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Click here to subscribeQARMATID, JA‘FAR B. AL-FADL (366-367h). Dirham, Filastin 366h. OBVERSE: In field: al-Ta’i‘ lillah | al-sayyid al-ra’is. REVERSE: In field: al-sayyid Ja‘far ibn al-Fadl | Abu Mansur al-Mu‘izzi. WEIGHT: 2.96g. REFERENCE: Vardanyan 28. CONDITION: Some marginal weakness, about very fine and very rare
ANTI-FATIMID REBEL, ABU YAZID MAKHLAD AL-NUKKARI (332-336h). Dinar, al-Qayrawan 333h. OBVERSE: In field: rabbuna Allah | la hukm illa lillah | la ilaha illa Allah | wahdahu la sharik lahu | al-haqq al-mubin. REVERSE: In margin: Qur’an vii, 157 (outer); ix, 33 (inner); In field: al- ‘izza lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | khatam al-nabiyyin. WEIGHT: 4.17g. REFERENCE: Nicol 201. CONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare. Of Berber ancestry, Abu Yazid Makhlad was born circa 270h and grew up in Tuzir (Byzantine Tusuros) in south-west Tunisia. He later moved to Tahirt, the capital of the local Rustamid dynasty and spiritual centre of the Ibadi movement which Abu Yazid espoused, becoming a leader of the Nukkari sect. The Rustamids were overthrown by the Fatimid partisan Abu ‘Abdallah al-Shi‘i in 296h, who passed through Tahirt on his way to meet the Fatimid imam, al-Mahdi. Abu Yazid’s antipathy towards the Fatimids was therefore based on personal experience as well as doctrinal disagreement. Returning to Tuzir after the fall of the Rustamids, it seems that AbuYazid was soon engaged in fomenting anti-Fatimid feeling. Falling foul of the authorities there, he was outlawed and left Tuzir circa 309h, intending to undertake the hajj. Finding himself pursued, however, he abandoned this plan for the time being and returned to the town of Tiqyus, where we hear of him again stirring up anti-Fatimid feeling in 316h. By 322h, when the Fatimid al-Mahdi died, Abu Yazid was leading a confederation of local tribes and attempting to form a broad coalition to oppose Fatimid rule. He even made overtures to the Umayyads of Spain, although ‘Abd al-Rahman III seems to have received them coolly. Then, having finally completed the hajj in 324-325h he returned to his home town of Tuzir but was recognised and thrown into prison. Released through the intervention of his sons, as well as a prominent Nukkari leader, he once again mobilized local tribes and launched a final assault on the Fatimids beginning in 332h. At an early stage of this campaign someone brought him a grey donkey to ride, and the image of this old man, simply dressed and riding a donkey rather than a warhorse into battle, had a powerful effect in convincing his supporters of his piety and determination – and by extensionof the justness of his cause. The first town to fall to Abu Yazid was Tebessa, followed quickly by Sabiba, Tebessa, and Duqqa. Next Baja, which resisted, was sacked and burned with the inhabitants killed or enslaved. Tunis, which surrendered and was spared the flames, was taken shortly afterwards. Raqqada, located just a few miles from Qayrawan, was abandoned by the fleeing Fatimid forces who allowed Abu Yazid to take the city largely unopposed. Qayrawan itself was the next city to fall – its governor, we are told, found himself hopelessly outnumbered and so went to Abu Yazid’s camp in a doomed attempt to negotiate, only to be captured and put to death. As the present coin recalls, the local commander surrendered the city shortly afterwards and Abu Yazid’s forces entered Qayrawan in triumph. Abu Yazid allowed his Berber troops to pillage the captured city, and when reproached by other leading citizens of Qayrawan who were trying to negotiate to save it from further damage, he reportedly dismissed their protests, remarking that even Jerusalem and Makka had been destroyed in the past. The future of the Fatimid caliphate hung in the balance as Abu Yazid marched onwards to Mahdiya and began to lay siege to it in 334h, with the caliph al-Qa’im himself inside. But the besieged city held out, and gradually Abu Yazid’s support began to dwindle as fighters who had joined him in the hope of easy plunder started to desert at the prospect of a protracted siege. Finally, al-Qa’im was able to break out and launch an assault on the rebel’s waning forces. Abu Yazid fled, leaving al-Qa’im able to recapture Tunis and Sousse. Al-Qa’im died during the siege, and the fight against Abu Yazid was immediately and vigorously continued by his successor, Isma‘il al-Mansur. Abu Yazid withdrew to Qayrawan, where the populace had initially given him a cautious welcome as their deliverer from Fatimid rule, but were now disillusioned by the brutality of his Berber troops. On his arrival, Abu Yazid found the city gates closed against him and was forced to withdraw. Later in 335h, al-Mansur granted a general amnesty to the city, capturing Abu Yazid’s wives and children whom he found there. After a series of further defeats, Abu Yazid and his remaining followers were driven into the Hodna mountains. There they made their last stand, until the Fatimid forces captured the hilltop fortress where Abu Yazid had taken refuge. It seems that the rebel himself had nearly managed to escape in the darkness, only to fall into a ravine while trying to flee. He was captured and died of his wounds four days later, probably in Muharram of 336h.
FATIMID, AL-MANSUR (334-341h). Dinar, al-Mansuriya 338h. WEIGHT: 4.19g. REFERENCE: Nicol 215. CONDITION: Extremely fine, rare. Ex Morton & Eden auction 69, 10 April 2014, lot 104. The important Fatimid mint of al-Mansuriya was founded by and named after al-Mansur, who commenced building his new capital in 335h. This is the earliest year for which coins of al-Mansuriya are recorded.
FATIMID, AL-MU‘IZZ (341-365h). Dinar, al-Mansuriya 342h. OBVERSE: Three concentric marginal inscriptions around al-qudra lillah. REVERSE: Three concentric marginal inscriptions around al-‘izza lillah. WEIGHT: 4.07g. REFERENCE: Nicol 388. CONDITION: Very faint edge marks, otherwise very fine and rare. This rare type was struck at al-Mansuriya between 341h and 343h, and is notable for the extra, strongly Shi‘ite legends in the middle of the three concentric legends on each side. That on the obverse reads muha sunnat Muhammad sayyid al-mursalin wa warith majd al-a‘imma al-mahdiyyin, ‘Revivifier of the sunna of Muhammad, pre-eminent of the messengers, and heir of the rightly-guided imams,’ while the reverse reads wa ‘Ali bin Abi Talib wasiyy al-rasul wa’l-na’ib al-fadul wa zawj al-zahra al-batal, ‘‘Ali is the nominee of the Prophet and the representative of the most radiant Virgin.’
FATIMID, AL-MU‘IZZ (341-365h). Quarter-dinar, al-Mansuriya 342h. OBVERSE: Two concentric marginal inscriptions around al-qudra lillah. REVERSE: Two concentric marginal inscriptions around al-‘izza lillah. WEIGHT: 1.03g. REFERENCE: Nicol 389. CONDITION: Slightly ragged edge, about extremely fine and very rare
FATIMID, AL-‘AZIZ (365-386h) . Half-dirham, al-Qahira al-Mahrusa 383h. WEIGHT: 1.43g. REFERENCE: Nicol 697. CONDITION: Edge split, very fine or better and extremely rare. Both gold and silver Fatimid coins are known with this extremely rare mint-name, for which this is the earliest known date. Nicol comments, ‘The mintname…implies that they were struck in the new palace complex of Cairo, rather than in the old city mint of al-Fustat…They may have been issued to commemorate the commencement of building the city walls or the completion of the palace construction.’
MIRDASID, SHIBL AL-DAWLA (420-429h). Dinar, Halab 427h. OBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date; Inner margin: al-Imam ‘Abdallah wa walihi ‘Ali Abu’l-Hasan; In centre: al-amir al-mu‘ayyad | Abu [unread word] Muhammad. REVERSE: Outer margin: Qur’an ix, 33; Inner margin: la ilaha illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah ‘Ali wali Allah; In centre: al-amir al-mu‘ayyad | Shibl al-dawla. WEIGHT: 3.77g. REFERENCES: Nicol -; cf Morton & Eden auction 89, 25 October 2017, lot 89. CONDITION: Good very fine and excessively rare
FATIMID/MIRDASID: AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h). Dinar, Halab 432h. OBVERSE: In centre: al-Imam | Ma‘add Abu Tamim | al-Mustansir billah | Amir al-Mu‘minin. REVERSE: In inner margin: ‘Izz (?) al-Muzaffar. WEIGHT: 4.37g. REFERENCE: cf Morton & Eden auction 63, 22 April 2013, lot 87 [as 433h], same dies. CONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare
FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h). Dinar, Filastin 437h. WEIGHT: 3.85g. REFERENCE: Nicol – [legends as type H1]. CONDITION: Lightly clipped and creased, almost very fine and excessively rare, apparently an unpublished date. This is a previously unrecorded year for Fatimid gold dinars from the mint of Filastin.
FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h). Dinar, al-Mahdiya 455h. WEIGHT: 3.69g. REFERENCE: Nicol 2231. CONDITION: Light crease, good fine to almost very fine and rare. Nicol records three different varieties of dinars struck at al-Mahdiya in this year, all of which are rare. As this type was also used for dinars struck there in the two subsequent years, it was probably the last of the three to be used in 455h.
1852-57 10d bright blue 'Cartier' on medium hand-made wove paper (SG 13), lightly cut-into at lower right, touched at foot and upper left with close margins elsewhere, also tiny mark on face, unused and regummed, an acceptable spacefiller of this rare stamp, RPS cert (1943) as former SG 20b, cat £14,000 (Plate )
Stamps of German New Guinea surcharged: 1914 (16 Dec) -15, 1d on 5pf green (not precisely plateable), surcharge spaced 5mm, variety G.R.I. without stops but with normal spaces (SG 17ga), used on tiny piece by two part oval ds in violet, very rare, being one of only two examples known to Gibbs, RPS Cert (1965) as former SG 17b and BPA Cert (1991)
The Berlin Missionary Society: 1849 November 19, entire written by Carl Friedrich Julius Schultheiss, headed 'Itemba, 19th Nov 1849', addressed initially to Cape Town, then readdressed to 'Rev'd C Blech, Mission Seminary, Sebastian Strasse, Berlin, with various m/script rate markings, reverse bears boxed "AMERICA per ENGLAND', in black, "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH' in blue and London transit cds for 1 FE 50 in red, although headed 'Itemba' this mission was burnt down during the 1847-49 'War of the Axe' and Schultheiss was probably based at Bethany at the time of writing, accompanied by an English translation of the contents, a rare and fascinating early missionary item (Plate )
Airmails: 1939 January 2, First Flight from Mongu to Lusaka, flown cover franked 1938 1½d carmine-red tied by Mongu.Lealui cds for 2 Jan 39, signed by pilot H R Kirkman, reverse bears Lusaka arrival cds for 4 Jan 39, adhesive a few light tones and odd missing perf but rare as only 20 covers are believed to have been flown (Plate )
Airmails: 1939 January 2, First Flight from Mongu to Lusaka, flown registered cover to Broken Hill franked pair 1938 3d blue tied by Mongu.Lealui cds for 2 Jan 39, signed by pilot H R Kirkman, reverse bears Lusaka transit cds for 4 Jan 39, from Lusaka the cover continued its journey by train, arriving at Broken Hill on 5 Jan 39, adhesives and cover a few light tones but rare as only 20 covers are believed to have been flown (Plate )
1906 October 24, 2c on 6c green postal stationery card sent registered to Germany, up-rated with 1878 2c dull rose, 1891 2c on 4c carmine and 1895-99 6c green and rose red (2) all tied by "Pamplemousses" datestamps in black, thence via French Paquebot (October 27). Steglitz arrival cds alongside, a rare and charming card (Plate )
1867-83 Watermark Large Anchor on white paper: £1 brown-lilac (SG 136), 7mm (approx.) tear and blue crayon line at upper left, otherwise of good used appearance with large part London 'experimental' squared circle d.s., a good representative space-filler of this rare stamp, cat £9,000 (Plate )
1870 1s Die proof. Very fine and fresh example without corner letters or plate numbers printed in deep mauve on white matt card (92 x 60mm). Produced by DLR for display at the 1870 International Exhibition. Very rare, only two or three examples are believed to exist in each colour. Ex."Verus".
A pair of diamond and sapphire scroll earrings by Rubel Frères, c.1935, each with nine curved branches, set with baguette-shaped diamonds and terminating with an invisibly-set oval-shaped sapphire, the hinged clips with baguette-shaped diamond semi circles with circular-cut diamond borders, French platinum control marks, partially obscured maker's mark in lozenge RFrs.. 29.9g, 4.2cm For a similar pair of earrings by Van Cleef and Arpels see Van Cleef Arpels: The Art of High Jewellery (Paris: Les Arts Décoratifs, 2012), p. 106. Rubel Frères John and his brother Robert opened a workshop on Rue Vivienne in Paris, 1915. The Rubel Frères were producing jewellery that soon caught the eye of the great jewellery houses, such as Van Cleef & Arpels. The quality of their workmanship for the great houses was recognised to the extent that they were allowed to sign some of their pieces with their own maker's mark RFrs. With the outbreak of the war, the brothers followed Van Cleef & Arpels to New York in 1939. They instantly took to the lavish night life. Tradition holds that whilst at the El Chico club, John sketched a flamenco dancer that developed into the first iconic Van Cleef & Arpels ballerina brooches. However, when the rights to produce these pieces could not be agreed, the rift that ensued between the brothers and Van Cleef & Arpels was irreparable. 'Mystery Set' refers to the unique technique associated with Van Cleef & Arpels, which they patented in 1933. The mystery is how rows of gemstones could be so perfectly set whilst no metal to hold them in place could be seen; no claws, collets or mounts were visible. The free-standing illusion is formed by a delicate lattice of rails slotting into grooves cut into the pavilion of each calibré-cut gemstone. The process takes hundreds of hours and could only be undertaken by a very small number of jewellers. Similarly set jewellery by anyone but Van Cleef & Arpels is referred to as 'invisibly-set'. The oval-shaped sapphires in lot 1409 are invisibly-set. Mystery-set pieces are extremely rare. Rarer still are invisibly-set oval stones. The sapphires in lot 1409 slot into the collet rather than a neighbouring stone, as with typical invisible settings, and use screws to their reverse enabling no fittings to be visible when worn.
Doulton a rare figure modelled by Mark V Marshall, 1843-1913, a lady with full skirt, holding flowers, her skirt hand painted with blue flowers, incised MVM and numbered 982, with impressed Doulton stamp, 20 x 18 cm. Figure is in stoneware Good condition no chips or cracks in body. A number of small firing faults, one in arm, others pin head size, where glaze has not covered body. Glaze deep only chip in hair about 2 mm, and one on hem of skirt approx. 2 mm
Movie Posters collection of Five titles. Quads movie posters Conditions Vary from Good to Excellent. The Tall Guy, Next Stop Greenwich Village, Tootsie Rare, 9 To 5, Over the Top Sly Stallone. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Woman 1918 This Poster Is an Original US 1 Sheet movie poster Measuring 27, 40 Inches. The Poster Has Been Very Well Looked After and Is Linen Backed. Very Rare in This Condition. A Dream to Own. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Movie posters collection of Five titles. UK Quads movie posters (Grade A). The Servant Rare, Tough Guys, To Be Or Not To Be, Over The Brooklyn Bridge, The Morning After. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Movie poster Oscar. 40x30 Quad movie poster (Grade A) from the 1991 film Oscar starring Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei and Tim Curry in perfect condition. Oscar is a 1991 American screwball comedy film directed by John Landis. Based on the Claude Magnier stage play, it is a remake of the 1967 French film of the same name, but the setting has been moved to Depression-era New York City and the plot centres on a mob boss trying to go straight. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Ornella Muti, Tim Curry and Chazz Palminteri, and was a rare attempt by Stallone at doing a comedy role. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Movie Poster Blue Movie Blackmail, 30x20, Quad movie poster (Grade A) from the 1973 film Blue Movie Blackmail starring Stephanie Beecham in good condition. Rare poster with original title rereleased as super bitch. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Movie poster Steptoe And Son Rides Again, 40 x30 Quad movie poster (Grade B) from the 1972 classic British comedy Steptoe And Son Rides Again very rare poster few marks on images. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Movie poster Saturn 3, 40x30 Quad movie poster (Grade A) from the 1980 film starring Kirk Douglas and Farah Fawcett in excellent condition rare poster. Saturn 3 is a 1980 British science fiction film, produced and directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, and Harvey Keitel. The screenplay was written by Martin Amis, from a story by John Barry. Though it was a British production (made by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment and shot at Shepperton Studios), the film has an American cast and director. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Galen.- Fuchs (Leonhart) Methodus seu ratio compendiaria perveniendi ad veram solidamque medicinam, mirifice ad Galeni libros recte intelligendos utilis, collation: †8 2†8 α-γ8 A-Z AA-NN8, woodcut decorative initials, 17th century ink marginalia and underlining, water-stained at foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century marbled wrappers, 16mo (113 x 71mm.), Paris, Charles Guillard, 1546.⁂ A rare edition of Fuchs' commentaries on Galen. USTC lists only 3 copies (only 1 UK, Wadham, Oxford).Provenance: 'Ex libris Joij [?] Michaelij Eineder, Medici Anno 1691' (ink inscription to foot of title).
Hemans (Felicia) Records of Woman, first edition, 1828 bound with The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy, second edition, trimmed at head, Oxford, 1816 and Dale (Rev. Thomas)The Widow of the City of Nain; and Other Poems, sixth edition, 1824, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf § [Carne (John)] Poems: containing The Indian, and Lazarus, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, 1820 § Magill (Rev. Robert)The Thinking Few, a Poem, some scattered foxing, modern wrappers, Belfast, 1828 § Banim (John) The Celt's Paradise, book labels, contemporary half calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, 1822; and 8 others, poetry, 8vo (12)⁂ An interesting group of 19th century works, the second includes a poem centring on a Native American warrior, the last 2 are rare with COPAC listing only 2 copies of the first (BL and Cambridge) and 1 copy of the last (Oxford only, not in BL).
Tupper (Martin Farquhar) Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, first edition, presentation inscription "Laura Cornwallis, a kind present from the Author, Jan 3, 1838" to head of title, scattered spotting, Nowell-Smith and Cornwallis bookplates to pastedown, original cloth, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, short split to head of upper joint, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1838.⁂ The scarce first edition of this work which ran into over 40 editions in the following 30 years. Presentation copies are especially rare.
Patmore (Coventry) Poems, first edition of the author's first book, signed presentation inscription from the author to Thomas Watts to half-title, bookplate and book labels, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Edward Moxon, 1844.⁂ A lovely association copy of Patmore's first book, rare, especially inscribed. Thomas Watts was Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, where Patmore worked as his assistant.Provenance: Harry Buxton Forman (bookplate); Joseph L. Lilienthal (book label); James Gilvarry, sale of his library at Christie's, 2nd July 1986, lot 202.
Patmore (Coventry) Tamerton Church-Tower and Other Poems, "second" edition, 2 page A.L.s. from the author to Edmund Gosse discussing illustrations by Bertha, the author's daughter, and recommendation of Zaehnsdorf bindery tipped in at front, title a little browned, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Gosse to pastedown, original ribbed cloth, paper label to spine, spine a little browned, minor bumping to spine ends, 8vo, John W. Parker and Son, 1854.⁂ The so-called second edition, in fact a reprint of the first edition with the dedication page removed, a new title page, revisions to two gatherings with two poems removed and four others added and a divisional title after preliminaries, rare. Edmund Gosse, see also next lot.
Cornish imprints.- Hunt (Robert) The Mount's Bay; a Descriptive Poem, modern half calf, Penzance, 1829 § Martin (Alfred Tobias John) The Remains of the lat Tobias Martin of Breage, in Cornwall, ink ownership inscription, original boards, a little worn, Helston, 1831 § Moore (William) Poetic Effusions, half-title, original cloth, paper label to spine, spine a little worn, London and Truro, 1828; and another printed in Truro, 8vo (4)⁂ All rare, COPAC lists 4 copies of the first and 2 copies each of the remaining 2.
Scottish imprints.- Galt (John) The Dream of Destiny; and other poems, half-title, original green cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked, extremities chipped, Greenock, 1839 § Strachan (John) Walter and Emma, or A tale of Bothwell Bridge; with other poems, scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, spine ends chipped, Forres [printed in Elgin], 1829 § Arnott (David) The Witches of Keil's Glen, light soiling, ink ownership inscription, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Cupar, 1825, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of scarce Scottish provincially imprinted works, the first is the rare final work by the Socttish novelist and commentator John Galt who died in Greenock in the year of publication.
Scottish imprints.- MacQueen (Thomas) My Gloaming Amusements, ink notes in a contemporary hand regarding the author, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and faded, Beith, 1831 § Davis (H.) The Tee-totaller's Album, charming engraved frontispiece, hinges weak, book label, original cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover, Carlisle, 1838; Chalk (John) Original Poems on Various Subjects, half-title, scattered spotting, later cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Carlisle, 1822; Dixon (John) The Twin Brothers: Being the lives of John and James Dixon, in Epistle, Sermons and Poems, second edition, engraved frontispiece, some light finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, later stitching, Carlisle, 1823, 8vo & 12mo (4)⁂ An excellent group of rare works, the first with 2 copies listed on COPAC (BL and National Library of Scotland), the second and third with only the BL copies listed, the last appears to be the earliest recorded copy of this work.
Quinziano Stoa (Giovanni Francesco) De Syllabarum quantitae epographiae sex, collation: A-B8, C6, A-Q8, R10; [22], cxxxviii ff., woodcut portrait of the author on title, decorated initials, early ink annotations, worming to first 16 leaves, affecting text, contemporary boards alla rustica, fragments of re-used manuscript or printed leaves to pastedowns, spine worn and defective, numerous wormholes to covers, 4to (200 x 155mm.), Venice, Guglielmo de Monteferrato, June 1519. ⁂ Rare early edition of this popular Latin grammar by Giovanni Francesco Conti (1484-1557), which first appeared in Pavia in 1511. The author, better known under his humanistic name, Quinziano Stoa, was a disciple of the grammarian Giovanni Britannico, and taught Rhetoric and Greek at the University of Pavia. The title-page bears a fine woodcut depicting the author writing at his desk. Provenance: early ownership 'Ad usum Innocentij Phollij liberalitate Rudolphi Rici eius avunculi'.Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 37659
Philoponus (Joannes) Contra Proclum de Mundi Aeternitate, collation: A4, B-L8; [84] leaves, large woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut decorated initials and head-pieces, upper corner of title missing, slight tears along impression of woodcut device, early ink notes '118' and '83' on title, later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, folio (302 x 200mm.), Venice, in aedibus Bartholomaei Casterzagensis (Bartolomeo Zanetti), aere Ioannis Francisci Trincavelli, 1535.⁂ The exceedingly rare editio princeps of this influential scientific work by Philoponus - a severe criticism of Proclus' belief in an eternal world - edited by the Venetian philosopher Vittore Trincavelli (1491-1563). The printing of this handsome volume was financed by another member of the Trincavelli family, Giovanni Francesco. The present edition is one of the first books published in Venice by Bartolomeo Zanetti from Casterzago, near Brescia; the title-page bears his fine device, with the larger putto's figure holding an olive branch, said to be after Titian. In the space of three years, from 1535 to 1537, Zanetti printed at least thirteen Greek books, as part of the publishing programme financed by the Trincavellis.Literature: Staikos, Printers' & Publishers' Marks in Book for the Greek World, 89; Hoffmann II, 440; Layton, Greek Book , p. 517; F. Martini, "Chi era il copista di Camillo Veneto", La Bibliofilia, 15 (1913), pp. 41-45; G. Castellani, "B. Zanetti: un tipografo per tutte le stagioni", La Bibliofilia, 108 (2006), pp. 233-250.
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