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  • Philibert de L'Orme - Le Premier Tome de L'Architecture [All

    Binding rubbed with some wear to extremitiesthe first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape settinga few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storei, ; fowler architectthe first and only published volume‘le premier tome de l’architectureillustrated with 205 large woodcuts, including 74 full-page and 7 double-page blocks; magnificent allegorical woodcut title border; large woodcut head-pieces and large floriated and grotesque woodcut initials; leaf i4 slightly taller than the rest of the text block, to accommodate a tall column woodcut, with about 2 cm section at top folded infrench 16th-century books, nothe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library catwithout the blank ĂȘ6 (as usual), but including 2 unnumbered leaves at the end, which are rarely present, though second leaf trimmed close to text and laid down on the final blank (without loss)a second volume was planned by the author but never completed” (gelli, ex libris italiani, pgit is characteristic of de l’orme’s approach to his subject that he should include among the illustrations three allegorical woodcuts concerned with the figure of the architect and the philosophy of a profession for which de l’orme himself was the first french spokesman355; brunet, supple355) describing the illustrations of this splendid volume, mortimer writes: “among the buildings shown in detail are the chĂąteau of anet, built by de l’orme for diane de poitiers, in his capacity as royal architect to henri ii, and de l’orme’s own house in parisberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cfadams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableseveral minor marginal repairs not affecting text; leaf o3 with a tear slightly affecting the bottom of woodcut on verso, but without loss, repaired in blank portion of rectoin all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide marginsthis is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architecturephilibert de l’ormebound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltin addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de l’ormepalmucci was an 18th-century italian aristocrat, jurist and antiquarian from macerata, who superintended the publication of an essay on medieval bronzes “delle tessere cavalleresche di bronzo tenute al collo” (florence, )a diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographerthe greatest book of architecture of the french renaissance and the most beautifully illustrated the first edition, first issue, with the two very rare unnumbered leaves at the volume's endplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoccasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudges” (mortimer, harvard college libr“de l’orme’s text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative detailsthe second volume of the architecture proposed by de l’orme at the end of the dedication and again at the end of the text, was never publishedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimanzoni’s engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplate99; clouzot, philibert de l’orme, pphis style is as much personal, as theoretical, and his comments on relations between patron and architect or on the practical problems involved in certain structures are based on his own experience] a device on leaf i3v depict[s] the architect as a learned man, relying for support on serpent-twined compasses as he moves cautiously from a cave of contemplation to a palm tree symbolizing the honor of his professionparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morelat the end of the volume this idea is developed further in a summary of the attributes of the architect based on two full-page woodcuts on leaves eee1r and eee3rfrench 16th-century books, no” manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedin the second cut [] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the background

    4001 €

  • Desiderius Erasmus () - de duplici Copia Verborvm

    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 511the romans believed that anger was centred in the spleenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethroughout the book are unobtrusive old moisture spots (see photos)furthermore, there are marginal notes throughout the book in various 16th-century handwritings (see photos)name of one of the previous owners on the first flyleaf (“james addison book” (?), ) and on the title page in a 16th-century hand39 (cvii) is numbered 36; -\tpthe 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)55 is without page number; -\tpveltkirchij co[m]mentarijs longĂš doctissimis enarratithe ‘register van drukkers, uitgevers en boekverkopers’ of utrecht university; drukkersthe book is bound in leather245) while the first part is about the abundance of words, the second part is about the abundance of ideasall folios are present with the exception of 2 pages, namely 25 and 26 (di & dii), remnants are still visible (see photos)the beautiful printer's vignette shows various animals and is surrounded by the motto “habet et musca splenem, et formica sua bilis inest” (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 foliatederasmi roterodami de duplici copia verborvm et rervm commentarii duo, multorum capitum formularumque accessione locupletati: ac mcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith this in mind, the quote translates to the observation that even a fly can get angry and an ant can feel indignantthis rhetoric textbook written by erasmus (first published in ) was a true best-seller at the time121 the numbering starts again from 219 (so numbers 219 and 220 are included twice but with different contents) -\tpin addition to the notes, the book also contains some beautiful printed initials (see photos)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein part i, erasmus shows how something can be said in different wayskennedy 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” (cfthis motto can also be found in erasmus' adagia (a collection of greek and latin proverbs and short essays)this survey work also shows that this printer reprinted this specific edition (both earlier and later) many timescondition: the book is in good antiquarian conditionthe endpapers are present but looseare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe binding is reinforced with what seems to be an incunabulum page (see photos)furthermore, the book has a 7-page index and then 3 blank pages, one full of notes16th-century notes in erasmus' best-seller about rhetoric desthe binding is slightly rubbed and there are some signs of age at the top of the spine (see photos)61 is numbered 16; -\tp85 is numbered 58; -\tat pantverpiae, ex officina ioannis loĂ«i, 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 style170 is listed as 167; the printer of this book was jan van der loe, who was active in antwerp between (?) and (cfthe aim of the book was to show how existing texts could be rewritten and integrated into new compositionsin the printing process, some errors in the page numbering were made: -\tp

    127 €

  • Europe from Renaissance to Reformation

    Oxfam bookshop new milton preface by andrew pettegreesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis edition is in very good condition, tightly bound with clean cream pages  its enduring influence is a tribute to qualities which were essential to the man and which characterised all of his writing: clarity of thought, an incisive ability to organise his materials, brilliant phrase-makinggeoffrey elton was a unique figure in the british academic community and this is a history of the reformation era unlike any other  the cloth hardback cover and spine are unblemished

    5 €

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