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81 2501 Aa P vander 81 2501 Aa P vander
81/2501 (Aa, P. vander). De Doorlugtige Scheeps-togten der Portugysen na Oost-Indien, Mitsgaders de voornaamste Gedeeltens van Africa en de Roode-Zee met alle daaromtrent gelegene Eylanden (...). Het tweede stuk. Leyden, P. vander Aa, n.d. (1706-1727), 6 parts in 1 vol., engr. title-p., 6 title-vignettes, num. ills., modern calf, folio.

- Lacks all maps; partly waterstained.

= Tiele 6; NHSM I, p.107. The second volume nly of Van der Aa's rare collection of voyages, solely devoted to the travels of the Portuguese. Seven more volumes were published by Van der Aa (the first vol. on the voyages of the Portguese; 2 vols. on the voyages of the Spaniards; 2 vols. on those of the English and 2 vols. on the voyages of other nations). Sold w.a.f.

€ (200-300)
81 2502 Adriani H 81 2502 Adriani H
81/2502 Adriani, H. Catholycke Sermoonen op alle de Epistolen ende Evangelien van de Sondagen ende Heylighe daghen vanden gheheelen Jare. Antw., H. Verdussen, 1616/ 1624, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),CCCCCCCCCVII,(4); 306p., engr. title-border, num. woodcuts in text, contemp. blindst. calf over wooden boards, folio.

- Lacks upper pastedown and endpapers; occas. trifle wormholed/ waterstained. Lacks clasps and catches.

= Manuscript annots. on final endpaper concerning deaths of the Jansma family, 1677-1710.

Costerus, S.F. Sermoonen op alle de epistelen van de sondaghen van den gheheelen Iare (...). Ibid., idem, 1616, 4 parts in 1 vol., engr. title, 3 ident. engr. title-vignettes, contemp. vellum, folio.

= Contains the following works: Catholiicke Sermoonen op de Epistelen van de Sondaghen van den Geheelen Jaere (1616); Catholiicke Sermoonen op Octave van 't Sacrament des Autaers (1616); Acht Sermoonen Ter Eeren der H. Moeder Godts op de Acht Capittelen van Salomons III. Boeck ghenoempt Canticum (1616) and Waerachtighe historien stichtighe exempelen ende sekere miraculen (1615). BCNI 6242.

€ (150-250) 150
81 2503 Africa  Dapper O 81 2503 Africa Dapper O
81 2503 Africa  Dapper O 81 2503 Africa Dapper O
81 2503 Africa  Dapper O 81 2503 Africa Dapper O
81 2503 Africa  Dapper O 81 2503 Africa Dapper O
81/2503 [Africa]. Dapper, O. Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Gewesten van Egypten, Barbaryen, Libyen, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopiën, Abyssinie: vertoont in de Benamingen, Grenspalen, Revieren, Steden, Gewassen, Dieren, Zeeden, Drachten, Talen, Rijkdommen, Godsdiensten en Heerschappyen. Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden: als Madagaskar, of Sant Laurens, Sant Thomee, d'eilanden van Kanarien, Kaep de Verd, Malta, en andere. Amst., J. van Meurs, 1676, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),428,349,(17); (2),121,(4)p., title-vignette, 14 double-p. maps, 28 double-p. plates, large number of half-p. ills., rebound in later/ modern vellum w. mor. letterpiece, folio.

- Lacks frontisp. and the large general map of Africa; title-p. and first quire bound w. sl. cramped inner margin; hinges strengthened.

= The second revised and best edition (first 1668). Tiele 298; Gay 219; Mendelssohn II, p.119. The first large general description of the African continent. The work is based on the early accounts of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers, the English works by Purchass and Jarrick, the journals and descriptions of Dutch navigators like Van Noort, Van Neck, Linschoten, Spilbergen, but especially on unpublished reports and eye-witness accounts of Dutch merchants, visitors and soldiers. Very detailed on the West Coast, where the Dutch ivory-, gold- and slave-trade flourished and on Angola (Luanda was captured by a WIC fleet in 1647). On the settlement on the Cape only a cursory note is found, while the surrounding tribes are described in remarkable detail. The second part, devoted to the African islands, from Malta to Madagascar, includes an ample account of the French colonization of the latter. The work is famous for its splendid detailed maps and plates, i.a. engraved after drawings by Reinier Noomsz (Zeeman).

€ (800-1.000) 800
81 2504 Aldus  Caesar C J 81 2504 Aldus Caesar C J
81 2504 Aldus  Caesar C J 81 2504 Aldus Caesar C J
81 2504 Aldus  Caesar C J 81 2504 Aldus Caesar C J
81/2504 [Aldus]. Caesar, C.J. Commentariorum de bello Gallico libri VIII. De bello civili pompeiano. libri IIII. De bello Alexandrino. liber I (...). Venice, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, 1518-1519, (16),296 lvs., 3 repeated woodcut printer's marks (one on title, one before the index and one on final leaf), 2 double-p. maps, 5 full-p. woodcuts, early 20th cent. marbled calf.

- Later endpapers; otherwise a fine copy.

= Preliminary leaves and first 6 numb. leaves capitals rubricated in yellow. Renouard p.83, 11; Adams C29; Schweiger p.41 ("Nachdruck der Aldine von 1513"). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1200
81 2505 Aldus  Celsus A C 81 2505 Aldus Celsus A C
81/2505 [Aldus]. Celsus, A.C. Medicinae libri VIII. Venice, In Aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani Soceri, 1528, (8),164 lvs., 2 woodcut printer's marks (one on title and one on verso final leaf), 20th cent. hvellum w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Num. old/ contemp.(?) manuscript annotations in margin (mostly in first half); upper blank outer corner partly sl. waterstained; occas. (sl.) foxed in blank margins; title-p. duststained.

= Leaf T4 is blank as published; Renouard p.105, 1; Adams L1241; Schweiger p.90f; Norman Library 428; cf. Durling 908; Garrison-Morton 20: "The De Medicina is the oldest medical document after the Hippocratic writings. Written about AD 30 it remains the greatest medical treatise from ancient Rome and the first Western history of medicine. Celsus's superb literary style won him the title of Cicero medicorum. De medicina deals with diseases treated by diet and regimen and with those amenable to drugs and surgery. The manuscript.(...) was lost during the Middle Ages and re-discovered in Milan in 1443." The Medicinae libri VIII is the only preserved part of a larger encylopaedia written by Celsus. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.

€ (700-900) 950
81 2506 Aldus  Cicero M T 81 2506 Aldus Cicero M T
81/2506 [Aldus]. Cicero, M.T. Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, cum correctionibus Pauli Manutij. Venice, Paulus Manutius, Aldi filius, 1554 (colophon 1555), (2),333,(13)p., woodcut printer's mark on title-p. and verso final leaf, 19th cent. blindst. vellum.

- A few lvs. and fore-edge sl. inkstained; first lvs. upper outer corner sl. bumped. Fine copy.

= Renouard p.162, 17; Adams C1921; Schweiger p.166.

€ (300-500) 400
81 2507 Aldus  Cicero M T 81 2507 Aldus Cicero M T
81/2507 [Aldus]. Cicero, M.T. In epistolas (...) ad Atticum, Pauli Manutii commentarius. Venice, Paulus Manutius, Aldi filius, 1553, (4),414 lvs., woodcut printer's mark on title-p., 18th-cent. vellum.

- Upper hinge broken; vaguely dampst. in upper margin; ±30 lvs. sl. wormholed in right (blank) margin; a few old annots. and underlining (incl. a collation note by the classical scholar Henry Drury); bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine darkened.

= Renouard p.157, 11; Graesse II, 169. Revised reprint of the Aldine edition of 1547.

€ (250-350) 425
81 2508 Aldus  Dante Alighieri 81 2508 Aldus Dante Alighieri
81 2508 Aldus  Dante Alighieri 81 2508 Aldus Dante Alighieri
81 2508 Aldus  Dante Alighieri 81 2508 Aldus Dante Alighieri
81 2508 Aldus  Dante Alighieri 81 2508 Aldus Dante Alighieri
81/2508 [Aldus]. Dante Alighieri. Dante col sito et forma dell'Inferno. Venice, heirs of Aldus, 1515, 2 (of 3) woodcut printer's marks (on second title recto and on final leaf verso, (2),144,(2) lvs., 1 double-p. woodcut map of Hell, 1 double-p. woodcut diagram of the sins of Hell and a single-p. diagram of sins in Purgatory, late 19th cent. giltlettered crushed brown mor. by (signed illegibly), richly gilt inside dentelles, gauffered edges.

- The general title w. vague traces of former bookplate, which has been removed, resulting in loss of most of the first Aldine printer's mark; tiny hole in lower margin of general title; modern owner's entry and two brown stains on first blank; annot. in ballpoint on final free endpaper; later (18th cent.?) scattered annots. in pen and ink in margins; occas. foxed in blank margins.

= Renouard p.73, 8; Sander 2321. The first Aldine edition of Dante to include illustrations. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.

€ (2.500-3.500) 2750
81 2509 Aldus  Livius Patavinus T 81 2509 Aldus Livius Patavinus T
81 2509 Aldus  Livius Patavinus T 81 2509 Aldus Livius Patavinus T
81/2509 [Aldus]. Livius Patavinus, T. Historiarum ab urbe condita, Libri, qui extant, XXXV. Ed. C. Sigonius. Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1555, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),478; 98,(40)lvs., woodcut printer's mark, historiated capitals, later (18th cent?) mottled calf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, a.e.g., folio.

- Partly waterstained in lower blank margin (mostly in second half of the text); several leaves sl. waterstained in text/ occas. sl. stained/ foxed in margins; title (dust)stained. Corners trifle rubbed; later marbled endpapers; upper joint starting; backcover 2 small wormholed patches. Nevertheless a good copy.

= Renouard p.166, 15; Schweiger p.531; Adams L1342. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.

€ (800-1.000) 1000
81 2510 Aldus  Lucanus 81 2510 Aldus Lucanus
81 2510 Aldus  Lucanus 81 2510 Aldus Lucanus
81/2510 [Aldus]. Lucanus. (Bellum Civilis). Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502, 1st ed., (140) lvs., contemp. vellum.

- Old owner's entry of "Joannes Antonius Costa" on first free endpaper; scattered underlining and manicula in contemp. hand in pen and ink; crossed out entry on title-p.; partly (sl.) foxed (mainly in margins). Good/ fine copy.

= Renouard p.33, 3; Schweiger p.560; Adams 1557. The first Aldine edition of Lucanus' poem on the Roman civil wars. As Aldus writes in his preface addressed to Marcus Antonius Maurocenus (Marcantonio Morosini) (the owner of the manuscript used by Aldus for this edition), he has published it in a portable format that is easier to handle than the larger 4to and folio tomes in which the classics were usually published. He had also used this format a year earlier, in 1501, for his edition of Horace's Carminum Liber. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1000
81 2511 Aldus  Macchiavelli N 81 2511 Aldus Macchiavelli N
81 2511 Aldus  Macchiavelli N 81 2511 Aldus Macchiavelli N
81 2511 Aldus  Macchiavelli N 81 2511 Aldus Macchiavelli N
81/2511 [Aldus]. Macchiavelli, N. Historie./ Il Principe. Venice, in casa de' figlioli di Aldo/ n.publ., 1546/ 1538, 2 parts in 1 vol., (1),246,(2); 84 lvs., 2 woodcut printer's marks to the first work, later crushed burgundy mor. w. (unidentified) coat of arms on both covers, richly gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g.

- Two sl. rubbed spots on frontcover. Contents very fine.

= Ad 1: Bertelli 70; Renouard p.139, 24 and Adams M25; ad 2: Bertelli 41; cf. Renouard p.120, 5 (note), dated 1537 and Adams M40 (variant title "Il Prencipe" and dated 1540). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.

€ (1.000-1.500) 8500
81 2512 Aldus  Musaios 81 2512 Aldus Musaios
81/2512 [Aldus]. Musaios. Opusculum de Herone & Leandro. Orphei argonautica. Eiusdem hymni. Orpheus de lapidibus. Venice, in aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, 1517, 80 lvs., woodcut printer's mark on title-p. and on verso final leaf, 2 woodcut ills., Hero and Leander in parallel Greek and Latin, the other works in Greek only, late 19th cent. hvellum.

- Title-p. dam. and repaired in lower blank margin; lacks first free endpaper; three leaves restored in blank outer margin; four leaves sl. chipped in blank outer margin.

= Renouard p.81, 8; Adams M1991; Schweiger p.208. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.

€ (1.200-1.500) 1200
81 2513 Aldus  Plautus T M 81 2513 Aldus Plautus T M
81 2513 Aldus  Plautus T M 81 2513 Aldus Plautus T M
81/2513 [Aldus]. Plautus, T.M. Ex comoediis XX. Ed. F. Asulanus. Venice, In Aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani Soceri, July 1522, (14),284 lvs., woodcut printer's mark on title-p. and on verso of last leaf, 20th cent. giltlettered hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Some lvs. w. scribbling (mostly in first half); first two leaves sl. yellowed in margins.

= Renouard p.94, 2; Adams P1487; Schweiger p.761.

€ (500-700) 500
81 2514 Aldus  Quintilianus M F 81 2514 Aldus Quintilianus M F
81 2514 Aldus  Quintilianus M F 81 2514 Aldus Quintilianus M F
81/2514 [Aldus]. Quintilianus, M.F. Institutionum Oratoriarum libri XII diligentius recogniti MDXXII. Venice, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, 1521 (colophon), (4),230 leaves, woodcut printer's mark on title-p. and on verso final leaf, contemp. limp vellum, sm. 4to.

- Pastedowns detached; lacks final free endpaper; first ±20 lvs. (sl.) spotted/ stained (1x w. loss of some words; 2x upper margin strengthened w. paper) and w. old annots./ underlining. Vellum sl. wrinkled. Nevertheless a good copy.

= Reprint of the Aldine edition of 1514 (with a list of Greek words used in the text and their Latin translation). Renouard p.93, 14; Adams Q56; Schweiger p.843. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.

€ (600-800)
81 2515 Aldus  Sallustius Crispus C 81 2515 Aldus Sallustius Crispus C
81/2515 [Aldus]. Sallustius Crispus, C. Coniuratio Catilinae et Bellum Iugurthinum fragmenta eiusdem historiarum, e scriptorib. antiquis ab Aldo Manutio, Paulli F. collecta. Venice, Aldus Manutius Pauli f., 1567, (8),189,(19) lvs., woodcut printer's mark on title-p. and on verso final leaf, contemp. limp vellum.

- Upper hinge almost broken; lacks both free endpapers; a few leaves (sl.) yellowed; some scattered contemp. annots.; occas. sl. stained. Vellum wrinkled; top of spine sl. dam.

= Renouard p.203, 13; Adams S163; Schweiger p.875. Reprint of the Aldine edition of 1563.

€ (200-300) 220
81 2516 Aldus  Sallustius Crispus C 81 2516 Aldus Sallustius Crispus C
81/2516 [Aldus]. Sallustius Crispus, C. De coniuratione Catalinae. Eiusdem de bello Iugurthino (...). Venice, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, 1521, (8),142,(1) lvs., woodcut printer's mark (repeated on verso of final leaf), 18th cent. vellum w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece on spine.

- Lacks final blank; title-p. sl. yellowed; occas. small contemp. marks in blank margin; first 10 leaves and final 4 leaves remargined; a few leaves sl. foxed in blank margin; a few lvs w. sm. stain (2x in text).

= Renouard p.93, 16; Adams S147; Schweiger p.871.

€ (300-500) 400
81 2517 Aldus  Sallustius Crispus C 81 2517 Aldus Sallustius Crispus C
81/2517 [Aldus]. Sallustius Crispus, C. Coniuratio Catilinae, et bellum Iugurthinum. Eiusdem nonnulla ex libris historiarum. Fragmenta eiusdem historiarum, e scriptoribus antiquis ab Aldo Manutio, Pauli F. collecta. Venice, Paulus Manutius, Aldi F., 1563, (12),128,(42 [of 44]) lvs., woodcut printer's mark on title-p., 19th cent. hvellum w. 2 gilt mor. letterpieces.

- Lacks last 2 lvs. (1 blank and 1 w. printer's mark); new endpapers; some scattered contemp. annots. (incl. on title-p.) and underlining; occas. sl. waterst. in blank margins; first part dogeared; 2 bookplates on upper endpaper.

= Renouard p.189, 15; Adams S159; Schweiger p.874.

€ (150-250) 190
81 2518 Aldus  Scriptores historiae Augustae 81 2518 Aldus Scriptores historiae Augustae
81 2518 Aldus  Scriptores historiae Augustae 81 2518 Aldus Scriptores historiae Augustae
81/2518 [Aldus]. (Scriptores historiae Augustae). Nervae & Traiani, atq: Adriani Caesarum vitae ex Dione, Georgio Merula interprete. Venice, in aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri, 1519, 2nd enl. Aldine ed., (8),422,(1) lvs., woodcut printer's mark on title-p., 17th cent. blindst. calf w. giltlettered spine.

- The colophon leaf at the end does not have the Aldine device called for by Renouard; title-p. and final few leaves trifle waterstained in outer/ inner margin; contents otherwise fine; old owner's entry on title. Lower corners worn; backstrip partly loosening; spine-ends restored.

= Renouard p.87, 8 (under Nervae & Traiani); Adams S781 (under Scriptores Historiae Augustae). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.

€ (600-800)
81 2519 Aldus  Statius  P P  81 2519 Aldus Statius P P
81 2519 Aldus  Statius  P P  81 2519 Aldus Statius P P
81/2519 [Aldus]. Statius, (P.P.). Sylvarum libri V. Achilleidos libri II. Thebaidos libri XII. Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium cum accentib. et generib. ex varijs utriusque linguae authoribus. Venice, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, 1519, 294,(2) lvs., woodcut printer's mark on title-p. and verso final leaf, 18th-cent. gilt panelled calf, spine divided in 6 compartments w. gilt suns and red mor. letterpiece.

- Bookplates on upper and lower pastedown; first and final few lvs. sl. foxed. Spine and corners (professionally) restored. Fine copy.

= Second Aldine edition, first published in 1502. Renouard p.88, 12; Adams S1672; Schweiger p.963. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.

€ (600-800)
81 2520 Aldus  Strozzi T V and E poetae pater et filius 81 2520 Aldus Strozzi T V and E poetae pater et filius
81 2520 Aldus  Strozzi T V and E poetae pater et filius 81 2520 Aldus Strozzi T V and E poetae pater et filius
81 2520 Aldus  Strozzi T V and E poetae pater et filius 81 2520 Aldus Strozzi T V and E poetae pater et filius
81/2520 [Aldus]. Strozzi, T. V. and E. poetae pater et filius. Strozii poetae pater et filius. Venice, in aedibus Aldi et Andreae Asolani soceri, 1513, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),99,(2); 152,(1) lvs woodcut printer's mark on title-p. (repeated on verso of final leaf), 19th cent. gilt hcalf.

- Title-p. several small holes and w. "Loci Capucinnorum Utini" written below vignette in pen and ink; later bibliographical annot. opposite title-p.; a few lvs sl. browned; occas sl. stained mostly in blank margin(s); final seven leaves increasingly wormholed. Binding a few worn spots.

= Renouard p.65, 10; Adams S1659. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.

€ (1.000-1.500)
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