Religion & Devotion / Church History & Missions

DRUSIUS, Johannes. Opuscula quae ad Grammaticam spectant, omnia, in unum volumen compacta.
Franeker, Gilles van den Rade, 1609.
With:
(2) DRUSIUS, Johannes. De litteris mosche vechaleb libri duo.
Franeker, Gillis van den Rade, 1608.
(3) DRUSIUS, Johannes (junior). Lachrymae, Iohannis Drusii Iunioris, tribus carminum generibus expressae, in obitum illustriss. et incomparabilis Heroïs Josephi Scaligeri.
Franeker, Gillis van den Rade, 1609.
3 works in 1 volume. 4to. Each title-page with a woodcut vignette (ad 1 and 2 the same, ad 3 different) and with some woodcut decorated initials (3 series). The text is set in roman and Hebrew type. Contemporary limp vellum, with the author and title in manuscript on the spine, remnants of ties. [8], "152" [= 160]; 55, [1 blank]; [8] pp. Full description

[DU BOIS, Nicolas (attributed)]. Jansenismus omnem destruens religionem.
Cologne, Johann Wilhelm Friessem junior, 1693. 3 broadsides. Ad 1: ca. 96.5 x 76 cm; ad 2 and 3: ca. 138 x 77 cm. Each broadside is printed on 2 sheets, divided in 8 (ad 1) or 12 (ads 2 and 3) columns, and includes 2 decorated woodcut initials, and an ornamental border between the columns. With: (2) IDEM. Jansenismus plurimas haereses et errores damnatos pertinaciter defendens.
Idem.
(3) IDEM. Jansenismus in multis exotice rigidus.
Idem. Framed in a modern wooden frame. Full description

DUNCAN, Martin. Anabaptisticae haereseos confutatio, et vere Christiani baptismi, ac potissimum paedobaptismatis assertio in duos libros divisa, quorum prior veram Christiani baptismi energiam declarat, posterior paedobaptismatis Christianam institutionem ex sacris literis demonstrat, contra Mennonis Simonis Frisii Anabaptisticae pravitatis summi antistitis verulentas blasphemias.
[part 2 title:] Liber posterior de paedobaptismate seu parvulorum baptismo, contra Menonis Simonis Frisii Anabaptisticae pravitatis summi antistitis verulentas blasphemias.
Antwerp, Johannes Gravius, 1549. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With printer's device on the title of the second part, many interesting woodcut initials. 17th-century boards covered with marbled paper. [15], [1 blank], 227 ll. Full description

DUPUIS, Charles-François. Mémoire sur l'origine des constellations, et sur l'explication de la fable, par le moyen de l'astronomie.
Paris, widow Desaint, 1781. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page. Contemporary cat's paw calf, gold-tooled spine. 228 pp. Full description

[DUTCH MORALITY PLAYS - REDERIJKERS]. Zeven spelen, van die wercken der bermherticheyd. In rym ghemaeckt en nu tot Aemstelredam opentlyck ghespeelt, Anno 1591
Amsterdam, H. J. Muller, 1591. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page, and 6 woodcut illustrations at the beginning of the plays. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints, with the manuscript title on the spine. [302] pp. Full description

ELANDT, Hendrik and Jan van ORLEY. De wonderbare en heilsame geboorte; benevens de voornaamste wonderdaden, van onsen eenigen middelaar Jesus Christus.
Amsterdam, Andries van Damme; Leiden, Hendrik van Damme, 1700. Oblong folio (24.5 x 36.5). With a letterpress title-page and a series of 12 numbered engraved plates, incl. the title-plate, all showing scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, finely etched by Hendrik Elandt after designs by Jan van Orley II. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled sides. [4], 12 pp. plus 12 engr. plates. Full description

ERASMUS, Desiderius. Sileni Alcibiadis ... Cum Scholijs Ioannis Frobenij, pro graecarum uocum & quorundam locorum apertiori intelligentia ad calcem adiectis.
(Colophon:) Basel, Johann Froben, April 1517. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 4 decorated woodcut initials, and a woodcut printer's device at the end of each part. Including: IDEM. Scarabeus. Cum shcoliis[!], in quibus Graeca potissimum, quae passim inserta sunt, exponuntur.
(Colophon:) Basel, Johann Froben, May 1517. Late 19th-century or early 20th-century boards, red edges. 42 ll. Full description

ERASMUS, Desiderius Enchiridion oder handbüchlin eins Christenliche[n] und ritterlichen lebens, in latin beschriben durch doctor Erasmu[s] von Roterda[m]. und ... newlich durch Joannem Adelphu[m] doctor und statartzet zu Schaffhusen ... vertütschet.
(Colophon) Basel, Adam Petri, 1520. 4to. With an elaborate woodcut border by Hans Franck on the title page, 5 half-page woodcut illustrations (including 1 repeat) in the text, Petris device by Urs Graf below the colophon, and several large decorated woodcut initials. The text is rubricated throughout. Modern overlapping vellum, grey endpapers. [10], CXIII ll. Full description

ERASMUS, Desiderius. Enchiridion militis Christiani, saluberrimis praeceptis refertum ...
Including: IDEM. Paraclesis, id est, adhortatio ad sanctissimum, ac saluberrimum Christianae philosophiae studium ...
[Paris], Gilles de Gourmont, [after 1518 (and before 1522?)]. 8vo (10.3x16.2). With both titles set within an identical woodcut architectural frame and several woodcut decorated initials. Modern half vellum. [106], [10] ll. Full description

ERASMUS, Desiderius. De contemptu mu[n]di epistola.
Antwerp, Michiel Hillen van Hoogstraten, 1523. 8vo. With a decorative woodcut border on the title page, and 2 decorated woodcut initials. Later vellum. [32] ll. Full description