HEINSIUS,D. (Danielis Heinsii Poematum editio nova. Accedunt praeter alia libri, 'De Contemptu Mortis' antehac una non editi) Ad 1: (Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Sumptibus Elzeviriorum, et Ioannis Mairii, 1621) Ad 2: Leiden (Lugd. Batavorum), Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1621. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1: (VIII),474 (recte 478),(2 blank); (VI),167 (recte 165),(19 index) p. Red morocco. 14 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 832974838; Willems 187; according to Willems 'on lit sur le dern. f.: Lugduni Batavorum, typis Isaaci Elsevirii, iurati Academiae typographi, 1622; our copy has 1621. A mistake of Willems?; Berghman 862 & 863; Rahir 158 & 159; Breugelmans p. 180, 1621:3; Brunet 3,83; Ebert 9378) (Details: Charming copy. Back with 5 raised bands and ruled gilt. Boards with gilt borders and edges. Inside gilt dentelles. Edges of the bookblock gilt. Marbled endpapers. The title-page of the first volume is lacking and has been replaced by the ...

HEINSIUS,D. Danielis Heinsii De contemptu mortis libri IV. Ad nobilissimum amplissisimumque virum Ianum Rutgersium. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1621. 4to. (VIII),196,(24 index) p. 19th century hardback. 18.5 cm § One of the finest didactic poems of its time. (Ref: STCN ppn 833009389; Willems 186; Berghman 861; Rahir 157; Brunet 3,83: 'la meilleure production poétique de l'auteur'; Ebert 9379; Graesse 3,232) (Details: Dull binding. Title in red & black. Elsevier's printer's mark on the title, depicting an old man standing in the shade of a vine-entwined elmtree, symbolising the symbiotic relationship between scholar and publisher. The motto: 'Non solus', probably indicates the interdependency of publisher and scholar. On the verso of the last leaf of the second volume: 'Lugduni Batavorum, 'Typis Isaaci Elzevirii, Iurati Academiae Typographi, 1621'. Edges ...

HARLES,Th.Chr. Theophili Christophori Harles Brevior Notitia litteraturae romanae, in primis scriptorum latinorum. (And:) Supplementa (I, II & III) ad Breviorem Notitiam litteraturae romanae, in primis scriptorum latinorum (continuavit Carol. Frider. Henr. Klügling) Leipzig (Lipsiae), In Libraria Weidmanniana, 1789 - 1817. 8vo. 4 volumes in 3: XXVI,796,15,(1 blank); XII,531,(1 blank); XII,552; X,362 p. 18 cm (Ref: Graesse 3,212; Ebert 2989, (see Ebert 2990, where Harles' bibliographic work is completely burned to the ground, and where the duties of a real bibliographer are explained; Schweiger 2, p. VIII) (Details: Ad volume 1: volume 1 is a contemporary plain 'Pappband', the cover is worn at the extremities. Stamp on the title, and a bookplate on the front pastedown. Ad volumes 2 and 3: the 2 volumes with the Supplementa I,II & III are bound in 3/4 calf, and have a gilt coat of arms on the boards. The bindings of ...

HANNOT,S. & D. VAN HOOGSTRAATEN. Nieuw woordboek der Nederlantsche en Latynsche tale. Waar in de woorden en spreekwyzen der eerste tale, naar hunne verscheide beteekenissen en kracht, door de laatste naeukeurig verklaart en opgeheldert worden. Alles getrokken uit het gebruik, en de beste schryveren door S. Hannot. Vervolgens overzien, van veele misstellingen en andere vlekken gezuivert, ook met veele woorden en spreekwyzen merkelyk vermeerdert en verrykt door D. van Hoogstraten. De derde druk. Dordrecht, Joannes van Braam, Utrecht, Jakob van Poolsum, Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor en d'erve G. onder de Linden, 1736. 4to. (XVI),1016 p. Half vellum. 27 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 186876386) (Details: Margins uncut. Title page in red and black. Engraved printer's mark on the title, depicting a scholar in the shadow of a tree, the motto reads 'Tiliae sub tegmine tutus', i.e. 'Save under the Lime-tree'. (Tilia means in Dutch linde, lime ...

HALL,M.C. VAN. C.C. Plinius Secundus. Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1809. (II),VIII,203,(3 errata) p. Half calf 22 cm 'Historical novel' (Details: Back ruled gilt, gilt letterpiece in the 'second compartment'. Boards marbled. Title page engraved by R. Vinkeles, on it we see a bearded Greek sitting on a kind of (anachronistic) Vienna-Thonet chair; he points at an almost completed statue; a sculptor, hammer in hand, stands beside him. The goddesses Athena and Artemis are looking on; this scene probably refers to a discussion in this novel about the art of sculpture and the use and abuse of statues. (p. 42/53); 7 text illustrations, also by Vinkeles) (Condition: Binding slightly worn at the extremes) (Note: Mr. Maurits Cornelis van Hall, 1768-1858, was a Dutch jurist, and member of the anti-royalist patriotic society 'Concordia et Libertate'. He was a friend of the authors Wolff and Deken, Helmers, Bilderdijk and ...

GUARINI, BATTISTA. Il Pastor Fido, del Signor Batista Guarini. Orleans, Nella stamperia di C.A.I. Jacob, primogenito, nella strada di Burgogna. E si vende alla continuazione della raccolta di Cazin, 1785. 12mo. (IV),IV,259,(3 blank) p. Calf. 12.5x8 cm (Back gilt. Boards with gilt triple fillets. Marbled endpapers. All 3 edges of the book block gilt. Condition: Binding scuffed, corners bumped, boards somewhat scratched. Piece at the foot of the spine gone. Frontispiece removed. Front hinge cracking, Front end papers with a tear in the gutter. Small inscription dated 1806 on the verso of the front flyleaf. Paper yellowing)
Book number: 160290 Euro 36.00

Keywords: Italian literature, Italienische Literatur

GRONOVIUS,J.F. Iohannis Frederici Gronovii Observationum libri III, ad Wilhelmum A.F.P.N.W.P. Vandermaerium I.C. (Bound with:) Censorinus, De die natali. Henric. Lindenbrogius recensuit, et notis iterata hac editione passim adauctis, illustravit. (And bound with:) Iohannis Frederici Gronovii De Sestertiis commentarius. Ad 1: Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Isaacum Commelinum (typis W. Christiani), 1639. Ad 2: Leiden (Ludgduni Batavorum), Ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1642. Ad 3: Deventer (Daventriae), Typis Conradi Thomaei Typogr., 1643 8vo. 3 volumes in 1: (XXIV),279,(21 index); (XVI),250,(38 index); (XVI),135,(5 blank) p., (folding table with an astrological diagram in the Censorinus) Overlapping vellum 16 cm Gronovius' Observationes marked a considerable advance in the study of Latin prose (Ref: Ad 1: cf. Graesse 3,161. Ad 2: Breugelmans 1642,3, p. 490; Schweiger 2,101; cf. Graesse 2,101; Ebert 3909. Ad 3: cf. Brunet 29063; cf. Ebert ...

GROEN VAN PRINSTERER,G. Platonica prosopographia, sive expositio judicii, quod Plato tulit de iis, qui in scriptis ipsius aut loquentes inducuntur, aut quavis de causa commemorantur. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud H.W. Hazenberg juniorem, 1823. 8vo. XV,(1),238,(8 theses) p. Contemporary boards 22 cm (Dissertation, University Leiden) (The Dutch politician and historian Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, 1801-1876, was a devout Christian, lifelong member of the Dutch Reformed Church, the state church of the Netherlands. He lead the evangelical renewal movement thriving at the time (the European Continental counterpart to the Second Great Awakening), known in the Netherlands as the 'Reveil'. Groen ardently opposed the liberal politician Thorbecke, whose principles he denounced as ungodly and revolutionary, i.e. inspired by the French Revolution. Groen played, as a political writer and a member of the Second Chamber of Parliament, a prominent role in ...

GREGORIUS CORINTHIUS. Gregorii Corinthii et aliorum grammaticorum libri De dialectis linguae graecae. Quibus additur nunc primum editus Manuelis Moschopuli libellus De vocum passionibus. Recensuit et cum notis Gisb. Koenii, Fr. Iac. Bastii, Io. Franc. Boissonadi suisque edidit Godofr. Henr. Schaefer. Accedit Fr. Iac. Bastii commentatio palaeographica cum tabellis aeneis VII. Leipzig (Lipsiae), Sumtibus Io. Aug. Gottl. Weigel, 1811. 8vo. LIV,(4),1072 p. Half calf. 21 cm Still a standard edition (Ref: Hoffmann 2,172; Graesse 3,146; Ebert 8866; Brunet 2,1723: 'excellente édition qui a effacé la précédente') (Details: Lacking the 7 plates. Back ruled gilt and with a gilt black letterpiece. Edges dyed red. Excellent paper) (Condition: Binding scuffed, head of the spine slightly damaged. Small library stamp on the verso of the title, even smaller 'dyplum' (double) stamp on the last page) (Note: ...

GRAEVIUS,J.G. Johannis Georgii Graevii orationes quas Ultrajecti habuit. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Johannem du Vivie, 1717. (XXVIII),607,(1 errata) p. Vellum 19.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 226765288) (Details: 6 thongs laced through both joints. Title in red and black, and with a woodcut printer's mark, depicting a sun-baked landscape, in the sky the motto: 'Ab Uno Vita'. Contains 18 speeches, including at the end Petrus Burmannus' funeral speech for Graevius, held on February 18th 1703) (Condition: Vellum slightly soiled, some wear to the extremes. Stamp on the verso of the title) (Note: Johann Georg Graeve, or in Latin Johannes Georgius Graevius, 1632-1703, was born in Germany, and educated at Schulpforta. He was professor of Eloquence at Duisburg, from 1657 at Deventer and from 1661 at Utrecht, 'where he lived and worked for the last 40 years of his life'. He limited his attention mainly to writers of ...

GRAEVIUS,J.G. Jo. Georgii Graevii Praefationes et Epistolae CXX. In usum latinae eloquentiae studiosorum collectae & editae a Jo. Alberto Fabricio, D. & Eloqu. Prof. Adjuncta est Petri Burmanni V.Cl. oratio dicta in Graevii funere. Hamburg (Hamburgi), Sumtu Christiani Liebezeit, Typis Spiringianis, 1707. Small 8vo. (XVI),637,(3 blank) p. Vellum 17 cm (Ref: Not yet in VD18; Sandys 2,327ff.) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved portrait of Graevius before the title, made after an engraving of G. Valck of ca. 1705, engraved in its turn after an oil painting by Gerard Hoet, painted between 1675 and 1699. Title in red & black) (Condition: Vellum somewhat spotted. Renewed endpapers; some old ink underlinings; small wormhole in the right margin of the last two blank leaves) (Note: Johann Georg Graeve, or in Latin Johannes Georgius Graevius, 1632-1703, was born in Germany, and educated at Schulpforta. He ...

GOTHOFREDUS, D. Antiquae Historiae ex XXVII. authoribus contextae, libri VI, Totidem solennes temporum epochas continentes. Dionysii Gothofredi JC. opera. Cum indice accuratiss. (Bound with the second part, which is called:) Historiae Antiquae pars altera De imperatoribus Romanis liber IIII, a Julio Caesare ad divisum imperium, sub Constantino Irenes, & Carolo Magno. Liber V, a Constantino, Irenes filio, ad Constantinum ultimum, & captam a Turcis Constantinopolin. Liber VI, a Carolo Magno ad Rodolphum II. Strasbourg, (Argentorati), Impensis Lazari Zetzneri, 1604. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 volume. (XVI),385,(36 index),(1 blank); 639,(23 index) p. Modern half vellum. 16 cm (Ref: VD17 3:006921C & VD17 3:006920V) (Details: Boards marbled. Woodcut printer's mark on both titles, depicting the head of the goddess Athena in profile, the motto is 'Scientia immutabilis'. Occasional woodcut initials) (Condition: Vellum at ...

GLAZER,J. Kort begrip der Romeinsche geschiedenis in themata ten gebruike der Fransche Scholen door J. Glazer, kostschoolhouder te Kampen. (Zutphen, H.C.A. Thieme, 1823). 172 p. Contemporary stiff wrapper. 16 cm (Condition: Cover very scuffed; name of the author on the frontcover worn away. Paper on the back partly gone. Lacking the first 2 leaves with the title and the preface)(Photographs on request)
Book number: 120104 Euro 30.00

Keywords: (Oude Druk), (Rare Books), Roman history, Schulbuch, alte Geschichte, ancient history, antike altertum antiquity, römische Geschichte, schoolbook

GEOPONICA. Constantini Caesaris selectarum praeceptionum de agricultura libri viginti. Iano Cornario Medico interprete. Lyon, (Lugduni), Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1541. 8vo. 349;(15 index),(2 blank) p. 18th century calf 16 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 1,422; Graesse 3,53; Ebert 8337; Not in Brunet) (Details: Back gilt, and with 3 raised bands. Boards with tripple fillet borders, and gilt floral ornaments at the corners. Woodcut printer's mark of Sebastianus Gryphius on the title, depicting a griffin, which mythological animal symbolizes courage, diligence, watchfulness, and rapidity of execution, used as a pun of his family name Gryph or Greif. From the claws of this creature hangs a big rectangular stone, symbolizing Constancy, beneath which hangs a winged globe, symbolizing Fortune. The motto is 'Virtute duce / comite fortuna', 'Virtue thy leader, fortune thy comrade', is a quote from a letter of Cicero to Plancus (Epistulae ad ...

GENNADIUS MASSILIENSIS. Gennadii Massiliensis Presbyteri Liber de Ecclesiasticis dogmatibus. Veteris cuiusdam theologi Homilia Sacra. Marcialis Episcopi Lemovicensis Epistolae. Geverhartus Elmenhorstius ex MS. provulgavit, & notas addidit. Hamburg (Hamburgi), anno Messiae Regis Aeterni 1614. (Colophon at p. 207: 'Explicitum XIV Kalend. Decembris anno Messiae Regis Aeterni 1613') 4to. (IV),250,(1 errata),(1 blank) p. Old contemporary boards. 19 cm (Ref: VD17 23:274421U; Bardenhewer , 'Geschichte der altkirchlichen Literatur', Freiburg i.Br., 1924, volume 4,595/597: 'Die wichtigste der älteren Ausgaben'; Graesse 3,49; Ebert 8313) (Details: Title in red & black. Some woodcut initials) (Condition: Cover very scuffed and worn, and chafed at the extremities. Pencil notes on the inside of the frontcover. Last 2 leaves waterstained. Upper margins of last but one leaf repaired. Paper browning. Occasional ...

GELLIUS. Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri XX prout supersunt, quos ad libros MSStos novo & multo labore exegerunt, perpetuis notis & emendationibus illustraverunt Johannes Fredericus et Jacobus Gronovii. Accedunt Gasp. Scioppii integra MSStorum duorum codicum collatio, Petri Lambecii lucubrationes Gellianae, & ex Lud. Carrionis castigationibus utilia excerpta, ut & selecta variaque commentaria ab Ant. Thysio & Jac. Oiselio congesta. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Cornelium Boutesteyn & Johannem du Vivié, 1706. 4to. (XXXVI),903,(63 indices) p. Vellum 25.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 227931653; Neue Pauly Suppl. 2, p. 261; Schweiger 2,379: 'Noch immer sehr gesuchte Ausgabe und durch die neueste Bearbeitung nicht entbehrlich gemacht'; Dibdin 1,341: 'This edition (...) has as much literary merit as any of the Dutch editions of the classics in 4to. The notes of other critics are selected with judgment, and the ...

GELLIUS. Auli Gellii Noctes Atticae. Editio nova et prioribus omnibus docti hominis cura multo castigatior. Amsterdam (Amstelodami), Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1651. 12mo. (XLVIII),498,(122 index) p. 19th cent. marbled boards. 13 cm (Ref: Neue Pauly, Suppl. 2, p. 261; Willems 1127: 'Édition fort jolie et qui passe pour très correcte'; Berghman 2065 ; Rahir 1145; Graesse 3,46; Ebert 8287; Dibdin 1,340/41; Fabricius/Ernesti 3,10: 'emendatissima editio'; Schweiger 2,378: 'Neue, werthvolle Recens. nach Handschr. von Jo.Frd. Gronovius'; Brunet 2,1524: 'Jolie édition') (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints; engraved title, depicting a learned writer at work under the light of an oil lamp) (Condition: Cover worn at the extremities; marbled paper on the back scuffed; lower corner of a few leaves vaguely waterstained; without the last two blank leaves. Paper somewhat yellowing) (Note: ...

GELLIUS. Auli Gellii Noctes Atticae, seu Vigiliae Atticae, quas nunc primum a magno mendorum numero magnus veterum exemplarium numerus repurgavit. Henrici Stephani Noctes aliquot Parisinae, Atticis A. Gellii Noctibus seu Vigiliis invigilatae. Eiusdem H. Stephani annotationes in alios Gellii locos prodibunt cum notis Lud. Carrionis (qui vet. exemplaria contulit) prelo iam traditis. Paris (Parisiis), (H. Stephanus), 1585. Cum privilegio Caesaris, et Gallorum regis in decennium. 8vo. (VI),23,(1 blank),587,(1 blank);(74 index),(2 blank),205,(3 blank) p. Vellum 18 cm (Ref: Renouard p. 450/51, 1585,2: 'édition rare et estimable', Schweiger 2,378; Brunet 1523/24; Graesse 3,46; Ebert 8284) (Details: 5 thongs laced through both joints. Short title on the back) (Condition: Vellum soiled and spotted, big red stain on the lower board. Occasional old ink underlinings & marginalia. Small and old inscription on the verso of the ...

GELLIUS. A. Gellii luculentissimi scriptoris Noctes Atticae. Nunc denuo ab infinitis quibus scatebant mendis, summa ac diligenti cura repurgatae, atque pristinae integritati restitutae. Venice, (Venetiis), Apud Hieronymum Scotum, 1569. 8vo. (XVI),543,(1 blank) p. 18th/19th century half vellum 16 cm (Ref: Edit16, CNCE 20612; Not in Schweiger, Didbin, Moss, Ebert, Graesse, Brunet or Fabricius/Ernesti) (Details: Evidently a rare book. Not a single copy in Rare Book Hub (Americana Exchange). KVK (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog) refers only to copies in Italian libraries. Marbled boards. Printer's mark on the title, depicting a winged leopard (a kind of griffin) carrying a winged orb or ball. Woodcut initial at the beginning of each of the 20 books. Printed almost completely in italics. At the end is a 35 page list of Greek passages found in the text with their translation into Latin, called dictionum graecarum interpretatio) (Condition: Cover ...

GELLIUS. Auli Gellii luculentissimi scriptoris Noctes Atticae. Lyon (Lugduni), Apud Haered. Seb. Gryphii, 1560. (LXIII)(I blank),533,(3 blank) p. Limp vellum 17 cm (Ref: Schweiger 378; Dibdin 1,340: 'beautiful and accurate edition, (..) deserving of the student's notice'; Moss 1,203; Graesse 3,46; Ebert 8283) (Details: Gryphius' woodcut printer's mark on the title, depicting a griffin, which mythological animal symbolizes courage, diligence, watchfulness, and rapidity of execution, used as a pun of his family name Gryph or Greif. From the claws of this creature hangs a big rectangular stone, beneath which is a winged orb. The motto is 'Virtute duce / comite fortuna', 'Virtue thy leader, fortune thy comrade', a quote from a letter of Cicero to Plancus (Epistulae ad Familiares, liber X,3). At the end a woodcut griffin. The text is printed completely in italics, except for the title) (Condition: Vellum ...