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time. The 7th cont. some important observations on the magnet and here he
makes the celebrated allusion to a magnetic telegraph. The most important however
is the 17th, which cont. Porta’s invention of the camera obscura with the lens and
the laterna magica.” (Zeitlinger). Scarce edition. With bookplate: Nord-
kirchen. Fine copy in a remarkable binding.
88 PORTRAITS. — BOISSARD, Jan. Jac. leones virorum illustrium doc-
trina et eruditione praestantium, ad vivum effictae; cum eorum vitis
descriptis. Omnia in aes incisa artificiose per Theod. de Bry. 4 parts
in 2 vols. Frankfurt, 1597/98 (part I and II), 1631 (part III and IV).
With 198 portraits, figurated initials and many vignettes. 4to Old calf
with gilt supralibros, gilt back and edges (Hinges a little loose).
f 240.—
Brunet I, 1068. Graesse I, 474. Ebert I, 215/16-, Part. I and II belong
to the first ed. The text of these parts is of Boissard. For- part III and IV the
biographical notes were made by Lonicer. Portraits of and notes about Columbus,
Alb. Magnus, Dante, Th. Gaza, R. Agricola, Savonarola, Des. Erasmus, P. Aretin,
lustus Lipsius, H. Hutten, Th. More, Th. Crammer, Ioa. Oldendoi-p, Io. Cochlaeus,
loa. Sleidanus, Orland, di Lasso, Th. Paracelsus, Corn. Agrippa, G. Buchanan
Scotus, Ph. Melanchthon, los. Scaliger, Eobanus Hessus, Ioa. Huss, M. Luther, A.
Lonicer, N. Copernicus, N. Machiavelli, Io. Bugenhagen, C. Gesner, H. Zwingli,
P. Martyr, Vermigli, H. Junius,. A. Vesal, P. Ramée and many others. — On the
front covers a gilt coat of arms, probably of an English nobleman. A few under-
linings and handwritten notes in part III besides some pp. of the first part with
slight damp stains in the lower’ corners. Other-wise excellent copy.
89 —. [GORINCHEM] (BONERUS, loam, o. Min.) Verae ad vivum effi-
gies martyrum Gorcomiensium (o. Min.), qui Brielae Hollandiae opido,
pro fide catholica fortiter obiere mortem. Bois-le-Duc, Ant. Scheffer,
1623. Engraving on title, frontispiece, 15 portraits and several vignettes.
10 Ivs., 75 pp., 2 Ivs. — Appendix cont. martyria quorandum aliorum
ex ordine FF. Minorwm à Geuzijs in Belgio crudeliter occisorum. With
vignettes and a full-page woodcut at the end. 52 and 14 pp. Vellum.
f 46.—
Brunet VI, 22295. With a handwritten dedication of the author to his cousin
Th. Vogels, dated 1626. The appendix, according to the title, is also said to contain
portraits of martyrs, but there are blank spaces where they should be. In all pro-
bability the portraits have never been executed at all for if they had, they would
occur in this presentation copy. — Very well preserved.
90 —. MIRAEUS, Aubert. Illustrium Galliae Belgicae scriptorum icônes
et elogia. Ex museio Aub. Miraei. Antwerp, Th. Gallaeus, 1608. En-
graved title, 3 engr. Ivs., 58 portraits by Phil. Galle. Sm. fol. Old
boards. f 85.-—
Funck p. 362. Hollstein VII, p. 82, G r a e s s e IV, 537. Brunet III, 1745:
“Recueil peu commun, qui renferme 57 portraits dont les planches ont été employées
cent trente ans plus tard dans la Bibl. belgica de Foppens.” Portrs. of Sonnius, Corn.
Jansenius, A. Pighius Campensis, Jod. Damhouder, Andr. Vesal, Abr. Ortelius,
Thomas Kempensis, Petrus Canisius, Gemma Frisius, R. Agricola, Erasmus, J. Lipsius
etc. Our copy contains 58 portraits, the portr. of Plantin by Henry Goltz-ius
has been added. — Slightly damp stained in the blank upper margins. The portraits
are not affected. A fine copy from the famous library of Nordkirchen.
91 —. VERHEIDEN, Jac. Af-beeldingen van sommighe in Godts-Woort
ervarene Mannen, die bestreden hebben den Roomschen Antichrist.
Waer by ghevoecht zijn de lof-spreucken ende registers harer boecken.
Eerst in Latijn uytgheven ende nu overgheset door P. d. K(empenaer).
’s Gravenhage, Beuckel Cornelisz. Nieulandt, 1603. Engr. title-border,
50 portraits (by Hondius), 1 plate, figurated initials, printer’s device
at the end. 12 Ivs., 148 Ivs. 4to. Old vellum. f 55.—
Knüttel, Kerkg’esch. 347. v. Some r en I, 169c. First Dutch edition,
containing 50 engraved portraits with biographical and bibliographical notes, of
distinguished reformers i.a. Wicleff, Huss, Erasmus, M. Butzer, J. Bugenhagen,
Zwingli, J. Knox, Calvin, R. Stephanus, J. Sleydanus, M. van St. Aldegonde, J.
Baleus and Petrus Martyr. The Latin ed. appeared in 1602. (Cf. Brunet V, 1138
Ludwig Rosenthal’s Antiquariaat, 's-Gravelandseweg 102, Hilversum-Holland. — Cat. 197
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time. The 7th cont. some important observations on the magnet and here he
makes the celebrated allusion to a magnetic telegraph. The most important however
is the 17th, which cont. Porta’s invention of the camera obscura with the lens and
the laterna magica.” (Zeitlinger). Scarce edition. With bookplate: Nord-
kirchen. Fine copy in a remarkable binding.
88 PORTRAITS. — BOISSARD, Jan. Jac. leones virorum illustrium doc-
trina et eruditione praestantium, ad vivum effictae; cum eorum vitis
descriptis. Omnia in aes incisa artificiose per Theod. de Bry. 4 parts
in 2 vols. Frankfurt, 1597/98 (part I and II), 1631 (part III and IV).
With 198 portraits, figurated initials and many vignettes. 4to Old calf
with gilt supralibros, gilt back and edges (Hinges a little loose).
f 240.—
Brunet I, 1068. Graesse I, 474. Ebert I, 215/16-, Part. I and II belong
to the first ed. The text of these parts is of Boissard. For- part III and IV the
biographical notes were made by Lonicer. Portraits of and notes about Columbus,
Alb. Magnus, Dante, Th. Gaza, R. Agricola, Savonarola, Des. Erasmus, P. Aretin,
lustus Lipsius, H. Hutten, Th. More, Th. Crammer, Ioa. Oldendoi-p, Io. Cochlaeus,
loa. Sleidanus, Orland, di Lasso, Th. Paracelsus, Corn. Agrippa, G. Buchanan
Scotus, Ph. Melanchthon, los. Scaliger, Eobanus Hessus, Ioa. Huss, M. Luther, A.
Lonicer, N. Copernicus, N. Machiavelli, Io. Bugenhagen, C. Gesner, H. Zwingli,
P. Martyr, Vermigli, H. Junius,. A. Vesal, P. Ramée and many others. — On the
front covers a gilt coat of arms, probably of an English nobleman. A few under-
linings and handwritten notes in part III besides some pp. of the first part with
slight damp stains in the lower’ corners. Other-wise excellent copy.
89 —. [GORINCHEM] (BONERUS, loam, o. Min.) Verae ad vivum effi-
gies martyrum Gorcomiensium (o. Min.), qui Brielae Hollandiae opido,
pro fide catholica fortiter obiere mortem. Bois-le-Duc, Ant. Scheffer,
1623. Engraving on title, frontispiece, 15 portraits and several vignettes.
10 Ivs., 75 pp., 2 Ivs. — Appendix cont. martyria quorandum aliorum
ex ordine FF. Minorwm à Geuzijs in Belgio crudeliter occisorum. With
vignettes and a full-page woodcut at the end. 52 and 14 pp. Vellum.
f 46.—
Brunet VI, 22295. With a handwritten dedication of the author to his cousin
Th. Vogels, dated 1626. The appendix, according to the title, is also said to contain
portraits of martyrs, but there are blank spaces where they should be. In all pro-
bability the portraits have never been executed at all for if they had, they would
occur in this presentation copy. — Very well preserved.
90 —. MIRAEUS, Aubert. Illustrium Galliae Belgicae scriptorum icônes
et elogia. Ex museio Aub. Miraei. Antwerp, Th. Gallaeus, 1608. En-
graved title, 3 engr. Ivs., 58 portraits by Phil. Galle. Sm. fol. Old
boards. f 85.-—
Funck p. 362. Hollstein VII, p. 82, G r a e s s e IV, 537. Brunet III, 1745:
“Recueil peu commun, qui renferme 57 portraits dont les planches ont été employées
cent trente ans plus tard dans la Bibl. belgica de Foppens.” Portrs. of Sonnius, Corn.
Jansenius, A. Pighius Campensis, Jod. Damhouder, Andr. Vesal, Abr. Ortelius,
Thomas Kempensis, Petrus Canisius, Gemma Frisius, R. Agricola, Erasmus, J. Lipsius
etc. Our copy contains 58 portraits, the portr. of Plantin by Henry Goltz-ius
has been added. — Slightly damp stained in the blank upper margins. The portraits
are not affected. A fine copy from the famous library of Nordkirchen.
91 —. VERHEIDEN, Jac. Af-beeldingen van sommighe in Godts-Woort
ervarene Mannen, die bestreden hebben den Roomschen Antichrist.
Waer by ghevoecht zijn de lof-spreucken ende registers harer boecken.
Eerst in Latijn uytgheven ende nu overgheset door P. d. K(empenaer).
’s Gravenhage, Beuckel Cornelisz. Nieulandt, 1603. Engr. title-border,
50 portraits (by Hondius), 1 plate, figurated initials, printer’s device
at the end. 12 Ivs., 148 Ivs. 4to. Old vellum. f 55.—
Knüttel, Kerkg’esch. 347. v. Some r en I, 169c. First Dutch edition,
containing 50 engraved portraits with biographical and bibliographical notes, of
distinguished reformers i.a. Wicleff, Huss, Erasmus, M. Butzer, J. Bugenhagen,
Zwingli, J. Knox, Calvin, R. Stephanus, J. Sleydanus, M. van St. Aldegonde, J.
Baleus and Petrus Martyr. The Latin ed. appeared in 1602. (Cf. Brunet V, 1138
Ludwig Rosenthal’s Antiquariaat, 's-Gravelandseweg 102, Hilversum-Holland. — Cat. 197