Nikolaus episcopius (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 2° (314 x 205mm). 200pp.; lacking the first 16 pages, incl. the title page. Contemporary limp vellum with the appearance of aged marble. Waterstain in lower margin of about half the book. 106 woodcut illustrations, including 85 full-page, wood- and metalcut initials, printer's device on title and final verso. OCLC Number: 717174658; 908537608.FIRST COMPLETE AND ILLUSTRATED EDITION of the Notitia Dignitatum, a list of high officials of the Roman Empire compiled in about 400 A.D. Also printed are a tract by Andrea Alciati on Roman military and civil organization, a topographical description of Rome by Publius Victor, and a collection of enigmas in the form of a dialogue, the Altercatio Adriani Augusti et Epicteti philosophi. Adams N-354 (variant collation as often).(Gelenius, Sigismund (1497-1554, éditeur)) : Notitia utraque cum orientis tum occidentis ultra Arcadii honoriique caesarum tempora illustre vetustatis monumentum. Bael, Hieronymus Froben et Nicolaus Episcopius, 1552. Un volume.20,5 par 31 cm. 99 ff. non chiffrés. Plein vélin de l'époque. -Mouillures marginales claires sur la moitié des feuillets, rousseurs, restauration avec du papier de l'époque dans la marge ext. de 2 feuillets. Un trou de 2 mm traverse presque l'ensemble du volume.106 figures sur bois, dont 89 à pleine page.Exemplaire incomplet des 16 premières pages, y compris la page de titre, qui contiennent notamment une description de l'Illyrie par Beatus Rhenanus et un texte juriique d'Alciat, illustrés de 2 petites gravures in-texte. En revanche, il comporte bien à la fin de l'ouvrage la marque à pleine page de Froben, qui manque à beaucoup d'exemplaires.Les Notitia dignatum sont une source importante pour la connaissance de l'administration romaine.L'ouvrage a été édité par Sigismundus Gelenius, ancien correcteur de Froben, à partir d'un manuscrit anonyme du IXe siècle. Malgré ses défauts, un magnifique ensemble de bois gravés du 16ème siècle.…

19. Basileae ( Basel ) , per Hier. Frobenium et Nicol. Episcopium, 1542, in-folio, 33,5 x 22 cm, (260)nn pp + 1182 pp + (2)nn pp, (complete, collation identical to Adams R452), bound in full contemporary (?) calf, raised back , joints, corners and headcaps expertly restored , very fine interior , with only some slight thumbing at title page, further a crisp and clean copy, without any provenance indication. Large contemporary manuscript title on the outer margin. First definitive and enlarged edition of this enormous encyclopedic work by the Italian humanist Celio Rodigino ( Ludovicus Caelius Rhodiginus) (1469 - 1525). A first collection of only 16 Books was published in 1516. The author was working on the expanded edition of 30 Books when he died in 1525. His nephew Camillo Ricchieri and Giovanni Goretti finished the work. The author dedicated his encyclopedic publication to the famous bibliophile Jean Grolier de Lyon ( 1479 - 1565). ( See pp. A2) . Both were living in Milan at the time when Rodigino was working at this compilation. He was a contemporary of Erasmus who made some comments on him in his letters. Among his pupils were Julius Caesar Scaliger , Paolo Giovio and Giulio Bordoni.( USTC 605050 ; VD16 R 2165). …