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

...at the same time with the Portraits of all, drawn from life by the author himself from gems, marbles, and ancient tablets, and engraved in copper, etc. in folio. Oppenheim, without date, bound in gilt French leather original Latin: "lig. gal. deaur." for ligatura gallica deaurata. A beautiful copy. 9-10.

115 The Historical Library of Nicolas Vignier, containing the arrangement and concordance of Times, Histories, and Historiographers; together with the state both of the Church and of the principal and most renowned Monarchies and Republics, according to their order and succession, 4 volumes in folio. Paris 1587 to 1650. In calfskin. 27-10.

116 A vertical curly brace groups the following two entries together.
{ Budé (Guillaume) Five Books on the As and its Parts The "As" was a Roman copper coin; this work is a foundational Renaissance study of ancient weights, measures, and coinage. in folio. Basel 1556. A very rare edition.
{ Also Joachim Camerarius, Commentaries on both the Greek and Latin Languages, folio. Ibid. Basel 1551. 1 volume. Ancient binding. 7-0.

117 The Polyglot Bible (in Hebrew, Chaldean, Greek, and Latin) by Benito Arias Montano; printed by order of Philip II at Antwerp by Christopher Plantin, 1569-1572. In folio, 7 volumes, of which the first 4 contain the Old Testament; the 5th, the New Testament; the 6th, the Greek and Latin Lexicon, etc. The 7th, the common and familiar idioms of the Hebrew language, etc. All washed and ruledA luxury treatment where the paper was cleaned and hand-lined with red ink for aesthetic precision. and bound in tawny calfskin, gilt on the spine and edges: A most magnificent copy. Its rarity is well known. 275-0.

118 Holy Latin Bible, Paris, from the Royal Press 1642. In large type in 8 volumes in folio. In a large and magnificent typeface, in yellow morocco leatherA high-quality, goat-skin leather known for its durability and ability to take bright dyes., gilt on the edges and the cover. A superb copy, etc. bearing the King's Arms. 95-0.

119 Polyglot Holy Bible, or the Old Testament in Hebrew, Chaldean, and Greek, from the Version of the Seventy Interpreters [the Septuagint], with the Latin translation joined to each. Also, the Greek New Testament from the Version of the Seventy Interpreters (published for the first time in this edition) Likewise with the Latin translation, adding to the work the Hebrew and Chaldean Vocabulary. Also, Treatise on the interpretation of proper names in both Testaments, and Hebrew Grammar, and finally a Latin-Hebrew Lexicon. Work edited by the order and at the expense of Francisco Ximenes de Cisneros, Cardinal, in 6 volumes in folio. Printed at the Complutensian AcademyThe University of Alcalá de Henares; this is the famous Complutensian Polyglot, the first printed polyglot edition of the entire Bible. by Arnaldo Guillermo de Brocar. 1517. 1514. 1515. A copy in excellent condition, binding...