(15th and 16th centuries) 7 volumes - - Lot 249

(15th and 16th centuries) 7 volumes - - POSTEL (Claude). The Writings of Claude Postel Published in France and Their Publishers. 1538–1579. Foreword by Bernard Roussel. Geneva, Droz, 1992. In-8, publisher’s binding. [7 ff], 125 pp, [2 ff], illustrations in the text. - SECRET (François). Postelliana (edited by...). Nieuwkoop, 1981. In-8, 366 pp, publisher’s cloth binding. Published on the occasion of the fourth centenary of Guillaume Postel’s death. This volume contains several rare or unpublished texts, preceded by an introduction. Index. François Secret has made hermetic manuscripts accessible. - STAPLETON (Th.). History of Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VIII, translated from the Latin by Alexandre Martin. With an introduction, notes, and commentary by M. Audin. Paris, Maison, 1849. In-8, XXXII, 476 pp., contemporary plum-colored half-shagreen, ribbed spine with cold-stamped fillet borders, gilt head. An important biography of the author of *Utopia*, who was beheaded by Henry VIII for opposing his divorce. Lithographed frontispiece portrait after Holbein. Waterstains. - SUDHOFF (Karl). *Bibliographia Paracelsica*. Berlin, 1894. (Reprint, 2000). In-8, XIV, 722 pp., publisher’s cloth binding. “As a physician, philosopher, and chemist, Paracelsus was the driving force behind the great scientific revolution of the 16th century.” Larousse painted a particularly flattering portrait of “this restless and innovative genius.” This bibliography remains the most comprehensive work devoted to this figure. It describes 518 works with commentary. Text in German. - MAC MANUS (M. J.). A Bibliography of Thomas More. No place, no date, pp. 55–63. Excerpt from a work with interleaved blank pages. Dark cloth binding with the title in gold lettering on the spine. Ex-libris bearing the coat of arms of Baron Esher with the motto “Vicimus.” - Nicolas de Cues. The Methods of Thought. Conference proceedings (2001). Louvain-la-Neuve, 2005. In-8, [2 ff], 214 pp, [1 f], paperback, illustrated cover. “Of the great Western philosophers, Nicolas de Cues remains one of the least known even today”. 12 contributions (in French and English). Index. - ADAM (R.) and (M. de SCHEPPER). *Bibliotheca Lipsiana Bruxellensis*. The books of Justus Lipsius held at the Royal Library of Belgium. Catalog and inventories published on the occasion of the exhibition *Constance and Inconstancy*, held at the Erasmus House Museum from December 1, 2006, to February 4, 2007. Turnhout, 2007. In-8, 276 pp., paperback. "This volume consists of two parts: a catalog and an inventory... The catalog includes, in particular, the text of the five letters from Justus Lipsius to his disciple Puteanus... The inventory presents the items related to Justus Lipsius held at the Royal Library." Extensive indexes. About thirty illustrations.