GELLI (Giambattista)
La Circe. Florence, (appresso Lorenzo Torrentino, 1 April), 1549.
£1,250
JUSTINIAN & [HALOANDER (Gregorius)]
Institutionum D. Iustiniani sacratissimi principis libri IIII (bound… 1551.
HANDSOME BINDING, UNRESTORED, FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN BALLESDENS
£2,500
DA CASTIGLIONE (Sabba)
Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, 1554.
WITH UNUSUAL WOODCUT DEPICTION OF THE LEFT-HANDED SCHOLAR
£2,750
THUCYDIDES
L'histoire... de la guerre qui fut entre les… 1555.
TRANSLATED BY LOUIS XII'S ADVISOR
£850
CAPRIANO (Giovanni Pietro)
Della vera poetica libro uno. Al Conte Ulisse… 1555.
SOLE EDITION OF CAPRIANO'S LITERARY CRITICISM
£2,500
BOCCHI (Achille)
Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere quas serio ludebat… 1555.
FIRST EDITION OF BOCCHI'S EMBLEMS
£4,000
LEO (Johannes).
Description de l'Afrique, 1556.
£25,000
PARADIN (Claude)
Devises heroiques. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557.
INFLUENTIAL EMBLEMS, OWNED BY A POLISH EMIGRÉ ARISTOCRAT
£5,500
EUSTATHIUS (Archbishop of Thessalonica) & HOMER
Copiae cornu sive oceanus enarrationum Homericarum, ex Eustathii… 1558.
OWNED BY AN EARLY CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION
£7,500
COUSTEAU (Pierre)
Le Pegme... mis en Francoys par Lanteaume de… 1560.
EARLY FRENCH EMBLEMS, IN ELABORATE BORDERS
£3,000
BOAISTUAU (Pierre)
Histoires prodigieuses... extraictes de plusieurs fameux autheurs, Grecs… 1560.
MONSTERS AND PORTENTS, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION
£10,000
PRUDENTIUS
Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina… 1562.
RARE PRINTED DONATION EX-LIBRIS
£2,500
AESOP
Fabellas una cum argumentis novis. Brescia, heirs of Ludovico… 1563.
A RARE IMPRINT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN
£6,000
MARANTA (Bartolomeo)
Lucullianarum quaestionum libri quinque, 1564.
£500
DANTE
Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.
THE DIVINE COMEDY, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED
£9,500
[CATHOLIC CHURCH]
Catechismus Romanus, ex decreto Concilij Tridentini, 1567.
WITH ELABORATE OWNERS' ARMS PAINTED ON VELLUM
£1,500
OVIDIUS NASO
Metamorphoseon libri XV. In singulas quasque fabulas argumeta.… 1567.
WOODCUTS BY VIRGIL SOLIS
£4,500
DELAUNE (Etienne)
Suite of six allegorical prints. France, c. 1560-1570, 1570.
MANNERIST ALLEGORY
£1,500
TERENTIUS AFER Publius
P. Terentii afri comoediae sex, infinitis fere locis… 1570.
£800
VERDIZOTTI (Giovanni)
Cento favole morali de i piu illustri antichi… 1570.
DESIGNS DRAWN ON THE BLOCKS BY VERDIZOTTI HIMSELF
£6,500
![[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae extant opera, cum Latina intepretatione.
[Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1572](https://api.maggs.com/image/69cf4d82-8791-4851-ba64-62c557264d66/616x770.webp)
PLUTARCHUS
[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae… 1572.
FINELY BOUND & RARELY FOUND COMPLETE
£12,500
HAIDLAUFF (Sebastian)
Der Augspurgerischen Confession, und diser verwandtes Predicanten, jetziger newer Grundtfest,… 1573.
£2,500
[Anon]
Histoire de palmerin d'olive, fils du roy florendos… 1573.
CASTILIAN CHIVALRIC ROMANCE, CONSIGNED TO THE FLAMES IN DON QUIXOTE
£2,000
ERASTUS (Thomas).
De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.
ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN
£4,500
AUSONIUS
Opera, 1575.
£1,500
DE GUEVARA (Antonio)
Libro di Marco Aurelio con l'horologio de' prencipi, 1575.
MARCUS AURELIUS AS A MODEL OF PRINCELY BEHAVIOUR
£800
CICERO (Marcus Tullius)
Epistolarum volumen, earum quae familiares olim dictae... Commentationes… 1577.
£650
ISACCHI (Giovanni Battista)
Inventioni nelle quali si manifestano varij secreti, & vtili… 1579.
INVENTIONS AND SECRETS
£7,500
![FIRENZUOLA (Agnolo). I lucidi. Florence, 1552.
[Bound with]:DOLCE (Lodovico). Il ragazzo. Venice, Francesco detto lo Imperador, 1559.
[And]: PINO DA CAGLI (Bernardino). Gli ingiusti sdegni. Venice, Domenico Farri, 1563.
[And]: SECCHI (Nicolo). L'interesse](https://api.maggs.com/image/8898bf8d-87fe-4f32-b952-31aae5881596/616x770.webp)
ITALIAN THEATRE
FIRENZUOLA (Agnolo). I lucidi. Florence, 1552. [Bound with]:DOLCE (Lodovico).… 1581.
SOURCE FOR SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT
£1,750
[BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)] & SALVIATI (Leonardo)
Il Decameron di messer Giovanni Boccacci, cittadini fiorentino,… 1582.
THE DECAMERON, CLEANED UP FOR CENSORS
£2,500
[JESUITS]
Constitutiones Cum earum Declarationibus. Rome, In Collegio eiusdem Societatis, 1583.
SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE JESUITS IN ROME, A CORRESPONDENT OF PLANTIN'S
£2,750
ROSINUS (Johannes)
Romanorum antiquitatum libri decem ex variis scriptoribus simma… 1583.
HANDBOOK OF ANTIQUITIES
£2,250
![Comoediae sex ... Terentij vita ex Aelio Donato. Argumenta... Annotationes in margine adscriptae [etc.] Venice: G. Griffio](https://api.maggs.com/image/da8528d8-53ec-4942-a45d-b57b5451b9b8/616x770.webp)
TERENTIUS AFER Publius
Comoediae sex ... Terentij vita ex Aelio Donato.… 1584.
A POCKET EDITION OF TERENCE'S POPULAR PLAYS
£450
RUSCELLI (Girolamo)
Le impresi illustri . . . aggiuntovi nuovamte.… 1584.
THE MOST COMPLETE EDITION
£2,750
LA POPELLINIERE (Lancelot-Voisin, Seigneur de).
L'Amiral de France, et par occasion, de celuy… 1584.
PROMOTING THE FRENCH COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD
£18,750
[D'AGUERRE (Chrétienne), Comtesse de Sault]
Manuscript notarial account book for regional Provence, 1584.
LA COMTESSE DE SAULT FINANCES THE FRENCH CATHOLIC LEAGUE
£12,500
LONICER (Johannes)
Ständ und Orden Der H. Römischen Catholischen Kirchen, 1585.
GERMAN EDITION OF THIS INDEX OF RELIGIOUS FIGURES, ILLUSTRATED BY JOST AMMAN
£2,500
[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)]
Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens… 1587.
A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY
£25,000
RABELAIS (Francois)
Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais, Docteur in… 1588.
UNCOMMON EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
£4,000
ARGOTE DE MOLINA (Gonzalo)
Nobleza de Andaluzia, 1588.
ANDALUSIAN NOBILITY, EXTENSIVELY ILLUSTRATED
£2,500
FABRICIO (Principio)
Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi sopra la vita,… 1588.
THE BUONCOMPAGNI DRAGON
£12,000
HOROZCO Y COVARRUBIAS (Juan)
Emblemas Morales. Segovia, Juan de la Cuesta, 1589.
THE FIRST EMBLEM BOOK PRINTED IN SPAIN
£7,500
