1600 BARTOLOMEO PLATINA LIVES of POPES antique 16th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED

Bap. Platinae, cremonensis, opus de vitis ac gestis summorum pontificum, ad sua usque tempora deductum, et auctum deinde accessione... by Platina, Bartolomeo Cologne :Maternum Cholinum; 1562 [20], 385

Vita della gloriosa vergine Maria Madre di Dio, Regina dei cieli con l'humanita delredetor del mondo... (Life of the Glorious Virgin Mary ... ) by B. Meduna Venice, Ferrari ; 1580 With woodcut printer

DEL PRONTUARIO DE LE MEDAGLIE DE PIU ILLUSTRI & fulgenti huomini & donne dal principio del Mondo infino al presente tempo con le lor vite in compendio raccolte Lyon, Guglielmo Rouillio; 1553 2 parts i

Biblia. Insignium Historiarum Simulachris ... (Paris): Franciscus Gryphius, 1542 pictorial engraved title, numerous text illustrations (8), 553, (22)ff. old calf, gilt ruled and panelled spine with re

LA BIBIA che si Chiama Il Vecchio Testamento, nuouamente tradutto in lingua volgare secondo la verità del testo Hebreo. Con molte & vtili annotationi... Geneva, Durone ; 1562. With woodcut title

ARIOSTO, Ludovico (1474-1533). Orlando Furioso Tutto Ricorretto, et again figures ..., Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisio, 1558 Size 7 by 9.5" 2 parts in one, engraved title (trimmed and laid down) within arc

PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. 1304-1374. Il Petrarcha con la spositione di m. Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo. Venice: Domenico Giglio, 1553. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION 2 parts in one volume. 4to: 6 by 8.5" (208 x 149

Melanchthon (Philip). by Camerarius (Joachim) De Philippi Melanchthonis Ortu, Totius Vitae Curriculo Et Morte, First Edition, Leipzig, [Ernest Vogelin], 1566. First edition of the earliest biography o

LATIN BIBLE Omnes Cum Libros Machabaeorum, & Nouo Jesu Christi Testamento (Last part of Old Testament and New Testamnt, including Apacalipse) Frankfurt; 1585 Size 5 by 7 3/4" 311 leaves (622 pages), i

Plutarch, Vite di Plutarco Cheroneo de gli Huomini illustri Greci et Romani 2 Volumes Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari ; 1566-68 full vellum with gilt decoration to spines and gilt borders to boards

TOMUS SECUNDUS BIBLIORUM Continens Prophetas, & Libros Machabaeorum, atq; Noui Testamenti (Last part of Old Testament) Basilae, Per Thomam Guarinum; 1578 Size 5.5 by 8" 251 pages, illustrated with in-

[GREGORY IX. CANON LAW] SEXTUS DECRETALIUM LIBER Paris, Gulielmum Merlin, 1559 (12),266,(16) pp. Full calf with raised spine, richly gilt compartments with red morocco labels with gilt title With book

ROMULI AMASAEI (Amaseo, Romolo) Oratio habita in funere Pauli III. Bologna, Giovanni Rossi, 1563 (in colophon) Size 6 1/4 by 8 1/2" Spaces for initials with guide letters, Italic and Roman font, very

IMPERATORUM ET CAESARUM VITAE cum imaginibus ad vivam expressis. Libellus auctus cum elencho & Iconiis Consulum ab Authore. M.D. XXXIIII by humanist and traveler Huttich, Johann (1480-1544) [Lives of

Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria nunc recens castigata Venice, [Hieronymus Polus], 1587. size 6 by 7 3/4" Woodcut architectural title, fully illustrated with about 600 woodcut engravings depicting sc

Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria nunc recens castigata... Venetiis: apud haeredes Nicolai Bevilaquae, & socios, 1574. Size 6 by 8 1/4" (205x146 mm) [24], 1126 Beautiful woodcut title page and over 6

Homer. Dell'Iliade D'HOMERO libro dodeci. Translated by Bernardino Leo da Piperno. Rome, Bartolomeo Toso bresciano, 1573 2 leaves, 305 pages, 1 leaf Size 3 1/4 by 5 3/4" Vellum bound, with gold emboss

Fabellae Aesopicae Plures Quingentis et Aliae Quaedam Narrationes, cum historia vitae fortunaeq; Aesopi. Approximate translation of the title: The many 500 fables of Aesop and various other stories wi

Biblia sacra Veteris et Novi Testamenti, secundum editionem vulgatam Basel, T. Guarin ; 1578 3 parts in 1 volume With numerous text woodcuts by Tobias Stimmer, printer's mark and 1 folded engraving. 6

Menologium, seu Brevis, & Compendiosa Illuminatio, Relucens In Splendoribus Sanctorum, Beatorum, Miraculosorum, Incorruptorum, Extaticorum, Beneficorum (...). Munich, Straub; 1698 ILLUSTRATED Small fo

THE LIVES OF THE POPES, From the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the Reign of Sixtus IV. Written Originally in Latine by Baptista Platina Native of Cremona, And Translated into English. And the s

Platina, Baptista. "The Lives of the Popes from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Reign of Sixtus IV" English Edition. London; Christopher Wilkinson, 1685. Half leather over cloth boards, ra

Chappuys, Gabriel: Figures de la Bible declares par stances, par G. C. T. Augmantees de grand Nombre de figures aux Actes des Apostres. Lyon, Barthelemy Honorat, 1582 3 parts in 1 volume. 108; 44; 84

Antique Italian or Spanish life-size hand-carved statue of the Virgin Mary in a white dress with pink roses and blue cloak, her removable hands outstretched in a loving manner, possibly 16th century.