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INCUNABULA BIBLE EDITION OF 1499.
LATIN BIBLE.
 Bible with glosses by Hugo of Saint-Cher. Second part of this work.
You are bidding on a rare incunable, Part 2 (of 7). Printed in Basel, from the Amerbach press for A. Koberger, dating not later than 1499. Book format: 36 cm x 24

Quantity: 1 - Bible

Inkunabel, Biblia cum postillis Hugonis de Sancto Caro. Secunda pars huius operis - 1499

An exceptional pair of authentic, hand-colored botanical woodcuts from a rare 1545 Basel edition of the landmark herbal "Primi de stirpium historia commentariorum tomi vivae imagines" by the celebrated German physician and botanist Leonhart Fuchs.

Following the massive success

Botany - Quantity: 1 - Book

Leonhart Fuchs - Primi de stirpium historia commentariorum tomi vivae imagines - 1545

The manuscript contains Basinio da Prato's Astronomicon books (or Astronomica), written around 1455. It is considered the first astronomical poem of Italian Humanism.
Features: the work describes the structure of the cosmos, the constellations and the planets, and it is enriched

Astronomy - Quantity: 1 - Hand coloured illustrations - Reference book

Basinius Parmensis - Astronomicon - 1455-2018

Complete edition of “Historiae Naturalis” by John Johnston and Matthäus Merian.
“Historiae naturalis de avibus [-de piscibus et cetis ,-de exanguibus aquaticis,-de quadrupedibus,-de insectis, -de serpentibus]” 1657.

All 6 parts in 4 volumes with 4 engraved allegorical

Nature, Natural History - Quantity: 6 - Book

Johnstonus; Merian - Historiae Naturalis - 1657

Book of Sentences Against Rebellious Families, Municipality of Florence.
The Florentine Guelph Party used this register, named after the iron nails on its binding, to record the sentences imposed on its opponents between 1268 and 1379, whether Ghibellines or White Guelphs. It is

History - Quantity: 1 - Slipcase - Book

Francesca Klein - Il libro del chiodo - 2004

1. Deutsche Auktionsbeschreibung.
Titel: Frühneuzeitliche Notariatsurkunde der Chambre des Comptes (Dole, 1581) – Offizielle Wiederaufnahme und Bestätigung von Lehen und Gerichtsbarkeiten (Reprise de fief) für Champrougier, Châtenois und Châteloy auf schwerem historischem

Quantity: 1 - Manuscript

Spanish Royal Notary under the reign of King Philip II of Spain as Count of Burgundy - Vellum Document of the Chamber of Accounts (Dole), Official Fief Recovery and Confirmation (Reprise - 1581

SUMMA CHRISTIANA or Orthodox Moral Discipline.
From Sacred Writings, the monuments of the Holy Fathers, the Oracles of the Councils, and finally the Decrees of the Pontiffs, faithfully excerpted.
Work & study of M. Boni Merbesii Mondiderini, priest of the Ambianese Diocese,

Religion, Bibles, Reference, Incunabula & early printing - Quantity: 2 - Book

B.de Merbes - SUMMA CHRISTIANA seu ORTHODOXA Morum Disciplina - 1683

Rare and elegant public notarial instrument on parchment drafted in medieval/humanist Latin, dated December 19, 1559. The document certifies a real estate sale that took place in the city of Chioggia (Clodia), at that time a fundamental part of the mainland dominions of the

Quantity: 1 - Signed by author - Manuscript

Alario Flondio - Titolo - 1559

[4], 726, [10] 

Book in good condition, modern leather binding but well crafted, inner pages slightly browned but still fresh, no gore, woodworm, or evident damp traces, back clasp with title in gold and red.

The full title is Arcana Politica, sive de Prudentia civili, Liber

Philosophy, Politics, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Girolamo Cardano - ARCANA POLITICA - 1668

Pages: 14/172/64.
ALFONSO PÉREZ DE LARA (Ildefonso Pérez de Lara).

De Anniversariis et Capellaniis, Libri Duo.

Madrid, apud viduam Ferdinandi Correa, 1622.

Legal and canonical work written in Latin by the Spanish jurist Alfonso Pérez de Lara, native of Toledo. It is a

Law - Quantity: 1 - Book

Illephonso Perez de Laratole - De anniversariis, et capellaniis - 1622

Penitential prayer book by Albrecht Glockendon for Johann II von Pfalz-Simmern – Limited Edition Facsimile, Fine Binding.
Published 2010 by Faksimile Verlag – Lucerne, in a limited edition of 980 (this copy is number 640).
Facsimile reproduction of the entire original document

Bibles - Quantity: 2 - Book

Albrecht Glockendon - The Penitential Prayer Book for Johann II von Pfalz-Simmern , Numbered Facsimile Edition - 2010

Hippocrates – Galen.
Hippocratis Coi De natura humana liber, cum duobus commentariis Galeni. Eiusdem De victus ratione salubri liber, cum Galeni commentario. Hermanno Cruserio Campensi interprete.

Paris, Simon de Colines, 1534.

Petit in-18, 111 pages. Elegant late binding of

Medicine - Quantity: 1 - Book

Hippocrate – Galien. - Hippocratis Coi De natura humana liber, cum duobus commentariis Galeni. Eiusdem De victus ratione - 1534

A collection of mathematical books from the famous Macclesfield Library, which was sold in a series of auctions at Sotheby's in the mid-2000s. Each book has the South Library bookplate and pressure stamps on the first 3 leaves.

SCHOTTUS, Andreas. Geometrica et gromatica vetusti

Mathematics - Quantity: 5 - Book

Several authors - A collection of mathematical books from the Macclesfield Library - 1623-1831

Large sheet (1 page front/back) measuring 25 x 39 cm from one of the most esteemed antiphonaries printed in Venice in the early decades of the 16th century, the Antiphonarium Romanum, Justa ordinem novi Breviarii (1523). The sheet is composed entirely of Gregorian chant

Religion - Quantity: 1 - Book

Catholic Church - Antiphonarium Romanum sheet Gregorian Chant Italian Venice book XVI century - 1523

This auction features a rare and historically significant source from the Thirty Years' War, titled Apologia Civitatis Imperialis Colmariensis, printed locally in Colmar, Alsace, in 1645. This tract serves as the official defense of the Free Imperial City, justifying its ancient

History, Regional interest, War history, Incunabula & early printing, Politics, Fine Bindings, Literature, Royalty, Religion - Quantity: 1 - Book

(Johann Balthasar Schneider?) - Apologia Civitatis Imperialis Colmariensis - 1645

Velijn / parchment - 17 x 10.5 cm 

This 16th-century leaf comes from a Latin Book of Hours that was printed in 1502 in France by Vostre. Before 1497, the hours were handwritten; this leaf comes from a book that was printed.

This is a leaf on vellum (thin animal skin) with a

Illustrated, Religion - Quantity: 1 - Book

Vostre - Leaf from a book of hours, printed on vellum - 1502

RARE EDITION.
By Urbanus Rhegius.
Medicina Animae Per D. Vrra. Regivm.
You are bidding on a very rare edition from the publishing house of Nic. Schirlentz (Wittenberg) from the year 1537. Bound in a modern half-parchment binding. Book size: 14.5 cm x 9.5 cm. First edition.


Science, Medicine - Quantity: 1 - Book

Urbanus Rhegius - Medicina Animae Per D. Vrra. Regivm - 1537

THE SAINT OF THE POOR: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF VALENCIA.
FIRST VENETIAN EDITION.
A prestigious seven-teenth-century collection of the writings of Saint Thomas of Villanova, famous Augustinian preacher and archbishop of Valencia, who went down in history for his

Sancti Thomae - Opera Omnia - 1740

1 volume, sole tome 1, 960 pages for 1920 CAPVT plus Index Locorum Sacrae Scripturae and Index Rerum.
Full leather binding, rubbed; some loss, corners bumped, headcaps worn, spine with raised bands, three red edges, in very good condition.
Format: 310 x 210 x 65 mm.
Paper per

Ione de Payva - Ioane de Payva Doctrina Sacrae Scripturae Tomus 1 Ad Virginem Deiparam - 1631

Splendid and exceptional specimen of the famous Lauretan Litanies by Francisco Xaverio Dornn, printed in Augsburg in 1771 (Editio Tertia) by Matthäus Rieger & Sons. The work is renowned in sacred art history for its imposing and magnificent iconographic apparatus, entirely etched

Francisco Xaverio Dornn - Litanie Lauretane - ex libris Marchesi de Las Cases - 1771

Engaging edition of this work by Plutarch published in Latin in the 16th century, belonging to the great tradition of ancient biographies that highlight the most famous figures in Greek and Roman history -

Philosopher, historian and Greek moralist who lived roughly between 46

Philosophy, History, Sociology - Quantity: 1 - Book

Plutarque - Plvtarchi cheronæi philosophi et historici - 1556

“C. Iulii Caesaris rerum gestarum commentarii XIV.” 1575.

A very rare and beautiful edition with 30 woodcuts, 2 of which are double-page. Also featuring numerous initials, ornamental rules, and printer’s devices on the title page and at the end.

The pages are in very good and

History, Military, Cartography, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

C. Iulii Caesaris - Rerum gestarum commentarii XIV - 1575

DESCRIPTION: I am offering at auction an absolutely colossal piece of the Baroque bibliographic heritage and classical patristics: the Complete Works of Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria, published in two large-folio volumes in 1686. These books contain

Religion - Quantity: 2 - Tipped in plates - Book

[DEMONOLOGY, PAGANISM, EXORCISMUS] Athanasius - Athanasii Archiepiscopi Opera - 1686

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