Orbem, First Edition (18 results)

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. senza sovraccoperta. prima edizione. Formato in 8°;194 pagine. Brossura editoriale. Copia intonsa.

Stapled Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A book of black-and-white maps showing the presence of Benedictines around the world in 1973. Latin appears to be the primary language of the document but in reality various languages are used. Ex-library features: spine label (on front cover) and stamp (library name) on title page. Considerable yellowing of stapled paperback cover (cardstock/construction paper style) and other minor marks/stains. Wear and tear to cover, especially at spine and corners. Maps clean without notes or highlighting. We are a Benedictine Abbey and Seminary library in Oregon. We appreciate your support.

Condition: Sehr gut. Two books bound in One. 16 x 10 cm. 23 pages (Latin text), 71 pages (English). Illustrated title page. Contemporary morocco with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with material losses to spine and front board detached. Rear board still attached, but weak. Internally bright and clean and in very good condition. Sprache: English & Latin.

Interimsbroschur. Condition: gut. Präses: Christian Friedrich Ludwig; Disputatio: 1818-09-22; 32 S., 21 cm, Einband leicht staubig, Seiten gebräunt, Deckblatt leicht beschädigt, Ecke geknickt. Sprache: lat Erstausgabe.

Relié. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. In-4, plein vélin, tranches dorées, [8] ff., 535[mal chiffrés 525 avec erreurs de pagination]-[1] pp., [20] ff. Illustré de 3 vignettes dont une sur le titre, une grande au verso du feuillet B1 et une autre un peu plus petite au recto du feuillet B1 qui est répétée plusieurs fois (pp. 14, 38, 56, 111, 121, 330, 412 et [536]). Rare chronique concernant la Vierge et ses miracles et qui s'étend jusqu'en 1627. Son auteur, le père Benoît Gonon, célestin de Lyon, était originaire de Bourg-en-Bresse; on peut consulter sur lui la Biographie des hommes célèbres du département de l'Ain, par Depéry, Tome I, p. 290. Ex-libris manuscrit N. Albert. Reliure du XIXe siècle. Quelques rousseurs et annotations anciennes. Petit accroc sur le dos à la pièce portant le lieu et la date. . (Catégories : Religion ). 830.

couverture souple. Sans nom d'éditeur | Lyon 1787 | 12.7 x 20 cm | Broché | Nouvelle édition en partie originale et publiée anonymement (cf. Sabin 20 288.) Exemplaire dérelié et présenté sous couverture de papier marbré moderne. L'abbé Louis Genty (1743-1817) est plus connu pour son Influence de la découverte de l'Amérique sur le bonheur du genre humain, parue en 1788, mais cette Dissertation en forme comme la première mouture. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] New edition, partly original, published anonymously (see Sabin 20,288).Disbound copy, preserved in a modern marbled paper wrapper.Abbé Louis Genty (17431817) is better known for his Influence de la découverte de l'Amérique sur le bonheur du genre humain, published in 1788, but this Dissertation appears here in a form close to its first draft. * in-8 ; dérelié, couverture papier marbré moderne. 140 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. pp. (viii), 234, (vi). , A-P . Roman and Italic letter. Woodcut device to title of Ss. Peter and Paul with Papal arms in between, historiated, floriated and grotesque woodcut initials, typographical ornaments. Light age yellowing, the very rare marginal spot. A very good copy, crisp and clean, in eighteenth century French calf, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt ruled in compartments, richly gilt with large fleurons to centres, red morocco label gilt lettered, a.e.r. covers scratched. Important first edition of this major work on missionary theory by the great Discalced Carmelite Monk Tomas de Jesus, (Diego Sanchez Davila) one of the most important figures of the Discalced Carmelite movement, a work of great influence in the establishment of missions throughout the New World. Thomas was named Provincial of Casilla in 1597 and founded another desert Monastery at Las Batuecas shortly after. During this time he was invited by the Carmelite fathers of the Italian congregation to join a missionary expedition to the Congo, however he preferred to remain in solitude in his retreat. Shortly after however, on rereading the first chapter of the foundation work of the order by St. Theresa D'Avilla, he had a profound change of heart. He made a vow to work on the conversion to Christianity of all those who were outside the Church, and wrote to his Italian confreres to inform them of his availability to travel anywhere in the world. With this goal he returned to Rome. The African mission had not materialised so whilst in Rome he wrote this treatise in which he formed the view Carmelites should give themselves to the missions as it was entirely within the spirit of contemplation that founded the order. He developed the idea that Monks and Solitaries, due to their rigorous training were most qualified for this apostolic mission. He developed these thoughts in a second work 'De procuranda salute omnium gentium' which, together with this, would serve as one the chief works used in the formation of missionaries for centuries especially after the creation of the congregation for the propagation of the faith. "An attempt in this direction (creating new missionaries) had been made soon after the Council of Trent, but was not followed up. The pope, struck with the missionary zeal of the Carmelites, consulted Thomas of Jesus as to the best means of bringing about the conversion of infidels. This religious, in his works "Stimulus missionum" (Rome, 1610) and especially "De procurandâ salute omnium gentium" (Antwerp, 1613), laid down the disciples upon which the Holy See actually instituted and organized the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda." Catholic Encyclopaedia. "His purpose was not only to prepare missionaries to Evangelize the indigenous peoples of the Americas, but also to provide them with arguments to refute the convictions of any kind of unbeliever. His focus on missionary activity anticipated the creation of the church's missionary office, the congregation for the propagation of the faith." Jo Eldridge Carney 'Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary.' An excellent copy of this important first edition. Not in BM STC It. C17th or Alden.

Couverture rigide. « peut-être le fondateur de l'interprétation rationaliste de la Bible », avant Spinoza | [Louys & Daniel Elzevier] | [Amsterdam] 1655 | 14.50 x 19.50 cm | 3 textes reliés en 1 volume | Rare édition originale d'un ouvrage controversé dès sa publication, dont Baruch Spinoza, contemporain de l'auteur, possédait un exemplaire dans sa bibliothèque personnelle. Notre exemplaire est complet de sa carte hors-texte de la Terre Sainte et réunit les trois titres de l'ouvrage, reliés ici dans un ordre inverse à l'ordinaire : le Præadamitæ, qui apparaît en dernier, est en réalité le premier texte. Reliure de l'époque en plein veau brun, dos à cinq nerfs orné de doubles filets et fleurons dorés, double filet doré sur les plats, toutes tranches marbrées. Coiffes très habilement restaurées, sinon très bel exemplaire. Timbre à sec de la bibliothèque Gianni de Marco sur la première garde. Ancienne annotation manuscrite sur la page de titre « Fait par le Sr de la Pebere en Hollande et bruslé à Paris ». Provenance : ex-libris armorié de Balthazar-Henri de Fourcy (1669-1754), abbé de St-Sever au diocèse de Coutances puis de St-Wandrille et du Prieuré des Bons-Hommes. * « "Dubitare possumus num apostoli tanquam prophetæ ex revelatione et expresso mandato, ut Moses, Jeremias et alii, an vero ut privati vel doctores, Epistolas scripserint. [nous pouvons nous demander si les apôtres ont écrit leurs épîtres à titre de prophètes, d'après une révélation et un mandat exprès, comme Moïse, Jérémie et les autres, ou s'ils les ont écrites à titre de docteurs et de simples particuliers]" Spinoza, "Tractatus theologico-politicus", c. XI, édit. 1674, p. 198. [.] Le "Traité théologico-politique" parut en 1670. Quinze ans auparavant, un protestant français, Isaac de la Peyrère (1594-1676), avait publié "Præadamitæ sive Ezercitatio super versibus [.]", 1655. Il admet les miracles, mais il en restreint le nombre le plus possible ; Adam n'est pas le père de tous les hommes, mais seulement des Juifs ; d'autres hommes, des Préadamites, existaient avant lui ; Moïse n'est pas l'auteur du Pentateuque, etc. La Peyrère se convertit plus ou moins sincèrement au catholicisme en 1656. M. Lecky, dans son "History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe", 4ème édit. 1870, t. I, p. 297, le regarde comme ayant été peut-être le fondateur de l'interprétation rationaliste de la Bible, "the school of Biblical interpretation of which he was perhaps the first founder." En réalité, son influence fut à peu près nulle, mais il n'en fut pas de même de Spinoza dont les idées exercèrent plus tard une influence profonde. V. Lecky, ib., p. 299. » Fulcran Vigouroux, « La Bible et les découvertes modernes en Égypte et en Assyrie», 1877 | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] Rare first edition of a work that was controversial from the moment of its publication. Baruch Spinoza, a contemporary of the author, owned a copy in his personal library. Our copy is complete with its folding map of the Holy Land and its three texts, here bound in an order inverse to the usual: thePræadamitæ, bound at rear is in fact the first text. Contemporary full brown calf, spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt fillets and gilt fleurons, boards twice framed in gilt, all edges marbled. Spine-ends very skilfully restored, otherwise a very fine copy. Dry stamp of the Gianni de Marco library on the first flyleaf. Early manuscript annotation on the title page: "Fait par le Sr de la Pebere en Hollande et bruslé à Paris" [Written by the Sr de la Pebere in Holland and burned in Paris]. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Balthazar-Henri de Fourcy (1669-1754), Abbé of Saint-Sever in the diocese of Coutances, subsequently of Saint-Wandrille and of the Priory of the Bons-Hommes. * « "Dubitare possumus num apostoli tanquam prophetæ ex revelatione et expresso mandato, ut Moses, Jeremias et alii, an vero ut privati vel doctores, Epistolas scripserint. [We may fairly inquire whether the Apo [16], 297, [1 f. blc], 8, [4], 52 pp.

First Edition, folio, [xii],888pp., some light staining to blank fore-edge, text slightly browned, recent calf, leather label. A universal bibliography covering the Oriental as well as the Western world of learning, listing some 15,000 authors and approximately 35,000 titles, set out in alphabetical order. Compiled by König (1616-1699), Professor of History and Greek and later librarian of the Altdorff University. Besterman, The Beginnings of Systematic Bibliography. p.48.

2 Bde. 12 Bll., 20 S., 1 Bl., S. 97 - 284, 2 Bll., S. 285 - 403, 2 Bll.; 8 Bll., S. 405 - 572, 1 Bl., S. 573 - 654, 1 Bl., 68, 38 (recte 40) S., 2 Bll. mit 2 Kupfertiteln und zahlreichen (darunter 38 doppelblattgroßen) Kupferstichen (in der Kollation). Erste Ausgabe dieser mit zahlreichen Ansichten, Porträts und Karten (teils doppelblattgroß, teils ganzseitig, teils gefaltet und zum Teil im Text) reich illustrierten Landeskunde von Flandern. - VD 17, 23:267123C. Graesse VI, 262. Honderd schatten uit de Koninklijke Bibliotheek van Belgie. Nr. 61. - Antonius Sanderus [Anton Sander] (1586 -1664) studied theology for some years under Malderus at Louvain, and Estius at Douai, and was ordained priest at Ghent. For some years he was engaged in parochial duties, and combated the Anabaptist movement in Flanders with great zeal and success. In 1625 he became secretary and almoner of Cardinal Alphonsus de la Cueva, later becoming canon, and in 1654 penitentiary at Ypres. After three years, however, he resigned this office to devote himself entirely to scientific, and especially to historical studies. He soon found himself compelled to claim the hospitality of the Benedictine Abbey of Afflighem, since he had reduced himself to absolute poverty by the publication of numerous works. He combined high intellectual gifts with great zeal, and left behind forty-two printed, and almost as many unprinted, works. The most important are the following: "De scriptoribus Flandriae libri III" (Antwerp, 1624); "De Gandavensibus eruditionis fama claris" (Antwerp 1624), "De Brugensibus eruditionis fama claris libri II" (Antwerp, 1624); "Hagiologium Flandriae sive de sanctis eius provinciae liber unus" (Antwerp, 1625; 2nd ed., Lille, 1639). A general edition of these four works appeared under the title: "Flandria illustrata" (2 vols., Cologne, 1641-44; The Hague, 1726). - Antonius "Sanderus signed a contract for the publication of this large work with Hondius in Amsterdam in the summer of 1634. In 1641, however, Hondius sold the rights of the book to Johan & Cornelis Blaeu. Blaeu intended to publish also a third volume, with the topographical description of the French part of Flanders, but this was never printed. Sanderus explains in the preface the etymologies of some old terms, which he had used in the text. This is followed by a general description of the geology and history of Flanders, with interesting details on the laws, language, politics, etc. There is a second edition published in 1732 and a third in 1735 (both printed in The Hague by Chr. van Lom), which contain, however, less plates". (Forum Rare Books). - "Chanoine d'Ypres, connu pour la Bibliotheca Belgica manuscripta, le théologien Antoine Sanderus (1586 - 1664) publia en 1641 et 1644 chez Jean et Corneille Blaeu, les deux premiers volumes de sa Flandria illustrata, une description du comté de Flandres. Une troisième partie, consacrée au Tournaisis et à la Flandre gallicante, devait compléter l'ensemble, mais cette édition, suite à de nombreuses difficultés, ne vit jamais le jour. La plupart des planches préparatoires - des dessins à la plume et à l'aquarelle évoquant des villes, des monuments, des abbayes, des châteaux, mais aussi des cartes et des plans - sont toutefois conservées dans le manuscrit 16823 de Bruxelles. On les attribue à Vaast Du Plouich et aux autres assistants de Sanderus". (www.kbr.be). - Der Kupfertitel von Bd. 1 beschnitten und altaufgezogen. Beide Titel verso mit kleinem Doublettenstempel. Die Tafel "Gent" mit Randausriss (ohne Bildverlust, S. 582 mit Randeinriss bis ins Bild (ohne Verlust), S. 583 mit Eckabriss (minimaler Bildverlust). Buchblock von Bd. 2 minimalst angebrochen. Etw. gebräunt, teils stärker fleckig. *** *** Copyright: Matthaeus TRUPPE Buchhandlung & Antiquariat - Stubenberggasse 7 - A-8010 Graz - ++43 (0)316 - 829552 *** *** Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 Fol. Marmoriertes Ldr. der Zeit mit Rückenschild und Rückenvergoldung (etw. berieben, oberes Kapital von Bd. 1 mit Einriss, Gelenke leicht angeplatzt).

Brossura. Condition: Discreto. Prima edizione. Prima edizione. Testo latino. Opera dedicata a Antonio Triestio. Cm.14,6x8,5. Pg.(28), 348, (44). Coperta in carta marmorizzata d'epoca. Bruniture che interessano principalmente la parte inferiore del volume. Cartigli e capilettera calcografici. Edizione originale di uno dei testi più diffusi dello storiografo e letterato belga Aubert Le Mire (Anversa, 1573-1640), che fu Vicario Generale proprio ad Anversa e bibliotecario dell'Arciduca Alberto. 150 gr.

Pas de couverture. S. n. | s. l. [Hollande] (Circa 1600) | 33.50 x 27.50 cm | une feuille | Gravure originale réalisée au burin d'après une peinture du XVIe siècle de Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen ou Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin. Epreuve sur papier vergé filigrané, travail du début du XVIIe siècle.Il s'agit d'une illustration d'un passage des Actes des apôtres, 8.38-39: "Il fit arrêter le char; Philippe et l'eunuque descendirent tous deux dans l'eau, et Philippe baptisa l'eunuque. Quand ils furent sortis de l'eau, l'Esprit du Seigneur enleva Philippe, et l'eunuque ne le vit plus.".Légende en latin dans la partie inférieure de la gravure.Signature de l'artiste dans la planche.Mention numérotée "15" dans l'angle inférieur droit, dans la gravure.Mention manuscrite "148" en marge dans l'angle supérieur droit de la planche.Une annotation manuscrite ancienne en caractères grecs sous la cuvette.Filigrane d'une couronne visible par transparence.Rares et discrètes rousseurs et petites traces de mouillures principalement marginales, une habile restauration marginale à l'aide d'un petit morceau de filmoplast transparent au dos, sinon très bel état de conservation pour cette gravure extrêmement rare et d'une grande fraîcheur.Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen ou Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin (1498 à Heemskerk - 1er octobre 1574 à Haarlem), est l'un des portraitistes et peintres d'histoire majeurs des Pays-Bas. Il est célèbre pour sa série des Sept merveilles du monde. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] Original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century painting by Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen or Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin. Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the early 17th century. This is an illustration of a passage from the Acts of the Apostles, 8.38-39: "And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more.". Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving. Artist's signature in the plate. Numbered notation "15" in the lower right corner, within the engraving. Manuscript notation "143" in the margin in the upper right corner of the plate. An early manuscript annotation in Greek characters below the plate mark. Crown watermark visible by transparency. Occasional light foxing and small dampstains principally marginal, one skilful marginal restoration using a small piece of transparent filmoplast on the verso, otherwise very handsome condition for this extremely rare engraving of great freshness. Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen or Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin (1498 in Heemskerk - October 1, 1574 in Haarlem), is one of the major portraitists and history painters of the Netherlands. He is famous for his series of the Seven Wonders of the World. *.

Amsterdami : apud Petrum Kærium, 1619. Second Latin edition. Small quarto, contemporary papered boards (rubbed), pp [8], 1-24, 17-71, nine folding maps and plates; title with largevignette of ships and a city and original owner's annotation 'This is in Dutch in ye. long booke pa : 145, [E.?] G.'; as in other copies,pages 14 and 15 misnumbered 4 and 5 (but amended in the original owner's hand); a fine copy in an unsophisticated contemporary binding, housed in a custom gilt lettered morocco and cloth clam shell box. The rare second Latin edition of the account of Schouten and Le Maire's important voyage. Schouten and Le Maire's expedition was sponsored by a group of Dutch merchants known as the Australian Company, a consortium in competition with the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The expedition's primary aim was to search for Terra Australis from the east, and it was the last seventeenth century voyage to do so. In entering the Pacific from the Atlantic in 1616, Schouten and Le Maire sailed to the south of the Straits of Magellan, naming Cape Horn and discovering a new navigable passage to its south. Striking out westward across the Pacific in search of Terra Australis, they sailed through the Tuamotu archipelago, and were the first Europeans to visit the islands of Tonga. The expedition charted a substantial part of the coasts of New Ireland and New Guinea, before eventually reaching Batavia. The subjects of the maps and plates are: Map of the world in two hemispheres;Map of the South Sea;Plate of Porto Desire or Leeuwen Eylandt;Map of Tierra del Fuego, etc.;Plate of the Indian sailing canoe;Plate ofCocos Eylandt, etc.;Plate of the meeting with the Indian kings;Map of Nova Guinea;Plate ofHoornse Eijlandt Isle de Hoorn. The first Dutch edition of Schouten's account was published in 1618. The first Latin edition (NoviFreti, a parte meridionaliFretiMagellanici, in Magnum Mare Australe Detectio .) was published in Amsterdam by Jansson in 1619; this edition by PeterKærius - a translation of the second Dutch edition - appeared in the same year, shortly after Jansson's. Sabin, 77958 Both the first and second Latin editions are of great rarity.We can locate fewer than ten copies of the second Latin edition at auction in the last hundred years, and none since 1960.

Large, very rare, hand-coloured copy of Willem Blaeu's famous wall map of the Americas, which is considered "one of the most influential maps of America ever made" (Burden). The map is based on the latest explorations and shows everything known at the time about the American continent, as well as the north and south pole, which are included on two inset maps. As the wall map was in great demand, but expensive and difficult to transport, it was also printed by various French and Italian publishers for the local market. Like Blaeu's edition, the French and Italian editions are very scarce, as it is highly unusual for wall maps from this period to survive. We have only been able to trace 4 other copies of the present edition in sales records of the past hundred years, of which only 1 is also hand-coloured.Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) first published the wall map in 1608, together with similar maps of Asia, Africa, and Europe. He spared no expenses for this project and hired Hessel Gerritsz (1580-1632), a great cartographer in his own right, to both design the maps and research the latest sources exhaustively, in order to create the most accurate depiction of the continents possible. Although the Americas were drawn too wide due to the inadequate methods of determining longitude at the time, the shapes and most of the coastline are already very well defined. Central and South America were drawn according to Portuguese and Spanish sources, and "Nova Scotia" on the Atlantic coast was based on the voyages of Samuel de Champlain and Pierre Gua de Monts from 1604. After the first edition in 1608, the wall maps were subsequently published in 1612, reissued in 1624 by Hendrik Hondius, and in 1655 by Nicholas Visscher. The Hondius reissue, or the third state, included changes to the Strait of Magellan based on Le Maire's findings from his expedition in 1615-1617.The map has been beautifully decorated with cartouches and illustrations. The cartouche in the lower right tells how the New World was discovered, and is flanked by the figures of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. Below are four roundels containing the portraits of the four circumnavigators: Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Thomas Cavendish, and Olivier Van Noort. The Atlantic features a beautiful depiction of the King Philip III of Spain riding a sea chariot, supposedly on a figurative visit to his New World possessions, and in the Pacific Poseidon with his wife Amphitrite and son Triton can be found, amidst battle ships and sea monsters. Elephants, rhinoceroses, camels, and ostriches roam the continent. Some copies of the map include a decorative border with illustrations of native people, and sometimes also a textual border with descriptions, which are not present here. These borders were engraved on separate copperplates and were not always included.Blaeu's wall maps were first printed in Italy in 1646, probably by Stefano Mozzi Scolari (1598-1650) in Venice, which were based on the third state from 1624. The present copy was engraved by Pietro Todeschi (dates unknown) around 1670, and published in Bologna in 1673, probably by Giuseppe Longhi (active 1620-1691), who had worked on similar projects with Todeschi before. It closely resembles the Venetian edition, which was most likely used as the model. Todeschi's edition is, however, clearly recognisable because of the misspelling of Mar del Nort as Mar del Noi, and the fact that California has been drawn as an island. It is the only edition known to do so.The map is somewhat browned and stained, the surface has faded, the work has been professionally restored: it has been reinforced on the back, the colouring has been retouched, some of the losses have been filled in, the work has been toned and varnished. Otherwise in good condition.l Burden II, 433; Schilder, Monumenta cartographica Neerlandica V, pp. 195 and 197; cf. Burden I, 156 (Blaeu edition). A hand-coloured engraved wall map, printed on 4 joined sheets.

Hardcover. Condition: gut. München u. a. 1702-1710. - Umfangreiches geographisches Handbuch - Erste Ausgabe - Mit mehr als 170 Kupferkarten und -tafeln reich illustriert - Prachtvoll erhaltenes und dekoratives Exemplar Einziges teils noch zu Lebzeiten gedrucktes, dann posthum ergänztes und herausgegebenes Opus magnum des Jesuiten Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704), der nach seiner Ausbildung an der Universität Dillingen u. a. Mathematik, Geographie und Hebräisch lehrte; zuletzt wirkte er in München als Lehrer des späteren Bischofs von Köln. - "Scherers Verdienste liegen vor allem darin, daß er sich - noch unbeeinflußt von den französischen Astronomen und Geodäten - bemühte, die Welt aufgrund neuer Ortskoordinaten wiederzugeben und für die Erdteilkarten eine teils neue, der späteren Bonneschen Projektion ähnliche Darstellungsart zu erproben. Er betrachtete die Geographie als eigene, selbständige Wissenschaft und nicht, wie in jener Zeit üblich, als bloßes Anhängsel der Geschichte." (F. Wawrik, Berühmte Atlanten, S. 173) - Das mehr als 2200 Textseiten umfassende Hand- und Lehrbuch beschreibt in sechs Teilen die physische, kirchliche, politische und mathematische Geographie, insbesondere die Kartographie; als siebter Teil wurde 1710 die Critica Quadripartita nach Scherers Tod ergänzt. - Bedeutend vor allem wegen der Tafeln und Karten, die hinsichtlich der Thematik und Darstellungsart teils bemerkenswert sind und größtenteils von dem gerade am Beginn seiner Karriere stehenden J. B. Homann gestochen wurden. "Deren überaus reiche dekorative Ausgestaltung zeigt viele Motive aus der jesuitisch geprägten Bildkunst. Die Karten veranschaulichen vorwiegend religiöse Themen (Verbreitung des Katholizismus, Kirchenverwaltung, Marienverehrung), die den 'Atlas Novus' zu einem der frühesten Druckwerke mit einer größeren Zahl thematischer Karten machen." (NDB XXII, 690f.) - Die Weltkarten häufig in nordpolständiger Projektion, "vereinzelt auch - wohl nach dem Vorbild von Marco Rizzi - in einer Darstellungsweise, bei der der ostasiatische Bereich in die Kartenmitte zu liegen kommt." (LGK II, 705) - EINBAND: Blindgeprägte Schweinslederbände über Holzdeckeln mit goldgeprägter Jahreszahl 1710 auf Deckeln, mit 5 (von 6) Schließen. Gr.-Quarto. 29 : 23 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 7 gestochenen Frontispizen und 177 Kupfertafeln (st. 189) und -karten (107 gefaltet). - ZUSTAND: Nur vereinzelt minimal fleckig, wenige Kupfertafeln und Textbll. unterschiedlich gebräunt, zwei Innengelenke oben mit kleiner Wurmspur, ein vord. Innengelenk stellenw. leicht gelockert. Untere Schließe von Bd. II entfernt. Prachtvoll erhaltenes, sehr sauberes Exemplar mit den Kupfertafeln in kräftigen gratigen Abdrucken. - LITERATUR: Phillips/L. 3457-3462, 3471. - De Backer/S. VII, 766. - F. Wawrik, Berühmte Atlanten S. 172ff. (Die bibliophilen Taschenbücher Nr. 299). - Vgl. Sabin 77606. - First edition and very comprehensive copy of Scherer's opus magnum, an important geographical handbook ahead of its time in terms of cartography. 7 parts in 3 volumes. With 7 engr. frontispieces and 177 ( of 189) engr. plates and maps (107 of which folding). Contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, dated 1710, with 5 (of 6) clasps. - Only here and there minimally stained, few plates and text leaves tanned, 2 inner hinges with small wormtraces in places, 1 inner hinge only partly slightly going. One clasp of volume II missing. Beautiful and clean, well-kept copy, the plates in dark, detailed impressions.

Wittemberg, Mevius, 1654. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light soiling and miscolouring to extremities. Upper outer corner of front board with loss of vellum, showing the wooden boards underneath. Internally very nice and clean. (22), 692, (70) pp. + frontispiece. The rare first edition of Quenstedt?s rather ambitious attempt to account for all theologians throughout the history of the world. We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade. A second edition was published in 1691. ?Johannes Andreas Quenstedt was the Thomas Aquinas, so to speak, of Lutheran Orthodoxy, the last great representative. To anyone following his arrangement of material and noting his exegesis it will become evident that he was fair and meticulous in his work and drew from the best which his precursors had to offer. Preus, Robert D. (1961) ?The Vicarious Atonement in John Quenstedt,?, Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 32, Article 8, 78-97, 79.) ?One might say that Quenstedt's [Opus] killed systematic theology in the period of Lutheran orthodoxy as Michaelangelo killed Renaissance art by the unexcelled quality of his work. Quenstedt's lifework is so big, so complete, so concise and systematic, and so excellent that no later Lutheran ever came close to equalling it." (Robert Preus in "The Theology of Post-Reformation Lutheranism," Volume I, p. 62.).

Rome, ( Viottis parmensem vin aedibus S. Birgittae), 1554. Folio. Bound in 17th century full calf, later rebacked preserving old titlelabel with gilt lettering. Corners a bit bumped. Woodcut on title-page. 2 full-page woodcuts (printer devise Olaus Magnus-Viottii)(58),787,(1 - Errata),(2 - Colophon) pp. and 238 woodcuts in the text and one full-page woodcut map (a smaller copy of Olaus Magnus Carta marina, published 1555). A few minor marginal brownspots at end. printed on good paper. Internally clean and fine. First edition, first issue. "This famous history was written in Venice in 1540, where the author was then living as a catholic refugee - he had left Sweden in 1526. In it, the Gothic romantic conception of Sweden as the "vagina gentium", the idea of Jordanes, 6th century chronicler of the Goths, is developed in a history of Swedish kings both at home and abroad leading the migrating peoples. The conception had alredy been adopted by mediaeval Swedish historians and was the leading ideology of Swedish patriotism in the 17th century when the text was translated into Swedish (1620). The book was posthumously published by the author's brother Olaus Magnus, who dedicated it to Pope Julius III as well as to the Swedish Crown Prince Erik." (Swedish Books 1280-1967, No. 17).Adams, M 136. - Collijn II,210-214.

4 Bll., 103 S. 1 Kupfer-Frontisp., 5 Kupfertafeln und 1 mehrfach gefalt. Kupferstichkarte. Erste Ausgabe dieser Huldigung Kaiser Karl VI. - De Backer/S. IV, 413, 2. Wurzbach IX, 113. - Anton Höller (Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, geb. zu Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts, gest. zu Wien 26. December 1770) trat 1713 in den Orden der Gesellschaft Jesu, beendete in Gratz die philosophischen, in Wien die theologischen Studien, und legte daselbst das Ordensgelübde ab. Er wurde nun Doctor der Theologie und Philosophie und versah das Lehramt der Philosophie mehrere Jahre in Wien. Im Jahre 1737 wurde er an den kais. Hof berufen, war daselbst Beichtiger des weiblichen Hofstaates, später mehrerer Erzherzoginen und dann des Erzherzogs Joseph, nachmaligen Kaisers Joseph II. Man nennt ihn als Verfasser der zwei folgenden, von Anderen dem Jesuiten Franz Keller zugeschriebenen Werke: Monumenta Religionis Augustae seu Colossi Dei et Divorum honoribus Caesarum Austriae pietate Viennae erecti" (Viennae 1732, 8°.); Augusta Carolinae virtutis Monumenta seu Aedificia a Carolo VI erecta" (Viennae 1733, 8°.) - Die Tafeln zeigen kleine Medaillons mit herausragenden Gründungen, Bauten und Eroberungen Kaiser Karl VI., die auch textlich behandelt werden. Zu nennen sind darunter auf der Tafel "Aedificata sacra" die Karlskirche in Wien, die Josefssäule am Hohen Markt in Wien, die Leopoldskirche am Leopoldsberg bei Wien, die 14-Nothelfer-Kirche in Liechtenthal sowie Maria Trost in Graz (mit der Basilika von Mariazell im Hintergrund); auf der Tafel "Aedificata docta" die beiden kaiserlichen Kunstakademien für Malerei bzw. Bildhauerei, die kaiserliche Ingenieursakademie, die Reichskanzlei, die Hofbibliothek, der Gemäldegalerie mit dem Antikenkabinett (alles in Wien); auf der Tafel "Aedificata civila" das Armenhaus, die Militärschule, das Johann-von-Nepomuk Spital und das spanische Spital (alles in Wien); und auf der Tafel "Aedificata bellica" eine Ansicht von Belgrad sowie Temesvar. - Die Karte zeigt Teile Ungarns und Kroatiens südwestlich der Kulpa mit zwei Ansichten der neugebauten "Via nova Augusto iussu sumpti Caroli VI.". - Es fehlt wie meistens das Schlußblatt mit der Gedenkmünze zur Belagerung Wiens 1683. - Gebräunt und etw. fleckig. Vereinzelte hs. Marginalien. *** *** Copyright: Matthaeus TRUPPE Buchhandlung & Antiquariat - Stubenberggasse 7 - A-8010 Graz - ++43 (0)316 - 829552 *** *** Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 200 Kl.-8°. Pp. der Zeit mit Brokatpapierbezügen (etw. bestoßen, Rückengelenke etw. angeplatzt).