Cronica di Matteo Villani a Miglior Lezione Ridotta coll' Aiuto de' Testi a Penna by Villani, Matteo, b. 1363 - 1825-1826

Monachii [Munich]: Typis Mariæ Magdalenæ Riedlin, 1730. First Edition. Full Leather. First Edition of an important genealogical work dedicated to Prince-Elector Charles Albert (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII), tracing the descent of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria to Charlemagne. Two volumes in one. Folio; [20], 82; 192; [12], 326, [28]pp, with a double-page engraved map of the Danube basin (signed by Georg Baptista Steinberger), allegorical frontispiece (signed by Hieronymus Sperling); engraved genealogical table (signed Joh. Christoph Steinberger), full-page coat-of-arms, the Wittelsbach genealogical tree, and two engravings (the second double-page) after medieval panels depicting Duke Arnulf the Bad. Firmly bound in contemporary sheep (boards with light wear only), the spine divided by five raised bands into six compartment richly gilt (now faded), with a vellum lettering piece titled in gilt. Magnificently printed on bright, spotless paper of very high rag content, in a handsome Roman… Read More

1644 Francis Bacon Sermones Fideles Essays Elzevir Economics Science Crime LAW

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
― Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery, scientific method, and the scientific revolution, he did lean strongly toward Puritanism in his personal devotion.

An extremely rare Elzevier printing of Bacon's "Sermones fideles". "Sermones fideles" is the title of the work as a whole, but it contains four other works that come from 'The Essays'. Bacon discusses politics, economics, ethics, crime, law, and science all through the lens of philosophy. This work was translated from his 'Essays' which was printed earlier in English.

Item number: #1896
Price: $750

BACON, Francis

Fr. Baconi de Verulamio Sermones fideles, ethici, politici, oeconomici, sive interiora rerum. Accedunt Faber fortnae, colores boni et… Read More

Probably a pirated copy of the original edition published by Léonard. Printed without the frontispiece showing St Mark's Square.
Description: Contemp. vellum, spine lettered in ink. Vigesimo-quarto: 14 × 8 cm; pag.: 211, [2].
Provenance: Bookplate "Libro Liber. G H".
Ref.: BSB: 10882446, 10882435
Condition: Covers slightly dusty and with some spotting, spine title faded. Joints and endpapers in very good condition. Ink notations in a later hand on the history of this edition to front flyleaf. Pages slightly browned due to age, occasional small stains. Top edge a little dusty, small stain to fore edge and lower edge.
Notes: Around 1669, Amelot de La Houssaye (1634–1706) was appointed legation secretary to the French ambassador in Venice. From this period he drew the information for his "Histoire du gouvernement de Venise", an unsparing description of the political constitution of the city-state, published in Paris in 1676. After the publication, the outraged protests of the Venetian ambassador led… Read More

1724 French Essays of Michel Montaigne France Renaissance Philosophy Humanism

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
― Michel de Montaigne, Essays

First published in 1580, the Essays of Michel de Montaigne were a collection of essays and writings on a variety of topics and content. Montaigne was rather decisive in his rhetoric and used various Ancient Greek, Latin, and Italian texts as examples and references, such as Lucretius and Plutarch quotations. Montaigne himself stated that the goal of his essays was to describe man with 'utter frankness and honesty.' According to the scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller,
"the writers of the period were keenly aware of the miseries and ills of our earthly existence".
Montaigne sought to break man down into his basic features, which, at the time, was extreme volatility. He wrote on marriage being an absolute necessity for raising children, but he also quoted, in the 'Essays,' that "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds… Read More

1548 Italian Renaissance Letters Pliny Petrarch Mirandola Ferrari Lodovico Dolce

Lodovico Dolce was a 16th-century Italian author known for his various 'dialogues' which discussed prominent societal and academic issues. One of his best works was his famous 'Epistole'. This work contains the letters of famous writers including Pliny the Younger, Petrarch, Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.
Item number: #21165
Price: $750
DOLCE, Lodovico

Epistole di G. Plinio, di M. Franc. Petrarca, del S. Pico della Mirandola et d'altri eccellentiss. Huomini
In Vinegia: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1548.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 164 leaves
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Signatures: *4 A-V8 X4
· References: USTC 849918
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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Probably a pirated copy of the original edition published by Léonard. Printed without the frontispiece showing St Mark's Square.
Description: Contemp. vellum, spine lettered in ink. Vigesimo-quarto: 14 × 8 cm; pag.: 211, [2].
Provenance: Bookplate "Libro Liber. G H".
Ref.: BSB: 10882446, 10882435
Condition: Covers slightly dusty and with some spotting, spine title faded. Joints and endpapers in very good condition. Ink notations in a later hand on the history of this edition to front flyleaf. Pages slightly browned due to age, occasional small stains. Top edge a little dusty, small stain to fore edge and lower edge.
Notes: Around 1669, Amelot de La Houssaye (1634–1706) was appointed legation secretary to the French ambassador in Venice. From this period he drew the information for his "Histoire du gouvernement de Venise", an unsparing description of the political constitution of the city-state, published in Paris in 1676. After the publication, the outraged protests of the Venetian ambassador led… Read More