17 AD – Varshavsky Collection

Kawaji school tsuba with landscape motif, by Tomohisa. Edo period, c. 1700.

$900.00

Iron tsuba of oval form carved with a landscape motif. Kogai-hitsu-ana plugged with shakudo. Sekigane of copper.

Signed: Chōshū Hagi-jū Tomohisa saku (長州萩住友久作).

Tomohisa, adopted son of Rokurō'emon, was 3rd generation master of Kawaji School from Hagi in Nagato (Chōshū), lived 1687-1743 [M. Sesko 'Genealogies', page 117].
Edo period, circa 1700. Dimensions: 71.1 x 66.8 x 2.9 mm For his adopted son Hisatsugu work see TSU-0103 in this collection.

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Owari school tsuba with design of keys. Edo period, 17th century.

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Iron tsuba of round form decorated with design of keys to the storehouse of the gods in openwork (sukashi). Rounded rim. Copper sekigane.

Unsigned. Early Edo period, 17th century.
Size: 71.0 x 70.9 x 6.0 mm.
Merrily Baird, Symbols..: The Key to the Storehouse of the Gods, one of the Myriad Treasures.

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Tsuba with slanting rays of light (tokei) and other symbols / Edo period, 17th century.

Iron tsuba of round form with a dense combination of symbols: slanting rays of light (shakoh) Christian motif (Jesuit's IHS symbol), also often described as "tokei" or "clock gear", wild goose in flight, bracken, and lozenges in openwork (sukashi). Copper sekigane. Edo period.
Size: 76.0 x 72.6 x 6.2 mm

Unsigned.

For information regarding shakoh tsuba see article 'Kirishitan Ikenie Tsuba by Fred Geyer at Kokusai Tosogu Kai; The 2nd International Convention & Exhibition, October 18-23, 2006, pp. 84-91.

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John Milton. The poetical works : Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Poems on several Occasions. — London: Jacob Tonson, 1695.

THE | POETICAL | WORKS | OF | Mr. John Milton. | Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, | Sampson Agonistes, and his Poems | on several Occasions. | TOGETHER WITH | Explanatory NOTES on each Book of the | PARADISE LOST, and a TABLE | never before Printed. | LONDON: | Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Judges-Head near Inner-Temple-| Gate in Fleet – street , M DC XC V. || Pagination: [6] 1-343 [5] 1-66 [4] 1-57 [5] 1-60 [2] 321 [1], frontispiece and 12 plates, one before each book of Paradise Lost. Collation: 4to, folio; blank leaf, π³ B², C-Z⁴, Aa-Yy⁴, A-H⁴ I², [A]-D² †D² E-Q² [A]¹ B-Z² Aa-Zz² Aaa-Zzz² Aaaa-Mmmm² [N]¹, 2 blank leaves, + frontis. portrait and 12 plates extraneous to collation. Plates: Portrait of John Milton (British, 1608 – 1674) engraved by Robert White (British, 1645 – 1703) after William Faithorne (British, 1616 – 1691) 11 plates engraved by Michael Burghers (Dutch, c. 1640 – c. 1723) after John Baptiste de Medina (Flemish, 1659 –1710); 1 plate (for Book IV) engraved by Peter-Paul Bouché (Dutch, 1646 – c. 1697) after Bernard Lens (British, 1659 – 1725). Binding: Folio, bound in full contemporary English panelled and speckled calf, tooled in blind, re-backed, corners repaired, the lines in Paradise Lost numbered; title pages of Paradise Regain'd and Samson Agonistes dated 1695; without a list of subscribers after the general title; with the Table for Paradise Lost; printed on laid paper, with tall "s", margins sprayed red. Provenance: near-contemporary ex libris of Sarah Bugg inside front board; along with that of Sam Bontham, 1726; later owned by forger Osborne Charles Vyse Aldis (1843 – 1916), with his signature on general title, with a nine-line note in his hand and initialled on page 343. Catalogue raisonné: Gordon N. Ray, Illustrated book in England (1976): p. 3. Ref: National Gallery of Art Contributors: Bouché, Peter-Paul (Dutch, 1646 – c. 1697) Burghers, Michael (Dutch, c. 1640 – c. 1723) Faithorne, William (British, 1616 – 1691) Lens, Bernard (British, 1659 – 1725) Medina, John Baptiste de (Flemish, 1659 – 1710) Milton, John (British, 1608 – 1674) Tonson, Jacob, the Elder (British, 1655 – 1736) White, Robert (British, 1645 – 1703)

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Yagyu tsuba with wheel motif by Fukui Tsuguzaemon. Early Edo period, 17th century.

Iron tsuba of round form with design of wheel (kuruma) in openwork (sukashi). Squared rim. Copper sekigane. Yagyu school. Signed of the face: Fukui Tsuguzaemon. Early Edo period: Late 17th century (Kanbun/Enppo era). Height: 76.7 mm. Width: 76.8 mm. Rim thickness: 5.2 mm. Center thickness: 5.6 mm. Provenance: Sasano Masayuki Collection, № 203: "This design of spoke wheel relates to the 'circular principle' found in the Yagyu philosophy. Although it is very faint, Fukui Tsuguzaemon's signature is visible. Without a signature and based on appearance alone, it would undoubtable attributed to a later period".
Merrily Baird in her book "Symbols of Japan" [Merrily Baird. Symbols of Japan. Thematic motifs in art and design. Rizzoli international publications, Inc., 2001] provides the following explanation of the Wheel-of-the-Law symbol: "The Wheel-of-the-Law or Golden Wheel (rimbo, kinrin) has its origins in India, where it is known as chakra. [...] In Buddhist practice, it has been represented with eight spokes, reflecting the eight-fold path to overcoming worldly desire, and it signifies that all illusions will be crushed by the faith's enlightenment. [...] The Wheel-of-the-Law is an attribute of such deities as Senju Kannon, the Thousand-Armed Kannon, and Dainichi Nyorai, the all-illuminating solar figure who is the principal deity for Shingon Buddhism. From the Edo period on, the wheel also has been used in a secular manner", e.g. on family crests.

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A portrait of Marcello Malpighi from his Opera Posthuma (1697).

A portrait of Marcello Malpighi from his book Opera posthuma: figuris aeneis illustrata, quibus praefixa est ejusdem vita a seipso scripta, Londini:Churchill, 1697. Inscription: Marcellus Malpighius | Medicus Bononiensis mortuus 29 Novemb. Anno Dom. 1694. Anno aetatis 67. I. Kip. sculp.

Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 29 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Father of microscopical anatomy, histology, physiology and embryology" [Wikipedia].

From European Journal of Anatomy 22(5):433-439 · September 2018, an article by Sanjib Ghosh and Ashutosh Kumar 'Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694): Pioneer of microscopic anatomy and exponent of the scientific revolution of the 17th Century': Italian anatomist and an eminent scientist who significantly contributed to the advancement of the anatomical sciences in the 17th century. Malpighi was one of the first to use the compound microscope (an instrument designed by Galileo in 1609) and made the most important discovery of his life in 1661 when he identified capillaries as connecting vessels between small arteries and veins in the lungs. Malpighi thus provided the missing link in William Harvey's theory of blood circulation. He made significant contributions in the field of embryology based on his observations on chick embryo, and his efforts provided deep insights into the development of the heart and the nervous system. His communications based on microscopic studies scripted valuable details on the structural organization of organs like the liver, kidney and spleen. He identified the hepatic lobule as the fundamental unit of the liver and noted that bile was being secreted by these lobules and not from the gall bladder (the popular belief then). In the kidney, he discovered the glomerulus (Malpighian Corpuscle) and was the first to observe the convoluted tubules in the renal cortex. He was the first to describe the presence of lymphatic bodies (Malpighi's Corpuscle) in the spleen. Although he was exceedingly successful in his scientific activities, his life was fraught with unfortunate events and savage criticism from detractors arising out of professional jealousy and personal feuds. Nevertheless, his exploits were instrumental in understanding the human microscopic anatomy (histology) and his accomplishments have etched his name in the pages of medical science forever.

The portrait was engraved by Johannes "Jan" Kip (1652/53, Amsterdam – 1722, Westminster) - a Dutch draftsman, engraver and print dealer.

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Valenciennes: Valencena, quondam cygnorum vallis, urbs han: perelegãs et valde magnifica; engraving, 1612.

VALENCENA, QUONDAM | CYGNORUM VALLIS | URBS HAN: PERELEGÃS | ET VALDE MAGNIFICA. ||
Engraved and hand-coloured map of Valenciennes first produced for Braun & Hogenberg's 6-volume Civitates orbis terrarum edition in 1570.

English translation of the text printed on verso: "The Loire, an exceedingly well-known river in France, flows directly past the city and is very beneficial for trade. The fields surrounding the city are very fertile, and for this reason, the city is also called the granary throughout France, just as in earlier times Sicily was the granary of Rome. A famous wine also grows in this soil, which is exported from here not only throughout France but to all the countries in Europe. [...] The French spoken here is pure and uncorrupted, which is also the reason why so many foreigners settle here. For some are here for trade, others for study and others again to acquire the language, but also many without doubt for both these last two reasons, [...] and Germans, in particular, send their children here." [by Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.]

Dimensions: Sheet: 39.8 x 53.5 cm; Image: 35.2 x 38.5 cm.
Probably published in Cologne is 1612-18 by Petrum à Brachel: [Coloniae Agrippinae: apud Petrum à Brachel, sumptibus auctorum, 1612-1618]. Ref: LOC.

Contributors:

Georg Braun [Brunus; Bruin] (German, 1541 – 1622).

Frans Hogenberg (Flemish-German, 1535 – 1590).
Abraham Ortelius [Ortels; Orthellius; Wortels] (Dutch, 1527 – 1598).

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Shakudō kozuka of Kaga school with insects motif. Edo period, ca. 1700.

Kozuka with seven insects (fly, grasshopper, bee, butterfly, dragonfly, firefly, and cricket) and grass with dewdrops motif. Shakudō, flush gold inlay (hira-zōgan). 95.2 (H) x 13.7 mm (W). Mid Edo period (Late 17th - early 18th century, Genroku era 1688-1703). Unsigned. Kaga school. A look-a-like kozuka (with five insects) is illustrated at Japanese Sword Fittings. A descriptive catalogue of the Collection of G.H. Naunton, Esq., completed and illustrated by Henri L. Joly, - 1912 on plate XXIX, №691 [LIB-1389 in this Collection] with the following description at page 54: "Shakudō, inlaid with butterfly, dragon-fly, grasshopper, locust and another insect, gold." See also tsuba TSU-0211 in this collection:

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John Wilkins. An Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language. — London: S. Gillebrand, J. Martyn, 1668.

Title: AN ESSAY | Towards a | REAL CHARACTER, | And a | PHILOSOPHICAL | LANGUAGE. | By John Wilkins D.D. Dean of Ripon, | And Fellow of the ROYAL SOCIETY. |—| [armorial device] |—| LONDON, | Printed for Sa: Gellibrand, and for | JOHN MARTYN Printer to the ROYAL | SOCIETY, 1668. Pagination: [2] blank/order, [2] t.p./blank, [16], 1-454; + 79 leaves of Dictionary, unpaginated (158 pages); Illustrations: folding plates before pp. 167, 187, and two folding plates before p. 443. Collation: π² a-d² B-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Lll⁴ Mmm³ aaa⁴ Aaa-Sss⁴ ttt³ Size: 4to, 32 x 20 x 5 cm; Binding: Full speckled calf, later polished calf spine with raised bands, double fillet ruled gilt compartments, crimson label with gilt lettering, margins sprinkled red. The work of John Wilkins is dedicated to the problem of the universal language. Wilkins was the Dean of Ripon from 1663 to 1672 and one of the founders of the Royal Society.

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Heianjō tsuba with tiger and bamboo motif. Momoyama period.

Large and thin iron tsuba of round form (width > height) decorated with the design of a tiger sheltering in bamboo in suemon-zōgan brass inlay. A fragment of tail inlay is missing. Bamboo leaves on the reverse. According to Merrily Baird [Symbols, p. 166], tiger sheltering in bamboo symbolizes "weak giving shelter to the strong". Momoyama period. Unsigned. Dimensions: 90.8 x 91.2 x 3.4 (center), 3.1 (rim) mm. Custom wooden box. NBTHK Certificate № 4001593.

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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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Owari tsuba with wild geese and dewdrops on pampas grass motif. Early Edo period, 17th century.

Iron tsuba of slightly elongated round form with design of wild geese and drops on pampas grass (masashino) in openwork (sukashi). Rounded rim. Copper sekigane. Owari school. Early Edo period: early 17th century (Kan-ei era). Height: 78.8 mm. Width: 76.3 mm. Rim thickness: 6.1 mm. Center thickness: 6.4 mm. Provenance: Sasano Masayuki Collection, № 169. A description of musashino symbolism can be found at Symbols of Japan by Merrily Baird [Merrily Baird. Symbols of Japan. Thematic motifs in art and design. Rizzoli international publications, Inc., 2001]: Musashino - "the plain of Musashi - a large expanse in the Tokyo area, was celebrated in poetry for the grasses that grew there before the recent era of industrialization... The use of Musashino themes was particularly common in the Momoyama and Edo periods". Pampas grass with dew drops and wild geese in flight collectively provide strong autumnal connotation.

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Nishigaki tsuba with design of bamboo by Kanshiro I. Edo period, late 17th century.

Iron tsuba of quatrefoil form with design of bamboo stems and leaves in openwork (sukashi) decorated with carving (kebori) . Copper sekigane. Early Edo period, late 17th century (Kanbun / Enppo era). First generation Kanshiro of Nishigaki school in Higo Province died in the sixth year of Genroku, 1693, at the age of 81). Height: 74.4 mm; Width: 74.2 mm; Centre thickness: 4.9 mm. Rounded rim. The design was quite popular among the Higo masters.
Kanshiro III, early 18th century (Sasano 1994 №267)

Matashichi I, late 17th century (Sasano 1994 №270)

Shigemitsu II, early 18th century (Sasano 1994 №280)
The design of my tsuba closely resembles the one at the last example (Sasano 1994 №280), however, the form (mine is quatrefoil) and the execution (strength) are very different, which result in a very different spirit of my piece.

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Heianjo brass inlay tsuba with swastika and other symbols. Momoyama period (1574 – 1603).

Iron tsuba of round form pierced (sukashi) in a chessboard fashion and decorated with linear (sen-zōgan) and cast (suemon-zōgan) brass inlay, including symbols of the swastika, flower-lozenge, maple leaf, pine needle, etc. on both sides; rim and openings outlined with brass inlay. Nakagō-ana plugged with copper fittings (sekigane).
Momoyama period. End of the 16th - beginning of the 17th century. Dimensions: Diameter: 75.5; Thickness: 4.5 mm.

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Yoshirō mon-sukashi tsuba. Momoyama or early Edo period (1574-1650)

Well-forged iron plate of round shape (maru-gata) is decorated with water weeds or arabesque (karakusa) in flat brass inlay (hira-zōgan) all over and eight family crests (mon) of round form in cast brass with delicate linear carving (kebori) and openwork (sukashi). Crests represent: [at 9 hours] three counter-clockwise commas or swirls (tomoe); [at 10:30] plum blossom (ume); [at 12:00, 1:130, and 7:30] - stylized flower made by cutting out five suhama symblos (flower-shaped suhama); [at 3:00] bellflower (kikyō); [at 4:30] seven-star crest (shichiyō-mon); [at 6:00] cherry blossom (sakura). Brass-trimmed ryo-hitsu. Copper sekigane. Yoshirō school. Momoyama or early Edo period, end of the 16th to first half of the 17th century (1574-1650). Inscription on seppa-dai: 八幡 - Hachiman. Size: height 89.6 mm, width 89.3 mm, thickness at seppa-dai 3,0 mm. Weight 129.7 g. NBTHK certificate № 4007685, June 27, 2015: HOZON (Worthy of Preservation). As for the inscription, Nihonto Message Board blog discussion provides the following explanation of the inscription: "An expression of conviction as to being the best under the sun". On the other hand, there may be more in this confluence of symbols: the tomoe crest at 9:00 is "the kamon of Hachiman, the war god" [Family Crests of Japan; Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, CA, 2007, p. 108]. The character 八 in the inscription cut stronger than the other kanji, and may be by a different hand in different time. 八 (hachi, eight): "The numeral eight was appreciated because its shape broadens toward the bottom, symbolizing eternal expansion" [ibid, p. 119]. It may be said that this tsuba is dedicated to Hachiman. Other crests (suhama, bellflower, seven-stars, plum and cherry blossoms) collectively allude to "good old times" when Fijiwara and Taira clans were in full bloom. Markus Sesko believes that the inscriptions reads: Hachiman: "the inscription is/was HACHIMAN (八幡), the God of War and a relatively popular inscription for tsuba, swords and armor." Elliott Long and Robert Haynes provide the following explanation of the inscription: "...hachi is correct and represents the name of the HACHI SHRINE. The inscription reads 'YAWATA' which is the name of the mountain in Mino Province where the HACHI Shrine is located". Details on Hachiman Shrine in Yawata (八幡市) can be found elsewhere, including Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan by Edmond Papinot. Van Ham auction house provides the following description: MON-SUKASHI TSUBA. MARUGATA. Japan. Momoyama period. Yoshiro school. Iron with inlays of brass. In hira-zogan technique with kebori engraving eight different family emblems (mon). An old inscription is dedicated to the deity Hachiman. D.4.5mm, Ø 8.3cm. Condition A/B. Supplement: Wooden box and NBTHK certificate.

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Antiquitates Christianæ: or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: as Also the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of His Apostles, in 2 parts / The 8th edition. — London: Luke Meredith, 1694.

Title (black and red): ANTIQUITATES CHRISTIANÆ: |—| OR, THE | HISTORY | OF THE | LIFE AND DEATH | OF THE | HOLY JESUS: | AS ALSO THE Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms | OF HIS | APOSTLES. |—| IN TWO PARTS. |—| The Firƒt Part, containing The Life of CHRIST, written by | Jer. Taylor, Late Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. | The Second, Containing The Lives of the APOSTLES, with an | Enumeration, and ƒome Brief Remarks upon their firƒt Successors in | the Five Great APOSTOLICAL CHURCHES, | By WILLIAM CAVE, D. D. Chaplain in | Ordinary to His MAJESTY. | By whom alƒo is added an APPARATUS, or Diƒcourƒe Introductory to the whole Work, | concerning the Three Great Diƒpenƒations of the Church, Patriarchal, Moƒaical, and Evangelical. |—| THE EIGHTH EDITION. |—| Orig. contr. Celƒ. lib. 1. in Proœm. p. 1, 2. | [text in Greek] |—| LONDON, | Printed by R. N. for Luke Meredith, at the Sign of the Star in | St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCXCIV. Collation of this book is unusual, it is called "Folio in 6s" (three sheets are folded in half to create a gathering of 6 leaves). Two unsigned leaves: (1) Engraved frontispiece "The Annunciation" by Willian Faithorne "the Elder" (British, 1616 – 1691), recto blank; (2) engraved title by the same engraver, verso blank; (*) gathering of 4: black and red title page, verso blank; epistle; to reader; imprim. (A⁶to Sƒ⁶) Engraved portrait of Jeremy Taylor by Pierre Lombart (French, 1612 – 1682); faux title page: "The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life... MDCXCIII"; dedication; contents, then to the end of the first book. (A-Z⁴ Aa-Bb⁴ Cc²) The second book has collation in quarto: Faux title page: "Antiquitates Christianæ: or the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms... MDCXCIV", etc. to the end. Full formula: π²_*⁴ a-c⁶ d⁸ A-Z⁶ Aa-Sƒ⁶ A-Z⁴ Aa-Bb⁴ Cc² Pagination: [12] I-LI [LII] [12] I-XXVIII, i-vi, (1st book): [2] I-145 [146-150] 151-432 [12]; (2nd book): [8] i-xiv, 1-188. 22 plates : frontis., t.p., portrait, one folding before p. 65, two after pp. [146], [150], 282, 304, 364, 386, 414, [422], and numerous head-pieces. Size: 36 x 23.5 x 5.7 cm Binding: full calf with the later spine, raised bands; front board with remnants of gilt ruling and blind stamped border, back bord probably original with a blind-stamped centre panel with fleurons.

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Higo school tsuba with a design of nesting crane in openwork. Edo period, 17th century.

Iron tsuba of round form (tsurumaru) decorated with a design of crane and pines, or "nesting crane (sugomori-tsuru)" in openwork (sukashi). Details carved in kebori. Rounded rim.

Size: 74.7 x 69.8 x 4.8 mm.

Unsigned.

Edo period, ca. 17th century.
NBTHK Certificate № 463485. The certificate says it's a Higo School piece. The design was popular in both Akasaka and Higo schools. The Akasaka example: at Kodogu and tsuba. International collections not published in my books. (Toso Soran). Ph. D. Kazutaro Torigoye, 1978, p. 246: "Late Edo. Jiyūgata. Sined: Akasaka Tadanori saku."
Torigoye, 1978, p. 246. Late Akasaka.

The Higo example can be found at Iron tsuba. The works of the exhibition "Kurogane no hana", The Japanese Sword Museum, 2014, p. 69, №56: Sugomori-tsuru sukashi-tsuba (Nesting Carne). Mumei: Matashichi (1st generation), early 17th century.
Kurogane no hana, 2014, p. 69, №56. Higo tsuba.

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Isaac Bullart. Academie des sciences et des arts / 2 volumes. — Amsterdam: Elzevier [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 AMSTERDAM, | Se vendent chez les Heritiers de Daniel Elzevier, 1682. || Vol. 1: Pagination: 2 blank end-leaves, [2] – Two-volumes h.t. / blank ; [2] – 1^st vol. t.p. in black and red with vignette engraved by Pieter Clouwet (Flemish, 1629–1670) after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Dutch, 1596 - 1675), book-label 'I. A. Aubert' pasted / 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] – Advis au lecteur; [1, 2] – noms politiques / blank (A₁), 3(A₂)-416, 2 blank end-leaves; laking 8 last pages 417-424 if compared to Paris 2 in 1 vol. edition LIB-2676.2021, and lacking 4 last pages if compared with another Amsterdam edition LIB-2239.2019. These last 4 pages contain portraits and eulogies of François Primatici and Jacques Barozzi de Vignole. Collation: 4to; [*]⁶, **⁸, A⁶ B-Fff⁴, lacking Ggg⁴, 118 plates (instead of 120) within a collation. Vol. 2: Pagination: 2 blank end-leaves, [2] – tome second h.t. / blank ; [2] – 2^nd vol. t.p. in black and red with vignette similar to vol. 1, with book-label 'I. A. Aubert' / blank; [4] – advertissement; [2] – f.t. Theologiens / blank; [2] – noms theologiens / blank 1-501 [3] – table eloges, 1 blank end-leaf. Collation: 4to; [*]⁴, **², A-Sss⁴, 159 plates within a collation. Binding: both volumes uniformly bound in full contemporary cream vellum with blind double fillet over boards, raised bands, compartments tooled in black, brown calf labels with gilt lettering to spine. Printed on laid paper, with tall "s", all margins sprinkled red; the size of each vol.: 32.2 x 20.5 x 4.7 cm. A full description of plates, as well as their images, presented in LIB-2676.2021.

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Kanayama tsuba with the Chinese character motif. Early Edo period, 17th century.

Iron tsuba of round form with design of the Chinese character for cinnabar (shu-no-ji) in openwork (sukashi). Round-cornered rim. Copper sekigane. Kanayama school. Early Edo period: Early 17th century (Kan-ei era). Height: 70.0 mm. Width: 69.6 mm. Rim thickness: 6.8 mm. Center thickness: 5.8 mm. Provenance: Sasano Masayuki Collection, № 139: "Many areas have a coarse texture and strong tekkotsu, with the thickness of the metal graduating from the rim to the seppa-dai. The combined color of the iron and motif date this work to the early Edo period".

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Tantō tsuba with paulownia and karakusa design. Early Edo period, 17th century.

Small iron tsuba (tantō size) of aoi form with the design of paulownia leaves and blossoms in copper and brass flat inlay (hira-zōgan). Brass sekigane. Open kozuka hitsu-ana.

Early Edo period, 17th century.

Size: 53.4 x 40.7 x 4.4 mm; weight: 47.4 g

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Yoshirō brass inlay tantō tsuba by Koike Naomasa; Momoyama period (1574 – 1603).

Small iron tsuba for a dagger (tantō), of quatrefoil form (mokkō-gata), with raised rim (mimi), decorated with flat brass inlay (hira-zōgan) to form an abstract design alluding to the mushroom of immortality (reishi). Opening (hitsu-ana) to the left of nakaga-ana probably cut later and fitted with shakudo sekigane. Maker's signature on seppa-dai: Koike Naomasa (小池直正).
Momoyama period: End of the 16th - beginning of the 17th century. Dimensions: Height 53.7 mm; Width: 45.5 mm; Thickness at centre: 3.5 mm; at rim: 4.9 mm. Other examples of signed Koike Naomasa work in this collection: TSU-0346. Reference: The closest example in literature is in Compton Collection (II): №11 with the description: “A Koike School tsuba, Edo period (circa 1625), signed Koike Yoshiro. Sheet-brass flush inlay of cloud forms and wire inlay creating the same shape. Koike Yoshiro Naomasa worked from the Keicho to the Genna periods (1596-1623). He arrived in Kyoto from Kaga.” [Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr. Walter Ames Compton (Part II) / Sebastian Izzard, Yoshinori Munemura. — Christie's, New York, October 22, 1992]. See: Yoshirō tsuba.

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Yoshirō mon-sukashi tsuba. Momoyama or early Edo period.

Iron tsuba of round form decorated with eight roundels - circular emblems of flowers and/or family crests (mon) made of cast brass, pierced and chiseled in kebori, and with flat brass inlay (hira-zōgan) of vines or seaweed all over the plate. Hitsu-ana outlined in brass. Four positive silhouette roundels are 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6- pointing crests/flowers; four negative silhouette roundels are bellflower, cherry blossom, and suhama. Yoshirō school (Kaga-Yoshirō). The Momoyama or early Edo period, beginning of 17th century. Size: diameter 77 mm, thickness 3,8 mm

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John Locke. An essay concerning human understanding, in four books / The 3rd Edition. — London: Awnsham and John Churchil, Samuel Manship, 1695.

Title: AN | ESSAY | CONCERNING | HUMANE UNDERSTANDING, |—| In Four BOOKS. |—| Written by JOHN LOCKE, Gent. |—| The Third EDITION. |—| Quam bellum est velle confiteri potius nescire quod nes- | cias, quam ista effutientem nauseare, atque ipsum sibi | displicere! Cic. De Natur. Deor. l. I. |—| LONDON: | Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black | Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, and Samuel Manship, at the | Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange, 1695. Collation: [π²]-b⁶, a-c⁴, B-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Fff⁴ Ggg-Iii² Pagination: [40] 1-407 [13]. Catalogue raisoné: The works of John Locke; a comprehensive bibliography from the seventeenth century to the present. Compiled by John C. Attig. Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Philosophy, Number 1. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT & London, England, 1985. p. 42, №230 provides for pagination [40] 407, [13]p. Page by page reprint of 1694 edition. Regarding the epigraph on t.p.: The correct citation from CICERO, De Natura Deorum: "Quam bellum erat, Vellei, confiteri potius nescire, quod nescires, quam ista effutientem nauseare atque ipsum sibi displicere." [How delightful it would be, Velleius, if when you did not know a thing you would admit your ignorance, instead of uttering this drivel, which must make even your own gorge rise with disgust!] This life-time edition was presented as a gift to Dr Elisha Atkins (1949 – 2019), professor at Yale University School of Medicine, on July 1st, 1967, by his students, namely Carolyn Wells [Bush] (1923 – 2013), John Mooney (now a psychiatrist in Boston), and Charles Dinarello. Size: 32 x 23 cm Binding: Fill modern morocco, panelled and ruled gilt, raised bands, gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering; in a slipcase.

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Owari tsuba with double crossbar and family crests motif. Early Edo period, 17th century.

Iron tsuba of round form with design of double crossbar and two family crests (hikiryo-ni-kamon) in openwork (sukashi). Squared rim. Copper sekigane. Owari school. Early Edo period: Late 17th century (Kanbun / Enppo era). Height: 80.9 mm. Width: 80.8 mm. Rim thickness: 5.0 mm. Center thickness: 4.6 mm. Provenance: Sasano Masayuki Collection, № 172: "A paulownia and a clover are diagonally opposite two crossbars. This expressive design suggests a Higo origin, but the iron and the finish are certainly of the Owari school. Work of this nature may have been influenced by Hayashi Matashichi (1613-1699)."

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[Pierre Jurieu]. The accomplishment of the prophecies, or the approaching deliverance of the church / Translated from the French. — London: [s.n.], 1687.

Title page (with tall “s”): THE | ACCOMPLISHMENT | OF THE | PROPHECIES, | OR THE | Approaching Deliverance of | the CHURCH. | A work, wherein it is proved, that the Papism | is the Antichristian Empire; that that Empire is not far | from its ruin ; that the present persecution may end in | three years and a half. After which, the destruction | of Antichrist shall begin, which shall be finished in the | beginning of the next Age ; and lastly, the Kingdom | of Jesus Christ shall come on the Earth. | — | The second Edition Corrected and Enlarged by almost | a third part, and the explication of all the Visions of the Re- | velation, and of many Chapters concerning mystical Theology. | — | 2 vols. In 1, | — | Written in French by Mr. PETER JURIEU , the present | Minister of the French Church at Rotterdam. And from | this second Edition faithfully Englished. | — | LONDON , Printed in the Year 1687. || Pagination: ffl, [48] 1-271 [272 blank] + 3-99, 200-396, bfl. Note: part 2 starts with page 3, page 99 recto is paginated 200 on verso, instead of 100; total number of pages in part 2, thus, is 294. Collation is uninterrupted. Collation: *-**⁸ A-S⁸ + Aa⁷ Bb-Ss⁸ Tt⁴. Note: no leaf Aa₁, leaf Tt₄ unsigned; 307 leaves total. Binding: Full brown calf, boards ruled blind with double-fillet, flat spine stamped blind with a diaper, double-fillet ruled compartments, black label with gilt lettering. Printed on laid paper, with marginal notes. Yellow sticker to front pastedown G. Batenham, Bookseller, Northgate, Chester. Author: Pierre Jurieu (French, 1637 – 1713). Translator unknown. Publisher unknown.
English translation of the book:Pierre Jurieu. L'accomplissement des Propheties ou la delivrance prochaine de l'Eglise. —Rotterdam: Acher, 1686.

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Shoami tsuba with ginger and double diamonds motif. Early Edo period, 17th century.

Iron tsuba of round form with design of ginger and double diamonds (myoga-ni-nigaibishi) in openwork (sukashi), details carved in kebori technique. Slightly rounded square rim. Copper sekigane. Shoami school. Early Edo period: Late 17th century (Kanbun/Enppo era). Height: 80.1 mm. Width: 79.8 mm. Rim thickness: 5.0 mm. Center thickness: 4.7 mm. Provenance: Sasano Masayuki Collection, № 110.

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Tantō tsuba with paulownia and karakusa design. Early Edo period, 17th century.

Small iron tsuba (tantō size) of oval form carved with imitation of six overlapping plates, decorated with paulownia blossoms, leaves, and tendrils in brass and copper hira-zōgan. Copper sekigane. Open kozuka hitsu-ana.

Early Edo period, 17th century.

Size: 50.5 x 34.0 x 4.9 mm.

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Owari tsuba with slanting rays of light (tokei) motif / Edo period, early 17th century.

Iron tsuba of the round form (maru gata) with a grey patina pierced with the design of slanting rays of light (Jesuit’s IHS symbol) and a pair of ginger symbols [茗荷] (myōga) at top and bottom, in positive silhouette (ji-sukashi). This design is often called “tokei” [時計] or “clock gear”. Rounded rim, large hitsu-ana, copper fittings (sekigane). Unsigned, unpapered. Owari school. Early Edo period, early 17th century.
Size: H 71.9 x W 71.1 x Th (centre) 5.5 cm.
For information regarding this type of tsuba see the article 'Kirishitan Ikenie Tsuba by Fred Geyer at Kokusai Tosogu Kai; The 2nd International Convention & Exhibition, October 18-23, 2006, pp. 84-91.

IHS emblem of the Jesuits

茗荷 Myoga or Japanese ginger

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Ko-Shōami tsuba with design of lattice (kōshi-mon). Momoyama or early Edo period.

Iron tsuba of round form with design of lattice (kōshi-mon, 格子文) cut in openwork (sukashi), with low relief shallow linear carving along the bars. Well forged plate with brown-ish hue. To the right of nakago-ana there is a clear inscription of the character Shō (正), which is explained by Markus Sesko is follows: "The Shinsa obviously recognized more from the signature when having the tsuba in hand, i.e. they were confident to say it is signed "Shōami" but the rest is illegible (ika-fumei, 以下不明). That is, if they were just able to read the first character SHŌ (正) and saw that there were two more, most likely A (阿) and MI (弥), they would have put those character in boxes on the paper. Boxes around characters namely means that the character is not 100% legible but it can be assumed what it is." Momoyama or early Edo period. Dimensions: 85.9 mm diameter, 3.6 mm thickness at seppa-dai. Weight: 79 g. NBTHK certificate № 425069 with attestation: Hozon - "Worthy of preservation". A similar tsuba is presented at Japanese Sword Fittings from the R. B. Caldwell Collection. Sale LN4188 "HIGO". Sotheby's, 30th March 1994, №15. The description says: "A rare early Kamakura-bori tsuba. Nambokucho period (late 14th century). Of circular form, the dark plate carved and pierced with a gate design, the struts with double engraved lines. Unsigned. 8.5 cm." The lot was sold for 1,840 GBP.
Caldwell Collection. Sotheby's 1994, №15.
We have two possible explanations of the discrepancy between Sotheby's and Shinsa/Sesko attribution: 1) either Sotheby's or Shinsa/Sesko were wrong in their attribution or 2) these are two different pieces, one - Kamakura-bori from the 14th century and another - Shōami from 16th/17th century. Anyway, I would consider my piece as a Shōami tsuba of Momoyama - early Edo period, just for the sake of modesty.

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John Allington. The grand conspiracy of the members against the minde, of Jewes against their King. — London: R. Royston, 1654.

Title: THE | GRAND CONSPIRACY | OF THE | Members again∫t the Minde, | OF | Jewes again∫t their King. | As it hath beene delivered in the | foure following Sermons, | BY | John Allington, [A ∫eque∫tered Divine.] | — | {ornament} | — | LONDON, | Printed by J.G. for R. Royston, | at the Angel in Ivie-lane, 1654.|| Contents: Grand conspiracy of Jewes against their King. A sermon preached in August 1647; Grand conspiracy of Jewes against their King. A sermon preached in January 1649; Grand conspiracy of Jewes against their King. A demonstration of the highest insolencies proceed from men of the lowest and most base extractions Pagination: [2] – t.p. / blank; 1-214. Collation: 12mo; A-I¹². Binding: Hardcover; 15 x 9.5 cm, later blind-stamped morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering in compartments. Inscription: Ink by hand by John Bartham, January 30, 1665, to t.p. verso; Pencil by hand to front pastedown: Wing A 1209A.

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Yoshirō mon-sukashi tsuba. Momoyama or early Edo period (1574-1650).

Iron tsuba of round form, tapering from centre to the rim, decorated with eight roundels – circular emblems of flowers and/or family crests (mon) made of cast brass, pierced and chiselled in kebori, and with flat brass inlay (hira-zōgan) of water plantain (omodaka) and seaweed all over the plate. Hitsu-ana outlined in brass. Four positive silhouette roundels are 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12 – pointing crests/flowers; four negative silhouette roundels – bellflower, cherry and plum blossoms. Yoshirō school (Kaga-Yoshirō). Unsigned. The Momoyama or early Edo period, end of the 16th to the first half of the 17th century (1574-1650). Size: H: 88.3 mm; W: 88.7 mm; Thickness 4.0 mm (Seppa-dai), 3,2 cm (rim). Other Kaga-Yoshiro tsuba in this collection: TSU-0334: 7.7 cm; TSU-0342.2017: 89.6 cm; TSU-0344: 8.1 cm; TSU-0329: 8.0 cm; TSU-0376.2018: 8.1 cm; TSU-0379.2018: 8.2 cm. We see that the usual size is about 8 cm; larger pieces, such as this one and TSU-0342.2017 dedicated to Hachiman, are rare. Article about Yoshiro tsuba.

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Kyo-sukashi tsuba with hollyhock and wild geese motif. Momoyama period.

Kyo-sukashi iron tsuba of round form with design of hollyhock (aoi ) and wild geese. Slightly rounded rim. Copper sekigane. Momoyama period, late 16th - early 17th century. Height: 82.6 mm, Width: 82.1 mm, Thickness at seppa-dai: 4.5 mm. NTHK (Nihon Token Hozon Kai) certified.

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Isaac Bullart. Academie des sciences et des arts / 1st vol. of two. — Amsterdam: Elzevier [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 AMSTERDAM, | Se vendent chez les Heritiers de Daniel Elzevier, 1682. || 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] vinette “Tardius sed grandius” with an elephant in ornamental frame / text; [2] – Advis au lecteur; [1, 2] – f.t. livre premiere, illustres politiques / blank; [2] – noms politiques / blank (A₁, after f.t.), 3(A₂)-421, [422-424] – table eloges. Collation: [*]⁶, **⁸, A⁶ B-Ggg⁴. (14 prelim. leaves, as in LIB-2675.2021; the LIB-2676.2021 copy has 12) Binding: 34.5 x 22 x 4.3 cm.34.5 x 22 x 4.3 cm, hardbound; full calf, raised bands. The title is drawn by Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Dutch, 1596 - 1675) and engraved by Peeter Clouwet (Flemish, 1629–1670). The first volume of a two-volume set contains 119 copperplate burin-engraved portraits of selected politicians, historians, jurists, writers, and Italian artists. 26 portraits engraved by Esme de Boulonois (French,1645 – 1681), 3 unsigned, and the rest engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin I (French, 1632 – 1694), signed de Larmessin or de Larmeßin or DL. Portrait of Rafael engraved by Lamerssin after Titian; Portrait of Lavinia Vecellio, (Italian, 1530 – 1575), Titian' daughter, engraved by Lamerssin after Titian, Portrait of Jacques Auguste de Thou engraved by de Boulonois after Daniel Dumonstier. Politicians: Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal de Granvelle; Arnaud d'Ossat, Cardinal; Auger Busbeque; Bessarion, Cardinal; François Ximenes, Cardinal; George d'Amboise, Cardinal; Gille Albornoz, Cardinal; Guillaume de Croy; Guy du Faur de Pybrac; Jacques Auguste de Thou; Jean de Selve; Jean Zamoski; Jean de Barnevelt; Jean Armand du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu; Jule Mazarin, Cardinal; Michel de l'Hospital; Renaud Pole, Cardinal; Stanislas Hosius, Cardinal; Thomas Morus; Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal. Historians: Bertrand d'Argentré; Cæsar Baronius, Cardinal; Emanuel de Meteren; Enguerand de Monstrelet; Florimond de Remond; François Guicciardin; Fulve Ursin; Guillaume Camden; Henry Catherine d'Avila; Hubert Goltzius; Jacques Amiot; Jean Aventin; Jean Baptiste Platina; Jean Barclay; Jean Froissard; Jean Papirius Masson; Nicolas le Febure; Olivier de la Marche; Onuphre Panuinius; Pandolphe Collenuce; Paul Jove; Philippe de Commines; Pontus Heuterus; Regino Abbé de Prumy; Robert Gaguin; Wolfgang Lazius. Jurists: Alexandre de Tartagnis; André Alciat; André Tiraqueau; Antoine Augustin; Antoine le Febvre; Boece Epo; Charles du Moulin; François Bauduin; Gabriel Mudée; Jacques Cuias; Jason Mainus; Jean Wamese; Mathieu Wesenbec; Philippe Dece; Pierre Peckius; Pierre Pithou; Tibere Decian; Viglius de Zuichem. Writers/Linguists: Ange Politian; Demetrius Chalcondyles; Emanuel Chrysoloras; François Philelphe; François Raphelenge; Guillaume Postel; Jean Argyropilus; Jean Bocace; Jean Lascaris; Jean Passerat; Jean Pierius Valerianus; Jeanne Gray; Nicolas Clenard; Pierre Nannius; Rudolphe Agricola; Theodore Gaza. Italian painters, architects, and sculptors: André Mantegna; André Organa; André del Sarto; André Tafi; André Verrochio; Antoine de Correge; Antoine de Messine; Arnoud di Lappo; Baccio Bandinel; Balthazar Perusi; Bramante d'Urbin; Daniel Ricciarelli; Dominique Beccafumi; Donato; François Mazzuoli; François Primatici; Frere Philippe Lippi; Giorgion; Giotto; Jacques Barozzi de Vignole; Jean Antoine Licinio de Pordenone; Jean Cimabue; Jean d'Udine; Jean François Rustici; Jule Romain; Le Rosso; Leonard de Vinci; Masaccio; Michel-Ange Buonarotti; Perin del Vaga; Philippe Bruneleschi; Philippe Lippi; Polidore de Caravage; Propertia de Rossi; Raphael Sanzio d'Urbin; Sandro Boticelli; Simon Memmi; Taddée Gaddi; Titian Uccello.

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Heianjo brass inlay tsuba with bellflowers, vines and a dragonfly / Edo period (c. 1650-1700).

Iron tsuba of a spindle shape (tate-itomaki-gata) pierced and inlaid in brass suemon-zōgan with bellflowers, vines and foliage, and a dragonfly in the upper right corner, on both sides. One of the hitsu-ana plugged with grey metal (led or pewter), nakaga-ana fitted with copper sekigane. The shape of the tsuba may be interpreted as four saddles connected to each other by horse bits. Such a design of sukashi and zōgan is usually attributed to Kaga Yoshirō branch of Heianjo school, active in the second half of the 17th century (c. 1650-1700). Size: 95.9 mm diagonal; 4.1 mm thickness. Tokubetsu Kicho certificate № 332 issued by NBTHK on October 12, 1965.

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Blue and white porcelain plate with a crane, China, Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644).

Plate with crane, bird, plants, and four treasures. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration and illegible factory mark to the bottom. Ming Dynasty [大明] (1368 – 1644); Wanli Era (1572 – 1620); Late 16th – Early 17th century. Diameter: 19.5 cm; Height: 3 cm

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Tsuba with design of water wheel, cherry blossom, and waves. Momoyama period.

Iron tsuba of round form decorated with design of sea waves in low relief carving (kebori) and pierced with design of cherry blossom in negative silhouette (in-sukashi) and water wheel in positive silhouette (ji-sukashi). The solid portion of the plate has a shallow groove just before the edge. Copper sekigane. School attribution is unclear. Unsigned. Momoyama period, 16th - 17th century. Dimensions: Height: 70.3 mm, width: 71.1 mm, thickness at seppa-dai: 4.4 mm, at rim 4.1 mm. Provenance: Robert E. Haynes, Mark Weisman. This is what shibuiswords.com says about this tsuba:
"A very unusual iron plate tsuba. The solid plate is carved with waves on both sides. A cherry bloom in sukashi, lower left, and the right third of the plate in openwork with design of a water wheel. The rim with some iron bones. The hitsu-ana is original but the shape may have been slightly changed. One would expect this to be the work of the early Edo period, but the age of the walls of the sukashi would suggest that this is a work of the middle Muromachi period. This must be the forerunner for the Edo examples we see of this type of design." (Haynes)
I managed to find a look-a-like tsuba in Haynes Catalog #5, 1983, pp. 20-21, №44: "Typical later Heianjo brass inlay example. Ca. 1725. Ht. 7 cm., Th. 4.5 mm., $100/200".
Haynes Catalog #5, 1983, pp. 20-21, №44.
We see that the plate design of both tsuba is the same, and the only difference is the trim. It would be logical to assume that both pieces were made at about the same time, rather than 225 years apart. To be fair, let's accept that they were made in Momoyama period.

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