JUNIUS, H. Batavia. In qua praeter gentis et insulae antiquitatem, originem, decora, mores, aliaque ad eam historiam pertinentia declaratur quae fuerit vetus Batavia (…). Leyden, Ex Off. Plantiniana, Fr. Raphelengius, 1588. (20), 411 pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. & some text-woodcuts. - Bound with: J. DOUSA, (Jr.). Bataviae Hollandiaeq. annales. Concepti atque inchoati iam olim; nunc verò a Patre eidem (...) suppleti, novaque octo librorum accessione ad integrae usque Decadis finem perducti & continuati. Leyden, Ex Off. Plantiniana, C. Raphelengius, 1601. (36), 501, (11) pp. W. small woodcut printer's mark. - 2 in 1 vol. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Ties fail, ex libr. copy w. stamp on first ti., name entries on ti., first free endpaper gone, lower outer corner stained throughout).
Ad 1: Hadrianus Junius (Adriaen de Jonghe) (1511-75), physician and humanist, much praised by Lipsius. This first edition was published posthumously by J. Dousa Sr. and covers the Roman period and the Middle Ages. Famous is Junius's account of the invention of printing by Coster. - Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 263a; Adams J-442. Ad 2: Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 146d.€ 300
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