16th Century Literature

1579 1ed Bibliothecae Sanctorum Church Fathers Justin Martyr Charlemagne Bigne

Beginning in 1575, Marguerin de La Bigne published an extensive collection of the writings of hundreds of early Church Fathers under the title 'Sacra Bibliothecae Sanctorum Patrum'. This work was the first work dedicated to patristics – Christian theology dealing with the lives of early church fathers. Notable figures covered in this work include:
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Charlemagne
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Saint Anastasia
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Saint Athanasius
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Pope Clement I
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Justin Martyr
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Saint Laurent
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Saint Paul
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Synesius of Cyrene

This 'Appendix' volume was formed from the whole 'Bibliothecae' and was first published in 1579.

Item number: #7710
Price: $950
LA BIGNE, Margarinus de
Appendix Bibliothecae Sanctorum Patrum variae de Deo et rebus divinis complectens opuscula et fragmenta; omnia nunc primum vel ex MS. exscripta lodicibus, vel meliori forma edita; et multis quam hactenus unquam partibus auctiora… Read More

1585 1ed Michel de Hopital Epistolarum seu Sermonum French Humanism Latin Poetry

An extremely rare and valuable first edition collection of 16th-century French poetry!

Michel de Hopital was a 16th-century French humanist who is better remembered for his political influence rather than his writings. However, his book 'Epistolarum seu Sermonum' is a collection of his poems published posthumously by his grandson.
Item number: #7995
Price: $950
L'HOPITAL, Michel de
Michaelis Hospitalii Galliarum cancellarii Epistolarum seu Sermonum libri sex.
Lutetia: Apud Mamertum Patissonium: In officina Roberti Stephani, 1585. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 381, [3]
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Signatures: pi² a-z⁶ A-I⁶
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References: Adams L 625; Pettegree 77694; USTC 170776
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~11.5in X 7.75in (29cm x 19.5cm)
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Extremely rare with auction records and price comparisons at over $5,000 (Christies… Read More

in officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum Frobenium, & Nicolaum Episcopium, 1538. First Edition. Leather Bound. Good. Folio, pp. [28], 398 (i.e. 389), [11]; woodcut printer's device on title and colophon, numerous woodcut initials throughout; full 18th century calf, gilt-decorated spine with gilt faded, bookplate of an early owner (Henry F. Brooks, Esq.) on the front inside board, title page has small holes on edge and bottom. Small pin hole on right edge through to page 26 where probably punched on wrong edge when getting ready to bind. Water stains and tanning mainly to front and back pages. Page 121 is hand written with a blank back and starts back on page 125. Index pages are creased with a blank between last two pages of index. Front cover is detached.

1578 John Calvin Reformation Dialogues of Sebastien Castellion French Calvinism
Sébastien Châteillon was a 16th-century French preacher who is known for being one of the earliest Calvinist apologists in France. After leaving France, Castellion met John Calvin who was perhaps the most influential figure in Castellion's ministry. After preaching alongside Calvin, Castellion published his first book Sacred Dialogues – a work which only increased his popularity among central European Calvinists.
This 1578 first edition of 'Dialogues'
was published in Basel.
According to the USTC, this exceedingly rare 16th-century printing of Châteillon is only found in seven institutions worldwide and none found in the western hemisphere!

Item number: #18305
Price: $795
CASTELLION, Sebastien
Sebastiani Castellionis Dialogi IIII : de praedestinatione, de electione, de libero arbitrio, de fide : ejusdem Opuscula quaedam lectu dignissima ...
Aresdorffii [i.e. Basileae] : Per Theophil. Philadelph., 1578. First… Read More

1583 1ed Historia Belgica Galle Netherlands FRANCE Pharamond Henry III Zeeland
Philip Galle's "Historia Belgica" was a 16th-century history of the Netherlands and France focusing on important monarchs and military leaders. Galle discusses the lives and reigns of Charles V of Spain and Francis I of France. Other notable figures covered in this work include the legendary King Pharamond, Henry III of France, and Philip II of France, as well as nobles in Zeeland and Holland.
Item number: #18918
Price: $795
GALLE, Philip
Historia Belgica: hoc est, Rervm memorabilivm, qvæ in Belgio, iam inde a pace illa cameracensi inter Carolum V Imperat. et Francsicum eius nominis I Regem Francie, ter pientiss. memoriae inita, passim aliquando euenerint, brevis designation
Francoforti ad Moevm: apud Sigismundum Feyrabenium, 1583. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[16], 366 leaves, [2]
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Signatures: []8 A-2Z8
· References: USTC 663337
· Language: Latin
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1554 1ed Gropper Catholic Institutes Protestant Reformation RARE Binding Erasmus
Johann Gropper was a 16th-century German Catholic clergy who studied under Erasmus. While little is known of his literary career, in 1554 he published one of his only known works, 'Catholic Institutes'. This book was written, like many at the time, to fight against the Protestant Reformation, particularly in Cologne.
Item number: #19739
Price: $950
GROPPER, Johann
Institutio catholica : elemẽta christianae pietatis succincta breuitate complectens
Coloniae: excudebat Iaspar Gennepeus, 1554. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[72], 680 (i.e. 672), [2]
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References: USTC 666666
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
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Includes functional two metal clasps
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Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8.5cm)
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1581 Catholic BIBLE Commentary Against Heresy & Heretics Reformation Capitonus
'Explicationes Catholicae' is a rare 16th-century commentary on both the Old and New Testaments, which, according to the title page, covers all the verses in the Bible. Author Felicianus Capitonus uses these commentaries to refute heretics of the time. This third part from the 1581 edition contains Paul's epistle to the Romans through the book of Revelation.
Item number: #19779
Price: $795
CAPITONUS, Felicianus
[Fel. Capitoni Explicationes Catholicae locorum fere omnium Vet. ac Novi Testamenti]… Explicationum Catholicarum, locorum S. scripturae… pars tertia
[Coloniae, 1581.]
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· Collation: Complete with all pages;
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911-1493, [57]
· References: USTC 655575
· Provenance: Stamp – Franziskaner Kloster Dettelbach
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The Franciscan Monastery Dettelbach is a former monastery of the Franciscan Observants in Dettelbach, Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg. The founding and establishment of the… Read More

1566 BRABANT History Netherlands Hapsburgs Flanders Holland Belgium Barland RARE
Adrian Barlandus was a 16th-century Dutch historian who is primarily remembered for his histories of the Low Countries or the Brabant. In his book 'Rerum Gestarum a Brabantiae', Barland describes the reigns of notable kings and royals in Holland, Burgundy, Flanders, and Belgium, most notably giving significant attention to the Hapsburgs.
Item number: #20557
Price: $950
BARLAND, Adriaan van
Rerum gestarum a Brabantiae ducïbus historia, conscripta usque in annum 1526, authore Adriano Barlando
Lovanii: Apud H. Wellaeum, 1566. 1st edition
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [8], 176 leaves
· References: USTC 405331; Pettegree NB 3039
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~4.5in X 2.75in (11.5cm x 7cm)
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1550 Claude Guilliaud BIBLE Commentary Gospel of John FOLIO French Huguenot era

Claude Guilliaud was a 16th-century French theologian known for his Bible commentaries and sermons preached against heresy. His works were not seen as favorable by the Catholic Church and many of his works were placed on the Prohibited Books Index until he agreed to revise them (Farge). The first work to avoid being banned was his 'Ennarationes in Evangelium Johanni' – an annotated edition of the Gospel of John with commentary.

This impressive folio edition was published in 1550 in Lutetiae, Paris, bound in original 16th-century leather.

Item number: #21696
Price: $950

GUILLIAUD, Claude

In sacrosanctum Iesu Christi Euangelivm secvndvm Ioannem. Enarrationes, Ivxta Ervditorvm sententiam factæ, per sacræ theologiæ doctorem, Claudium Guilliaudum Belliiocensem

Lutetiae [Paris]: apud Ioannem Roigny, 1550.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [8], 17-581, [35]
o Signatures: a4 b-z8 A-M8 N-Q6 R4
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1586 LAW Belgian Wesenbeck In Pandectas Juris Civilis Latin Slaves Gamblers 2in1

Matthew Wesenbeck was a 16th-century Belgian jurist and lawyer. He is known for writing only a few works on law, including this work "In Pandectarum" which is a commentary on the famous Juris Civilis. This edition 1586 of the law commentaries of Wesenbeck includes commentary and notes on various subjects including:
• Corrupting a slave
• Dealing with fugitives
• Punishment for gamblers
• Laws of purchase, and obtaining possessions

Item number: #22075
Price: $795

WESENBECK, Matthaeus

Imp. Caes. Ivstiniani Institvtionvm Lib. IIII. : Adnotationibus ac Notis doctiss. Scriptorum illustrati, quorum Catalogus sequenti pag. habetur ; Praeterea adiunximus Leges XII

Taurini: Apud heredes Nic. Bevilaque, 1586.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1
o "Institvtionvm Lib. IIII" – [12], 768, [36]
o "Enchiridion titvlorvm aliqvot ivris videlicet" – 223, [1]
• Language: Latin
• Binding:… Read More

1583 1ed Martyrology of Monk Usuard Saint Bede Eusebius Famed Medieval Martyrs

Usuard was a 9th-century Benedictine monk who is primarily remembered for his book "Martyrology" – a work that was the most famous work of its kind through much of the Middle Ages. Curiously, Usuard, according to many of the earliest manuscripts, used the work of Saint Bede, Florus of Lyon, and Saint Ado and their studies into martyrs and saints. Notable figures covered in this work include Eusebius, John the Baptist, Gregory the Great, Pope Marcellus I, Saint Peter the Apostle, Saint Stephen, and many others.

This 1583 edition was collected and edited by Molanus, a 16th-century Louvain theologian.

Item number: #22740
Price: $950

USUARD

Usuardi Martyrologium, quo Romana Ecclesia, ac permultae aliae vtuntur, iussu Caroli Magni conscriptum, cum additionibus ex Martyrologijs Romanae Ecclesiae

Antverpiae: apud Philippum Nutium, 1583. First edition.

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o "Usuardi… Read More

1574 Saxonia Krantz Holy Roman Empire Gypsy Charlemagne Saxony FIGURES Binding

Albert Krantz was a 15th-century German historian whose principal work was on the history of Saxony, entitled 'Saxonia.' With the help of fellow poet-Laureate Jakob Canter, Krantz wrote of the events, rulers, and cultures of Saxony. In 1520, when Krantz first published 'Saxonia,' Saxony covered the extent of the Hanseatic League, and Krants treaded on myth, rather than purely providing historical accuracies. (Tilg, Knight).

Krantz also spoke profusely about Gypsies and Gypsy history. He referred to them as the scum of the nation who 'lived like dogs' without religion, and were a community of drifters, thieves, and beggars. (Willems). He also covers the rule of Duke Magnus and an extensive section on the reign of Charlemagne during the Holy Roman Empire.

This impressive 1574 edition was published in Cologne, bound in decorative vellum.

Item number: #22855
Price: $950

KRANTZ, Albert

Metropolis Sive Historia… Read More

1647 Juvenal SATIRES 1st English ed Stoic Philosophy Stapylton Mythology ROME

"Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown."
― Juvenal, The Satires

A rare 1647 English printing of 'The Satires' of Juvenal and. This collection of satirical poetry was written in the late 1st and 2nd centuries and discuss society, social norms, irony, each of these providing insight to the morals and values of Roman life at the time. Juvenal outlines many of the concerns he has with Roman citizens including unfaithfulness and greed; issues he recognized as downfalls to society. Many of the satires include references to Greek and Roman mythology.

This 1647 was the first complete English edition of the works of Juvenal – the sixteen satires. In 1644, at the height of the English Civil War, Robert Stapylton published the first six, but finished the collection in 1647.

Item number: #23373
Price: $950

JUVENALIS, (Decimus Junius)

Juvenal's sixteen… Read More

1549 FAMED Alciati EMBLEMS Emblematica Herbal Medicine Mythology 100s Woodcuts
"Plenitudo potestatis nihil aliud est quam violentia." (The fullness of power is nothing more than violence).
― Andrea Alciati
An incredible first edition of Alciati's 'Emblemata'. This 1549 edition includes countless woodcut-engraved devices. These illustrations helped inspire thousands of imitations throughout Europe on secular and religious themes. The commentaries on each emblem were written by French scholar Claude Mignault. Devices depict pastoral scenes, cathedrals, military, mythological creatures, and more. 'Emblematica' provides important clues and shows - with brevity of style - concern for the eternal nature of man and human nature. Per Saunders in "The 17th-century French Emblem,"
"Alciato's emblem book went through a large number of transformations from the original very crude and simple form. Its early transformation into a work which was both aesthetically more pleasing and visually more accurate…with a… Read More

Basel: Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1555. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition thus (the first to include coverage of the reign of Henry VIII to 1538); folio; [2], 691, [39]pp. In mid-sixteenth century blind-panelled calf with blind arabesque to centre of each board (professionally respined and with corners repaired). Title with woodcut printer's device and early manuscript annotations and markings (title repaired, re-attached at gutter, with light creasing and soiling), decorative woodcut initials and borders to leaves a2 and a3, woodcut printer's device to reverse of final leaf, early marginal annotations and underlinings throughout volume, first few leaves lightly frayed to margins, small closed tear at foot of leaf H6, occasional unobtrusive damp stains to margins of a few leaves. First published in 1534, Polydore Vergil's history was a source for chroniclers Edward Hall and Raphael Holinshed, consequently influencing Shakespeare's history plays, and according to more recent analysis,… Read More