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OCKLAND, Christopher [d. 1590?].
Anglorum Praelia ab anno Domini. 1327.usque ad annum Domini. 1558. Carmine summatim perstricta. Item. De pacatissimo Angliae statu, imperante Elizabetha, compendiosa Narratio.Haec duo Poemata.Hiis Alexandri Nevilli Kettum.
London: Ralph Newbery, assign of Henry Bynneman, 1582.
3 Parts with separate titles. 8vo. [ff. 64]; [ff. 24]incl. blank M4; pp. 8 p.l., 97, [7]. woodcut royal arms on A3v. printer's device on titles. woodcut ornaments & initials. 18th century paneled calf, rebacked (title & last leaf soiled & with small marginal tears, hole in blank M4). from the library of antiquary and book-collector Maurice Johnson [1688-1755]. few old ms. notations. One of several editions dated 1582, this one distinguished by the last line on N1v beginning 'meis'. Ockland's historical poem on the battles of England, originally published in 1558, was appointed by Queen Elizabeth and her privy council to be received and taught in every grammar and free school throughout the country "for the removing of such lascivious poets as are commonly read and taught in the said.schools" (see Ames, Typographical Antiquities). Also included here are Ockland's poem, new in 1582, on Queen Elizabeth's pacification of England, and of Alexander Neville's verse-history of Kett's Rebellion. STC 18774. NCBEL I 1131.
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PALLADIUS, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus [fl. 4th Cent. A.D.].
De Re Rustica Libri XIIII.
Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543..
8vo. pp. 186, [6]. woodcut printer's device on title. modern calf (some headlines cropped, minor marginal dampstain to a couple of leaves). The third volume (of five) in Robert Estienne's collection of the Latin writers on agriculture (Scriptores Rei Rusticae). According to Schreiber each of the five parts was originally issued separately, and it is most uncommon to find complete sets. Palladius was a specialist on agriculture and possessed estates in both Italy and Sardinia. His work, which gives detailed monthly instructions for the typical activities on an average Roman farm, was well known in the Middle Ages. Adams P111. BM STC French p. 335. Renouard p. 55, no. 2. Schreiber 70c.
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[PFINTZING, Melchior] [1481-1535].
Die geuerlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen und hochberümbten helds und Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs.
[Colophon on A8v:] Nuremberg: Johann Schönsperger, [1517].
folio. 353 x 248 mm. [ff. 290, incl. blank P5]. xylographic title. 118 large woodcuts in the text. A very nice tall copy bound in 19th century antique-style blind-stamped morocco by Clarke & Bedford, all edges gilt (some wear to edges & joints but binding solid, p6, t1 & the 8 leaves of the last gathering remargined & possibly supplied from a smaller copy, occasional light spotting, scattered tears & paper defects skilfully repaired - these are mainly marginal but in a few instances the text is slightly affected, on t4 with some letters supplied in pen facsimile, & on m8 & x5 with parts of some letters supplied in pen facsimile). mezzotint portrait (foxed) of Pfintzing inserted. the Huth-Boies Penrose copy, with leather ex-libris & bookplates. First Edition of one of the most celebrated German woodcut books of the sixteenth century. This allegorical poem of knight-errantry celebrates the heroic exploits of the Emperor Maximilian I [1459-1519] on his journey to marry Mary, duchess of Burgundy. A key to the names of the characters and an index are given on the last eight leaves; these are often wanting. After the Emperor had written several initial drafts with the assistance of Marx Treitzsauerwein, the completion and final editing of the text were entrusted to his private secretary Melchior Pfintzing, and the typographical execution to Augsburg printer Johann Schönsperger, who apparently was brought to Nuremberg for this specific purpose as it is the only one of his books with a Nuremberg imprint. Five years were spent preparing the work for printing, which was done at the Emperor's expense. Special types were designed for the book by Vincenz Röckner, court calligrapher, and cut by Hieronymus Andrae. They depart from the usual severe gothic type-faces, and are ornamented with large flourishes in imitation of the best current calligraphic styles. The one hundred and eighteen large woodcuts, among the finest in early German book illustration, were designed by some of the most notable contemporary artists: Leonhard Beck (77), Hans Schäufelein (20), Hans Burgkmair (13), Erhard Schön (3), Wolfgang Traut (2), the Master NH (1), Hans Weiditz (1: doubtful), and Jörg Breu I (1). The same cuts were used in later editions but the finest and darkest impressions are found in the first. Among them are depictions of battles and tournaments, and scenes of hunting (bears, boers, chamois, &c.). Fairfax-Murray notes that this edition is to be considered as a privately printed book, not intended for sale, with no copies passing out of the possession of Maximilian before his death in 1519. ".the whole stock of copies lay in six chests at Augsburg until March 1526, when the Archduke Ferdinand decided to distribute, through Marx Treitzsauerwein, the contents of five of the chests to different subjects as memorials of the late Emperor. The other chestful the archduke kept for himself." Adams P962. BM STC German p. 690. Brunet V 767. Fairfax Murray, German, 329. Graesse VII 106. Proctor 11180. Rosenwald 634. Updike, Printing Types, I 140.
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PLINIUS SECUNDUS [Gaius Caecilius] [PLINY THE YOUNGER] [62-113].
Epistolarum lbri X.
[Colophon on kk7r:] Venice: In Aedib. Aldi, Et Andreae Asulani Soceri, June 1518..
8vo. pp. 26 p.l., 525, [1 leaf]. Aldine anchor device on title & at end. 19th century red morocco, Aldine anchor device in gilt on covers, all edges gilt (rubbed, title lightly toned & with small paper repair in lower margin, 'x' in colophon date erased with tiny hole). probably from the Syston Park Library of Sir John Thorold. Second Aldine Edition. The letters of the consul and Governor of Biyhinia, friend of Tacitus and Suetonius, provide an interesting view of the varied interests of a cultivated Roman gentleman. "The etiquette of the imperial circle, scenes from the law-courts and the recitation-room, the reunions of dilettanti and philosophers, the busy life of the capital or of the municipal town, the recreations of the seaside and of the country - all these he brings vividly before our eyes". (Encyc. Britan., 11th Edn.) Topics range from his Tuscan villa, happy memories of Lake Como, love for his wife, Calpurnia, dreams, ghost-stories, the beauties of the Clitumnus and the floating islands of the Vadimonian lake, the eruption of Vesuvius in connection with the last days and death of Pliny the Elder, the deaths of Silius Italicus and Martial, the principles that should guide a Roman governor in Greece, the government of Bithynia, and the relations between the governor and the Emperor. "The Letters are models of graceful thought and refined expression each of them dealing with a single topic and generally ending with an epigrammatic point." (Ibid.) The whole of Book 8 was first published in its proper place by Aldus Manutius in 1508. Adams P1538. BM STC Italian p. 525. Renouard I 195.4. Dibdin (4th Edn.) II p. 330. Moss II pp. 493-94.
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SANSOVINO, Francesco [1521-1586].
Cronologia Del Mondo.Divisa In Due Libri. Nel primo de' quali s'abbraccia tutto quello, che è avenuto cosi in tempo di pace, come di guerra, dal principio del mondo, fino all'anno presente 1582. Et nel secondo, si contiene un Catalogo de Regni, & delle Signorie, che sono state, & che sono, con le discendenze, & con le cose fatte da loro di tempo in tempo per dichiaratione di molte historie.
Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1582..
4to. ff. [14], 189, [blank leaf]. woodcut printer's device on title. woodcut initials. late 18th or early 19th century calf-backed bds. (rubbed, head & foot of spine & label chipped, stain to lower outer corner throughout). Second Edition (first: 1580). Adams S343. BM STC Italian p. 607.[BOUND WITH:] LUCANUS, [Marcus Annaeus]. La Pharsale.Ou Les Guerres Civiles De César Et De Pompée En Vers François. 3 [of 5] Parts. 4to. pp. 7 p.l., 91; 4 p.l., 106; 3 p.l., 100. woodcut arms on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. (last line on title shaved: 'Avec Privilège.', some catchwords, page numbers & side-notes shaved, some light dampstaining mainly in Part III). Paris: Antoine De Sommaville, [1654-]1655. First Edition of this French verse translation by poet Guillaume de Brébeuf: Parts I-III only [of five]. Brunet III 1202. Graesse IV 275. Moss II p. 251.
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SCOTLAND. LAWS & STATUTES.
The Actis And Constitutiounis of the Realme of Scotland maid in Parliamentis haldin be the rycht excellent, hie and mychtie princeis Kingis Iames the First, Secund, thrid, Feird, Fyft, and in tyme of Marie now Quene of Scottis, viseit, correctit, and extractit furth of the registers be the Lordis depute be hir Maiesteis speciall commissioun thairto. Anno Do. 1566.
[Edinburgh: Robert Lekpreuik, 28 November, 1566.
folio. ff. [14], ii-cxxii, cxxiiii-cxlv, [1], cxlvi-clviii, [2], clix-clxviii, [2], clxix-clxxxii. lacking initial blank & blank c4. woodcut title. woodcut initials. black letter. 19th century russia, gilt centre ornaments, gilt inside dentelles (joints repaired, head & foot of spine chipped, some of first few leaves apparently supplied from another copy, title cropped & repaired at corners with part of lower outer corner supplied in facsimile, marginal repairs to other prelims, occasional light soiling, light dampstaining in second part). a few old marginal notes. First Edition, variant issue, of the earliest collection of Scottish acts and statutes, compiled by James Balfour and others, and edited by Edward Henryson. The commission to compile and publish the laws, known as the 'Black Acts', was appointed by Queen Mary largely through the advice of John Leslie, Bishop of Ross. The work, covering the period from the accession of James I in 1424, to the current reign of Mary, 1564, is an important source for the political history of the period. Also of interest here are the early printed references to the game of golf. This copy corresponds to STC 21876, which combines elements of STC 21875 and 21876A, with cancels for folios 113, 118, 132, and 145, the latter followed by an unnumbered leaf; 2 unnumbered leaves following 158 and 168; 181 replaced by 2 leaves, including the new colophon dated 28 November; and 133 cancelled and not replaced, but with the earlier state of the title-page, line 3 ending with the word 'the'. Aldis 51. STC 21876.
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SIGONIUS, Carolus [Carlo SIGNONIO] [c1542-1584].
Fasti Consulares, ac triumphi acti A Romulo Rege Usque Ad Ti. Caesarem. Eiusdem In Fastos, Et Triumphos, Id Est In Universam Romanam Historiam Commentarius.
Venice: Paulus Manutius, Aldi F, 1556..
2 Parts in 1, the chronological tables, of which the title is given, bound after the commentary. folio. ff. 16; 169 [i.e. 165; ff. 165-168 omitted in foliation], [1]. Aldine woodcut device on titles. 17th century calf, gilt back (front joint cracked, spine ends worn, covers scuffed, titles soiled & with erased ownership entries, occasional light spotting). Second and Best Aldine Edition, Greatly Enlarged, of this work by the distinguished Italian historian and antiquary, Carlo Sigonio, who was professor of Greek literature at Modena and later held the chair of eloquence at Padua. "Sigonius's reputation chiefly rests upon his publications on Greek and Roman antiquities, which may even now be consulted with advantage: Fasti consulares (1550).with commentary, from the regal period to Tiberius, the first work in which the history of Rome was set forth in chronological order, [is] based upon some fragments of old bronze tablets dug up in 1547 on the site of the old Forum." (Encyc. Britan., 11th Edn.) The first edition of 1550 and the first Aldine edition of 1555 did not include the extensive commentary but consisted of only the chronological tables. Renouard I p. 408, no. 16. Adams S1115. BM STC Italian p. 626. Brunet V 380. Graesse VI 403.
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SLEIDAN, Johann [1506?-1556].
De Statu Religionis Et Reipublicae, Carolo quinto, Caesare, Commentarii. Additus est Liber XXVI. [BOUND WITH:] .De Quatuor Summis Imperiis, Babylonico, Persico, Graeco, & Romano, Libri tres.
[Geneva]: Conrad Badius, 1559.
2 Volumes in 1. 16mo. ff. 458, [14]index; 50, [6]index. woodcut printer's device on titles. woodcut initials. ruled in red throughout. early red morocco, all edges gilt (joints rubbed, neat repair to first title, dampstain just visible at lower edge of some leaves, spotting to last gatherings of second title). bookplates of P.J.B.Despaux & William Stirling Maxwell. An appealing copy of this early edition of "the most important single source of the Reformation era" (Thompson), written by the great German humanist diplomat. Sleidan, whose real name was Johann Philippson, was appointed historian of the Reformation by the Schmalkaldic League in 1542. His monumental chronicle was first printed at Strassburg in 1555, one year before his death. Despite his Protestant convictions, Sleidan strove to achieve the utmost impartiality in his history. "It was [in fact] so impartial that it pleased no one, not even Melanchthon." (Encyc. Brit., 11th Edn.)These editions not in Adams. Thompson I, pp. 528-29.
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SLEIDAN, Johann [1506?-1556].
De Statu Religionis Et Reipublicae, Carolo quinto, Caesare, Commentarii. Additus est Liber XXVI... [BOUND WITH:] ...De Quatuor Summis Imperiis, Babylonico, Persico, Graeco, & Romano, Libri tres.
[Geneva]: Conrad Badius, 1559..
2 Volumes in 1. 16mo. ff. 458, [14]index; 50, [6]index. woodcut printer's device on titles. woodcut initials. ruled in red throughout. early red morocco, all edges gilt (joints rubbed, neat repair to first title, dampstain just visible at lower edge of some leaves, spotting to last gatherings of second title). bookplates of P.J.B.Despaux & William Stirling Maxwell. An appealing copy of this early edition of "the most important single source of the Reformation era" (Thompson), written by the great German humanist diplomat. Sleidan, whose real name was Johann Philippson, was appointed historian of the Reformation by the Schmalkaldic League in 1542. His monumental chronicle was first printed at Strassburg in 1555, one year before his death. Despite his Protestant convictions, Sleidan strove to achieve the utmost impartiality in his history. "It was [in fact] so impartial that it pleased no one, not even Melanchthon." (Encyc. Brit., 11th Edn.) These editions not in Adams. Thompson I, pp. 528-29.
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TERENTIUS AFER, Publius.
Comoediae, Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecura, Phormio.
Paris: [B. Prévost for] Jean de Roigny, 1552.
folio. pp. 2 p.l., [3]-776, [38]index & colophon. numerous large criblé & smaller foliated initials. 145 woodcuts in the text measuring approximately 2 x 3". (including some repeats). 17th century sheep, rebacked with gilt spine mounted, corners renewed (some scarring to covers, occasional stains, dampstaining to some leaves in middle gatherings). First Thierry Edition, First Issue, with colophon dated November 1551 rather than January 1552. An important recension of the six comedies of Terence by Jean Thierry, incorporating the commentaries of sixteen leading Renaissance humanists, inlduding Erasmus, Dolet, Glareanus, Melanchchton, Bembo, &c. This edition is also notable for its one hundred and forty-five theatrical woodcuts (including repetitions), depicting an actor on a medieval stage surrounded by his audience, and actors against a background of stage draperies. According to Mortimer "the text, notes, and much of the additional commentary in this edition are reprinted from Girolamo Scoto's Venice edition of 1545, and the theatrical illustrations originated in the Lyons edition of Jean Trechsel 1493." The Trechsel cuts were copied and reduced and simplified throughout a number of different editions. "It is interesting to find Prévost [here] copying.an Italian adaptation of a series which was French in origin." (idem.) BM STC French p. 416. Brunet V 714. Brun 310. Mortimer, French Sixteenth Century Books, 512.
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VAZQUEZ MENCHACA, Fernando [1512-1569].
De Successionum Creatione Progressu, Et Resolutione Tractatus.
Venice: Domenico Nicolini, 1564..
folio. ff. 2, 128; 112; 112, [22]index. text in double columns. woodcut title vignette, headpiece & initials. 19th century marbled bds. (several leaves browned). Second Edition of the first volume of the author's principal treatise in legal philosophy. Vazquez Menchaca was an outstanding Spanish legal scholar of the sixteenth century. Jose Antonio Maravall refers to him in Carlos V y el Pensamiento Político del Renacimiento (Madrid, 1960) as "el más negador de la idea imperial". Writing during the reign of Philip II of the earlier reign of Charles V, it was Vazquez Menchaca who most vigorously challenged the notion of an imperial sovereignty which transcended that of the monarchies comprising the Holy Roman Empire. Two further volumes were published, each consisting of three parts. Palau 354052. Not in Adams or BM STC Italian.
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XENOPHON.
I Fatti De i Greci.Tradotto Per Messer Lodovico Domenichi.
Venice: Gabriel Giolito De' Ferrari, 1558..
small 8vo. ff. 163. lacking final leaf with printer's device. part of title within woodcut border. woodcut printer's device on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. 19th century calf (worn & oxidized, several small holes in title affecting 2 letters, light dampstains & foxing to outer leaves). Second Edition of the Italian Translation by Lodovico Domenichi (first: 1548). Adams X40. Bongi II p. 64. BM STC Italian 738. Graesse VI 403. Hoffmann III p. 605. Schweiger I p. 344.
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