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freedom of the will: considered one of his most important writings. “The
most important aescetic author of his time. “His wriings, which were
received and appreciated even in Protestant circles, were widely
diistributed. “ transl. from Bautz.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
POLYAENUS.
… (Greek) …
Strategematum libro octo … P. Maascicius recensuit, I.
Casauboni, nec non suas, notas adjecit.
Lugduni Batavorum, apud
Johannem du Vivié, & Jordanum Luchtmans,
1691. With additional
engraved title-page (also dated 1691), in Greek and Latin in
parallel columns throughout, pp (24), 832, (40), 8vo, strongly
bound in recent boards: very good.
“One of the rarer editions in the series cum notis variorum. “ - Ebert
17681. “ … a very elegant and desirable edition … copies of it are scarce
…” - Dibdin.
(2)
PEARSON (John).
Opera posthuma …
Typis S. Roycroft,
impensis R. Clavell, & B. Tooke,
1688. FIRST EDITION, pages
(32), 75: (4), 318: (6), 160, 159(bis) - 226, 4to, recent boards, with
label: the upper outer corner of the imprimatur leaf and the title-
leaf torn off with loss to a small portion of four letters only,
otherwise a large and very good to nice copy.
Wing P 1003.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
754
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DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
Trismegistus Christianus seu
triplex cultus, conscientiae, caelitum, corporis.
Coloniae
Agrippinae, apud Cornel. ab Egmond [i. e. Bleau],
1631
With engraved title-page and 2 full-page engravings, pages (22),
402, leaf of approbation and final leaf blank but for device on
recto, 32mo, late 18C half calf: binding lightly and evenly rubbed
but sound and strong and otherwise a very good copy.
Backer & Sommervogel I. 1650, no 9. Drexel (1581-1638), writer of
devotional literature and a professor of the humanities and rhetoric, was
fond of pictorial symbols to make his teachings concrete. He is the author
of some 26 works that were widely read and translated.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
Tribunal Christi, seu Arcanum ac singulare cujusvis hominis in
morte iudicium.
Col: Agrippinæ: Sumptibus Constantin Munch et
Sociorum., A[nn]o
1635. With engraved title-page and 2 full-page
attractive engraved illustrs, 382-pages, without the blank leaf
called for at end, 32mo, 18C half calf, with label, gilt: a very
good to nice copy.
Backer & Sommervogel I. 1648. No. 3. Two different issues exist with the
same title-page and pagination; ours has the catchword “non” on leaf
A2. First published 1631. Italian, Polish, Flemish, German and French
translations followed.
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DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
De aeternitati considerationes …
Coloniae Agrippinae. Sumptibus Cornelii ab Egmondt et
Sociorum [i. e Blaeu], 1634. [bound with:] Zodiacus Christianus
loculpetatus … Col: Agrippinae, apud Cornel. ab Egmond [i. e.
Bleau], 1634.
Cologne Agrippinae, Col, apud Cornel. ab Egmond [i. e.
Bleau],
1634-34. The enblematic engravings in both works by
Raphael Sadeleer. (I). With engraved title-page and 9 full-page
engravings, pages 221, (3). (II). With engraved title-page and 12
full-page engravings, pages (6), 152, (1), (1, blank), in the second
work a few running headlines towards the end are touched but
without serious loss. Two works in 1 vol, 32mo, late 18C half
calf, gilt ruled spine, with label, gilt: very good to nice copies.
Backer & Sommervogel I. 1647 & 1649, nos 1 and 6. Drexel (1581-
1638), writer of devotional literature and a professor of the humanities
and rhetoric, was fond of pictorial symbols to make his teachings
concrete. He is the author of some 26 works that were widely read and
translated. The first work here (his first work) De aeternitate
considerationes, is on various representations of eternity, and the second,
Zodiacus, explains a Judaeo-Christian zodiac, rather than the usual
astrological twelve signs, and its use in predestination. “Two editions
exist with the same t. p. and date but with the text set differently. In this
[our]edition, the dedication on A2 begins: “Illustrissimo Principi ac
Domino, Domino Joanni”. The ‘approbatio’ on the final leaf is dated
1630. Cornelius ab Egmond was a pseudonym used by the printers Blaeu
in Amsterdam. “. - COPAC.
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DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
Horologium auxiliaris tutelaris
angeli. Col. Agrippinæ: Apud Corn. ab Egmond. [i. e. Blaeu,
Amsterdam], A[nn]o M DC XXXXV. With engraved title-page
and 2 full-page engravings, pages (10), 178, (1) [bound with:]
Nicetas seu Triumphata incontinentia. Coloniae Agrippinæ.:
Apud Corn. ab Egmond. [i. e. Amsterdam: Blaeu], A[nn]o M
DC XXXI. With engraved title-page and 2 full-page engravings,
pages 317, (3). 1645-31. Two works in 1 vol, 32mo, 18C half calf,
with label, gilt: a few marginal notes on the last few leaves of the
second work just touched, otherwise both works in very good-
nice state.
Backer & Sommervogel I. 1649 Nos. 7 and 8. (1) First published 1622
Published in English as “The devout Christian’s hourly companion:
Consisting of holy prayers, and divine meditations. Done into English
from that great spiritualist, Drexelius. “ (2) First published 1624. On the
triumph of chastity: a work included in emblematic reference sources.
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DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
Heliotropium seu conformatio
humanæ voluntatis cum diuina: libris quinque explicata coram
Ser[enissi]mo vtriusq[ue] Bavariae Duce S. R. I. Archidapifero,
Electore: Maximiliano et Ser[enissi]ma coniuge Elizabetha:
eisdem Ser[enissi]mis Pri[n]cipib[us] inscripta & dedicata ab
Hieremia Drexelio e Societate Iesu.
Coloniæ Agripp.: Sumptibus
Cornelii ab Egmond et Sociorum [i. e. Amsterdam, Bleau],
1634. With
engraved title-page and 5 full-page engraved emblematic
illustrations by Philipp Sadeler, pages (16),514, (6), (2, blank),
32mo, 18C half calf, with label, gilt: a very good to nice copy.
Backer & Sommervogel I. 1650. No. 11. First published 1627. On
freedom of the will: considered one of his most important writings.
(5)
DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
Orbis Phaethon, hoc est, De
universis vitiis linguae.
Coloniae [?Amsterdam], apud Cornel. ab
Egmond [i. e. Bleau],
1634. With engraved title-page and 23 full-
page attractive engraved emblematic illustrs (one for each letter of
the alphabet) attributed to Philip Sadeler, pp (21), 484; (485) -
949, (10), (1, blank), 1 vol bound in 2, 32mo, 18C half calf, with
label, gilt: some leaves cut close at fore-edge with slight loss, but
the attractive illustrations unaffected: in clean and very good
state.
Backer & Sommervogel I. 1651. No. 12. Sometimes classed as an
emblem book. On depravity in language, various forms of ‘bad’ language
such as, gossip, lying, swearing, imprudent chatter and blasphemy,
arranged alphabetically. Cornelius ab Egmond was a pseudonym used by
the printers Blaeu in Amsterdam. There were three editions published in
1634: of 1018, 804 and 949 pages.
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DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
Gymnasium patientiae.
Coloniæ
Agr: Apud Cornelium ab Egmond. [i. e. Blaeu, Amsterdam] Anno
1634. With engraved frontispiece and 3 full-page emblematic
engravings by Phillip Sadeler, pp (15), 388, (3), (1, blank), 32mo,
18C half calf, with label, gilt: fore-edge of frontispiece and the
following seven preliminary leaves cut close at fore-edge with
slight loss, otherwise a fresh and very good to nice copy.
Backer & Sommervogel I. 1652. No. 14. Life described in the metaphor
of a school, where patience is the most important virtue. Three
meditations on Christian patience and on the spiritual benefits of
accepting suffering.
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DREXEL (Jeremias), SJ.
Gazophylacium Christi
Eleemosyna: quam in aula Ser. m utriusque Bavariae Ducis
Maximiliani … explicavit et latine` scripsit Hieremias Drexelius.
Monachii [Munich]: no publisher or printer,
1651. With engraved
title-page, pages (16), 404, (2), 32mo, 18C half calf, with label,
gilt: the engraved title and a few leaves at end cut close at fore-
edge without serious loss, otherwise a fresh and very good to nice
copy.
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