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Andreucci, G.A. Pratica di confessare, ed obbligazione d'istruire il popolo nell cose della Santa Fede. Diretta principalmente a parochi, e confessori delle ville. Venezia, G. Corona, 1737. 6 lvs., 180 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half vellum, sides covered with decorated paper (very slightly rubbed). (# 5282)

De Backer-Sommervogel I, 358 No. 22. First edition. The Italian Jesuit Andrea Girolamo Andreucci (Viterbo 1684 - Rome 1771), was the author of many theological and philosophical works. The last leaf contains a list of other books of Andreucci printed by the same printer. - Charming binding.

Basan, Pierre François (Paris 1723 - Paris 1797). Les muletiers des Alpes. Both pinxit, F. Basan excudit. Paris, chés (sic) Basan graveur, (no date, ca. 1770). Fine large etching by Basan after Jan Dirksz Both, showing a landscape in the Italian Alps, a river meandering through the mountains, ships, a village, large trees and muleteers with their mules in front. Large oblong folio. 26,6 x 39 cm. (# 5800)

Le Blanc, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, 191 No. 441. Fine print from the rich collections of Pierre François Basan (Paris 1723 - Paris 1797), engraver, etcher and especially publisher of prints. Jan Dirksz Both (Utrecht 1615/18 - Utrecht 1652), was a famous Dutch painter and etcher, who stayed several years in Rome and focused on pictures of Italian landscapes after his return ca. 1642 to the Dutch Republic. - Mounted, with margins; collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Bellarmino, (R.) Risposta a due libretti, una de'quali s'intitola: Risposta ... ad una lettera ... sopra il breve di censure dalla Santità di Paolo V, publicate contra li signori Venetiani. Et l'altro: Trattato, et resolutione sopra la validità delle scommuniche di Gio. Gersone ... tradotto dalla lingua Latina nella volgare ... Roma, G. Facciotto, 1606. Papal arms on title. 118 pp. 8vo. 20th century boards. (# 4942)

De Backer-Sommervogel I, 1208 No. 22. First collected edition of both works (both were published seperately by the same printer in the same year). The first work is a defence by Bellarmino of Pope Paul V in his conflict with Venice, whose government had promulgated two laws (1604 and 1605) which forbade the erection of religious buildings without the consent of the Senate and the donation or sale of secular property to the Church. The Pope excommunicated the Senate and put the city under the interdict. The second work is a refutation of a tract directed against J. Gerson about the validity of excommunication. Bellarmino was an admiror of the mystic teaching of Gerson. St. Robert Bellarmino (1542 - 1621), Jesuit, professor of theology at Louvain and Rome, cardinal and archbishop of Capua, was one of the greatest figures in the Roman Catholic Church in the latter years of the Counter-Reformation. His life was largely devoted to scholarship and controversy. - Stamp on title and ownership entry of the Monastery of Weingarten, dated 1674.

(Berti, G.L.) pseud. Guidone Zoccolante. Lettera a Frate Zaccaria Gesuito nella quale si dimostra chi sieno que' religiosi, che debbonsi chiamar Frati. Cosmopoli (Massa), all' Insegna della Stella (Reggente Pappalardo), 1751. 77, 1 pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, back with label. (# 4987)

Melzi I, 478 col. II. Reusch, Index II, 838. Cf. De Backer-Sommervogel VIII 1392 (variant edition with 68 pp.). Not in Willaert. Very rare, placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. An attack on Fr. Ant. Zaccaria, well-known Italian Jesuit scholar, after the publication of his work "Storia Letteraria d'Italia" (1750), in which he accused Giov. Lorenzo Berti of Jansenism. Although Giov. Lorenzo Berti from Seravezza (1696 - 1766) denied to have written the present answer, the work is generally attributed to him. Berti, an Augustine friar, was professor in Pisa and the author of several other books, which are mentioned in Willaert.

Bona, J. De missae sacrificio tractatus asceticus... Cui accessit testamentum ejusdem auctoris. Romae, J.M. Salvioni, Typograph. Vaticanum, 1741. With engraved frontispiece by M. Limpach after G.D. Campiglia and one plate depicting the Last Supper. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12, 272 pp., 1 lf.; 63 pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf (rubbed). (# 4619)

Cf. Hurter IV, 311. Giovanni Bona (Mondovi in Piemont 1609 - Rome 1674), belonged to the Cistercian Order, was a cardinal and a distinguised author of liturgical and ascetical works. - Occasionally slightly foxed.

Centorio (degli Hortensii), A. Discorsi di guerra, divisi in cinque libri. (Parts I-III) Nel primo si contiene l'officio d'un generale d'essercito; nel secondo, l'ordine del medesimo per espugnare una provincia; nel terzo, si tratta della qualità del mastro di campo. Vinegia (Venice), G. Giolito de' Ferrari, 1568. Large woodcut printer's mark on the 3 titles and a different one at the end of part II and III. Some nice ornamental initials and head-pieces. 3 (of 5) parts in 1 volume. 6 lvs., 24 pp.; 8 lvs., 58 pp., 1 lf.; 8 lvs., 62 pp., 1 lf. 4to. Modern boards. (# 4874)

STC of Italian Books 165 (only part I-III). Edit 16 on-line No. 10797. Cf. Bongi, Giolito II, 226. Cf. Riccardi I, 339. Cf. Cockle No. 524. The first edition of this military work appeared 1558-1562 in 5 discourses at the same printer, of which the first three discourses are here in a later edition; the fourth and fifth discourse were not reprinted again. So to complete our edition, sometimes part IV and V from 1559 and 1562 respectively were used. This is the reason that it is difficult to find the 5 discourses complete (See: Brunet I, 1738). The Italian poet and historian Ascanio Centorio degli Hortensii, a native of Rome, lived in the middle of the 16th century and pursued a military career in different countries. - Old handwritten ownership entry on first title; lower margin of second title cropped with loss of date; slightly browned.

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.

Fisher, Edward (Dublin 1730 - London ca. 1785). St. Matthew. Done from an original picture in the collection of Mr. Hone. Spagneletto pinx. E. Fisher fecit. London, Laurie & Whittle, 12. May 1794. Beautiful mezzotint engraving by Edward Fisher after Giuseppe Ribera, nicknamed il Spagnoletto, with plate-number 36; showing the bust of St.Matthew with white hair and beard, reading a book. ca. 33 x 23 cm. (# 5798)

Nagler V, 22 and XIV, 394. Thieme-Becker XII, 54 and XXVIII, 233. Edward Fisher (Dublin 1730 - London ca. 1785) was a brilliant Irish engraver of mezzotints. Giuseppe (Jusepe, José) de Ribera (Játiba ca. 1588-1590 - Naples ca. 1652-1656), with nick name "Lo Spagnoletto", little Spaniard, was a famous Spanish baroque painter, who worked in Naples. - Very lightly foxed, with ample margins; with collector's stamp on verso of the "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Florus, L. Julius. Rerum a Romanis gestarum libri IIII. A Ioanne Stadio emendati, et argumentis ad singula capita auctiores redditi. (Geneva, J. Chouet for) Lyon, F. Faber, 1594. Woodcut vignettes on titles. 2 parts in 1 vol. 182 pp., 9 (last blank) lvs.; 262 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. (# 1502)

Chaix, Dufour, Moeckli 141. Baudrier V, 508 (has only the first part). Not in the STC of French Books. Not in Adams. The esteemed commentary is by Joh. Stade (Loenhout in Brabant 1527-Paris 1579), who was professor of history and mathematics at Louvain, a pupil of Gemma Frisius, later on well-known as an excellent mathematician and astronomer at the Collège de France in Paris. The author Julius Florus is generally held to be identical with Publius Annaeus Florus. This work is in fact a compendium of Livy's Roman History. - Ownership entry dated 1643 on title and a few marginal annotations in the same handwriting; small tear in title.

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.

Galesinus, P. Il perfetto dittionario overo tesoro della lingua volgarlatina ... Con il Dittionario Latino, accomodato alle voci volgari, di M. Cesare Calderino... Accresciuto, et ampliato ... da Gio. Francesco Besozzo. Ricorretto, & arricchito delle Osservationi della Lingua Volgare di D. Andrea Salici, e dell' Ortografia d'Aldo Manutio: con un' Opuscoletto intitolato Mercurius Bilinguis. Venetia, (G.B.) Cestari, 1665. Woodcut printer's mark on each title. 4 parts in 1 volume. Pp. 1-476; pp. 477-704; 96 pp., 47, 1 pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum (a few light stains, lower spine-end very slightly damaged). (# 5054)

Collective volume of 2 important dictionaries and 2 other linguistic works on the Italian language. Each work has a separate title-page. Salici's work has the date 1664; The Mercurius Bilinguis, composed by W. Bates of Ireland, is also dated 1664; it contains a number of proverbs and has on the last page an"Alphabetum Graecum", surrounded by a typographical border. Calderinus' work is dated 1665. - The parts are bound in a wrong order. Occasionally slightly browned. Handwritten ownership entry on title of Salici; inside front-cover ownership entry: "ex libris Philippi Hermann".

Garzoni, T. La sinagoga de gl'ignoranti. Nuovamente ristampata, & con somma diligenza da molti errori espurgata. Venetia, G. Valentini & G.A. Giuliani, 1617. Woodcut printer's mark on title. 4 lvs., 80 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum. (# 4928)

Rare third separate edition of a most interesting booklet in which ignorance is examined, its kinds, properties and causes. It is further investigated what professions are practised by the ignorant and what is their function in society. Thomas Garzoni (1549 - 1589), Italian jurisconsult, was the author of a number of satirical works. - Blank corner of last two leaves repaired.

Gavanti, B. Thesaurus sacrorum rituum, seu commentaria in rubricas Missalis et Breviarii Romani ... In quibus origo cujusque ritus, causae historicae vel mysticae ... explicantur. Editio novissima recognita ... Accessit calendarium reformatum juxta decreta S. Rit. Congreg... Coloniae Agrippinae (Cologne), Fr. Metternich, 1734. First title printed in red and black, half-page engraving in the text showing an altar. 2 parts in 1 volume. 11 lvs., 287, 1 pp., 6 lvs.; 4 lvs., 258 pp., 11 lvs. Bound with: Gavanti, B. Enchiridion, seu manuale episcoporum, pro decretis in visitatione & synodo, de quacunque re condendis ... In qua Decreta Concilii Tridentini, bullarii pontificii ... Coloniae Agrippinae (Cologne), Fr. Metternich, 1733. 2 parts in 1 volume. 3 lvs., 236 pp.; 1 lf., 94 pp. Together 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. 19th century half calf, back with label (slightly rubbed). (# 4957)

Ad I: Good edition of the chief work of Bartolommeo Gavanti (Monza 1569 - Milan 1638), Barnabite liturgical scholar, who took an active part in the reform of the Breviary and Missal. In the present work he brings together much historical information on the origin and mystical significance of western liturgical practice. - Title stained and mounted; slightly browned. Ad II: With a section "Libri prohibiti" and "librorum editio". - Blank margins of last leaf repaired; small wormhole in a few leaves, touching a few letters; slightly browned.

Gelli, G.B. Capricci del bottaio ... Nuovamente corrretta, & tolto via tutto quello, che poteva offendere il bell'animo del pio lettore dal Rev. Padre Maestro Livio Legge, theolo-deputato dell'ordine di S. Agostino. Venetia, M. degli Alberti, alla Libraria della Speranza, 1605. Woodcut device on title, some nice initials. 8, 99 lvs. 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 4990)

Gamba No. 490, note. Brunet II, 1520. Curious expurgated version of this wellknown moral-philosophical work, by the Italian Giambattista Gelli (Florence 1498 - 1563). The difficult material is well worded in lively Italian. Written in the form of a dialogue between the Florentine artisan Grusto and his soul, related by Grusto's nephew Bindo, who spends the night in an adjacent room. - Neat repair to title, with loss of some letters and small piece cut out from title, to remove former owner's name. Otherwise a good copy.

Giorgi, I. Storia esterna del codice Vaticano del Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum. Roma, R. Società Romana di Storia Patria, 1889. 53 pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers (some minor defects). (# 5122)

"Estratto dall'Archivio della R.Società Romana di Storia Patria - Vol. XI.

Graveson, Ign. Hiacynthe Amat de. Tractatus de scriptura sacra, in quo ex ipsius revelatione, inspiratione, & antiquitate evincitur contra ethnicos Jesum Christum esse verum Messiam, et omnium librorum cum Veteris, tum Novi Testamenti, quos sacro canoni accensuit Concilium Tridentinum ... Venetiis (Venice), J.B. Recurti, 1728. 24, 247 pp. 4to. Contemporary vellum. (# 4841)

Cf. Hurter IV, 1188 (later edition). The French Ignace Hyacinthe Amat de Graveson (Graveson near Avignon 1670 - Arles 1733), member of the Dominican Order and an ardent follower of St. Thomas Aquinas, was professor of theology in Arles, Grenobles, Lyon and Rome and the author of several theological books. This work was first printed in 1715. - Slightly browned.

Gregorius I Magnus, Pope. In septem psalmos penitentiales explanatio admodum utilis. Paris, J. Petit, (ca. 1511). Woodcut printer's mark on title, initial white on black ground in the dotted manner, printed in larger and smaller Gothic type. 76 lvs. 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 4367)

Moreau-Renouard II, No. 100 (the copy in the Bibl. Nat. Paris is incomplete). Adams G-1178. Nice postincunable edition of this famous exposition of the Seven Penitential Psalms ascribed to Pope Gregory I the Great, who was Pope from 590. One of the greatest successes of his Pontificate was the conversion of England. He was a very fertile author and an ardent promoter of Benedictine monasticism. According to Moreau-Renouard printed with type of J. Barbier.

Groto, L. Le orationi volgari, et Latine da lui medesimo recitate in diversi tempi, in diversi luoghi, e in diverse occasioni parte stampate, e ristampate altre volte ad una, ad una, e parte non mai piu venute in luce. Trevigi (Treviso), A. Reghettini, 1609. Engraved printer's mark on title, engraved portrait of the author in the text, some nice ornamental initials. 14, 157 lvs. 4to. 18th century vellum, back with label. (# 4878)

Not in the STC of Italian Books. Collection of 24 orations in Italian and one, the last, in Latin, held between 1556 and 1584 by Luigi Groto (Adria 1541 - 1585) 'il cieco d'Adria'. Although he became blind when he was 8 years old, he developed an unique talent for delivering orations on important public and solemn occasions, which are contained in this volume, e.g. at the entry of the Queen of Poland into Venice 1556 and at the entry of the French King Henry III into Venice in 1574; the installation of several doges of Venice: Lor. Prioli, Gior. Prioli, Pietro Loredano, Luigi Mocenigo, Seb. Veniero and others; the baptism of Rosa Levi, a Jewish girl who had converted to Christianity, etc. The first edition of this popular collection came out in 1586, but our edition contains a dedicatory letter at the beginning by the physician Barth. Burchelatus dated 1609 and at the end of the 21st oration a 4-line neolatin poem by the same, dated 1608. Groto was also the author of some plays. - Old repairs to blank part of title; occasionally some stains; upper margin cut close.

Groto, L. Le orationi volgari. Da lui medesimo recitate in diversi tempi, in diversi luoghi, e in diverse occasioni, parte stampate, e ristampate altre volte ad una ad una, e parte non mai piu venute in luce. Venetia (at the end: Treviso), G. Zoppini & Fratelli, 1602. Engraved printer's mark on title, engraved portrait of the author in the text, some nice ornamental woodcut initials and typographical tail-pieces. 14, 152 lvs. 4to. Modern half vellum, made from an early manuscript. (# 4911)

Collection of 24 orations in Italian and one, the last, in Latin, held between 1556 and 1584 by Luigi Groto (Adria 1541 - 1585) 'il cieco d'Adria'. Although he became blind when he was 8 years old, he developed an unique talent for delivering orations on important public and solemn occasions, which are contained in this volume, e.g. at the entry of the Queen of Poland into Venice 1556 and at the entry of the French King Henry III into Venice in 1574; the installation of several doges of Venice: Lor. Prioli, Gior. Prioli, Pietro Loredano, Luigi Mocenigo, Seb. Veniero and others; the baptism of Rosa Levi, a Jewish girl who had converted to Christianity, etc. The first edition of this popular collection came out in 1586. Groto was also the author of some plays. - Occasionally somewhat browned, a light marginal waterstain to a few leaves; some contemporary underlinings.

Guise, H. de Lorraine, duc de. Mémoires. Amsterdam, Th. Lombrail, 1703. With engraved portrait of the author in both parts. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4 lvs., 420 pp.; 261 pp. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum. (# 3656)

Bourgeois-André No. 785. Brunet II, 1827. The memoirs of Henry, the 5th duke of Guise (1614 - 1664), who twice attempted to seize the crown of Naples. At the beginning 4 pp. 'Catalogue des livres que se trouvent chez Thom. Lombrail'.

Isocrates. Tutte le orationi... tradotte in lingua Italiana da M. Pietro Carrario. Venetia, M. Tramezino, 1555. Woodcut printer's mark (a reading sibyl) on title. Printed in italics. 8 (last 2 blank), 244 lvs. 8vo. Early 17th century vellum with red label (minor stain on front cover). (# 1517)

Hoffmann II, 634. Edit 16 on-line No. 35248. First edition of the first complete Italian translation of the orations of Isocrates (436 - 338 BC). Pietro Carriero was doctor of law at Padua and a good classical scholar. At the beginning are some biographies of Isocrates by various authors and an interesting privilege to the printer issued by Pope Julius III. - On title old handwritten ownership entry 'Di Pultio Sbarra'; a few lvs. insignificantly foxed.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminées a l'Italienne nouvellement inventees (sic.) par I. le Pautre. Norimberg (Nürnberg), Jacques Sandrart, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1700). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces, with scales of measurements, etched by Susanna Maria von Sandrart. ca. 21,7 x 14,5 cm on leaves of ca. 29,5 x 19,5 cm. (# 4410)

Hollstein, German, XLI, 216 - 221. Not in Fuhring. Rare first German edition, with series number N. 15, copies in reverse of the French series 'Cheminées a l'Italienne' (first edition: Paris, ca. 1658 - 1670). Cf. for the original French series: Fuhring Nos. 9346 - 9351. The female etcher Susanna Maria von Sandrart (Nürnberg 1658 - 1716), was the sister of the print publisher and art dealer Johann Jakob (Jacques) Sandrart (Frankfurt a.M. 1630 - Nürnberg 1708); both children of Johann Jacob von Sandrart. Beautiful baroque designs for elaborate chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italians. The original French series was invented by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Contains a chimney-piece flanked by large foliage consoles with garlands of fruit and crowned with a portrait medallion of an emperor supported by a putto and set between two sphinxes; chimney-piece crowned with a statue of Victory with an armorial trophy on either side, the hearth-plate is supported by two atlantes; chimney-piece, the overmantel is decorated with the Abduction of Proserpina in a medallion, with a putto seated on a lion on either side; chimney-piece surmounted by the bust of a woman being crowned by two cupids; chimney-piece set between two fluted Corinthian pilasters, above which is a niche with a vase; chimney-piece with a chimney-hood closed off by two shuttters, crowned with the bust of an emperor. - Slightly foxed, light marginal waterstains, wormhole in blank margin of 4 leaves.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminées a l'Italienne nouvellement inventées et et (sic) gravées par I. Le Pautre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of very beautiful etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,8 x 14,8 cm on leaves of ca. 29 x 18,5 cm. (# 4420)

Fuhring Nos. 9346 - 9351. I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1476 - 1481. Destailleur (1863), 93. BAL, 2, No. 1839. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 50 (only 2nd edition). First edition of this very beautiful series of elaborate baroque designs for chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italians, invented and etched by the famous architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Contains a chimney-piece flanked by large foliage consoles with garlands of fruit and crowned with a portrait medallion of an emperor supported by a putto and set between two sphinxes; chimney-piece crowned with a statue of Victory with an armorial trophy on either side, the hearth-plate is supported by two atlantes; chimney-piece, the overmantel is decorated with the Abduction of Proserpina in a medallion, with a putto seated on a lion on either side; chimney-piece surmounted by the bust of a woman being crowned by two cupids; chimney-piece set between two fluted Corinthian pilasters, above which is a niche with a vase; chimney-piece with a chimney-hood closed off by two shutters, crowned with the bust of an emperor. - Tiny erasure to plate 4, otherwise well preserved; bright impressions with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminees a l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventéés et gravées par I. le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I), Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces; five of the plates WITH A VARIANT DESIGN FOR THE RIGHT HALF. ca. 21,4 x 14,2 cm on leaves of ca. 30,7 x 20,5 cm. (# 4435)

Fuhring No. 9352 (only one plate). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1482 - 1487. First edition of a fine series of elaborate baroque designs for chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italiens. Among the incorporated statues is interalia one depicting Minerva. The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Le Pautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - The plates display the original string holes in the blank left border. Printing date erroneously altered by hand in 1677. Slightly foxed, lower blank margins slightly thumbed, ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Lambris a la Romaine inventez par I. Le Pautre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, 1661. Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing wall decorations in the manner of the Romans, with scale of measurements in French feet. The first three plates vertical format ca. 22,5 x 15,5 cm on leaves of ca. 30,5 x 20,5 cm. The last three plates horizontal format ca. 15 x 22 cm on leaves of ca. 17,6 x 25 cm. (# 4436)

Fuhring Nos. 8810 - 8815. I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1783 - 1788. Third edition of these very elaborate and beautiful baroque designs for panelling inspired by the classical Roman style. These wall coverings were intended as decoration of walls of rooms, galleries, and other formal interiors. Incorporated in the wall decorations are a statue of Victory, a painting of Aeneas carrying Anchises on his back, a door of a gallery above which is a figure of Victory seated on an armorial trophy, a statue of Apollo as a hunter, a bust of an emperor, an open door with a view of various people, one of whom is sweeping up. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Lower blank margins slightly thumbed. A nice set.

Lepautre, Jean. Nouveaux dessins d'autèles a la Romaine. Inventez et gravez par Jean Le Potre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of magnificent etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing altar designs in the manner of the Romans. ca. 22,3 x 15,2 cm on leaves of ca. 31,5 x 20,8 cm. (# 4433)

Fuhring Nos. 9511 - 9513 (only 3 plates). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2021 - 2026. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 71 (only third edition). First edition of this beautiful baroque suite of very elaborate architectural designs in Roman style, for altars, which are adorned with pillars, statues, vases, paintings, 2 of them with ground-plan. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Lower margins very lightly thumbed; the plates display original string holes in the upper margin; a nice set with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Nouveaux dessins d'autèles a la Romaine. Inventez et gravez par Jean Le Potre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of magnificent etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing altar designs in the manner of the Romans. ca. 22,3 x 15,2 cm on leaves of ca. 27,3 x 19,1 cm. (# 4440)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2021 - 2026. Fuhring Nos. 9511 - 9513 (only 3 plates). Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 71 (only third edition). First edition of this beautiful baroque suite of very elaborate architectural designs in Roman style, for altars, which are adorned with pillars, statues, vases, paintings, 2 of them with ground-plan. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Waterstain to lower half of plates, two plates sticking together; thumbed and foxed.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 20,4 x 29 cm. (Stitching loose). (# 4409)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Blank corner of one plate torn off, else well preserved, with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 19,8 x 29,5 cm. (# 4416)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Title slightly thumbed, but well preserved, with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 20,7 x 30,7 cm. (# 4417)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Very lightly browned, tiny tear in blank margin of one leaf, tiny ink-spots in blank margin of 2 leaves. A very good set with very large margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,8 à 23,2 cm x 14,9 à 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 27,4 x 19,4 cm. (# 4414)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. First edition, before numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Title browned, slightly foxed. The plates display the original string holes in the left margin.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1680). Complete series of fine etched title and five plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner. ca. 21,8 à 23,2 cm x 14,9 à 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 25,3 x 18,6 cm. (# 4412)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. Second edition, with plate numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Very slightly foxed.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1680). Complete series of fine etched title and five plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner. ca. 22,1 à 23,5 cm x 15,3 à 14,8 cm. (# 4411)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. Second edition, with plate numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Very slightly foxed. Tiny margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à Italienne inventés par J. le Pautre. (No place, no publisher, no date). Complete series of very fine engraved title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 23,3 x 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 30,5 x 19,4 cm. (# 4470)

Not in Fuhring, I.F.F., or any of the other usual bibliographies (kind information of Dr Peter Fuhring). Unrecorded edition. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). In the original series five of the plates are divided into a left-hand and right-hand side, showing variants of the proposed façades. In the present series the façades are symmetric, so left-hand and right-hand side are the same. Also different from the original series is the fact that in our series all the façades are placed against a sky. For the original series compare I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120, 2122 - 2125. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two stories, adorned with statues, balustrades, 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Ownership entry on title "Joannij Veit Soc. Jesu". Thieme-Becker XXXIV, 181 mentions the Jesuit Johann Veit (Ellwangen 1663 - München 1732), who worked in Eichstätt, as the designer and maker of the pulpit and confessional chairs in the Jesuit Church in Eichstätt, and the prie-chairs in Neuburg. Mainly marginal waterstain to 4 plates, slightly browned and thumbed.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise a Italienne nouvellement invente par Jean le Pautre. (No place, no publisher, no date). Complete series of very fine etched title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,5 x 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 29,3 x 18,4 cm. (# 4471)

Not in Fuhring, I.F.F., or any of the other usual bibliographies (kind information of Dr Peter Fuhring). Unrecorded edition. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). In the original series five of the plates are divided into a left-hand and right-hand side, showing variants of the proposed façades. In the present series the façades are symmetric, so left-hand and right-hand side are the same. Also different from the original series is the fact that in our series NONE of the façades is placed against a sky. For the original series compare I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2121, 2124 - 2125. Beautiful baroque designs for church façades in two stories, adorned with statues, balustrades, 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Stain in blank margin of 2 leaves, lightly browned; nice set with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventes par Jean le Pautre. Amsterdam, C(ornelis) II Dankcker(t)s, (no date). Complete series of nice engraved title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 23,3 x 14,4 cm on leaves of ca. 31 x 19,5 cm. Sewn as issued. (# 4425)

Fuhring Nos. 4331 - 4336. Not in I.F.F. First Dutch edition, wich was so popular that it was reissued even until the 19th century. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original French series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). For this original series compare: I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Interesting designs for church façades in Italian baroque style. Five of the plates with a variant of the right half. The façades have two storeys, with attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, and are adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Cornelis II Danckerts (Amsterdam 1664 - 1717) was book and print publisher and book- and printseller in Amsterdam. - Slightly browned. The plates display the original string holes in the blank upper margin and are sewn together with original string. In the original state as issued.

Lepautre, Jean. Retables dautels a ljtaliene (sic) inventes et gravés par Jean Le Potre. Paris, Pierre (II), Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing tabernacles in the manner of the Italians. ca. 21,5 x 15 cm on leaves of ca. 29,5 x 19,6 cm. (# 4460)

Fuhring Nos. 9526 - 9530 (only 5 plates). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2027 - 2032. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 70 (only third edition). Second edition with plate numbers. Beautiful series of very elaborate baroque designs for altars and retables in Italian style, two of the plates with elevation and plan. The title depicts a church with groups of people wearing antique garb in front of a retable with a painting of the Adoration of the Kings; other plates show altars with a painting of the Ascension of the Virgin, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, flanked by Corinthian and Ionic columns and decorated with statues of angels, the Virgin and St. John, soldiers, etc. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Very light waterstain in blank margin. A nice set with ample margins.

Ludovicus (Luiz, de Sao Francisco). Oratio funebris ex tempore habita ... apud Almae Urbis celebre templum Sanctae Mariae super Minervam praeclariss. Ordinis Praedicatorum. In obitu ... F. Marci Valladaris Hispani eiusdem instituti Procuratoris & Generalis Vicarij. Romae, V. Accolti, 1587. Woodcut printer's mark on title. Two typographical head-pieces, two ornamental woodcut initials. 4 lvs. 4to. Modern wrappers. (# 1135)

Edit 16 on-line No. 23329 (only one copy in Padova). Not in the STC of Italian books. Not in Palau. Rare funeral oration by the Franciscan friar Ludovicus (Luiz de Sao Francisco) from Lisboa, who was theologian "ex Seraphico instituto, Provinciae S. Jacobi Hispaniarum", for the Spanish friar Marcus Valladaris, procurator and vicar-general at the same institute. - A very well preserved copy.

Paullinus, J. De vita et virtutibus R.P. Bernardi Colnagi e Societate Jesu libri duo. München, L. Straub for J. Wagner, 1662. 8 lvs., 393, 1 pp., 7 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary calf, with 2 clasps (spine-ends and corners damaged, rubbed). (# 4947)

De Backer-Sommervogel VI, 381 No. 7. First edition of the biography of the Sicilian Jesuit Bernardo Colnago (Catania 1545 - 1611), who taught philosophy, theology, scholastism and was the author of several books. The German Jesuit Joannes Paullinus (Neubourg 1604 - München 1671) was preacher and rector in Trient.

Pepe, Fr. Prima, Seconda, Terza novena di Sabati dell'immacolata concezione di Maria SS. Napoli, G. Riccio, 1744. 3 volumes. 11 lvs., 712 pp.; 5 lvs., 568 pp; 6 lvs., 438 pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum (tear in vellum of back of 1 volume). (# 5335)

De Backer-Sommervogel VI 478 No. 7. First edition. The Neapolitan Jesuit Francesco Pepe (1684 - 1759), taught linguistics at Capua and philosophy and theology at Naples. - Foxed. Bookplate of the Jesuit College at Rome in all volumes.

Peregrinus, L. De Christi ad caelos ascensu. Oratio inter Pontificia sacra sub Clemente VIII Pont. Max. ad Vaticanum habita... anno MDXCII. Necnon oratio altera de Sanctissima Trinitate, dicta ab eodem apud Sixtum V. Pont. Max. Anno MDLXXXIIX. Romae, A. & H. Donangelus, 1592. Woodcut IHS vignette on title. Some ornamental woodcut initials. 4 lvs. 4to. Modern wrappers. (# 1119)

Edit 16 on-line No. 53671 (only one copy in Bologna). Rare. Two orations by Laelius Peregrinus (Lelio Pellegrini), orator and professor of philosophy at the gymnasium of Rome, who lived from 1551 until ca. 1602. - Minor paper fault in last leaf, touching a few letters only; tear in outer blank margin of one leaf neatly repaired.

Pius V, Pope. Freiheit und Bulla des ... Herren Pii...fünfften Bapsts ... Uber die Erhöhung und Schöpffung des ... Fürsten und Herren Cosmi Medices, hertzogen zu Florentz. Zu einem Grosshertzogen und Königmässigem, der Provinz Ethrurien, ime underworffen. Geschehen zu Rom, den 27. Augusti Anno 1569. (Germany?), 1570. With woodcut of the pope on title. 6 lvs. 4to. Modern half leather, back gilt. (# 3898)

Not in BMC, Adams, NUC. Not in KVK, only 2 other editions of the same year. Very rare German translation of Pius V's bull granting Cosimo de' Medici his new title of Grand Duke of Tuscany. This had been promised by the pope's predecessor, Pius IV, but never granted as a result of Spanish and imperial hostility. One line on last page misprinted upside-down. - With bookplate and library stamp.

Plutarchus. Vitarum Plutarchi epitome, hoc est Graecorum et Romanorum illustrium res gestae, in compendium redactae per Darium Tibertum. Huic editioni accesserunt Aemilii Probi vitae excellentium imperatorum ... Nonnullae item novae comparationes nunc primum editae. (Geneva), J. Stoer, 1608. Small woodcut mark on title. 3 lvs., 616 pp., 12 lvs. Small 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 5006)

Cf. Hoffmann III, 369. The editor Darius Tibertus, an Italian nobleman, flourished at the end of the 15th century. - Small repair to blank part of title, browned.

Potesta, F. Examen ecclesiasticum in quo universae materiae morales ... resulvuntur: cum denuntiationibus ad monitoria atque edicta ... opus non tantum confessariis, ac poenitentibus ... utile. Conimbricae (Coimbra), J.A. a' Sylva, 1717. Title printed in red and black. 2 parts in 1 volume. 6 lvs., 452 pp.; 187 pp. Folio. Contemporary mottled calf, back gilt with label (rubbed). (# 5090)

Cf. Mira, Bibl. Siciliana, II 242. Felix Potesta (1649 - 1702) from Palermo, belonged to the Franciscan Order. This work on ecclesiastical law was reprinted several times. - Occasionally slightly browned.

Sandini, A. Historia Familiae Sacrae ex antiquis monumentis collecta. Patavii (Padua), typis Seminarii apud J. Manfrè, 1764. Device on title, some nice initials and vignettes. 14 lvs., 398 pp., 13 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. (# 4932)

Cf. Hurter IV, 1512. Augmented and corrected edition published after the author's death in 1751. The work deals with the history and cult of the Holy Family and is written in the form of questions and answers. At the beginning is a short biography of the Italian professor Antonius Sandini (born 1693) and an enumeration of his church historical works, by cardinal Rezzonici. - A good copy.

(Savioli, L.V.) Amori. Bassano, a spese Remondini di Venezia, 1810. With finely engraved frontispiece and engraved title. 139 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt floral border on both sides, back with label and gilt initials F.P., partly uncut (holes in back, slightly rubbed). (# 5418)

Cf. Gamba No. 2670. Cf. Brunet V, 156. Cf. Gay-Lemonnyer I, 105. Finely printed edition of this collection of love poems by Ludovico Vittorio Savioli (1729 - 1804). First printed in Lucca 1765 it was reprinted many times. Includes inter alia the poem "Sul sepolchro di Dante Alighieri". - On first leaf ownership entry of "J. Petvignari". A large copy.

Segnerus, P. Speculum non fallax. Seu doctrina speculativa et practica, de cognitione sui ipsius, explicata septem considerationibus, distributis in singulos hebdomadae dies. Ex Italico. Monachii (München), J.L. Straubius, 1714. 134 pp., 1 lf. 12mo. Contemporary calf, nice gilt floral decoration on back (slightly rubbed), gilt edges. (# 5299)

Not in De Backer-Sommervogel. "This mirror containing the theory and practice of self knowledge" was probably not written by the Italian Jesuit Paolo Segneri (1624 - 1694), but by his partner the Italian Jesuit Giovanni Pietro Pinamonti (1632 - 1703). Cf. De Backer-Sommervogel VI, 766-770 No. 2, who lists many editions in Italian, German, English, Dutch, Spanish, French, Hungarian, etc. and a later edition in Latin. - Library stamp on title of Graf Waldbott von Bassenheim; a very light waterstain.

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.

Vaga, Perino del (Florence 1501 - Rome 1547), after. The Greek goddess Thetis between two Tritons (seegods). The one at the left hand helps to carry the trident, which Thetis holds in her right hand. Rome ?, ca. 1550. Beautiful engraving of Thetis, the sea-goddes from Greek mythology. 23 x 16 cm. (# 2209)

Bartsch 15, 398 Nr. 33 (under Ghisi). Nagler II, 252. Exhibition catalogue 'Incisiori Mantovani del' 500 Giovan Battista, Diana Scultori e Giorgio Ghisi', Rome, 1980 No. 196. Formerly ascribed to the engraver George Ghisi. Rare 3rd state. - Very fine impression with margins.

Venezia. Gl'Illustrissimi, & eccellentissimi Signori Capi dell'Eccelso Consiglio di Dieci infrascritti, attese le relazioni avute; che da alcuni titolati di varie parochie di questa città non venga adempito colla dovuta puntualità quanto resta prescritto dal decreto del detto Eccelso Consiglio de 24 Marzo 1676, regolato col posteriore de'14 Luglio 1678, ... di nuovo stampati in un sollo foglio, e ne sia mandata in ciascuna Chiesa Parochiale... Antonio Nani, Antonio Loredan, Andrea Renier... 1732. 21. Agosto. (Venice), Z. Antonio & Almoro Pinelli, Stampatori Ducali, (1732). Broadsheet, printed on one side, with a woodcut of the winked Lion of St. Mark (il Leone di S. Marco) in top, with 2 ornamental initials. Folio. ca. 42,3 x 28 cm. (# 5793)

Not listed in KVK, Picarta, Worldcat, etc. Rare ordinance relating to Church law, issued by the Venetian Republic. Also dealing with music in the Church "alle Sacre funtioni di Divini Officii nel Coro, come sono tenuti...". - Three small holes, just affecting a few letters, upper margin shaved, small tear in woodcut, slightly browned, some contemporary underlinings in brown ink.

Vitruvius Pollio, M. De architectura libri decem... Accesserunt, Gulielmi Philandri ... annotationes castigatiores, & plus tertia parte locupletiores. Adiecta est epitome in omnes Georgii Agricolae de mensuris et ponderibus libros eodem auctore. Lugd. (Lyon), J. Tornaesius (De Tournes), 1586. With nice architectural woodcut title-border, medallion portrait of Philander, ca. 85 woodcuts in the text, among which a cut of the Roman circus, the amphitheatre, lifting machines, the various orders; one folding table with the text of an inscription; many fine ornamental initials, some of them in the dotted matter; large printer's mark at the end, words in Greek and civilité. 8 lvs., 460 pp., 18 lvs. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum (ties gone). (# 4381)

Fowler No. 414. Cicognara No. 721. Cf. Cartier, De Tournes, No. 664 (variant issue with Geneve on title-page). Not. in Kat. Orn. Berl. Rare second edition (first 1552) of Vitruvius' famous work on architecture, with Philander's annotations, to be printed in France. The fine illustrations are attributed by Cartier to Bernard Salomon (Le Petit Bernard), Dinsmoor (op. cit. No. 492; p. 76) considers the possibility of an attribution to Sebastiano Serlio. Philander had studied under Serlio. In any case the book is very well designed with beautiful De Tournes' initials. - Slightly browned, otherwise a good copy.