Catalogus nr 5.indd - Den Hertog Bolland Rare Books

[ 2 ] Novum Iesu Christi Testamentum, Graecè & Latinè: Theodoro Beza interprete. Additae suntab eodem summae breves doctrinae unoquoque Evangeliorum & Actorum loco comprehensae.Item, methodi Apostolicarum epistolarum brevis explicatio. Huic autem quintae editioni, praetermultorum locorum recognitionem, accesserunt breves difficiliorum phraseon expositiones, & aliaequaedam annotatiunculae, cùm ex maioribus ipsius Bezae annotationibus, tum aliunde excerptae.[Genève], [Jérémie des Planches], 1604. 2 Parts in 1. 8vo. (14) 256 + 210 lvs. Contemporary overlappinggilt-stamped vellum. 650,-Early seventeenth-century edition of Beza’s New Testament, giving the Greek text in the inside columns and Beza’sLatin translation in the outside columns. The text is accompanied by references and substantial marginal notes. Boththe text and the notes are printed from the 1580 edition of Beza’s New Testament, which was edited by Jean Cherpont(1557-ca. 1586) and printed by Henri Estienne, the son of Robert Estienne. The notes in the 1580 edition however arepartially collected from the New Testament published in 1574 by Thomas Vautrollier in London. This edition wasedited by the French Huguenot Pierre Loyseleur de Villiers (ca. 1530-1590) and contains Beza’s annotationes minores aswell as some annotations by Joachim Camerarius. The Greek text of the 1580 edition and the edition above is almostsimilar to the text of Beza’s first major edition of the New Testament published in 1565, which generally followedthe text of the 1551 edition (the fourth and last edition) of Robert Estienne’s New Testament. - Gilt faded and owner’sinscriptions on first free endpaper.VD 17 3:013820E; Darlow & Moule 4630 (note); Bibelsammlung Stuttgart C184.

BOWLES, Oliver (ca. 1577-1644). De pastore evangelico tractatus: in quo universum munuspastorale, tam quoad pastoris vocationem, & praeparationem, quàm ipsius muneris exercitium,accuratè proponitur. After the copy printed at London, Samuel Gellibrand, 1659. 12mo. (24)394 pp. Bound with: WAEYEN, Johannes van der (1639-1701). Methodus concionandi. Quam ingratiam studiosae juventutis, typis excudi curavit. Franeker, Adriaan Heins, 1704. 12mo. (16) 201 (1)pp. Contemporary vellum. 650,-[ 5 ]Third (or fourth?) edition of Bowles’ treatise on pastoral ministry (possibly printed in the Netherlands), boundtogether with the first edition of Van der Waeyen’s treatise on homiletics. Oliver Bowles, an English puritan and oneof the elder members of the Westminster Assembly, was an excellent scholar and a man of great piety. He taught atQueens College in Cambridge and served many years as a pastor at Sutton in Bedfordshire. His De pastore evangelicotractatus, posthumously published by his son, expands on a wide range of pastoral duties and provides a practicalpuritan description of the pastoral ministry. Van der Waeyen, a Dutch reformed theologian, was successively pastorat Spaarndam, Leeuwarden, and Middelburg, and professor of Hebrew and theology at the University of Franeker.He left many writings, among which are several polemical works and his treatise above.I: Wing B3883.

[ 6 ] BRENZ, Johannes (1499-1570). Brevis & perspicua explicatio Psalmorum Davidis. Decas prima[-decima]. Tübingen, widow of Ulrich Morhart, 1565-1569. 10 (of 11) Volumes in 2. 4to. (2) 129 (1) +(2) 132 + 206 + 324 [= 322] (1) + 249 [= 251] + 271 + 258 (1) + 275 + (2) 155 [= 157] + 164 pp. Contemporaryblind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. 2.600,-Very rare almost complete set of Brenz’s comprehensive commentary on the Psalms (only the last posthumouslypublished volume is missing). Almost all Brenz’s published commentaries had their roots in sermon series hepreached. Some of his commentaries were gleaned from his sermons almost immediately, others were edited later.Brenz’s extensive exgetical work, his commentaries cover nearly all the books of the Bible, made him one of themost influential biblical commentators of sixteenth-century Germany. - Reissue with new title-page of volume 2(1567), owners’ inscriptions of Georg Ludwig Glatthorn (title-page of volume 1) and Christian Kittelmann (title-pageof volume 6), marginal wormhole in last five leaves of volume 10 (not affecting the text), some staining, a few oldunderlinings and marginal annotations, clasps missing, but otherwise a very good copy.VD 16 B 7516, 7518, 7522, 7523, 7529, 7530, 7532; Köhler 448, 474, 450, 451, 466, 479, 480, 493, 495, 503.

BUGENHAGEN, Johannes (1485-1558). Eine christliche Predigt, uber der Leich und begrebnis,des ehrwirdigen D. Martini Luthers, durch Ern Johan Bugenhagen Pomern, Doctor, und Pfarrherder Kirchen zu Wittemberg, gethan. Wittenberg, Georg Rhau, 1546. 4to. [14] lvs. (last blank).Modern paper-covered boards. 950,-[ 7 ]First edition of Bugenhagen’s funeral sermon for Luther, in which he mourned the loss of his friend, but also gloriedand rejoiced in the blessings God had granted through him. Bugenhagen, one of the closest friends of Luther,had come to Wittenberg in 1521, where he quickly emerged as one of the most important leaders of the LutheranReformation. In 1523 he was appointed pastor of the church of St. Mary in Wittenberg, in which calling he becamenot only Luther’s pastor, but also his spiritual counselor. A curiosity of the present edition of the funeral sermon isthe presence of a small slip of paper pasted vertically over the text printed on the verso of the title-page, reading“Eilens halb, ist das im Drucken versehen”. It was printed in such a hurry that the text of leaf A3 verso, which is alsofound on its right place, was erroneously printed on the verso of the title-page, which should have been left blank. -Stained throughout.VD 16 ZV 2697; Geisenhof 350; Knaake III, 139; Jackson 1712.

[ 8 ] BULLINGER, Heinrich (1504-1575). De scripturae sanctae authoritate, certitudine, firmitate etabsoluta perfectione, deque episcoporum, qui verbi dei ministri sunt, institutione & functione,contra superstitionis tyrannidisque Romanae antistites, ad sereniss. Angliae regem HeinrychumVIII. Heinrychi Bullingeri libri duo. Zürich, Christoph Froschauer, 1538. 4to. (8) 180 lvs. Modernhalf vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. 1.600,-First edition of one of the earliest reformed treatises on the doctrine of Scripture. As stated on the title-page, Descripturae sanctae authoritate consists of two books. In the first book, which mainly deals with Scripture, Bullinger’schief concern is to assert the superiority of Scripture against the claim of the Roman Catholic Church to haveauthority over Scripture and to be the custodian of extra-scriptural tradition. In the second (and much longer) book,dealing with more practical matters of church structure and church leadership, Bullinger discusses the developmentof the leadership of God’s people, the preparation for the tasks of ministry, the chief responsibilities of ministers,and last but not least, the claim of the bishop of Rome to headship over the church. - Title-page slightly soiled,margins of first few leaves stained, single wormhole through text of first eleven gatherings, and some marginalwormholes (affecting a few shoulder notes).VD 16 B 9685; Staedtke 111; Rudolphi 252; Vischer C 273; Kuczynski 147.

DAILLÉ, Jean (1594-1670). De imaginibus libri IV. Leiden, Bonaventura Elzevier and AbrahamElzevier, 1642. 8vo. (16) 552 (3) pp. Contemporary vellum. 350,-[ 9 ]First and only Latin edition of Daillé’s important treatise on the use and worship of images. Daillé, a FrenchProtestant theologian, was successively private chaplain to the Huguenot leader Philippe Duplessis-Mornay andpastor at Saumur and Charenton in Paris. His treatise above, which is divided into four books, was first publishedin French in 1641. For decades it remained unanswered by Roman Catholic writers. The most thoughtful responsecame from Noël Alexandre (1639-1724), a French Dominican, who inserted a dissertation in his twenty-six-volumeecclesiastical history (1676-1686) in which he attempted to negate Daillé’s arguments. - Centre of upper pastedowncut out (presumably to remove a bookplate) and first endpaper missing.Willems 536.

[ 10 ] DUPLESSIS-MORNAY, Philippe (1549-1623). De veritate religionis christianae liber; adversusatheos, Epicureos, ethnicos, Iudaeos, Mahumedistas, & caeteros infideles. Leiden, FranciscusRaphelengius, 1592. 8vo. (32) 694 pp. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards,dated 1593, with two clasps. 950,-Third Latin edition of Duplessis-Mornay’s famous apologetic treatise against atheists, Epicureans, pagans, Jews,Muslims, and other ‘unbelievers’. Duplessis-Mornay, a Huguenot leader and close advisor of Henry of Navarre(1553-1610), was the leading French Protestant apologist of his day. The first nineteen chapters of his treatise abovedeal with the existence and nature of God, the creation of the world, providence and evil, the immortality of thesoul, original sin, and the last end of man. The following chapter demonstrates the necessity of religion and howtrue religion is to be recognized, while the remaining chapters show that the characteristics of true religion areverified in the Old Testament and even more in Christianity. De veritate religionis, first published in French in 1581,was frequently reprinted at the end of the sixteenth century and has been translated into several languages. - Nearcontemporarypurchase inscription on upper pastedown, lower endpapers and lower pastedown with annotationsby David Schramm (1559-1615), extensive old underlinings and marginal annotations, and some staining.NB 21685; TB 3517.

[ 14 ] GWALTHER, Rudolf (1519-1586). Archetypi homeliarum in omnes apostolorum Dn nostriIesu Christi epistolas, tam catholicas, quám Paulinas: delineati a Rodolpho Gualthero, pastoreecclesiae Tigurinae: nuper editi in lucem opera ac studio Heinrici Wolphii: nunc recens ad autorisautographum recogniti, pluribus in locis aucti & illustrati, ut penè nova haec editio videri queat.Accessit centuria memorialium in Apocalypsin divi Iohannis: authore Heinrico Bullingero, seniore,ex eius autographo manuscripto nunc primúm concinnata & edita. Zürich, Johannes Wolf, 1599.Folio. (22) 489 lvs. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with two clasps.1.500,-Posthumously published sermon outlines on the New Testament epistles by Rudolf Gwalther, also includingBullinger’s sermon outlines on Revelation, here printed for the first time. Gwalther had a long career as pastor inZurich and published numerous volumes of sermons and commentaries, especially on the New Testament. Theyappeared in many editions and continued to be reprinted after his death (Gwalther even was one of the mostpublished authors of reformed sermons of the early seventeenth century). Despite this high demand Gwalther didnot publish any of his sermon outlines during his lifetime. They were printed only after his death, at first solely byChristoph Froschauer, later mainly by Johannes Wolf. - Dated owner’s inscription on upper pastedown, back coverslightly damaged, corners of binding slightly worn, browned throughout.VD 16 ZV 15423; Rüetschi 98.1; Staedtke 331; Vischer N 92; Adams G 1391.

HOORNBEEK, Johannes (1617-1666). [Teshuvat Yehudah] sive, Pro convincendis, et convertendisJudaeis, libri octo. Leiden, Pieter Leffen, 1655. 4to. (8) 51 (1), 57-578 (12) pp. Contemporary overlappingvellum with gilt-stamped coat-of-arms on both covers. 600,-[ 15 ]First and only edition of Hoornbeek’s extensive treatise on the conversion of the Jews. It elaborately deals withthe differences between Judaism and Christianity and has an apologetic-controversialist as well as a conversionistcharacter, two aspects which were closely linked together. In seventeenth-century Dutch Calvinism there was a livelyinterest in the conversion of the Jews, fostered by the expectation of a general conversion of the Jews in the last days.Hoornbeek, professor of theology at the universities of Utrecht and Leiden, was convinced that this conversion couldbe advanced by a polemicist approach which aimed at convincing the Jews of their errors by means of theologicalrefutation. His treatise above is still an important and indispensable source for the study of seventeenth-centuryDutch reformed views on Jews and Judaism. - Armorial bookplate on lower pastedown and small tear in one leaf.

[ 16 ] MELANCHTHON, Philipp (1497-1560). Brevis et utilis commentarius in priorem epistolamPauli ad Corinthios, & in aliquot capita secundae, scriptus a Philippo Melanthone, et nunc primumexcusus. Wittenberg, [colophon: Johann Krafft], 1561. 8vo. (12) 163 (3) lvs. Bound with: IDEM.Enarratio epistolae prioris ad Timotheum, et duorum capitum secundae, scripta & dictata inpraelectione publica anno 1550. Et 1551. A Philip: Melanth. Item propositiones 85. complectentespraecipuorum articulorum doctrinam, scriptae et dictatae ab eodem autore. Omnia nunc primumedita. Wittenberg, [colophon: Johann Krafft], 1561. 8vo. (8) 131 lvs. Bound with: MAJOR, Georg(1502-1574). Enarratio epistolae Pauli ad Ephesios praelecta, anno M.D.LIX. Wittenberg, HansLufft, 1561. 8vo. (16) 111 lvs. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with one ofthe two clasps. 1.800,-First editions of Melanchthon’s posthumously published commentaries on Corinthians and Timothy, boundtogether with a commentary on Ephesians by Georg Major. Melanchthon’s commentary on Corinthians appearedearly in 1561 and was published by the Wittenberg professor Paul Eber (1511-1569). It consists of lectures dealingwith all of 1 Corinthians and the opening chapters of 2 Corinthians. Melanchthon’s commentary on Paul’s letters toTimothy appeared in the same year. It was published by Paul Crell (1531-1579), a student of Melanchthon, and containsMelanchthon’s 1550 and 1551 lectures on 1 Timothy and the first two chapters of 2 Timothy. - Both commentaries ofMelanchthon partly reversed (from leaf 73 on), contemporary annotations on first endpaper, and one of the claspsmissing.I: VD 16 M 2618; Hartfelder 672; Knaake II, 686. II: VD 16 M 3167; Hartfelder 673, 675; Knaake II, 687. III: VD 16 ZV1992.

MUSCULUS, Wolfgang (1497-1563). In Davidis Psalterium sacrosanctum commentarij: in quibuset reliqua catholicae religionis nostrae capita passim, non praetermissis orthodoxorum etiampatrum sententijs, ita tractantur, ut Christianus lector nihil desiderare ampliùs possit. Ultimòmagnâ diligentiâ recogniti. Basel, Sebastian Henricpetri, [colophon: 1618]. Folio. (72) 1098 (2) pp.Contemporary blind-stamped vellum. 1.500,-[ 17 ]Last edition of Musculus’ thorough and massive commentary on the Psalms. Musculus, pastor in Augsburg between1531 and 1548 and professor of theology in Bern from 1549, belonged to the most influential exegetes of his time.He published many biblical commentaries, most of which appeared during his years in Bern. His commentary onthe Psalms, which had occupied him for nearly twenty-five years, was first published in 1551 and went throughmany editions. It demonstrates his extraordinary talents as a scholar of biblical languages and philology, as well ashis engagement with patristic and medieval exegesis. Calvin stated that had he seen it before he started workingon the Psalms, he would not have needed to publish his own commentary. - Small split in upper joint, marginalwormhole in first leaves of preliminary pages (not affecting the text), some browning, and some annotations onupper pastedown.VD 17 1:051948P.

[ 18 ] MUSCULUS, Wolfgang (1497-1563). In Esaiam prophetam commentarii locupletissimi &doctissimi, per Wolfgangum Musculum Dusanum. Editio ultima, singulari fide ac studiorevisa. Cum indice gemino: altero, locorum S. Scripturae explicatorum; altero, rerum vocumquepraecipuè memorabilium. Inserta est etiam, in epistolâ dedicatoriâ, historia vitae atque mortiseiusdem Wolfgangi Musculi. Basel, Sebastian Henricpetri, [colophon: 1623]. Folio. (16) 719 (9) pp.Contemporary blind-stamped vellum. 1.000,-Third edition of Musculus’ influential commentary on Isaiah. It was first published in 1557, followed by a secondedition in 1570. The edition above appeared a couple of decades later, when Sebastian Henricpetri brought someof Musculus’ commentaries on the market again. In his commentary on Isaiah Musculus followed more or less thesame exegetical method as in his other commentaries. First of all he gives a Latin translation of several verses ofthe biblical text, followed by some general remarks about the passage. Thereupon he quotes the passage again,phrase by phrase, giving a thorough discussion of the grammatical and historical sense of each lemma. And finallyhe enumerates observations in which he offers moral and dogmatic reflections on the text. In his commentary onIsaiah however, most of the observations are absorbed into the main body of his exegetical explanations. - Brownedthroughout, last leaves with small marginal ink stain, and one bifolium loose.VD 17 14:648088F.

OSIANDER, Andreas (1498-1552). Harmoniae evangelicae libri quatuor, in quibus evangelicahistoria ex quatuor evangelistis ita in unum est contexta, ut nullius verbum ullum omissum, nihilalienum immixtum, nullius ordo turbatus, nihil non suo loco positum. Omnia vero literis & notisita distincta sint, ut quid cuiusque evangelistae proprium, quid cum alijs, & cum quibus communesit primo statim aspectu deprehendere queas. [Colophon: Antwerpen, Matthias Crom, 1540]. 8vo.[164] lvs. With 1 full-page and 97 smaller woodcuts by Lieven de Witte, some of which are repeatedonce or more. Seventeenth-century limp vellum. 7.450,-[ 19 ]Extremely rare third Latin and first illustrated edition of Osiander’s Harmony of the Gospels. Osiander was one ofthe leading reformers of Nürnberg and from 1549 until his death in 1552 professor at the University of Königsberg.His Harmony of the Gospels, the first Protestant work of its kind, was first published in Basel in 1537, while a secondedition appeared in Antwerpen in 1538 (reissued in 1539). Both editions however were printed without illustrations.The charming woodcuts (ca. 50 x 70 mm.) in the edition above are ascribed to Lieven de Witte (ca. 1503-after February4, 1578), a painter and designer (and perhaps also a woodcutter) working in Antwerp, Brussels, and Ghent. They werefirst used in the Dutch and the Latin edition of the gospel harmony of Willem van Branteghem (published in 1537and both printed by Matthias Crom), but they were also used in several other works. - Lower corner of front coverand lower corner of two leaves expertly repaired.NK 3650; NB 23283; Seebass 24.3.

[ 20 ] RHEGIUS, Urbanus (1489-1541). Die new Leer sambt jrer Verlegung. [Strasbourg], [JohannKnobloch], 1527. 8vo. [52] lvs. Modern half vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. 1.250,-Extremely rare first and apparently only edition of Heinrich Montprot’s translation of one of Rhegius’ most populartreatises (another German translation, by Benedictus Schiler, was published by Joseph Klug in Wittenberg in 1526).It was first published in Latin in 1526 and contains a defence of Protestant theology against the charge that it was anew and heretical. Rhegius, the reformer of Augsburg, preferred to demonstrate the antiquity of the Protestant faithwith quotations from Scripture, but also claimed that a good part of what his opponents defended as the genuineold teaching had been unknown to the Fathers. Nova doctrina is one of Rhegius’ most widely translated treatises.Although sometimes with some adaptations and additions, it appeared in English, French, Dutch, Italian, andSpanish within a couple of decades. - Small waterstain in upper margin of gathering E.VD 16 R 1861; not in Chrisman.