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Rare XVIth Century Books Rare & Antiquarian Books
In addition to the many rare and collectible modern books available on Biblio, we are also proud to present our booksellers' collection of antiquarian books printed in the 16th Century. Many of these featured books are printed in Italian, French, and Spanish, and many of them contain intricate and very rare illustrations. There was a greater variety in how books were bound, so many of the books offered here are bound in leather or cloth, which adds to their value and scarcity. Many books and ephemera printed in the 1500's are unique and one of a kind, and many contain fascinating glimpses into the cultures and lives of those present in that tumultuous period of history. Because of their age and delicacy, these books are quite fragile and require great care when handling. Be sure to read the book descriptions carefully and feel free to contact the bookseller directly should you have any questions about treatment or preservation, as you want to protect your investment as much as possible.
Die geuerlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen und hochberümbten helds und Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs by [PFINTZING, Melchior] [1481-1535]
[Colophon on A8v:] Nuremberg: Johann Schönsperger, [1517]., 1517. folio. 353 x 248 mm. [ff. 290, incl. blank P5]. xylographic title. 118 large woodcuts in the text. A very nice tall copy bound in 19th century antique-style blind-stamped morocco by Clarke...
$120,000.00
[Title in Greek] ... EURIPIDIS TRAGŒDIÆ SEPTENDECIM, EX QUIB QUÆDAM HABENT COMMENTARIA ... by Euripides
Venetiis: Apvd Aldvm, 1503. Two volumes bound in one. [268;190] leaves. Thick octavo (165 x 98 mm). Full red morocco, spine heavily gilt extra, gilt Aldine anchor device on each board, a.e.g. (unsigned). Italic (preface) and Greek letter. Aldine anchor d...
$40,000.00
Horae in Laudem Beatissime Virginis Marie. Secundum Consuetudinem Ecclesiae Parisiensis
Paris: Simon du Bois for Geoffrey Tory, 1527. Tory, Geoffrey. Octavo. 140ff. With twelve woodcut illustrations from thirteen blocks, Tory's "pot cassé" device on title page and colophon, and each page with a four-piece border in twenty-six distinct comb...
From Bromer Booksellers
$37,500.00
In Novum Testamentum ab eodem denuo recognitum, Annotationes by Erasmus of Rotterdam
Basel: Johannes Froben, March 1519. The rare first edition of the enlarged annotations in a separate volume. A scholar's copy annotated with the Hebrew learning of Sebastian Münster. Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (c. 1466-1536), a Dutch humanist, Cathol...
€32,000.00
[Title in Greek:] SOPHOCLIS TRAGAEDIAE SEPTEM CVM COMMENTARIIS by Sophocles
[Venetiis: in Aldi Romani Academia mense, 1502. [196] leaves. Octavo. Full 19th century straight grain red morocco, elaborately gilt extra, a.e.g. Greek letter. Aldine anchor on verso of terminal leaf. Bookplate of Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton (17...
$30,000.00
LE TERZE RIME [DIVINIA COMMEDIA] by Dante Alighieri
[Venetiis: in Aedib Aldi, 1502. [252] leaves. a-z8, A-G8, H4. Small octavo. Full green French morocco, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Set in Italic. Aldine anchor on colophon. One raised band nicked, careful sympathetic restoration of upper ...
$25,000.00
Der vermaledigsten unfromen Türggen anschleg unnd fürnemen wider die heilgen Cristenheit by Caoursin, Guillaume
Strasbourg: Bartholomäus Kistler, 23 August [1502]. Extremely rare polemic pamphlet about the Ottoman threat. This is the German translation of a treatise by the Franco-Flemish historiograph Guillaume Caoursin (c. 1430-1501). His account of the fictive c...
€18,000.00
SHAKESPEARE'S HOLINSHED: The first and second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1. The description and historie of England, 2. The description and historie of Ireland, 3. The description and historie of Scotland: first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others. [WITH:] The third volume of Chronicles, beginning at duke William the Norman, commonlie called the Conqueror; and descending by degrees of yeeres to all the kings and queenes of England in their orderlie successions: first compiled by Raphaell Holinshed, an by him extended to the yeare 1577. Now newlie recognised, augmented, and continued (with occurrences and accidents of fresh memorie) to the yeare 1586. by Holinshed, Raphael (d. circa 1580)
London: London: printed [by Henry Denham] in Aldersgate street at the signe of the Starre, 1587. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition; large folio; 3 volumes bound into 2 physical volumes. Vol. 1: [10], 250; [4], 202, [2]pp. Vol. 2: 61, ...
From Lyppard Books
£13,595.00
THE FLORENTINE HISTORIE. Written in the Italian tongue, by Nicholo Macchiavelli, Citizen and Secretarie of Florence. And translated into English by T. B. [Thomas Bedingfield] Esquire by MACHIAVELLI. NICCOLO
Printed by T. C. [Thomas Creede] for W. P. [William Ponsonby]. London. 1595. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Folio. (11.1 x 7.5 inches). x11,222pp. Lacking last, blank, leaf. Decorated with woodcut engraved ornamental title page and engraved head and tailpieces....
From Paul Foster Books
£12,750.00
... De duplici copia, verborum ac rerum commentarij duo, by Erasmus, Desiderius
Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer, 1514-1515. First edition of some material. Hard Cover. Very Good/Several related works of Erasmus collected in one binding, including the first edition of Parabolae sive similia (a reported 1513 edition of Parabolae was...
$14,000.00
Sphere text una Cum Additionibus non Aspernandis Petri Ciruelli D(Arconcensis) ... Questionibus Petri de Alice by SACROBOSCO, Johannis de
Paris, Joannis Petit, 1515.En folio. 78 ff. [i.e.76]. Encuadernación en pergamino moderno. Tipografía gótica a dos tamaños y texto a dos columnas. Marca del impresor Petit en la portada, xilografía de esfera armillar en verso de a5 rodeada por Astron...
$11,200.00
De Occulta Philosophia Libri Tres by Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius
[Cologne?]: [Johannes Solter], 1533. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to [190.5mm x 311.15mm]. First Edition containing all three works. Full leather binding with gilt device on front and rear board. Red morocco spine label and raised ban...
From Minotavros Books
CA$13,500.00
A SIMPLE, AND RELIGIOUS CONSULTATION .... BY WHAT MEANES A CHRISTIAN REFORMATION, AND FOUNDED IN GODS WORDE, OF DOCTRINE, ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEUINE SACRAMENTES, OF CEREMONIES, AND THE HOLE CURE OF SOULES, AND OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL MINISTERIES MAY BE BEGON AMONG MEN COMMITTED TO OUR PASTORALL CHARGE, VNTIL THE LORDE GRAUNT A BETTER TO BE APPOYNTED EITHER BY A FREE, AND CHRISTIAN COU[N]SAYLE, GENERAL, OR NATIONAL, OR ELLES BY THE STATES OF THE EMPIRE OF THE NATIO[N] OF GERMANIE, GATHERED TOGETHER IN THE HOLYE GOST by Hermann V, [von Wied], Archbishop of Cologne
[London]: Imprinted in the yere of our Lord [by John Daye], 1547. [308] leaves; a-y8 2A-2Q8 2R4. Small octavo (140 x 95 mm). Full black morocco, raised bands, a.e.g., by Bedford. Printed in black letter. Woodcut of the Last Supper on A8r. Minor soiling e...
$9,500.00
OPERA VERGILIANA DOCTE & FAMILIARITER EXPOSITA: docte quide[m] Bucolica & Georgica a Servio Donato Mancinello & Probo nuper addito: cum adnotationib[us]. by VIRGIL. VERGIL. PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO. 199 EARLY WOODCUTS.:
Lyon, printed by J. Sacon (Sachon), 1517.. Beroaldinis Aeneis vero ab ijsde[m] praeter Mancinellum & Probu[m] & ab Augustino Datho in eius principio: opusculoru[m] praeterea q[uae]da[m] ab Domitio Calderino Date and imprint from colophon of Part I, 1517...
From Roger Middleton
£6,750.00
Kreuterbuch Künstliche Conterfeztunge der Baeume, Stauden, Hecken, Kreuter, Getrende, Gewürtze: Mit eygentlicher Besschreibung derselbigen Namen, Underschend, Gestalt, Naturilische Krafft und Wirckung. Jtem von fürnembsten Gethiern der Erden, Voegeln, und fischen. Mit Roem Renferlicher Maiestat Knaden und Privilegio auff acht Jar 1564. by Lonicer, Adam
Adam Lonicer, Kreuterbuch Künstliche Conterfeztunge der Baeume, Stauden, Hecken, Kreuter, Getrende, Gewürtze: Mit eygentlicher Besschreibung derselbigen Namen, Underschend, Gestalt, Naturilische Krafft und Wirckung. Jtem von fürnembsten Gethiern der Er...
$8,000.00
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