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GRAEVIUS, Johann Georg (1632-1703). Thesaurus antiquitatum Romanarum. Utrecht and Leiden: Frans Halma and Pieter van der Aa, 1694-1699. 12 volumes, 2° (395 x 255mm). Half-title to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved additional titles. 226 engraved plates, maps and letterpress tables, engraved illustrations, some full-page. Woodcut illustrations, initials and head- and tailpieces. (Some variable spotting and browning, occasional light dampstaining, some plates torn on folds, occasional neatly-repaired tears touching text.) Contemporary vellum, lettered in manuscript on the spines, yapp fore-edges (some marking, vol. I non-uniform, vol. V spine torn with small loss). Provenance: Bibliotheca Bernhardina, Wroclaw (inscription and neat inkstamp in vol. I); 'CVB 1702' (gilt lettering on upper covers of vols II-XII) -- 'Ex Bibl. ad aed. Mar. Magdal.' (neat inkstamps in vols II-XII). Brunet II, 1689; Schudt 817 (vols III-IV).
GRONOVIUS, Jacobus (1645-1716). Thesaurus Graecarum antiquitatum. Leiden: Pieter van der Aa et al., 1697-1702. 13 volumes including index, 2° (460 x 276mm). Vol. I and index vol. with title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, titles of vols IV-XII with engraved vignettes, engraved additional title in vols I and IV-XII, vols II-III with engraved titles, half-titles. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I, vols IV-XII with engraved dedications, 403 engraved plates, engraved illustrations. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. (Variable spotting and browning, occasional waterstaining, ink-marking and worming.) Contemporary vellum, lettered in gilt on the spines, blind fillet borders (light marking, covers slightly bowed, some worming on spines, some cracking on joints). Brunet II, 1761.
PITISCUS, Samuel (1636-1727). Lexicon antiquitatum Romanarum. Leeuwarden: Frans Halma, 1713. 2 volumes, 2° (395 x 250mm). Vol. I title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved additional titles, half-titles. One engraved portrait (of 2) and folding plate, engraved head- and tailpieces and initial. Woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. (Some light spotting, browning and ink-marking, light dampstaining in vol. I, lacking quires 2A-2D and one portrait.) Contemporary sprinkled calf-backed boards, flat spines gilt, gilt leather lettering-pieces (some scuffing, small losses at ends of vol. II spine). Brunet IV, 679 ('bonne édition'); Cicognara 2174.
SALLENGRE, Albert Henri de (1694-1723). Novus thesaurus antiquitatum Romanarum. The Hague and Paris: Henri du Sauzet and Antoine Urbain Coustelier, 1716-1724. 3 volumes, 2° (395 x 262 mm). Titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes and engraved additional title in volume I. Engraved allegorical frontispieces in vols II and III, 18 engraved plates, 2 folding, engraved illustrations. Woodcut illustrations, initials and tailpieces. (Some quires with variable spotting, browning or light dampstaining, one plate torn touching image, vols I and III with some worming, mainly marginal but affecting one plate, vol. II 3X5-6 with cancel slips pasted over incorrect signatures, but misbound.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, gilt morocco lettering-pieces, blind fillet borders (somewhat rubbed, scuffed and dampstained, some splitting on joints, spine ends worn). Brunet V, col.78; Rossetti Rome G-1088; Schudt 819.
POLENI, Giovanni (1683-1761). Utriusque thesauri antiquitatum Romanarum Graecarumque nova supplementa. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1737. 5 volumes, 2° (416 x 272 mm). Vol. I title printed in red and black, all titles with engraved vignettes, half-titles. 57 engraved plates, 21 folding, engraved illustrations, some full-page, and head- and tailpieces. Woodcut illustrations, initials, and tailpieces. (Occasional light spotting, browning or marking, some light dampstaining, vol. II Dd2-3 bound in reverse order, small hole in one plate, vol. IV 4Y3 with short tear touching text.) Contemporary vellum, the spines lettered in gilt, uncut (some marking, covers a little bowed, short splits on joints of vols III and V, lower cover of vol. III affected by damp). Brunet IV, col.776 ('les exempl. sont peu commun'); Schudt 822.
Provenance: Jesuits of Zurich (neat inkstamps in all vols; traces of institutional labels on spines of all vols).
A NEAR-COMPLETE SET OF THIS 'IMPORTANTE COLLECTION' (Brunet II, col.1689), lacking only Janus Gruterus's Inscriptiones antiquae totius orbis Romani (Amsterdam: 1707). (35)
GRONOVIUS, Jacobus (1645-1716). Thesaurus Graecarum antiquitatum. Leiden: Pieter van der Aa et al., 1697-1702. 13 volumes including index, 2° (460 x 276mm). Vol. I and index vol. with title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, titles of vols IV-XII with engraved vignettes, engraved additional title in vols I and IV-XII, vols II-III with engraved titles, half-titles. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I, vols IV-XII with engraved dedications, 403 engraved plates, engraved illustrations. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. (Variable spotting and browning, occasional waterstaining, ink-marking and worming.) Contemporary vellum, lettered in gilt on the spines, blind fillet borders (light marking, covers slightly bowed, some worming on spines, some cracking on joints). Brunet II, 1761.
PITISCUS, Samuel (1636-1727). Lexicon antiquitatum Romanarum. Leeuwarden: Frans Halma, 1713. 2 volumes, 2° (395 x 250mm). Vol. I title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved additional titles, half-titles. One engraved portrait (of 2) and folding plate, engraved head- and tailpieces and initial. Woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. (Some light spotting, browning and ink-marking, light dampstaining in vol. I, lacking quires 2A-2D and one portrait.) Contemporary sprinkled calf-backed boards, flat spines gilt, gilt leather lettering-pieces (some scuffing, small losses at ends of vol. II spine). Brunet IV, 679 ('bonne édition'); Cicognara 2174.
SALLENGRE, Albert Henri de (1694-1723). Novus thesaurus antiquitatum Romanarum. The Hague and Paris: Henri du Sauzet and Antoine Urbain Coustelier, 1716-1724. 3 volumes, 2° (395 x 262 mm). Titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes and engraved additional title in volume I. Engraved allegorical frontispieces in vols II and III, 18 engraved plates, 2 folding, engraved illustrations. Woodcut illustrations, initials and tailpieces. (Some quires with variable spotting, browning or light dampstaining, one plate torn touching image, vols I and III with some worming, mainly marginal but affecting one plate, vol. II 3X5-6 with cancel slips pasted over incorrect signatures, but misbound.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, gilt morocco lettering-pieces, blind fillet borders (somewhat rubbed, scuffed and dampstained, some splitting on joints, spine ends worn). Brunet V, col.78; Rossetti Rome G-1088; Schudt 819.
POLENI, Giovanni (1683-1761). Utriusque thesauri antiquitatum Romanarum Graecarumque nova supplementa. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1737. 5 volumes, 2° (416 x 272 mm). Vol. I title printed in red and black, all titles with engraved vignettes, half-titles. 57 engraved plates, 21 folding, engraved illustrations, some full-page, and head- and tailpieces. Woodcut illustrations, initials, and tailpieces. (Occasional light spotting, browning or marking, some light dampstaining, vol. II Dd2-3 bound in reverse order, small hole in one plate, vol. IV 4Y3 with short tear touching text.) Contemporary vellum, the spines lettered in gilt, uncut (some marking, covers a little bowed, short splits on joints of vols III and V, lower cover of vol. III affected by damp). Brunet IV, col.776 ('les exempl. sont peu commun'); Schudt 822.
Provenance: Jesuits of Zurich (neat inkstamps in all vols; traces of institutional labels on spines of all vols).
A NEAR-COMPLETE SET OF THIS 'IMPORTANTE COLLECTION' (Brunet II, col.1689), lacking only Janus Gruterus's Inscriptiones antiquae totius orbis Romani (Amsterdam: 1707). (35)
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