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Saumaise, Claude
de. (1588-1653)
Clavdii Salmasii De Hellenistica Commentarius,
Controverisam De Lingua Hellenistica decidens, & plenissimè
pertractans Originem & Dialectos Græcæ Linguæ.
Leiden: Ex Officinâ Elsevirorum,
1643
$850
Octavo, 6.25 x 3.75 in. First edition. *8, **8, ***8, ****4 (****4
blank and present), A-Z8, Aa-Ff8, Gg4. This copy is in good condition
internally, with a slight waterstain on the bottom lower corner of
the leaves. It is bound in full contemporary limp parchment. This
copy was presented to Guillaume de Lamoignon (1617-1677), an eminent
judge, and the first president of the Parliament of Paris. Guillaume
became master of requests in 1644, and first president of the Parliament
in 1658. The inscription on the verso of the title, from Claude Sarrau,
was written in 1644. Sarrau, the 'Grand Collectioneur' presented this
copy to Lamoignon in the name of the author, Claude de Saumaise. The
printed library tag from Bibliotheca Lamoniana appears inside the
front board. "Those Jews who were dispersed among the Greeks,
especially those who lived in Alexandria and habitually spoke Greek,
were formerly called Hellenists. Certain scholars who read Daniel
Heinsius's 'Aristarchus Sacer,' followed his example and extended
the use of the term, designating the language Hellenistic as well.
This language, in which Greek words were mingled with Hebrew expressions
and turns of phrase, was in use among these Jews, and it is the same
language in which the Septuagint and the New Testament were written.
Saumaise, who found the designation improper, composed this thick
volume against those called the Hellenisticans, and particularly against
Daniel Heinsius, although he was not singled out by name. The controversy
was not limited to the publication of these two works; for in the
same year the 'Funus Linguae Hellenisticae,' and the 'Ossilegium Hellenisticae'
were both published. The author was well challenged by his task; he
sought to show that the term Hellenistic was unknown in all of antiquity,
that this language does not consitute a proper manner of speaking
a special dialect, that there are only four Greek dialects, or five
if one includes the common language, et cetera. In this regard his
book is full of new and ingenious views, in which the grammarians
profited greatly. But the fact that the sacred books were written
in an idiom in which the words are Greek and the sentence structure
Hebrew, is not meaningful in itself, and Saumaise acknowledges it.
But, as remarked by Father Simon, who exposes the debate perfectly
in his 'Histoire critique du texte du Nouveau Testament,' 'one could
give them [the Hellenists] whatever name that one would want, provided
that one acknowledge the phenomena in itself.'
"Whatever it may be, the word which had so strongly inflamed
Saumaise's bile, also made his fortune, as the most recent linguists,
Matthias, Kuhner, et cetera, have no difficulty admitting." (Willems)
Willems #558; Rahir #550.
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| 567C |
Saliceto, Nicolaus
de. (d. 1493)
Liber meditationu[m] ac orationu[m] deuotarum
Qui Anthidotari[us] anime dicitur, Cu[m] tabula insertus
Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 4 March, 1494
$11,000
Octavo, 5.5 x 3.8 in. The seventh edition. A-R8 (R8 blank and present).
136 leaves. This copy is bound in contemporary blind-stamped alum-tawed
pigskin over beveled wooden boards. While it has been rebacked, most
of the original spine has been preserved. The pigskin is slightly
soiled from handling. The fore-edges of the front and back covers
have been restored with new, matching, blind-stamped goatskin. The
original clasps and catches have been set back into their original
positions. New end papers were inserted when the copy was rebacked.
There is minor occasional water staining, some spotting, and a previous
owner's name erased from the foot of the final leaf, with a small
erasure hole in the blank foot. The title is a woodcut wherein the
letters have been carved out of the solid block. Therefore, the letters
of the title are white, and the background is a black box, which is
rather striking and unusual. The text of the xylographic title is
completed with type. The type portion is underlined in red. This copy,
neatly rubricated in red and blue throughout, is a good example of
this rare edition.
Nicolaus of Saliceto, whose given name was Wydenbosch or Weidenbusch,
was born in Bern, where he studied liberal arts. In 1461 he attained
his doctorate of medicine in Paris. In 1470 Nicolaus worked in the
Cistercian monastery of Frienisberg, where he preached for five years.
In 1482, Johannes of Cirey, Abbot of Citeaux, sent him to be abbot
of the monastery of the Blessed Mary in Baumgartenberg, Austria. Nicholaus
wrote several devotional works while he was at Baumgartenberg which
became quite popular. Nicolaus' titles went through twenty-three printings
in the fifteenth century. This particular title was one of the most
popular, although today it is rare in almost every edition. Nicholaus
died at the Baumgartenberg abbey in 1493. This Cistercian house in
the Diocese of Linz is situated on the Danube between Linz and Vienna.
It ceased operations in 1784, shortly after rebuilding its church
in Baroque style. The monastery was originally established in 1141
and today it houses a women's prison.
Published in a small format, this popular devotional treatise first
appeared a few years before, in 1489. This edition is absent from
many important collections of incunabula.
Goff S-41; not in BMC; Hain (+ Add) 14164*;
Polain (B) 3420; not in Walsh; Madsen 3577.
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Sainte-Marthe, Scevole.
(1536-1623)
La Maniere De Nourrir Les Enfants a la
Mammelle. Traduction d'un poeme Latin de Scevole de Sainte- Marthe.
Par messire Abel de Sainte-Marthe, Chevalier, Seigneur de Corbeville,
conseiller du roi en ses Conseils, Doyen de la Cour des Aydes, &
Garde de la Bibliotheque de Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau.
Paris, Chez Guillaume de Luyne, Claude Barbin, Et Laurent d'Houry,
1698.
$750
Quarto, 4.25x6.75 in. First French Edition a-c4, A-R4 This book is
bound in full contemprary sheepskin. There are some typical calculations
on the paste-down in the back and one hand-written correction in the
margin of the Avertissement. The book is written in Latin hexameters
and divided into three sections, the first devoted to antenatal care,
the second to postnatal care, wet-nursing and weaning, and the third
to diseases of children. The Latin and French are printed en face.
'La Maniere de Nourrir Les Enfants a la Mammelle' contains Sainte-Marthe's
poem 'Paedotrophia', a famous poem on child-rearing which went through
more than twenty-editions by 1742. In translating the book from Latin
to French, Sainte-Marthe's son Abel kept the poem in its original
Latin.
Scevole de Sainte-Marthe was "a French writer and Latin poet,
born at Loudun in 1536.... He held several high offices under Henry
III. and Henry IV., and was an opponent of the League." (Thomas)
Graesse vol. 6, 228.
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Scaliger, Joseph Juste.
(1540-1609)
Scaligeriana sive Excerpta ex ore Joseph
Scaligeri Per FF. PP. Editio secunda Auctior & Emendatior.
Hagae-Comitum: Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq. Sumptibus Johanni Vlacq.
1668.
$500
Octavo, 3x6.75 in. Second Edition A-V8, X6, *2, A-Z8, A-C8, D2 This
book is bound in full contemporary calf with a gilted spine. The leaves
have some typical browning but are overall in good condition. The
'Ana' were amusing books of miscellanies published in France in the
16th-17th centuries. They reported conversation and the table-talk
of the learned. Bound in this volume is not only the Scaligeriana
but also the Perroniana, and the Thuana.
Scaligeriana is an anonymous book composed about sixty years after
Scaliger's death. It is a compilation of work attributed to him or
written by the scholarly circle of those who esteemed him. "Perhaps
the most extraorinary master of general erudition that has ever lived.
His industry was unremitting through the length of his life... The
notes of his conversations, taken down by some of his friends, and
well known by the name Scaligerana,... though not always perhaps faithful
registers of what he said, bear witness to his acuteness, vivacity,
and learning." (Hallam vol.1, 520)
Scaliger was "a celebrated philologist,... born at Agen, in France,
in august 1540. Under the instruction of his father he early became
a proficient in th Latin language, and subsequnetly he studied Greek
and the Oriental languages in Paris. He bacame professor of belles-lettres
at the University of Leyden in 1593, and numbered among his pupils
the celebrated Grotius. Among his numerous works which are characterized
by the most profound learning and critical acumen, we may name his
treatise 'De Emendatione Temporum' being an explanation of the Julian
period, 'Thesaurus Temporum,' (1606) Latin poems and epistles, a Latin
translation of Arabian proverbs, besides commentaries on Ausonius,
Varro, and other classics.... He was generally recognized as the most
eminent scholar of his time." (Thomas)
The Thuana records the discussions of Jacques de Thou (1553-1617)
who was an eminent French historian and statesman. He published a
"History of His Own Time" which was in 138 volumes as well
as several Latin poems.
The Perroniana relate the sayings of Jacques Duperron, "a learned
and eloquent cardinal (1556-1618)". He wrote several thrological
works as well as poems and was known for his skills as at disputation.
(Thomas)
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Scaliger, Joseph Juste.
(1540-1609)
Scaligeriana ou Bons Mots, Rencontres Agreables,
et Remarques Judicieuses & Scavantes de J. Scalinger. Avec Des
Notes de Mr. Le Feve, & de Mr. de Colomies. Le tout dispose par
ordre Alphabetique en cette Nouvelle Edition.
Cologne: Chez. ***, 1695.
$450
Duodecimo, 3.5x6 in. Aa5, A-R12, S5 Frontispiece This book is bound
in worn full contemporary calf with some gilt on the spine. The corners
are worn through and the boards underneath are visible. The ropes
in the binding are visible where the cover connects to the spine and
one is frayed. The leaves are in good condition with only minor spotting.
The 'Ana' were amusing books of miscellanies published in France in
the 16th-17th centuries. They reported conversation and the table-talk
of the learned.
Scaligeriana is an anonymous book composed about sixty years after
Scaliger's death. It is a compilation of work attributed to him or
written by the scholarly circle of those who esteemed him. "Perhaps
the most extraorinary master of general erudition that has ever lived.
His industry was unremitting through the length of his life... The
notes of his conversations, taken down by some of his friends, and
well known by the name Scaligerana,... though not always perhaps faithful
registers of what he said, bear witness to his acuteness, vivacity,
and learning." (Hallam vol.1, 520)
Scaliger was "a celebrated philologist,... born at Agen, in France,
in august 1540. Under the instruction of his father he early became
a proficient in th Latin language, and subsequnetly he studied Greek
and the Oriental languages in Paris. He bacame professor of belles-lettres
at the University of Leyden in 1593, and numbered among his pupils
the celebrated Grotius. Among his numerous works which are characterized
by the most profound learning and critical acumen, we may name his
treatise 'De Emendatione Temporum' being an explanation of the Julian
period, 'Thesaurus Temporum,' (1606) Latin poems and epistles, a Latin
translation of Arabian proverbs, besides commentaries on Ausonius,
Varro, and other classics.... He was generally recognized as the most
eminent scholar of his time." (Thomas)
Graesse vol. 6, 289.
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Vega, Garcilasso.
(1535-1616)
The Royal Commentaries of Peru, in Two Parts.
The First Part. Treating of the Original of their Incas or Kings:
Of their Idolatry: Of their Laws and Government both in Peace and
War: Of the Reigns and Conquests of the Incas: With many other Particulars
relating to their Empire and Policie before such time as the Spaniards
invaded their Countries.
The Second Part. Describing the manner by which that new World was
conquered by the Spaniards. Also, the Civil Wars between the Picarrists
and the Almagrins, occasioned by Quarrels arising about the division
of Land. Of the Rise and Fall of Rebels; and other Particulars contained
in that History.
Illustrated with Sculptures.
Written also in Spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega, And rendered
in English, by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.
London: printed by Miles Flesher, for Richard
Tonson within Gray's-In[n] next Gray's-Inn-Lane, 1688.
$6,000
Folio, 7.5x12.25 in. First Edition 1 (1)-(2), A2, B2, C-Z4, Aa-Zz4,
Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Zzzz4, Aaaaa-Zzzzz4, Aaaaaa-Nnnnnn4, Oooooo2, *-**2
Frontisportrait of the author and ten full-page plates This book is
bound in worn quarter-sheepskin over marbled boards. The spine has
gilted lettering and the leaf edges are red. The corner of the title-page
leaf hs been repaired impairing the legibility of one letter. The
leaves have some light browning anf a bit of spotting but nothing
that hinders legibility. This is a history of the "reigns of
the twelve Inca rulers. It comments on the lands, peoples, government,
religion, and economy of the empire they ruled." (Bell)
Garcilasso de la Vega "called 'Inca', historian of Peru, was
born at Cuzco. His father, Sebastiano Garcilaso was a cadet of the
illustrious family of La Vega, who had gone to Peru in the suite of
Pedro de Alvarado, and his mother was of the Peruvian blood-royal,
a circumstance of which he was very proud as giving him the right
to the title which he clained by invariably subscribing himself 'Inca.'
About 1560 he removed to Spain, and after serving against the Moors
incurred the hatred of Philip II and was imprisoned at Valladolid.
He died in Spain in 1616. A diligent student of the language and traditions
of his maternal ancestors , Garcilaso left a valuable work on Peruvian
history; the first part, entitled Commentarios reales que tratan del
origen de los Yncas, was first published at Lisbon in 1609, and the
second part, Historia general del Peru, in 1617. His history is a
source from which all subsequent writers on the subject have largely
been drawn, and still continues to be one of the chief authorities
on ancient Peru." (EB)
Wing G214 |
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Ward, Seth. (1617-1689)
Against the Anti-Scripturists. A Sermon
Preached at Whitehall, February 20, 1679-70. By Seth Lord Bishop of
Sarum.
London: Printed by J.M. for James Collins, at the Kings-Head in Westminster-Hall,
1670.
$300
Octavo, 3.75x6 in. First edition. A-D8, E4. This book is bound in
quarter calf over marbled boards. The leaves are clean with virtually
no browning. "Seth Ward, an English bishop and distinguished
astronomer, born in Hertfordshire in 1617. He studied at Cambridge,
and afterwards became professor of astronomy at Oxford. he was also
chosen president of Trinity College; but he was compelled to resign
this office at the restoration. Under Charles II he was created Bishop
of Salisbury in 1662. He was one of the founders and first members
of the Royal Society. Among his principal works are 'An Essay on the
Being and Attributes of God,' (1652), a treatise on the nature of
comets, and Astronomia Geometria (1656)." (Thomas' Pronouncing
Dictionary)
Wing W-813.
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Wycherley, Esq., William.
(1640?-1716)
Miscellany Poems: Satyrs, Epistles, Love-Verses,
Songs, Sonnets, &c.
London: Printed for C. Brome, J. Taylor,
B. Tooke; at the Gun at West-End of St. Paul's, the Ship in St. Paul's
Church-Yard, and at the Middle-Temple Gate, Fleet-street. 1704
$600
Folio, 8x12.5 in. First Edition a-m2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Iii4 This
book bound in full contemporary worn calf-skin. The leaves are in
pristine condition except the title page which has some browning and
spotting. In 1704 Wycherley published a folio volume of 'Miscellany
Poems,' most of them written, he says, nine or ten years earlier.
Wycherley lost the subscriptions to the book through the printer becoming
bankrupt, and never telling Wycherley what he had received or from
whom." (DNB)
"The career of William Wycherley is rather like a play that has
been loosely put together, with the motivation lef uncertain and the
values by which we are to judge him allowed him to remain ambiguous.
His own generation clearly regarded him as one of its big men, and
tributes to his work and personality come from such different admirers
as the Duke of Buckingham, Congreve, and Dennis. Dryden, who thought
him equally eminent as a writer of comedy and as a satirist, was proud
to call him his friend, and believed that with 'The Plain-Dealer'
he had 'obliged all honest and virtuous men, by one of the most bold,
most general, and most useful satires which has ever been presented
on the English theatre.' (Sutherland)
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