Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

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Abravanel, Philosophie d'amour, Lyon, 1551, contemporary French polychrome strapwork binding for "Marguerite"

1585 Abravanel, Philosophie d'amour, Lyon, 1551, contemporary French polychrome strapwork binding for "Marguerite"

Albani, Libri de potestate papae et concilii, Venice, 1561, contemporary Roman red morocco gilt by Marcantonio Guillery

1586 Albani, Libri de potestate papae et concilii, Venice, 1561, contemporary Roman red morocco gilt by Marcantonio Guillery

Amboise, Les contrepistres d'Ovide; Le tableau de Cebes, Paris, 1543, Parisian brown calf gilt for Marcus Fugger

1587 Amboise, Les contrepistres d'Ovide; Le tableau de Cebes, Paris, 1543, Parisian brown calf gilt for Marcus Fugger

Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Venice, 1533, contemporary Spanish blind-tooled calf,  the Vernon–Holford copy

1588 Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Venice, 1533, contemporary Spanish blind-tooled calf, the Vernon–Holford copy

Avila y Zuñiga, Commentariorum de bello Germanico, Antwerp, 1550, Bohemian armorial calf dated 1553 for Christopher the Elder Popel of Lobkowicz

1589 Avila y Zuñiga, Commentariorum de bello Germanico, Antwerp, 1550, Bohemian armorial calf dated 1553 for Christopher the Elder Popel of Lobkowicz

Baïf, Annotationes in legem II de captivis, Basel, 1537, contemporary Spanish Mudéjar binding

1590 Baïf, Annotationes in legem II de captivis, Basel, 1537, contemporary Spanish Mudéjar binding

Bardi, Della chronologia universale parte quarta, Venice, 1581, contemporary Roman green morocco gilt, likely from the Biblioteca Altempsiana

1591 Bardi, Della chronologia universale parte quarta, Venice, 1581, contemporary Roman green morocco gilt, likely from the Biblioteca Altempsiana

Baudelot de Dairval, De l'utilité des voyages, Paris, 1686, nineteenth-century vellum

1592 Baudelot de Dairval, De l'utilité des voyages, Paris, 1686, nineteenth-century vellum

Belon, L'histoire naturelle des estranges poissons marins, Paris, 1551, the Beckford copy

1593 Belon, L'histoire naturelle des estranges poissons marins, Paris, 1551, the Beckford copy

Bembo, Prose, Venice, 1525, contemporary blind-stamped calf

1594 Bembo, Prose, Venice, 1525, contemporary blind-stamped calf

Bembo, Pietro

Bembo, Les Azolains, Paris, 1547, contemporary French black morocco with painted interlacing possibly by Wotton Binder C, the Ballesdens copy

1595 Bembo, Les Azolains, Paris, 1547, contemporary French black morocco with painted interlacing possibly by Wotton Binder C, the Ballesdens copy

Bembo, Delle rime, Venice, 1548, eighteenth-century mottled calf, blue-paper copy

1596 Bembo, Delle rime, Venice, 1548, eighteenth-century mottled calf, blue-paper copy

Bembo, Delle rime, Venice, 1548, nineteenth-century armorial blue morocco for the Marchese d'Adda, blue-paper copy

1597 Bembo, Delle rime, Venice, 1548, nineteenth-century armorial blue morocco for the Marchese d'Adda, blue-paper copy

Bembo, Delle lettere primo volume, Rome, 1548, Venetian red morocco gilt for Fulvio Rangoni, the Fairfax-Murray copy

1598 Bembo, Delle lettere primo volume, Rome, 1548, Venetian red morocco gilt for Fulvio Rangoni, the Fairfax-Murray copy

Bembo, Delle rime, Rome, 1548, Italian red straight-grained morocco gilt, c. 1800, blue-paper copy

1599 Bembo, Delle rime, Rome, 1548, Italian red straight-grained morocco gilt, c. 1800, blue-paper copy

Bembo, Prose, Florence, 1549, Parisian painted calf gilt for "F.B."

1600 Bembo, Prose, Florence, 1549, Parisian painted calf gilt for "F.B."

Bembo, Gli Asolani, Venice, 1553, contemporary limp vellum with fore-edge flaps, the de-Thou–Soubise copy

1601 Bembo, Gli Asolani, Venice, 1553, contemporary limp vellum with fore-edge flaps, the de-Thou–Soubise copy

Berni, Capitolo del gioco della primiera, Venice, 1534 [and other works], late sixteenth-century Roman red morocco gilt, the Duca di Sora copy

1602 Berni, Capitolo del gioco della primiera, Venice, 1534 [and other works], late sixteenth-century Roman red morocco gilt, the Duca di Sora copy

Billy, Exhortation au peuple francois, Paris, 1584, contemporary Parisian limp vellum gilt with fore-edge flaps

1603 Billy, Exhortation au peuple francois, Paris, 1584, contemporary Parisian limp vellum gilt with fore-edge flaps

Bisagno, Trattato della pittura, Venice, 1642, contemporary vellum

1604 Bisagno, Trattato della pittura, Venice, 1642, contemporary vellum

Boccaccio, Ameto, Venice, 1524, contemporary Venetian Fortuna binding, possibly by the Mendoza Binder

1605 Boccaccio, Ameto, Venice, 1524, contemporary Venetian Fortuna binding, possibly by the Mendoza Binder

Boccaccio, Des nobles maleureux, Paris, 1538, contemporary Parisian tan calf gilt for Marcus Fugger

1606 Boccaccio, Des nobles maleureux, Paris, 1538, contemporary Parisian tan calf gilt for Marcus Fugger

Boccaccio, Libro delle donne illustri, Venice, 1545, contemporary Venetian olive-green goatskin by the Fugger Binder for Cardinal Perrenot de Granvelle

1607 Boccaccio, Libro delle donne illustri, Venice, 1545, contemporary Venetian olive-green goatskin by the Fugger Binder for Cardinal Perrenot de Granvelle

Boccaccio, Amorosa visione, Venice, 1549, contemporary Parisian vellum gilt

1608 Boccaccio, Amorosa visione, Venice, 1549, contemporary Parisian vellum gilt

Boccaccio, Il Decamerone, Venice, 1550, contemporary Parisian strapwork binding dated 1552 for "Ε.Π."

1609 Boccaccio, Il Decamerone, Venice, 1550, contemporary Parisian strapwork binding dated 1552 for "Ε.Π."

Boileau-Despréaux, Oeuvres diverses, Paris, 1674, contemporary English red morocco gilt for the 1st Duke of Buckingham

1610 Boileau-Despréaux, Oeuvres diverses, Paris, 1674, contemporary English red morocco gilt for the 1st Duke of Buckingham

Boscán and Garcilaso de la Vega, Obras, [Rome], 1547,  contemporary Roman Fortuna binding

1611 Boscán and Garcilaso de la Vega, Obras, [Rome], 1547, contemporary Roman Fortuna binding

Botero, Della ragion di stato libri dieci, Venice, 1589, Spanish red morocco armorial binding for Núñez de Guzmán

1612 Botero, Della ragion di stato libri dieci, Venice, 1589, Spanish red morocco armorial binding for Núñez de Guzmán

Brucioli, Dialogi della morale philosophia [and other works], Venice, 1544-1545, Parisian brown morocco gilt for d'Amboise, the Masterman-Sykes—Heber copy

1613 Brucioli, Dialogi della morale philosophia [and other works], Venice, 1544-1545, Parisian brown morocco gilt for d'Amboise, the Masterman-Sykes—Heber copy

Burchiello, Rime comentate dal Doni, Vicenza, 1597, contemporary French red morocco gilt for Bartolomeo Cenami

1614 Burchiello, Rime comentate dal Doni, Vicenza, 1597, contemporary French red morocco gilt for Bartolomeo Cenami

Bure, Bibliographie instructive, Paris, 1763-1782, 10 volumes, contemporary French mottled calf, Anthony Hobson's copy

1615 Bure, Bibliographie instructive, Paris, 1763-1782, 10 volumes, contemporary French mottled calf, Anthony Hobson's copy

Cabrera, Meditatiunculae, Valladolid, 1548, contemporary Spanish brown morocco gilt, from the library of El Escorial

1616 Cabrera, Meditatiunculae, Valladolid, 1548, contemporary Spanish brown morocco gilt, from the library of El Escorial

Cambery, Le miroir royal, Paris, 1549, contemporary French green velvet binding, inscription from the author to Anne de Montmorency for presentation to Henri II

1617 Cambery, Le miroir royal, Paris, 1549, contemporary French green velvet binding, inscription from the author to Anne de Montmorency for presentation to Henri II

Camillo, L'idea del theatro, Florence, 1550, nineteenth-century half vellum

1618 Camillo, L'idea del theatro, Florence, 1550, nineteenth-century half vellum

Capell, Lectionum Bibliothecariarum memorabilium syntagma, Hamburg, 1682, contemporary vellum with fore-edge flaps

1619 Capell, Lectionum Bibliothecariarum memorabilium syntagma, Hamburg, 1682, contemporary vellum with fore-edge flaps

Carioni, Via de aperta verita, Venice, 1523, contemporary Italian black morocco with nineteenth-century gilt decoration

1620 Carioni, Via de aperta verita, Venice, 1523, contemporary Italian black morocco with nineteenth-century gilt decoration

Castiglione, Les quatre livres du Courtisan, Lyon, [1537], contemporary French calf tooled in gilt and blind

1621 Castiglione, Les quatre livres du Courtisan, Lyon, [1537], contemporary French calf tooled in gilt and blind

Castiglione, Gallorum Insubrum antiquae sedes, Milan, 1541, nineteenth-century tan calf by Koehler

1622 Castiglione, Gallorum Insubrum antiquae sedes, Milan, 1541, nineteenth-century tan calf by Koehler

Castiglione, Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, Venice, 1554, contemporary limp vellum

1623 Castiglione, Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, Venice, 1554, contemporary limp vellum

Castiglione, Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, Milan, 1561, contemporary limp vellum

1624 Castiglione, Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, Milan, 1561, contemporary limp vellum

Champmeslé, Les Grisettes, comedie, Paris, 1671, contemporary calf

1625 Champmeslé, Les Grisettes, comedie, Paris, 1671, contemporary calf

Chartier, Les croniques, Paris, 1528, contemporary French tan calf gilt

1626 Chartier, Les croniques, Paris, 1528, contemporary French tan calf gilt

Chaumeau, Histoire de Berry, Lyon, 1566, magnificent contemporary French tan calf with painted interlacing

1627 Chaumeau, Histoire de Berry, Lyon, 1566, magnificent contemporary French tan calf with painted interlacing

Cicero, Opera, Basel, 1534, 2 volumes, contemporary Munich pigskin with painted foredges, from the Pillone library

1628 Cicero, Opera, Basel, 1534, 2 volumes, contemporary Munich pigskin with painted foredges, from the Pillone library

Clamorgan, La chasse du loup, Paris, 1567, eighteenth-century English tan calf

1629 Clamorgan, La chasse du loup, Paris, 1567, eighteenth-century English tan calf

Clenardus, Institutiones ac meditationes in graecam linguam, Lyon, 1581, Parisian armorial morocco gilt for d'Amboise

1630 Clenardus, Institutiones ac meditationes in graecam linguam, Lyon, 1581, Parisian armorial morocco gilt for d'Amboise

Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1561, contemporary vellum gilt

1631 Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1561, contemporary vellum gilt

Columbus, Epistola de insulis novis inventis, [facsimile of the 1493 Rome edition], green crushed morocco

1632 Columbus, Epistola de insulis novis inventis, [facsimile of the 1493 Rome edition], green crushed morocco