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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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Memorable deeds and sayings of Imperial Rome

VALERIUS MAXIMUS. Dictorum factorumq[ue] memorabilium exempla. adjecto indice propriorum nominum rerumq[ue] memoria dignarum locupletissimo
Antwerp, Joannes Grapheus for Joannes Steelsius, 1535. 8vo (14.6 x 9.1 cm). With a woodcut title frame, and a woodcut illustration incorporating Steelsius' device at the end. Old half vellum. 237, [11] ll. Full description
€ 950
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Collected works of an indicted Belgian canonist

VAN ESPEN, Zeger Bernard. Opera, quaecunque hactenus in lucem prodeunt, omnia. Tomus primus [-secundus] . Continens ... juris ecclesiastici universi.
Louvain, 1721. 2 volumes. Folio. With the title-pages printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spines. [30], 924, [39], [1 blank]; [4], 230, [14], [4], 400, [16], [8], 208, [22], [8], 90, [6], 28, [4], 57, [2], [1 blank], 18, [4], 30, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 750
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Plea for concord after years of religious quarrels and disputes (with book burning symbolizing tolerance!)

[VELDE, Jan II van de, and Jan Jansz. STARTER]. AMNH∑TIA ofte Vergetelheyd. Vermanende inwoonders der Vereenighde Nederlanden tot eendracht ende vergetelheyd van al de bitterheden, die onder de naem van Remonstranten, Arminianen, &c. in hare gheherberght zijn geweest ende noch souden moghen wesen.
[Utrecht, Jan Amelisz., 1623]. Oblong 1mo (full sheet) broadside. Etched print (plate size 19.5 x 26 cm) with letterpress text on paper. Mounted on a paper support. [1] leaf. Full description
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First edition of the Dutch translation one of the best known works of 'the Italian Erasmus'

VIRGILIUS, Polydorus. Waerachtige beschryvinghe. Inhoudende wie de eerste autheuren ende vinders aller verscheyden consten, inventien, ende hantwercken zijn gheweest ... uyt de Latijnsche in onse Nederlantsche tale ... overgeset, door E.M.G.
Amsterdam, Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburch, 1612. 8vo. With a printers device on the title page, 3 decorated woodcut initials, 3 headpieces built up from typographical ornaments, and a woodcut tailpiece. 19th-century gold-tooled half mottled calf. [14], 327, [9] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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Portraits and executions of four conspirators in the failed attempt to assassinate the Dutch Stadholder

VISSCHER, Claes Jansz. Cort verhael ende afbeeldinghe der justitie, geschiet den 5. mey 1623. in sGravenhaghe.
Amsterdam, Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1623. Oblong 1mo. Engraved illustration (26.5 x 14.5 cm), giving four circular portraits and 10 separate scenes, flanked by a letterpress description in Dutch. Full description
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Portrait of the arrested Arminian preacher Slatius, one of the conspirators in the failed attempt to assassinate the Dutch Stadholder

VISSCHER, Claes Jansz. Hendrick Danielsz Slatius, gewesene predicant tot Bleijswyck, naert 'tleven afgebeelt den 12 maert 1623.
[Amsterdam, Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1623]. Engraved illustration (22 x 12.5 cm), with an engraved title in Dutch at the head and Visscher's name at the foot, and with two letterpress poems in French on the left signed "A. Lancel."(measuring 24.5 x 25 in tital). Mounted on a larger blank leaf (36 x 41 cm). Full description
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The Enlightenment in 92 volumes: Voltaire's Oeuvres from the Société Littéraire Typographique.

VOLTAIRE. Oeuvres completes de Voltaire.
Kehl, Société Littéraire Typographique, 1785-1789. 92 volumes. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece and a portrait of the author in volume 1. Further with 18 portraits (including 4 repeats on different paper), 106 plates (including 17 repeats on different paper), 14 folding mathematical plates in volume 31 (on Newtons physics), 1 engraved map, and 10 woodcuts in the text. Contemporary uniform marbled calf. All volumes vary between approximately 350 and 600 pages. The majority have ca. 450-500 pp. Full description
€ 12,000
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The secrets and rituals of the freemasonry revealed

WOLSON (WILSON), Thomas. De metselaar ontmomd, of het rechte geheim der vrye metselaren ontdekt, in allen deele oprechtelyk en zonder achterhouding, door een gewezen vryen metselaar. ... Derde druk.
Arnhem, Jacob Nijhoff, 1753. 8vo (16.5 x 10 cm). With a woodcut freemasonry device on title-page and 3 folding engraved plates. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. [8], 106 pp. Full description
€ 950
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