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Bury, (R.) de. Histoire de Philippe, et d'Alexandre le Grand, Rois de Macédoine. Paris, l'auteur, d'Houry, and Debure l'aîné, 1760. 1 lf., 18, 587 pp. Large 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, back gilt (rubbed, somewhat stained, corners and spine-ends defective). (# 4881)

Quérard, La France litt. I, 574. Oettinger, Bibliogr. Biographique Univ. II, 1415. First edition of this history of the Macedonian Kings Phillip (reign 359 - 336 BC) and his son Alexander the Great (reign 336 - 323 BC), who conquered many countries and founded the large Macedonian Empire on the Balkan, in Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, Iran (Persia) and eastwards as far as northern India. The French jurist and historiographer Richard de Bury (Paris 1730 - 1794) was a prolific author. - Copy containing two versions of the pages 393 - 396, the second set is bound at the end; A few leaves slightly foxed.

Denina, C. Delle rivoluzioni d'Italia libri ventiquattro. Venezia, G. Gatti, 1779. With engraved frontispiece by F. Ricci after P. Novello in the first volume and vignette on each title. 4 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, backs gilt with labels (some corners slightly damaged, small hole in 2 sides, slightly rubbed). (# 4227)

Popular history of the wars and revolutions in Italy from antiquity until the Peace of Utrecht and the author's own time. Contains also chapters on economy, trade, law, agriculture, the cultivation of rice, producing of silk and wool, arts, religion, and a lot of political history. Carlo Denina (1731 - 1813) was an Italian historian from Piemont. At the end of the last 3 volumes are lists of subscribers. - Library stamp on every title-page from the German collector Graf Waldbott von Bassenheim.

Franco, N. Dialoghi piacevolissimi. Espurgati da Girolamo Gioannini da Capugnano Bolognese. Venetia, L. Spineda, 1606. With woodcut printer's mark on title and some nice historiated initials. Printed in italics. 8, 147, 1 (blank) lvs. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum. (# 4229)

Cf. Gamba No. 1403. Cf. Brunet II, 1377. Expurgated edition by Girolamo Gioannini. The first edition of 1539 was put on the Index. And the author was hung at the stake at Rome in 1569. Niccolo Franco (born 1505 in Benevento) was an Italian poet, whose works are written in a very critical and satirical way. The present book contains 10 dialogues on the gods from antiquity, rhetorica, philosophy, poets from antiquity, navigation, bacchanals, circus, etc. - Purchase entry dated 1635 by Gottfried Eichorn on title; slight waterstain to some leaves.

Kayser, S. (praes.) - (Froelich, E. (resp.)) Dissertatio de numis monetariorum veterum culpa vitiosis... Viennae Austriae (Vienna), Maria Theresia Voigtin vidua, 1736. With 28 engravings of coins in the text. 4 lvs., 111 pp., 4 lvs. 8vo. Modern three-quarter calf. (# 1158)

De Backer-Sommervogel IV, 952 (Kayser) and III, 1018/19 (Froelich). First edition. According to the Backer-Sommervogel the anonymous author of this dissertation was the Jesuit Erasmus Froelich (Graz 1700 - Vienna 1758), teacher at the Jesuit college at Vienna and one of the best numismaticians of his day. Sëbastien Kayser (Vienna 1702 - 1739) was a Jesuit teacher in Vienna and Graz. - Occasionally foxed.

Kirchmann, J. De funeribus Romanorum libri quatuor cum appendice. Accessit et Funus parasiticum Nicolai Rigaltii. Lugd. Batav. (Leiden), apud Hackios, 1672. With fine etched frontispiece and 4 etched folding plates by Romeyn de Hooghe. Woodcut printer's mark on both titles. Many passages in Greek. 2 parts in 1 vol. 23 lvs., 649 (wrongly numbered 641 ) pp., 22 lvs.; 24 pp. - Bound with: Kirchmann, J. In funere Pauli Merulae historiarum professoris in Academia Batavorum, & foederatarum provinciarum historiographi, oratio, in qua de vita scriptisque ejus disseritur. Lugd. Batav., ex officina Hackiana, 1672. Woodcut printer's mark on title. 4 lvs., 64 pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. (# 2668)

Ad I. Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe No. 20 (not mentioning the second part (of 24 pp.) by Rigaltius). A rich collection of inscriptions and of quotations taken from ancient authors concerning the funeral rites, burial places, etc. of antiquity and especially of the Romans. Johannes Kirchmann (Lübeck 1575-1643), a philologist, was professor of poetry in Rostock and later rector in Lübeck. - Library stamp and name on titles, a tear in text-leaf repaired. Ad II. The Leiden professor Paulus Merula was born 1558 at Dordrecht and died 1607 at Rostock.

Meibom, J.H. Maecenas, sive de C. Cilnii Maecenatis vita, moribus & rebus gestis. Accessit C. Pedonis Albinovani Maecenati scriptum epicedium, notis illustratum. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden), J. & D. Elzevier, 1653. Engraved portrait of Maecenas surrounded by laurel wreath on title and 1 small engraving of a coin in the text. 2 parts in 1 vol. 6 lvs., 186 pp.; 4 lvs., 11, 1 pp., 4 lvs. 4to. Modern half vellum. (# 1637)

Willems No. 731. First edition of this learned biography of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (65-8 B.C.), the celebrated patron of learning and letters in the time of emperor Augustus, whose friend and adviser he was. He was the protector and benefactor of Horace, Virgil and Propertius. His name lives on in the institution of Maecenas-ship. Joh. Henr. Meibom (Helmstedt 1590-Lübeck 1655), physician at Lübeck, was the author of many esteemed scholarly books. Complete with the errata-leaf, which according to Willems is lacking in most copies. - Title somewhat stained; insignificantly browned.

Montesquieu, (Ch.de). Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains, et de leur décadence. Édition stéréotype, d'après le procédé de Firmin Didot. Paris, de l'imprimerie et de la fonderie stéréotypes de P. Didot l'Aîné et de Firmin Didot, An XI (1802). 2 lvs., 258 pp., 1 lf. 12mo. Contemporary decorated boards, back with label. (# 5310)

Interesting edition from a typographical point of view, as it is printed in stereotype, a method of printing which was revived and improved by the famous printer P. Firmin Didot around 1799. Forms an independent part of the "Oeuvres". - Slightly foxed.

Pfanner, T. Diatribe, de charismatibus sive donis miraculosis antiquae ecclesiae. Francofurti (a.M.) & Gothae, Chr. Reyher for A. Boëtius, 1680. With nice engraved emblematical frontispiece. Large passages in Greek. 11 lvs., 372 pp. - Bound with: Nicolai, J. Disquisitio de substratione et pignoratione vestium, ubi locus Matth. XXI. explicatur & probatur. Gissae (Giessen), H. Müller, 1701. Words in Greek and Hebrew. 8 lvs., 127 pp. Together 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary half vellum. (# 5012)

Ad I. First edition. Deals with the various "gifts of grace" in the early Christian church, e.g. the gift of healing, the working of miracles, prophecy, visions, speaking in tongues etc. Tobias Pfanner (Augsburg 1641 - Gotha 1716), jurist and theologian, was "Hof-Rath" at Gotha. - Browned. Ad II. First edition. Deals with the garments at the time of Christ's entry into Jerusalem, their colours, shoes, etc. with interesting observations on related practices in Greek and Roman mythology. Joh. Nicolai (1665 - 1708) studied and taught a.o. at Marburg and Giessen and in 1702 became professor of archeology at Tübingen. - Browned.

Serviez, (J. Roergas de). Storia della vita delle Imperadrici Romane, e delle principesse del loro sangue ... Traduzione Italiana corretta. Venezia, L. Bassaglia, 1785 - 1787. Printer's mark on each title. 3 volumes. 4 lvs., 358, 1 pp.; 2 lvs., 348 pp.; 2 lvs., 306 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, backs richly gilt with labels (slightly rubbed), nice decorated end-papers. (# 5349)

Cf. Gay-Lemonnyer II 289. Italian translation of "Histoire de la vie et des intrigues des femmes des douze Césars". This history of the lives and amours of the Empresses and consorts to the first 12 Caesars, was first published in 1718 by the French historian Jacques Roergas de Serviez (1679 - 1727). It was reprinted very often and translated into many languages. - A few leaves slightly waterstained.

Silvestre, Israël (Nancy 1621-Paris 1691), after. Tempio del Sole. Second half of 17th century. Oblong etching, representing the Tempio del Sole and some other buildings in Rome. At bottom lettered in the plate "Tempio del Sole". 15,1 x 6,9 cm. (# 5898)

Copy in reverse after an etching by Israël Silvestre (for the original see: Faucheux No. 3.9). This original belongs to a series of 12 etchings "Antique e Moderne Vedute di Roma e Contorno", published in Paris (Nagler XVI, 409). Israël Silvestre was in Italy in 1640, 1643-1644 and again in 1653. - Trimmed to plate-mark, to the right trimmed to the border; mounted; a few brown spots.

Tableau analytique des travaux et publications de Mgr C. Chevalier camérier secret de sa Sainteté clerc national du Sacré Collège et secrétaire consistorial pour la France etc. etc. Tours, P. Bousrez, 1882. 96 pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers (small defects, little stained). (# 5116)

Besterman 591. Bibliography of 231 publications of Casimir Chevalier (born 1825 in Saché) dealing with hagiography, ecclesiastical and profane history, archeology and military archeology, art and architecture, etc. First edition. One of 500 copies printed. - Occcasionally slightly foxed. With authograph dedication by Chevalier to l'Abbé Archembault on front cover.

Vossius, G.J. Ars historica, sive de historiae, & historices naturâ, historiaeque scribendae praeceptis, commentatio. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden), J. Maire, 1623. Woodcut printer's mark on title. 4 lvs., 153 pp., 1 lf. - Bound with: Vossius, G.J. De historicis Graecis libri quatuor. Lugduni Batavorum, J. Maire, 1624. Woodcut printer's mark on title. Numerous passages in Greek. 4 lvs., 467 pp., 6 lvs. 4to. Contemporary overlapping vellum (lower spine-end slightly damaged). (# 1457)

Ad I: Breugelmans, Maire, 202. First edition. - Ad II: Breugelmans, Maire, 211: "Variant state of the 1623 (= the first) edition, the only difference being the year 1624 on the title-page". Besterman 1406. Also important as bibliography, describes the books of over 1000 authors. Two important historical works by the prominent Dutch scholar Gerardus Joh. Vossius (Heidelberg 1577 - Amsterdam 1649), professor at Leiden and rector of the Athenaeum Illustre at Amsterdam. - Occasionally a few light marginal waterstains.