Old And Rare Books from Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

Venice (In Vinegia), Appresso Gio. Varisco & Paganino Paganini, n.d. (ca. 1584). 8vo. 4to. 2 parts in 1: (XVI),572;282 p., numerous woodcut illustrations. Modern 20th century vellum. 22 cm (Ref: Edit16 CNCE 18279: 'non prima del 1584'; Graesse 2,498; Ebert 6901; Brunet 2,1047) (Details: Modern vellum in antique style. Back with 3 raised bands. Boards panelled. Title… Read more about this item

Utrecht (Trajecti ad Rhenum), Apud Guilielmum à Poolsum, 1708. 4to. 2 parts in 1: (XVI),829 (recte 807),(1 blank); 79,(4 index),(1 blank); 110,(153 index),(1 blank) p. Frontispiece. Vellum. 24 cm 'Prize copy with the manuscript prize' (Ref: STCN ppn 203443551; Schweiger 2,979; Ebert 21933; cf. Moss 2,631; cf. Dibdin 2,441; cf. Fabricius/Ernesti 2,458/59; Brunet 5,582; Spoelder p. 711, IJsselstein… Read more about this item

Paris (Lutetiae Parisiorum), Apud Joannem Jombert, 1694. 4to. 2 volumes: (XVI),256,(18 index); (VIII),397,(43 index) p. Early 20th century cloth. 20.5 (Ref: cf ISBN 304573108 (which has the impressum 'Amstelodami, apud G. Gallet, 1694'; cf. Ebert 23241; Graesse 6/2,234'; Brunet 5,1027) (Details: 2 frontispieces, the same, designed and engraved by the Amsterdam printmaker Adriaen Schoonebeek (1661-1705); it depicts an… Read more about this item

N.pl. (Geneva), Apud Petrum Santandreanum (Pierre de Saint-André), 1581. 8vo. (XXIV),945 (recte 949; p. 1-432, 431-462 459-945),(67 index) p. Half calf. 18 cm (Ref: GLN-2893; Graesse 6/1,289; Ebert 20450) (Details: Back gilt and with 4 raised bands. Santandrea's 'Veritas' printer's device on the title: a woman, the naked truth, seated on a cubus, holding a radiant sun… Read more about this item

N.pl. (Geneva), Apud Petrum Santandreanum (Pierre de Saint-André), 1591. 8vo. 3 parts in 1: (VIII),663,(1 blank); 336; 70,(1 errata),(1 blank) p. Calf, end 19th century. 17 cm (Ref: GLN-2264; USTC no. 450529; Smitskamp's 'The Scaliger collection' no. 147; cf. Brunet 5,179; cf. Graesse 6/289 & & 6,444; cf. Hoffmann 3,425; Ebert 20452) (Details: Nice binding. Gilt… Read more about this item

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex typographia Adriani Wyngaerden, 1656. 4to. (VIII),72;294,(2 privilegium); 67,(3); 77,(3 blank) p. Overlapping vellum 24 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 840276850; Brunet 6,18777; Ebert 20119; Graesse 6/1,249) (Details: Nice and clean copy. Woodcut printer's device on the title, depicting a man who tries to clime a tree, the motto reads: 'Ardua quae pulchra', a variant of… Read more about this item

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex officina Henrici Ludovici ab Haestens, Impensis Ludovici Elzevierii, 1607. Small 4to. 3 parts in 1: 103,(3),(2 blank);(40);(40) p., folding table. Contemporary limp vellum 19.8 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 115523170; Willems 50; Rahir 33; Berghman 1444; Not in Smitskamp, the Scaliger Collection; Graesse 6/1,289; Ebert 20432) (Details: Two thongs laced through the joints. Short title… Read more about this item

Leiden (Leidae), Apud Petrum vander Aa, Typographum Academiae, 1725. 8vo. (VIII),88 p. Vellum 20.5 cm (Details: Woodcut printer's mark on the title, it depicts Athena and Hermes, the motto is: 'Hac itur ad astra', borrowed from Seneca's 73th letter. The words that complete this saying are often forgotten: 'hac secundum frugalitatem, hac secundum temperantiam, hac secundum fortitudinem')… Read more about this item

Copenhagen (Coppenhagae), 1706. 4to. (II),70 p. Modern boards. 22 cm 'Written cum maxima fractura capitis & labore' (Ref: STCN ppn 183625013; Knuttel 15549) (Condition: Paper browning. Edges of the title and second leaf chipped) (Note: The Roman author, orator and politician Cicero enjoyed his greatest glory during the Renaissance, 'when he became not only a historical figure… Read more about this item

Ad 1: (Geneva), Apud Petrum Santandreanum, 1597. Ad 2: Giessen (Giessae Hassorum), Excedubat Nicolaus Hampelius, 1607. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1. Ad 1: (XXIV),451 (recte 455),(1 blank) p. Ad 2: (XV),393,(7) p. Overlapping vellum. 18 cm. - First edition of the Giessener Poetik - (Ref: Ad 1: GLN-3933; USTC 429694. Ad 2: VD17 23:295251P) (Details: 4 thongs laced… Read more about this item

Paris (Parisiis), Ex officina Adriani Turnebi Typographi Regij, 1552. 12mo. (VIII),1-211,(1) p. 18th century calf 16.5 cm (Ref: Wartelle p. 2. Hoffmann I,32: 'Eine schöne und seltene Ausgabe'. Dibdin 1,237: 'beautifully printed'. Moss 1,7: 'a beautiful edition'. Brunet I, 77. Graesse 1,29. Ebert 180. Gruys p. 31/46; Mund-Dopchie p. 45/83) (Details: Back with 5 raised bands, the… Read more about this item

Antwerpen (Antverpiae), Ex officina Plantiniana, apud viduam & filios Ioannis Moreti. 1612. 4to. (XX),702,(1 printers' device),(1 blank) p. Vellum. 25 cm (Ref: stcv: 6633561; Brunet 1,45; Graesse 1,17: 'Édition excellente des anciens parémiographes, avec des notes très utiles'; Ebert 87; Smitskamp, 'The Scaliger Collection', 172) (Details: The vellum the binder used, was once a manuscript leaf with 10… Read more about this item

N.pl. (Geneva), (Jacob Stoer for Gaspard de Hus), 1574. 8vo. 3 parts in 1: (VI),663,(1 blank); 337,(1 corrigenda),(2 blank); 70,(1 errata),(1 blank) p. Calf. 17.5 cm (Ref: GLN-2523; USTC 450676; cf. Smitskamp's 'The Scaliger collection' no. 146; Brunet 5,179; Graesse 6/289; Ebert 20452) (Details: Back gilt and with 5 raised bands. Marbled endpapers. First title-page removed. Edges… Read more about this item

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, et Filium, 1746 - 1766. (volume 2: Apud S. and J. Luchtmans, 1766) Folio. 2 volumes. Volume 1: (X),LX,(1 portrait), (LXXVI) p.; 1758 columns,(1 blank p.) Volume 2: (IV),XIII,(1 blank) p., 1604 (recte 1602) columns, (44 indices) p. Vellum 41 cm 'Prize copy' (Ref: STCN ppn 239053672; Hoffmann 2,261; Brunet 3,146; Schweiger… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, By Hendrik Boom, en de Weduwe van Dirk Boom, 1684. Folio. (XL),528,(4),11;(72) p., 14 engraved portraits & 8 folding historical plates. Calf 33 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 171376293; Geerebaert 137,5,II; OiN p. 359; Schweiger 2,1028) (Details: Back gilt and with 6 raised bands. Boards with double fillet gilt borders. Title in red & black. Woodcut printer's mark… Read more about this item

London (Londoni), Typis Tho. Roycroft, Impensis Jo. Martin (etc.), 1660. 12mo. (IV),304,(4 blank) p. Contemporary calf. 16 cm (Ref: ESTC Citation No. R203484; Wing (2nd ed.) S736; Ebert 14095) (Details: Double blind fillet on back and boards. Red shield with gilt lettering in the second 'compartment') (Condition: Binding scuffed(Photographs on request) . Head of the spine damaged. First… Read more about this item

Wien, Gerold, 1856. (V),134 p., 1 folding lithographed table. Paper wrapper gone. 20 cm (Small bookplate of Robert Washington Oates on the verso of the title; See for Oates Wikipedia; see also Wikipedia for the importance of Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke; first edition of this classic on phonetics)

Göttingen, typis Henrici Dieterich, 1803. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1: LVI,468;400,(112 indices) p. Modern cloth. 21 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 1,199/200; Dibdin 1,272/72: 'universally admired'; Moss 1,64; Brunet 1,345: 'Édition la plus estimée') (Condition: Paper yellowing. Some slight foxing) (Note: Heyne thoroughly revised and corrected his first edition and commentary, which was published in 1782-1783. 'Heyne for the first… Read more about this item

Leipzig (Lipsiae), In Libraria Weidmanniana, 1789 - 1817. 8vo. 4 volumes in 3: XXVI,796,15,(1 blank); XII,531,(1 blank); XII,552; X,362 p. 18 cm (Ref: Graesse 3,212; Ebert 2989, (see Ebert 2990, where Harles' bibliographic work is completely burned to the ground, and where the duties of a real bibliographer are explained; Schweiger 2, p. VIII) (Details: Ad volume 1:… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1835. 3 volumes: 289; 248; 249 p. Contemporary half cloth. 23 cm (Historical novel) (Details: All 3 title pages have the same engraving, designed by the Dutch artist Hendrik Breukelaar and executed by the engraver Philippus Velijn, who often worked together; depicted is a scene from the 9th chapter of the 3rd book, 'De spelonk… Read more about this item