[Popular literature] Vrundtlicke ghemeene Sendtbrieven

A. de Guevara, Dutch transl. C. van Beresteyn. Delft, A. Henricxz, 1583. 1st Dutch ed. 202 (of 207) fol. Title page within woodcut borders. Modern half vellum, manuscript title...

Alessandro Farnese, pope Paul III. Bapst Pauli des dritten, Bulla vnd außschreibe,

ein heylig General Concilium, auff den nechstkünfftigen monat Nouembris, des yetzig? 1542. jars, in der statt Triend zuhalten. (Nuremberg, J. Petreius, 1542), 10 lvs., woodcut...

[Classical antiquity. Geography] Pomponius Mela. Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres,

summa fide atq, dilige[n]tia recogniti, unà cum annotationibus Patri Ioanis Olivarii Valentini, viri in geographia eruditisimi. Cum indice coposissimo. Paris, P. Regnault, 1539,...

Anton Francesco Doni. Mondi celesti, terrestri et infernali,

de gli academici Pellegrini: Composti dal Doni; Mondo piccolo, grande, misto risibile, imaginato, de Pazzi, & de Massimo. Inferno, de gli scolari, de malmaritati, delle puttane...

[Reformation] Jean Calvin. Institution de la Religion chrestienne,

nouvellement mise en quatre livres, & distinguée par chapitres, en ordre & methode bien propre (...). Par Iean Calvin. Geneva, Th. Courteau, 1564, (184),904,(56) p. (text in 2...

Two works: (1) Cornelius Gemma. De naturae divinis characterismis (...)

Auctore D. Corn. Gemma (...). Antwerp, C. Plantin, 1575, 2 parts in 1 vol., 229,(11); 284,(35) p., w. fine woodcut ills., disbound.

[Law. In beautiful dated pigskin binding] Aegidii Bossii (...). Tractatus varii,

qui omnem fere criminalem materiam excellenti doctrina complectuntur et in quibus plurima ad fiscum et ad principes autoritatem (...) explicantur. (...) Secunda aeditio (...)....

Two titles: (1) Antonii Augustini iuris consulti Hispani Emendationum et opinionum,

libri quatuor. Ad Modestinum: sive, De excusationibus, liber singularis (...). Lyon, S. Gryphius, 1544, 372,(44 index) p., woodcut printer's mark on title p. and at the end. 17th-century...

Girolamo Cardano. Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis Medici, De Utilitate ex adversis

capienda libri IIII. Basle, H. Petri, 1561, (72),1161,(3) p., w. woodcut printer's device on last p., 1 woodcut illustration, later half calf, sm. 8vo.

Joannes Garetius. Omnium aetatum, nationum ac provinciarum in veritatem corporis Christi

in Eucharistia, consensus, per XVI. annorum centenarios (...). Editio tertia. Antwerp, Philippus Nuntius, 1569. 2 parts in 1 vol. (24), 196, (25), (16), 62, (2) fols. Woodcut printer's...

Dorotheus Gazaeus. Sancti Dorothei Sermones XXI

Quorum argumenta sequens sexta pagina indicabit. Cremona, Petrus Zennarius, 1595. 140 fols. Woodcut printer's mark on title page, woodcut initials. Contemp. vellum.

[Pamphlets and ordinances. Rare Delft imprint 1544] Ordonnancie

va[n] die keyserlijcke mayesteyt, roerende die dootslaghers cessionanten ende banckeroeten, gepubliceert inden jare duysent vijfhondert vier ende veertich. "Gheprent in Hollandt...

[Pamphlets and ordinances] 6 rare small publications: (1) Placcaet van onsen ghenaedighen

heere den hertoghe, daer mede verboden wordt, egheen quartier meer vte houden tusschen den Vyandt ende die Soldaten in dienste wesende. Bifolium, Antwerp, Christoffel Plantijn,...

[Astronomy] Cosmographia

Petrus Apianus. Antwerp, Bontio, 1553. (2), 64, (2) fol. Large woodcut of the globe on title, profusely ills. with beautiful woodcuts in the text depicting diagrams of the solar...

Les Poemes de Pierre de Brach Bourdeloios

Divises e trois livres. Bourdeaux, Simon Millanges, 1576. (16), 220 fol., (1) pp. Woodcut title vignette, woodcut tailpieces and initials, portrait of the author in the text. Vellum,...

[Forensic science. Renaissance binding] Praxis Rerum Criminalium Iconibus

Materiae Subjectae Convenientibus, Pulchrius Quam Unquam hactenus recognita atque illustrata (...) Iodoco Damhouderio Brugen[sis] [Joost de Damhouder]. Antwerp, Johannes Bellerum,...

[Incunabula] Johannes de Garlandis or Petrus Blesensis. Libellus de modo confitendi

et penitendi. [Colophon:] Deventer, (Richard Pafraet), 20 December 1488, (25) lvs., first initial letter "P" in blue gouache, 19th-cent. marbled boards w. mor. letterpiece on spine,...

[Plantin press] Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti consilij tridentiunum restitutum

Piu V. Pont, Max iussu editum (...). Antwerp, C. Plantin, 1587, XLV,(19).528,CX,(1) p., entirely printed in red and black, with woodcut title illustration by Pieter van der Borcht...

[Artist's manuals] Giovanni Battista Armenini. De veri precetti della pittura

Di. M. Giovanni Battista da Faenza. Libri tre. Ne' quali con bell'ordine d'utili, & buoni avertimenti, per chi desidera in essa farsi con prestezza eccellente (...). Ravenna, Francesco...