Las Heroidas de Ovidio traducidas por un Mexicano
by OVIDIUS (43 BC-17/18 AD)-[OCHOA Y ACUÑA, Anastasio María de, tr. (1783-1833)]
OVID TRANSLATED BY A MEXICAN POET Two volumes, 8vo (150x96 mm). [4: title page and Advertencia], 229, [1 blank]; [2: title page], 221 [recte 219], [1 blank] pp. Pages 219/220 omitted in pagination. Contemporary or slighlty later calf, gilt spine with lettering piece, marbled endleaves (worn and rubbed). On the front pastedown bookplate of Jesús Guzmán y R.G. ("Ex libris JG RG Cave! ne cadas Mexici Nonis Junii a.D. MDCCCLXIX") and his stamp on the title page verso (dated 14 June... Read More
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Gli Ordini della divota Compagnia delle dimesse; che vivono sotto il nome, et la protettione della purissima Madre di Dio Maria Vergine
by PAGANI, Antonio (1526-1589)
CONGREGATIO FILIARUM AB IMMACULATA CONCEPTIONE COMPAGNIA DELLE DIMESSE 4to (196x150). [12], 109, [3] pp. Collation: *6 A-O4. Woodcut device with St. Catherine of Alexandria kneeling before the Virgin Mary and Child on the title page, woodcut vignette of the Virgin Mary and Child in heaven surrounded by 16 smaller vignettes of the four Evangelists and 12 events from the life of the Virgin on l. *6v, woodcut vignette of the Virgin Mary and Child in heaven with angels within a typographic frame... Read More
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![De discorsi […], sopra alle cose appartenenti ad una città libera, e famiglia nobile; tradotti in lingua toscana da Giovanni Fabrini Fiorentino, à beneficio de figliuoli di Messer Antonio Massimi nobile Romano, M. Domenico, e M. Horatio, libri nove](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/952/977/1582977952.0.l.jpg)
De discorsi […], sopra alle cose appartenenti ad una città libera, e famiglia nobile; tradotti in lingua toscana da Giovanni Fabrini Fiorentino, à beneficio de figliuoli di Messer Antonio Massimi nobile Romano, M. Domenico, e M. Horatio, libri nove
by PATRIZI, Francesco (1413-1494)
8vo (151x102 mm). 278, [4] leaves. Collation: A-Z8 AA-LL8 MM10. Colophon at l. MM9r. Printer's device on title page and last leaf verso. Contemporary limp vellum, inked title on spine and on the lower edge (soiled, traces of ties). On the front panel and on title page ownership's inscription "Jo: Petri Clericij". Marginal rust spots on leaves AA1-8, a few very light damp stains. A very good, genuine copy. RARE FIRST ITALIAN EDITION of one of the most important documents for... Read More
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Recherches sur les Bibliothèques anciennes et modernes, jusqu’a la Fondation de la Bibliothèque Mazarine, et sur les Causes qui ont favorisé l’accroisement successif du nombre des Livres
by PETIT-RADEL, Louis-Charles François (1756-1836)
BIBLIOTHÈQUE MAZARINE Large 8vo (198 x 118 mm). [4], vii, [1 blank], 488 pp., one leaf of explanatory text for folding plates, 4 pp. of advertisements at end, and 3 engraved plates (2 folding). With an extensive index. Contemporary light brown calf, by Antoine Chaumont, Paris (with his ticket), gold-tooled outer border with eagles, Pan's head, vase containing flowers and other ornaments, inner border in blind of laurel leaves in arches, flat spine with seven false bands and black morocco title... Read More
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![Practica auff das jar Christi M. D. LXXIX. Mit viel guten nötigen Erjnnerungen umb lustigers lesens und mehrer ubungs willen reimweis gestellet [...]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/308/253/1423253308.0.l.jpg)
Practica auff das jar Christi M. D. LXXIX. Mit viel guten nötigen Erjnnerungen umb lustigers lesens und mehrer ubungs willen reimweis gestellet [...]
by RASCH, Johann (1540-1612)
4to (178x134 mm). [6] leaves. Collation: A4 B2. With a woodcut illustration on the title page. Later boards. On the front pastedown bookplate Ex-libris Franz Pollack Parnau. Slightly uniformly browning, a good copy. FIRST EDITION. Presented as a 'Practica', i.e. a booklet containing astrological predictions, it is in reality a mocking poem on the genre, about which Rasch holds forth in even greater detail in his Gegenpractic of 1584. In the rhymed dedication poem to Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria Rasch mentions... Read More
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Von Erdbiden, Etliche Tractat, alte und newe, hocherleuchter und bewärter Scibenten: inn welchem klärlich angezeigt, was dieselbigen jeder Zeit gutes oder böses mitgebracht: Auch was darauff erfolgelt sey: Weil nach des Herrn Christi Weissagung, zu den letzten Zeiten, vil Erdbiden geschehen söllen: Zeit jeder menigklich tröstlich unnd nützlich zu wissen
by RASCH, Johann (ca. 1540-1612)
THE FIRST GERMAN-LANGUAGE TREATISE ON EARTHQUAKES 4to (198x152 mm). [24] leaves. Collation: A-F4. Large woodcut vignette of an earth-quake on the title page. Woodcut decorative initials and tailpieces. Modern marbled cardboards. Very light browning and occasional marginal foxing, but a good, crispy copy. Very rare first edition. Apart a didactic poem by an anonymous author on the earthquake in Bavaria of 1511, this seems to be the first general treatise on this subject in German. The work opens with a long letter... Read More
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Ragionamento havuto in Lione, da Claudio de Herberé gentil’huomo franzese, et da Alessandro degli Uberti gentil’huomo fiorentino, sopra alcuni luoghi del Cento novelle di Boccaccio, i quali si ritroveranno secondo i numeri delle carte del Decamerone stampato in Lione, in picciola forma da G. Rovillo
by RIDOLFI, Luca Antonio (1510-1570)
4to (204x150 mm). 100, [4] pp. The last leaf is a blank. Collation: A-N4. Title-page within an elaborate woodcut border with at the center Rouillé's device. 18th-century vellum over boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, red edges. Slightly browned throughout. A good copy. RARE FIRST EDITION (it was reprinted in 1558 and in 1560). The publisher Guillaume Rouillé (1518?-1588), who, starting with an Italian translation of De viris illustribus urbis Romae, published at the Sign of Venice in Lyons during his life... Read More
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Il teatro delle favole rappresentative, overo la ricreatione comica, boscareccia, e tragica: divisa in cinquanta giornate
by SCALA, Flaminio (1552-1624)
THE SCENARIOS OF THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE 4to (220x158 mm). [8], 160 leaves. Collation: a-b4 A-Rr4. On title page engraved arms of the dedicatee Count Ferdinando Riario, Marquis of Castiglione di Val d'Orcia. Contemporary flexible vellum, inked title along the spine (slightly soiled, small portion of the front panel repaired). On title page ownership inscription "del Prencipe di Castellaneta". Occasionally slightly browned, lack of paper to the lower outer corner of l. 53 not affecting the text, repaired worm track to the... Read More
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![Oratio de vita et morte Illustrissimae Principis ac Dominae Dorotheae Ursulae: Illustrissimi Principis ac Domini D. Caroli Marchionis Badensis et Hochburgensis [...] filiae: Illustriss: Principis, ac Domini D. Ludovici Ducis Wirtenbergici et Teccii comitis Montispeligardi etc. coniugis dilectiss: Quae Anno.83, ipso die Pentecostes, Noribergae feliciter in Christo obdormivit. Habita in nobilissimo frequentissimoque Auditorio Tubingae. A Theodorico Snepffio, Doctore et Professore Theologo in Academia Tubingensi. Additis, et Doctorum aliquot virorum, iuvenumque studiosorum, quae in funere ad valuas Templi affixae fuerunt, Naeniis](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/707/086/1734086707.0.l.jpg)
Oratio de vita et morte Illustrissimae Principis ac Dominae Dorotheae Ursulae: Illustrissimi Principis ac Domini D. Caroli Marchionis Badensis et Hochburgensis [...] filiae: Illustriss: Principis, ac Domini D. Ludovici Ducis Wirtenbergici et Teccii comitis Montispeligardi etc. coniugis dilectiss: Quae Anno.83, ipso die Pentecostes, Noribergae feliciter in Christo obdormivit. Habita in nobilissimo frequentissimoque Auditorio Tubingae. A Theodorico Snepffio, Doctore et Professore Theologo in Academia Tubingensi. Additis, et Doctorum aliquot virorum, iuvenumque studiosorum, quae in funere ad valuas Templi affixae fuerunt, Naeniis
by SCHNEPFF, Dietrich (1525-1586)
4to (194x146 mm). [44] leaves. Collation: A-L4. The final leaf is a blank. Woodcut ornament on the title page. Woodcut decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. Roman, Greek, and Hebrew types. Modern cloth-backed boards. Occasional reading signs and marginal notes in a 17th-century hand. Slightly uniformly browned. A good copy. Rare original edition of the funeral speech for Dorothea Ursula von Baden-Durlach (1559-1583) by the Tübingen professor Dietrich Schnepff, followed by verses in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by several scholars, including Valentin... Read More
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Historia anatomica, Observatioque Medica eviscerati corporis, incliti, qui nuper obijt, Viri Marcelli Sacchetti, Ad Illustrissimos eius familiae viros, & ad doctissimos Medicos Romanos conscripta Neapoli, per Marcum Aurelium Severinum in Regio Gymnasio Chirurgicae, atque Anatomicae rei professorem primum. At the end: In nostro Musaeo x.Kal. Septemb.Ann.MDCXXIX
by SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio (1580-1656)
A LONG-BELIEVED-LOST PUBLICATION 4to (192x139 mm). 15, [1 blank] pp. Collation: A4. Woodcut decorated initial. Modern marbled cardboards. Slighlty browned and foxed, but a good copy. Apparently only copy known. In 1629 Severino was at the height of his fame as a surgeon and anatomist, despite not having published anything yet except a manual on practical surgery (Il barbiere, 1626, reprinted in 1629 under the title Nuova prattica della decoratoria manuale et della sagnia), which came out under the name of his... Read More
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De vita, & rebus gestis Andreae Auriæ Melphiae principis libri duo. Ab auctore postremò recogniti.
by SIGONIO, Carlo (1524-1584)
AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY ENTIRELY UNOPENED 4to (220x158 mm). [4], 123, [1] leaves. Collation: +4 A-Z4 Aa-Hh4. Leaves +4 and Hh4 are blank. Printer's device on title page. Contemporary cardboards "alla rustica", spine with ink title and the later shelf mark "1734" and, on a label, "1494". On the front flyleaf engraved bookplate Antonia Suardi Ponti. Some quired browned, some marginal foxing, a bit loose and with the binding partially detached from the book block, but an exceptional copy entirely uncut and... Read More
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Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum bibliothecae Cottonianae (bound with:) Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae in unum collecti cum indice alphabetico
by SMITH, Thomas (1638-1710)-BERNARD, Edward (1638-1696)
Two works in one volume, folio (395x250 mm). Smith: [12], L, [2], 159, [25] pp. Engraved portrait of Sir Robert Cotton by R. White after C. Johnson, title vignette of the Sheldonian Theater and 2 engraved headpieces by M. Burghers. Text printed in two columns. Bernard:two parts: [32], 374 [i.e. 376], [44], 88, [10], 89-274 [i. e. 174], [8] pp.; 403 [i.e. 308], [24], 65, [9] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Thomas Bodley, with inset portraits of the Earl... Read More
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Architectura von Vestungen. Wie die zu unsern zeiten mögen erbawen werden, an Stätten Schlössern, unnd Clussen, zu Wasser, Land, Berg, unnd Thal, mit jren Bollwerken, Cavalieren, Streichen, Gräben und Leuffen, sampt deren gantzen anhang, und nutzbarkeit, auch wie die Gegenwehr zu gebrauchen, was für geschütz dahin gehörig, und wie es geordnet, unnd gebraucht werden soll, alles auss grund un deren Fundamenten
by SPECKLE, Daniel (1536-1589)
Folio. (8), 112, [i.e. 114: 1-66, (1), 66-112], (1: errata) ll. Title printed in red and black within an engraved architectural border by Matthias Greuter, woodcut coat of arms of Julius Duke of Brunswig, 21 (20 double-page) engravings (sometimes appearing as two single leaves; one is also signed by Matthias Greuter), and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary limp vellum (a bit smutty), with later added supralibros and spine label, from the library of Walter Hawken Tregellas (1831 -... Read More
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L’Appollo favorevole, tragicomedia politica, di Iacomo Turamini dedicata al Clariss. Sig. Giovanni Badoaro. Nelle felicissime Nozze della Clariss. Sig. Maria Contarini
by TURAMINI, Giacomo (b. 1574)
A URBAN TRAGICOMEDY FOR THE WEDDING BADOER-CONTARINI 12mo (134x73 mm). 65, [1] leaves. Collation: A-E12 F6. The last leaf is a blank. Printer's device on title page. Roman and italic types. Woodcut decorative ornaments and initials. Later flexible vellum. On the last leaf verso manuscript dedication "Alla Serenis.ma Sig.ra Palazzina Anconitana" signed with the letter "G" and followed by the drawing of a heart within a square. Some light marginal staining. Rare first edition of this tragicomedy in five acts in verse dedicated... Read More
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![The hundred and ten considerations of Signior John Valdesso: treating of those things which are most profitable, most necessary, and most perfect in our Christian Profession. Written in Spanish, Brought out of Italy by Vergerius, and first set forth in Italian at Basil by Cælius Secundus Curio, Anno 1550. Afterward translated into French, and Printed at Lions 1563. and again at Paris 1565. And now translated out of the Italian Copy into English, with Notes. Whereunto is added an Epistle of the Author’s, or a Preface to his Divine Commentary upon the Romans. I.Cor.2. [...]]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/744/474/1602474744.0.l.jpg)
The hundred and ten considerations of Signior John Valdesso: treating of those things which are most profitable, most necessary, and most perfect in our Christian Profession. Written in Spanish, Brought out of Italy by Vergerius, and first set forth in Italian at Basil by Cælius Secundus Curio, Anno 1550. Afterward translated into French, and Printed at Lions 1563. and again at Paris 1565. And now translated out of the Italian Copy into English, with Notes. Whereunto is added an Epistle of the Author’s, or a Preface to his Divine Commentary upon the Romans. I.Cor.2. [...]]
by VALDÉS, Juan de (ca. 1490-1541)
4to (197x146 mm). [32], 311, [13] pp. Collation: *-****4 A-Rr4 Ss2. Woodcut initials and printer's decorations. Blind-tooled leather boards, with raised bands and gilt title on spine (boards scuffed, with significant edgewear, small losses to leather and cracking at joints, light cracking at front hinge, binding still sturdy). From the collection of Prof. Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C. Pages lightly toned with minimal foxing and occasional small chip or frayed bottom edge, light damp staining throughout, small ink stains in the... Read More
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Actiones duae secretarii pontificii: quarum altera disputat, an Paulus Papa IIII debeat cogitare de instaurando Concilio Tridentino. (Magna est enim spes de pace.) Altera verò, an vi & armis possit deinde imperare Protestantibus, ipsius Concilij decreta
by VERGERIO, Pier Paolo (1498-1565)
8vo (168x118 mm). 189, [3 blank] pp. Collation: a-m8. The last leaf is a blank. Contemporary vellum, spine subsequently reinforced (soiled, rubbed and worn, lacking the ties). Manuscript note on the title page partially inked out, two marginal notes in a contemporary or slightly later hand on ll. a2v and a3v. Title page soiled, small round worm hole affecting the first four leaves, some light foxing and staining throughout, all in all a good, genuine copy. Rare first edition of this... Read More
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L’Antica Musica ridotta alla Moderna Prattica, con la dichiaratione, et con gli essempi de i tre generi, con le loro spetie. Et con l’inventione di uno nuovo stromento, nel quale si contiene tutta la perfetta musica, con molti segreti musicali. Nuovamente mess’in luce, dal Reverendo M. don Nicola Vicentino
by VICENTINO, Nicola (1511-1572)
Folio (287x194 mm). 146, [6] leaves and [8] woodcut folding plates. Signatures: A-Z6 AA6 BB8. On the title page printer's device, showing Orpheus under a tree playing the viola. Author's portrait, at the age of 44, printed on title-page verso. Beautiful woodcut decorated initials. Music notation in text. Later polished calf gilt, marbled edges. Contemporary ownership's inscription on the title page: 'Est S. Petri de Perusio'; below the initials 'D.d.M.' and the date '1857'. Small marginal tear to l. D4... Read More
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Första Resa fran Cairo till Arabiska Öknen i April 1845. Fragment. Med en karta
by WALLIN, Georg August (1811-1852)
8vo. VII, [1 blank], 126, [2 blank] pp. With a steel-engraved map at the end. It includes printed music for a Bedouin melody and an appendix with Arabic terms and phrases. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards (rubbed at extremities, spine worn and with minor losses). On the front flyleaf contemporary ownership entry of John Snellman (1815-1883), Finish senator and relative of renown Johan Vilh. Snellman (1806-1881), statesman and philosopher. A clean copy with occasional toning to pages. First edition,... Read More
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Discorso in forma di dialogo intorno al Banco S. Ambrosio della Città di Milano. Di Gio. Antonio Zerbi Ragionato Generale di detto Banco. Diviso in quattro giornate. La Prima Contiene l’erettione sua, e del suo Cartulario. La Seconda De’ Luoghi, et Multiplici. La Terza Discorre intorno al Cambio, che fà detto Banco. Et La Quarta Intorno alle Monete, et inventione di esse
by ZERBI, Giovanni Antonio (1562-1601)
"A SEMINAL WORK ON THE PRACTICE OF BANKING" (PALUMBO-SIDOLI) 4to (210x156 mm). [8], 82 [i.e. 80] pp. Collation: ¶4 A-K4. With the printer's device on the title page. Woodcut decorative initials. Roman and italic type. Issue A with the omission in pagination of pp. 65/66. Modern stiff vellum with gilt title on the front panel within a gilt frame. Two tiny holes repaired on the title page not affecting the text. A good copy. Rare original and most complete edition, dedicated to... Read More
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