AMSTERDAM -- THEOPHILUS ANTECESSOR. Paraphrasis Graeca institutionum Caesarearum: (Gr. & Lat.) cum not. integr. Nannii, Curtii, Gothofredi e.a. Lect. var. et prim. edit. et Pithoeano Ms. inseruit, novam vers. concinnavit, suasque animadv. add. G.O. Reitz. The Hague, O. & P. Thollios, 1751. 2 in 1 vol. lxxx, 612; (2), 613-1327 pp. W. 2 engr. ti-vign., 1 engr. vign. & 2 full-p. engr. 4°. Cont. vellum w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam on both sides, surrounded by 2 fillet borders. (Ties & prize fail, a bit browned/foxed).
€ 240
BINDINGS -- CICERO. Opera omnia quæ exstant. Ex sola fere Codd. Mss. fide emend. studio atq. industria J. Gulielmii & J. Gruteri. Hamburg, Ex bibliopolio Frobeniano, 1618-19. 5 parts in 2 vols. (16), 34, (2), 255, 590; (8), 365, (3), 417, 461 pp. W. 2 engr. ti. containing i.a. a view on Hamburg and a small portr. of the author. Fol. Beautiful 19th-century Spanish green mor. binds., sides paneled with double gilt fillet, at the center gilt coat of arms of the Marquis de Morante, with his motto "Gomez de la Cortina et amicorum fallitur hora legendo", spine with four raised bands and gilt-lettered title, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. (Old name entries on first ti. (partly scratched out), some marg. stains, 1 leaf w. tear, browned/foxed as usual).
€ 380
BINDINGS -- HORATIUS. Hekeldichten, brieven en dichtkunst. In Nederduitsche vaarzen overgebragt d. B. Huydecoper. Amst., 1737. W. engr. front., ti-vign. & engr. portr. of the translator. 4°. Beautiful cont. full cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt spine, gilt centerpieces containing a lion on both sides, surrounded by gilt dec. borders.
€ 150
CALEPINO, A. Dictionarium, nunc demum post omnes editiones, quae hactenus in lucem prodierunt, (…) Venice, J. Gryphius, 1557. 499, (1 blank) lvs. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. & num. initials. Fol. 17th c. full cf. w. raised bands & gilt coat of arms of the Antwerp Augustine Gymnasium on both sides. (Extremities dam., bind. chafed/worn, free endpapers gone, old name entry on ti., upper margin cut short, some wormholes in lower blank margin).
€ 200
DEMOSTHENES. Opera (...) omnia. Basel, J. Oporinus, (1549). 5 parts in 2 vols. (16), 144; 283; 192 pp.; (30 pp.), blank leaf; 486 coll.; 266 pp., 268-73 coll., last leaf blank. W. sev. fine woodcut initials. Fol. Old blind tooled cf. (Binds. rather dam.: parts of calf gone, sides loosening, rubbed/chafed, first free endpaper gone, but apart from a few faint marg. stains in very good interior condition).
€ 360
HIERONYMUS STRIDONIUS. (Omnes quae extant opera in novem tomos, per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum digestae, ac ... emendatae). Operum septimus tomus (&) octavus tomus (&) Appendici huic inest quadruplex psalterium, (…) (&) nonus tomus (&) index rerum et vocum omnium annotatudignarum in tomos omnes operum. Basel, Froben, 1553. Tog. 5 parts (= 3 of 9 vols.) in 1 vol. 237, (3); 217, (3); (192); 422, (2); (214) pp. Fol. Beautiful cont. richly blind tooled cf. over wooden brds. w. brass clasps & catches. (New endpapers, upper inner margin faintly waterstained in places, else an excellent copy with ample margins).
€ 400
LUCIANUS. Alle de werken. Nieulyks uit het Grieks vert. d. S. B(lankaert). Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1679. 2 vols. (20), 714, (6); 869 (=877), (3) pp. W. engr. ti. & 12 fold. engr. by R. de Hooghe. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum.
€ 300
OVIDIUS. Al de werken. Vert. d. A. Valentyn. Leyden, D. v. Gaasbeek, 1678. 3 vols. W. 1 engr. front., 3 identical printer's devices & 15 full-p. engr. by C. Decker. 12°. Cont. vellum., w. overl. sides. (Binds. a bit soiled). -- K. v. MANDER. Uitlegging over de Metamorphosis, of Herschepping van P. Ovidius Nazo. Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1645. (12), 520 pp. W. engr. ti. 12°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Paste downs detached). -- (4).
€ 120
OVIDIUS. Metamorphosis cu[m] luculentissimis Raphaelis Regii enarrationibus. (Venice, J. Thacuinus de Tridino, 1513). (10), CLVI lvs. W. ti. printed in red & black within woodcut border, num. charming woodcut illustr. and initials. Fol. Cont. h. blind tooled pigskin over wooden brds. (Pigskin soiled, clasps/catches gone, new endpaper, margins ti-p. skilfully rep., some other small marginal repairs, marginal wormholes (espec. at the end), some annot. in an old hand, a bit stained/yellowed in places).
€ 1000
PLUTARCHUS. T' Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen. Wt de Griecsche sprake overgeset door J. Amyot. (…) Voorder het leven van Epaminondas, (…) versamelt ende uytg. by S(imon) G(oulart) S(enlisien). Tesamen van nieus tot gemeen nut verduyscht, door A. V[an] Z[uylen] V[an] N[eyevelt]. Delft, A.G. v. Beyeren, (a.o.), 1644. (5), 548, (4) lvs. W. engr. front. & 2 woodcut printer's marks on ti. Fol. Cont. blind tooled vellum, spine raised in compartments. (Upper joint split, vellum a bit soiled, new endpapers, tear in engr. ti. closed and outer margin a bit frayed, some marg. stains, sl. browned).
QUINTILIANUS. Oratoriarum institutionum libri XII. Doctißimorum uirorum, J. Camerarii, J. Sichardi, aliorumque opera ac studio (…). Cologne, W. Fabricius, 1555. 835, (42) pp. W. some woodcut initials. Sm-8°. 19th c. brds. (Corners a bit worn, stamp on endpaper, last blank lacks, small hole in ti., margins faintly waterstained in places). -- AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS. Rerum sub Impp. Constantio, Iuliano (...) historia, libris XVIII (…). Chronologia Marcelliniana (…). Lyon, Fr. le Preux, 1600. (16), 566, (169) pp. Old vellum w. overl. sides. (Sl. browned/foxed in places). -- (2).