LIBANIUS. Libaniou Sophistou Epistolai. Libanii Sophistae epistolae. Quas nunc primum maximam partem e variis codicibus, manu exaratis, edidit, latine convertit & notis illustravit Joannes Christophorus Wolfius. Accedunt in calce ejusdem Libanii epistolae a Francisco Zambicario olim Latine conversae & Cracoviae primum editae, heic autem integra propemodum centuria ex MS auctae. Amsterdam (Amstelaedami), Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1738. Folio: (XX),865,(1 blank) p. Vellum 42x27 cm 'The first comprehensive edition of the letters of Libanius, accompanied by a Latin translation' (Ref: STCN ppn 183220943; Brunet 3,1050; Hoffmann 2,522; Graesse 4,195; Ebert 11937) (Details: Back with 7 raised band. Boards blind tooled. Broad margins. Title in red and black. Engraved printer's mark on the title, depicting a mole, flanked by a seating Hermes and Athena; the motto is: 'vulgo caeca vocor, video sed acutius ipso', ...

LHOMOND,Ch.F. Élémens de la grammaire latine, à l'usage des colléges. Par Lhomond, professeur émérite en la ci-devant Université de Paris. 16e édition. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de J.-P. Jacob, à la librairie Économique, rue de la Harpe, ancien Collége d'Harcourt, no. 94, 1807. 12mo. 216,4 p. Vellum over boards. 17 cm (Details: The binder has covered the boards of this book with two strips of vellum of an old contract, or charter. The handwriting on it is cursive and illegible for a layman, but 6 signatures are clearly visible, 2 first names are legible, of one 'Charles' and 'Jacques') (Condition: After the titlepage, and before the beginning of the first chapter, 4 pages are missing. Probably a praefatio, or perhaps the 4 pages which have been bound at the end of the book. These 4 pages contain a stocklist of the titles available at the ...

LAUREMBERG, P. Het hernieuwde en verbeterde Acerra Philologica van P. Lauremberg. Dat is: zes honderd nutte en gedenkwaardige geschiedenissen, als ook zeer vermakelyke reden-kavelingen. Tot nut der lees-gierige jeugd, en een noodzakelyk onderwys tot bevordering der geleerdheid. Uit de beroemste zo Grieksche als Latynsche geschigtschryvers by een gesteld, en nu in beter order geschikt en uitgegeven door Joh. Hajenius S.S. Th.C. Amsterdam, By Nicolaas ten Hoorn, 1701. 8vo. (XII),778 (recte 772),(28) p. Contemporary vellum 18 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 180126784; cf. Graesse 4,122) (Details: A frontispiece, designed by I. Goeree and executed by C. Huibertz, depicting some mythological figures. Woodcut printer's mark on the title, depicting a pedestal loaded with all kinds of symbols of the arts and sciences) (Condition: Vellum soiled, front joint partly split. Paper yellowing) (Note: 'Medieval education drew heavily from classical ...

LATOMUS,J. Corsendonca, sive Coenobii canonicorum regularium Ordinis S. Augustini de Corsendoncq, origo et progressus, auctore Ioanne Latomo, Throni Mariani iuxta Herentaliam Coenobiarcha. Ioannes Hoybergius S.T.B.F. Prior Corsendoncanus nunc primum edidit, continuavit & notationibus illustravit. Quibus non solum multa quae ad Brabantiae Historiam pertinent, sed & variorum Coenobiorum origines e tenebris eruuntur. Antwerp (Antverpiae), Apud Hieronymum Verdussium, 1644. 8vo. (XVI),180,(28 index) p. Calf. 15 cm (Ref: Beledimar 962; In STCV; NNBW 2,787/88) (Details: Back gilt and with 5 raised bands. Morocco shield in the second compartment. Edges of the boards gilt. Marbled endpapers) (Condition: Binding slightly worn, especially at the extremes. Trace of a bookplate on the front pastedown) (Note: Johannes Latomus (Bergizomius) was born in the Dutch city Bergen op Zoom in 1520, he died in Antwerp in 1578 in the ...

LATINIUS, LATINUS. Latini Latinii Viterbiensis, Bibliotheca Sacra et Profana. Sive observationes, correctiones, coniecturae, & variae lectiones in sacros et profanos scriptores e marginalibus notis codicum eiusdem. A Dominico Macro Melitensi Cathedralis Viterbien. olim canonico theologo, sacrarumque Inquisit. & Indicis Congregat. Consultore, Protonotario Apost. ac Comite Palatino Collectae. Et nunc primum e Bibliotheca Brancaccia in lucem editae. Rome (Romae), Sumptibus Pontii Bernardon, Via Parionis sub signo Virtutis, 1677. Folio. 2 parts in 1: (X, including 2 portraits),(VIII),213,(3); 79(1) p. Vellum 33 cm (Ref: Graesse 4,119; Ebert 11760: 'scarce and philologically interesting') (Details: 6 thongs laced through the joints. Short title in ink on the back. Title in red & black. Signed woodcut printer's mark on the title, depicting a woman in a landscape, she holds a book; the motto reads: 'Virtuti Fortuna ...

LAMPREDI,G.M. Saggio sopra la filosofia degli antichi Etruschi. Dissertazione istorico-critica di Gio. Maria Lampredi. Firenze, Appresso Andrea Bonducci, con licenza de Superiori, 1756. 4to. 83,(1 blank) p. Old plain grey paper wrapper. 24 cm (Ref: ) (Details: Title printed in red & black. Engraved coat of arms of the cavaliere Gaetano Antinori, the dedicatee, on the title. Uncut and with broad margins) (Condition: Title spotted and yellowing; a small paper repair in the upper margin of the second leaf) (Note: Etruscomania, or 'etruscheria' was an 18th century cultural movement. An obsessive curiosity about the origins, language, art, and customs of the Etruscans swept all over Europe, especially Italy, at the beginning of that century. It exploded with the publication of 'De Etruria Regali Libri Septem', 'Seven Books about Royal Etruria', of the Scottish historian Thomas Dempster, 1579-1625. It was the ...

LAMPADIUS,J. Tractatus de Constitutione Imperii Romano-Germanici, auctore Iacobo Lampadio I.C. (Accessit eiusdem Discursus de Natura nummi, & interpretatio L. 2. C. 'de usucap. pro Hered'. Item Iacobi Augusti Thuani Germaniae descriptio ex eius lib. 2 Histor.) Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1634. 24mo. 380 p., engraved title. Overlapping vellum 11 cm (Ref: Breugelmans p. 364, 1634:4) (Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Short title in ink on the back. The engraved title depitcts the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on his throne, with his regalia. The lower part of the title is adorned by 7 coats of arms of German states) (Condition: Vellum age-tanned. Ink stain on the back. Small inscription on recto of front flyleaf. Upper margin of the title slightly stained, and showing an old ownership entry. A small stamp on the lower margin of the recto side of the second leaf. Four new ...

LAGOMARSINI, HIERONYMUS & JOSEPHUS IGNATIUS CHIABERGE. Hieronymi Lagomarsini e Societate Jesu Orationes, publice dictae Florentiae ab ipso auctore studiorum ibidem Praefecto. (And:) Orationes P. Josephi Ignatii Chiaberge, Societatis Jesu, addito Trivolsiensium litteratorum judicio. (Editio novissima) Augsburg, Innsbruck, (Augustae Vindelicorum & Oeniponti), Sumptibus Josephi Wolff, 1763. 4to. 2 parts in 1: 255 p. Calf 21 cm (Ref: Not yet in VD18; cf. VD18 14485788 for the 1752 edition of the first part; Backer Sommervogel 4,1367 & 2,1120) (Details: Binding elaborately and richly blind stamped with floral ornaments, oriental style. All edges gilt. Part 1: Lagomarsini (p. 1-128), part 2: Chiaberge (p. 129-255). The parts with the orations of Chiaberge opens with a half title) (Condition: Binding worn at the extremities, especially at the foot of the spine. A few small hardly visible wormholes in the foot of the spine, not ...

LACTANTIUS. Lucii Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Opera, quae extant omnia. Ad fidem codicum tam impressorum quam manu scriptorum recensita. Cambridge (Cantabrigiae), Ex Officina Johan. Hayes, Celeberrimae Academiae typographi, 1685. 8vo. (LXXX),589,(27 index) p. Modern calf antique style, second half 20th century. 17 cm (Ref: ESTC R2417; Brunet 3,736; Graesse 4,67; Ebert 11612) (Details: Back with three raised bands. Gilt short title in second compartment. Boards with double fillet blind borders, within which is a triple fillet rectangle with corner pieces. The Cambridge University, 'Alma Mater Cantabrigia', woodcut printer's device on the title with the University's motto: 'Hinc lucem et pocula sacra', 'From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge'. Woodcut initials. The tasteful antique style binding was made by 'Period Binders, Bath, England') (Condition: The boards ...

LABBAEUS,C. (Ed.) Cyrilli, Philoxeni aliorumque veterum Glossaria latino-graeca, & graeco-latina, a Carolo Labbaeo collecta & in duplicem alphabeticum ordinem redacta. Cum variis emendationibus ex MSS. Codd. petitis, virorumque doctorum castigationibus ac conjectaneis, his accedunt Glossae aliquot aliae latino-graecae ex iisdem Codd. MSS. quae nunc primum prodeunt. Praeterea veteres glossae verborum juris, quae passim in Basilicis reperiuntur, ex variis perinde Codd. MSS. Bibliothecae Regiae erutae, digestae, & notis illustratae ab eodem Carolo Labbaeo. (Edidit et praefationem adjecit Car. Du Fresne du Cange) (Bound with:) (Aegidius Bucherius) Aegidii Bucherii Atrebatis e Societate Iesu De doctrina temporum commentarius in Victorium Aquitanum, nunc primum post 1177 annos in lucem editum, aliosque antiquos Canonum Paschalium Scriptores, chronologiae Ecclesiasticae illustrandae ac stabiliendae utilissimos. Ad 1: Paris (Lutetiae Parisiorum), Cura ...

KIST,W. Gulielmi Kist, Oratio de voluptate animi ex diligenti veterum auctorum lectione capienda. Publice dicta Medioburgi A.D. X Iunii 1789, cum Historiarum et Eloquentiae Professionem in Illustri Athenaeo sollemniter auspicaretur. Middelburg (Medioburgi), Apud Petrum Gillissen et filium, 1789. 43 p. Sewn in contemporary marbled paper wrapper. 26 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 157807282) (Condition: Somewhat dog-eared. Frontcover loosening) (Note: The Dutch author and schoolmaster Willem (Gulielmus) Kist,1758-1841, studied in Leiden Latin and Greek under L.C. Valckenaer and D. Ruhnkenius. In 1779 he was appointed Conrector of the 'Scholae Latinae' in Breda. In 1784 he moved to the city of Middelburg, where he became Rector of the local 'Athenaeum Illustre'. His inaugural speech was entitled 'De calamitatibus, quae ex neglecta subolis educatione oriuntur et Patriae ruinam minantur'. (Medioburgi 1784) Three years later the ...

JUVENALIS. D. Iunii Iuvenalis Aquinatis Satirae XVI. Recensuit et annotationibus instruxit Ernestus Guilielmus Weber, Weissenseas, Philos. Dr. et Professor Gymnasii Wimariensis. Weimar (Wimariae), In novo Bibliopolio, vulgo Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 1825. 8vo. X,380,(2 corrigenda) p. Half calf 22 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,505: 'Neue Recognition des Textes. Ruperti's Text liegt zum Grunde. Die Interpunktion ist vereinfacht. Die schwierigen Stellen sind trefflich erläutert'; Graesse 3,521; Not in Spoelder p. 554, Enkhuizen) (Details: Prize copy of the Gymnasium of Enkhuizen, including the prize, printed on thick paper. Spine divided by double gilt fillets. Gilt lettered shield in the 'second compartment') (Condition: Binding worn at the extremes. Owing to a binder's error the pages in the 23rd and 24th gathering (from p. 353 to 376) have been mixed up, and 4 of those leaves have been bound double) (Note: The Roman ...

JUVENALIS. D. Iunii Iuvenalis Satirarum libri V. Sulpiciae Satira. Nova editio, cura Nicolai Rigaltii. Paris (Lutetiae), Ex officina Rob. Stephani, 1616. 12mo. (XL),126,(2 blank) p. 19th century half cloth. 13.5 cm 'The most important, most widely read, most influential classical poet throughout the 17th and 18th centuries' (Ref: Schweiger 2,503/04: 'Neue Recension, nach Handschriften. Die Noten sind kurz und von Werth. Sauber und nicht häufig'; Dibdin 2,154, on the editions of 1613-1616: 'These editions especially the latter, are classical and correct, and the type is beautiful'; Renouard, Robertus tertius, p. 202; Moss 2,158; Graesse 3,520; Ebert 11236) (Details: Back ruled gilt, boards marbled. Woodcut printer's Olive tree device of the Stephanus family on the title, motto: 'Noli altum sapere, sed time', in English 'Donot be high-minded, but fear'. (Epistola Beati Pauli ad Romanos 11,20) ...

JUVENALIS & PERSIUS. D. Junii Juvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae: cum Veteris Scholiastae & Variorum Commentariis. Accurante Cornelio Schrevelio. Leiden (Lugd. Batav.), Ex officina Hackiana, 1671. 8vo. (XVI),604,(42 index) p. Vellum 20 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 840013876; Schweiger 2,511; Dibdin 2,154; Moss 2,158/9; Ebert 11242; Graesse 3,520) (Details: 5 thongs laced through both joints. Short title in ink on the back. The engraved title, which is not signed, is used here for the third time. It was first used for the original edition of 1648, for a repetition in 1658, and for this 1671 reissue. In 1648 the engraved title still bears the name of the engraver, it is executed by the Dutch Golden Age engraver Reinier van Persijn. The title depicts a complicated allegorical scene: on the left a naked woman sitting on a crocodile, holding in her hand a parrot; then a Janus-headed woman, with bird feet and a tail, holding up in her left hand a Momus-mask, and ...

JUVENALIS & PERSIUS. D. Junii Juvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae: cum Veteris Scholiastae & Variorum Commentariis. Accurante Cornelio Schrevelio. Leiden (Lugd. Bat.), Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1658. 8vo. (XVI),638,(42 index) p. Overlapping vellum 20 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 840202245; Schweiger 2,511; Dibdin 2,154; Moss 2,158/9; Ebert 11242; Graesse 3,520) (Details: 6 thongs laced through both joints. Shorttitle in ink on the back. The engraved title, which is not signed, is used here for the second time. It was first used for the original edition of 1648, of which this 1658 edition is a reissue; The engraved title of 1648 still bears the name of the engraver, it is executed by the Dutch Golden Age engraver Reinier van Persijn; for this edition of 1658, the X before LVIII was simply filed away from the copper plate, and at the same time the name of Persijn, just beneath the X. The title depicts allegorical scenes: on the left a naked woman sitting on a crocodile, ...

JUSTINUS. Justini Historiae Philippicae. Variantes lectiones adjecit P. Burmannus. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Samuel. Luchtmans, 1722. 12mo. Frontispiece, (XXIV),443,(62 index),(1 blank) p. Contemporary stiff wrappers. 14 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,492; Fabricius/Ernesti 3,66; Graesse 3,513; Ebert 11155) (Details: Margins uncut. Engraved frontispiece, depicting a half naked woman, who blows a trumpet that she holds in her left hand; in her right hands she holds a string to which are attached 2 crowns and a laurel wreath; she stands on a globe, amidst all kinds of spolia; right of her is a monument with celestial symbols, stars and a radiant sun. Is she a combination of Fama, Dea Roma, Juno Caelestis? On the title a woodcut printer's mark, that shows a standing woman within an oval wreath; she hold in her right hand a hammer, in her left a hook, a little flame burns on her head, at her feet is a crane, that holds a stone in one of its ...

JUSTINUS. Iustini Historici Clarissimi In Trogi Pompeii historias libri quadragintaquatuor, a Ioan. Sichardo summa diligentia recogniti & illustrati. Quibus adiecimus, certo consilio, Sex. Aurelium Victorem, qui Caesarum vitas a D. Augusto ad Theodosium usque, historia prosequutus est. Cum indice. Basel (Basileae), Apud Andream Cratandrum, 1526. Cum privilegio Caesareo. (Colophon at the end: 'Basileae, per Andream Cratandrum, Mense Ianuario, anno 1526') 8vo. (VIII),371,(41 index, errata, colophon) p. 20th century overlapping vellum 14.5 cm (Ref: VD16 T 2050; Schweiger 2,487; Graesse 3,512; Ebert 11134) (Details: Printed completely in italic letters. Woodcut printer's mark on the last page, it depicts an almost naked Fortuna with winged feet standing on a globe, which is divided in four parts; in her right hand she hold a opened razor blade, with her left hand she makes a gesture as if she wants to grab something; the back of ...

JUSTINUS MARTYR & TERTULLIANUS. Justini en Tertulliani Verantwoording voor de Christenen, tegens de Heydenen; als mede Minutii Felicis t'Samen-spraak tussen Octavius en Caecilius. Ook zijn hier achter by-gevoegt, de brieven van Clemens Romanus en Policarpus. Amsterdam, Gedrukt by Jan Rieuwertsz, Haarlem, By Jan Gerritsz. Geldorp, Boek-verkopers, 1684. 8vo. (VIII),183,(1 blank);117,(1 blank),73,(1 blank);47,(1 blank),11,(1 blank),13,(3 blank) Vellum 16 cm 'An interesting collection of translations into Dutch of early Christian works' (Ref: STCN ppn 056885253; OiN 236 Justinus, 'integrale vert. van Apol. 1-2'; titles of Tertullianus, Minucius, Clemens Romanus & Polycarpus not in OiN; 6 copies in NCC) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Manuscript title on the back. Woodcut initials. The Letter of Clemens has a separate title page, indicating that this is the 3rd impression) (Condition: Vellum slightly ...

JULIANUS. Les Césars de l'empereur Julien, traduits du grec par feu Mr. le Baron de Spanheim, avec des remarques & des preuves, enrichies de plus de 300 médailles, & autres anciens monumens, gravés par Bernard Picart le Romain. Amsterdam, Chez François l'Honoré, 1728. 4to. (XII, including frontispiece),XLII,286,(2);196 p., portrait, numerous text illustrations. Full contemporary calf. 26 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 183621573; Hoffmann 2,496; Brunet 3,597: 'édition recherchée'; Ebert 10997; Graesse 3,497; Neue Pauly, Suppl. 2, p. 338, where the edition of 1683 is mentioned) (Details: Gilt back with 5 raised bands. Red morocco shield in the second compartment. Title in red en black. Finely engraved frontispiece, it depicts a banquet scene with dining and discussing deified Roman emperors. Engraved vignette of Julian on the title. Full page engraved portrait, depicting at full ...

JOSEPHUS FLAVIUS. Fl. Iosephi Omnia, quae extant, opera. (Tomus I & II:) Quorum hic tomus (I& II) continet Antiquitatum Iudaicarum libros (decem priores et libri X posteriores). Lyon, (Lugduni), Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1546. 8vo. 2 volumes: (LXXII index),552,(1 blank),(1 printer's mark); 526,(1 blank),(1 printer's mark) p. 20th century leather 18 cm Omnia quae extant opera vol. 1 & 2: De antiquitatibus Iudaeorum libri XX (Ref: Schreckenberg p. 7, Schreckenberg Supplementband p. 167; Hoffmann 2,450; Graesse 3,481) (Details: These two volumes are the volumes 1 & 2 of a 3 volume set 'Omnia quae extant opera', and they contain the complete Latin translation of 'De antiquitatibus Iudaeorum libri XX'. Volume 3, with the remaining works of Josephus, is lacking. On the titles are the printer's mark of Sebastianus Gryphius, depicting a griffin, which mythological animal symbolizes courage, diligence, ...