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16th-century Antwerp edition of "The Twelve Caesars"

SUETONIUS Tranquillus, Gaius. Caesarum XII libri, iam denuo bonorum exemplarium & commentariorum ope emendati, cum M. Antonii Coccii Sabellici commentariis, nihil annotatu dignum dissimulantibus. Jo. Baptistae Egnatii Veneti, annot. in Suetonium. Annotata in eundem, & loca aliquot restitutae per D. Erasmum Roterodamum.
Antwerp, Jan van der Loe, 1548. 8vo. With woodcut device on title-page and numerous woodcut initials in text. Later marbled boards. [24], 661, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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Where Greek philosophy meets Christian doctrine: the second edition of Theodoret’s Graecarum affectionum curatio

THEODORET of CYRRHUS, and Zenobio ACCIAIUOLI (translator). De evangelicae veritatis ex Graecorum atque gentium philosophia cognitione, sive de Graecarum affectionum curatione, libri duodecim Zenobio Acciaolo interprete ...
Antwerp, (colophon: Joannes Grapheus for) Joannes Steelsius, 1540. 8vo. With some woodcut decorated initials throughout, and Steelsius's woodut device at the end. 18th-century red morocco. 8, 158, [6] ll. Full description
€ 2,950
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Reintroducing Roman law to the Renaissance

THEOPHILUS ANTECESSOR and Jacobus CURTIUS (translator). Institutionum juris civilis libri quatuor ... è Graeco in Latinum per D. Iac. Curtium Brugensem Iurisconsultum conversi, ac iterum excusi.
Antwerp, (colophon: Joannes Grapheus for) Joannes Steelsius, 1539. 8vo (15.4 x 10.4 cm). With a large woodcut folding table at the end, a woodcut device of Steelsius on the recto of the otherwise blank last leaf, and some woodcut decorated initials throughout. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin. [8], 221, [3] ll. Full description
€ 2,500
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Definitive edition of the first substantial Dutch manual on the notary's practice

THUYS, Jacques. Ars notariatus. Dat is: Conste en[de] stijl van notarischap: begrepen in Theorijcke ende Practijcke... Desen derden druck, grootelijcken vermeerdert ende verbetert ...
Antwerp, Arnout s'Conincx, 1590. Small 8vo (15.5 x 10 cm). With woodcut publisher's device (with letterpress motto "Virtute et constantia") on title-page, a woodcut tail-piece and woodcut decorated initials (3 series). Set in textura types with incidental roman, with sample documents set in civilité with incidental italic. 17th-century parchment. [16], 231, [1] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Very rare first French edition of an important Dutch jestbook printed in Antwerp,
no copies in Belgian libraries

TIRON, Antoine (translator). Recueil de plusieurs plaisantes nouvelles, apophtegmes, et recreations diverses ...
Antwerp, Hendrick Henricsz, 1578. 8vo. With 18 half-page woodcuts in the text, including the one on the title page. 19th-century brown morocco, with the title, year of publication, and name of the bookbinder (Bauzonnet) lettered in gold on the spine. [6], 165, [8], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 25,000
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Twin pillars of Titelmans’ Psalm commentary

TITELMANS, Frans. Elucidatio in omnes psalmos juxta veritatem vulgatae & ecclesiae usitatae aeditionis Latinae ...
Antwerp, Merten de Keyser, June 1531.
With:
(2) IDEM. Annotationes ex Hebraeo atque Chaldaeo in omnes psalmos ...
Antwerpen, Simon Cock, 1531. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio (27.6 x 22.2 cm). Ad 1 with a woodcut decorated title frame, a full-page woodcut of the kneeling Charles V at the end, and several woodcut decorated initials throughout. Ad 2 with the same full-page woodcut of Charles V at the end, and 1 woodcut decorated initial. 18th-century overlapping vellum. [18], 393, [1]; XLIII, [1] ll. Full description
€ 3,500
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Rare 1527 edition of classical dictionary, owned by the neo-Latin poet Renier Tengnagel (d. 1565)

TORRENTINUS, Hermannus (Herman van der BEKE). Elucidarius poeticus co[n]tinens historias poeticas, fabulas, insulas regiones, urbes, fluvios, mo[n]tesq[ue] insigniores, atq[ue] huiusmodi alia, ...
Antwerp, Michiel Hillen van Hoogstraten, 1527. With the title in an elaborate woodcut border.
With: (2) [FIOCCHI, Andrea Dominico (Andras Dominicus FLOCCUS)] under the name of Lucius FENESTELLA. De magistratibus, sacerdotiisq[ue] Romanorum libellus, iamprimum nitori restitutus.
[Cologne, Hero Fuchs, 1527]. With the title in a finely cut 4-piece woodcut border. 2 editions in 1 volume. 8vo. 16th-century(?) limp vellum (formerly used for a slightly thinner book). The binding is an interesting example of a spine reinforced with a horizontal metal rod at the central sewing support to give more support and prevent the bookblock from becoming concaved or developing sharp kinks; probably bound in Flanders. [88]; [88] ll. Full description
€ 9,500
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The art of persuasive speech

VALERIUS, Cornelius. In universam benedicendi rationem tabula, summam artis rhetoricae complectens: recognita & emendatius excusa.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1573. 8vo (16.1 x 10.2 cm). With Plantin's woodcut device on the title page, and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Modern binding using older printer's waste, with the author, title and year lettered in grey ink on the spine, red edges. 111, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 950
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A popular 16th-century compendium of natural philosophy

VALERIUS, Cornelius Physicae, seu de naturae philosophia institutio.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1574. 8vo (16.1 x 10 cm). With Plantin's woodcut device on the title page. Modern binding using older printer's waste, with the author, title, and year lettered in grey ink on the spine, red edges. 103, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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A foundation of Renaissance Latin scholarship

VALERIUS, Cornelius Grammaticarum institutionum libri IIII. I. De primis grammatices Latinae rudimentis. II. De etymologiae, seu analogia. III. De syntaxi, seu recta partium orationis consecutione. IIII. De carminum ratione, seu de versibus faciendis.
Including:
- II. De etymologiae, seu analogia.
- III. De syntaxi, seu recta partium orationis consecutione.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1575.
With: (2) IDEM. IIII. De carminum ratione, seu de versibus faciendis.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1573. 4 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (16.1 x 10.3 cm). With Plantin's woodcut device on all 4 title pages, some woodcut initials throughout. Modern binding using older printer's waste, with the author, title and year lettered in grey ink on the spine, red edges. 94, [1], [1 blank]; 97-207, [1 blank]; 209-285, [1], [2 blank]; 259-287, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,250
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