IUSTUS LIPSIUS - Opera Omnia - A gorgeous 4 volumes set , densely illustrated, contemporary bindings - 1637

08
days
15
hours
37
minutes
36
seconds
Current bid
€ 310
Reserve price not met
Volker Riepenhausen
Expert
Selected by Volker Riepenhausen

Specialist in travel literature and pre-1600 rare prints with 28 years experience.

Estimate  € 2,700 - € 4,800
BE
€310
SK
€290
SK
€270

Catawiki Buyer Protection

Your payment’s safe with us until you receive your object.View details

Trustpilot 4.4 | 145414 reviews

Rated Excellent on Trustpilot.

Justus Lipsius’s Latin *Opera Omnia* is a four-volume, profusely illustrated first edition thus, published by Ex Officina Plantiniana in 1637 and bound in contemporary blind-tooled vellum.

AI-assisted summary

Description from the seller

(PHILOSOPHY; MILITARIA; ILLUSTRATED; BINDINGS) Justus LIPSIUS (1547-1606)
Iusti Lipsi V.C. Opera omnia postremum ab ipso aucta et recensita: nunc primum copioso rerum indice illustrata. Tomus primus / quarto Antverpiae, ex officina plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1637
§ 4 volumes, folio (380x240); 16, CLX, 477, (3) pp; 542, (2) pp.; 797, (3) pp.; 624, (236) pp. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, five-ribs spine with gilt title-pieces, arabesque-style central medaillon on covers, profusely illustrated, with beautifully engraved title pages and several fascinating illustrations, (see pictures) A SPECTACULAR , WIDE- MARGINED COPY , EXQUISITELY BOUND IN 4 MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY BLINDSTAMPED VOLUMES
New edition of the collection of the Flemish humanist and classical scholar Justus Lipsius’s complete works; it is conform to the Moretus edition of 1614, that was composed by separate editions of the different works, originally printed at different times (Vander Haeghen, L406), but shows some differences and additions with respect to the 1613 edition printed in Lyon. Both the title page of the first volume and the printer’s mark of volumes two to four are by Rubens, engraved by Galleus. “Nouvelle édition des oeuvres complètes. Elle est conforme au recueil factice mis dans le commerce par les Moretus, en 1614, ... Elle diffère sensiblement de celle de Lyon, 1613, in-fol. Les différentes parties se suivent dans un autre ordre. ... (3 pieces) de la 1re partie du 1er vol. sont nouvelles, tandit que l’ancienne pièce “Iusto Lipsio inferiae Iosepho Scaligero vindiciae a Leydensibus academicis datae” fait défaut. Dans le recueil de poésies par divers auteurs, ... le poème de Phil. Rubens, pp. xxix et xxv est remanié et augmenté de 12 vers au commencement; ... les vers de Groeneweghen et de Rich. Stanihurst sont nouveaux. ... Les 4 volumes on été tirés à 1525 exemplaires, dont 200 sur papier de meilleures qualité ... (La marque typographyque) qui ... orne le titre des volumes 2 à 4 ... a été dessiné par Rubens et gravée par Corn. Galle.” (Vander Haeghen). “Le titre (1st volume), gravé en taille douce, est signé: “Pet. Paul. Rubenius invenit. Corn. Galleus Sculpsit”.” (Vander Haeghen). “Opera omnia, published in two folio volumes at Lyons by Horace Cardon in 1613. Unofficial edition published in Antwerp in 1614 in seven quarto volumes. Official edition published by Balthasar Moretus in Antwerp in 1637 in four folio volumes, the last of which contains a detailed index compiled by Franciscus Raphelengius”. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Ref: VANDER HAEGHEN Biblioteca Belgica vol XVI, L407 and vol XV for Lipsius’ biography; https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justus-lipsius/

(PHILOSOPHY; MILITARIA; ILLUSTRATED; BINDINGS) Justus LIPSIUS (1547-1606)
Iusti Lipsi V.C. Opera omnia postremum ab ipso aucta et recensita: nunc primum copioso rerum indice illustrata. Tomus primus / quarto Antverpiae, ex officina plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1637
§ 4 volumes, folio (380x240); 16, CLX, 477, (3) pp; 542, (2) pp.; 797, (3) pp.; 624, (236) pp. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, five-ribs spine with gilt title-pieces, arabesque-style central medaillon on covers, profusely illustrated, with beautifully engraved title pages and several fascinating illustrations, (see pictures) A SPECTACULAR , WIDE- MARGINED COPY , EXQUISITELY BOUND IN 4 MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY BLINDSTAMPED VOLUMES
New edition of the collection of the Flemish humanist and classical scholar Justus Lipsius’s complete works; it is conform to the Moretus edition of 1614, that was composed by separate editions of the different works, originally printed at different times (Vander Haeghen, L406), but shows some differences and additions with respect to the 1613 edition printed in Lyon. Both the title page of the first volume and the printer’s mark of volumes two to four are by Rubens, engraved by Galleus. “Nouvelle édition des oeuvres complètes. Elle est conforme au recueil factice mis dans le commerce par les Moretus, en 1614, ... Elle diffère sensiblement de celle de Lyon, 1613, in-fol. Les différentes parties se suivent dans un autre ordre. ... (3 pieces) de la 1re partie du 1er vol. sont nouvelles, tandit que l’ancienne pièce “Iusto Lipsio inferiae Iosepho Scaligero vindiciae a Leydensibus academicis datae” fait défaut. Dans le recueil de poésies par divers auteurs, ... le poème de Phil. Rubens, pp. xxix et xxv est remanié et augmenté de 12 vers au commencement; ... les vers de Groeneweghen et de Rich. Stanihurst sont nouveaux. ... Les 4 volumes on été tirés à 1525 exemplaires, dont 200 sur papier de meilleures qualité ... (La marque typographyque) qui ... orne le titre des volumes 2 à 4 ... a été dessiné par Rubens et gravée par Corn. Galle.” (Vander Haeghen). “Le titre (1st volume), gravé en taille douce, est signé: “Pet. Paul. Rubenius invenit. Corn. Galleus Sculpsit”.” (Vander Haeghen). “Opera omnia, published in two folio volumes at Lyons by Horace Cardon in 1613. Unofficial edition published in Antwerp in 1614 in seven quarto volumes. Official edition published by Balthasar Moretus in Antwerp in 1637 in four folio volumes, the last of which contains a detailed index compiled by Franciscus Raphelengius”. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Ref: VANDER HAEGHEN Biblioteca Belgica vol XVI, L407 and vol XV for Lipsius’ biography; https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justus-lipsius/

Details

Number of books
4
Subject
Fine Bindings, History, Illustrated, Military
Book title
Opera Omnia - A gorgeous 4 volumes set , densely illustrated, contemporary bindings
Author/ Illustrator
IUSTUS LIPSIUS
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1637
Height
380 mm
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Width
240 mm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Ex Officina Plantiniana
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
2830
The NetherlandsVerified
129
Objects sold
pro

Similar objects

  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​

For you in

Books

  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​
  • ​
    ​
    ​