Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

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Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

3 December - 17 December 2025 • Paris

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 Accolti, Lo inganno de gl'occhi, Florence, 1625, armorial red morocco gilt for Núñez de Guzmán, Godolphin copy

1. Accolti, Lo inganno de gl'occhi, Florence, 1625, armorial red morocco gilt for Núñez de Guzmán, Godolphin copy

Acosta, Conciones in Quadragesimam, Venice, 1599, red morocco richly gilt, presentation copy

2. Acosta, Conciones in Quadragesimam, Venice, 1599, red morocco richly gilt, presentation copy

Aesopus, Fabellae Graece et Latine, Basel, 1534, contemporary Bolognese dark brown morocco

3. Aesopus, Fabellae Graece et Latine, Basel, 1534, contemporary Bolognese dark brown morocco

Albani, Libri de potestate papae et concilii, Venice, 1561, contemporary Roman red morocco gilt by Marcantonio Guillery

4. Albani, Libri de potestate papae et concilii, Venice, 1561, contemporary Roman red morocco gilt by Marcantonio Guillery

Alberti, De pictura libri tres, Basel, 1540, later binding reusing a vellum manuscript leaf

5. Alberti, De pictura libri tres, Basel, 1540, later binding reusing a vellum manuscript leaf

Alberti, I dieci libri de l'architettura, Venice, 1546, modern half vellum

6. Alberti, I dieci libri de l'architettura, Venice, 1546, modern half vellum

Alberti, La pittura, Venice, 1547, later half red calf

7. Alberti, La pittura, Venice, 1547, later half red calf

Alberti, Trattato della nobilta della pittura, Rome, 1585, later half calf, Storck copy

8. Alberti, Trattato della nobilta della pittura, Rome, 1585, later half calf, Storck copy

Albertus Patavinus, Ordinis eremitarum, Venice, 1523, dedication copy for Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio

9. Albertus Patavinus, Ordinis eremitarum, Venice, 1523, dedication copy for Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio

Alciati, Emblematum liber, Augsburg, 1531, with an autograph letter by Alciati, later vellum

10. Alciati, Emblematum liber, Augsburg, 1531, with an autograph letter by Alciati, later vellum

Alciati, Emblematum liber, Augsburg, 1531, and other works, contemporary German calf, Brassicanus's copy

11. Alciati, Emblematum liber, Augsburg, 1531, and other works, contemporary German calf, Brassicanus's copy

Alciati, Livret des emblemes, Paris, 1536, annotated, later vellum

12. Alciati, Livret des emblemes, Paris, 1536, annotated, later vellum

Alciati, Emblematum libellus, Paris, 1542, red morocco gilt by Lortic, Munich-Huth-Bright copy

13. Alciati, Emblematum libellus, Paris, 1542, red morocco gilt by Lortic, Munich-Huth-Bright copy

 Alciati, Emblemes d'Alciat, Lyon, 1549, brown morocco gilt with monogram of Thomas Mahieu

14. Alciati, Emblemes d'Alciat, Lyon, 1549, brown morocco gilt with monogram of Thomas Mahieu

Alciati, Emblemata, Frankfurt, 1567, calf gilt with arms of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar

15. Alciati, Emblemata, Frankfurt, 1567, calf gilt with arms of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar

Alciati, Omnia emblemata, Antwerp, Plantin, 1574, contemporary vellum

16. Alciati, Omnia emblemata, Antwerp, Plantin, 1574, contemporary vellum

Alciati, Iudiciarii processus compendium, Venice, 1537, contemporary limp vellum

17. Alciati, Iudiciarii processus compendium, Venice, 1537, contemporary limp vellum

Alciati, De verborum significatione, Lyon, 1546, contemporary French calf

18. Alciati, De verborum significatione, Lyon, 1546, contemporary French calf

Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Quaestiones naturales, morales et de fato, Venice, 1541, contemporary calf

19. Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Quaestiones naturales, morales et de fato, Venice, 1541, contemporary calf

Amboise, Les contrepistres d'Ovide; Le tableau de Cebes, Paris, 1543, Parisian brown calf gilt for Marcus Fugger

20. Amboise, Les contrepistres d'Ovide; Le tableau de Cebes, Paris, 1543, Parisian brown calf gilt for Marcus Fugger

Aneau, Picta poesis, Lyon, 1552, contemporary limp vellum, Vershbow copy

21. Aneau, Picta poesis, Lyon, 1552, contemporary limp vellum, Vershbow copy

Anselmi, Epigrammaton libri septem, Venice, 1528, contemporary Venetian brown morocco gilt

22. Anselmi, Epigrammaton libri septem, Venice, 1528, contemporary Venetian brown morocco gilt

Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Venice, sons of Aldus, 1545, green morocco with gilt Aldine device

23. Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Venice, sons of Aldus, 1545, green morocco with gilt Aldine device

Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Venice, 1546, Venetian green morocco by the Fugger Binder for Perrenot de Granvelle

24. Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Venice, 1546, Venetian green morocco by the Fugger Binder for Perrenot de Granvelle

Aristophanes, Comoediae novem, Venice, Aldus, 1498, brown morocco gilt by Clarke and Bedford

25. Aristophanes, Comoediae novem, Venice, Aldus, 1498, brown morocco gilt by Clarke and Bedford

Aristotle, Poetica, Venice, Aldus, 1536, later tan calf gilt

26. Aristotle, Poetica, Venice, Aldus, 1536, later tan calf gilt

Aristotle, Libri quatuor de coelo et mundo, Lyon, 1542, contemporary Venetian chestnut morocco

27. Aristotle, Libri quatuor de coelo et mundo, Lyon, 1542, contemporary Venetian chestnut morocco

Aristotle, Libri physicorum octo, Lyon, 1542, contemporary Venetian chestnut morocco gilt

28. Aristotle, Libri physicorum octo, Lyon, 1542, contemporary Venetian chestnut morocco gilt

Arrianus, De expeditione sive rebus gestis Alexandri, Basel, 1539, gilt-tooled brown morocco

29. Arrianus, De expeditione sive rebus gestis Alexandri, Basel, 1539, gilt-tooled brown morocco

Arrianus, De expeditione sive rebus gestis Alexandri, Basel, 1539, Leipzig calf binding, Johannes Wolf copy

30. Arrianus, De expeditione sive rebus gestis Alexandri, Basel, 1539, Leipzig calf binding, Johannes Wolf copy

Arrighi, De beatitudine hominis libri tres, Florence, 1569, dedication copy, armorial binding for Gregory XIII

31. Arrighi, De beatitudine hominis libri tres, Florence, 1569, dedication copy, armorial binding for Gregory XIII

Aventinus, Annalium boiorum libri septem, Ingolstadt, 1554, Roman brown morocco by the Vatican Bindery

32. Aventinus, Annalium boiorum libri septem, Ingolstadt, 1554, Roman brown morocco by the Vatican Bindery

Avila y Zuñiga, Commentariorum de bello Germanico, Antwerp, 1550, Bohemian armorial calf dated 1553 for Christopher the Elder Popel of Lobkowicz

33. Avila y Zuñiga, Commentariorum de bello Germanico, Antwerp, 1550, Bohemian armorial calf dated 1553 for Christopher the Elder Popel of Lobkowicz

Baif, Annotationes in legem II, Basel, 1537, contemporary Roman morocco for Fernando de Torres

34. Baif, Annotationes in legem II, Basel, 1537, contemporary Roman morocco for Fernando de Torres

Bembo, Gli Asolani, Venice, Aldus, 1505, second issue, later vellum, Charles Butler copy

35. Bembo, Gli Asolani, Venice, Aldus, 1505, second issue, later vellum, Charles Butler copy

Bembo, Epistolarum libri XVI, Lyon, 1540, Roman impresa binding by Niccolò Franzese for Apollonio Filareto

36. Bembo, Epistolarum libri XVI, Lyon, 1540, Roman impresa binding by Niccolò Franzese for Apollonio Filareto

[Biblia sacra polyglotta], volume VIII, Antwerp, 1571-72, Roman pink morocco bound for Cardinal Guglielmo Sirleto

37. [Biblia sacra polyglotta], volume VIII, Antwerp, 1571-72, Roman pink morocco bound for Cardinal Guglielmo Sirleto

Bible, Greek, Venice, Aldus, 1518, contemporary Venetian morocco, Bartolomeo Piccolomini's copy

38. Bible, Greek, Venice, Aldus, 1518, contemporary Venetian morocco, Bartolomeo Piccolomini's copy

[Bible. N.T. Greek] Της καινης διαθηκης απαντα; part 2 only, Paris, 1549, contemporary Parisian brown morocco gilt by Wotton Binder C

39. [Bible. N.T. Greek] Της καινης διαθηκης απαντα; part 2 only, Paris, 1549, contemporary Parisian brown morocco gilt by Wotton Binder C

[Bible. Latin] Biblia, Paris, Estienne, 1545, 2 volumes, Roman russet morocco

40. [Bible. Latin] Biblia, Paris, Estienne, 1545, 2 volumes, Roman russet morocco

[Bible] Psalterium, Venice, Aldus, [not after 1498], contemporary Roman medallion binding

41. [Bible] Psalterium, Venice, Aldus, [not after 1498], contemporary Roman medallion binding

[Bible] Liber Psalmorum Davidis, [Geneva], 1556, French tan calf gilt, Nicolas Psaume's copy

42. [Bible] Liber Psalmorum Davidis, [Geneva], 1556, French tan calf gilt, Nicolas Psaume's copy

[Bible] Davidis Psalmi, Paris, 1576, contemporary French polychrome and inlaid binding

43. [Bible] Davidis Psalmi, Paris, 1576, contemporary French polychrome and inlaid binding

[Bible] Pseaumes de David mis en vers François, Rouen, 1593, contemporary French brown morocco gilt

44. [Bible] Pseaumes de David mis en vers François, Rouen, 1593, contemporary French brown morocco gilt

La Biblia, Venice, 1547, Parisian armorial morocco by Wotton Binder C for Paolo Giordano Orsini

45. La Biblia, Venice, 1547, Parisian armorial morocco by Wotton Binder C for Paolo Giordano Orsini

Billon, Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld

46. Billon, Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld

Billy, Exhortation au peuple francois, Paris, 1584, contemporary Parisian limp vellum gilt with fore-edge flaps

47. Billy, Exhortation au peuple francois, Paris, 1584, contemporary Parisian limp vellum gilt with fore-edge flaps

Boccaccio, Des nobles maleureux, Paris, 1538, contemporary Parisian tan calf gilt for Marcus Fugger

48. Boccaccio, Des nobles maleureux, Paris, 1538, contemporary Parisian tan calf gilt for Marcus Fugger