359 / 444
309
Brussel, W.J. L. Marchant, [1753]. -
De oprecht welgeregelde liefde
, gedicht op (…) Suster Sr.
Josina Servaes doende hare solemnele beloften op het vermaerde gasthuys van St Jan op den Poel
in (…) Brussel den IX. Juny M.D.C.C.L.XI. Brussel, N. Jacobs, [1761]. Met “Liedekens”, gedrukt
in 2 kolommen met sierinitiaal en ornamenten. Nrs. 2-3 en 4-5 op stroken samengebonden (vouwen,
randen soms rafelig, wormgaatjes). Overigens goede ex.
Ref.
Niet in Opac KBR.
1330
[Byzantine Empire - Turkey]
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BANDURI, Anselmo
- Imperium orientale sive Antiquitates
Constantinopolitanae in quatuor partes distributae; quæ ex variis scriptorum Græcorum operibus &
præsertim ineditis adornatæ, commentariis, & geographicis, topographicis, aliisque quam plurimis
monumentorum ac nomismatum tabellis illustrantur (...). Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1711, 2
vol., folio, cont. marbled calf (sl. rubbed, leather locally retinted, corners repaired), gilt orn. spines
on 6 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed, heads and tails repaired), brown or red leather labels, red
edges, [10]-liv-[2]-214-[2]-444-[53], [2]-[445]/1017-[8]-140-[28] pp. (f. 5M3 bound between 5M
& 5M2 in vol. II; sl. brown.). Some rest. to the binding otherwise good, large margin copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 2000/3000
Very rare 1st ed.
of this important Greek/Latin corpus of all sources on the antiquities of
Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire published by Banduri (1671-1743), Benedictine scholar,
archaeologist and numismatologist from the Republic of Ragusa.
Engr. ills
(complete):
front.
by Simonneau after S. Leclerc,
6 double or folding maps
(2 “Urbis Constantinopolitana”, 2
“Anaplus Bosphori Thracii”, u Orbis Romani descriptio” & u Imperii Orientalis”),
1 city plan
of
Constantinople,
7 pl.
representing coins and medals
engr. by Simonneau,
1 pl.
outside collation
picturing “Columna Cpoli” with
18 double pl.
of details,
1 large folding pl.
(“Veue du Grand Serail
de Constantinople”),
7 double pl.
(“La ville et le port de Constantinople”, Soliman Mosque, Valide
Mosque, the hippodrom, the Serail...),
9 full page pl.
incl. alphabets; in text vignettes, head- &
tail-pieces and initials, some signed Giffard; printer’s device on title pages. “Banduri discovered
a Greek manuscript which he translated into Latin (...) This forms the nucleus of the “Imperium
Orientale”, to which is added material from Grelot and Gilles, Constantine Porphyrogenitus,
Pachymeres, and other Byzantine texts (...) The work was an instant success. Leibnitz admired it
(...)” (Atabey). Old label of a Parisian bookshop in vol. I. Ms. ownership entries dated 1616 and
1814. Stamps of a religious institution and of L.M. Duru presbyter on title pages.
Ref.
Atabey 52
(incomplete copy = Blackmer 70). Bn-Opale plus. Copac.
1330