1st edition, thus – Varshavsky Collection

Гуго Гроций. О праве войны и мира // Общедоступная философия в изложении Аркадия Пресса. — СПб.: П. П. Сойкин, [1902].

Front wrapper, t.p.: Общедоступная философiя | ВЪ ИЗЛОЖЕНИИ | АРКАДIЯ ПРЕССА | — | ГРОЦIЙ. | О ПРАВѢ ВОЙНЫ И МИРА. | Цена 40 коп. | [two medals] С.-Петербург | Изданiе П. П. Сойкина [two medals] | Книжный Складъ / Стремянная, 12 | Книжный Магазинъ / Невский, 96 || Verso to front wrapper: publisher's advert.; verso to back wrapper: publisher's advert.; back wrapper: Series advert. Series: Общедоступная философия в изложении Аркадия Пресса Pagination: [1, 2] – t.p. /censor's approval dated September 30, 1902 г., imprint, [3] 4-50 [2] – publisher's advert. Collation: 8vo; [1]⁸ 2-3⁸ 4². Inscriptions: Handwriting to front wrapper "1902"; to title page "1902" and in Russian: "Ензику от Тышки 19/III-26г." Size: 19.5 x 12.3 cm. Binding: original publisher's wrappers, lettering, pp. 35-46 loose. Author: Hugo Grotius [Huig or Hugo de Groot] (Dutch, 1583 – 1645). Originally published by Nicolas Buon in Paris in 1625 in Latin under the title: De iure belli ac pacis (English: On the Law of War and Peace). Compiler/translator: Аркадий Германович Пресс [Аркадиус Пресас or Arkadius Presas] (Russian-Finish, 1870 – 1952).

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Гуго Гроций. О праве войны и мира: Три книги, в которых объясняются естественное право и право народов, а также принципы публичного права / Пер. с лат. А. Л. Саккетти. — М.: Госюриздат, 1956.

Title page (black and red): ГУГО ГРОЦИЙ | О ПРАВЕ | ВОЙНЫ | И МИРА | ß ТРИ КНИГИ ß | В КОТОРЫХ ОБЪЯСНЯЮТСЯ | ЕСТЕСТВЕННОЕ ПРАВО | И | ПРАВО НАРОДОВ, | А ТАКЖЕ ПРИНЦИПЫ | ПУБЛИЧНОГО ПРАВА | {device} | Перевод с латинского | А. Л. САККЕТТИ | Государственное издательство | ЮРИДИЧЕСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | МОСКВА 1956 || Verso t.p.: Под общей редакцией профессора С. Б. КРЫЛОВА Pagination: [1, 2] – t.p. / editor, [3] 4-867 [868] – contents, errata slip, 4 plates extraneous to collation: frontis. portrait, t.p. Amsterdam edition of 1646, t.p. Russian edition of c. 1710, Lovensteyn castle. Collation: 8vo; [1]⁸ 2-54⁸ 55². Binding: Publisher’s brown cloth, blind-stamped lettering to front board, elements of design in black and gilt lettering to spine. Вступительная статья А. А. Желудкова. Author: Hugo Grotius [Huig or Hugo de Groot] (Dutch, 1583 – 1645). Originally published by Nicolas Buon in Paris in 1625 in Latin under the title: De iure belli ac pacis (English: On the Law of War and Peace). Editor: Сергей Борисович Крылов (Russian, 1888 – 1958). Translator: Александр Ливериевич Саккетти (Russian, 1881 – 1966).

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Жан де Лабрюйер. Характеры, или нравы этого века (Les Caractères) / предисл. Прево-Парадоля и Сент-Бёва; пер. П. Д. Первова. — СПб: Изд. журн. «Пантеон литературы», 1889.

Title page: Жанъ де Лабрюйеръ. | ХАРАКТЕРЫ | ИЛИ | НРАВЫ ЭТОГО ВѢКА. | (Les Caractères). | СЪ ПРЕДИСЛОВIЯМИ | Прево-Парадоля и Сентъ-Бёва. | ПЕРЕВОДЪ | П. Д. ПЕРВОВА. | {in waving rules} Изданiе журнала "Пантеонъ Литературы". | С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГ. | Типографiя Н. А. Лебедева. Невскiй просп., д. № 8. | 1889. || Pagination: [1-3] 4-371 [372] – handwritten contents, green ballpen; total 372 pages. Collation: 8vo; 1-23⁸ ¼24², total 186 leaves. Binding: 24 x 16.5 cm, owner’s quarter cloth over marbled boards. Contributors: Jean de La Bruyère (French, 1645 – 1696) – author. Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin (French, 1804 – 1869) – author of the foreword. Prévost-Paradol, Lucien-Anatole (French, 1829 – 1870) – – author of the foreword. Первов, Павел Дмитриевич (Russian, 1860 – 1929) – translator. Лебедев, Николай Афанасьевич (Russian, 1813 – 1896) – printer.

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Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement / Lithographes originales de Vertès. — Paris: Vialetay, 1954.

In-folio illustrated book, unbound, with sheets 38 x 28 cm in a red double slipcase (40 x 29 cm) with gilt lettering to the spine of the folder. Pagination: [1-8] 9-154 [5] in French flapped wrappers; 30 full-page lithographs. Title-page: PAUL VERLAINE | Parallèlement (ms, in crimson) | Lithographes originales | de | VERTÈS | EDITIONS VIALETAY | 1954 || Edition limited to 99 copies of which 12 copies on Japon nacré (№ 1-12); 25 on Rives (№ 13-37) enriched; 62 on Rives; and 20 (№ I-XX) “Exempliare d’Artiste”. This copy is printed on BFK Rives paper, marked as “Exempliare d’Artiste” and pencil-signed presumably by Vertés and Jacques Vialetay, however, the number is missing. Contributors: Paul Verlaine (French, 1844 – 1896) – author. Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist. Jacques Vialetay (French, 20^th century) – publisher Edmond & Jacques Desjobert, René Jeanne, Pierre Gaudin – printers. Henri Jonquières – mis en page. Other names: Marcel Vertès, Marcel Vertes, Marcell Vértes

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[Pierre Louÿs.] Pybrac / Illustré de 30 point sèches d’un artiste inconnu [i.e. Marcel Vertès]. — Paris: Aux dépens d’un amateur [i.e. Marcel Vertès], 1928.

Description: One volume in French flapped cream wrappers, 25.5 x 19.5 cm, lettered “PYBRAC”, in glassine DJ, collated 4to, printed on watermarked Van Gelder laid paper, outer and bottom margins untrimmed, illustrated with 20 in-text drypoints on recto of each 1^st and 3^rd leaf of 1-10 gatherings, some with tipped-in tissue guards, unbound. This copy lacks the frontispiece, 10 full-page plates, and does not have any enrichment. It is one volume instead of two. Title-page: PYBRAC | ILLUSTRE DE TRENTE POINT SÈCHES | D’UN | ARTISTE INCONNU | PARIS | AUX DÉPENS D’UN AMATEUR | — | M. CM. XXVIII || Limitation: Edition limited to 30 copies, 1 copy unique on Japon Nacré with 30 original sketches, one suite in colour, two suites in black and 5 cancelled plates; 29 copies on Hollande Van Gelder, with one original watercolour, four original sketches, one suite in colour, two suites in black and 5 cancelled plates. This is copy № 8 (but without 11 full-page plates and with no enrichment). For a unique copy of the enriched edition in this collection, see LIB-3065.2022. Collation: π⁴ (2 blanks, h.t., t.p.), 1-10⁴, χ² (2 blanks), total 46 leaves. Pagination: [8] 1-78 [2] [4], total 92 pages. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970): № 2279, p. 334, Pia (Enfer):№ 1117, p. 586, Nordmann (I):№ 235; Vokaer № 23, p. 13; Fekete:№ 216. Contributors: Pierre Louÿs (French, 1870 – 1925) – author. Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist.

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Konrad Lorenz. On aggression / translated by Marjorie Latzke, foreword by Sir Julian Huxley. — London: Methuen, 1966.

Description: One volume, 8vo, 22 x 14.5 cm, in brown paper boards with orange and black lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket, unclipped “PRICE | 30s net | IN U.K. ONLY”, collated [A]-S⁸, pp.: [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv blank], 1-273 [274 blank], 144 leaves total. Edition: 1^st English edition. Original title: Das Sogenannte Böse: zur Naturgeschichte der Aggression. — Wien : Dr. G. Borotha-Schoeler, 1963. Contributors: Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (Austrian, 1903 – 1989) – author. Sir Julian Sorell Huxley (British, 1887 – 1975) – author of the foreword. Marjorie Latzke [Kerr Wilson] (American, 20th century) – translator from German. Methuen & Co Ltd. (London) – publisher. Cox & Wyman Ltd. (Fakenham, Norfolk) – printer.

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Alexis Piron. Œuvres badines précédées d’une notice sur sa vie. Nouvelle édition, ornée de 20 figures en taille-douce [par Paul Sellier]. — Neuchatel: Imprimé par les presses de la société [i.e. Turin: Jules Gay], 1872.

Single volume, 17.1 x 11.2 cm, quarter black sheepskin over faux chagrin, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, bottom and outer margin untrimmed, pp.: [i-v] vi- xxxvi, [1] 2-218 [2], collated 4to: π², a-d⁴, 1-27⁴ 28², total 256 pages or 128 leaves, plus 20 engraved plates by Paul Sellier, including frontispiece portrait of Alexis Piron after bust by Caffieri. Vol. 8 of Bibliothèque Libre, Œuvres badines de Piron, printed on February 15, 1872. Text printed on dense wove paper watermarked P or M, plates printed on India wove paper. A reprint of an edition published in 1796 plus illustrations. Title-page: ŒUVRES | BADINES | D’ALEXIS PIRON | PRÉCÉDÉES | D’UNE NOTICE SUR SA VIE | Nouvelle édition, ornée de 20 figures en taille-douce | {vignette} | IMPRIMÉ PAR LES PRESSES DE LA SOCIÉTÉ | A NEUCHATEL | – | 1872 || Limitation: 100 numbered copies, of which this is № 75. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel I: A-788; Pia: 953-6; Kearney 377 (Patrick J. Kearney. A Catalogue of the publications of Jules Gay, Jean-Jules Gay & Gay et Doucé, revised & expanded. — Santa Rosa, CA Scissors & Paste Bibliographies, 2019) Catalogue Poulet-Malassis & ses amis description: № 81. Alexis PIRON. Œuvres badines précédées d’une notice sur sa vie. Nouvelle édition ornée de 20 figures en taille-douce. [ Jules Gay] Imprimé par les presses de la société, à Neufchatel, 1872. In-8, xxxvi, 218 pages et un feuillet d’achevé d’imprimer de table, demi-basane noire, dos à faux nerfs, tête et tranches naturelles. Illustré d’un portrait et de 20 figures par Paul Sellier. Tirage limité à 100 ex. numérotés. De la « Bibliothèque libre ou collection choisie d’ouvrages du genre libre, imprimés ou réimprimés par les soins de la Société des Bibliophiles Cosmopolites et pour les membres de cette société, à cent exemplaires numérotés ». Bibliographie : Pia 1030, Enfer 1274, Lem 3-454, Gay 5-339, PC 353, G* 38, Pey 203, Dutel A-788." Contributors: Alexis Piron (French, 1689 – 1773) – author. Paul Sellier (French, 1842 – 19..?) – artist. Jules Léopold Gay (French, 1807 – 1887) – publisher.

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Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray. History of the Commune of 1871 / Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx Aveling. — London: Reeves and Turner, 1886.

Hardcover volume, collated in-8^o, 21.9 c 14.6 cm, bound in half red morocco over red buckram by Palmer, Hove & Co. (Manchester), ruled in gilt, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt, gilt lettering; bookplate "Ex libris William John Robertson" with black ink ms dated 1922 to front pastedown. Insert paper clipping “In Memoriam” marked “D.W. 25.1.61.” Graphite ms to t.p.: “[assisted by Karl Marx]”. Pp.: [i-v] vi-xv [xvi blank], [1] 2-500; collation: ffl blank first and last, π⁸ A-2H⁸ 2I². Title-page: HISTORY | OF | THE COMMUNE OF 1871. | Translated from the French of | LISSAGARAY, | BY | ELEANOR MARX AVELING. | LONDON: | REEVES AND TURNER, 196 STRAND. | 1886.|| Contributors: Hippolyte Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray (French, 1838 – 1901) – author. Eleanor Marx [Aveling] (British, 1855 – 1898) – translator. William John Robertson (Canadian, 1846 – 1894) – provenance. The Russian translation of the same title: [LIB-1158.2016] Э. Лиссагарэ. История Парижской Коммуны в 1871 г. (Дешевая библиотека, № 274) / Пер. под ред. В. Базарова. — С.-Петербург: Знание, 1906.

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О. Б. Лепешинская. Происхождение клеток из живого вещества. / Научно-популярная лекция. — Издательство ЦК ВЛКСМ “Молодая гвардия”, 1951.

Title: О. Б. ЛЕПЕШИНСКАЯ, | действительный член Академии медицинских наук, | лауреат Сталинской премии. | Происхождение клеток | из живого вещества | [blank] | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ЦК ВЛКСМ | "МОЛОДАЯ ГВАРДИЯ" | 1951 || Pagination: original pictorial wrappers with portrait in frame, [1-2] – t.p. / imprint., 3-37 [38] [2] – blank / colophon.

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Isaac Bullart. Academie des sciences et des arts / 2 volumes in 1. — Paris: Louis Bilaine [i.e. Brussels: Foppens], 1682.

Title: ACADEMIE | DES | SCIENCES | ET DES | ARTS, | Contenant les Vies & les Eloges Historiques des | Hommes Illustres, | Qui ont excellé en ces Professions depuis environ quatre Siécles | parmy diverses Nations de l’Europe : |Avec leurs Pourtraits tirez sur des Originaux au Naturel, & plusieurs Inscriptions | funebres, exactement recueïlies de leurs Tombeaux | Par Isaac Bullart , Chevalier de l’Ordre de Saint Michel. | TOME PREMIER | {allegorical vignette, signed Abr. A Diepenbeke delineavit – Pet. Clouwet sculp.} | Imprimé par les soins de l’Autheur. | A PARIS, | Se vendent chez Loüis Bilane, Marchand Libraire à la ruë S. Jaques, | & au Palais, M. DC. LXXXII. || Pagination : [2] – h.t. / blank ; [2] – 1^st vol. t.p. in black and red with vignette engraved by Pet. Clouwet after Abr. Diepenbeke / blank; [7] – dedication to Jacques Theodore de Brias {Jacques-Théodore de Bryas (Dutch, 1630 – 1694)}, [9] – preface, [2] – table demonstrative / stanza by Guilielmus Riverius, [2] – vignette “Tardius sed grandius” with an elephant in ornamental frame / text; [2] – noms politiques / blank (A₁ before f.t.), [2] – f.t. livre premiere, illustres politiques / blank, 3(A₂)-421, [422-424] – table eloges; [2] – f.t. tome second / blank, [2] – 2^nd vol. t.p. in black and red with vignette…, [4] – advertisement, [2] – livre premier f.t. / blank, [2] – noms theologiens / blank, 1-501, [3] – table eloges. Collation : vol.1: [*]⁶, **⁶, A⁶ B-Ggg⁴; vol. 2: *⁴, **², A-Sss⁴. (12 prelim. leaves, while in LIB-2239.2019 and in LIB-2675.2021 there is 14 prelim. leaves). Binding: contemporary full calf, size: 34 x 23 x 7.2 cm; crimson label with gilt lettering separated. Provenance: Bookplate of Sir Philip Crampton Smyly to the front pastedown; Stephen White Collection. The title is drawn by Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Dutch, 1596 - 1675) and engraved by Pieter Clouwet (Flemish, 1629–1670). The volume illustrated throughout with 279 portraits of important scientists, artists, thinkers, explorers, printers, and others of the period by a variety of artists. Tome 1: 120 plates of which 30 engraved by Esme de Boulonois (French, 1645 – 1681), 87 by Nicolas de Larmessin I (French, 1632 – 1694), and 3 unsigned. Portrait of Raphael engraved by Lamerssin after Titian; Portrait of Titian’ daughter Lavinia Vecellio (Italian, 1530 – 1575) engraved by Lamerssin after Titian, Portrait of Jacques Auguste de Thou engraved by de Boulonois after Daniel Dumonstier (French, 1574 – 1646). Tome 2: 159 plates of which 63 by Esme de Boulonois, 79 by Nicolas de Larmessin, 15 unsigned, 1 by Pieter Clouwet, and 1 by Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607 – 1677). Portraits of Knelme Digby, Juste Lipse, Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Michel Mirevelt, Jacques Calot, Martin Richart, Pierre Paul Rubens, Venceslas Coberghe, Theodore Rombouts, Adrien Brouwer, Simon Vouet, Gerard Segers, Gaspar de Crayer, Antoine Van Dyck himself, and his wife Mary Ruthven – after Anthony Van Dyck. Young Man with a Skull engraved by Esme de Boulonois after Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, c. 1494 – 1533). Portrait of Louis Arioste engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin after Titian. Portrait of Balthasar de Castillon engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin after Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, 1483 – 1520). Petrarch's Laura – by Larmessin after Palma Vecchio (Italian, c. 1480 – 1528). Vittoria Colonne – by Larmessin after Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, c. 1485 – 1547). The portrait of Albert Durer is engraved by Esme de Boulonois after Tommaso Vincidor (Flemish, 1493 – 1536). Vol. 1, Book 1. Politicians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Gille Albornoz, Cardinal	Gil Carrillo de Albornoz [Egidio Carillo Albornozio] (Spanish, 1579 – 1649)
	II	Bessarion, Cardinal	Bessarion (Greek, 1403 – 1472)
	III	George d’Amboise, Cardinal	Georges d'Amboise (French, 1460 – 1510)
	IV	François Ximenes, Cardinal	Francisco Jiménez [ Ximenes ] de Cisneros (Spanish, 1436 – 1517)
	V	Guillaume de Croy	William [Guillaume] II de Croÿ, Lord of Chièvres (1458 – 1521)
	VI	Jean de Selve	Jean de Selve (Grench, 1475 – 1529)
	VII	Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal	Thomas Wolsey (British, 1473 – 1530)
	VIII	Thomas Morus	Sir Thomas More (British, 1478 – 1535)
	IX	Renaud Pole, Cardinal	Reginald Pole (British, 1500 – 1558)
	X	Michel de l’Hospital	Michel de l'Hôpital [l'Hospital] (French, 1507 – 1573)
	XI	Stanislas Hosius, Cardinal	Stanislaus Hosius [Stanisław Hozjusz] (Polish, 1504 – 1579)
	XII	Guy du Faur de Pybrac	Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac [Pybrac; Guido Faurus] (French, 1529 – 1584)
	XIII	Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal	Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (Bisontin, 1517 – 1586)
	XIV	Auger Busbeque	Ogier Ghiselin [Augier Ghislain] de Busbecq [ Augerius Gislenius Busbequius] (Flemish, 1522 – 1592)
	XV	Arnaud d’Ossat, Cardinal;	Arnaud d'Ossat (French, 1537 – 1604)
	XVI	Jean Zamoski	Jan Sariusz Zamoyski (Ioannes Zamoyski de Zamoscie] (Polish, 1542 – 1605)
	XVII	Jacques Auguste de Thou	Jacques Auguste de Thou [Thuanus (French, 1553 – 1617)
	XVIII	Jean de Barnevelt	Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (Dutch, 1547 – 1619)
	XIX	Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal	Cardinal Richelieu , Armand Jean du Plessis, (French, 1585 – 1642)
	XX	Jule Mazarin, Cardinal	Cardinal Jules Mazarin [Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; Mazarini] (Itaian-French, 1602 – 1661)

Vol. 1, Book 2. Historians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Regino Abbé de Prumy	Réginon de Prüm (German, 842 – 915)
	II	Jean Froissard	Jean Froissart (French: c. 1337 – c. 1405)
	III	Enguerand de Monstrelet	Enguerrand de Monstrelet (French, c. 1400 – 1453)
	IV	Jean Baptiste Platina	Bartolomeo Sacchi [Baptista Platina] (Italian, 1421 – 1481)
	V	Olivier de la Marche	Olivier de la Marche (Burgundian, 1425 – 1502)
	VI	Robert Gaguin	Robert Gaguin [Robert Guaguin] (French, 1433/34 – 1501)
	VII	Philippe de Commines	Philippe de Commines [Philippus Cominaeus] (Burgundian, 1447 – 1511)
	VIII	Pandolphe Collenuce	Pandolfo Collenuccio (Italian, fl. 1584)
	IX	Jean Aventin	Johann Georg Turmair [Aventin; Johannes Aventinus] (Bavarian, 1477 – 1534)
	X	François Guicciardin	Francesco Guicciardini (Italian, 1483 – 1540)
	XI	Paul Jove	Paolo Giovio [Paulus Jovius] (Italian, 1483 – 1552)
	XII	Wolfgang Lazius	Wolfgang Laz (Austrian, 1514 – 1565)
	XIII	Onuphre Panuinius	Onofrio Panvinio [Onuphrius Panvinius] (Italian, 1529 – 1568)
	XIV	Hubert Goltzius	Hubert Goltz [Goltzius] (Dutch, 1526 – 1583)
	XV	Bertrand d’Argentré	Bertrand d'Argentré [Argentraeus] (Breton, 1519 – 1590)
	XVI	Jacques Amiot	Jacques Amyot (French, 1513 – 1593)
	XVII	Fulve Ursin	Fulvio Orsini (Italian, 1529 – 1600)
	XVIII	Pontus Heuterus	Pontus de Huyter (Flemish, 1535 – 1602)
	XIX	Florimond de Remond	Florimond de Raemond (French, 1540 – 1601)
	XX	Cæsar Baronius, Cardinal	Cesare Baronio (Italian, 1538 – 1607)
	XXI	Henry Catherine d’Avila	Enrico Caterino Davila (Italian, 1576 – 1631)
	XXII	Jean Papirius Masson;	Jean Papire Masson [Papirius] (French, 1544 – 1611)
	XXIII	Emanuel de Meteren	Emanuel van Meteren [Meteeren] (Flemish, 1535 – 1612)
	XXIV	Nicolas le Febure	Nicasius le Febure [Nicolas le Fèvre (French, 1615 – 1669)
	XXV	Jean Barclay	John Barclay (Scottish, 1582 – 1621)
	XXVI	Guillaume Camden	William Camden (English, 1551 – 1623)

Vol. 1, Book 3. Jurists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Alexandre de Tartagnis	Alexander de Tartagnis (Italian, c. 1424 – 1477)
	II	Jason Mainus	Jason of Mayno [Giasone de Mayno] (Italian, 1435 – 1519)
	III	Philippe Dece	Filippo Decio or Decius (Italian, 1454 – c. 1535)
	IV	André Alciat	Andrea Alciato [Alciati; Andreas Alciatus] (1492 – 1550)
	V	André Tiraqueau	André Tiraqueau [Andreas Tiraquellus] (French, 1488–1558)
	VI	Gabriel Mudée	Gabriel Mudaeus [Gabriël van der Muyden] (Flemish, c. 1500 – 1560)
	VII	Charles du Moulin	Charles Dumoulin (French, 1500–1566)
	VIII	François Bauduin	François Baudouin [Balduinus] (French, 1520 – 1573)
	IX	Viglius de Zuichem	Viglius Zuichemus ab Aytta [Wigle Aytta van Zwichem] (Dutch, 1507 – 1577)
	X	Tibere Decian	Tiberio Deciani [Decianus] (Itaian, 1509 – 1582)
	XI	Antoine Augustin	Antonio Agustín y Albanell (Spanish, 1516 – 1586)
	XII	Mathieu Wesenbec	Matthew Wesenbeck [Mattheus van Wesenbeek] (Belgian, 1531 – 1586)
	XIII	Pierre Peckius	Petrus Peckius the Elder [Pieter Peck; Pierre Peckius] (Netherlandish, 1529 – 1589)
	XIV	Jacques Cuias	Jacques Cujas [Cujacius] (French, 1522 – 1590)
	XV	Jean Wamese	Jan Wames [Johannes Wamesius] (Netherlandish, 1524 – 1590)
	XVI	Pierre Pithou	Pierre Pithou [Petrus Pithoeus] (French, 1539 – 1596)
	XVII	Boece Epo	Boetius Epo (Netherlandish, 1529 – 1599)
	XVIII	Antoine le Febvre	Antoine Favre [Lefebvre] (French, 1557 – 1624)

Vol. 1, Book 4. Writes and Linguists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Jean Bocace	Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, 1313 – 1375)
	II	Emanuel Chrysoloras	Manuel [Emmanuel] Chrysoloras (Greek, c. 1355 – 1415)
	III	Jean Argyropilus	John Argyropoulos [Giovanni Argiropulo] (Greek, c. 1415 – 1487)
	IV	François Philelphe	Francesco Filelfo [Franciscus Philelphus] (Italian, 1398 – 1481)
	V	Theodore Gaza	Theodorus Gaza [Theodore Gazis; Thessalonicensis] (Greek, c. 1398 – c. 1475)
	VI	Rudolphe Agricola	Rodolphus Agricola [Rudolphus Agricola Phrisius] (Netherlandish, 1443/1444 – 1485)
	VII	Ange Politian	Agnolo [Angelo] Ambrogini [Poliziano; Politianus] (Italian, 1454 – 1494)
	VIII	Demetrius Chalcondyles	Demetrios Chalkokondyles [Demetrius Chalcocondyles; Demetricocondyles (Greek, 1423 – 1511)
	IX	Jean Lascaris	Janus Lascaris [Ianos Laskaris] (Greek, c. 1445 – 1535)
	X	Nicolas Clenard	Nicolas Cleynaerts [Clenardus; Clenard] (Flemish, 1495 – 1542)
	XI	Jean Pierius Valerianus	Pierio Valeriano Bolzani [Giovanni Pietro dalle Fosse] (Italian, 1477 – 1558)
	XII	Jeanne Gray de Suffolck	Lady Jane Grey [Lady Guildford Dudley] (English, c. 1537 – 1554)
	XIII	Pierre Nannius	Petrus Nannius [Pieter Nanninck] (Dutch, 1496 – 1557)
	XIV	Guillaume Postel	Guillaume Postel (French, 1510 – 1581)
	XV	François Raphelenge	Frans van Ravelingen [Franciscus Raphelengius] (Flemish, 1539 – 1597)
	XVI	Jean Passerat	Jean Passerat (French, 1534 – 1602)

Vol. 1, Book 5. Italian Artists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Jean Cimabue	Cimabue [Cenni di Pepi; Pepo] (Italian, c. 1240 – 1302)
	II	André Tafi	Andrea Tafi (Italian, 1213 – 1294)
	III	Arnoud di Lappo	Arnolfo di Cambio (Italian, c. 1240 – 1300/1310)
	IV	Giotto	Giotto di Bondone (Italian, c. 1267 – 1337)
	V	Simon Memmi	Simone Martini (Italian, c. 1284 – 1344)
	VI	Taddée Gaddi	Taddeo Gaddi (Italian, c. 1290 – 1366)
	VII	Donato	Donatello [Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi] (Italian, c. 1386 – 1466)
	VIII	André Organa	Orcagna [Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo] (Italian, c. 1308 – 1368)
	IX	Masaccio	Masaccio [Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone] (Italian, 1401 – 1428)
	X	Philippe Bruneleschi	Filippo Brunelleschi [Pippo] (Italian, 1377 – 1446)
	XI	Antoine de Messine	Antonello da Messina [Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio] (Italian, c. 1430 – February 1479)
	XII	André Verrochio	Andrea del Verrocchio [Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni] (Italian, c. 1435 – 1488)
	XIII	Frere Philippe Lippi	Fra' Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406 – 1469)
	XIV	Giorgion de Castel-Franco	Giorgione [Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco] (Italian, 1473/78 – 1510)
	XV	Antoine de Correge	Correggio [Antonio Allegri da Correggio] (Italian, 1489 – 1534)
	XVI	Bramante d’Urbin	Donato Bramante [Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio; Bramante Lazzari] (Italian, 1444 – 1514)
	XVII	Sandro Boticelli	Sandro Botticelli [Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi] (Italian, c. 1445 – 1510)
	XVIII	André Mantegna	Andrea Mantegna (Italian, c. 1431 – 1506)
	XIX	Philippe Lippi	Filippino Lippi (Italian, 1457 – 1504)
	XX	Raphael Sanzio d’Urbin	Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino] (Italian, 1483 – 1520)
	XXI	André del Sarto	Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486 – 1530)
	XXII	Leonard de Vinci	Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452 – 1519)
	XXIII	Jean François Rustici	Giovan [Giovanni] Francesco Rustici (Italian, 1475 – 1554)
	XXIV	Balthazar Perusi	Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, 1481 – 1536)
	XXV	Propertia de Rossi	Properzia de' Rossi (Italian, c. 1490 – 1530)
	XXVI	François Mazzuoli	Parmigianino [Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola; Francesco Mazzola] (Italian, 1503 – 1540)
	XXVII	Le Rosso	Rosso Fiorentino [Il Rosso; Giovanni Battista de' Rossi] (Italian, 1494/5 – 1540)
	XXVIII	Jean Antoine Licinio de Pordenone	Pordenone [Giovanni Antonio Licinio; Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis (Italian, c. 1484 – 1539)
	XXIX	Polidore de Caravage	Polidoro da Caravaggio [Polidoro Caldara] (Italian, c. 1499 – 1543)
	XXX	Jule Romain	Giulio Romano [Giulio Pippi] (Italian, c. 1499 – 1546)
	XXXI	Perin del Vaga	Perino [Perin] del Vaga; Piero Bonaccorsi] (Italian, 1501 – 1547)
	XXXII	Dominique Beccafumi	Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (Italian, 1486 – 1551)
	XXXIII	Baccio Bandinel	Bartolommeo [Baccio Bandinelli; Bartolommeo Brandini] (Italian, 1493 – 1560)
	XXXIV	Jean d’Udine	Giovanni Nanni [Giovanni de' Ricamatori; Giovanni da Udine] (Italian, 1487 – 1564)
	XXXV	Michel-Ange Buonarotti	Michelangelo [Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni] (Italian, 1475 – 1564)
	XXXVI	Daniel Ricciarelli	Daniele Ricciarelli [Daniele da Volterra] (Italian, c. 1509 – 1566)
	XXXVII	Titian Uccello	Titian [Tiziano Vecelli; Vecellio (Italian, c. 1488/90 – 1576)
	BN	Jeanne Ucello	Lavinia Vecellio, (Italian, 1530 - 1575). Daughter of Titian
	XXXVIII	François Primatici	Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, 1504 – 1570)
	XXXIX	Jacques Barozzi de Vignole	Vignola [Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola] (Italian, 1507 – 1573)

Vol. 2, Book 1. Theologians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Thomas à Kempis	Thomas à Kempis (German-Dutch, c. 1380 – 1471)
	II	Hierosme Savanarole	Girolamo Savonarola (Italian, 1452 – 1498)
	III	Jean Fischer, Cardinal	John Fisher (English, 1469 – 1535)
	IV	Louis Vives	Juan Luis Vives March [Ioannes Lodovicus Vives] (Spanish, 1493 – 1540)
	V	Albert Pighius	Albert Pighius [Pigghe] (Dutch, 1490 – 1542)
	VI	Ruart Tapper	Ruward Tapper van Enkhuizen (Dutch, 1487 – 1559)
	VII	Cornille Musso	Cornelis Musius (Dutch, 1500 – 1572)
	VIII	François Richardot	François Richardot [Franciscus] (French, 1507 – 1574)
	IX	François Sonnius	Franciscus Sonnius (Belgian, 1506 – 1576)
	X	Alphonce Salmeron	Alfonso [Alphonsus] Salmerón (Spanish, 1515 – 1585)
	XI	Martin Azpilcueta	Martín de Azpilcueta [Doctor Navarrus] (Spanish, 1491 – 1586)
	XII	Louys de Grenade	Luis [Louis] de Granada (Spanish, 1504 – 1588)
	XIII	Guillaume Alan, Cardinal	William Allen [Guilielmus Alanus] (English, 1532 – 1594)
	XIV	François Panigarole	Francesco Panigarola (Italian, 1548 – 1594)
	XV	Benoist Arias Montan	Benito Arias Montano [Benedictus Arias Montanus (Spanish, 1527 – 1598)
	XVI	Jacques Davy, Cardinal du Perron	Jacques Davy Duperron (French, 1556 – 1618)
	XVII	Robert Bellarmin, Cardincal	Robert Bellarmine [Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino] (Italian, 1542 – 1621)
	XVIII	Leonard Lessius	Leonardus Lessius [Lenaert Leys] (Flemish, 1554 – 1623)

Vol. 2, Book 2. Philosophers, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Physicians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Arnoud de Villeneuve	Arnaldus de Villa Nova [Arnaldus Villanovanus] (Spanish, c. 1240 – 1311)
	II	George de Trebisonde	George of Trebizond [Γεώργιος Τραπεζούντιος] (Greek, 1395 – 1486)
	III	Marsil Ficin	Marsilio Ficino [Marsilius Ficinus] (Italian, 1433 – 1499)
	IV	Jacques le Febure d’Estaples	Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples [Jacobus Faber Stapulensis] (French, c. 1455 – c. 1536)
	V	Nicolas Copernic	Nicolaus Copernicus [Mikołaj Kopernik; Niclas Koppernigk, Nikolaus Kopernikus] (Prussian-Polish, 1473 – 1543)
	VI	Jerosme Fracastor	Girolamo Fracastoro [Hieronymus Fracastorius] (Italian, c. 1476/8 – 1553)
	VII	Gemma Frisius	Gemma Frisius [Jemme Reinerszoon] (Dutch, 1508 – 1555)
	VIII	Jule Cæsar de l’Escale	Julius Caesar Scaliger [Giulio Cesare della Scala] (Italian-French, 1484 – 1558)
	IX	Jean Fernel	Jean François Fernel[Ioannes Fernelius] (French, 1497 – 1558)
	X	André Vesal	Andreas Vesalius (Flemish, 1514 – 1564)
	XI	Jean Baptiste Gellio	Giovanni Battista Gelli [Giambattista Gelli] (Italian, 1498 – 1563)
	XII	Pierre André Mathiole	Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (Italian, 1501 – c. 1577)
	XIII	Alexaner Picolomini	Alessandro Piccolomini (Italian, 1508 – 1579)
	XIV	Jean Stadius	Johannes Stadius [Estadius; Jan Van Ostaeyen; Jean Stade) (Flemish, 1527 – 1579)
	XV	Rembert Dodonée	Rembert Dodoens [Rembert Van Joenckema; Rembertus Dodonaeus] (Flemish, 1517 – 1585)
	XVI	Ambroise Paré	Ambroise Paré (French, c. 1510 – 1590)
	XVII	Pierre Forest	Pieter van Foreest [Petrus Forestus] Dutch, 1521 – 1597)
	XVII	Ticho Brahe	Tycho Brahe [Tyge Ottesen Brahe] (Danish, 1546 – 1601)
	XIX	Ulisse Aldrovand	Ulisse Aldrovandi (Italian, 1522 – 1605)
	XX	Jerosme Mercurial	Girolamo Mercuriale [Geronimo Mercuriali; Hieronymus Mercurialis] (Italian, 1530 – 1606)
	XXI	Charles de l’Escluse	Charles de l'Écluse [L'Escluse; Carolus Clusius] Flemish, 1526 – 1609)
	XXII	Christophle Clavius	Christopher Clavius (German, 1538 – 1612)
	XXIII	Jean Baptiste de la Porte	Giambattista [Giovanni Battista] della Porta (Italian, 1535? – 1615)
	XXIV	Louis Septal	Ludovico Settala [Ludovicus Septalius] (Italian, 1552 – 1633)
	XXV	Thomas Campanella	Tommaso Campanella [Giovanni Domenico Campanella] (Italian, 1568 – 1639)
	XXVI	Julienne Morelle	Juliana Morell [Juliana Morella] (Spanish, 1594 – 1653)
	XXVII	Galilee Galilei	Galileo Galilei [Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei] (Italian, 1564 – 1642)
	XXVIII	René Des Cartes	René Descartes [Renatus Cartesius] (French, 1596 – 1650)
	XXIX	Knelme Digby	Sir Kenelm Digby (English, 1603 – 1665)

Vol. 2, Book 3. Scientists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Albert le Grand	Albertus Magnus [Saint Albert the Great; Albert of Cologne] (German, c. 1200 – 1280)
	II	Raimond Lulle	Ramon Llull (Spanish, c. 1232 – c. 1315/16)
	III	Christophle de Longueil	Christophe de Longueil [Christophorus Longolius] (Brabantian, 1490 – 1522)
	IV	Erasme de Rotterdam	Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus [Erasmus of Rotterdam] (Dutch, 1466 – 1536)
	V	Guillaume Budé	Guillaume Budé [Guilielmus Budaeus] (French, 1467 – 1540)
	VI	Pierre Bembe, Cardinal	Pietro Bembo [Petrus Bembus] (Italian, 1470 – 1547)
	VII	Beatus Rhenanus	Beatus Rhenanus [Beatus Bild] (German, 1485 – 1547)
	VIII	Cornille Sgryver	Cornelius Grapheus [Cornelis De Schrijver] (Dutch, 1482 – 1558)
	IX	Jean Gorop Becan	Johannes Goropius Becanus [Jan Gerartsen] (Dutch, 1519 – 1573)
	X	Adrien Junius	Hadrianus Junius [Adriaen de Jonghe] (Dutch, 1511 – 1575)
	XI	Jean Sambuc	Johannes Sambucus [János Zsámboky] (Hungarian, 1531 – 1584)
	XII	Pierre Victor	Piero [Pietro] Vettori [Petrus Victorius] (Italian, 1499 – 1585)
	XIII	Marc Antoine de Muret	Muretus [Marc Antoine Muret] (French, 1526 – 1585)
	XIV	Juste Lipse	Justus Lipsius [Joest Lips; Joost Lips] (Flemish, 1547 – 1606)
	XV	Joseph de L’Escale	Joseph Justus Scaliger (French, 1540 – 1609)
	XVI	Pierre de Bert	Petrus Bertius [Peter Bertius; Pieter de Bert] (Dutch, 1565 – 1629)
	XVII	Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc	Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (French, 1580 – 1637)
	XVIII	Hugue de Groot	Hugo Grotius [Hugo de Groot] (Dutch, 1583 – 1645)
	XIX	Daniel Heinsius	Daniel Heinsius [Heins] (Dutch, 1580 – 1655)
	XX	Erice Putean	Erycius Puteanus (Netherlandish, 1574 – 1646)
	XXI	Nicolas Caussin	Nicolas Caussin (French, 1583– 1651)
	XXII	Claude de Saumaise	Claude Saumaise [Claudius Salmasius] (French, 1588 – 1653)
	XXIII	Anne Marie Schurmans	Anna Maria van Schurman (Dutch, 1607 – 1678)
	XXIII	Anne Marie Schurmans	Anna Maria van Schurman (Dutch, 1607 – 1678)

Vol. 2, Book 4. Inventors and Explorers

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Berthold Schuvarts	Berthold Schwarz [Schwartz] (German, Late 14th century)
	II	Jean Guttemberg	Johannes Gutenberg [Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (German, c. 1400 – 1468)
	III	Laurent Coster	Laurens Janszoon Coster [Laurens Jansz Koster] (Netherlandish, c. 1370 – c. 1440)
	IV	Christophle Plantin	Christophe Plantin [Christoffel Plantijn] (Dutch, c. 1520 – 1589)
	V	Paul Manuce	Paulus Manutius [Paolo Manuzio] (Italian, 1512 – 1574)
	VI	Balthasar Moret	Balthasar Moretus (Flemish, 1574 – 1641)
	VII	Christophle Colomb	Christopher Columbus [Cristobal Colon; (Cristoforo Colombo] (Italian, 1451 – 1506)
	VIII	Americ Vespuce	Amerigo Vespucci (Italian, 1451 – 1512)
	IX	Ferdinand Magellan	Ferdinand Magellan [Fernão de Magalhães; Fernando de Magallanes] (Portugese, 1480 – 1521)
	X	Hernand Cortez	Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano (Spanish, 1485 – 1547)
	XI	François Drack	Sir Francis Drake (English, c. 1540 – 1596)
	XII	Thomas Candisch	Sir Thomas Cavendish (English, 1560 – 1592)
	XIII	Gerard Mercator	Gerardus Mercator (Flemish, 1512 – 1594)
	XIV	Jean Taisnier	Jean Taisner [Taisnier; Johannes Taisnerius] (Flemish, 1508 – 1562)
	XV	Abraham Ortelius	Abraham Ortelius [Ortels; Orthellius; Wortels] (Brabantian, 1527 – 1598)
	XVI	Nicolas Tartaglia	Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (Italian, 1499/1500 – 1557)
	XVII	Orlande de Lassus	Orlande de Lassus [Roland de Lassus; Orlando di Lasso; Orlandus Lassus; Orlande de Lattre or Roland de Lattre] (Belgian, 1530/32 – 1594)
	XVIII	Philippe de Mons	Philippe de Monte [Philippus de Monte] (Flemish, 1521 – 1603)

Vol. 2, Book 5. Poets

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Dante d’Aligere	Dante Alighieri (Italian, c. 1265 – 1321)
	II	François Petrarque	Francesco Petrarca [Petrarch] (Italian, 1304 – 1374)
	III	Laure de Sado	Laura de Noves [Petrarch's Laura; Madame de Sade] (Italian, 1310 – 1348)
	IV	Michel Marulle	Michael Tarchaniota Marullus [Michele Marullo Tarcaniota] (Greek, c. 1458 – 1500)
	V	Balthasar de Castillon	Baldassare Castiglione (Italian, 1478 – 1529)
	VI	Marc Musure	Marcus Musurus [Markos Mousouros; Marco Musuro (Greek-Italian, c. 1470 – 1517)
	VII	Pierre Aretin	Pietro Aretino (Italian, 1492 – 1556)
	VIII	Jacques Sannazar	Jacopo Sannazaro (Italian, 1458 – 1530)
	IX	Louis Arioste	Ludovico Ariosto (Italian, 1474 – 1533)
	X	Jean Second	Johannes Secundus[Janus Secundus] (Dutch, 1511 – 1536)
	XI	Victoire Colonne	Vittoria Colonna (Italian, 1492 – 1547)
	XII	Corneille Musius	Cornelis Musius (Dutch, 1500 – 1572)
	XIII	Pierre de Ronsard	Pierre de Ronsard French, 1524 – 1585)
	XIV	Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas	Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (French, 1544 – 1590)
	XV	Torquato Tasso	Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544 – 1595)
	XVI	Jean Dorat	Jean Daurat [Joan Dorat; Auratus] (French, 1508 – 1588)
	XVII	Philippe Desportes	Philippe Desportes [Desports] (French, 1546 – 1606)
	XVIII	Janus Douza	Janus Dousa, Lord of Noordwyck [Jan van der Does] (Dutch, 1545 – 1604)
	XIX	Scevole de Sainte Marthe	Scévole de Sainte-Marthe (French, 1536 – 1623)
	XX	François de Malherbe	François de Malherbe (French, 1555 – 1628)

Vol. 2, Book 6. Netherlandish painters

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I-1	Hubert van Eyck	Hubert van Eyck (Flemish, c. 1385/90 – 1426)
	I-2	Jean van Eyck	Jan van Eyck (Flemish, c. 1390 – 1441)
	II	Theodore de Harlem	Bernard van Orley [Barend; Barent van Orley; Bernaert van Orley; Barend van Brussel] (Dutch-Flemish, 1487/1491 – 1541)
	III	Albert Durer	Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 – 1528)
	IV	Roger vander Weyde	Rogier van der Weyden [Rogero Buxellensus] (Flemish, c. 1400 – 1464)
	V	Quentin Matsys	Quentin Matsys [Quinten Matsijs] (Flemish, 1466 – 1530)
	VI	Jerosme du Bois	Hieronymus Bosch [Jheronimus van Aken] (Dutch, c. 1450 – 1516)
	VII	Lucas de Leyde	Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494 – 1533)
	BN-1	Lucas de Leyde	Young Man with a Skull
	VIII	Joachim Patinier	Joachim Patinir [Patenier; Ioachimo Dionatensi] (Flemish, c. 1480 –1524),
	IX	Henry de Bles	Herri met de Bles [Henri Blès, Herri de Dinant; Henrico Blesio Bovinati] (Flemish, c. 1490 – after 1566),
	X	Bernard de Bruxelles	Dirk Bouts [Dieric Bouts; Thierry Van Haarlem] (Flemish, c. 1415 – 1475)
	XI	Jean de Maubeuge	Jan Gossaert [Jan Mabuse] (Flemish, c. 1478 – 1532)
	XII	Pierre Coeck	Pieter Coecke van Aelst [Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder (Flemish, 1502 – 1550)
	XIII	Jean Holbein	Hans Holbein the Younger [Ioannes Holbenius] (German, c. 1497 – 1543)
	XIV	Henry Aldegraef	Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1501/2 – 1555/61)
	XV	Jean Mayo	Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen [Jan Mayo; Ioanni Maio; Barbalonga] (Flemish, c. 1504 – 1559)
	XVI	Lucas Gassel	Lucas Gassel [Lucas van Gassel] (Flemish, c. 1480 – Brussels, 1568/69)
	XVII	Jean Schoorel	Jan van Scorel [Johannes Schoreel] (Dutch, 1495 – 1562)
	XVIII	Antoine Moro	Sir Anthonis Mor [Anthonis Mor van Dashorst; Antonio Moro] (Dutch, c. 1517 — 1577)
	XIX	Lambert Lombard	Lambert Lombard (Flemish, c. 1505 – 1566)
	XX	Pierre Breugel	Pieter Bruegel [Brueghel; Breughel] the Elder (Flemish, 1525/30 – 1569)
	XXI	Guillaume Cayo	Willem Adriaensz Key (Flemish, 1516 – 1568)
	XXII	François Floris	Frans Floris [Frans Floris the Elder; Frans Floris de Vriendt] (Flemish, 1519 – 1570)
	XXIII	Martin Hemskerke	Maerten van Heemskerck [Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen] (Dutch, 1498 – 1574)
	XXIV	Antoine de Monfort Bloclant	Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort [Anthonie van Blocklandt; Anthonie van Montfoort] (Dutch, 1533/34 – 1583)
	XXV	Michel Coxie	Michiel Coxie the Elder [Michiel Coxcie the Elder; Michiel van Coxcie; Coxius (Flemish, 1499 – 1592)
	XXVI	Arnoud Mytens	Aert Mijtens (Flemish, c. 1541 – 1602)
	XXVII	Henry Goltzius	Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik, (German-Dutch, 1558 – 1617)
	XXVIII	Martin de Vos	Maerten de Vos [Maerten de Vos the Elder; Marten de Vos] (Flemish, 1532 – 1603)
	XXIX	Paul Bril	Paul Bril (Flemish, 1554 – 1626)
	XXX	Michel Mirevelt	Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt [Michiel Jansz.; Miereveld; Miereveldt] (Dutch, 1566 – 1641)
	XXXI	Bartholomé Spranger	Bartholomeus Spranger [Bartholomaeus Spranger] (Flemish, 1546 – 1611
	XXXII	Henry Cornille Vroom	Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (Dutch, c. 1562 – 1640)
	XXXIII	Abraham Blommart	Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566 – 1651)
	XXXIV	Octave Venius	Otto van Veen [Otto Venius; Octavius Vaenius] (Flemish, 1556 – 1629)
	XXXV	Jacques Calot	Jacques Callot (French, c. 1592 – 1635)
	XXXVI	Martin Richart	Marten Ryckaert [Maerten Ryckaert] (Flemish, 1587, Antwerp – 1631)
	XXXVII	Pierre Paul Rubens	Peter Paul Rubens (Dutch, 1577 – 1640)
	XXXVIII	Antoine Van Dyck	Anthony van Dyck (Dutch, 1599 – 1641)
	BN-2	Mary Ruthven	Mary Ruthven, Lady van Dyck (Scottish-Dutch, c.1622 – 1645)
	XXXIX	Venceslas Coberghe	Wenceslas Cobergher [Wenzel Coebergher] (Flemish, 1560 – 1634)
	XL	Jacques Francquart	Jacob Franquart (Flemish, 1582/83 – 1651)
	XLI	Theodore Rombouts	Theodoor Rombouts (Flemish, 1597 – 1637)
	XLII	Adrien Brouwer	Adriaen Brouwer (Flemish, c. 1605 – 1638)
	XLIII	Simon Vouet	Simon Vouet (French, 1590 – 1649)
	XLIV	Gerard Segers	Gerard Seghers (Flemish, 1591 – 1651)
	XLV	Gaspar de Crayer	Gaspar de Crayer [Jasper de Crayer] (Flemish, 1584 – 1669)
	XLVI	Thomas Willeborts	Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (Dutch, 1613 – 1654)
	XLVII	Daniel Segers	Daniël Seghers [Daniel Seghers] (Flemish, 1590 – 1661)

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Desiderius Erasmus. L’Éloge de la folie / Traduit par Nicolas Gueudeville, illustré par Charles Eisen. — [Paris]: 1751.

Title: L'ELOGE | DE | LA FOLIE, | TRADUIT | DU LATIN D'ERASME | Par M. Gueudeville. | NOUVELLE EDITION REVÛE & CORRIGÉE | sur le Texte de l'Edition de Basle. | ORNÉE DE NOUVELLES FIGURES. | AVEC DES NOTES. | {vignette Eisen / Le Mire} | — | M. DCC LI. || Pagination: [2 blank] [2] – h.t. / blank, [2] – t.p. / {citation*} | [4] – explication des figures; [i] ii-xxiv, [1] 2-222, [2] – table, [2 blank], plus frontispiece and 13 plates by various engravers after Charles Eisen, total number of pages 10+24+222+4=260, ils. Collation: 4to; [1 blank], π⁴ a-c⁴ A-Ee⁴ [1 blank], total number of leaves 130 plus frontispiece and 13 plates. Plates printed in black, paper 24 x 17.8 cm (grand papeir, 9.5 x 7 inches). Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, triple fillet gilt border with pomegranate corner pieces to boards, spine with raised bands, gilt foliage and pomegranates in compartments, red morocco spine label, all edges gilt, rebacked preserving the original spine and peacock marbled endpapers. Size: 24.8 x 18.8 cm; leaves 24 x 17.8 cm; text printed area: 10 x 6 cm. * Citattion: Admonere voluimus, non lædere: | Consulere moribus Hominum, | non officere. | Erasm. Epist. ad Mart. Dorpium Theolog. Usually, the citation is "Admonere voluimus, non mordere; prodesse, non laedere…", etc. Rococo-framed frontispiece engraved by Martinasie under the supervision of Le Bas. Contributors: Erasmus, Desiderius [Roterodamus] (Dutch, 1466 – 1536) – author. Gueudeville, Nicolas (French, 1652 – 1721) – translator. Meusnier de Querlon, Anne-Gabriel (French, 1702 – 1780) – notes. Eisen, Charles (French, 1720 – 1778) – artist. Engravers: Aliamet, Jacques (French, 1726 – 1788) Flipart, Charles Joseph (French, 1721 – 1797) Beauvais, Nicolas Dauphin de (French, 1687 – 1736) Pinssio [Pincio], Sébastien (French, 1721 – after 1744) Martenasie, Pierre François (French-Flemish, 1729 – 1789) Le Bas [Lebas], Jacques-Philippe (French, 1707 – 1783) Provenance: Bishop, Cortlandt Field (American, 1870 – 1935) – bookplate. Mary S. Collins – bookplate by J. H. Fincken. Robin F. Satinsky (American, 1919 – 2008) – Robin Collection bookplate. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen–deRichi 348-349; Lewine, p. 170; Ray (French) № 24, pp. 52-54.

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La Correctionnelle: Petites causes célèbres, études de mœurs populaires au dix-neuvième siècle / par Gavarni. — Paris: Martinon, 1840.

Title-page: LA | CORRECTIONNELLE | PETITES CAUSES CÉLÈBRES | ÉTUDES DE MŒURS POPULAIRES | Au Dix-Neuvième Siècle | ACCOMPAGNÉES DE CENT DESSINS | PAR GAVARNI | {woodcut vignette} | PARIS | Chez Martinon, rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, 4 | 1840 || Collation: 2^o, π³ (t.p. (wrapper?), h.t., t.p.), 1-101²; 205 leaves total, of them 100 plates, lithographs by Gavarni. Pagination: [6] [1] 2-403 [404], 410 pages total, incl. ils. (BnF calls for 426 pages total). Note: plate № 8 is numbered 9, plate № 9 numbered 8; p. 266 numbered 264, p. 268 numbered 266, p. 362 numbered 374, p. 364 numbered 376 (as called for by Carteret). Binding: “Romantique” publisher's quarter calf with gilt lettering and design elements over red paper boards, marbled endpapers. Complete 100 issues of the 4-page “La Correctionnelle” with a woodcut vignette after Gavarni on the 1^st page of each issue, published between December 1839 and December 1840, and collected under one cover in 1840 by Martinon. Catalogue raisonné: Carteret (Le trésor, 1927): pp. 177-8; Brivois (1883): p.112. Both authors marked the edition as «rare in good condition". Gavarni [Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier] (French, 1804 – 1866) – artist. Amedée Gratiot et C^ie. – printer, text. Coulon et C^ie.– printer, lithographs. Coulon, Barthélémy Henry (French, fl. 1839 – ?)

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Voltaire. L’Ingénu / Illustrations de Berthomme Saint-André. — Paris: Éditions de la Bonne Étoile, [1934].

Description: One volume, 27 x 21.5 cm, collated 4to, bound in full dark crimson calf with gilt floral border, raised bands with gilt filets, gilt lettering to spine, 16 colour plates, one of them loose, and numerous woodcut tailpieces. Title-page: (black and blue): VOLTAIRE | L'INGÉNU | {VIGNETTE} | ILLUSTRATIONS DE BERTHOMMÉ SAINT-ANDRÉ | ÉDITIONS DE LA BONNE ÉTOILE | PARIS || Collation: 4to; π⁴ (2 blanks, h.t./limitation, t.p.), 1-18⁴, last blank; total 76 leaves plus 16 colour plates after Louis Berthommé Saint-André and two flyleaves, first and last. Pagination: [4 blanks] [1-4] 5-143 [144] [4 blanks]; total 152 pages, ils. Limitation: Edition limited to 2,500 copies, of which this is copy № 1621. Colophon: Printed under direction of Paul Cotinaud at L’Union Typographique by Henri Leduc; photogravures executed by G. Duval and coloured by E. Vairel fils. Contributors: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694 – 1778) – author. Louis Berthomme Saint-André (French, 1905 – 1977) – artist.

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Denis Diderot. Les bijoux indiscrets / Œuvres philosophiques,‎ tome cinquième. — Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1772.

One volume, collated 8vo, 19.5 x 13 cm, later bound in brown full morocco by Pouillet, gilt-bordered covers, raised bands to spine, gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered, double-fillet on cover edges, gilt dentelle inside, signed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Title-page: ŒUVRES | PHILOSOPHIQUES | DE M^R. D ***. | — | LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS | — | TOME CINQUIEME | {vignette} | A AMSTERDAM, | Chez Marc-Michel Rey. | — | M. DCC. LXXII. || Pagination: [8] [1] 2-389 [390], total 398 pages, frontis., vignette, plates. Collation: 3 blank leaves at front and rear, π² a² A-Aa⁸ Bb³, total 199 leaves plus 7 unsigned engraved plates incl. frontispiece, and engraved vignette to t.p. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen-DeRicci 303; Lewine 145-6: …with the plates which have been copied and reduced in the undated Cazin edition (1771 and 1785). Contributors: Marc-Michel Rey (Dutch, 1720 – 1780) – publisher. Denis Diderot (French, 1713 – 1784) – author.

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L’école des biches ou mœurs des petites dames de ce temps / Schem. — S.l.: s.n., 1939.

Softcover volume, 22.8 x 17 cm, French flapped wrapper simulating unprimed canvas with crimson lettering to front; pp.: ffl, [5/6] h.t., [7/8] t.p., 9-109 [110], [111/112] limitation/blank, ffl; plus 12 colour lithographs by Schem (Raoul Serres), incl. frontispiece; printed on wove paper. Title-page (red and black): L'ÉCOLE | DES | BICHES | OU | MŒURS DES | PETITES DAMES DE CE TEMPS | [blank] | M. CM. XXXIX. || Limitation: printed 99 copies of which this is № 27; date of printing July 10, 1939. Catalog raisonné: Dutel III № 1447. As per J.-P. Dutel (II № 231 pp 119-20), the text was published in Brussels in 1868 by Jean-Pierre Blanche. Presumed authors are Alfred Bégis, Frederick Hankey and Edmund Duponchel. [BEGIS, Alfred, with DUPONCHEL, Edmond, and HANKEY, Frederick, attributed to.] L'École des Biches ou Mœurs des petites dames de ce temps. Paris [but Brussels]: [Jean-Pierre Blanche,] 1863 [1868] sold at Christie’s for GBP 1,000 on November 18, 2014. For details, see [LIB-2812.2021] Highlights from the Erotica Library of Tony Fekete / Auction catalogue, Tuesday 18 November 2014. — London: Christie's, 2014. — Lot 36. Contributors: Alfred Bégis (French, 1829 – 1904) – author. Frederick Hankey (British, 1823 – 1882) – author. Edmund Duponchel (French, c. 1795 – 1868) – author. Jean-Pierre Blanche (Beligian, second half of the 19th century) – publisher. Schem [real name Raoul Serres] (French, 1881– 1971) – artist.

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John Cleland. Die Memoiren der Fanny Hill. — Paphos [i.e. Vienna]: C. W. Stern, 1906.

Two hardcover volumes, 17 x 11.5 cm, collated in-8vo, uniformly bound in dark grey mottled calf bordered with gilt fillet, flat spine with gilt lettering in compartments outlined in gilt; top edge gilt, text and plates printed on dense wove paper (Japanpapier). Privately printed by Gustav Röttig & Sohn (Ödenburg) in 800 copies, of which this is copy № 16, signed by von Bayros in 1^st vol. Each volume is illustrated with four heliogravures (title-page and three plates) after drawings by Franz von Bayros. According to the seller, this is one of only 35 copies of the deluxe edition on Japanpapier, a fact which was mentioned by the bibliographers but not in the imprint. Bookplate to front pastedown in each volume, lettering to bottom “Ex libris Dr. phil. Rudolf Ludwig”, 120 x 100 mm, heliogravure after von Bayros. Pp.: vol. 1 [4] 1-198 plus engraved t.p. and 3 plates. Vol. 2: 1-204 [2] plus engraved t.p. and 3 plates. Title-page: DIE MEMOIREN | DER | FANNY HILL | VON | JOHN CLELAND | ESTER (ZWEITER) BAND | PAPHOS IM JAHR DER | CYTHERE | MDCCCCVI || Author of the text: John Cleland (British, c. 1709 – 1789). Translator: Franz Blei [Dr. Erich Feldhammer] (Austrian, 1871 – 1942). Illustrator: Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866 – 1924). Provenance: Dr. Phil. Rudolf Ludwig. Catalogue raisonné: The amorous drawings of the Marquis von Bayros. — New York: Cythera Press, 1968. The Beautiful Maiden of Pao, pp. 31-38. Seller's Description: Erster [und] Zweiter Band. Paphos [Wien, C. W. Stern], im Jahr der Cythere 1906. Mit sechs Tafeln und zwei illustrierten Titeln nach Franz von Bayros, alle zweifarbig. Grau marmorierte Originalkalblederbände mit Rücken-, Deckelkanten- und Kopfschnittvergoldung. Privatdruck. – Eins von 35 Exemplaren der Luxusausgabe auf Japanpapier, im Druckvermerk von Band I von Bayros signiert. – Die Übersetzung stammt von Franz Blei, der hier unter dem Pseudonym Dr. Erich Feldhammer genannt wird. Als Textvorlage diente die Ausgabe London 1749. – Gedruckt wurde bei Gustav Röttig & Sohn in Ödenburg. – Sehr seltene Vorzugsausgabe, die zwar bei den Bibliographen, nicht aber im Druckvermerk genannt wurde. – Fast tadellos. – »Dieses Werk ist eines der berühmtesten in der erotischen Literatur« (Stern-Szana). Nach Hinweis bei Brettschneider wurde die Auflage beschlagnahmt. – Exlibris Dr. phil. Rudolf Ludwig, Wien (Heliogravüre nach Zeichnung von Franz von Bayros, Brettschneider 156) in beiden Bänden. 17 : 11,5 cm. [4], 198, [2], [4], 204, [2] Seiten. Zusammen 8 Tafeln. Brettschneider 38. – Hayn/Gotendorf I, 618. – Stern-Szana 243 und ausführlich S. 222ff

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Эразм Роттердамский. Похвальное слово глупости / Перевод П. К. Губера. — М.-Л.: Academia, 1932.

Title page [in black and blue]: ЭРАЗМ | РОТТЕРДАМСКИЙ | ПОХВАЛЬНОЕ СЛОВО | ГЛУПОСТИ | ПЕРЕВОД И КОММЕНТАРИИ | П. К. ГУБЕРА | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ | И. СМИЛГИ | {vignette} | ACADEMIA | МОСКВА ~ ЛЕНИНГРАД | 1932 ||

Pagination: [1-7] 8-236 [4], in-text illustrations after Hans Holbein the Younger, title page, DJ, cloth by Л. С. Хижинский, photo reproduction of the portrait of Erasmus by Hans Holbein the Younger from The Louvre museum w/guard paper.

Collation: 8vo; [1]⁸ 2-15⁸, + 1 plate extraneous to collation (portrait).

Binding: 18 x 13 cm; Pictorial stamped cloth, pictorial DJ, pictorial endpapers, back board blind-stamped.

Print run: 5,300 copies.
Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004), №477, p. 221. (in 1930 section). Contributors: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (Dutch, c. 1469 – 1536) – author of the original text in Latin. Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/8 – 1543) – artist. Губер, Пётр Константинович (Russian, 1886 – 1941) – translator from Latin into Russian (died in GULAG) Смилга, Ивар Тенисович (Latvian-Russian, 1892 – 1937) – author, foreword (shot by a firing squad). Хижинский, Леонид Семёнович (Russian, 1896 – 1972) – artist (title page, DJ, cloth).

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Jean de La Fontaine. Les amours de Psyché et de Cupidon / Établie par Louis Perceau et ornée d’illustrations en couleurs par Carlègle. — Paris: Georges Briffaut, 1932.

Softcover, 242 x 165 mm, French flapped wrappers with black and red lettering to front and spine, top edge trimmed, pages uncut, printed on wove paper watermarked BFK Rives in italic script; illustrations in colour. Title: JEAN DE LA FONTAINE | LES AMOURS | DE | PSYCHÉ ET DE CUPIDON | ÉDITION CONFORME AUX TEXTES ORIGINAUX | ÉTABLIE PAR | LOUIS PERCEAU | ET ORNÉE D’ILLUSTRATIONS EN COULEURS | PAR | CARLÈGLE | LE LIVRE DU BIBLIOPHILE | GEORGES BRIFFAUT, ÉDITEUR | 4, RUE DE FURSTENBERG, PARIS | 1932 || Limited edition: 1230 copies of which this ic copy № 247. Collated 8vo: π⁴ 1-2⁴ 3-4⁸ 5⁸ *5⁸ 6-16⁸ χ², total 134 leaves, incl. frontispiece. Pagination: [8] 1-253 [254] [6]. Colophon: Le volume des Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon de La Fontaine a été achevé d'imprimer le quinze juin mil neuf cent trente-deux sur les presses du maitre imprimeur Coulouma, a Argenteul, H. Barthélemy étant directeur. Coloris de E. Charpentier, Paris.

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