Fortunius Licetus De Monstris. Ex recensione Gerardi Blasii, M. D. & P. P. Qui Monstra quaedam nova & rariora ex recentiorum scriptis addidit. Editio Novissima. Iconibus illustrata
by Liceti, Fortunio (1577-1657)
Amsterdam: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii, 1665. SECOND ILLUSTRATED EDITION (The third edition overall) of this classic of teratology. Hardcover. Fine. The book is introduced by a fantastic engraved title page populated by monsters. The text is illustrated with 73 half and quarter-page engravings of monsters –deformed humans and animals, as well as fantastic, monstrous hybrids of the both. This is the first edition to include Gerard Blasius’ "Appendix of new and rare monstrosities”. This new section includes fifteen engravings;... Read More
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![[Prognosticatio]. Hec practice narrat de presenti anno et sequentibus quamplurimis annis de novis raris et inauditis rebus que futura sunt in hoc mundo](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/570/020/1409020570.0.l.0.jpg)
[Prognosticatio]. Hec practice narrat de presenti anno et sequentibus quamplurimis annis de novis raris et inauditis rebus que futura sunt in hoc mundo
by Lichtenberger, Johannes (b. ca. 1440)
Strasbourg: [Bartholomaeus Kistler], after 31 Dec, 1499. AN EARLY LATIN EDITION. The 1st two editions, one in Latin, the other in German, appeared in 1488. Hardcover. Fine. Further fifteenth-century editions were published in Latin, German, and Italian versions. This edition, printed by Kistler, is number 11 in Kurze’s census of editions in all languages (for the date, see the bib. notes at the end of this description). Illustrated with 46 woodcut illustrations in text, including large vignette to... Read More
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Prognosticatio
by Lichtenberger, Johannes (b. ca. 1440)
Cologne: Petrus Quentel, 1526. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 20th c. Morocco, gilt. A fine copy, crisp and bright, with trivial blemishes: title-page lightly soiled, finger soiling to margin of second leaf, lvs. III-IV with small stain in upper margin; leaves D4, E1-2, N4-M1 with small stains and blemishes. A rare edition, illustrated with 44 woodcuts, of the most important illustrated book of late medieval prophecies, written by Johannes Grünbach (Lichtenberger), Imperial astrologer at the court of Friedrich III,... Read More
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Fighting Card Players and Death
by Lievens, Jan (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)
Antwerp: Frans van den Wijngaerde, c., 1638. THIRD STATE. With Wijngaerde’s name replacing that of Marten van den Enden. Hardcover. Fine. Signed lower left margin: Ioannes Lÿvÿus pinxit et fecit; publisher’s address lower right margin: fran.c V Wijngaerde ex. With Latin verses in the lower margin. Watermark: Crowned Strasbourg Coat of Arms with Lilies. Bartsch 1779, 11; Dutuit 11 II (II); Rovinski 11 III (III); Hollstein XI, 19 III (III); Wheelock 2008, Cat. No. 78. An excellent,... Read More
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The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Adventures, and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Travayles from Scotland, to the Most Famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica. Perfited by Three Deare Bought Voyages, in Surveighing of Forty Eight Kingdomes Ancient and Moderne; Twenty One Rei-publickes, Ten Absolute Principalities, with Two Hundred Ilands. The Particular Names Whereof, are Described in Each Argument of the Ten Divisions of this History: and it also Divided in Three Bookes; Two Whereof, Never Heretofore Published. Wherein is Contayned, an Exact Relation, of the Lawes, Religion, Policies, and Government of all their Princes, Potentates, and People. Together with the Grievous Tortures he Suffered, by the Inquisition of Malaga in Spaine, his Miraculous Discovery and Delivery Thence: and of his Last and Late Returne from the Northerne Iles
by Lithgow, William. (1582-ca. 1645)
London: Nicholas Okes, and are to be sold by Nicholas Fussell and Humphery [sic] Mosley, 1632. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, FEATURING THE FIRST EDITION OF HIS SECOND AND THIRD JOURNEYS. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked with original spine largely preserved. A fine copy with just a small damp-stain to the upper blank margin of the preliminary leaves, minor soiling to leaf 3M1, small spots on pages 139 and 309, small hole on leaf Ee4 costing one... Read More
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Two separately published works by the Reformer Johann Locher, addressed to the German folk hero "Karsthans
by Locher, Johann (d. 1524) [writing under the pseudonym Hans Rott]
Hardcover. Fine. Johann Locher was an Observant Franciscan at Ulm who later became a vociferous advocate of Luther’s program of reform. Persecuted for his reformist sympathies, he eventually took refuge in Zwickau, where he published extensively between 1523 and 1524, writing against the injustices visited upon the lower classes and the corruption of the Church. He left Zwickau for Munich in late 1524, just as the Peasants’ War was breaking out. He was arrested and executed in November... Read More
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Adversus execrabilem Antichristi Bullam
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Wittenberg: [Melchior Lotter the younger], 1520. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Disbound, with a slim guard along the spine. A crisp copy, the title very lightly soiled, contents with some very light scattered marginal foxing and a few light marginal blemishes; blank verso of last leaf lightly soiled. This is the first response by Luther to the papal bull threatening him with excommunication, 'Exsurge Domine' issued by Pope Leo X on June 15, 1520 and published in Germany in... Read More
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Appellation odder beruffung an ein Christlich frey Conciliu[m] von dem Bapst Leo und seine[n] unrechte[n] freuel vorneweret und repetirt
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
[Wittenberg]: Melchior Lotter, 1520. SECOND EDITION, printed in the year of the 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine copy on sturdy paper with wide margins and just a faint bit of marginal soiling and an almost imperceptible bit of paper fill in the lower blank margin of the title. On June 15th, 1520, Pope Leo X issued the bull "Exsurge Domine", condemning 41 of Luther's 95 theses and threatening Luther with excommunication unless he recants his "errors"... Read More
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Von der Freyhayt Aines Christenmenschen
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
[Strasbourg]: [Johannes Prüß the younger], 1520. A RARE STRASBOURG EDITION printed in the year of the first edition. Hardcover. Fine. With a historiated woodcut title border with columns, garlands, wrestling cherubs, and grotesques. Bound in early 20th c. blind-embossed leather, signed “MK” with scrolling vines and Luther roses. A nice crisp copy with just a very faint dampstain to the title page. The border with early color. This is the original German-language version of the book, which preceded... Read More
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Vom Schem Hamphoras: Und vom Geschlecht Christi. Matthei am j. Capitel
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Wittenberg: Georg Rhau, 1543. FIRST EDITION, fourth issue (all printed in 1543 by Rhau). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 20th c. half calf. A very good copy, lightly toned, with occasional contemporary marginal annotations. The text is interleaved with 20th c. blank leaves. Modern collector's bookplate and small bookseller's label on inside cover. “As he had announced in On the Jews and Their Lies, Luther immediately set to work on a follow-up treatise, On the Ineffable Name and On... Read More
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Vonn der Freyheyt eyniß Christennmenschen
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Wittenberg: Johann Rhau-Grunenberg, 1521. SECOND PRINTING by the original publisher. The first edition appeared in 1520 and was followed by numerous printings in other cities by other publishers. Hardcover. Fine. With a historiated woodcut border from the workshop of Lucas Cranach featuring cherubs lounging about the thistles, dressed as musicians, soldiers, and one with a cardinal’s hat. A crisp copy with broad margins, annotated throughout by a contemporary reader. Bound in modern boards (binding soiled, boards worn). Light... Read More
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Acht Sermon von D.M. Luthers von jm geprediget zu Wittemberg in der fasten, Darinn kurtzlich begryffen, vo(n) den Messen, Byldnussen, bayderlay gestalt des Sacraments, von de(n) speysen un(d) haimlichen beicht etc.
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
[Augsburg]: [Heinrich Steiner], 1523. One of 3 printings by Steiner in the year of the first edition. Hardcover. Fine. A very nice copy, stab-stiched in drab 20th c. wrappers. With an attractive woodcut title border (Pflugk-Hartung 23). Light maginal fingersoiling to title, blank verso of final leaf lightly soiled. . Two early marginal notes in ink in the blank margin of the title. With a duplicate stamp from the Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg on the rear inner cover. The "Eight... Read More
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![Tomus Primus Epistolarum… continens scripta viri Dei, ab anno millesimo quingentesimo septimo usq(ue) ad annum vicesimum secundum: A Iohanne Aurifabro…. collectus & anno M.D.LVI... editus… [and] Tomus secundus Epistolarum … continens scriptas ab anno millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo usq(ue) ad annum vigesimum octavum: A Iohanne Aurifabro Collectus & anno M.D.LXV... editus](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/182/379/1561379182.12.l.jpg)
Tomus Primus Epistolarum… continens scripta viri Dei, ab anno millesimo quingentesimo septimo usq(ue) ad annum vicesimum secundum: A Iohanne Aurifabro…. collectus & anno M.D.LVI... editus… [and] Tomus secundus Epistolarum … continens scriptas ab anno millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo usq(ue) ad annum vigesimum octavum: A Iohanne Aurifabro Collectus & anno M.D.LXV... editus
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Frankfurt an der Oder: Friedrich Hartmann, 1597. THIRD EDITION (the 1st ed. of Vol. I appeared in 1556; 1st ed. of Vol. II in 1565). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in matching 17th c. stiff vellum, ruled in blind (covers slightly bowed, vellum lightly soiled, small split at head of rear hinge of Vol. I, 1 end-band loose). The contents are in overall excellent condition, with minor blemishes (Vol I: leaf D2 with small natural paper flaw affecting a few... Read More
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Ein kurtze Vnderweysung wie man bychten sol
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Basel: Adam Petri, 1519. FOURTH PRINTING (in the year of the first). Hardcover. Fine. Modern marbled wrappers. Lightly damp-stained, a few side-notes shaved. With an ornamental woodcut title border. A German translation, attributed to Spalatin, of an early Latin work by Luther on confession. In 1518 Spalatin had requested that Luther write a short instruction on how to confess. Luther sent him a Latin version of the present tract on January 24, 1519. The Latin original, apparently untitled, was... Read More
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Ayn Sermon am tag unser Frawen Liechtmeß gethon zuo Witemberg durch Doctor Marthin Luther. Im Jar MDXXIII
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Augsburg: Melchior Ramminger, 1523. One of five editions all printed in 1523. Hardcover. Fine. Modern boards. A fine copy with a beautiful four-part title page border, the lower register of which shows a stag hunt. There is also a small woodcut of the Virgin, balancing on the crescent moon, and holding the infant Christ. A sermon for Lichtmeß (Candlemas), the feast of the presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple and the purification of Mary (February 2).... Read More
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![[Title in Greek and Latin:] Pindar: Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Callimachus: Hymni; Dionysius Periegetes: De Situ Orbis. Lycophron: Alexandra](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/910/718/1358718910.7.l.0.jpg)
[Title in Greek and Latin:] Pindar: Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Callimachus: Hymni; Dionysius Periegetes: De Situ Orbis. Lycophron: Alexandra
by Pindar; Callimachus; Dionysius Periegetes; Lycophron
Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresani, January, 1513. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 18th c. stiff vellum, possibly a deftly executed early 19th c. remboîtage. Attractive spine labels, gilt. Aldine device on title. A very fine copy, the text crisp and bright, with two bifolia uncut, and a few minor faults: title and second leaf lightly soiled and with small repairs, touching a few letters; just the faintest marginal foxing to 3 signatures, the lightest of damp-stains... Read More
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Macrobii interpretatio in somnium Scipionis. Eiusdem Saturnaliorum Libri Septem
by Macrobius, Aurelius Theodosius (approx. 370-430 C.E.)
Florence: Giunta, 1515. FIRST GIUNTA EDITION, Edited by Niccolò Angeli (b. 1448). Hardcover. Fine. A very nice copy in 18th c. vellum with a single blind-ruled fillet and a citron morocco label, gilt; edges of text-block stained red. The text is in very good condition with scattered light foxing, heavier to a few leaves. A few minor stains, wax seal remnant on final leaf. Text in italic, with numerous passages in Greek. Illustrated with six geographical and astronomical... Read More
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Macrobii aurelii theodosii viri consularis in Somnium Scipionis, libri II. Eiusdem Saturnaliorum libri VII. Nunc denuo recogniti, & multis in locis aucti
by Macrobius, Aurelius Theodosius (approx. 370-430 C.E.)
Cologne: Opera et impensa Ioannis Soteris [Johann Soter], August, 1527. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in attractive contemporary blind-stamped calfskin over thin wooden boards, with floral tools and rolls of urns. Text possibly re-cased. Somewhat later end-papers. Internally fine. Title page a little dusty, light marginal damp-stain in gathering t, small tear in inner margin of final leaf. The text is printed in italic, with passages in Greek. Illustrated with eight woodcut diagrams, including maps of the Ptolemaic world (p.... Read More
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Joanne de Mandavilla, Qual tratta delle piu maravegliose cose e piu notabile che si trovino e come presentialmente ha cercato tutte le parte habitabile del mondo & ha notato alcune degne cose che ha vedute en esse parte
by Mandeville, John (fl. 14th c.)
Venice: per Aluise Torti, 1537. A rare Italian edition of John Mandeville’s “Travels”. The first Italian edition appeared in 1480 at Milan. Hardcover. Fine. An unsophisticated copy bound in its original carta rustica binding (soiled, surface wear, small losses at head of spine and small defect at foot.) Contents shaken, title soiled, mild damp-staining and soiling to the text, very slim worm-trail in lower margin of some gatherings, just entering the text in a few places. Title page... Read More
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![The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew [Ievv] of Malta](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/714/287/1374287714.0.l.jpg)
The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew [Ievv] of Malta
by Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593)
London: Printed by I.B. for Nicholas Vavasour, and are to be sold at his Shop in the Inner Temple, neere the Church, 1633. FIRST EXTANT EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in modern full dark brown morocco circa 1984, in a custom box. A fine copy, lightly washed, unpressed, the paper preserving its rattle. All edges gilt. Provenance: Ximenes (sold 1993), with receipt and scan of a note from Steve Weissman regarding the sale. "Although written about 1589 and entered... Read More
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Miscellaneous poems By Andrew Marvell, Esq; late Member of the Honourable House of Commons
by Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)
London: Printed [by Simon Miller?] for Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head in Cornhill, 1681. FIRST AND SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. An excellent copy in its original binding, with broad margins and the engraved portrait. Bound in 17th c. paneled English sheep, discreetly re-backed (worn at corners, minor scrapes on the boards). A fine copy with a tiny rust mark to one leaf, small and discreet paper restoration to the blank inner margin of the portrait and title (far... Read More
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De ecclesiae autorita/tate (sic!) & de veterum scriptis libellus
by Melanchthon, Philip (1497-1560)
Wittenberg: Josef Klug, 1539. FIRST EDITION, VARIANT, with a correction for a passage on leaf G5v printed above the colophon. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in modern boards, overlaid with a printed leaf. A very good copy with deckled edges in gatherings A, B, and E. Elaborate woodcut initials, attractive architectural title page border, early minor annotations, very light occ. browning to edges, D3 with a clean tear, minor damp to margins of final 2 gatherings. “Philip Melanchthon’s ‘On the... Read More
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Annotationes Phi. Melanchthonis, omnium eruditiss. In euangelium Matthaei pro communi christianismi commodo
by Melanchthon, Philip. (1497-1560)
Tübingen: Ulrich Morhart the Elder, June, 1523. Hardcover. Fine. Three works bound in contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, ruled and stamped in blind, both clasps intact, with light stains and smudges. The text is in excellent, crisp condition, the last three leaves with a slim worm trail affecting a couple of words on each leaf. Contemporary manuscript index on front free endpaper. A beautifully preserved sammelband, featuring an early edition of Melanchthon's lectures on the Gospel of... Read More
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Die Histori Thome Muntzers, des anfengers der Döringischen vffrur, seer nutzlich zulesen. Ermanung des Durchleuchtigen Fursten vnnd Herrn, Herrn Philippsen Landtgraue zu Hessen etc. an die Ritterschafft, die Bauren (vnder dem scheyn des Euangelions sich wider alle oberkeit, durch falsch Predicanten verfurt, setzende) trostlich anzugreyffen
by Melanchthon, Philip (1497-1560). Müntzer, Thomas (1489-1525)
Hagenau: Johann Setzer, 1525. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in late 19th or early 20th c. marbled boards, spine mended. A nice copy with the impressions of bearer type on the first and final leaf. Small light dampstain to corner of two leaves and some light spots on final printed leaf. A rare polemic by Philip Melanchthon against the radical reformer Thomas Müntzer, the "murderous and bloodthirsty prophet" and the most significant figure in the second, crucial phase... Read More
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Moses. From the Tomb of Pope Julius II
by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), artist. Béatrizet, Nicolas (ca. 1515-1565), or Cornelis Bos (c. 1506/10 – before 7 May 1555), attributed engravers
Rome: ca, 1550. SECOND STATE, of three, with the addition of “Romae” incised at lower right. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine example, with high contrast, of this rare print. This is the first published engraving dedicated to Michelangelo’s Moses, and one of only two made in the 16th century. The funerary monument of Julius II occupied Michelangelo, in various phases, from 1505 to the 1540s. Prints of the entire monument are few. In them, the figure of Moses... Read More
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