Antverpiae

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• Cuba, Hispaniola, Mexico; A Ortelius - Culiacanae, americae

  

  Two maps on one pagecondition: very good to excellentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe top map has a nice scroll frame cartouchecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableboth maps are titled in a scroll framehand-coloured copper engraving, published in antwerp by chrauctoris aere & cura impressum, absolutùmque apud christophorum plantinum, antverpiae, msmall pieces of paint missing on the bottom rightcentrefold is as publishedthe bottom map shows the greater antilles: cuba, hispaniolaen also include the bahamas and jamaicaplantijn in 'theatrum orbis terrarum: opus nunc denuo ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum, & quamplurimis novis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctumour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea small tear in the centrefold at the top and bottomtop map shows the western part of mexicoare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

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• Desiderius Erasmus () - de duplici Copia Verborvm

  

  Throughout the book are unobtrusive old moisture spots (see photos)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe binding is slightly rubbed and there are some signs of age at the top of the spine (see photos)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein addition to the notes, the book also contains some beautiful printed initials (see photos)condition: the book is in good antiquarian conditionthe endpapers are present but loosename of one of the previous owners on the first flyleaf (“james addison book” (?), ) and on the title page in a 16th-century handkennedy in his “classical rhetoric & its christian & secular tradition from ancient to modern times” notes the following: “some of this is a tour de force, as when erasmus shows one hundred and fifty ways to (in latin) “your letter pleased me very much” and two hundred ways to say “i shall remember you as long as i live” (cffurthermore, there are marginal notes throughout the book in various 16th-century handwritings (see photos)this survey work also shows that this printer reprinted this specific edition (both earlier and later) many timesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikierasmi roterodami de duplici copia verborvm et rervm commentarii duo, multorum capitum formularumque accessione locupletati: ac m16th-century notes in erasmus' best-seller about rhetoric desthe ‘register van drukkers, uitgevers en boekverkopers’ of utrecht university; drukkersthe title page has a small tear at the top left (see photos) and page 64 lacks a small piece, almost without text loss (see photos)at the end of the book there is a page full of notes in a 16th-century handwriting (see pictures) the entire book runs from ai through cciiii; the numbering in this book runs up to 198, and the book is foliatedfurthermore, the book has a 7-page index and then 3 blank pages, one full of notesantverpiae, ex officina ioannis loëi, anno - leather bound - ) endpapers present but loose - octavo ( cm) the title of the book, de utraque verborum ac rerum copia, translates as the foundations of the abundant styleveltkirchij co[m]mentarijs longè doctissimis enarratithis rhetoric textbook written by erasmus (first published in ) was a true best-seller at the timethe binding is reinforced with what seems to be an incunabulum page (see photos)all folios are present with the exception of 2 pages, namely 25 and 26 (di & dii), remnants are still visible (see photos)with this in mind, the quote translates to the observation that even a fly can get angry and an ant can feel indignantour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe book is bound in leatherthe aim of the book was to show how existing texts could be rewritten and integrated into new compositionsin part i, erasmus shows how something can be said in different ways170 is listed as 167; the printer of this book was jan van der loe, who was active in antwerp between (?) and (cfthe beautiful printer's vignette shows various animals and is surrounded by the motto “habet et musca splenem, et formica sua bilis inest” (see photos)in their survey work “netherlandish books: books published in the low countries and dutch books printed abroad before ” pettegree and walsby () included this edition of this work of erasmus under number on page 511121 the numbering starts again from 219 (so numbers 219 and 220 are included twice but with different contents) -\tpthis motto can also be found in erasmus' adagia (a collection of greek and latin proverbs and short essays)39 (cvii) is numbered 36; -\tp55 is without page number; -\tp245) while the first part is about the abundance of words, the second part is about the abundance of ideasin the printing process, some errors in the page numbering were made: -\tp61 is numbered 16; -\tpthe romans believed that anger was centred in the spleen85 is numbered 58; -\tat p

  127 €