Live auction - Lot 942

[Plantin Press]

Sapientiae et litterarum antistitis fama postuma.

LIPSIUS, Justus

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Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus), 1629

3 works in 1 vol., 4to: [8, incl. front.]-337-[2-1 bl.] pp. (some browning, some margins sl. soiled, bookblock sl. loosening).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine.

Third edition (1st 1607) of a memorial volume for Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), containing a large body of Neo-Latin verse, a biography by A. Miraeus, laudatory texts by i.a. G. Corselius, G. Rivius, E. Puteanus, J. Woverius, C. Scribani, A. a Boecop. Illustrated with and engr. title vign. and Lipsius's portrait by Theodoor Galle. Plantin's woodcut mark at the end.
Ref. Bibl. Lips. Brux. III:329. - STCV. - BB III:1114:L-550. - Cp. Imhof (Moretus) I-7 (first ed.).
Prov. Jacobus Fockink (ms. ownership entry on title).
Bound with, same author: 1. Lovanium: sive opidi et academiae eius descriptio. Libri tres. Ibid., 1605. [8]-119-[8-1 bl.] pp. (the views of Leuven en Heverlee missing). First edition. Rare description of Leuven illustrated with an engr. title vign. and an engr. pl. Plantin's woodcut mark at the end. Ref. STCV. - BB III:996:L-356. - Simoni (BL) L-160. - Bibl. Lips. Brux. II:75. - Imhof (Moretus) L-53. Prov. Profusely annotated on v e1 and e2. - 2. Diva virgo Hallensis. Beneficia eius & Miracula fide atque ordine descripta. Antwerp, Plantin Press (Wid. and sons J. Moretus), 1616. [8]-86-[9] pp. Later edition of Lipsius’s popular narrative of the miracles of the Holy Virgin of Halle illustrated with a large title vign. of the Virgin of Halle and 2 engr. pl. by Cornelis Galle (the chapel of the Virgin of Halle and a view of Halle with the battle of 1489). Printer's mark at the end. Ref. BCNI 6287. - STCV. - BB III:976:L-310. - Bibl. Lips. Brux. I:549. - Bowen HAL-43. - Cp. Imhof (Moretus) L-35 (first ed.).

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Sapientiae et litterarum antistitis fama postuma.

LIPSIUS, Justus

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