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1. CAESAR, JULIUS. C. IULII CAESARIS COMMENTARII DE BELLO GALLICO ET CIVILI. Accedunt libri de bello Alexandrino, Africano et Hispaniensi. E nuperrima recensione Ier, Iac. Oberlini. Torino, Widow Pomba and Sons, 1717. Quarto. Two volumes. [1]f., xxxvi,582; 322[1]pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Attractively bound in vellum boards, gilt to spine with red morocco labels. $225.00
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2. CATULLUS, TIBULLUS ET PROPERTIUS ex Recensione Joanni Georgii Graevii. Cum notis integris Jo. Scaligeri, M. Ant. Mureti, Achill. Statii [et al.] Utrecht, Rudolph Zyll, 1680. Octavo. [xxii]638; [2]626[60]pp. Engraved title. Initial two blanks starting, else internally fine, in near-fine vellum boards. Engraved bookplate. $850.00 (84732)

VENICE IS EXCOMMUNICATED THREE TIMES

3. CLEMENT V. CLEMENTIS PAPAE V. Monitorium & declaratio Excommunicationis, Interdicti, & aliarum poenarum Ecclesiasticarum contra Venetos.. [Pope Clement V. Declaration of Excommunication and other Ecclesiastical penalties against the Venetians, who aggressively invaded and occupied the State of Ferrara and its allies. With Absolution from the aforesaid excommunication and all censure, granted by the aforesaid Pope to the Venetians].Rome, Typographia Vaticana, 1606. Quarto. 23pp. Bound together with four other pamphlets relating to Venice and Church law: SIXTI PAPAE IIII Declaratio & promulgatio Excommunicationis, Interdicti, & aliarum censurarum...[Sixtus IV. Declaration and promulgation of excommunication against the Venetians, who aggressively invaded the State of Ferrara, and occupied many parts of that duchy. Rome, Typographia Vaticana, 1606. Quarto. 20pp. Bound together with: IULII PAPAE II Monitorium & declaratio Excommunicationis... [Julius II. Declaration of excommunication etc. against the Venetians for holding certain states, and occupying by fraud certain places.] Rome, Typographia Vaticana, 1606. Quarto. 20,14,[2], 4pp. Contains documents pertaining to the appeal and absolution of the Venetians as well. These three Papal edicts against Venice, in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, were gathered together and printed, in beautiful italic type, with pictorial woodcut initials, in 1606 by the Vatican printer. The other two pamphlets bound with them are also related to Venice. GERARDI LOPPERSII FRISII CATHOLICI antagonistae... [The arguments of Bishop G. Loppersius, Frisian, and Cardinal Baronio against Giovanni Marsilio of Naples]. Rome, Ex Officina Lepidi Facii, 1607. Quarto. 36pp. Marsilio argued in favor of Venice. ASCANII TORRII THEOLOGI ROMANI PRO LIBERETATE ECCLESIASTICA ad Gallofrancum Apologia. Rome, Bartolommeo Zanetti, 1607. Quarto. 54pp. Ascanius Torrius was the pseudonym of Cardial Benedetto Giustiniani. A few pages lightly toned, else fine in early limp vellum. All contents are very scarce. $1500.00
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4. GAVANTI Bartolommeo. THESAURUS SACRORUM RITUUM seu Commentaria in Rubricas Missalis et Breviarii Romani. [A Treasury of Sacred Ritual, or Commentary on the Roman Missal and Breviary]. Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus, 1634. Quarto. Two volumes in one. [lii]338; [3][xxvi]358[1]pp. Fifth edition. Two title pages in red and black with copperplate arms. Woodcut Plantin-Moretus arms between the volumes; woodcut ornaments and pictorial initials. Engraved plate showing the arrangement of the altar for Mass. Contains the origins, history, theory, and details of practise of the sacraments and services of the Catholic Church. Free blank endpaper detached; some light spots, else internally fine, in vellum boards. (not pictured) $300.00
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5. GROTIUS, Hugo [Editor]. H. GROTII ET ALIORUM DISSERTATIONES DE STUDIIS INSTITUENDIS. Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1645. 12mo. 6ff., 687pp. First edition, or printed in same year. Engraved pictorial title. Collection of essays by eminent scholars on the proper way to pursue the study of philosophy, letters, political history, music, and other subjects. Neat ownership inscription dated 1820 to title, else fine, in early vellum with yapp edges. (Graesse p. 163. For priority of editions see Willems.). $375.00
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6. HOSTIUS, Mattheus. HISTORIAE REI NUMMARIAE VETERIS Scriptores aliquot insigniores ad Lectionem sacrorum et profanorum scriptorum utiles. Cum Bibliotheca nummaria et Prae fatione Adami Reichenbergi. Amsterdam, Peter le Clert, 1692. Quarto. [xxxiv]372 +[8]; [xxii]637 [actually 537] +[7]pp. Three volumes in one. Two folding charts, and engraved portrait of the author (1609-1687), a professor of Greek at Frankfort. The subjects covered are ancient coinage, weights and measures, and essays on a variety of Classical and Biblical antiquities. Occasional spotting and toning; frontispiece frayed at edges not affecting plate, and two-color title toned. In early vellum boards, showing some discoloration and superficial cracks at hinges. A sound copy. $750.00
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7. HUBER, ULRIK. PRAELECTIONUM JURIS CIVILIS TOMI III. Secundum Institutiones et Digesta Justiniani, Accedunt Christiani Thomasii Jcti Additiones... et Luderi Menckenii Jcti Remissiones et Jus Saxonicum. Frankfort and Leipzig, Johann Friedrich Gleiditsch, 1749. Quarto. Three volumes paginated continuously. [1]f., [xiv]516; [xviii]515-1026; [xvi]1027-1590 +[48]pp. Fourth edition. Engraved author portrait. Huber (1636-94) was a professor of law in Friesland, Netherlands, known internationally for his studies in Roman Law. Here he lays out, with commentary, the law code of the Emperor Justinian. Vellum-backed marbled boards, showing wear to extremities and soiling. Vellum spine to vol. 3 buckling. Dampstaining throughout vols. 1 and 2. Foxing throughout all three volumes. As is. $200.00
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ARCHITECTURAL CANNIBALISM IN ROME

8. MARANGONI, Giovanni. DELLE COSE GENTILESCHI E PROFANE trasportate ad Uso, e Adornamento delle Chiese. [Of things pagan and secular for the use and decoration of churches]. Rome, Niccolo e Marco Pagliarini, 1744. Quarto. xx, 519pp. First edition. A study of the uses of ancient Roman architectural elements in the building of Christian churches. Tombstones, columns, altars, moldings etc. were often re-used in the walls and interiors. Marangoni was a pioneer in the cataloguing of these "spolia." With many typographical and woodcut depictions of inscriptions, one copper engraving and one large folding plate. Internally immaculate in vellum boards. 1/4 inch nicks to hinge ends, else fine. $850.00
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9. NOËL, Fr. DICTIONARIUM LATINO-GALLICUM | DICTIONNAIRE LATIN-FRANÇAIS. Paris: Chez le Normant, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1808. Second edition. [viii] + 1026 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's ads. Thick 8vo., vellum with gilt red paper spine label. Vellum is lettered on both boards in ink, mostly illegible, not unpleasant. Ink ownership to front pastedown. Binding tight, pages clean. Very good overall. (not pictured) $275.00
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10. POMEY, P. Francisco. PANTHEUM MYTHICUM, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia. Editio decima, denuo recensa. Amsterdam, Ex Officina Schouteniana Trajecti ad Rhenum, apud ViduamJ.J. A Poolsum, 1777. Octavo. [8]ff., 298[10]pp. + [27]ff. The tenth edition of a popular treatise on the Pagan gods, their mytholoy and iconography. With frontispiece by G. Schoute and 26 fine engravings, four of them folding, by J. van Vianen. A fine copy in full vellum, stamped in gilt. Full-size gilt rendering of Athena, with the legend "Hagae Comis," to front and back (Probably the coat of arms of The Hague.) Decorative rolls to borders and spine. Internally immaculate. SOLD (84715)

EARLY BOOK ON DUELLING

11. PUTEO, Paris de. DUELLO: Libro de Re, Imperatori, Principi, Signori, & de tutti Armigeri [The Duel: a book for kings, princes, lords, gentlmen and all who bear arms, containing conflicts, agreements, settlements, actual incidents, and judgments, with explanations, examples, and the authority of poets, historians, philosophers, lawyers, canon lawyers, and clerics. A most worthy work, and useful to all noble spirits.]. [Venice, Comin da Trino, 1540]. Octavo. Unpaginated. [233]ff. An Italian Renaissance treatise on the rules and history of duelling, first published in Naples in the 1470's. It became the standard handbook, consulted by duellists to resolve all questions of location, formal challenge, weaponry, choice of judge, and all other details of the rules of combat, including the complex matter of establishing the winner. The author (also known as Paride del Pozzo) (1415-1495) was born in Piedmont, and made a career in jurisprudence in Naples, where he enjoyed the patronage of Kings Alfonso and Ferdinand. Small amount of worming to cover; slight discoloration to last page, else fine in early vellum, with title inked neatly on spine. A brief biography of the author is written in an early hand on the front endpapers. SOLD
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ROMAN SCANDALMONGER. COIN PORTRAITS.

12. SUETONIUS Tranquillus, Gaius. Ex recensione Jo. Georgii Graevii, cum eiusdem animadversionibus, et Nummis Caesarum rarioribus aere descriptis. Amsterdam, Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1697. Octavo. [8]ff., 445[43]pp. + [13]ff. With frontispiece and twelve plates showing coin portraits of the Roman emperors. First blank inscribed "Wm Amory Gardner, Paris Aug. 15th 1887." Gardner, raised by his aunt Isabella Stuart Gardner, was one of the founders of Groton School. He dated in pencil a few of the pages, presumably to chart his reading progress. Occasional faint spotting; one plate detached; else fine in later vellum boards with gilt decorated spine. This edition, first published in 1772, was described as "assez bon" by Brunet. $375.00
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13. SEX. POMPEI FESTI ET MAR. VERRII FLACCI DE VERBORUM SIGNIFICATIONE Lib. XX. Notis et Emendationibus Illustravit Andreas Dacerius, in Usum Serenissimi Delphini. Amsterdam, Sumptibus Huguetanorum, 1700. Quarto. [xxx]596, [iv]96 + [22]pp. Title in red and black. Copper-engraved frontispiece, title emblem, and headpiece to text. A handsome edition, "in usum delphini." A beautiful copy, internally very clean, in contemporary vellum boards with blind-stamped cartouche. Marcus Verrius Flaccus (ca. 55 BC - ca. 20 AD) the teacher of the Emperor Augustus' grandsons, completed an encyclopedic dictionary ("On the Meaning of Words"), the contents of which are known today only from a lengthy summary written about 150 years later by Sextus Pompeius Festus. Festus' work, although only the second half of the alphabet survives, contains a wealth of information on life under Augustus. Theodore Lyman Jr.'s copy. $1250.00
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EARLY WORK ON CONTRACT LAW

14. STRYK, Samuel. STRYKII SAMUELIS IC ET ANTECESSORIS... PRAELECTIONES VIADRINAE DE CAUTELIS CONTRACTUM necessariis exemplis contractum declaratae et variis facultatis iuridicae responsis illustratae. [lectures given at the Viadrine University on the necessary cautions of contracts, with examples and other opinions. Preface on Heuromatic Jurisprudence by Johann Gottlieb Heinz]. Berlin, Christopher Gottlieb Nicolai, 1736. Quarto. [1]xxvi,584pp., [36]ff. Portions of Stryk's work were published separately (cautions in testaments, for example, or buyer-and-seller agreements) but this edition embraces all of his work on cautions, based on lectures presented during his professorship at the University in Frankfort. Neat ownership inscriptions, and one name excised from the title, else fine in vellum boards. Title on spine in ink. $575.00
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15. SULPICII SEVERI QUAE EXTANT OPERA, cum notis Iohannis Vorstii. Leipzig, Thomas Fritsch, 1703. Octavo. [xii]506[[25]pp. The surviving works of a fourth-century Christian aristocrat, the founder of a monastery. He wrote a life of St. Martin of Tours, from first-hand knowledge, and a history of the world from its creation to 400 AD. Fine in vellum with turned edges. An attractive book. SOLD (84735)

16. [VON ZECH, Bernhard]. GEGENWARTIGE VERFASSUNG DER KAESERLICHEN REGIERUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND mit solche ennthalten in Ihrer Ro. Kiaerl. Majestat Hern Carln des VI. Wahl-Capitulation... DOCUMENTA... Auch dar Project der Perpetuirlichen Capitulation. [The current state of the Imperial reign in Germany, particularly the oath of the electors on the election of Charles VI. And the project for perpetual election. With documents.] Leipzig, Johann Ludwig Gleditschs, 1713. Octavo. [36]758[22]pp. The 508-page "Appendix Documentorum" contains text in German, Italian and Latin. Published in the third year of the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, the same year in which he passed the "pragmatic sanction," whereby one of his daughters could inherit the crown. The author, Count Bernhard von Zech, was the Director of Protocol at the electoral conclave. A few pages toned; slight worming to end blanks; spot on title; else fine in vellum. Only two copies in OCLC. $975.00
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