Bibliotheca splendidissima Rendorpiana. The entire ... library of the late ... John Rendorp, Esq. ... containing ... rare books of the fifteenth century; antient manuscript romances, etc. Which will be sold ... by Mr. Sotheby ... on ... February 28, 1825, and seven following days / [Jan Rendorp].

  • Rendorp, Jan, van Marquette.
Date:
1825]
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Credit: Bibliotheca splendidissima Rendorpiana. The entire ... library of the late ... John Rendorp, Esq. ... containing ... rare books of the fifteenth century; antient manuscript romances, etc. Which will be sold ... by Mr. Sotheby ... on ... February 28, 1825, and seven following days / [Jan Rendorp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bibliotheca Splendidissima Rendorpiana, THE ENTIRE, VERY ELEGANT AND VALUABLE OF THE LATE LEARNED JOHN REN DORP, Esq. OfMarqiiettze and Amsterdam: Containing some highly interesting Specimens of XYLOGRAPHY, Early Typography and Rare Books of the Fifteenth Century ; Antient Manuscript Romances, on vellum, most splendidly illuminated; a Large Collection of very Rare Chronicles ; Works of Architecture; Greek and Roman Antiquities; Voyages and Travels; a Choice Selection of Classics, &c. INCLUDING TeMPTATIONES DEMONIS, a large SINGLE SHEET, PRINTED FROM Wooden Blocks, unique ; also the Biblia Pauperum, Speculum Humane Salvationes, and the Canticum Canticorum—Atheneus, Graece, Aldus, 15l4, with Autograph and MS. Notes of Erasmus ; Biblia Belgica (editio Priraa Belgicorum), Delft, 1477; Bouquet Recueil desHis- totiens, li tom.; Byzantini Historia, 281.; Vitruvius Britannicus, old mor. 3 V.; Dante, Ediz.prima, Find, de Spira, 7,superb copy ; Corps Diplo- matique, 19 tom.; Greevii et Gronovii Thesaurus, Gr. et Rom. 35 tom.; Jacobus de Theramo Belial, Belgic6, Haarlem, 1484 ; Nouveau Theatre de la Grand Bretagne, with the tvhole of the Views of Audley End, 5 vol. ; Picart Ceremonies Religieuses et Superstitions, large paper, 11 tom. best edition; Piranesi’s Works, 23 vol.; Scheuchzeri Physica Sacra, the very earliest impressions, 8 tom.; Stephani Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, complete, a very fine set, 6 tom.; Turnbull on Painting, large paper; Voyage Pit- toresque de Constantinople, grand papier velin, complete ; Montfaucon Antiquities Expliquis, large paper, 15 tom.; Les Voyages de Humboldt et Bonpland, complete, grand papier velin—Scriverius’ Copy (with bis MS. Notes) of the celebrated Cologne Chronicle of 1499; the Chronicle of Valdener of 1480; and very many others of great rarity, he,, he. he, • ^ Likewise some exceedingly choice Manuscripts, including LES CENT HISTOIRES DE TROYE, PER CHRISTINE DE PISAN, A magnificent Manuscript on Vellum, with One Hundred and Fifteen Minia- tures, executed for Philip the Hardy, Duke of Burgundy, he. he. WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. SOTHEBY, AT UIS HOUSE, No. 3, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, On Monday, February 28, 1825, and Seven following' Days (Sunday e.xcepted), at Twelve o^Clock. Catal<»5i''es (^price 38.) may be hntl of Mr. Parker, Oxford ; Mr. Thorpe, Cambrulge ; Mr. Pa/nf;, EUijibtjrgh ; Mr. Charntey, Newcastle; Messrs. Robinssn, Liverpool ; Mebsrs. Uo^nnson Sc Bent, Manchester; I'Hs'-rft. Lonf'man 4, Oo. Paternoster Row ; Messrs. Hardine, Triphook, A Trpard, Finsbury Square ; and at the Place o f bale.