RENAISSANCE MAN:

The Reconstructed Libraries of European Scholars, 1450-1700

Series One The Books and Manuscripts of John Dee, 1527-1608

Parts 4 to 6: John Dee's Annotated Books from the Library of the Royal College of Physicians, London

Detailed Listing - Part 6

Annotated Books

The number in brackets at the end of each shelf-mark is the Roberts & Watson number. Please see John Dee’s Library Catalogue, edited by Julian Roberts and Andrew G Watson, (The London Bibliographical Society, 1990). For these printed books the shelf mark for the individual volume is given before the comma e.g. D 135/7 and the numbers and letter after the comma refer to the shelf location in the Dorchester Library e.g. 19d where 19 is the number of the bay in the Library and where for instance each bay has five shelves: a = the top shelf, d = the fourth shelf and e = the bottom shelf.) The bold type for printed books is the direct transcription from John Dee’s Library Catalogue. The italic type gives the modern equivalent of the title.

REEL 91

D135/7, 19d(1110)
Plauti Comoediae XX cu anota[tionibus]. 8°. Basileae. 1558.
Plautus, Comoediae, (Basel, 1558).
The title page reads: “M. Accii Plauti Comoediae XX. Diligente cura, et singulari studio Ioachimi Camerarii Pabeperg. emendatius nunc quàm antè unquam ab ullo, editae… Basileae, 1558.”
The spine reads: “Plautius Comoediae. Basil. 1558.”

D136/5, 20a(1142)
Seneca tragoediae. 8°. Lipsiae. 1566.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, Tragoediae, (Lipsiae, 1566).
The title page reads: “L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae. Editae Emendatiores Studio Georgii Fabricii Chemnicensis. Lipsiae."
The spine reads: “Senecae Tragoediae 1566”.

REEL 92

D135/14, 20a(1953)
Anton. Geufraei descriptio Aulae Turcicae & Honigerus Koningshoff de rebus Turcicis. 8°. 2bus tomis. Basil. 1577.
Geuffroy, Antoine, Aulae Turcicae, (Basel, 1577)
The title page reads: “Pars I. Aulae Turcicae Othomannicique Imperii Descriptio : Qua Turcarum Palatina officia, mores, religio : sectaë item Mahometicae, Imperiorumque IIII ex ea prodenntium status luculenter enarrantur… Ab Antonio Geufraeo Gallice Edita. Pars II. Solymanni XII et Selymi XIII Turcar. Impp. Contra Christianos… Per N. Honigerum Koningshof. Franc. Basileae.”
The spine reads: “Aula Turcica. Koningshof. 1577.”

REEL 93

D135/18, 20a(1065)
Diverses leçons de Pierre Messie, en françois. 8°. Lugduni 1563.
Mexia, Pedro, Les Diverses Leçons de Pierre Messie Gentil-homme de Seuile, (Lyon, 1563).
The title page reads: “Les Diverses Leçons de Pierre Messie Gentil-homme de Seuile.
Lyon 1563.”

D136/1, 20a(759 ?)
Joh. Velcurionis physices Epitome. 8°. Lugduni 1544.
Velcurio, Johannes, In universam physicam Aristotelis…commentariorum libri IIII,
(Lyon, 1573).
The title page reads: “Ioannis Velcurionis Commentariorum Libri IIII. In universam Aristotelis Physicen : nunc recèns Summa fide exactáque diligentia castigati et excusi. Lugduni 1573.” There are a few underlinings and annotations, especially pp 42-56. A signature has been cut out from the title page. This is clearly a later volume, but shows some evidence of belonging to Dee.

REEL 94

D136/4, 20a(823 & 824)
There are two separate bound volumes:
1.Beati Rhenani, Alciati & Beroaldi Annotationes in Cornel. Tacitus. 8°. Lugd. 1542. Tacitus, Annotationes, (Volume I, Lyon, 1542).
The spine reads: “Tacitus I. Lugduni 1542.”
The title page reads: “P. Cornelii Taciti Equitis Ro. Ab Excessu Augusti. Lugduni 1542.”
Pages 683-710 feature copious annotations and underlinings, probably by Dee.

2.Cornelius Tacitus ex castigatione Beati Rhenani &c. 8°. Gryphius. 1542.
Tacitus, Annotationes, (Volume II, Lyon, 1542).
The spine reads: “Tacitus II. Lugduni 1542.”
There are some manuscript notes in Latin on the inside front cover and inside back cover. The page on vellum prior to the title page containing further manuscript notes has been cut out and removed.
The title page reads: “In P. Cornelium Tacitum Annotationes… Lugduni 1542.” The frontispiece of volume II includes the wording “John Dee off Spyringe 1544.” Agricola is heavily annotated, as is book 12 of the Annales, relating to Britain. There are also notes by Nicholas Saunder.

D136/7, 20a(895 ??)
Herodiani historia graecè & latinè. 8°. Basil. 1553.
Herodian, De Romanorum Imperatorum, (Basel, 1553).
The spine reads: “Herodianus. Basileae 1563.”
The title page reads: “Herodiani De Romanorum Imperatorum vita ac rebus gestis Libri VIII… Graecè et Latinè, eregionè, ut citra negocium ab utriusque linguae studiosis conferri possint. Angelo Politiano. Interprete. Basileae, per Henricum Petri.”
There are various manuscript notes at the rear of the volume; also some further manuscript notes at the front of the volume. These are slightly difficult to decipher. The title page shows possible signs of a signature having been bleached out at the top of the page. There are also some partially removed pages at the end of the volume. Could this volume also have belonged to Dee?

REEL 95

D136/8, 20a(1122)
Euripidis tragoediae. latine 8°. Francoforti. 1562.
Euripides, Tragoediae, (Frankfurt, 1562).
The title page reads: “Euripidis. Tragoediae, Quae Hodie extant, omnes, Latinè soluta oratione redditae, ita ut versus versui repondeat. E praelectionibus Philippi Melanthonis.
Francofurti 1562."
The spine reads: “Euripides. Melanchthon 1562.”

D136/9, 20a(2086 ?)
Sebastiani Foxij physica 8° Parisijs 1560.
Foxius Morzillus, Sebastianus, De naturae philosophia libri V, (Paris, 1560).
The title page reads: “Sebastiani Foxii Morzilli Hispalensis De Naturae Philosophia, seu de Platonis, et Aristotelis consensione, Libri V. Parisiis MDLX."
The spine reads: “De Naturae Philosophia Foxius Morzillus 1560.”
Signed “Nicholas Saunder” on the title page and other wording is bleached out at top and at bottom of title page. There are some marginal markings against passages in the “Praefatio”. This item seems to match Roberts & Watson number 2086.

REEL 96

D136/10, 20a(1047)
Pomponatij opera nonulla 8° Basil. 1567.
Pomponatius, Petrus, Philosophi et Theologi Doctrina, (Basel, 1567).
The title page reads: "Petri Pomponatii Philosophi et Theologi Doctrina et ingenio praestantissimi, Opera... Basileae."
The spine reads: “Opera Pomponatius, 1567.”

D136/16, 20b(718)
Quintiliani institutiones oratoriae et declamationes 8°. Lugd. Gryph. 1540. ~ 2bus vol. Quintilianus, Institutionum Oratoriarum, (Lyon, 1540).
The title page reads: "M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII... Lugduni 1540." Lots of marginalia. Some damage at rear of volume from bookworm. The note in John Dee’s Library Catalogue reads “Fr – declamationes The first part lacketh.” Dee’s copy of this first part is now located and reproduced here. At the head of the title is “Joannes Deeus 1545” and over it is “Nicholaus Saunder 1582.” The volume is heavily annotated in Dee’s early upright italic hand.

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D137/5, 20b(756 & 2065)
Two separate items bound together in the same volume:
1.Nicolai Machiavelli princeps. latine 8°. Bas. 1560.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, Princeps, (Basel, 1580).
The title page reads: "Nicolai Machiavelli Princeps ex Sylvestri Telii Fulginatis Traductione diligenter emendata. Basileae MDXXC."

2.Vindiciae in Tyrannos, anonymi. 8°. 1579.
Languet, Hubert, Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, (Basel, 1580?).
Attributed to Hubert Languet, writing under the pseudonym Stephanus Junius Brutus. This is a copy of the 1580 edition which belonged to Nicholas Saunder.
The title page reads: "Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos : Sive, De Principis in Populum, Populique in Principem, legitima potestate, Stephano lunio Bruto Cella, Auctore. MDLXXX."

D137/9, 20b(1116)
Sophoclis tragoediae latine per Naogeorg. 8°. Oporin.
Kirchmeyer, Thomas, Sophocles Tragoediae Septem, (Basel, 1558).
The title page reads: "Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem, Latino carmine redditae, et Annotationibus illustratae, per Thomam Naogeorgum Straubingensem. Basileae."
The spine reads: “Tragoediae. Sophocles. 1558.”
There is much underlining of the ‘Sententiae’.

D137/15, 20b(858)
Ornamenti delle donne per Giovanni Marinello. 8°. Ven. 1574.
Marinello, Giovanni, Ornamenti delle donne, (Venice, 1574).
The title page reads: "GLI Ornamenti Delle Donne, Scritti per M. Giovanni Marinello.
Et diuisi in Quattro Libri, Con due Tavole, una de’ Capitoli, e l’ altra d’alcune cose particolari... Venetia 1574."
The spine reads: "Marinello: Ornamenti Delle Donne. Venet. 1574."

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D139/7, 20c(725)
Dictys cretensis; Dares phrygius & Homerus, & belli Trojani Scriptores latine 8°.
Basil. 1573.
Dictys Cretensis, (Basel, 1573).
The title page reads: "Belli Troian Scriptores Praecipui, Dictys Cretensis, Dares Phrygius et Homerus, Omnes iampridem latio iure donati, nunc verò à mendis expurgati, et in unum volumen digesti. Basileae MDLXXIII." The volume is well annotated throughout. Dee made copious annotations to Dictys and part of Dares. Bound in contemporary vellum with a blind-stamped shield. The editor is Georg Henisch.

D139/13, 20c(1075)
Caelij Augustini Curionis historia Sarracenica. 8° Oporin. 1568.
Curio, Augustinus Caelius, Sarracenicae historiae libri tres, (Basel, 1568).
The spine reads: “Sarracenicae Historiae. Curionis. 1568.”
The title page reads: “Caelii Augustini Curionis Sarracenicae historiae libri tres, ab autore in numeris locis emendati atque expoliti... Basileae, Ex officina Oporiniana, 1568.”
With frequent Dee annotations.

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D139/10, 20c(1104)
Osorij historia de rebus gestis Immanuelis Regis Lusitaniae. 8°. Colon. 1574.
Osorio da Fonseca, Jeronimo, De Rebus Emmanuelis Regis Lusitaniae, (Coloniae, 1574).
The spine reads: “Osorius de Reb : Lusitaniae.”
The title page reads: "Hieronymi Osorii Lusitani, Silvensis in Algarbiis Episcopi; De Rebus; Emmanuelis Regis Lusitaniae invictissimi Virtute et Auspicio, annis sex, ac viginiti, domi forisque; gestis; libri duodecim. Quibus; potissimùm ea, quae in Africa et India bella confecit, explicantur... Coloniae Agrippinae, Apud Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni..." (1574). There are scattered notes by Dee throughout, e.g. “Nota hanc steganographiam” (fol.121) and one on Prester John (fol.302).

D139/14, 20c(786)
Giornale delle historie del mondo di Lud. Dolce. 8°. Ven. 1572.
Dolce, Lodovico, Giornale Del Mondo, (Venice, 1572).
The title page reads: “Giornale Delle Historie Del Mondo, Delle cose degne di memoria di giorno in giorno occorse dal principio del Mondosino à suoitempi, Di M. Lodovico Dolce. Riveduto, corretto et ampliato da Guglielmo Rinaldi... In Venetia, Al Segno della Salamandra. 1572.”
The spine is a bit faded, but reads: “L. Dolce Giornale Del Mondo.” The volume is probably Dee’s. It has no notes, but is lettered up the fore-edge in a hand like his, and the binding has the blind-stamped blank shield often found on his books.

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D140/3, 20d(794)
Gaspar Peucerus de divinationu generibus 8° Witeb. 1572.
Peucer, Caspar, De divinatione, (Wittenberg, 1572).
The spine reads: “Peucerus de Divinatione.”
The title page reads: “Commentarius De Praecipuis Generibus Divinationum, in Quo a Prophetiis autoritate divina traditis, et à Physicis coniecturis, discernuntur artes et imposturae Diabolicae, atque observationes natae ex superstitione et cum hac coniunctae : Et monstrantur fontes ac causae Physicarum praedictionem : Diabolicae vero ac superstitiosae confutate damnantur ea serie, quam tabella praefixa ostendit... Autore Casparo Peucero D... Witebergae Excudebat Iohannes Lufft. Anno M.D.LXXII." (1572). The volume is bound in contemporary vellum, with the common blind-stamped shield, and is lettered down the fore-edge.

D140/4, 20d(1951)
Josias Simlerus de republica Helvetiorum 8° Tiguri 1576.
Simler, Josias, De republica Helvetiorum, (Tiguri, 1576).
The spine reads: “Tigurinus de Republica Helvetiorum.”
The title page reads: “De Republica Helvetiorum Libri duo, auctore Iosia Simlero Tigurino... Tiguri Excudebat Christophorus Froschoverus. 1576."

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D140/6, 20d(745)
Optatus Milevitanus de Donatistis cum Balduini annotationibus 8° Paris 1569.
Optatus, S, Milevitani Historiae Ecclesiasticae Africa, (Paris, 1569).
The spine is a bit faded, but reads: “Milevitani Historiae Ecclesiasticae Africa.”
The title page reads: “De Libatio Africanae Historiae Ecclesiaticae,
Sive Optati Mileuitani libri VII ad Parmenianum de Schismate Donatistarum.
Victoris Uticensis libri III. de Persecutione Vandelica in Africa, Cum annotationibus
ex Fr. Balduini I.C. Commentariis rerum Ecclesiasticarum. Parisiis, Apud Michaëlem Sonnium, sub scuto Basiliensi, via lacobaea. 1569..."
The volume is annotated at the top of the title page as follows: "Optatus Mileuitanus : Aº : 370."

D141/7, 20d(1942)
Michaël Eitzingeri pentaplus regnorum Mundi. 4°. Plantin. 1579.
Eytzinger, Michael von, Pentaplus regnorum mundi, (Antwerp, 1579).
The spine reads: “Pentaplus Regnorum. Aitsinger. 1579.”
The title page reads: “Michaëlis Aitsingeti Austriaci Pentaplus Regnorum Mundi. Antwerpiae, Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Architypographi Regij. MDLXXIX.”

D141/18, 21a(350)
Brissonij Selectarum antiquitatum juris, libri quatuor. 4°. Lugd. 1558.
Brisson, Barnabe, Antiquitates Juris, (Lyon, 1558).
The spine reads: “Antiquitates Juris. Brissonius. 1558.”
The title page reads: “B. Brissonii Selectarum Ex Iure civili Antiquitatum, libri IIII. Euisdem, Ad legem Iuliam de Adulterijs, liber singularis. De Solutionibus et liberationibus, libri tres. Lugduni Apud Ioan. Tornaesium, et Gul. Gazeium. MDLVIII..." The volume is unsigned, but has Dee’s notes on page 83.

D142/1, 21a(333)
Rob. Constantini Supplementum Linguae graecae. 4°. Gen. 1573.
Constantin, Robert, Supplementum Linguae Latinae, (Geneva, 1573).
The description in John Dee’s Library Catalogue should be ‘Linguae Latinae’.
The spine reads: “Suppl. Linguae Latinae. 1573.”
The title page reads: “Supplementum Linguae Latinae, seu Dictionarium abstrusorum vocabulorum à Rob. Constantino collectum. Opus Latinae linguae studiosis apprimè utile, recèns et nunquam antea excusum. Excudebat Eustathius Vignon. MDLXXIII.”

REEL 102

D 142/2, 21a(341)
Innocentij Rhingier, cinquante jeus divers, en françois. 4°. Lugduni. 1555.
Ringhieri, Innocenzio, Cinquante Jeus Divers D’ Honnete Entretien, (Lyon, 1555).
The spine reads: “Cinquante Jeus Divers. Rhinghier 1555.”
The title page reads: "Cinquante Ieus Divers D’ Honnete Entretien, Industrieusement inventés par Messer Innocent Rhinghier, gentilhomme Boloignoys... A Lyon par
Charles Pesnot 1555...“
At top of the title page are the words “Jehan Dee 1557.”

D142/5, 21a(1367)
Historia Alexandri Magni, anonymi. f°. Argento. 1494.
Historia Alexandri magni, (1494). (History of Alexander the Great).
The spine reads: “Historia Alexandri magni.”
The title page reads: “Historia Alexadri magni regis macedonie de preliis.”

D142/14, 21a(1783)
Marci Nattae de Deo Libri XV. f°. Ven. 1560.
Natta, Marcus Antonius, Astensis de Deo, (Venice, 1560).
The spine reads: “Marcus Antonius De Deo. 1560.”
The title page reads: “Marci Antonii Nattae Astensis De Deo Libri XV... Venetiis, apud Paulum Manutium, MDLX.”
[The foliation at beginning of the volume goes folio 1, A2, 5, 2, 5, 6, 7 etc.]

D144/4, 21b(2168)
La Sepmaine de Guillaume de Salluste, Sr du Bartas. 16°. Geneva. 1578.
Saluste du Bartas, Guillaume de, La semaine, ou creation du monde, (Geneva, 1578).
The spine reads: “du Bartas.”
The title page reads: “La Semaine, Ou Creation du Monde, De Guillaume de Salluste, Seigneur Du Bartas. Paris, Baptiste Pinereul. MDLXXVIII.” Very rare small format edition.

D144/14, 21b(868)
Wilhelmus Postellus de originibus. 8°. Oporin 1553.
Postel, Guillaume, De originibus, (Basel, 1553).
The spine reads: “De Originibus. 1553.”
The title page reads: “De Originibus, Seu, De Varia et Potissimum orbi Latino ad hanc diem incognita, aut incosyderata historia, quu totius Orientis, tum maxime Tartaronum, Persarum, Turcarum, et omnium Abrahami et Noachi alumnorum origines, et mysteria Brachmanum retegente : Quod ad gentium, literarumque quib. utuntur, rationes attinet...
Basileae, Per Ioannem Oporinum.”
A name has been bleached from the title page. The volume is heavily annotated by Dee throughout, particularly in the section “De Ismaelitarum doctrina.”

D144/16, 21b(417)
Grimalius de optimo Senatore. 4°. Ven. 1568.
Grimalius Goslicius, Laurentius, De optimo Senatore, (Venice, 1568).
The spine reads: “Goslicius de optimo Senatore.”
The title page reads: “Laurentii Grimalii Goslicii De Optimo Senatore Libri Duo. In quibus Magistratuum officia, Civium vita beata, Rerumpub. soelicitas explicantur... Venetiis, Apud lordanum Zilettum, MDLXVIII." (1568). A name has been cut off the title page.

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D145b/3, 21b(1311)
Pauli Orosij historia adversos paganos. 8°. Col. 1574.
Orosius, Historia adversus Paganos, (Coloniae, 1574).
The spine reads: “Adversus Paganos Hist. Orosius. 1574.”
The title page reads: “Pauli Orosii Presbyteri Hispani, Adversus Paganos Historiarum Libri Septem... Coloniae Apud Maternum Cholinum MDLXXIIII..." There are annotations by Dee in lib.I, cap.2, “Zeilan”, “Samara”, lib.III, cap.18-20 (Alexander’s conquests) and lib.VI, cap.21 (conquests of early Roman empire in Spain, Germany and Africa).

D145b/6, 21b(1095)
Caroli Degrassalij Regalia Franciae. 8°. Paris. 1545.
Degrassalius, Carolus, Regalia Franciae, (Paris, 1545).
The spine reads: “Regalia Franciae. Degrassalius. 1545.”
The title page reads: “Regalium Franciae Libri Duo, ivra omnia et dignitates Christianiss. Galliae Regum, continentes. Carolo Degrassalio Cercassonensi authore... Apud Galeotum Pratensem, sub prima columna aulae Palatii Regii. 1545.”

D146/2, 21c(969)
Joh. Trithemius de Septem secundeis. 8°. Col. 1567.
Tritheim, Johann, De septem secundeis, (Coloniae, 1567).
The spine reads: “De Septem Secundeis. Tritheim. 1567.”
The title page reads: “Ioannis Tritemii Abbatis Span heymensis De Septem Secundeis,
Id Est, Intelligentijs, Sive Spiritibus Orbes post Deum moventibus, reconditissimae Scientiae et eruditionis Libellus, Imperatori Caesari Diuo Maximiliano I. Aug. pio, Sapienti dicatus... Coloniae Apud Ioannem Birckmannum. Anno MDLXVII.”
There are some underlinings, probably by Dee.

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D146/4, 21c(1092)
David Chytraei chronologia. 8° Rostoctiis 1570.
Chytraeus, David, Chronologia Historiae, (Rostock, 1570).
The spine reads: “Chronologia. Chytraeus. 1570.”
The title page reads: “Chronologia Historiae Herodoti et Thucydidis, Recognita, et Additis Ecclesiae Christi ac Imperij Romani rebus praecipuis, ab initio Mundi, usque ad nostram aetatem contexta. David Chytraeus... Rostochii Excudebat Iacobus Lucius Anno 1570.” There are a few Dee underlinings and additions to the calendar, including one on the death of Edward VI.

D147/6, 21c(1060)
Alexand. Sardus de moribus Gentium. 8° Ven. 1577.
Sardi, Alessandro, De moribus gentium, (Venice, 1577).
The spine reads: “Sardi de Moribus Gentium.”
The title page reads: “Alexandri Sardi Ferrariensis, De Moribus Ac Ritibus Gentium Libri III... Venetiis, Ex officina Stellae Iordani Zilleti. 1557.”

D148/1, 21c(983)
Labertus Danaeus de veneficis. 8°. Gen. 1574.
Daneau, Lambert, De veneficis, (Geneva, 1574).
There are some underlinings.
[Missing; not found.]

D148/2, 21c(792)
Athenagorae apologia pro christianis. latine per suffrid. Petru. 8°. Coloniae. 1567.
Suffridus, Petrus, Athenagorae apologia pro Christianis, (Coloniae, 1567).
The spine reads: “Athenagorae Apologia pro Christianis.”
The title page reads: “Athenagorae Atheniensis Philosophi Apologia, Vel Legatio,
vel potius Supplicatio pro Christianis : ad Imperatores Antoninum et Commodum...
Suffrido Petro Leonardiense Frisio in Latinum ex Graeco translata... Coloniae,
Apud Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. Anno MDLXVII...“
There are underlinings, corrections and notes by Dee.
‘Nich Saunder 1588’ has been written over what was probably ‘Jo. Dee’ and a date.

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D148/5, 21c(899)
Cornelius Bertramus de politia judaica 8° Gen. 1574.
Bertramnus, Bonaventura Cornelius, De politia judaica, (Geneva, 1574).
The spine is very faded, but reads as follows: “Bertramnus. de politia judaica.”
The title page reads: “De Politia Judaica, Tam Civili quàm Ecclesiastica, i.à inde à suis primordijs, hoc est, ab Orbe condito, repetita. Authore Bonaventura Cornelio Bertramo. Genevae, Apud Eustathium Vignon. MDLXXIIII.”
The volume is signed ‘Nich: Saunder’ and it probably belonged to Dee.

D148/12, 21c(2073)
Jacobi Naclanti opus seu quaestiones quatuor de creatione rerum : De animae immortalitatem; de origine contingentior & de infinitate primi motoris. 8° Ven. 1557.
Naclantus, Jacobus, Opus doctum, (Venice, 1557).
The spine reads: “Naclanti Opus doctum etc.”
The title page reads: “Opus Doctum Ac Resolutum, In Quattuor Tractatus, Seu quaestiones dissectum : In Quo Ex Naturali lumine & peripatetico fonte, eorum philosophorum revincuntur errores, qui asserunt ex philosophiae principijs, haberi nö posse, creationem rerum, immortalitatem animae, contingentiam in universo, et vigore infinitum, in primo principio.
Per R. P. et D. Iacóbum Naclantum Episcopum Clugiensem. Venetiis apud Iosephum Vicentinum. MDLVII.” The volume is bound in contemporary limp vellum.

D148/14, 21c(1896)
Marci Mantuis Zographia, sive hieroglyphica. 8°. Batavij 1566.
Mantova Benavides, Marco (Marcus Mantua), Zoographia, (Batavia, 1566).
[Missing, not found.]

D148/18, 21d(2046)
Symbolum fidei judaeorum ê R. Mose Aegyptio, per Genebrardû 8° Paris 1569.
Génébrard, Gilbert, De Judeis, (Paris, 1569).
The spine reads: “Genebrardas de Judeis.”
The title page reads: “Symbolum Fidei ludaeorum È R Mose Aegyptio...
Interprete G. Genebrardo Theologo Parisiensi. Parisiis, Apud Martinum Iuuenem,
via S. Ioannis Lateranensis, ad insigne Serpentis MDLXIX.”
The volume is bound in contemporary limp vellum.

D149/3, 21d(835)
Antonij Mizaldi phaenomena sive aëriae Ephemerides 8° Parisijs 1546.
The spine reads: “Mizaldi Phaenomena.”
There are two items bound together in the same volume:
1.Mizauld, Antoine, Phaenomena, (Paris, 1546).
Title page reads: “Antonii Mizaldi Monsluciani Phaenomena, sive Aerae Ephemerides... Parisiis, Ex officina Reginaldi Calderijs et Claudij eius filij. 1546...”
2.Mizauld, Antoine, Meteorologia, (Paris, 1547).
Title page reads: “Antonij Mizaldi Monsluciani Meteorologia, sive rerum aeriarü comentariolus... Parisiis, Ex officina Reginaldi Calderijs et Claudij eius filij. 1547...”
The volume is unsigned, but has a note by Dee on the front paste-down.

D149/7, 21d(850)
Gabriel. Buratelli conciliatio controversiarum Aristotelis & Platonis 8° Ven. 1573.
Buratelli, Gabriele, Conciliatio controversiarum Aristotelis et Platonis, (Venice, 1573).
Spine reads: “Burateltus in Arist. et Platon.”
The title page reads: “Praecipuarum Controversiarum Arist. Et Platonis Conciliatio, Opus Diu Desideratum, et à veteribus, ac recentioribus pollicitum, non tamen absolutum. Authore Sacrae Theologiae Magistro Gabriele Buratello Anconitano, Ordinis Eremitarum D. Augustini professore... Venetijs, Apud Francis. cum, Gasparem Bindonum, et Fratres. 1573.”
The binding has the blind-stamped shield frequently found on Dee’s books.

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D149/17, 21d(1018)
Aristeae historia de 70. interpretibus greco latine 8° Oporin.
Aristeas, De legis divinae historia, (1561).
Spine reads: “De Legis Divinae Historia. Aristeas. 1561.”
The title page reads: “Aristeae, De Legis Divinae ex Hebraica Lingua in Graecam translatione... Cum conversione Latina, autore Matthia Garbitio.
Basileae, per Ioannem Oporinum.”
A name has been torn off the title page. There are a few Dee underlinings.

D150/1, 21d(732)
Juliani Imperatoris Misopogon & Epistolae graecè & latinè per petru Martiniu
8° Paris 1566.
Martinius, Petrus, Juliani Imperatoris Misopogon et epistolae, (Paris, 1566).
Spine reads: “Juliani Imp. Misopog. Et Epistol. Martinius. Parisiis. 1566.”
Title page reads: “Juliani Imperatoris Misopogon et epistolae, graecé latinque nunc primúm edita et illustrata á Petro Martinio Morentino Navarro... Parisiis, Apud Andream Wechelum. 1566.”
Dee’s note ‘Diaboli astutiae’ is on page 277.

D150/3, 21d(1087)
Gildas sapiens de excidio Brytanniae 8°. Londini 1568.
The spine reads: “De conquestu Britanniae. Gildas. 1568.”
Two items bound together in the same volume:

1.Gildas, De excidio et conquestu Britanniae, (London, 1568).
Title page reads: “Gildae Cui Cognomentum est Sapientis, de excidio et conquestu Britanniae... 1568. Londini excudebat Ioannes Daius...“

2.Gildas, Britannus monachus cui sapientis, (London, 1525).
Title page reads: “Opus Novum. Gildas Britannus Monachus Cui Sapientis...“
There are frequent Dee annotations in the first item. This is bound with the earlier edition of 1525, also apparently Dee’s, as there is an illegible note by him on King Arthur on sig.B8.

D124/11, 17c(301)
Thomae Walsingami historia brevis. Ejusdem hypodygma Neustriae. f°. Londini.
The spine reads: “Historia Brevis. Walsingham. 1574.”
Two items bound in same volume:
1.Walsingham, Thomas, Historia brevis, (London, 1574).
Title page reads: “Historia Brevis Thomae Walsingham, ab Edwardo primo, ad Henricum quintum. Londini Excusum apud Henricum Binneman Typographum. sub insigno Syrenis Anno Domini 1574.” Printed by H. Binneman.

2.Walsingham, Thomas, Hypodogma Neustriae Vel Normanniae, (London, 1574).
Title page reads: “Ypodigma Neustriae Vel Normanniae : Per Thomam De Walsingham : Ab irruptione Normannorum usque; ad annum. 6. regni Henrici quinti. Londini in redibus lohannis Daij. 1574...“ Printed by J. Daye.
These are Dee’s copies, both heavily annotated, particularly the passages dealing with the Welsh people and their history.

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(d) 133 (1419)
Raimundi Lulli. de cabalistico auditu per Petru Maynardu. 8°. Ven. 1518.
Lull, Ramon, De Kabbalistico auditu, (Venice, 1518).
The spine reads: “Lib. De Kabbalistico Lulli. Venet. 1518.”
The title page reads: “Opusculum Raymundinum De Auditu Kabbalistico Sive ad Omnes Scientias Introductorium.”
The title on sig.a2 reads: “Incipit Libellus De Kabbalistico Auditu in via Raimundi Lulli.”
Signed “Joannes Dee 1564” at the head of sig.a2, and on the end flyleaf “Joannes Dee. Lond. Recepi a Roma 29° April A° 1564: Antwerpiae.” There are a few notes, some of them not Dee’s and probably earlier.

41b, class 937 (903)
Onorphrij Panuinij Reipublicae Romanae Commentarij &c. 8°. Ven. 1558.
Panvinio, Onofrio, Republicae Romanae commentarii, (Venice, 1558).
The title page reads: “Onuphrii Panvinii. Veronensis Fratris. Eremitae Augustiniani Reipublicae. Romanae Commentariorium Libri Tres. Et alia quaedam quorum seriem sequens pagella indicabit. Venetiis Ex Officina Erasmiana apud Vincetium Valgrisium, MDLVIII.”
“Nich: Saunder” has been written over “Jo. Dee.” There is a note by Dee on the flyleaf and there are others on the text, particularly in Panvinio’s section on the Roman army.

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(d) 282 (991)
Histoire catholique de nostre temps, contre l’histoire de Jeha Sleidan par S. Fontaine.
8°. Antwerpiae. 1558.
Fontaine, Simon, Histoire catholique de notre temps, (Anvers, 1558).
The spine reads: “Histoire Catholique. Fontaine. Anvers 1598.”
The title page reads: “Histoire Catholique de nostre temps, touchant l’estat de la Religion Christienne contre l’histoire de Iean Sleydan, composee par S. Fontaine docteur en Theologie.
A Anvers, Chez Iean Steelsius, a l’escu de Bourgoigne. 1558. Avec Privilege.”
A name has been torn from the title page. Correct place and date of original publication appears to be Anvers, 1558, despite misleading information on spine and “Antwerpiae” in the entry in John Dee’s Library Catalogue.

(q) 871 (279)
Senecae opera. f°. Basileae. 1557.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, Opera, (Basel, 1557).
The spine reads: “Senecae Opera. 1557.”
The title page reads: “L. Annaei Senecae Philosophi Stoicorum omnium acutissimi opera quae extant omnia, Coelii Secundi Curionis vigilantissima cura castigata, & in novam prorsus faciem, nimirum propriam & suam, mutata : quorum lectio non modo ad bene dicendum, verumetiam ad bene beatéque vivendum prodesse plurimùm potest. Totius porrò emendationis ratio, quidque superiori editioni accesserit, ex sequentibus statim cognosces. Index rerum & verborum copiosus. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Caesareae Maiestatis ad decennium. Basileae, M.D.LVII.”
A name has probably been bleached from the top of the title page. There are Dee annotations, particularly in the Suasoriarum liber unus, Suasoria prima, which relates to discoveries. The volume is bound in 16th century calf.

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D5/8, 48f Volume I (ACCN 7035)(238)
Cosmographie d’Andre Thevet. f°. en françois. 2 volumes. Paris.
Thevet, André, La Cosmographie Universelle, (Paris, 1575). Volume I.
The spine reads: “Thevet. La Cosmographie Universelle. Tome l. 1575.”
The title page reads: “La Cosmographie Universelle D’ André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy. Illustrée de Diverses Figures des Choses plus Remarquables revës par l’ Auteur, et incogneuës de noz Anciens et Modernes. Tome Premier.
A Paris, Chez Guillaume Chaudière, rue S. Iaques, à l’ enseigne du Temps, et de
l’ Homme sauvage. 1575. Avec Privilege du Roy.”
This original item has a series of fold out maps and colour illustrations.
[see also Reel 51 – for a different version of Volume I – with Dee annotations]

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D5/8, 48f Volume II (ACCN 7036)(238)
Cosmographie d’Andre Thevet. f°. en françois. 2 volumes. Paris.
Thevet, André, La Cosmographie Universelle, (Paris, 1575). Volume II.
Title page reads: “La Cosmographie Universelle D’ André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy. Illustrée de Diverses Figures des Choses plus Remarquables revës par l’Auteur, et incogneuës de noz Anciens et Modernes. Tome Second.
A Paris, Chez Guillaume Chaudière, rue S. Iaques, à l’ enseigne du Temps, et de
l’ Homme sauvage. 1575. Avec Privilege du Roy."

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D5/9, 47a Volume I. Part 1.(ACCN 7038) (205)
Cosmographie universelle de François de Belle-forest. f°. gallicé. 2(?) volumes. Paris.
Muenster, Sebastian, La Cosmographie Universelle, or Cosmographia, edited by François de Belleforest, (Paris, 1575). Tome I. Part 1.
The spine reads: “Cosmographie Universelle Tome I. Part 1."
The title page reads: “La Cosmographie Universelle de Tout Le Monde. A Paris, Chez Nicolas Chesneau, rue S. laques, au Chesne Verd, MDLXXV, avec Privilege du Roy,
et de la Cour.
Edited by François de Belle-Forest.
24 ff; 397ff; 390pp. (last two openings are numbered for each column).
Good illustrations and various fold-out maps.
The illustrations include excellent woodcuts of medieval towns and cities - Saint Denis, Chartres, Chateaudun, Blois, Orleans, Auxerre, Chaumont en Bassigny, Beauvais,
Saint Omer, Calais, Nevers, Bourges, Tours, Loches, Angers, Rouen, Dieppe, Le Havre, Caen, Poitiers, Angoulème, Perigueux, Clermont, Treves, Metz, Dijon, Maçon, Lyon, Grenoble, Valence, Nice, Marseille, Aix en Provence, Avignon, Montpellier, and Bourdeaux. There are also drawings of chateaux, the amphitheatre “dict les Arenes”, Pont du Gard.
Early chapters cover navigation, mathematical calculations and instruments, again with relevant illustrations.
(See Part 4: Reel 52 for Tome I. Part 2).

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D5/9, 47a Volume II.(ACCN 7040)(205)
Cosmographie universelle de François de Belle-forest. f°. gallicé. 2(?) volumes. Paris.
Muenster, Sebastian, La Cosmographie Universelle, or Cosmographia, edited by François de Belleforest, (Paris, 1575). Tome 2.
The spine reads: “Cosmographie Universelle Tome 2.”
Title page reads: “La Cosmographie Universelle de Tout Le Monde. A Paris, Chez Nicolas Chesneau, rue S. laques, au Chesne Verd, MDLXXV, avec Privilege du Roy, et de la Cour.”
Edited by François de Belle-Forest. 8 ff; cols 1-2235; 90 ff.
This volume also includes very good woodcut illustrations including drawings of Naples, Goa, Calecut, Mombassa, Cairo, Jerusalem, Cusco, and Temistitan or Tenutlitan in Mexico.

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