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M. AUGUSTI BEYERI MEMORIAE HISTORICO-CRITICAE LIBRORUM RARIORUM, accedunt Evangeli Cosmopolitani notae ad Jo. Burch. Menckenii De charletaneria eruditorum declamationes, in quibus exempla nonnulla praecipue Hispanorum adferuntur.
by BEYER, August.:
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dresdae & Lipsiae: apud Fridericum Hekel, 1734.. FIRST EDITION 1734, Latin text, 8vo, approximately 170 x 95 mm, 6½ x 3¾ inches, small floral device on title page, 2 decorative woodcut headpieces, some small woodcut tailpieces, pages: [16], 301, [3] - index, bound in full modern panelled speckled calf, decorated in blind, gilt raised bands to spine, richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettered red morocco label, new endpapers. Title page faintly browned and with a tiny ink spot to blank lower corner, some light age-browning here and there. A very good tight clean copy. The author describes 100 rare books from the late 15th century onwards, some in French, some in Latin, Spanish, Dutch or Italian, two in English. Subjects include medals and engravings; love and beauty; religion and theology; law; medicine; printing; Boccaccio's Decameron; chess and Gioachino Greco with a list of writers on chess and other games; Le Romant de la Rose; a play by the Earl of Rochester; Mozarabic Rites; life of Michelangelo; writings of Dante. Pages 285-301 contain Beyer's notes on De charlataneria Eruditorum by Johann Burckhard Mencke, a well known satirical pamphlet on the foolishness of men of learning. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47847
- Title
- M. AUGUSTI BEYERI MEMORIAE HISTORICO-CRITICAE LIBRORUM RARIORUM, accedunt Evangeli Cosmopolitani notae ad Jo. Burch. Menckenii De charletaneria eruditorum declamationes, in quibus exempla nonnulla praecipue Hispanorum adferuntur.
- Author
- BEYER, August.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Dresdae & Lipsiae: apud Fridericum Hekel, 1734.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Satire Pamphlets Rare Books about Books Latin Bibliography & Biography French Chess Dante Boccaccio
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Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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