Jacques Livre contenant la genealogie et d

1119 - DE BIE, Jacques Livre contenant la genealogie et descente de ceux de la maison de Croÿ tant de la ligne principale estant chef du nom et armes d'icelle que des branches et ligne collaterale de la dicte maison. [Antwerp J. De Bie 17th c.] Folio: [51] engravings (some light foxing mostly marg., some marg. stains). Contemp. marbled paper boards. Work entirely engraved by Jacques De Bie commissioned by Charles de Croÿ (1560-1612) in memory of his ancestors. It remained unfinished at his death in 1

Estimation

600 - 800 €

LE CARPENTIER, Jean Histoire genealogique des Païs

1120 - LE CARPENTIER, Jean Histoire genealogique des Païs-Bas, ou Histoire de Cambray, et du Cambresis, contenant ce qui s'y est passé sous les empereurs, & les rois de France & d'Espagne ; enrichie des genealogies, eloges, & armes des comtes, ducs, evesques, et archevesques, et presque de quatre mille familles nobles, tant des XVII. Provinces que de France [...]. Leyde chez l'Autheur 1664 4 parties en 1 vol. in-4° : [16]-534-[2 bl.]-1096-99-[25] pp. (qqs mouill. e.a. aux deux titres, min. travail d

Estimation

100 - 120 €

VADDERE, Jean-Baptiste, de Traité de l'origine des

1121 - VADDERE, Jean-Baptiste, de Traité de l'origine des ducs et duché de Brabant, et de ses charges palatines héréditaires, avec une responce aux vindices de Ferrand pour les fleurs de lis de France. Bruxelles L. Marchant 1672 Pet. in-4° ; 1 pl. et 2 tableaux (n.c., qqs rouss.). Veau moucheté du XVIIIe s., plats aux armes cernés d'un triple filet doré, dos lisse fleuronné doré (qqs frottements). Édition originale comportant une planche d'armoiries gravées et 2 tableaux généalogiques. R�

Estimation

150 - 200 €

SCRIBANI, Charles Antverpia [and] Origines Antverp

1122 - SCRIBANI, Charles Antverpia [and] Origines Antverpiensium. Antwerp Plantin Press (J. Moretus) 1610 2 works in 1 vol., 4to: [8]-146-[1], 24, 172-[3] pp.; 6 (of 7) pl. (1 map missing, pl. cut rather short with weak folds, occ. spotting or staining). Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (sl. soiled). Humanist history of Antwerp by the jesuit rector Scribani (1561-1629), including a collection of Greek poems and prose text by Gillis Schoondonck. Engr. mark on both titles; woodcut mark at the end. 6 fo

Estimation

200 - 300 €

3 ouvrages sur l'histoire. In-8° (2) ou in-4° (n.c

1123 - 3 ouvrages sur l'histoire. In-8° (2) ou in-4° (n.c., 2 brunis, qqs rouss.). Rel. de l'ép. ou mod. (cond. variées). 1. Abbregé de l'histoire des roys de France, avec leurs effigies depuis Pharamond jusques au roy Louys XIII [...]. Rouen, Dumesnil, 1631. - 2. Bruneau - Estat présent des affaires d'Allemagne, avec les interest & les généalogies des princes de l'Empire [...]. Paris, Le Petit, 1675. - 3. La defence des etats de l'Empire situez entre le Rhin, la Meuse et la Moselle [...]. Rati

Estimation

200 - 250 €

VINNIUS, Arnoldus In quatuor libros Institutionum

1124 - VINNIUS, Arnoldus In quatuor libros Institutionum imperialium commentarius academicus & forensis. Editio quarta [...]. Amsterdam D. Elzevier 1665 4to: [12]-888-[20] pp. (light spotting and/or water stains, sm. hole in f. 2H1). 18th-c. polished calf, gilt-orn. frame on boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (light stains, joints strating to split, corners sl. bumped). "Fourth", i.e. fifth edition (1st 1642), with the error of pagination corrected p. 539, the title in black and the i

Estimation

100 - 120 €

Recueil des édits et déclarations, ordonnances et

1125 - Recueil des édits et déclarations, ordonnances et arrests, concernant les réparations des eglises [...]. Pour le logement des curez ou vicaires perpetuels [...]. Pour l'entretien & fournitures des choses nécessaires au service divin. Qui régle la reception des obits, & fondations, en faveur des oeuvres ou fabriques & curez d'icelles [...]. Paris s.n. 1693 In-8° : 64 pp. Cartonnage de l'ép. en parchemin récupéré d'un manuscrit composé à l'encre rouge et marbré postérieurement, titre

Estimation

120 - 150 €

3 plakaten (waarvan 1 in het Frans) en 1 vlugschri

1126 - 3 plakaten (waarvan 1 in het Frans) en 1 vlugschrift uitgegeven tijdens de Dertigjarige Oorlog, gebonden in 1 mod. velijnen band. Brussel of Antwerpen Klein 4to (n.c., licht verkleurd). 1. Placcart et ordonnance [...] sur le faict de l'admiraulté est establie à Bergues St. Winocq. 1624. - 2. Placcaet [...] inhoudende verbodt van te voeren naer de zynde onder de onderdanicheyt vanden coninck van Groot-Britaignien eenige coopmanschappen ofte waeren dienende tot de oorloghe. 1626. - 3. [...] Also

Estimation

80 - 100 €

[BAUDARTIUS, Willem] De Spaensche tiranije gheschi

1127 - [BAUDARTIUS, Willem] De Spaensche tiranije gheschiet in Neder-lant, waer in te sien is, de onmenschelicke ende wreede handelinge[n] der Spaengiaerden [...]. S.l. s.n. [early 17th c.] 4to: [8]-112 pp. (occ. (damp) staining). 18th-c. calf, triple gilt frame with corner pieces on boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (joints sl. rubbed, corners sl. bumped). Rare treatise on the Eighty Year's War by the Flemish theologian and historian Baudartius from Deinze (1565-1640). Ill. with 20

Estimation

250 - 300 €

[VAN BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius] L'estat et gouvernem

1128 - [VAN BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius] L'estat et gouvernement politique & militaire, tant par mer que par terre, des Provinces confederées au Païs-Bas. [Netherlands?] s.n. 1653 12mo (n.c., few marg. stains). Contemp. reused vellum, flat spine, red edges (sl. soiled, sm. part of spine missing, weak hinges). French translation of this political treatise by the Dutch historian Boxhorn (1612-1653). Likely printed in the Netherlands. Ref. STCN. Prov. Unidentified stamp on title. Joined: Coutumes générale

Estimation

100 - 120 €

MARNIX VAN SINT ALDEGONDE, Filips van De byen-corf

1129 - MARNIX VAN SINT ALDEGONDE, Filips van De byen-corf der H. Roomscher Kercke. Amsterdam J.E. Cloppenburch 1631 8vo: [8]-234-[6] ff. (licht gebruind, titelblad licht bevlekt, enkele vlekken, lichte hoekvochtvlek op de eerste bladen). Eigentijds perkament met omgezette randen, gladde rug met mod. titel in pen (enkele kleine vlekjes en lichte wormgaatjes). Scherpe allegorische satire tegen de rooms-katholieke Kerk (1ste uitg. : 1569). Gegraveerde titel met een medaillonvormig portret van de auteur (n

Estimation

100 - 120 €

ERYTHRAEUS, Janus Nicius Epistolae ad Tyrrhenum. C

1130 - ERYTHRAEUS, Janus Nicius Epistolae ad Tyrrhenum. Cologne Jost Kalckhoven [= Amsterdam, s.n.(?)] 1645 8vo: [4]-202 [= 210]-[1, 1 bl.] pp. (faint marginal dampstaining). Contemp. blind-stamped leather, spine with raised bands, red edges (sl. rubbed, head and tail repaired). Good copy. Collection of Latin letters (and some verses) by the Italian Baroque author Gian Vittorio Rossi (1577-1647). These letters were addressed to a "Tyrrhenus", i.e. Fabio Chigi (1559-1667) who in 1655 became Pope Alexand

Estimation

150 - 200 €

WAUDRAEUS, Julianus Liber monosticorum. Mons J. Ha

1131 - WAUDRAEUS, Julianus Liber monosticorum. Mons J. Havart 1641 8vo (missing final quire = pp. 209-215; somewhat short, sl. toned, blank top title corner repaired). Old gilt quarter calf, sp. paper covers, spine with raised bands and morocco label, red sp. edges. Good copy. Rare collection of some 1844 Latin distichs by Julien Waudré (1595-1679), canon of the Saint Waltrude Collegiate Curch in Mons. Ref. Rousselle 266.

Estimation

120 - 150 €

Ordonnance et instruction selon laquelle se doibve

1132 - Ordonnance et instruction selon laquelle se doibvent conduire & regler doresenavant les changeurs ou collecteurs des pieces d'or & d'argent deffendues, rognées, legieres ou trop usées [...]. Antwerp H. Verdussen 1633 4to agenda: [126] ff. (light marg. waterstaining on some lvs, some blank margins expertly strengthened, normal toning). 19th-c. vellum, gilt-ruled spine (soiled, upper board yawning). Rare coin ordinance, issued March 1633, with a survey of coins no longer valid. With hundreds of

Estimation

300 - 400 €

7 ordinances on coins of which 1 in Dutch and 6 in

1133 - 7 ordinances on coins of which 1 in Dutch and 6 in French. Antwerp H. Verdussen Sm. 8vo (n.c., most rather toned with traces of use). 6 in mod. wrappers, 1 in old marbled wrappers. 5 richly illustrated with in-text woodcuts. O.a. "Ordonnance & placcart des archiducqz [...] sur le fait du cours & permission des monnoyes [...]" (1612), "Ordonnantie ende placcat des conincx op't stuck vande munte inhoudende de specien [...]", "Placcart du roy sur le reglement général de ses monnoyes" (1647 & 1652

Estimation

150 - 200 €

BONOURS, Christophle de Le memorable Siege d'Osten

1134 - BONOURS, Christophle de Le memorable Siege d'Ostende, decrit, et divisé en douze livres […]. Brussels J. van Meerbeeck [i.e. Leiden, A. & B. Elsevier] 1628 4to: [8]-601-[2] pp. (age-toned, horizontal paper fold causing a sl. printing flaw to the title page and f. §3, marg. soiling on first and last lvs., occ. spotting, angular loss slightly affecting the catchword on f. 2O4). Contemp. overlapping vellum, ink-titled spine (soiled, remains of ties). Rare first edition of a detailed eyewitness

Estimation

200 - 250 €

Reglement omme de vrye binne-lander-lieden der ste

1135 - Reglement omme de vrye binne-lander-lieden der stede ende port van Oostende. (Ghent M. Graet 1675) Folio (n.c.). Sewn. Contemp. marbled wrappers (some traces of use). Ordinance regarding the port of Ostend and inland waterway transport. Ref. STCV. Joined: Deductie van faicte, ende motyf van rechte omme de reeders vanden capiteyn Guilleame Steenkiste tot Ostende [...] ieghens Ottho vander Wisch [...]. S.n. [Ghent?], s.n., 1714. Folio. Sewn in contemp. marbled wrappers (normal traces of use). At t

Estimation

120 - 150 €

FLEMING, Philippe Oostende. Vermaerde, gheweldighe

1136 - FLEMING, Philippe Oostende. Vermaerde, gheweldighe, lanckduyrighe, ende bloedighe belegeringhe, bestorminghe ende stoute aenvallen: Mitsgaders de manlijcke, cloecke ende dappere teghenweer ende defensie by den belegerden, meer dan drie volle jaren langh clockmoedelijcken ghedaen, inde jaren 1601. 1602. 1603. ende 1604. The Hague A. Meuris 1621 4to: [8]-598 pp.; 30 pl. (last p. with table of fig. replaced with a ms. copy, f. A4 misplaced before A2, soiling mainly marg., stronger on title-page, wa

Estimation

150 - 200 €

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