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

...by the author. Also a small book on the same subject written by Gerardus Noviomagus. original Latin: "Ger. Noviomago." Gerardus Noviomagus (1482–1542) was a Dutch humanist and historian also known as Gerard Geldenhouwer. Leiden, at the Office of Christopher Plantin, 1584. An edition filled with figures, in folio, in parchment, a very polished and very rare copy. 9- 10.

103 Le Blanc (Ludovicus) Theological Theses published at various times in the Academy of Sedan and proposed for debate, folio. London 1675. In calfskin. 5- 0.

104 Latin-French Bible, or French and Latin Bible from the printing house of Jacques Bourgeois for Étienne Anastase in 1568. With Chronological and Historical Tables and various representations of figures and Arguments etc. in Manuscript. Well-preserved and rare copy. In calfskin. 7- 10.

104* Great Hebrew and Rabbinical Bible, with the Commentary of Buxtorf, 4 volumes in folio. Johannes Buxtorf (1564–1629) was a celebrated Hebraist; his Rabbinical Bible included the Aramaic Targums and major medieval Jewish commentaries, making it a cornerstone of 17th-century biblical scholarship. Superb copy, in parchment, in beautiful corded vellum. 45- 0.

105 Holy Latin Bible from the edition of the Louvain Theologians, with geographical maps and very polished figures, folio. Antwerp 1583, at the Plantin Office. In red morocco leather, gilt edges. Magnificent copy and beautiful typeface. 27- 10.

106 Latin Bible, including Hebrew, Chaldean, Greek, and Latin names of Men, Women, Peoples, Cities, Rivers, Mountains, and other places read of in the Bible, with a Latin Interpretation and Description of Places from Cosmographers; to which are added Illustrations of the Mosaic Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple. folio. Paris, at the Estienne Office 1540. This edition by Robert Estienne is one of the most famous printed Bibles of the Renaissance, renowned for its scholarship and the elegance of its typography. In red morocco leather, gilt edges. 27- 10.

106* Latin Bible with the Gloss of Nicholas of Lyra, 6 volumes in folio. Basel 1508. Nicholas of Lyra (c. 1270–1349) was a Franciscan whose literal interpretation of the Bible was so influential that it was said, "If Lyra had not played the lyre, Luther would not have danced." Rare, perfectly well-preserved; beautiful copy in parchment, in beautiful corded vellum. 45- 0.

107 Du Boulay (César Égasse) History of the University of Paris, encompassing its Foundation, Nations, Faculties, Magistrates, Decrees, Privileges, Assemblies, Embassies, and Reformations; likewise the most ancient Academies of the Gauls and the foundations of other Universities and Religious Orders, etc., in Chronological Order from approximately the year 800 until 1600. folio. 6 volumes. Paris 1665–1673. In tawny calfskin. 30 - 0.

107* Buxtorf, Hebrew Bible Concordance, in folio. Basel 1632. Very beautiful copy in parchment, in beautiful corded vellum. 10- 10.

108 Bianchini (Giuseppe) Fourfold Gospel Book, of the ancient Latin Version, or the Old Italic, under the auspices of John V, King of Portugal, now for the first time published from manuscript codices in gold, silver, purple, and others more than a thousand... original Latin: "Evangeliarium quadruplex." Bianchini was a Veronese scholar; this 1749 work was a monumental effort to reconstruct the "Vetus Latina"—the Latin biblical text used before Saint Jerome's Vulgate became standard.