Montero, Victoriano
Estado politico del Reyno del Peru.....
Sin lugar, sin fecha (Lima, 1742?). Comparese: Palau, 178462-3 para el ejemplar publicado). In folio, pergamino de epoca con titulo en manuscrito a la espalda, (2 hojas) 124 folios (1 hoja en blanco). Texto en una sola mano, bien elegible y completo. Picado en las partes iniciales y finales del libro sin afectar la eligibilidad.
Manuscrito, posiblemente el original, del libro escrito por “Victoriano Montero del Aguila, natural de Lima, cadete, corrigidor de la Ciudad y Provincia de Piura y Capitan de Guardia de una de las Compañias del Virrey de Lima“ segun un texto adicional en la portada. El libro fue publicado (Palau, V, pp228) bajo el mismo titulo en Madrid el 30 de abril 1747 (47 Folios), pero no figura ejemplar en el Patrimonio Bibliografico y no he podido ubicar otro ejemplar.
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Balen, Jan
Manuscript Land Register
Signed and dated 1659. In folio, contemporary limp vellum, one blank, 56 numbered leaves of text plus 7 (folding) manuscript maps.
Rare, signed & dated manuscript document (in one map only) used in XVII Flanders to establish the rent each farmer had to pay annually. Made by the “lantmeter der Stede van Gendt”” by order of Jor Winant de la Jonckheere, Sleydynghe ende Lovendeghem (= NW of Gendt). Character of this manuscript document is determined by its completeness, its precision and the beauty of its maps. The document jumps straight out of XVII century history.
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Figari
Instituciones Physico-matheseos
Latin Manuscript on paper. Collegio Romani, Rome 1836/1837. 172 pp, 20 nn lvs of which 14 are blank, 5 folding sheets with illustrations. In quarto, contemporary carton & paper binding (soiled).
Written in one fine and legible hand (Notes (elaborations) in the margin by the same hand. Possibly lacking text at the end of part V: Mechanica coelestis = blank leaves. Excellent condition. Text book for beta sciences, dealing with (6 chapters on) : statica, dynamica, hydrostatica; hydrodinamica, mechanica coelestis & synopsis opticae.
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Anonymous
PSALTIR
(Psalter wit addenda) - Moscow, december 1797 - (Sernowa-Kamenewa 1246). In folio ; contemporary full calf over wooden boards, lacks clasps; 1 nn leaf; 2 folios; 519 folios ; Cyrillic (Tsjerkowni) text. Printed in red & black throughout - Introduction; full page engraving (King David by Semjon Nasarow, 1763); text & commentaries Psalms. Except for restauration of the spine and some light waterstaining to about 20 leaves in excellent condition.
The earliest Russian bibles were printed in White Russian, in Sclavonic characters (Tserkowni), which is the earlier form of the Cyrillic character. Only after the foundation of the Russian Bible Society (1814), standard Russian became the language used, and all editions afterwards were printed in the Russian character (Grajdanski) which is the modern form of Cyrillic character, introduced by Peter the Great.
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Martin, David
Historie des ouden en nieuwen Testaments
Amsterdam, P. Mortier, 1700 (Brunet III, 200-1; Poortenaar nr 35). In folio (44x28cm), contemporary calf, two volumes, large supralibris on both volumes, front and back, blindtooled & gilt. Both spines restored. Excellent condition.
The magnificent binding represents the Arc of Convenant, implemented by the Double Drawer Bindery in Amsterdam, 1700 (Storm van Leeuwen, Book I, pp 243; 244, plate 39). Plates by Jan Luyken, Jan Goeree and Bernard Picard. Worldmap by Luchtenburg (Shirley 622) as are two other maps. A marvelous copy of the print bible by Mortier, in magnificent binding and in modern, very beautiful colouring in the style of Dirk van Santen.
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Various authors
Aus Bundt - Dass ist ettliche schöne Christliche Lieder
Nd (but circa 1700), no place - In octavo. Exeptional, contemporary binding: contemporary full calf, original copper clasps ; binding decorated with two central vignettes in copper (one 1790) ; raised spine with three extra leather straps, each mounted with four copper nails. Front and back plate, strengthened with hammered copper strips. (6) 796 pp (3) ; 137 Lieder (songs).
Complete edition of the auss Bundt, a series of religious Lieder, composed by imprisoned Baptists in Passau (Germany) as an act of faith and contempt towards their captors. The original set contained 53 Lieder and was first printed in 1564. Other Lieder were added over time. These songs are still sung today in the Amish communities in the USA and thus belong to the Baptist tradition. They are intended for a broader Protestant community though. (Fur) "allen und jeder Chrissten welcher Religion sie sijen unpartijisch nutzlich" (usefull for all Christians).
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Medrano, Manuel
Patrocinio de Nuesta Senora...del Rey Casto...
Oviedo, Francisco Plaza. 1719 (colofon). (Palau 159910). En folio, pergamino de epoca. Titulo en manuscrito en el lomo. 22 hojas; 97 pp; 392 pp; 16 hojas. Portada en negro y rojo con un pequeno grabado dulce.Segunda hoja con escudo de Luis Fernando de Borbon.Retrato a plena pagina de Obispo. Segunda portada, arondeado por olas. Tapas gastadas, primera portada un poco corto, tocando la primera palabra. Texto en muy buen estado de conservacion.
De la literatura tengo la impresion que Francisco Plaza era el primer impresor de Oviedo y por ende de Asturias. Imprimio su primer libro en 1681 (Escritura, acuerdo, condiciones etc), su segundo en 1718 (Segunda carta pastoral de…Francisco Joseph, Obispo de San Sebastian) y su tercer, este, en 1719. El Patrocinio, este historia de Asturias, sera entonces el tercer libro impreso en Asturias. Libro importante e impreso tempraneo de Oviedo (Asturias). El primer libro cuenta la historia de Asturias de los siglos VIII al XI enfatisando la deudea del pueblo de Espana a la virgin. La segunda parte describe la vida del Obispo (de Oviedo) Tomas Reluz, hasta e incluyendo una relacion de las fiestas religiosas en esta ciudad.
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Ludolphus de Saxonia
Vita Christi (primera parte)
Sevilla, Cromberger 1537. Traduccion de A. Montesino. (Palau, 131.079; Salva 3436). En folio, pergamino de epoca. 8 hojas; 252 folios. Gotico, escrito en dos columnas. Portada en dos colores y en xilografia. En verso: texto en orla de grabados xilografiados. Dos otras xilografias al verso de la hoja VIII. Iniciales del texto en xilografia. Colofon, folio 242 (=252). Ex libris: Biblioteca de Salva. Primeras cuatro hojas con pequenos danos marginales y manchas de utilizacion. Por otra un ejemplar limpio, impreso sobre papel fuerte y sano. Ejamplar sin restauraciones.
Texto basico sobre la vida de Cristo del cartujo Aleman Ludolfo (o Landolfo) de Sajonia (1300-1368). 'La obra tuvo gran difusion en toda la cristianidad a finales de la Edad Medio' (Perez, J: Teresa de Avila, 2007). Existe una traduccion en la lengua Valenciana y una edicion incunabile de esta (Valencia 1496). Isabel la Catolica solicito al Franciscano Ambrosio de Montesinos traducirlo del Latin en Castellano. Tuve su primera edicion en Alcala de Henares (1502, primer libro impreso en esa ciudad) por Stanislas Polono y, segun Palau, una reedicion por Cromberger en Sevilla en 1530 y otra en 1537. Libro muy raro. En el patrimonio se encuentra ningun ejemplar de las ediciones de Cromberger, sino 6 ejemplares (completos de 4 tomos) de la primera edicion de Alcala de Henares, y algunos tomos sueltos (el tercero y el quarto no mas). Salva dice 'solo tengo el primero' (ese ejemplar).
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Angelicus, Bartholomeus
De proprietatibus rerum
Nuremberg, May 30, 1483.(Hain-c 2506; BMC II, 425; Goff B-137).In folio; contemporary half vellum over wooden boards. Rests of clasps, 268 leaves (complete including first & last blanks), text in two columns, partly rubricated.Minor, marginal restorations to first six and last ten leaves.Good, original copy of the book.
Anglicus encyclopedia of (mediaeval) knowledge, written for the common people, was highly popular and successful (this is its eighth edition, the first by Koberger). The first edition appeared in 1470. It treats natural history, geography, medicine, cosmology, metereology, medicine, music etc etc.
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Sacrobosco, J. de
Sphaera Mundi
Peuerbachs: Theoricae Novae PLanetarum ; Regiomontanus: Disputatio. Venice, Ratdolt 1485 (BMC V nr 290; Goff J 406; Honeyman 2720; Kenney 156) - Small in quarto (20.8 x 14.5 cm) ; later suede leather (circa 1930), later free endpapers (4 in XVII century paper) ; 58 leaves 1-6 in 8; 7 in 10 ; full page woodcut in verso of leaf 1 ; woodcut initials & 61 diagrams in the text ; seven (of those) diagrams, with inprinted colour. Small hole in upper margin of part of the book with old restoration. C 4 with larger tear, no loss, old restoration. Tiny puncture all through the book in central part of all pages, hardly visible. Extensive contemporary marginal notes in first part, some later marginal notes elsewhere.
Second Venice edition (first 1482) of this classical text on astronomy. It was written around 1220 by the Englishman John Holy Wood, who was then teaching at the Sorbonne. Its astromomy was based on Prolemy. " It was accepted as a fundamental astronomy text first at the University of Paris, then throughout Europe until as late as the XVII century" (Kenney 156). The other two textst: Peuerbachs Theoricae and Regiomontanus Disputationes also belong to the canon of essential astronomical texts.
It is not only an early copy of Sacroboscos De Sphaera but it is also (and for expositions important) the first printed book to use multicoloured diagrams (Kenney 156). These diagrams were clearly not coloured by hand but by a printing process. Honeyman, nr 2720, speaks of "seven diagrams partly printed with colours". That description is right and (I think) untill now unnoticed: this book is the first book with printed colours. Printing came early to Venice, where by 1476 the pioneering printer and typographer Erhard Ratdolt of Augsburg had settled and begun publishing. Ratdolt was just one of many printers, at first predominantly German, who converged on Venice, where by the end of the century there were more than 150 active presses. Ratdolt had a particular interest in scientific and mathematical publications, which he made more attractive and often more informative through the addition of ornamental printed initial letters, diagrams, and the use of color printing, all of which are seen in his Sphaera Mundi of 1485 . (Heilbrunn: time line of art history. Metropolitan Museum, New York) In the previous Sacrobosco edition by Ratdolt colouring was done by hand. In that edition 8 plates were coloured (Quaritch, catalogue 1378, item 22. 2009). The process that was used seems to be separate woodblocks, heavily "inked" with colour and than pressed into the area that needed to be coloured. You can actually see the shape of the stamp, just missing (at times) the circumference of what was to be coloured. You can also see the accumulated colour being pressed through the printed area in verso.
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Schedel
Liber Chronicarum
Nurnberg, Koberger, July 12, 1493. (Hain 14508; Goff, S 307; Sabin 77523; Church 7). Imperial folio (bookblock 45,3 x 30,5 cm) ; in slightly later, full vellum binding. Title, 19 nn leaves; 300 leaves (including three original blanks 259-261); 5 nn leaves (description Samartia/Poland) Total 325 leaves (lacks last blank) ; initials, not filled in ; two folding, woodcut maps (World; Europe) ; 1806 woodcuts from 645 blocks (Cockerells count) by Wohlgemut , his alumnus Durer and his stepson Pleydenwurff.
Title remargined and rebacked, not affecting text. Most leaves thumbed. Small, marginal tears, especially in the lower margin, never affecting the text or plates, as a result of leafing. Brown stain on some leaves, (last leaves index; VII; worldmap; XXXII-XXXVII; CCXL; CCLXII). Tiny wurmholes in CCLXIII & CCLXIIII. Unwashed, wide margined near complete copy printed on strong and healthy paper (sounds upon leafing through the book) in uncommon good condition.
The Schedel is a history of the world by the German Renaissance doctor Hartmann Schedel and is illustrated with abundant woodcuts by Wohlgemut, Pleydendorf and Albrecht Durer. The book starts at creation, down to the year of publication. The book follows the traditional Jewish/ Old Testament based concept of world history. The passage of the alleged discovery of America by Behaim, a friend from Nuremberg, is found in verso of leaf CCXC . Sabin denies this claim (Sabin, L77532). The book contains a famous and very early world map (Shirley, 19). This world map was drawn after the Ptolemy worldmap of Pomponius Mela (Venice, 1488) It also contains, debatably, the first printed map of Europe (by H Munzer) and many double page city views (Jerusalem; Rome, Venice, Florence etc) that usually are the first printed images of these cities, some real, some imaginary. The Schedel also appears as an early Americana, for example in Harrisse Bibliotheca Americana (Harisse nr 13). There are two potential references to the discovery of America. One is a larger alinea in verso of leaf CCXC (290), talking about Behaims role in discovering new worlds for the King of Portugal and another more specific one in recto of leaf XIIII (14) : extra tres partes orbi: quarta es pars Transoceanus....etc
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Lilius, Zacharias
De origine et laudibus scientiarum etc.
Florence, Bonaccorsi, 1496 (Hain 10103; BMC VI 675; Harisse 17; Sabin 41607; JCB I p 24; Riccardi Vol 2: 41.1) Small quarto, newly bound in old, plain vellum. 65 (of 72) nn leaves. Leaves a1 and a2 with marginal restorations, incl. some letters in manuscript. Seven leaves in good facsimile on old paper. Heavily but well restored copy.
Five books in one volume. Contains an early TO worldmap (Shirley nr 1; Campbell nr 86) and is a very early Americana. Extremely rare.
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Granada, Luis de
Collectanea moralis philosophiae
Lisboa, Correa. 1571 (Palau 108090; Anselma 502) ; In octavo. Contemporary vellum ; 12 nn leaves; 494 pages; 1 nn leaf. First edition (which in case of Granada is always rare). Three parts in one volume. Filosophical quotes form famous philosophists: Seneca (first part) Plutarch (second part and others (third part) collected and explained by the famous Dominican Luis de Granada, a gifted religious man and writer.
Fray Luis de Granada (1504-1588) is one of the pillars of culture of XVI century Spain. His writings were very popular and went through many editions in many languages. Still his works were considered on the border of heresy ("hay algunas graves errors que tiene un cierto sabor a heregia...e otros que contradizen a la fe" ). Francisco Correia (or Correa) was "um dos mais notaveis impresores do seculo XVI em Portugal" (Anselmo). Anselmo mentions only three copies in Portugal.
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de Bry Th.
Grands voyages, partes VII & CIII (Latin)
Frankfurt a/Main, Becker/de Bry, 1599/1599. (VII: Text Schmidel; VIII: only the plates, relating to Argentina) (Crawford, p 139; Church 161 & 163). Folio, full XIX century calf; title in gilt on spineLarge margin copy (34x23 ½ cm). Book VII: engraved titel page, 62 lvs plus one leave blank, 1 text engraving. Book VIII: title page (imagenes), 3 leaves, each with one engraving, 2 blank leaves.
Part VII contains Schmidels text on his long stay in Argentina, Paraguay & Brasil. The plates that come with the text were published by de Bry's widow and sons, after Theodor's death in 1598 in part VIII in 1999 (the Latin version) and in 1600 (the German version). The plates in this present Latin edition precede the German edition and also the Hulsius editions ( Bonifacio de Carill, Monumenta Iconografica…Argentina, 1964) are thus the very first illustrated texts on Argentina ever. De Bry editions of the Grand Voyages after book VI are very rare. This is an exceptionally fresh and undamaged copy.
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Robles, Francisco de
Ratio accentuum...dictionum difficilium
Toledo, Fratres Ferrariensis, 1552 (Palau 271146). Octavo, pergamino de epoca, lomo restaurado. 58 folios; 2 hojas, 167 folios; 1 hoja (colofon)
Segunda edición (primeras en 1533). Reglas de las lenguas Latin, Griego y Hebreico para poder entender la biblia. Very rare, not sold in auction in the last 30 years.
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Ribera, D. de
Escripturas y orden....
Granada, Rabut, 1563 (Palau 266804). En folio, pergamino de epoca. 10 hojas, 101 folios. Portada con escudo y borderes xylografiadas. Letra Gotica; decenas de iniciales en xylografia. Ejemplar lavado y restaurado, ultima hoja en buen facsimile sobre papel antiguo.
Existe una primera edicion editado en Granada en 1560. La bibliografia de este libro sin embargo es complicada, posiblemente porque es tan rara. Palau dice que “todas las ediciones de este libro se han hecho raras” y dice de nuestro ejemplar: en la biblioteca de Don Eduardo Sainz de Zaragoza existia una primera parte, impresa en Granada.. por Rabut in 1563... la segunda parte de esta, quiza segunda edicion, Granada Rabut, 1564 existe en la Biblioteca Nacional, pero no la primera parte”. Palau da por nuestra edicion de Granada por Rabut la colacion de 10 hojas mas 109 folios y la fecha del 20 de junio 1563. El nuestro si embargo es 1563 sin mas, y la colacion completa es 10 hojas, 101 folios. El patrimonio bibliografico da un solo ejemplar de 10 hojas y 98 folios, diciendo que falta el folio XCVIII (98) e adelante. Obviamente hablamos de un libro muy raro en sus primeras ediciones que por su importancia legal tuve muchas reediciones posteriores que empiezan por las ediciones de Luis Sanchez en Madrid en 1596. Su escasez justifica que presentamos nuestro ejemplar, a pesar de sus defectos, con orgullo.
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Perez de Vargas, Bernardo
...la Fabrica del Mundo
Toledo, Juan de Ayala, 1563 (pero 1560) (Palau 222668; Perez Pastor, Toledo, nr 296). Folio, pergamino de epoca, restaurado. 8 hojas; 136 de 138 folios; 15 de 16 folios. Primera portada en rojo y negro con escudo en xilografia, segunda portada arodeado por orla xilografiada. Capitulares historiados en xilografia. Varias tabulas e ilustraciones en xilografia, algunas a plena pagina.
Libro importantisimo sobre cosmografia e astrologia. El segundo libro es un resumen de la historia del mundo. Completo en sus dos partes aunque se llama segunda parte ya que la primera parte nunca fue impreso. Casi siempre falta el grabado famoso del cuerpo humano (folio 88, en verso) que en sus partes se relaciona con el Zodiac. Este grabado esta presente en nuestro ejemplar.
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Plato
Platonis Atheniensis....opera
Basel, Froben 1561 (Adams 1448). Folio, contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards with clasps (one missing). 14 nn lvs (one blank); 1948 pages; 30 nn leaves (one blank. Excellent condition.
Beautiful edition by Froben of Plato's dialogi, that is Socrates' dialogi, commentated upon by Italian Renaissancist Ficino, one of the founding fathers of the Platonic Academy in Florence.
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Magnus, Olaus
Gentium septentrionalium historiae breviarium
Amsterdam, Ravesteyn. 1669(Brunet 27536)Duodecimo, contemporary vellum over boards. (9) 492 (30), with engraved title page.
Classical, early description of Scandinavia.
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Monardus, Nicolas
Historia medicinal de nuestras Indias Occidentales
Sevilla, Diaz 1580 (Palau 175487; Sabin, 49938). Quarto, 7 nn leaves; 168 lvs. Modern vellum. Title page; a3 and last 2 lvs in manuscript.
Nicolas Monardus was born and raised in Sevilla in 1493, studied medicine in Alcala. He wrote a best selling book on medicinal herbs from the Americas and gave the world the first image of the tobacco plant and a nice image of the armadillo.
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