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The Hague: [Amsterdam, Allart and Co. for] C. Mensing et al., 1807. Contemporary calf-backed and tipped speckled boards (rubbed, joints of Vol. II split at the crown), flat spines covered in blooms and foliage, gilt red and yellow morocco labels. INTERLEAVED. The private numismatic library and spectacular coin and medal collection of the first Dutch antiquarian bookseller. THIS SET NEATLY RECORDS EVERY PRICE AND BUYER IN MANUSCRIPT ON THE INTERLEAVED BLANKS. Damme vocationally devoted himself exclusively to old books and manuscripts. He organized auctions and counted Thomas Jefferson a customer. Over fifty years, Damme amassed more than 5700 gold, silver and bronze ancient and modern coins and medals and assembled a superb supporting library on numismatics, archaeology, antiquities and collecting. The book entries often cite bibliographies and note provenance and annotation. The coins and medals are ranked from "R" for rare to "RRRR" for unica. The present manuscript annotations allow a…
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Catalogue De La Bibliothéque Et Du Cabinet De Médailles
by Damme, Pieter van
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La Poetica
by Daniello, Bernardino
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Venice: G.A. Nicolini da Sabbio, 1536. CONTEMPORARY PURPLE VELLUM OVER THIN FLEXIBLE BOARDS with overlapping fore-edges, flat spine with later manuscript title and remnants of a paper label (color faded), all edges gilt and gauffered, double headbands in red and gray silk, evidence of four green linen ties. With: Partenio, Bernardino. Della Imitatione Poetica. Venice, G. Giolito de' Ferrari 1560. 4to. [xvi], 248, [3]p. Ad I-II: First Editions of two influential contributions to the 16th-century debate on the literary language of Italy. Ad I: One of the first modern Italian treatises on poetry, this dialog is set in the villa of Trifone Gabriel, the friend and collaborator of Bembo. Daniello converses with Gabriel's nephews on the nature of poetry and its role in society, draws heavily on Petrarch and declares the poet must both teach and delight through word choice, syntax, rhetoric and prosody. ¶Gamba, Serie dei testi di lingua…
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De spiritualibus ascensionibus
by Gerardus de Zutphania
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[Deventer]: [Richard Pafraet], 1483. Contemporary diapered dark calf over cambered wooden boards (worn, minor defects), evidence of clasp and catch. The 14th-century front vellum endleaf (Flanders or northern France) has fourteen lines of prayers to the Virgin Mary on one side: the other was scraped clean prior to binding. First Edition. This text was printed only in small format. In Devotio Moderna communities, men and women lived together in complete equality, refused formal vows and followed monastic patterns in their daily lives (silence, obedience, fraternal correction and canonical hours). This manual guides the pious through meditation and practical activity, including THE COPYING OF BOOKS (chap. 67). In the 16th century, both Catholics and Protestants drew on Gerardus. Spiritual advice by mystic David of Augsburg (d. 1272) concludes the work. Pafraet was the first printer in Deventer, a center of the movement and for a while the author's home. A good copy (a few pages dusty), a few…
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Archithrenius
by Johannes de Hauvilla
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Paris: J. Bade van Assche (Badius Ascensius), 1517. Mid-18th-century gilt-ruled tan calf (slightly stained, three small worm holes), flat spine gilt à la grotesque, gilt-lettered red morocco, red silk marker. Editio Princeps, a very early example of medieval allegorical poetry. On the verge of adulthood, Archithrenius tours the vices and follies of man, e.g., the Palace of Ambition, the Hill of Presumption, the battlefield of Largesse and Avarice.... In the House of Venus, every detail of the female body is described. In the Land of Gluttony, he finds abusers of wine and food and learns banquet settings and cooking techniques. "Of great interest to the social historian" (Lewis), his late 12th-century sojourn with students at Paris realistically paints the squalor, hunger and desperation of young scholars at the nascent university. He finally turns to Nature, who introduces him to his beautiful bride, Moderation. BADE EDITED THE TEXT from three…
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Geographica quædam, Sive De Vita Graeciae. Eiusdem Descriptio Græcæ
by Dicaearchus
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[Geneva: H. II Estienne], 1589. 18th-century gilt-paneled sprinkled calf (worn), spine and label gilt, edges sprinkled blue and green. EDITIO PRINCEPS of the political and geographical literary fragments of this influential but now obscure pupil of Aristotle, edited and commented on by Estienne. Dicaearchus' most famous work was The Life of Greece, surviving now only in quotations in other works. The Description of Greece is spurious. Estienne's own dialog on the customs of the ancient Athenians completes the volume. In good condition (slightly browned), Macclesfield blind stamps and bookplate. ¶Renouard, Annales...des Estienne 153,3; Cioranesco 9673
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Loose Fantasies
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[England], 1665. Contemporary blind-paneled English reversed calf (top and base of the front hinge cracked), narrow foliage roll decoration at the base of spine, edges sprinkled red and brown. A NEW THING IN THE WRITING OF NARRATIVE ENGLISH" - Bligh. "A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH PROSE IN A SEMINAL STAGE OF ITS DEVELOPMENT" - Gabrieli. HITHERTO UNKNOWN TO SCHOLARS, THIS IS THE SECOND EXTANT COPY of the diplomat, scientist, sea captain and bibliophile's autobiographical romance. Son of an executed regicide, suspect for his Catholic faith and secretly wed to a woman of sullied reputation, Digby sought to dramatically advance his career and fortune in 1627-28 through piracy in the eastern Mediterranean. He commanded two armed vessels and some three hundred crew. Disease reduced the latter by nearly half as they coasted North Africa, the Adriatic and Greece in search of prizes. His famous assault on the Ottoman port of Iskenderun yielded only booty seized…
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Traittez Sur La Priere Publique
by Duguet, Jacques-Joseph
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Paris: [J. Quillau for] J. Estienne, 1707. VOLUME ONE in contemporary RICHLY GILT RED MOROCCO WITH GILT GREEN MOROCCO DOUBLURES. VOLUME TWO in identically tooled GILT GREEN MOROCCO WITH GILT RED MOROCCO DOUBLURES. Repetitions of a crossed feather tool, a foliage spray and a pointillé tulip make up the wide outer frame of the four exterior panels (slight loss to a small portion of gilt). A gilt foliage frame decorates the four morocco pastedowns (two green, two red), spines gilt and lettered, all edges gilt over marbling, blue silk marker in Vol. I, green silk marker in Vol. II. Apparently uncontroversial work (at least to modern eyes), this had at least nine printings during its first two years in circulation. In the Avis facing the title-page, the exclusive holder of the royal privilege, Jacques Estienne, complains of rampant piracy and of "copies très défectueuses". A highly visible theologian with a wide following, Duguet originally joined the Oratorians but withdrew from the order, when he…
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Principes Abrégés De Peinture
by Dutens, Michel François
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Tours: A. Vauquer, 1779. Contemporary gilt-ruled green morocco (slightly worn), flat spine gilt, saffron endleaves, all edges gilt, blue silk marker. First Edition, for those wishing to take up painting on their annual country holiday, an articulated mannequin and prints to hand. A goldsmith and painting restorer, Dutens lays out the basics of human anatomy, osteology and myology. He discusses drawing children, adults, clothing, landscapes, perspective and light and shadow, the placement and arrangement of figures, facial expression, miniatures on vellum and ivory, pastels on paper, oil on canvas and devotes a long section to color and color harmony. He describes the preparation and application of ground, the layering of paint and, briefly, intaglio color printing. In good condition. ¶Massing, "Painting Materials and Techniques" in Die Kunst und ihre Erhaltung, Rolf E. Straub zum 70. Geburstag gewidmet (1990) 52; not in Faber Birren.
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