Catalogue of a Large Collection of Rare and Curious Books of All Kinds

94 Budé (Guillaume) On the As and its Parts, in Five Books. original Latin: "de Asse & partibus ejus." Budé was a leading French humanist; this 1514 work is a foundational study of ancient Roman coinage and measures, crucial for understanding classical economics. folio. Paris 1514. French binding. Very rare. 5- 5.

95 Bonfini (Antonio) Fifteen Decades of Hungarian Affairs, and Johannes Sambucus’s Appendix on Hungarian Affairs, the Attica of P. Callimachus and Nicolaus Olahus. Praise of Matthias Corvinus, and several of the Decrees or Articles of the ancient state of Hungary, etc. etc. folio. Frankfurt, at the house of Andreas Wechel, 1581. In parchment. Very rare. 7- 10.

96 Becanus (Johannes Goropius) Antwerpian Origins, or the Becceselana of the Cimmerians, comprising nine books: Atuatica, Gigantomachia, Niloscopium, Cronia, Indoscythica, Saxonica, Gotodanica, Amazonica, Venetica, and Hyperborea, etc. Becanus was a physician and linguist famous for his eccentric theory that "Antwerpian" (a dialect of Dutch) was the original language spoken in Paradise. folio. Antwerp, at the Plantin Press, 1569. French binding. Very rare. 7- 10.

A left-hand brace groups entry 97, which contains two separate book entries and a concluding note in French.

97 { Blondel (David) Commentary on the flaws of the Champagne-Frankish affairs of Lotharingia by Jean-Jacques Chifflet, original Latin: "Rerum Campano-Francicum, Nævorum Lothariens." Blondel was a Protestant historian noted for his critical approach to historical myths. folio. Amsterdam 1652. In parchment.
{ Johnston (Robert) History of British Affairs: as well as many French, Belgian, and German affairs, both political and ecclesiastical, from the year 1572 to 1628. folio. Amsterdam 1655. Parchment. These are bound together and will be sold as such. 3- 0.

98 Boxhorn (Marcus Zuerius) Monuments and Eulogies of Illustrious Men, with figures. folio. Amsterdam 1638. Parchment. Including 120 well-engraved monuments. 5- 0.

99 ————— History of the Siege of Breda and the Deeds Accomplished in the Year 1637. folio. Leiden 1740. Parchment. 1- 0.

100 Bonfini (Antonio) Three Decades of Hungarian Affairs, now finally brought to light through the diligence of Martin Brenner, never before printed. To which are added: A Chronology of the Pannonians from Noah until these times, and a Garland of the Hungarian History by various authors. folio. Basel 1543. French binding. 7- 10.

101 Brown (Edward) A Collection of things to be sought after and things to be avoided, together with an Appendix or Volume II of Ancient Writers, who expose and condemn the errors and abuses of the Roman Church, and urge the necessity of Reformation. original Latin: "Fasciculus Rerum expetendarum..." This is a major collection of pre-Reformation documents that argued for the reform of the Catholic Church from within. 2 vol. folio, London 1690. English binding. Very rare. 15- 15.

102 Barlandus (Hadrianus) Chronicles of the Dukes of Brabant. Also "Brabantiados," a poem by Melchior Barlandus: now for the first time illustrated with portraits. Antwerp, at the Plantin Press, by Joannes Moretus, 1600. By the same Barlandus: History and Portraits of the Counts of Holland. Added: Life of Charles, Duke of Burgundy. Also, Catalog and Deeds of the Bishops of Utrecht, Barlande The text ends mid-name as a catchword for the following page.