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Important 18th-century bibliography of Italian rare books on history, poetry, prose and arts & sciences

[HAYM, Niccolo Francesco]. Biblioteca Italiana, o sia, Notizia de' libri rari nella lingua Italiana, divisa in quattro parti principali: cioe istoria, poesia, prose, arti e scienze, annessovi tutto il libro dell' Eloquenza Italiana di Mons. Giusto Fontanini col suo ragionamento intorno alla stessa materia. Con tavole copiosissime, e necessarie.
Venice, Angiolo Geremia, 1728. 4to. With woodcut historiated initials, head- and tailpieces. 19th-century vellum, gold-tooled spine with a red morocco title-label lettered in gold, red and blue sprinkled edges. [24], 264 pp. Full description
€ 850
Bibliography & Biography Italy
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A famous auction catalogue, re-issued as an important reference work

HEINSIUS, Nicolas. Bibliotheca Heinsiana sive catalogus librorum, quos, magno studio, & sumtu, dum viveret, collegit.
Leiden, (Abraham Elsevier, for) Johannes de Vivie, (1682). Two parts in one volume. 12mo. With the title page printed in red and black, and a woodcut printer's device. Contemporary marbled calf. [2], 374, [2 blank]; 286, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
Auction Catalogues & Bookselling Bibliography & Biography
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"Father of History" in elegant & famous first Greek edition by Aldus Manutius, from the Arenberg library

HERODOTUS. [Historiarum] libri novem. Quibus musarum indita sunt nomina.
(Colophon: Venice), Aldus Manutius, (colophon: September 1502). Folio (29.5 x 20 cm). With Aldus's anchor and dolphin device on the title page and the verso of the last leaf. Late 19th-century blind-tooled, polished tan calf, the central panel with the arms of the Dukes of Arenberg. [140] ll. Full description
€ 45,000
Aldine Press Bindings Book History, Printing & Typography Classical Antiquity Early Printing - 16th century Egypt Greek & Non-Western Types North Africa West Asia
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Rare Latin treatise on the Greek Bacchanals

HERRENSCHMID, Jacob. Peripatheticus orgiorum ethnico-pontificius. Justè castigatus, justius profligatus, justissimè condemnatus. Hoc est, brevis dissertatiuncula De Bachanaliorum nomine, origine, progressu, placentis, larvis, excusationibus, exemplis, poenis, ludis, choreis, symposiis, ludibriis, &c.
Nuremberg, Simon Halbmayer, [1626]. 12mo.19th-century red half morocco, marbled paper sides. 132 pp. Full description
€ 550
Classical Antiquity History / 17th Century School & Textbooks
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Collected poems by the owner of one of the most famous Dutch Alba amicorum

HEYBLOCQ, Jacobus. Farrago Latino-Belgica, of mengelmoes van Latijnsche en Duitsche gedichten, gepast op allerhande gelegentheden en voorvallen.
Amsterdam, Pieter van den Berge, 1662 (engraved title: 1663). 8vo. With the title printed in red and black with an engraved printer's device, an engraved title, a full-page engraved view of 't Huys Mannepat, an engraved illustration in the text, several decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum. [24], 267, [1] pp. Full description
€ 950
Alba Amicorum Dutch Literature Songbooks
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Introduction to reading the Bible, intended for young people

HOFFMANN, Gottfried. Außerlesene Kern-Sprüche Heiliger Schrifft, durch kurtze Fragen deutlich erkläret und nützlich angewendet, nebst einer ausführlichen Einleitung zum Bibel-Lesen ...
Leipzig, Friedrich Lankisch, 1705. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, a folding letterpress table and occasional lines in Greek and Hebrew type. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. [34], 704 pp. Full description
€ 950
Church History & Missions Education & Pedagogy
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The first book printed with roman type in Turkey

[HOLDERMANN, Jean-Baptiste Daniel]. Grammaire Turque ou méthode courte et facile pour apprendre la langue Turque ...
Istanbul, [Ibrahim Müteferrika & Zaïd Aga Effendi], 1730. 4to. With a double-page engraved table of Arabic letters in 7 different styles. Set in roman type with frequent Turkish words and phrases in naskh Arabic type. Contemporary blind-tooled calf. [16], 194, [6] pp. Full description
€ 25,000
Book History, Printing & Typography Language & Linguistics Literature Turkey & Ottoman Empire
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