Search Results: Siglo XVI from Grupo Editorial Rosa Maria Porrua

Københaffn, Ludowich Dietz,1550Folio. A bit later full vellum binding with title in contemporary to spine. 552 leaves, including the two blanks. With all the half-titles (rarely seen). 25 leaves in front and back with repairs. Several smaller repairs and marginal inforcements. A few leaves with loss of text. A few leaves presumably supplied from another copy. Scattered damp stains. Several name from previous owners (presumably priests). Complete.The first Danish folio Bible: "The editio princeps of the Bible in Danish",very rarely seen complete."This first translation of the entire Bible stands as a monument of the Danish Reformation, and the influence it excercised, both at the time and subsequently, cannot be overemphasized. The translation was commanded by King ChristianIII, and nothing was spared in order to make it as perfect as possible.The best danish theologians worked on the translation,but it was not until 1548 that the work had progresses so far that a printing could be implemented.... A… Read More

Roma, Aldus Paulus Manutius,1564.
4º. 284pp. Bound in a lovely 18th century half vellum bindig with pretty patterned paper over boards. Soine with handwritten title and ornamentations in ink. Inner hinges very neatly restored (barely noticeable and original end-papers preserved). Old ink-annotation to pasted-down front end-paper. An excellent copy, also internally in very nice condition with only light occasional brownspotting. Large Aldine printer's device (dolphin and anchor) to title-page and lovely woodcut initials, paginated with Arabic numerals.
The very rare first reprint of the first edition - i.e. the second overall printing and the first 4to-edition - of the canons and decrees of the council of Trent, one of the most significant series of meetings in Christian history. This milestone in Western culture and religion arguably constitutes the most important work printed in the history of the Catholic Church.
This seminal magnum opus of the Catholic Church originally appeared in a folio in… Read More

Tres obras en un solo volumen:
CLAUDIANUS (Theod. Pulmani Craneburgii)"Diligentia, & fide summa, è vetustis codicibus restitutusAntverpiae, Ex Officina Christophori Plantini, 1571.
JUNTO CON: Ad. Cl. Claudiani V. C. Opera Martini Antonii Del Rio Notae.Antverpiae, Ex Officina Christophori Plantini, 1572.
JUNTO CON : AVIANI, Flavio. "Aesopicarum fabularum liber" (A Theod. Pulmanno Craneburgio ex membranis in lucem editus)Antverpiae, Ex Officina Christophori Plantini, 1572.
16º. I : 353, [7] pp. II : 80, [4] pp. III : 29, [3] pp. Cada parte con página de título y numeración independiente, todas con el sello del impresor (Plantin) que es el compás de oro manejado por la mano de Dios, y la leyenda "Constancia y labor". Encuadernación en piel de cerdo, con el sello de Caspar Odontius grabado a mano al frente, con fecha grabada 1580. Al reverso, detallado grabado del suicidio de Lucrecia. Era una mujer noble de la antigua Roma que fue violada y luego se suicidó apuñalándose, lo que, según la… Read More

Kiøbenhaffn (Copenhague), Lorentz Benedict, 15644º. Three parts in one volume: 171, 155, 114 ff. Later full calf. Title page and front page as well as the last page in beautiful light print facsimile (3 leaves in total). The last 10 leaves edge repaired. Light traces of use. 3 wood-carved title leaves, densely pruned at the top. Numerous larger woodcut illustrations along the text.First Danish edition of Luther's Postil and of the greatest rarity in complete condition. Only quite a few preserved in private hands. Most copies in public libraries are incomplete (Lauritz Nielsen lists only 7 complete copies). One of the most significant books of Benedict's printing press, and the largest in scope.
From 1531 to 1535 Luther delivered many of these sermons, what are known as his Hauspostille (house postils). The word "postil" comes from the Latin post illa verba textus, which means "after these words of the text."Extremely scarce first Dansih edition of Luther's "Hauspostille" with only af few copies… Read More

México, Editorial Polis, 1946
Folio, 548pp. Elegante encuadernación piel completa, lomo con tejuelo en rojo. Interiores a dos tintas con numerosas y bellas ilustraciones. Amplios márgenes y perfecto estado de conservación.
Edición de 1000 ejemplares numerados, el presente es el ejemplar B. 402.
La obra contiene el mayor número de impresos mexicanos del Siglo XVI que se haya reproducido hasta entonces en un solo libro.

Argentine (Strassburg), Joannem Knoblouch (Knoblauch),1508.

4º. Bound in well-preserved contemporary full pigskin over wood. Profusely blindtooled with rolls and ornamental stamps. Spine with 3 raised bands. Original brass clasp and catch. Light spotting to front cover. On top of front cover clalligraphed in ink: "Psalm". Ff (4) + Ff CXXVI + F (1) + last blank (lower righ of the blank has lost a part of the paper). Title-page printed in red inside vertikal woodcut borders and with a large woodcut depicting King David playing the harpe. The following three leaves (Calender) printed in red and black. The woodcut initial "P" in "Psalterium on title-page rubricated. Large rubricated woodcut initials. The first in different colours of gold, red and blue. One initial unfinished. The Latin text surrounded by the German text on each page. Printed on good heavy paper with broad margins, clean and fine.
A fine and exellent example of a work from the famous Knoblauch-Press in Strassburg, being an early printed… Read More

Jena, Rebarts Erben (und Thobiam Steinmann), 1573-1598Folio. Bound in 8 contemporary full pigskin, richly blindtooled. Luther portrait in center of the blindtooled decorations at the front, portrait of his friend Melanchton (¿?) at the back, and 5 raised bands. Contemp. ms. titles on spines. Various grades of wear to spines and covers,but all intact. Some vols. with repairs to cornes and edges. With 53 (of 64) cornerpieces and 8 (of 16) clasps. Nearly all vols. having some worm holes to the first ca 10 leaves a. to the last ca. 5 leaves. Lower right corners of the first 10 leaves in nearly all vols. frayed. Volume 4 with some loss to these first ca. 10 leaves. All title pages printed in red/black and with a large woodcut (showing Luther praying before Christ). All 8 vols. having the large woodcut (as fol 2) with Luther sitting in the middle. In all ca. 8.800 pp.A complete set of the so-called Jena-edition with Index and Register, bound together with vol. 8. - Index a.Register having its own titlepage… Read More