Rare books from Centralantikvariatet

Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1545. Folio. (8),+ 504,+ (10),+ (2, blanka),+ 305,+ (4),+ (blank),+ 228,+ (6) s. Två nära helsidesträsnitt med riksvapen. Fuktränder på titelbladet och följande 30 blad, därefter endast i neder- och överkant t.o.m. s. 500, samt mot slutet, fläck s. 213 i första delen. Samtida blindpressat skinnband över träpärmar, ryggen med fyra upphöjda bind och senare, beige något skadad titeletikett, pärmarna rikt blindpräglade i speglar, med 1550 präglat på frampärmen, rester av spännen. Främre snittet med ”N 33” i bläck. Lagad spricka i ryggen samt något trasig i nedre främre fals. Senare inre pärmpapper. Delvis bortvättad ägaranteckning på titeln, daterad 1602, möjligen Johannes Buchsius. Ur J. H. Schröders bibliotek, med hans exlibris samt ur Ericsbergs bibliotek. VD16K 2234. Ej i Adams. Bibl. danica II, sp. 593. Warmholtz 2497 not. Carlander III, 368f. & 564ff. Första upplagan av Krantz viktiga krönika om de nordiska länderna, och enda tyska… Read More

Stockholm & Uppsala, P. A. Norstedt & söner / Ed. Berling, 1867-84. Folio. 116,+ (2) pp.+ 100 chromolith. plates; (2),+ VII,+ (blank),+ 104 pp.+ lith. portrait,+ 100 chromolith. plates. Minor foxing in margins. More to plates nrs. 38, 91-92, 111, 192-194. Plate nr. 200 with minor tear. Loose in sheets as issued, in 18 parts (2 double), all with printed wrappers. The wrappers to part I:1, I:9 and II: 9-10 worn. Preface, portrait and the final title page to part two in II:9-10. From the library of Nils Fries. Lacks the dedication leaf. Volbracht 664. Uellner 494. Stafleu 1894. Krok 131. Nissen 655. The title leaf to ”fasc. primus” of vol. two, which was meant to be cancelled, is present, as is the final title page. Both parts were published in 10 fasciculus each and printed in 200 copies. Fasc. 2-10 of volume two (1878-84) were posthumously edited by Elias’ sons Th. M. and Robert Fries, who in the preface to part two gives a biographical sketch of Elias Fries (in latin). A fine set in original… Read More

(Naples), Stamperia de Marco, (ca. 1850). Oblong 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with marbled paper boards, gilt spine. Salvatore de Marco was one of the three most prominent publishers of the early neapolitan canzonas, he is also credited as composer of one of the songs. Contains 20 songs by the composer Pietro Labriola (1820-1900), three by Francesco Ruggi, two by Battista, three by Eduardo de Quartery, and with songs by several others. This charming collection includes versions of ”Lo guarracino”, ”Te voglio bene assaje” and a very early imprint of the famous ”Santa Lucia” (”Vera barcarola populare il barcajuola di Santa Lucia”) and many more. These canzone imprints by Marco are rare; Biblioteca dell'Accademia filarmonica records 10 of them (dated 185?), Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III records 20.

Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1545. Folio. (7),+ (blank),+ 504,+ (10) s. Titeln tryckt i rött och svart med vapen i träsnitt. Litet maskhål i överkant på titelbladet, fuktränder inledningsvis, återkommande i överkant, enstaka fläckar, en större s. 399. Tryckåret skrivet med bläck på titelbladet. Nött samtida skinnband över träpärmar, ryggen med fyra upphöjda bind och samtida pappersetikett, rikt blindpräglade pärmar, med rester av spännen. Frampärmens insida med äldre bläckanteckningar, delvis på svenska. Sista sidan med ett handskrivet ”H” och en stjärna i bläck. På främre pärmen senare tilltryckt C N D och årtalet 1651. Ur Ericsbergs bibliotek. VD16 K 2235. Ej i Adams. Bibl. danica II, sp. 593 & Warmholtz 2497 not, nämner endast den gemensamma utgåvan. Detta är en separatutgåva av Danmarksdelen av första upplagan av Krantz viktiga krönika om de nordiska länderna, med nytt titelblad och med Fredrik III:s vapen flyttat från s. (8) till titelsidan. Det är ett… Read More

Oldenburg, Warner Berends Erben, 1599. Folio. Grav. titelblad,+ (84),+ 494,+ (16) s.+ dubbelsidig grav. plansch,+ 2 dubbelsidiga tryckta tabeller. Med 63 gravyrer i texten samt åtskilliga träsnitt, några helsides. Fuktrand i nedre hörn med fulare fläckar sid. 150-250, enstaka småfläckar, fläck med reva sid. 53-54, reva i nedre hörn s. 179, sid. 213-214 och 439-440. Samtida bläckanteckningar och understrykningar på sid. 410-411 om Daniel Rantzau. Blyertsanteckningar. Nött samtida pergamentband med svartpräglad rygg och dito pärmar, sydd lagning på bakre pärmen och småhål, med Oldenburg-Delmenthorsts vapen svartpräglat på fram- och bakpärmen, röda snitt. Med Katrina Rantzouws (Rantzau) namnteckning, daterad 1620, på frampärmens insida. Ur Ericsbergs bibliotek, med Carl Jedvard Bondes exlibris. VD16 H407. Adams H30. Graesse III, 203. Carlander III, s. 564ff. Första upplagan av av denna fint illustrerade krönika över ätten Oldenburg, från vilken bl.a. det danska kungahuset… Read More

Edimburgi [=Basel], (Thomas Guarin), 1579. 8vo. (14),+ 236,+ (3) pp. A small hole in the title leaf, with loss of half a letter on verso. Minor dampstain in beginning. Contemporary marginal notes and underlinings in ink. Bound together with: (WEYHE, Eberhard von.) Verisimilia theologica, iuridica ac politica: De regni subsidiis ac oneribus subditorum. Libri I Samuelis cap. VIII. traditis: Per Philippum Melanchtonem theologorum & politicorum coriphaeum proposita: repertita & defensa discursim. contra Bartolum Bodinum, Rossaeum, Brutum, Zepperum et alios- Autore Magnifico et nobilissimo viro Waremundo de Erenbergk. Frankfurt, Ioannis Saurii, sump Petrus Kopfii, 1606. 8vo. 197 pp. Near contemporary vellum, handwritten title in ink on spine, spotting on front board. Vindiciae: VD16 M 6380. PMM 94b. Not in Adams. Weihe: VD17 1:009475B. First edition of the important hugenot tract ”Vindiciae contra tyrannos”! The authorship still remains uncertain. VD16 after Barbier has Philippe de Mornay (Du Plessis… Read More

Mainz, Johannem Schöffer, 1530. Folio. (32),+ CLXIII ll. Richly illustrated with 115 wood cuts in pagination, of which 14 are full page, and with wood cut device of Schöffer. Minor stain in margins, some spotting, more on ll. 40-41, 45-48. Paper repair on leaf (2), (7-9 in upper margin) and (27). Contemporary ink annotations in margins, mainly in the beginning. Modern rebound in old vellum antiphonary leaf, with notes and text written with black and red ink, small crack at top of front hinge. From the library of Victor von Stedingk, with his book plate, and from the library of Bengt Lassen. VD16, C 56. Adams C80. Schweiger p. 51. The Mainz edition, printed by Johannes Schöffer, the son of Peter Schöffer, of the first German translation of Caesar’s ”De bello gallico” and ”De bello civili”. The translation made by Ringmann Philesius, i.e. Matthias Ringmann, was first published in Strassburg in 1507, with a second edition in 1508. This is the third edition. It also contains a German… Read More

London, Printed & sold by Lavenu & Mitchell, no date. Folio. Engr. title,+ 2-19 engr. pp. with music; engr. title,+ 2-14 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ 2-14 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ 2-13 pp. with engr. music. Bound together with: MOZART, W. A. Three quartetts for two violins, tenor and violoncello, composed & dedicated to Dr. Haydn, by W. A. Mozart. Book [2]. Part 1-4. London, Printed & sold by Lavenu & Mitchell, no date. Folio. Engr. title,+ 2-23 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ 2-23 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ (blank),+ 1-15 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ 2-16 pp. with engr. music. Tear p. 17-18 in violino primo. Bound together with:HAYDN, Joseph. Six quartettos for two violins, tenor, and violoncello obligato composed by Giuseppe Haydn. Op.1st. London, printed by Longman & Broderup, no date. Folio. Engr. title,+ 2-14 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ (2, blanks),+ 2-13 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ (2, blanks),+ 2-13 pp. with engr. music; engr. title,+ (2,… Read More

Leeuwarden, apud Franciscus Halma, 1714-15. Large 4to. Engr. extra title,+ (48),+ 724 pp.+ 18 engr. plates, of which 4 are folding; (2),+ 725-1344 pp.+ 11 engr. plates, of which 2 are folding. With several large engr. vignettes. Titles printed in red and black. Foxing. Full dark red morocco, richly gilt somewhat rubbed spines, boards with gilt frames and fleurons and with the gilt armorial bookplate of the Earl of Derby, gilt inner bordures, all edges trimmed and gilt. Two volumes (bound by Charles Lewis?). With the vellum book plate of Lord Gosford and with a handwritten note signed Acheson (the family name of the Earl of Gosford) pasted on front fly leaf ; ”This was Renouard’s copy and was bought in an uncut state at his sale in 1834 by Payne and Foss. It was then bound by Lewis and purchased by me 1835”. From the library of Bengt Lassen. Schweiger p. 979. Moss p. 632. Dibdin II, p 442. Renouard, Bibliotheque d'un Amateur, 1819, vol. 4, Histoire p. 103. ”The Renouard-Gosford-Derby-copy”,… Read More

(Stockholm, 1661-1715, 1726.) Stående folio. Grav. titel,+ 13 s. index,+ 149 grav. planscher; grav. titel,+ 76 grav. planscher; grav titel,+ 126 grav. planscher. Sammanlagt 354 graverade planscher, inklusive titelbladen. Det graverade huvudtitelbladet är uppfodrat i innerkant och med små papperslagningar, nio planscher i första delen har diskreta papperslagningar i marginalen, delvis svag fuktrand i den nedre, inre marginalen på planscherna i del ett, det första textbladet med förstärkning i ytterkant. Planscherna är graverade på tjockt papper, med fina marginaler och råkanter. Något nötta men ståtliga, möjligen engelska hfrbd från mitten av 1700-talet, lätt guldornerade ryggar med upphöjda bind och beige resp. gröna titel- och deltiteletiketter, marmorerade pärmpapper. Tre volymer, nötta kapitäl med en liten skada på det övre i första bandet, nya skyddande försättsblad av handgjort papper från Tumba pappersbruk. Med engelska blyertsanteckningar på första pärmens insida… Read More

Frankfurt, apud Egenolphum Emmelium, impensis Godefridi Tampachii, 1620. 4to. (15),+ (blank),+ 371 pp. Title printed within engraved border. Contemporary ink underlinings and some marginal annotations. The title page is slightly cut in front margin, browning and stains in the margins near the end. Worn contemporary full calf, blind stamped spine with raised bands, red edges. Owner’s signature on title page of Henry Vaughan 1649. VD17 1:001577N. Caillet 1984, ”Un des plus curieux livres de magie.” Caillet points out that this first edition is the most precious one, because the author was forced to revise his work and all later editions are redacted. Wonderful near contemporary association copy, with the signature of Henry Vaughan. Tommaso Campanella, (original name Giovanni Domenico Campanella), (1568-1639), was an Italian Dominican monk, philosopher and writer who sought reform the church and reconcile Renaissance humanism with Roman Catholic theology. He was prosecuted several times for… Read More

Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1694. 1-3. 8vo. Engr. half-title,+ (20),+ 562,+ (20) pp; engr. half-title,+ 234 engr plates [nr. 1-234]; engr, half-title,+ 217 engr. plates [nrs. 235-451]. Some spotting, in text on title and on pp. 32-33, with loss of a letter, 64-65 and 235-236. Plates nr. 224 269 and 356 with off-setting. Somewhat worn contemporary full mottled calf, richly gilt spines with raised bands and gilt lettering. Three volumes, tears at heads, tails and hinges. From the library of Nils Fries, with his bookplate. Stafleu 14780. Nissen 1976. First edition of this important fore-runner of Linnaeus. The French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) made in this work a clear distinction between genus and species, and he was able to sort his 7000 plant species into 700-plus genera, making classification easier and preparing the way for Linnaeus. ”The Élémens and the Institutiones are milestones in the history of taxonomy not only for the conceptual advances they reflect but also… Read More

Folio. (1),+ 48,+ (6, blanks) pp. Black ink, with corrections and additions in margins. Signed ”L. de St Leu” Florence 31 May 1829. Bound together with:MLS by general C. M. Rouget concerning the MSS, signed 13 dec 1852. (1) p. Later red half morocco with gilt spine (Franz). Book plate. Manuscript by Louis Bonaparte to his reply to Norvin’s ”Histoire de Napoléon”, together with a letter from general Christophe Michel Roguet (1800-77) ”Maison de l’Empereur. Service de l’aide de camp” to a F. Chasserieau (?) about the manuscript.Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846) brother of Napoleon, was in 1806 appointed king of Holland. He was however troublesome and when Napoleon merged Holland with France in 1810 Louis abdicated. He settled as comte de Saint-Leu in Graz and after 1815 he lived in Italy writing historical works. He is father to Charles Louis Napoleon, the Empereur Napoleon III. Jacques Marquet de Montbreton de Norvins (1769-1854) was politican and historical writer. His ”Histoire de… Read More

Samlingen som består av ca 100 verk och som skapades av Fredrik Ulrik von Aken (1781-1848) och Maria Carolina von Aken, född Norstedt (1802-76), ger en intressant bild av musiken i en borgerlig familj i en medelstor herrgårdsmiljö under första halvan av 1800-talet. En utförlig och illustrerad presentation finns här:http://www.centralant.se/pdf/Hogsjo.pdf

Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1842-43. 8vo. XXVI,+ 289,+ (3); XVIII,+ 564 pp. Insignificant foxing. Small stain in the lower margin of p. XXII in part one. Lightly worn contemporary half calf with gilt spine and sprinkled edges. Light stain in titlefield on spine. Small bookbinder’s note included between pp. VI and VII. Owners’ signature of Hampus von Post and of Nils Svedelius and the latter’s bookplate. Library stamp and exclusion notation from Botaniska institutionernas bibliotek at Uppsala university. Pritzel 8224. Dibner, Heralds of Science 31. Bibliotheca Walleriana 11732. DSB XII pp. 173 ff. A very nice copy of the rare first edition of Mathias Jakob Schleiden’s (1804-81) important textbook in which he expands on the groundbreaking cell theory, and in which he ”clearly announced the advent of plant cytology. This subject became the starting point of all subsequent botany textbooks” (DSB). ”Schleiden eagerly applied himself to the microscopic study of plant structure and… Read More