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Trois livres des Quatre empires souverains , assavoir de Babylone , de Perse , de Grèce et de Rome , nouvellement mis en lumière par feu Jean Sleidan , peu de temps avant son trépas.
".: 12. S.l. ( Genève ) , chez Jean Crespin, 1557 , in-8°, 134 pp + (6)nn pp (index) + (2)(blank), stitched, with a vellum cover, vellum damaged, large part of backcover missing , corners worn with small loss of paper, the usual small stains but still a good copy. First edition of the last work of Sleidanus in which he exposes his philosophy of history. Text in French. Rare. There exists two different editions with the 1557 imprint; a) with 165 pp (copy in the BN Paris) , b) our copy with 134 pp (identical with the copy in the Brigham Young UL).."
De Statu Religionis, et Reipublicae, Carolo quinto, Caesare, Commentarii. Additus est Liber XXVI . Quid praeterea huic editioni acceserit, lectoribus, qui perculum feceriat, iudicandum relinquianus. (Bound with) De Quatuor summis imperiis, Babylonico, Persico, Graeco, & Romano, Libri tres.
".: S.L. ( Genève ), Excudebat Conradus Badius, 1559., format in-12° ( 12 x 8,2 cm). [1] 458 lvs + 14 lvs (index) (complete) ; [2] 50 lvs + 6 lvs (index) (complete). Both titles with the same woodengraved vignet, this copy entirely ruled with double red ink lines. Bound in 18th c. full calf. Binding with severe traces of use: top end of spine missing (ca. 1 cm), outer joints partly broken (binding still solid), Traces of worming in lower cover,with some loss of leather. Notwithstanding these binding defects still a good copy with a fine interior, solid bookblock, no stains, finely ruled. Title page with two manuscript ex-libris (proabably conteporary, but illegible). First posthumous edition of Sleidanus' important work on the history of the Reformation. In this edition was added a 26th book. The first edition of this work was published in 1555; one year before his death. The 1559 edition is printed in Badius' famous extremely small printing types.(See for item [1] Gilmont nr.2126 ; USTC N° 450490 ; for item [2] Gilmont nr. 2124 ; USTC N° 450488.."
De Quator Summis Imperiis Libri Tres . Postrema editione hac accurate recogniti.
.: 7. Lugd. Batavorum ( Leiden ) , Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1631 , in-24°, 110 x 56 mm , engraved title + 309 pp + (23)nn pp (index) + (3)nn pp (blank) , complete, bound in contemporary vellum with overlapping edges. Manuscript title on smooth spine, manuscript ex-libris in a nice two-coloured calligraphy on the front cover (modern, but in ancient style). Woodcut ex-libris on the first paste-down. Nice copy. Willems n° 358..
