288
~ 1st edition printed in “Grecs du Roi” ~
1143 DEMOSTHENES
- Logoi [Greek] (…) [ed. G. Morel, J. Bienné, D. Lambin, comm. Ulpianus].
Paris, J. Bienné, 1570 (col.: 1 Febr.; Greek preface: 22 March), folio, cont. gilt calf (rebacked,
rubbed), covers with gilt central ornament (head def., scratch on front cover), [52]-798-[2] pp.
(unobtrusive dampstain in upper margin, tear in A6, some minor marg. worming in 1st ff.). Good
copy.
€
800/1200
Impressive
1st ed. printed in France
and
1st ed. entirely printed in “Grecs du Roi”
(but for the
short Latin preface), of the writings of the Greek orator Demosthenes. The ed. was started by
Guillaume Morel in 1558, interrupted by Morel's death in 1564, and finished by Bienné in 1570 and
is based on the edition published in Basel (Hervage, 1532), corrected by G. Morel and J. Du Puys
after comparison of 8 manuscripts of the Royal Library. “En 1558, Guillaume Morel commença
un grand travail sur Démosthène; et, après sa mort, Denys Lambin l'acheva. Cette belle édition,
est fort correcte, surtout dans la partie soignée par Morel” (Schoell). “C'est assurément l'édition
la plus estimée de la Renaissance. Les Discours de Démosthène et la dédicace de Denys Lambin à
Charles IX sont imprimés en Gros Romain 118. Les différentes “biographies” de Démosthène, par
Plutarque, Lucien, Strabon, Diodore de Sicile, Pausanias, Aristide, etc., les Prolegomena d'Ulpien
et le riche apparat critique entourant le texte de Démosthène sont en Cicero 80 (Schweiger, page
87; Schoell II, 259). Mark on title. Jesuit ownership entry on title.
Ref.
Renouard “Bienné” 628
(ext. descr.). Hoffmann I:509. Adams D-267. STCFrench (BL) 130. BnF (3). Not in Index Aur.
1144 [Douai imprint]
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CLENARDUS, Nicolaus
- Absolutissimae institutiones in Graecam linguam.
Cum succinctis annotationibus Renati Guillonij (…). His accesserunt Meditationes in linguam
Graecam. Douai, J. Bogardus, 1577, 8vo, mod. boards, flat spine, 187-[5] pp. (somewhat spotted
and sl. dampstained). Good copy.
€
400/500
Only recorded copy (?) of this Douai ed. of the influential Greek grammar of the Louvain professor
Clenardus (1495-1542), with notes by R. Guilon (1500-1570). Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
Pettegree
NB 8471 (no copy!). Not in Bakelants/Hoven, Adams, Buisson, Labarre, BL, BnF.
1145 [Douai imprint]
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TURSELLINUS, Horatius, S.J.
- L’histoire memorable de Nostre Dame de
Lorette [trsl. from the Latin N.D.S.]. Douai, J. Bogardus, 1600, 8vo, cont. limp vellum (ties gone),
flat spine titled in ink, [8]-201-[7] ff. (1st ff. dampstaining, minor thumbing and staining). Good
copy.
€
200/250
Rare French trsl. of a work on the Holy House of the Virgin Mary in Loreto by the Italian Jesuit
O. Torsellini (1544-1599), 1st publ. Rome 1597. Woodcut ill. on title. Cont. Jesuit ownership entry
1142
