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.
A copy that has barely survived a fire. Lacks quire F (pp. 81-96) in the first part; partly waterst. and bookblock broken. Sold w.a.f. Still interesting due to the many fine (full-p.) woodcut ills.; (2) Johann Jacob Beurer. Ethikistoria; sive Centuriae duæ lectissimarum historiarum; ex adversariis Joan. Hartungi depromptae; lemmatibus instructae; et ita dispositae ut aureo lib. primo Officiorum Ciceronis respondeant: A Ioanne Iacobo Beurero (...). Hanau, G. Antonius, 1598, (8),120 p., woodcut printer's mark on title p., modern boards, sm. 8vo. Browned; cut short in upper margin. Rare. Beurer was professor of Greek and history in Freiburg im Breisgau. Wilhelm Antonius was the first printer in Hanau, from 1593 onwards. (total 2)
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Auctore D. Corn. Gemma (...). Antwerp, C. Plantin, 1575, 2 parts in 1 vol., 229,(11); 284,(35) p., w. fine woodcut ills., disbound.
A copy that has barely survived a fire. Lacks quire F (pp. 81-96) in the first part; partly waterst. and bookblock broken. Sold w.a.f. Still interesting due to the many fine (full-p.) woodcut ills.; (2) Johann Jacob Beurer. Ethikistoria; sive Centuriae duæ lectissimarum historiarum; ex adversariis Joan. Hartungi depromptae; lemmatibus instructae; et ita dispositae ut aureo lib. primo Officiorum Ciceronis respondeant: A Ioanne Iacobo Beurero (...). Hanau, G. Antonius, 1598, (8),120 p., woodcut printer's mark on title p., modern boards, sm. 8vo. Browned; cut short in upper margin. Rare. Beurer was professor of Greek and history in Freiburg im Breisgau. Wilhelm Antonius was the first printer in Hanau, from 1593 onwards. (total 2)