286
1133 [Basel imprint]
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MYLAEUS, Christophorus
- De scribenda universitatis rerum historia libri
quinque. Basel, J. Oporinus, March 1551, [8]-317-[3] pp. [bound with]
LYCOSTHENES,
Conradus
- Apophthegmatum sive responsorum memorabilium (...) collectorum, loci communes,
ad ordinem alphabeti redacti (...) ed. Philipp Bech. Ibidem, August 1555, [14] ff., 988 cols, [1 blank]
f., 2 works in 1 vol., folio, cont. blindst. pigskin over wood (rubbed, clasps gone), bevelled edges,
spine on 4 raised bands, metal catches (paper age-toned, dampstaining in I, extensive dampstaining
(partly mouldy) in II, tear in prel. f. 2 of II, hole in F1 of II with loss of some letters).
€
200/300
Old acquisition and ownership entries on titles; some schoolboy’s notes; cont. notes, i.a. a prayer, on
endpapers and flylvs.
1.
Important major work by one of the 1st authors of cultural history. Mylaeus
(Milieu?) was the 1st to use the term “historia literaturae” and to have a critical conception of this
genre. Woodcut mark on title and at the end.
Ref.
VD-16 M-7363. Adams M-2100. STC German (BL)
639.
2.
Extensive collection of commonplaces and anecdotes by the Alsatian humanist Wolffhart
(1518-1561). Woodcut mark on title. Large woodcut arms of dedicatee on verso of title.
Ref.
VD-16
W-4313. Adams W-246. Not in STC German.
1134 [Basel imprint]
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VIVES, Juan Luis
- Excitationes animi in Deum. Praeparatio animi ad orandum.
Commentarus in orationem Dominicam Preces & meditationes quotidianae (- generales). Eiusdem
Ad ueram Sapientiam introductio. Satellitium animi (…). Basel, J. Oporinus, August 1548, 16mo,
mod. board
s
, 410-[6] pp. Very good copy (stain at bottom of title).
€
350/500
2nd ed. (1st 1540) of this collection of devotional and philosophical texts by the Spanish & Low
Countries humanist Vives.
Ref.
VD-16 V-1893 (has “408 (= 410)” pp.). Estelrich 85. Not in Adams,
STCGerman (BL).
1135 [Bible - Exodus]
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PEPIN, Guillaume, O.P.
- Expositio in Exodu(m)/ iuxta quadruplice(m) sacre
scripture sensum: literale(m) scilicet, moralem, allegoricum, & anagogicum [ed. Thomas Laurent
& Jean Benoît]. Paris, Cl. Chevallon, 1534, 8vo, old limp overl. vellum (ties gone, lower joint
splitting, sm. def. at head & tail), spine titled in ink, [4]-dccj (= 700) ff. (some dampstaining and
spotting, tear in y5). Good copy.
€
300/500
Very rare, posthumously publ., ed. of an extensive commentary on Exodus by the Dominican
theologian, and prior of Evreux, G. Pepin (d. 1533). Gothic type in 2 cols. Woodcut mark on title.
Old ownership entry on title.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 82160. Moreau IV:1106. Adams P-627.
~ Regulation of book trade in the Low Countries ~
1136 [Book trade - Low Countries]
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Ordonnance, statut et edict provisionnal du Roy nostre Sire
,
sur le faict & conduyte des imprimeurs, libraires & maistres d’escolle. Brussels, M. van Hamont,
1570, 4to, loose quires as issued, [10] ff. (edges sl. soiled or frayed). Very good uncut & partly
unopened copy.
Cfr. ill.
€
400/500
Rare & important government regulation of the book trade in the Low Countries, issued 19 May
1570 in French (here) and Dutch. It establishes a control system of printers, booksellers and
schoolmasters, who were all made responsible for the books in their possession. Woodcut Spanish
arms on title.
Ref.
BT 2553. Pettegree FB 43168 = NB 24572. Not in Adams, BL, BnF.
1137 [Bruges imprint]
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Alzoo tot beteren onderhout ende ghereeder executie van diueersche
gheboden Stadts (...) vanden Raedt van Oorloghe (...)
. [Bruges, s.n., 1581], sm. broadsheet, c. 31
x 19,5 cm, as issued (minor soiling). Very good copy.
€
250/300
Unique (?) broadsheet
from troubled times. Decree issued 16 June 1581.
Ref.
Not in BT, Cabrio,
Pettegree NB.
Joined
:
Le comte de Fontaine Sur-intendant de la Gensd’armerie [!] de la Prouince de Flandres,
&c.
Bruges, N. Breyghel, 1636, sm. broadsheet, c. 31,5 x 20,5 cm, as issued (marg. soiling, blank
left top corner torn off). On a garrison quartered between Ghent and Bruges. Issued “à Zelsalen le
sixiesme d’Aougst 1636”. Ref. Not in Cabrio. (2 pcs)
