318 / 444
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Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius. Serio castigati
. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1587,
213-[3] pp. [bound after]
MARTIALIS -
Epigrammaton libri XII. Leiden, Plantin Press (F.
Raphelengius), 1588, 272 pp., 2 works in 1 vol., 24mo, old gilt red morocco, covers with double
ruled gilt border and central ornament, richly gilt flat spine, a.e.g. Nice
ruled copy
(paper age-
toned).
€ 700/900
1.
Extr. rare issue with Plantin’s Antwerp address of this collection of Latin love poetry, printed in a
very small format, for the use of students and lovers of poetry. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
BT 5400.
Voet (Plantin Press) 935. Pettegree NB 7151. Ind. Aur. 134.498. Cp. Adams C-1157 and Typogr. Bat.
1042 (Leiden issue). Not in Sorgeloos.
2.
Equally rare ed. of Martial’s epigrams. Woodcut mark on
title.
Ref.
Typogr. Bat. 3378. Pettegree NB 20655. Not in STCN (!), Adams etc.
We join
:
Sententiae Ciceronis, Demosthenis, ac Terentii. Dogmata philosophica
. Antw., Chr.
Plantin, (31 October) 1572, 16mo, old calf, spine on 3 raised bands (rubbed, front joint split), [32]-
478-[2] pp. (pp. 1-2 for the larger part torn out; title stained, some traces of use, last f. underlaid).
Extensive collection of classical quotations. Title within woodcut border. Names on front flyleaf.
Schoolboy’s scribbling.
Ref.
BT 4322. Voet (Plantin Press) 987. Pettegree NB 8172. Not in Adams,
Sorgeloos, STC Dutch (BL). (2 vol.)
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Gheboden ende vuytgheroepen by mijnen Heeren den Schouteth
,
Borgemeesteren, Schepenen, ende Raedt der stadt van Antvverpen, op den iii. Februarij. M. D.
LXXXIII. [Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1583], sm. broadsheet, c. 31 x 19,5 cm (minor spotting, tear in
blank bottom margin). Good, uncut copy.
€ 120/180
Ordinance, signed “G. Kieffel”, about French soldiers taken prisoner by Antwerp citizens after the
French Fury of 17 January. In gothic type.
Ref.
Voet (Plantin Press) 255. BT 3111. Sorgeloos 39.
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GREGORIUS IX
- Decretales (...) suis commentariis illustratae (...) Quibus
additae sunt (...) annotationes (...) Martini Gilberti. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, Wid. J. Steelsius & Ph.
Nutius, 1573, folio, old limp vellum covered boards (soiled), spine on 7 raised bands, [14] ff., 2136
cols, [5]-18-[5] ff. (paper age-toned, some marg. dampstaining, blank bottom corner of O5 lacking
(due to papier quality) just touching a few letters). Good copy.
€ 250/400
Second vol., complete in itself, of the 3-volume 1573 ed. of the “Corpus iuris canonici”, annotated
by the Paris law professor Martin Gilbert. This co-ed. of 3 Antwerp publishers is remarkable for its
large woodcut mark (a combination of the marks of the 3 firms involved), and was perhaps printed
by Jan Verwithagen. Mark on title. Text in 2, index in 3 cols.
Ref.
Pettegree NB 13745. BT 721. Voet
1031 II. Adams G-1229. Sorgeloos 198.
~ The rarest Lipsius edition ~
1186
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LIPSIUS, Justus
- Leges regiae et leges X.virales. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1576,
8vo, mod. half vellum, 8 pp. (some soiling, fore-edge frayed and repaired with loss of a single
letter). Good copy.
€ 1200/1600
Extr. rare (2nd recorded copy?) Plantin ed. of what was probably Lipsius’ inaugural course of
ancient history at Louvain University. It consists of an edition of the oldest Roman legislation,
together with a few notes. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
Voet (Plantin Press) 1549 = B.B. III:995
L-352 = BT 1844 = Bibl. Lips. Brux. 251 (Van Hulthem copy only). Not in Adams, BL, Sorgeloos.
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STOBAEUS, Joannes
- Eclogarum libri duo, quorum prior physicas, posterior
ethicas complectitur, nunc primum Graece editi, interprete Gulielmo Cantero. Una & G. Gemisthi
Plethonis de rebus Peloponnes. orationes duae (...) Accessit & alter eiusdem Plethonis libellus
Graecus De virtutibus, ex bibliotheca I. Sambuci. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1575, folio, old gilt calf
(rubbed), covers with gilt central ornament, gilt spine on 5 raised bands (front joint splitting, head
and tail def.), a.e.g., [12]-236 pp. (lacking p. 237-238 with approbation, colophon, privilege and p.